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PROGRAM BOOK Miguel Harth-Bedoya Music Director Laureate July 4, 2021 CONTENTS FWSO STAFF EXECUTIVE OFFICE 1 Letter from the Chairman Keith Cerny, Ph.D., President and CEO 2 Letter from the President & CEO ARTISTIC OPERATIONS 5 About Becky Tobin Vice President of Artistic Operations and COO 6 Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Roster Douglas Adams Orchestra Librarian 7 Program 1 :: July 4, 2021 Kelly Ott Artistic Manager Artist Profile: Victoria Paarup Artistic Operations and Orchestra Personnel Assistant Manager Miguel Harth-Bedoya Jacob Pope Production Manager Latonia Moore Lisa Stallings Director of Operations Morris Robinson Brenda Tullos Orchestra Personnel Manager Taylor Vogel Director of Education and Community Programs Adolphus Hailstork Jimmy López DEVELOPMENT Kevin Day Julie Baker Vice President of Development 17 Executive Committee Mary Byrd Donor Services Coordinator Rebecca Clark Development Coordinator 18 Board of Directors Tyler Murphy Gifts Officer 30 Arts Council of Fort Worth Jonathan Neumann Senior Director of Annual Fund and Board Secretary

FINANCE Bennett Cepak Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer Lucas Baldwin Staff Accountant Alyssa Grant Controller

HUMAN RESOURCES Jacque Carpenter Director of Human Resources

MARKETING Carrie Ellen Adamian Chief Marketing Officer Jennifer Aprea Director of Ticket Services and Customer Relations Melanie Boma Tessitura Database Manager Stephen Borodkin Ticket Services Representative Laura Corley Ticket Services Representative Katie Kelly Communications and Digital Marketing Manager Marti Yoder Marketing Manager LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN MERCEDES T.

Dear Patrons and Friends,

This evening’s special July 4th concert marks the end of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra’s 2020/2021 season, an accomplishment of which we should all be proud. As many American symphonies remain closed to in-person audiences, the FWSO has continued to safely bring live music to north throughout the course of this season. I wish to express my most heartfelt gratitude to all of you—patrons, donors, Board members, musicians, and staff—for your unending support of our fabulous symphony.

It is a pleasure to welcome back Music Director Laureate Miguel Harth- Bedoya as he conducts tonight’s performance featuring more than 60 minutes of music performed by your FWSO, soprano Latonia Moore, and bass Morris Robinson, featuring works by leading Black and Latin American including Kevin Day, Adolphus Hailstork, and Jimmy López. Following the concert, I hope you all will enjoy an exciting fireworks show on the Dickies plaza.

If you have not already purchased subscriptions to the 2021/2022 season, I urge you to do so. It will be filled with both familiar and new Symphonic works, an exciting Pops series, and Family Concerts for all ages. Single tickets will be available starting July 26, 2021.

Thank you, again, for the overwhelming generosity you have shown this season. Your support has truly sustained the organization, and with your help, we pledge to continue to bring glorious music to our community and beyond.

With gratitude and best wishes for a Happy Fourth of July,

Mercedes T. Bass Chairman of the Board of Directors

FORT WORTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 1 LETTER FROM PRESIDENT AND CEO KEITH CERNY

Dear Patron,

Thank you for joining us at this special America Strong July 4th concert. The FWSO, like most symphonies, has been through a tumultuous year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the virus, we have been delighted to be able to perform regularly for socially distanced audiences since last September. Now, we are looking forward to return to full audiences and standard stage configuration for the orchestra starting in August - a major milestone in FWSO’s return to normal operations.

Last week, we learned the very sad news that the FWSO’s former President and CEO, Ann Koonsman, passed away on June 21st. Ann was a brilliant and multi-talented woman, and during her nearly 30 years as head of this company transformed the organization from a regional chamber orchestra to the major symphony it is today. We will all miss her.

Earlier this spring, the FWSO announced the appointment of Maestro Robert Spano as the FWSO’s next Music Director. I am confident that he will build on the outstanding legacy of our much-admired Music Director Miguel Harth-Bedoya. On a personal note, I am greatly enjoying working with Maestro Spano to support his musical vision, and to further develop the FWSO’s reputation on the national and international stage. Miguel will continue conducting the orchestra regularly as Music Director Laureate.

We are also excited for the FWSO’s return to Bass Hall for the fall of 2021. We have an exceptional line up of conductors and guest artists, including performances led by Robert Spano and Miguel Harth-Bedoya. We look forward to seeing you as you enjoy your extraordinary Orchestra’s new 2021/22 season—and don’t forget to subscribe. You can also visit us online at fwsymphony.org or call our box office at 817-665-6000.

Thank you again for all your generous support. I look forward to seeing you at many concerts in the months ahead.

Yours sincerely,

Keith Cerny, Ph.D. President and CEO

2 | 2020/2021 SEASON IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR BELOVED Ann Koonsman

Ann Koonsman served the FWSO in multiple capacities for decades, as a violinist, vice president of development, executive director, and as president and CEO, a position she held until her second retirement in 2011.

She had an enormous impact on the FWSO’s growth from regional chamber orchestra to the nationally respected organization the FWSO is today.

“We are grateful for her passion, hard work and devotion...” --Mercedes T. Bass, Chairman of the Board The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra is grateful for the following America Strong supporters Mercedes T. Bass in honor of the FWSO Musicians

Marianne Auld & Jimmy Coury

Priscilla & Joe Martin | Qurumbli Foundation | Jean & John Roach Texas Christian University | Margaret & Craig Dearden Margaret & Stuart McDonald

Ellen Messman | Gerald Thiel | Debbie Brooks | DFW Musician Services

The FWSO sends its heartfelt thanks to the following season supporters: Kleinheinz Family Foundation for the Arts and Education Ed Schollmaier in Memory of Rae Schollmaier | Sasha and Edward P. Bass Sid W. Richardson Foundation | Amon G. Carter Foundation

4 | 2020/2021 SEASON ABOUT ROBERT SPANO Programs with the Symphony Orchestra this season reflect Spano’s signature rich pairings of contemporary works with cherished classics. The orchestra’s 75th season features 16 ASO premieres, including works by living American composers Krists Auznieks, Jessie Montgomery, Joby Talbot, and Jennifer Higdon, and world premieres by Richard Prior and Brian Nabors. The season opens as Joshua Bell joins the ASO for Henryk Wieniawski’s Violin Concerto No. 2 and Pablo de Sarasate’s Zigeunerweisen. In April of 2020, the ASO and Chorus travel to Carnegie Hall to perform Missa solemnis with soprano Susanna Phillips, mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, tenor Benjamin Bliss, and bass Matthew Rose in celebration of Beethoven’s 250th birthday. The season concludes with the Atlanta premiere of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde.

Recently, Spano made his highly-acclaimed Metropolitan debut and led the US premiere of Marnie, American Nico Muhly’s second opera, with Isabel Leonard, Janis Kelly, Denyce Graves, Iestyn Davies, and Christopher Maltman. Other recent concert highlights include world premieres of Bryce Dessner’s Voy a Dormir at Carnegie Hall with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor, and Jennifer Higdon’s Tuba Concerto, performed by Craig Knox and the Pittsburgh Symphony.

Conductor, pianist, composer, and teacher Robert “An imaginative and evocative composer” (Oberon’s Spano is known worldwide both as an impeccable Grove), Spano recently penned Sonata: Four Elements artist and as a leader who fosters inclusion and for , premiered by Spano in August 2016 at the warmth among musicians and audiences. This Aspen Music Festival, and a song cycle, Hölderlin- season marks Spano’s 20th as Music Director of Lieder, for soprano Jessica Rivera, both of which were the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and his second recorded on the ASO Media label. Eliciting “glowing, as Principal Guest Conductor of the Fort Worth spacious performance” from (The Symphony Orchestra. A dedicated mentor, Times), Spano has enjoyed guest engagements with Spano is responsible for nurturing the careers of the Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras, the New numerous celebrated composers, conductors, and York and Los Angeles Philharmonics, and the Boston performers. He has served as Music Director of the and Chicago Symphonies, among many others. Aspen Music Festival and School since 2011. Internationally, he has led the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Highlights of Spano’s 2019-2020 season include Orquestra Sinfonica Brasileira, the Melbourne Symphony a return to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra to in Australia, and the Saito Kinen Orchestra in Japan. conduct the world premiere of George Tsontakis’s Violin Concerto No. 3 and Vaughan Williams’s Spano has won six Grammy™ Awards with the Atlanta A Sea Symphony. Spano also returns to the Symphony. He serves on the faculty of Oberlin Indianapolis Symphony, Singapore Symphony, and Conservatory and has received honorary doctorates from BBC Symphony Orchestra. He makes conducting Bowling Green State University, the Curtis Institute of debuts with the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Music, Emory University, and Oberlin. Maestro Spano is Auckland Philharmonia, and Wroclaw Philharmonic, one of two classical musicians inducted into the Georgia and appears in the Fort Worth Symphony Music Hall of Fame, and he makes his home in Atlanta. Orchestra’s Symphonic Series.

FORT WORTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA |5 FORT WORTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Robert Spano, Music Director Designate Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Chair Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Music Director Laureate

Alex Amsel, Conducting Fellow Stephanie Rhodes Russell, Conducting Fellow Rae* and Ed Schollmaier / Schollmaier Foundation Chair

John Giordano, Conductor Emeritus

VIOLIN I BASS TRUMPET Michael Shih, Concertmaster William Clay, Principal Kyle Sherman, Principal Mrs. Mercedes T. Bass Chair Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Bass Chair Cody McClarty, Assistant Principal Mr. Sid R. Bass Chair Paul Unger, Assistant Principal Dorothy Rhea Chair Swang Lin, Associate Concertmaster Jeffery Hall Oscar Garcia Ann Koonsman+ Chair Julie Vinsant Eugene Cherkasov, TROMBONE Assistant Concertmaster The seating positions of all string section Joseph Dubas, Principal Mollie & Garland Lasater Chair musicians listed alphabetically change on Mr. & Mrs. John Kleinheinz Chair Jennifer Y. Betz a regular basis. John Michael Hayes, Assistant Principal Ordabek Duissen Dennis Bubert Qiong Hulsey FLUTE Ivo Ivanov Jake Fridkis, Principal BASS TROMBONE Izumi Lund Shirley F. Garvey Chair Dennis Bubert Ke Mai Gabriel Fridkis, Assistant Principal Mr. & Mrs. Lee M. Bass Chair Rosalyn Story Pam Holland Adams Kimberly Torgul TUBA PICCOLO Edward Jones, Principal VIOLIN II Pam Holland Adams Adriana Voirin DeCosta, Principal TIMPANI Steven Li, Associate Principal OBOE Seth McConnell, Principal Janine Geisel, Assistant Principal Jennifer Corning Lucio, Principal Madilyn Bass Chair Symphony League of Fort Worth Chair Nancy L. & William P. Hallman, Jr., Chair Nicholas Sakakeeny, Assistant Principal Molly Baer Tamer Edlebi, Assistant Principal Marilyn d’Auteuil Roger Roe° PERCUSSION Tatyana Smith Keith Williams, Principal Matt Milewski ENGLISH HORN Shirley F. Garvey Chair Kathryn Perry Roger Roe° Nicholas Sakakeeny, Assistant Principal Andrea Tullis Hart Chair Camilla Wojciechowska CLARINET Deborah Mashburn Stanislav Chernyshev, Principal Brad Wagner VIOLA Rosalyn G. Rosenthal Chair* Anna Kolotylina, Principal° Ivan Petruzziello, Assistant Principal HARP HeeSun Yang, Associate Principal° Gary Whitman Position vacant Aleksandra Holowka, Assistant Principal° Bayard H. Friedman Chair Joni Baczewski E-FLAT CLARINET Sorin Guttman Ivan Petruzziello KEYBOARD Dmitry Kustanovich Shields-Collins Bray, Principal Daniel Sigale BASS CLARINET Rildia Bee O'Bryan Cliburn & Van Cliburn Chair Gary Whitman CELLO STAGE MANAGERS Allan Steele, Principal BASSOON Lisa Stallings Mrs. Mercedes T. Bass Chair Jack Peña, Principal° Jacob Pope Mr. Sid R. Bass Chair Mr. & Mrs. Lee M. Bass Chair Keira Fullerton, Associate Principal° Cara Owens, Assistant Principal ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGERS Lesley Cleary, Assistant Principal° Brenda Tullos Burlington Northern Santa Fe HORN Victoria Paarup Foundation Chair Nikolette LaBonte, Principal° Deborah Brooks Elizabeth H. Ledyard Chair ORCHESTRA LIBRARIAN Shelley Jessup Alton F. Adkins, Associate Principal Douglas Adams Leda Dawn Larson Drs. Jeff and Rosemary Detweiler Chair Craig Leffer° Kelly Cornell, Associate Principal *In Memory of Manny Rosenthal Aaron Pino °2020–2021 Season Only + Denotes Deceased The Concertmaster performs on the 1710 Davis Stradivarius violin. The Associate Concertmaster performs on the 1685 Eugenie Stradivarius violin. 6 | 2020/2021 SEASON

FORTF O RT WORTH WORTH SYMPHONY S Y MPHONY ORCHESTRA ORCHESTRA ROBERTR OBERT SPANO, SP ANO , MUSIC      DIRECTOR DESIGNATE KEITHMIG UE CERNY,L HARTH-BED Ph.D., OPRESIDENTYA, MUSIC AND DIREC CEOT OR LAUREATE K EITH CERNY, P h . D . , PRESIDENT AND CEO 2020–2021 SYMPHONIC SEASON

Sunday, July 4, 2021, at 7:30 pm Dickies Arena Fort Worth, TX

Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Conductor Mrs. Mercedes T. Bass Chair Mr. Sid R. Bass Chair Latonia Moore, soprano Morris Robinson, bass

SMITH Star Spangled Banner KEVIN DAY Lightspeed – Fanfare for Orchestra ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK An American Port of Call GERSHWIN Summertime from LEIGH, Arr. López The Impossible Dream from Man of La Mancha GERSHWIN I Loves You, Porgy from Porgy and Bess JIMMY LÓPEZ Techno from Fiesta! ROSSINI La calunnia è un venticello from The Barber of Seville PUCCINI Vissi d’arte from COPLAND Hoe Down from Rodeo KERN, Arr. Bennett Ol’ Man River from BERNSTEIN Somewhere from West Side Story GERSHWIN Bess, You is My Woman Now from Porgy and Bess GOULD American Salute VARIOUS Armed Forces Salute BERLIN God Bless America WARD America the Beautiful SOUSA The Stars and Stripes Forever

This concert will be performed without intermission. Video or audio recording of this performance is strictly prohibited. Patrons arriving late will be seated during the first convenient pause. Program and artists are subject to change.

FORT WORTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 7 PROGRAM NOTES by Jeremy Reynolds

LIGHTSPEED: FANFARE for ORCHESTRA KEVIN DAY DURATION: Around 3 minutes An Arlington native and Texas Christian University graduate, Kevin Day has a PREMIERED: Lexington, VA., 2019 heterogenous assortment of musical influences. A hip-hop producing father and a gospel-singing mother provided early inspiration for this young tubist INSTRUMENTATION: piccolo, two flutes, turned composer, and in Lightspeed: Fanfare for Orchestra, there’s more than a two oboes, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, hint of the gusto and pathos of film composer John Williams. two horns, two trumpets, two trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion, Day is currently serving as the Composer-In-Residence of the Mesquite piano, and strings Symphony Orchestra. He’s also a euphonium player, jazz pianist, producer and An American composer whose music more, has talked in interviews about his interest in film composition as well as has been “characterized by propulsive, Latin music, minimalism, fusion and contemporary classical music. syncopated rhythms, colorful orchestration, and instrumental virtuosity,” (Robert Without overly dissecting his fanfare, it’s an exuberant offering, a sparkling Kirzinger, Boston Symphony Orchestra) affair with a pulse-pounding opening in the strings before the rest of the KEVIN DAY (b. 1996) has quickly emerged as orchestra joins and begins punctuating. The music shifts to a gentler, almost one of the leading young voices in the world schmalzy melody, bassoon and low string arpeggios rising and falling cheerily of music composition today. in the background. The piece is entirely its own, but it’s hard not to hear just a — KevinDayMusic.com touch of John Williams’ The Cowboys Overture.

Lightspeed alternates between these two characters, the bright and exhilarating and the more introspective and lyrical. It’s a simple construction, FANFARE: A short ceremonial tune or flourish played on brass instruments, typically to yet highly effective and evocative. This practice of setting up two contrasting introduce something or someone important. themes and then alternating between them or merging them dates back hundreds of years — it’s one of the underpinnings of the ever-present “sonata form” in classical music, which infuses many of the great symphonies and overtures throughout music history. FURTHER LISTENING: Danza Del Sol Here, its opportunity for a pleasing juxtaposition carries through with Blue Hour Skyline alternately building and lowering sonic tension until the piece cranks up to an Manhattan Nights emphatic, syncopated percussive flourish, ending with a rushing, ascending string scale to the final strike.

The Washington and Lee University Symphony Orchestra commissioned the work in 2019, and it can be played either by full orchestra or as a version for string orchestra, percussion and piano.

8 | 2020/2021 SEASON PROGRAM NOTES by Jeremy Reynolds

AN AMERICAN PORT OF CALL ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK DURATION: Around 9 minutes Rushing strings and winds and shouting brass open Adolphus Hailstork’s PREMIERED: Richmond, VA, 1985 “An American Port of Call,” the very picture of a waterfront city teeming with activity. The orchestra carries on in this jaunty, frenzied manner for the first INSTRUMENTATION: piccolo, three flutes, minute or so of the piece before a jazz-tinged clarinet solo conjures a brief two oboes, two clarinets, three bassoons, reprieve from the commotion. contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, two trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, “It’s got some Americanisms in it, you’ll hear some blues,” Hailstork said in an piano, and strings interview with the Nashville Symphony about the piece. “It’s got a dashy spirit to it — highly energetic, colorful. A bustling American port city is what I wanted “When I was in school there was a gun-to- to capture.” the-head mentality among the teachers that if you weren’t writing 12-tone [music] you weren’t writing, and you had to get seriously Born in Rochester, New York, Hailstork, an award-winning composer with considered by the critics in terms of style. premieres by many of this country’s finest orchestras, studied composition Eventually I rebelled against that because at Howard University before later attending the American Conservatory I don’t care about whether I’m seriously at Fontainebleau in France, where he worked with Nadia Boulanger, who regarded by the critics. I believe that the nurtured many of the 20th century’s top musical talents. The young Hailstork composer’s first responsibility is to his own would go on to earn degrees from the Manhattan School of Music and happiness.” Michigan State University, and he currently teaches at Old Dominion University — Adolphus Hailstork in Norfolk, VA. (Born 1941, U.S.) Actually, I live in Norfolk, VA, which is the greatest military sea port in the world,” he said in the same interview. “We have an annual festival there called the harbor fest because it’s one of the great harbors in the Chesapeake Bay, PROGRAM MUSIC: Music of a narrative or and so I wanted to pay tribute to that city of Norfolk and the whole area.” descriptive kind; the term is often extended to all music that attempts to represent extra- musical concepts without resort to sung Norfolk itself played a small part in the saga of American independence, as words. (Grove Dictionary of Music) British troops torched the city on New Year’s Day in 1776. American forces worked to repel landing parties but could not halt the flames. A few days later they completed the destruction of the city themselves to deny the British access to deny use of the city to the British. The area was the last foothold of consequence for the British, who continued to raid Virginia’s coast. FURTHER LISTENING: Celebration

FORT WORTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 9 PROGRAM NOTES by Jeremy Reynolds

«TECHNO» from FIESTA! FOUR POP DANCES FOR ORCHESTRA JIMMY LÓPEZ

DURATION: Around 3 minutes How does a new piece of orchestral music become popular? It takes a few base elements: a conductor who believes in the work and who will champion PREMIERED: Baltimore, MD,2008 multiple performances; positive audience feedback and response and buzz; and, if you ask composer Jimmy López, contemporary elements that resonate INSTRUMENTATION: piccolo, two flutes, with today’s listeners. two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three In 2007, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra’s Music Director Laureate, Miguel trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, and Harth-Bedoya, commissioned a 10-minute piece from López for chamber strings orchestra to mark the 100th anniversary of the Lima Philharmonic Society. The “I don’t have any problems with it composer, who hails from Lima himself, reworked the piece in 2008 for full [“Fiesta!”] being danced to. In fact when orchestra. I was writing it, I felt sometimes the need to move, and that’s part of the point. It’s The result was about a 12-minute suite of four dances, now López’ most- just that in the little square setting of the performed work. concert hall nowadays, the audience is not expected to move from its seats and “When I was commissioned for this piece, I didn’t have any idea that it was to just remain calm, quiet and composed. going to be so successful,” López said in a 2010 interview. “It has been by now I wouldn’t have any problem if people my most performed piece in part thanks to conductor Miguel Harth Bedoya, expressed themselves more. I’ve actually who has brought it to orchestras such as Chicago, Atlanta, Baltimore... heard comments from people who say But I think one reason why this piece might be able to communicate with they have the desire to move and that contemporary audiences is because it uses influences from today’s pop music.” obviously is natural.” — Jimmy López Put another way, listeners like music that they can relate to but still sounds new. (Born 1978, Peru) The final movement, “Techno,” imitates some of that genres trappings while remaining an unabashedly orchestral work, beginning with a brash brass TECHNO: A genre of electronic dance tune that transitions into a percussive showcase. He describes the work’s music (EDM), this style uses repetitive construction as follows: rhythms and electronic instruments like drum machines and synthesizers. “Of course in the symphony orchestra... I didn’t have a drum set or electronic instruments, but that wasn’t too much of a challenge,” López recalled in an SYNCOPATION: Temporarily stressing the interview available on YouTube. “Techno is a very easy rhythm to get ahold “weak” beator «off» beat to disrupt listener of and I think that’s what you can relate to immediately because it’s a steady expectations, often used to increase tension drum beat basically, and then in syncopes [syncopated rhythms] we have the and propel a piece forward rhythmically. cymbals, so I repeated that of course by using timpani, by using low strings, by using Gran Casa [a large drum], and then using the crash cymbals in syncopes. FURTHER LISTENING: But that’s only superficial because really even though the piece is called Bel Canto: A Symphonic Canvas “Techno” it lasts three and a half minutes, and techno is not present all the Symphony No. 1: The Travails of way through. I build up in preparation for that moment and it appears at the Persiles and Sigismunda climax.” Synesthésie With well over 100 performances to date, Fiesta! is one of those rare contemporary works to have punched through the noise and become genuinely popular. And it’s small wonder — composers have been cribbing from popular dance styles and tunes since the 1600s to give their pieces a “modern” flavor. Cue the beat.

10 | 2020/2021 SEASON ABOUT MIGUEL HARTH-BEDOYA Celebrating more than 30 years of professional conducting at the “Throughout, music director/conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya is highest levels, Harth-Bedoya has a deep commitment to passing his a sensitive and impressive guide. He draws from the Fort Worth experience on to the next generation of conductors. As of August musicians playing of real character and considerable virtuosity.” In 2020, he is the Director of Orchestral Studies at the University of Gramophone, Guy Rickards commented,”…Miguel Harth-Bedoya Nebraska, Omaha, working to create a brand new, groundbreaking has a knack for getting the most out of players in front of him; and, as Bachelor of Music program in orchestral conducting. He has it is with the Mussorgsky; so it proves with the substantial 30 minute also created The Conducting Institute, with a summer orchestral selection of extracts from Prokofiev’sCinderell a…” conducting program as well as a variety of online courses. For the prestigious Harmonia Mundi label, Harth-Bedoya has made Harth-Bedoya has amassed considerable experience at the helm of six acclaimed recordings: Music of Lutoslawski and Brahms (arr orchestras, including recently completing tenures as Chief Conductor Schoenberg); orchestral works by Jimmy Lopez; New South American of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra – a post he held for seven seasons Discoveries; the complete Prokofiev Piano Concertos with Cliburn – and twenty seasons as Music Director of the Fort Worth Symphony winner Vadym Kholodenko, and piano concertos by Grieg and Saint- Orchestra, where he now holds the title of Music Director Laureate and Saëns which was awarded “Editor’s Choice” in Gramophone. will conduct regularly. Previously he has held Music Director positions with the Auckland Philharmonia and Eugene Symphony. Other recordings include Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago with the Chicago Symphony and Yo-Yo Ma, which Harth-Bedoya guest conducts with orchestras around the world. In received two Grammy nominations, music by with the the he has conducted the Atlanta Symphony, Baltimore Orquesta Sinfonica de Castilla y Leon and pianists Katia and Marielle Symphony, Boston Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Labeque on Deutsche Grammophon, and Sentimiento Latino with Symphony, Dallas Symphony, , Philadelphia Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flores on Decca. For Naxos, Harth-Bedoya Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, and St. Louis Symphony, among others. recorded an album devoted to music by Peruvian composer Celso He is also frequently a guest at summer festivals such as Aspen Music Garrido-Lecca. Festival, Grand Teton Music Festival, Tanglewood Music Festival, Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Grant Park Festival, and Recently, on MSR Classics label he recorded an album of orchestral Hollywood Bowl. Following his exceptional tenure as Associate music by Jimmy López Bellido performed by the Fort Worth Symphony Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic during the early years of Orchestra, and in the Norwegian label, LAWO Classics, released a disc his career, Harth-Bedoya’s “special chemistry” (LA Times) with the devoted to works by Alberto Ginastera which he recorded with the orchestra remains strong and he returns often as a guest conductor. Norwegian Radio Orchestra (KORK). Worldwide he is a frequent guest of the Helsinki Philharmonic, Born and raised in Peru, Harth-Bedoya received his Bachelor of Music MDR Sinfonieorchester Leipzig, National Orchestra of Spain, New degree from the Curtis Institute of Music and his Master of Music Zealand Symphony and Sydney Symphony Orchestras, and has degree from The Juilliard School, both under the guidance of Otto- appeared with the Melbourne Symphony, London Philharmonic, Werner Mueller. He also studied with Seiji Ozawa and Gustav Meier at Munich Philharmonic, Dresden Philharmonic, NDR Sinfonieorchester Tanglewood. Hamburg, Zurich Tonhalle, Danish National Symphony, Royal Harth-Bedoya is an environmental advocate who is committed to Stockholm Philharmonic, Bilbao Symphony and Barcelona Orchestras, a zero-waste lifestyle. In 2016 he co-founded Cowboy Compost, a among others. In the summer of 2016 Harth-Bedoya made his business geared to achieve food waste reduction. He lives in Fort Japanese debut conducting both the NHK Symphony and Tokyo Worth with his wife, Dr. Maritza Cáceres, a choral conductor, and their Metropolitan Symphony Orchestras. three children, Elena, Emilio, and Elisa. Equally at home in opera, Harth-Bedoya has conducted both traditional and premiere productions. He led a new production of La Bohème at directed by Jonathan Miller, as well as traditional productions with the Bremen Opera, Canadian Opera Company, and Minnesota Opera. In 2015 Harth-Bedoya conducted the world premiere of Jennifer Higdon’s first operaCold Mountain at Santa Fe Opera, the recording of which was nominated for a Grammy Award. He has also led two productions of Osvaldo Golijov’s , with the and the New Zealand Festival. With a passionate devotion to unearthing new South American repertoire, Miguel Harth-Bedoya is the founder and Artistic Director of Caminos del Inka, a non-profit organization dedicated to researching, performing and preserving the rich musical legacy of South America. Among its varied activities, Caminos del Inka champions South American composers, produces lectures, chamber music concerts, CD and video recordings, and supports The Conducting Institute. In addition, Harth-Bedoya’s multimedia project: Caminos del Inka, a musical journey has been performed by the Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Baltimore Symphony Residentie Orkest and MDR Sinfonie Leipzig. Harth-Bedoya’s impressive discography includes albums on Harmonia Mundi, Deutsche Gramophone, Decca, FWSOLive, LAWO, Naxos, and MSR Classics. The 2018 release Mussorgsky/Gorchakov: Pictures at an Exhibition/Prokofiev: Cinderella (FWSOLive) received accolades from critics, with Nick Bernard of MusicWeb-International, writing: 6 | 2020/2021 SEASON FORT WORTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 11 ABOUT LATONIA MOORE Praised as “richly talented” by , in the 2020 – 2021 season sees Ms. Moore return to the title role in Tosca in her house debut at Austin Opera, and to Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for a special community concert in Serenbe, Georgia. Ms. Moore was scheduled to return to the to star as the title role in Michael Mayer’s new production of , conducted by music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and to star as Sister Rose in Ivo van Hove’s new production of Dead Man Walking, both of which were scheduled to be broadcast as part of the Met’s Live in HD series. Ms. Moore was also scheduled to make her role debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra as Musetta in La bohème, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Ms. Moore returned to the Metropolitan Opera in the 2019 – 2020 season to sing Serena in a new production Opera, Detroit Opera, Polish National Opera, and at the of the Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess which is broadcast as Ravinia Festival with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra part of the Met’s Live in HD series, and which the New under James Conlon. York Times noted she “stopped the show…from almost vibrato-less, celestial high stretches to chilling, chesty Additional operatic highlights include appearances as low phrases, all of which she sang grippingly.” Ms. Cio Cio San in at the Metropolitan Moore also sang the title role in Tosca with Opéra de Opera, Liù in Turandot at Royal Opera Covent Garden, the Rouen Normandie Théâtre des Arts, and was scheduled title role in Tosca and Elisabeth in Don Carlo with Opera to sing the same production with Théâtre de Caen Australia, the title role in Tosca with Washington National which was cancelled due to COVID-19. Ms. Moore was Opera, Cio Cio San in Madama Butterfly and Mimi in also scheduled to sing Serena in Francesca Zambello’s La bohème with Semperoper Dresden, Cio Cio San in production of Porgy and Bess in a return to Washington Madama Butterfly at the Hamburg State Opera, Micaëla National Opera, conducted by music director Evan in Carmen, Liù in Turnadot, Elvira in , and Lucrezia Rogister, which was cancelled due to COVID-19. in in Bilbao, Desdemona in at Bergen Orchestral appearances included an appearance as a National Opera, Serena in Porgy and Bess at both English featured soloist in the Metropolitan Opera’s memorial National Opera and De Nationale Opera Amsterdam, service for Jessye Norman, as well as her Brazilian debut and an appearance on the 50th Anniversary Gala of the with Mozarteum Brasileiro, conducted by Constantine Metropolitan Opera. Orbelian, which was cancelled due to COVID-19. Ms. Moore also appeared in recital with bass baritone Ryan Orchestral highlights include the role of Lady in a Speedo Green with the George London Foundation at recording of Macbeth with Edward Gardner for Chandos, the Morgan Library. Mahler’s Symphony No 2 with the and Gilbert Kaplan for Deutsche Grammpohon, Vivetta in Ms. Moore has received global acclaim for her L’Arlesiana and Dielia in with the Opera Orchestra interpretation of the title role in Aida, of which the New of New York at Carnegie Hall, and Bess in Porgy and Bess York Times said “her voice was radiant, plush and sizeable with the Orchestra conducted by Sir at its best, with gleaming top notes that broke through Simon Rattle. the chorus and orchestra during the crowd scenes.” Houses where she has sung the role of Aida include Honors and awards include the Maria Callas Award from the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera Covent Garden, Dallas Opera, a Foundation grant, first Opernhaus Zürich, , Teatro Colón, English prize in the Marseilles Competition, and first prize in the National Opera, New National Theatre Tokyo, Dubai International Competition dell’Opera in Dresden. Ms. Opera, Dallas Opera, San Diego Opera, Pittsburgh Moore is a native of Houston, Texas, and currently resides in Miami, Florida. 12 | 2020/2021 SEASON ABOUT MORRIS ROBINSON String Ensemble, and at the BBC Proms and the Ravinia, Mostly Mozart, Tanglewood, Cincinnati May, Verbier, and Aspen Music Festivals. He also appeared in Carnegie Hall as part of Jessye Norman’s HONOR! Festival. In recital he has been presented by Spivey Hall in Atlanta, the Savannah Music Festival, the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in .

Mr. Robinson’s solo album, Going Home, was released on the Decca Morris Robinson is considered one , Sparafucile in , label. He also appears as Joe in the the most interesting and sought-after Commendatore in Don Giovanni, DVD of the basses performing today. Grand Inquisitor in , Timur production of Show Boat, and in the in Turandot, the Bonze in Madama DVDs of the Metropolitan Opera’s Mr. Robinson regularly appears at Butterfly, Padre Guardiano in aL Forza production of Salome and the Aix- the Metropolitan Opera, where del Destino, Ferrando in , en-Provence Festival’s production of he is a graduate of the Lindemann and Fasolt in Das Rheingold. Mozart’s Zaide. Young Artist Program. He debuted there in a production of Fidelio and Also a prolific concert , Mr. This season, Mr. Robinsons returns has since appeared as Sarastro in Robinson’s recently made his to both the Michigan Opera Die Zauberflöte (both in the original debut with the City of Birmingham Theater and the Lyric Opera of production and in the children’s Symphony Orchestra in performances Chicago as Haggen in Twilight: English version), Ferrando in Il of the Mahler Symphony No. Gods, an innovative production Trovatore, the King in Aida, and in 8 with its music director, Mirga of Gotterdämmerung created roles in Nabucco, Tannhäuser, and Gražinytė-Tyl. His many concert by Yuval Sharon. He also sings the new productions of engagements have included Sparafucile in a special performance and Salome. He has also appeared appearances with the New York of Rigolettto produced by the Tulsa at the San Francisco Opera, Lyric Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Opera. He is also a member of the Opera of Chicago, Dallas Opera, Orchestra, Boston Symphony Atlanta Opera’s Company Players Houston , Boston Lyric Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, for the 20/21 season where he will Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Opera Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, appear in various concerts, recitals, Philadelphia, Seattle Opera, Los Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (where and educations outreach events Angeles Opera, Cincinnati Opera, he was the 2015-2016 Artist in throughout the year. Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Theater of Residence), San Francisco Symphony St. Louis, Teatro alla Scala, Volksoper Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, An Atlanta native, Mr. Robinson is a Wien, Opera Australia, and the National Symphony Orchestra, graduate of The Citadel and received Aix-en-Provence Festival. His many , L’Orchestre his musical training from the Boston roles include the title role in Porgy Symphonique de Montreal, Met University Opera Institute. He was and Bess, Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, Chamber Orchestra, Nashville recently named Artistic Advisor to the Osmin in Die Entführung aus dem Symphony Orchestra, São Paulo Cincinnati Opera. Serail, Ramfis inAida , Zaccaria in Symphony Orchestra, New England

FORT WORTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 13 ABOUT ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK

Adolphus Hailstork received his doctorate in composition from Michigan State University, where he was a student of H. Owen Reed. He had previously studied at the Manhattan School of Music, under Vittorio Giannini and David Diamond, at the American Institute at Fontainebleau with Nadia Boulanger, and at Howard University with Mark Fax.

Dr. Hailstork has written numerous works for chorus, solo voice, piano, organ, various chamber ensembles, band, orchestra, and opera.

Among his early compositions are: Celebration, recorded by the Detroit Symphony in 1976; Out of the Depths (1977), and American Guernica (1983), are two band works which won national competitions. Consort Piece (1995) commissioned by the Norfolk (Va.) Chamber Ensemble, was awarded first prize by the University of Delaware Festival of Contemporary Music.

Significant performances by major orchestras (Philadelphia, Chicago, and New York) have been led by leading conductors such as James de Priest, Paul Freeman, Daniel Barenboim, Kurt Masur, Lorin Maezel, Jo We’re Calling You, a work for speaker and orchestra Ann Falletta and David Lockington. This March, Thomas was premiered by the Orlando Symphony. I Speak Wilkins conducted Hailstork’s An American Port of Call of Peace, commissioned by the Bismarck Symphony with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. (Beverly Everett, conductor) in honor of (and featuring the words of) President John F. Kennedy, was premiered in The composer’s second symphony (commissioned by November of 2013. the Detroit Symphony), and second opera, Joshua’s Boots (commissioned by the Opera Theatre of St. Louis and the Hailstork’s newest works include The World Called Kansas City Lyric Opera) were both premiered in 1999. (based on Rita Dove’s poem Testimonial), a work for Hailstork’s second and third symphonies were recorded soprano, chorus and orchestra commissioned by the by the Orchestra (David Oratorio Society of Virginia (premiered in May 2018) Lockington) and were released by Naxos. Another Naxos and Still Holding On (February 2019) an orchestra work recording, An American Port of Call (Virginia Symphony commissioned and premiered by the Los Angeles Orchestra) was released in spring 2012. Philharmonic. He is currently working on his Fourth Symphony, and A Knee on a Neck (tribute to George Recent commissions include Rise for Freedom, an opera Floyd) for chorus and orchestra. about the Underground Railroad, premiered in the fall of 2007 by the Cincinnati Opera Company, Set Me on Dr. Hailstork resides in Virginia Beach Virginia, and is a Rock (re: Hurricane Katrina), for chorus and orchestra, Professor of Music and Eminent Scholar at Old Dominion commissioned by the Houston Choral Society (2008), University in Norfolk. and the choral ballet, The Gift of the Magi, for treble chorus and orchestra, (2009). In the fall of 2011, Zora,

14 | 2020/2021 SEASON ABOUT JIMMY LÓPEZ

Award-winning composer Jimmy López Bellido (*1978) is considered “one of the most interesting young composers anywhere today” (Chicago Sun-Times), and an “expert in orchestration” (New York Times) with a distinct voice that is “adventurous and winning” (Denver Post). His works have been performed by leading orchestras around the world including the Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, and the National Symphony Orchestras of Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Peru and Spain, among others, and his music has been heard in prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall,

Sydney Opera House, Gewandhaus Prize winner , received at the 2005 Irino Composition Prize Leipzig, Kennedy Center, Vienna’s its world premiere by Soprano Ana in Japan; First Prize at the ALEA III Musikverein, Konzerthaus Berlin, and María Martínez, Conductor Esa- 2003 International Composition during the Youth Olympic Games Pekka Salonen, and the Philharmonia Competition; and Orchestra Prize in Singapore. Jimmy López Bellido’s Orchestra of London in Berkeley, at the 2002 CCA International music has been featured in numerous California in March, 2019. Mr. López Composition Competition in Taiwan. festivals, including Tanglewood, has just completed a three-year He is a member of Suomen Säveltäjät Aspen, Grant Park, Darmstadt, tenure as the Houston Symphony’s (Society of Finnish Composers), Donaueschingen and the Nordic Composer-in-Residence. ASCAP (American Society of Music Days. Composers, Authors and Publishers), He has been awarded numerous Circomper (Circle of Composers of As part of the Renée Fleming prizes, among them: a 2017 Peru) and the San Francisco Chapter initiative, the Lyric Opera of Chicago Hewlett50 Arts Commissions from of the Recording Academy (Grammy). commissioned him to compose the Hewlett Foundation, TUMI a full-length opera based on the USA Award 2016, Musician of the Symphonic Canvas, a new album bestselling novel Bel Canto, which Year 2015 by Opera Peru and "El exclusively dedicated to his orchestral premiered on December 7, 2015 Comercio"; Honorable Mention at works, was released in August, to wide critical acclaim. Bel Canto the 2015 Barlow Prize Competition; 2019. All works were recorded by became the bestselling opera of Special Mention at the 2015 Casa de Conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya and Lyric’s 2015-2016 season, and it las Américas Composition Prize; 2014 the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. went on to earn a nomination to the Antara Prize in recognition for his He studied with Enrique Iturriaga 2016 International Opera Awards. outstanding career; 2013 Prince Prize from 1998-2000 at the National In 2017 it was broadcast throughout from the Prince Charitable Trusts; First Conservatory of Music in Lima, and the U.S. on PBS' Great Performances. Prize at the 2012 and 2011 Nicola de with Veli-Matti Puumala and Eero His work Fiesta! has been performed Lorenzo Music Composition Contest; Hämeenniemi from 2000-2007 at over a hundred times worldwide, 2009 Georges Ladd Prix de Paris, the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, ranging from New Zealand to Siberia, Kranichsteiner Musikpreis at the 2008 from where he obtained his Master thus making it one of the most Darmstadt International Summer of Music Degree. He completed performed contemporary orchestral Course for New Music; 2008 Morton his PhD in Music at the University of works. Dreamers, an oratorio which Gould Young Composer Award California-Berkeley in May, 2012 with he wrote in collaboration with Pulitzer from ASCAP; Honorable Mention Edmund Campion. He is published by Filarmonika Music Publishing. FORT WORTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 15 ABOUT KEVIN DAY

An American composer whose music has been major venues. Day has collaborated with the likes of Jens “characterized by propulsive, syncopated rhythms, Lindemann, Demondrae Thurman, and Jeremy Lewis colorful orchestration, and instrumental virtuosity,” on concertos for their respective instruments, as well (Robert Kirzinger, Boston Symphony Orchestra) Kevin as chamber ensembles like , The Day (b. 1996) has quickly emerged as one of the leading Puerto Rican Trombone Ensemble, The Zenith Saxophone young voices in the world of music composition today. Quartet, The Tesla Quartet, and many more. He has Day was born in Charleston, West Virginia and is a native worked with and has been mentored by distinguished of Arlington, Texas. His father was a prominent hip-hop composers Gabriela Lena Frank, Frank Ticheli, John producer in the late-1980s in Southern California, and Mackey, William Owens, Julie Giroux, Marcos Balter, his mother was a sought-after gospel singer from West Anthony Cheung, Matthew Evan Taylor, and Valerie Virginia, singing alongside the likes of Mel Torme and Kirk Coleman. Franklin. Kevin Day is a composer, conductor, producer, and multi-instrumentalist on tuba, euphonium, jazz Day will be starting his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in piano and more, whose music often intersects between Composition at the University of Miami Frost School of the worlds of jazz, minimalism, Latin music, fusion, and Music this coming fall, where he will study composition contemporary classical idioms. Day currently serves as with Valerie Coleman, Lansing McLoskey, Charles Norman the Composer-In-Residence of the Mesquite Symphony Mason, and Dorothy Hindman, as well as jazz piano Orchestra. with Shelly Berg. Day will be graduating in May with his Master of Music in Composition Degree at the University A winner of the BMI Student Composer Award and other of Georgia, where he studied with composers Peter Van honors, Day has composed over 200 works, and has had Zandt Lane, Emily Koh, and conductor Cynthia Johnston numerous performances throughout the United States, Turner. He received his Bachelor of Music Degree in Russia, Austria, Australia, Taiwan, South Africa, and Tuba/Euphonium Performance from Texas Christian Japan. His works have been programmed by the Boston University (TCU), where he studied tuba and euphonium Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Houston Symphony, Fort with Richard Murrow and composition primarily with Neil Worth Symphony, Tulsa Symphony, Fresno Philharmonic, Anderson-Himmelspach. His works are published with and more. He was also selected as the 3rd Prize winner Murphy Music Press, Dev Music Publishing, Cimarron of the 2020 New Classics International Young Composer Music, and Kevin Day Music. Day currently serves as the Contest of the Moscow Conservatory. His works have Vice President for the Millennium Composers Initiative also been performed at Carnegie Hall, Rachmaninov and is an alumnus of Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Hall (Russia), The Midwest Clinic, TMEA, and other Band Fraternity and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America. 16 | 2020/2021 SEASON FORT WORTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION 2020–2021 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

OFFICERS

Mercedes T. Bass, Chairman of the Board Jeff Schmeltekopf, Chairman of the Executive Committee Teresa King, Secretary Marvin E. Blum, Treasurer Dr. Keith Cerny, President and CEO

FWSO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Marianne Auld Mercedes T. Bass Marvin E. Blum Victor J. Boschini, Jr. Asad Dean, M.D. Peter Eyestone Katie Farmer Joan E. Friedman Barry L. Green Dotty Hall Aaron Howard Dee Kelly, Jr. Teresa King Mollie L. Lasater Louella Martin Priscilla W. Martin Colin McConnell Frasher Pergande Don C. Plattsmier Dana Porter Jean Roach Henry H. Robinson Alann Bedford Sampson Jeff Schmeltekopf Ed Schollmaier Thomas L. Smith Jonathan T. Suder

FORT WORTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 17 FORT WORTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION 2020–2021 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mercedes T. Bass, Chairman of the Board Jeff Schmeltekopf, Chairman of the Executive Committee

Marianne Auld Barry L. Green Frasher H. Pergande Amy Roach Bailey Genie Guynn Don C. Plattsmier Mercedes T. Bass * Dotty Hall Dana Porter Marvin E. Blum * Kathleen Hicks Jean Roach Ashli Blumenfeld Aaron Howard Henry H. Robinson Victor J. Boschini, Jr. Qiong Hulsey Jude Ryan Mrs. L. O. Brightbill III Kim Johnson Alann Bedford Sampson Gail Cooke Dee J. Kelly, Jr. Jeff Schmeltekopf * Barbara A. Cox Teresa King * Ed Schollmaier Juana-Rosa Daniell Ann Koonsman+ Kal Silverberg Dr. Ron Daniell Mollie L. Lasater Dwayne Smith Mitzi Davis Antonia Pryor Leavitt Thomas L. Smith Asad Dean, M.D. Mary Hart Lipscomb Kathleen B. Stevens Joseph DeWoody Louella Martin Clare Stonesifer Vance A. Duffy Priscilla W. Martin Ronda Jones Stucker Peter Eyestone Colin McConnell Jonathan T. Suder Katie Farmer Dr. Stuart D. McDonald Carla Kemp Thompson Joan E. Friedman Ellen Messman Lon T. Werner Tera Garvey Dr. Till MacIvor Meyn J. W. Wilson John B. Giordano Erin Moseley Gail Aronoff Granek Cara Owens

CHAIRMAN EMERITA William P. Hallman, Jr.+ Adele Hart+ Frank H. Sherwood

LIFE TRUSTEE Rosalyn G. Rosenthal

FWSOA PRESIDENT EMERITA Ann Koonsman+ *Denotes Officer of the Board + Denotes Deceased

18 | 2020/2021 SEASON How to Support the FWSO

Annual Fund Your gift to the annual fund allows the FWSO to bring the joy of music to 200,000 adults and children through the nearly 200 performances each season.

Patrons of the Symphony Elevate your FWSO to VIP with a membership to Patrons of the Symphony. Your generous donation of $2,000 or more annually, or $167 a month through our Metronome program, entitles you to extraordinary benefits designed to enhance your FWSO experience.

Tribute Gifts Honor or memorialize friends or loved ones with a tribute gift to the Symphony. A special acknowledgment is sent to the person or family informing them of your generosity and thoughtfulness.

Brooks Morris Society Leave a lasting legacy and invest in the future of the Symphony by including the FWSO in your will or estate plans.

Endowment Fund Established in 1984, the Endowment Fund was created to preserve the FWSO’s rich artistic tradition and ensure financial security for live symphonic music in our city. Named gift opportunities recognize significant contributions to the Endowment Fund.

Symphony League of Fort Worth Founded in 1957, the Symphony League of Fort Worth provides the FWSO with vital volunteer and financial support throughout the season. If you are interested in League membership, visit www. slofw.com.

Centurion Society The Centurion Society salutes extraordinary individuals who have given $100,000 or more to the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra in cumulative lifetime gifts. Companies and foundations are welcomed into the Centurion Society beginning at the $500,000 level.

If you are interested in supporting the FWSO please contact our Vice President of Development, Julie Baker at 817-665-6500 ext 126 or [email protected]

FORT WORTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 19 CORPORATE SUPPORT

The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the following businesses for their generous support of the Orchestra’s programming and outreach activities.

This listing reflects Corporate Sponsors for the 2020/2021 Season.

$50,000–$99,999

$25,000–$49,999

$10,000–$24,999 $5,000–$9,999

Alcon Acme Brick Company Central Market / H.E.B. Bank of America Ben E. Keith Beverages Fort Worth Tourism Public Improvement District Frost General Motors Financial JPMorgan Chase Safe Work On-Site Workforce COVID-19 Testing BBVA Compass TownePlace Downtown | Residence Inn The Northern Trust Company Cultural District U.S. Trust WFAA - Channel 8 $2,000–$4,999 Worthington Renaissance Hotel Ben E. Keith Beverages Bowie House Hotel First Financial Bank John L. Wortham Insurance Metro Golf Pyro Shows Texas Christian University US Draft Co. Visit Fort Worth

Centurion Society Member: Lifetime giving of $100,000+ (individuals) or $500,000 (corporations and foundations)

20 | 2020/2021 SEASON MAJOR SUPPORTERS OF THE FWSO

The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra expresses its deepest gratitude to the following individuals, corpora- tions and foundations for their extraordinary annual financial support that sustains the FWSO as a world-class orchestra and valuable community asset. This listing reflects annual giving as of March 1, 2021.

Chairman’s Level | $1,000,000 and above Mrs. Mercedes T. Bass Kleinheinz Family Foundation for the Arts and Education Ed Schollmaier in Memory of Rae Schollmaier

President’s Level | $500,000–$999,999 Sasha and Edward P. Bass Mrs. Rosalyn Rosenthal Sid W. Richardson Foundation

Maestro’s Level | $250,000–$499,999 Amon G. Carter Foundation

Vice President’s Level | $150,000–$249,999 Shannon and Mark Hart Estate of Peggy L. Rayzor Mr. and Mrs. David M. Porter

Principal Guest Conductor’s Level | $75,000–$149,999 Anonymous Ann L. & Carol Green Rhodes Charitable Trust Mr. & Mrs. William S. Davis; Davoil, Inc. Mollie & Garland Lasater Charitable Fund at the North Texas Community Foundation Wells Fargo

Guest Conductor’s Level | $50,000–$74,999 Ms. Marianne M. Auld BNSF Railway Frank Kent Cadillac Estate of Anna Belle P. Thomas William E. Scott Foundation Qurumbli Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John V. Roach II; The Roach Foundation

Centurion Society Member: Lifetime giving of $100,000+ (individuals) or $500,000 (corporations and foundations)

FORT WORTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 21 SUPPORTERS OF THE FWSO Concertmaster’s Level - $25,000–$49,999 Artist’s Level - $10,000–$24,999 Ramona & Lee Bass Alcon Foundation Crystelle Waggoner Charitable Trust Carol Margaret Allen Mr. and Mrs. Douglas K. Bratton Anonymous Connie Beck & Frank Tilley Fort Worth Trauma Education Megan and Victor Boschini and Research Foundation Greg & Pam Braak John & Frances J. Wasilchak Charitable Fund Barbara A. & Ralph F. Cox at the North Texas Community Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Atlee Cunningham, Jr. Teresa and Luther King Asad Dean M.D.; Texas Oncology Neiman Marcus Fort Worth Mr. & Mrs. Glenn M. Darden Red Oak Foundation Margaret & Craig Dearden C. Edwards & R. Schroeder Mr. and Mrs. John V. Roach II; Fifth Avenue Foundation The Roach Foundation Central Market / H.E. Garvey Texas Foundation Alann Bedford Sampson Mr. & Mrs. Edward R. Hudson, Jr. Jonathan and Medea Suder Ms. Nina C. Hutton Mrs. Patricia Key Carl B. & Florence E. King Foundation Lewis F. Kornfeld, Jr. Memorial Fund at the NTXCF Lowe Foundation Marguerite Bridges Charitable Trust Nicholas & Louella Martin Priscilla & Joe Martin Dr. & Mrs. Stuart D. McDonald Ellen F. Messman Doug & Whitney More; Hyder More Foundation Stephen & Brenda Neuse North Texas Giving Day Fund of the Communities Foundation of Texas Frasher H. & John F. Pergande Piranesi Nancy & Don Plattsmier Mrs. Susan S. Pratt Peggy Rixie Tzu-Ying & Michael Shih in tribute of Mr. & Mrs. William S. Davis Mr. Gerald E. Thiel Mr. and Mrs. Kelly R. Thompson Jeff and Judy Schmeltekopf Frances C. & William P. Smallwood Foundation Symphony League of Fort Worth Laurie & Lon Werner

Centurion Society Member: Lifetime giving of $100,000+ (individuals) or $500,000 (corporations and foundations)

22 | 2020/2021 SEASON SUPPORTERS OF THE FWSO Benefactor - $5,000–$9,999 Contributor - $3,000–$4,999 Anonymous (2) William & Kathryn Adams Acme Brick Company Robert D. & Catherine R. Alexander Foundation Elaine & Neils Agather Anonymous (2) Mr. & Mrs. David R. Atnip Ms. Margaret Bayer U.S. Trust Dr. Joyce Beck Dr. Joyce Beck Mr. Dan Besse & Ms. Erin Lloyd The Bayard & Cornelia Friedman Fund Mr. & Mrs. Michael K. Berry Dr. Susan Blue Marvin & Laurie Blum Mr. Bill Bond Ashli & Todd Blumenfeld Judge Tim & Celia Boswell Greg & Pam Braak Art & Lynda Brender Art & Lynda Brender Linda & Lee Brookshire Mr. & Mrs. L. O. Brightbill III Jeanie Browning Mr. Bill Bond Daniel & Soraya Caulkins Linda Brookshire Dr. Joseph Cecere City Club of Fort Worth Gary Cole Debbie Brooks; DFW Musicians Services LLC Mr. Jack Dykhouse Orlando & Anne Carvalho Angela L. Evans Mary Cauble Dr. & Mrs. Ronald B. Flowers Sue & John Allen Chalk, Sr. Dr. Oscar L. Frick Brenda Cline Mr. and Mrs. Larry Fridkis Jeanne Cochran Gary Glaser and Christine Miller Gary Cole Drs. Dan & Lyn Hunt Goggin Barbara A. & Ralph F. Cox Steve and Jean Hadley Dean & Emily Holt Crocker Dotty & Gary Hall Mr. & Mrs. Glenn M. Darden Peggy Harwood Tom & Deborah Deas Charitable Fund Michelle & Reagan Horton at the North Texas Community Foundation Philip King Doug & Carol English Mr. & Mrs.+ Ronald Koonsman Mr. and Mrs. Peter Eyestone Ms. Trina Krausse Mildred H. Fender Mr. & Mrs. William Leavitt Frost Mary & Blake Lipscomb Susan & Tommy Green L.R. Lumley Gail Aronoff Granek Guy & Helen Mabee Steve* & Jean Hadley Elizabeth Martin Maritza Caceres & Miguel Harth- Bedoya Shannon McGovern Gary & Judy Havener Berlene T. & Jarrell R. Milburn Aaron & Corrie Howard Dr. William & Mary Morton Greg & Myla Hoyt Richard Hubbard, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. David B. Morrow Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Johnson Bill & Jeanne O’Connor JPMorgan Chase John L. Wortham Insurance James & Dorothy Doss Foundation Harris Franklin Gordon & Aileen Kanan Pearson Private Foundation Mr. & Mrs. William Leavitt Mary Pencis Mr. & Mrs. Colin McConnell Mr. & Mrs. Omas Peterson Dr. & Mrs. Stuart D. McDonald Ms. Jane Rector Ms. Cyrena Nolan Mr. Don Reid The Northern Trust Company Rosemary Riney The Pace Fund Jude & Terry Ryan Mr. & Mrs. Chris Parker Susan & James Smith Peggy Meade-Cohen Crut Charitable Trust Virginia Street Smith Carol Ray Dr. Mary Alice Stanford & Mr. Don Jones Ms. Jane Rector Sallie & Joseph Tarride Dr. Deborah Rhea & Ms. Carol Bollinger Jerry & James Taylor Mr. William E. Rosenthal Texas Christian University Jude & Terry Ryan Texas Rangers Baseball Club Dr. & Mrs. Emmet G. Smith Joy & Johnnie Thompson Mary C. Smith Joan T. Trew Clark Educational Services David Turpin Virginia Street Smith John Wells Ms. Patricia A.Steffen Dr. James C. Williams Jim & Judy Summersgill Dr. & Mrs. Bobby J. Wroten Mary & Reuben Taniguchi Texas Commission on the Arts Ann Treleven Mr. C K Wang Mr. Charles White Suzy Williams Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Company

Centurion Society Member: Lifetime giving of $100,000+ (individuals) or $500,000 (corporations and foundations) + Denotes Deceased

FORT WORTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 23 SUPPORTERS OF THE FWSO Sustainer - $2,000–$2,999 Donor - $500–$1,999

Tony & Rhonda Ackley Anonymous (1) Robert D. & Catherine R. Albertsons Safeway Dr. & Mrs. Julian Armstrong Alexander Foundation Julia Dudley Allison Mr. & Mrs. William C. Bahan Laurie & Len Roberts Margaret Ambuehl Mr. & Mrs. Tull Bailey Dr. & Mrs. Mohanakrishna Kathryn Anderson Ellen & Larry Bell Sathyamoorthy Anonymous (14) Mr. & Mrs. John C. Belsly Punch Shaw & Julie Hedden Mary Frances Antweil Ben E. Keith Beverages Kai & Karen Silverberg Henry & Barbara Armstrong Dr. Susan Blue Marilyn Wiley & Terry Skantz Mr. & Mrs. Charles Wade Arnold Megan & Victor Boschini Dr. & Mrs. David C. Smith Dr. Aronson and Ms. Raskopf Mary Cauble Thomas L. Smith Roy I. Bacus, Jr. Dr. Joseph Cecere David & Denise Snipes Philip & Joni Baczewski Dr. & Mrs. Lincoln Chin Clare Stonesifer Ms. Merry L. Bagwell Hon. Dale & Peggy Sue Clark Ill Mack Ed & Sharon Swindle Mary Frances & George Barlow Michael T. Crnkovich & Dr. Stuart N. Thomas Charitable Fund at the NTCF Susan Lewandowski In memory of Dr. Gaby Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Harry E. Bartel Dean and Emily Holt Crocker Becky & Stephen Tobin Mr. & Mrs. Harper Bartolomei Dedrick Family Dr. & Mrs. Monte Troutman Ellen & Larry Bell Ms. Gina C. Dernehl Gene & Kathleen Walker The Benevity Community Impact Fund Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. DeWoody Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell S. Wynne Glenn & Sherry Bernhoft Jean & Tom Dodson Ms. Lou Ann Blaylock ExxonMobil Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Bowles Fash Foundation Ben & Diana Broadwater Mildred H. Fender Mr. & Mrs. Claude D.Brown Dr. Oscar L. Frick John L. Bryant Norma Jeanne Ganze Mr. & Mrs. Michael Burchfield Jan K. Gaston Gerald & Shura Buxton Mr. & Mrs. Gordon F. Gibson Mrs. Renee Camp Dr. & Mrs. William H. Gibson in memory of Jack & Mildred Malone Stephen Gilchrist Mrs. Debra Carter Mr. & Mrs. John B. Giordano Antonio & Carla Castaneda Mrs. Phil Harris, Jr. Ms. Medea Mitcham Cerniglia Peggy Harwood LRS Construction Services,L.P. Anne Helmreich & Christian Wulffen Jack & Donna Coldiron Dr. Michael W. Henley Mr. & Mrs. William H.Collins Judith & William Hubregs Dr. & Mrs. Martin F. Conroy Mr. & Mrs. William R. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Michael Cooke Mr. Ronnie Korb Ms. Annabelle Carboy & Mr. Donald C. Little, Mr. Michael Poteet In memory of Laura Elizabeth Bruton Marcia Cruce Guy & Helen Mabee Mr. Brian Crumley & Mr. Tyler Crumley Chris & Lucy Maier The Cushing Family Anne* & John Marion The Dallas Foundation Ellen F. Messman Dr. Ron & Juana-Rosa Daniell Mr. & Mrs. Lynn Morgan Katherine Davis Berlene T. & Jarrell R. Milburn Ron DeFord John & Kay Mitchell Scott & Laney Denbina Mr. & Mrs. W.A. Moncrief Ill Ms. Gina C. Dernehl Mr. & Mrs. David B. Morrow Mr. & Mrs. David A. Deterly, Jr. John & Anita O'Carroll Drs. Jeff & Rosemary Detweiler Once Upon A Time... Jean & Tom Dodson Michael & Lisa Onuscheck Dr. & Mrs. R. Nowell Donovan Paul & Mary Kay Park John Driggers & Barbara Gibbs Harris Franklin Pearson Private Foundation Ms. Tori Adams & Mr. Jim DuBose Mr. & Mrs. Scott Prince Paulette Dubofsky Mr. Vance A. Duffy Debbie Duncan & Randy Jordan Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Ehrlich Dawn Ellison Mr. William Ennis Dottie Erickson Sarah & John Erickson Charlene & Dave Ernst Ann & Ronnie Erwin Katie & Jeff Farmer Ray & Gretchen Finn Robert & Rosanne Fitch Dr. & Mrs. Ronald B. Flowers John E. Forestner

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Robert & Barbara Fortenbaugh Chuck Marsh Ronda & Walter Stucker Mr. & Mrs. Ben J.Fortson,Jr. Diane & Steve Martichuski Drs. Charles & Sharon Sullivan Mrs. Benjamin J. Fortson,Ill Nicholas & Louella Martin Ron & Gilda Suter Cynthia J. Frey Scott Marvel & Joyce Marvel Ms. Anne Swenson Jean Graham Frick Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Mays Ms. Nan Terry Dr. Julia S. Frink Tanya & Patrick McClanahan John* & Camille Thomason Shawn & Victoria Furniss Robert & Joanne McClendon Carol A. Thompson John & Joann Gann McGraw Family Charitable Fund Randy & Jo Thomson Rafael & Liz Garza Dr. & Rev. M. Dwain McDonald Bob & Sharon Timmons Mr. & Mrs. Frank M. Gault Gay & Urbin McKeever Jan Treybig Gary Glaser & Christine Miller Edward & Marilyn McNertney Mrs. Nancy T. Turner Sharon Godwin Jake Fridkis & Heesun Yang Lola Lacrosse & Jerry Tutt Mr. & Mrs. William M. Gould, Jr. Parker Mecham Mr. & Mrs. Will Ulrich Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Gralapp Dr. Bernard N. Meisner Dr. & Mrs. Gary L. Upton Merrill & Josh Gregg Terry L. Meyer Mr. & Mrs. Rush Vann, Jr. Dr. Adelaide Griffin Dr. & Mrs. Till M. Meyn Kathy & John Von Klemen Brian T. Griffin Pat Miller & Ann Rice Lorna de Wangen Eric & Jannene Gunter Dr. & Mrs. Will Miller Mr. Hugh Washburne Fanchon & Howard Hallam Mr. & Mrs. Lary G. Milrany l Mrs. Susy Weaver Mr. & Mrs. David J.Hamacher Linda M. Monk Dave & Julie Wende Mr. & Mrs. Steve Hannifin Cecile Montgomery Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm Wetsel Dr. Christy L. Hanson Ms. Susan Morgan Dr. Chris and Janis White Dorie & Dave Hardesty Sophia & Charlotte Murray Dan Wilkirson Jo & Don Hawthorne William C. Perry & Paul A. Nelson Lee T. Wilkirson Mr. Christopher Hayes Charitable Fund of the NTCF John & Suzy Williams Carolyn & Larry Heath Lynn Nesbit CharitableTrust Mr. & Mrs. Philip C. Williamson Dr. Jennifer Heath Mrs. Judith L. Ney Lyn Clayton Willis Deborah Hinchey Mr. Greg Nicholas & Henry & Gail Wilson Darve, Karen, & Aaren Horak Dr. Catherine M. Nicholas Mr. & Mrs. J.W. Wilson Colonel Jonathan W. House Betty Norvell Barbara Winkelmeyer Mr. and Mrs. Jacob M. Huffman III Michael & Laura O'Brien Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wojciechowska Vicki Branch Hummel Viola Ohr June Wolff Mr. and Mrs. Scott Hvidt James & Jeanne Osterman Mr. & Mrs. William H. Workman Mr. & Mrs. Sung & Miyoung In Vicki Owen Arthur & Carolyn Wright Julia Jaeckels Drs. Jeffrey & Raquel Oxford Robert & Ann Wright Mr. & Mrs. Robert L.Jameson Dr. Beatriz Parra David & Maureen Yett Fay & Lowell Janzen Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Pate Bruce York Mr. & Mrs. Loren K. Jensen Mr. Kevin Peavy Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Yuknavich Ed & Carol Jones Susan & Bruce Peden Charitable Fund Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Ziegler Malcolm & Betsy Jone Ms. Olivia Potts Patsy C. & Bill J. Zimmerman Walter D. Juliff Lynne B. Prater Susan Murrin Pritchett Dione Kennedy & Daniel Hagwood Prospera Financial Ms. Jana Kazazic Virginia R. Pumphrey Robert & Beverly Koch Mr. and Mrs. Greg Reese Metaxia Kompogiorga Dr. Robin L. Riley Irene KoscalDavid Kostohryz, M.D. Marcia Rober Laura & Bill Lace Jeanelle S. Roberts Colonel Leonard Sy La Ms. Susan Roe Ms. Pamela J. Laing Roger Roe & Kent Cook Constance Langston Barbara Roels Mr. Bob Lansford Mr. & Mrs. Ben Rosenthal John and Tim Latta Dick & Sherry Ruddell Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Leach Rose-Mary Rumbley Dr. & Mrs. Eric Lee Capera Ryan Bob & Pam Leibrock Save Our Symphony Fort Worth E. Donovan Lewis Gayla & Blaine Scheideman Mr. Swang Lin Mr. & Mrs. Robert Schmidt Art & Cheryl Litke Catherine Courtney Schmuck Jennifer Lloyd in honor of Will A. Courtney, Sr. & Charles R. Locke Esther Courtney Dr. Brad Loeffelholz Catherine & Wallace Schmuck Ms. Vanessa Logan Dr. & Mrs. Russ A. Schultz Thomas Long Mrs. and Mr. Gail Settle Dr. Robert & Priscilla Lovett Dr. D.D. (Darcy) Sety Mr. Matthew Loynachan Jay P. Sewell Nate & Nanci Lublin-Good George Shackelford Mary Jo MacGregor Katie & Hayne Shumate Ellen & Theodore Mack Dr. Ab Siadati Mr. James Makens Evelyn Siegel Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Malloy Anne & Danny Simpson Ms. Sandra Doan & Mr. Jacques Marquis Mary Alice Denmon Smith Dr. Mary Alice Stanford & Mr. Don Jones

FORT WORTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 25 Estate of Ernest Allen, Jr.+ Nancy Lee & Perry R. Bass+ Annette & Jerry W. Blaschke Marguerite Bridges+ Dr. & Mrs. Lloyd W. Brooks Jr. Estate of Frank X. Buhler+ Mr. & Mrs. M.A. Cardona+ THE BROOKS MORRIS SOCIETY Estate of Electra M. Carlin+ Barbara J. Clarkin Carroll W. Collins+ Estate of Whitfield J. Collins+ Kathleen E. Connors Trust Mr. & Mrs. Laurence S. Cooke, Jr. Juana Rosa & Ron Daniell RR Mr. & Mrs. Norwood P. Dixon+ O IS Helene Bare & William Glenn Embry+ S Cornelia Cheney & Bayard H. Friedman+ M O Paula & George Fultz S Thomas O. Gay C Gwen M. Genius K Mrs. Charlotte M. Gore+

I Gail Aronoff Granek

O E Nancy L. & William P. Hallman Jr.

T Shawn & Hank Henning

O Estate of Kathy B. Higgins+ Y

R Mr. & Mrs. Eric F. Hyden* B George & Jeanne Jaggers+ Estate of Lois Hoynck Jaggers+ Ann & Ronald L. Koonsman+ Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Kornfeld, Jr.+ Mollie & Garland Lasater Jr. Elizabeth H. Ledyard+ Carol V. Lukert Patty Cartwright Mays+ Shannon McGovern Peggy J. Meade-Cohen+ Estate of Michael Boyd Milligan+ Brooks Morris was the founder and first conductor of + the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. Thanks to his Estate of Linda Reimers Mixson vision, commitment, and generous spirit, the Orchestra Dr. & Mrs. A.F. Murph is woven into the cultural fabric of this community. The Linda Todd Murphy Dr. & Mrs. James M. O’Donnell+ Brooks Morris Society honors those individuals whose + commitment to the future of the FWSO has inspired Estate of F. Warren O’Reilly Harris Franklin Pearson them to include the Orchestra in their will or estate + plans. Estate of Peggy L. Rayzor Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Reynolds + Planned giving offers a variety of estate-planning Estate of Dorothy Rhea opportunities that allow you to make a lasting difference Mr. & Mrs. John V. Roach II in the sustainability of the FWSO while at the same Jude & Terry Ryan time creating a musical legacy and enjoying potential Jeff & Judy Schmeltekopf income-tax advantages. Mrs. Lynda Shropshire Kathleen B. & Richard I. Stevens + A planned gift is more than a donation, it is an in- Mr. & Mrs. Paul I. Stevens spiring statement of dedication and trust in the Mr. Gerald E. Thiel Estate of Anna Belle P. Thomas+ leadership, talent and artistic vision of the Fort Worth + Symphony Orchestra. Mary D. Walsh Estate of Mildred G. Walters+ + Denotes Deceased Peter G. Warren Mr.* & Mrs. John Wasilchak Estate of Hugh L. Watson+ Lynn Wilson Estate of Sylvia E. Wolens 26 | 2020/2021 SEASON MEMORIALS & TRIBUTE DONORS

In Honor of Alton Adkins In Memory of Mr. Nick Martin Mr. and Mrs. Michael J Gower In Memory of Ruth and Oscar Lee Gibson The Roach Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Shanley Mrs. Kay Acola In Memory of Leon Novikoff The Roach Foundation, Inc. In Memory of William Hallman Mrs. Nancy H. Dozier Ms. Claire Barry In Honor of Alex AmselIn Mr. and Mrs. John Giordano In Memory of Mrs. Joseph R. Pelich, Jr The Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Anderson Emily Jones Green Roach Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Mark L. Hart, III In Honor of FWSO Staff Mr. & Mrs. Jim Pace In Memory of Lynn O’Day FWSO Players Assembly Mr. and Mrs. Terrence J Ryan Ms. Lou Ann Blaylock Mr. & Mrs. Richard I. Stevens Claire M. Bosse In Memory if Mr. William C. Bahan Mr. and Mrs. Dean A. Tetirick Mr. Matthew K. Loynachan The Roach Foundation, Inc.. Barbara A. Winkler In Memory of Anne Hamm In Honor of Mercedes Bass Mrs. Catherine Howell In Memory of Frank Rixen Ms. Claire Barry Robert & June Bay Ben J. Fortson In Memory of Adele Hart Keith and Shawna Dodds Mr. and Mrs. John Giordano Mr. and Mrs. Alton Adkins Lee Ann Watson Mrs. Catherine Howell Chris Athon Mr. E R Hudson III Ms. Claire Barry In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. John V. Roach II Karin Tosado Mr. and Mrs. Jerry W. Blaschke Mrs. Joan T. Trew Kimbell and Mitch Wynne Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Borgers Mr. & Mrs. Martin C. Bowen In Honor of In Honor of Miguel Harth-Bedoya Mr. and Mrs. Douglas K. Bratton Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Schmeltekopf Ms. Linda Monk Dr. & Mrs. Benge Daniel Mr. & Mrs. Chris Parker Mr. & Mrs. Glenn M. Darden Mr. Michael Sanborn In Memory of Glennis Bradley M. Samuel R. Dodson III; Mr. Ralph Bradley Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund In Memory of Frank Sherwood, Jr. Mrs. Nancy H. Dozier Mrs. Ann C. Bahan In Memory of Lee J. Brookshire, Jr. FWSO Players Assembly Mrs. Beckie Geren Mr. and Mrs. Bailey S. Ruff J.P. Morgan Charitable Giving Fund Kimbell Art Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Mark L. Hart, III Claudia Smith In Memory of Laura Bartek Brown Kimbell Art Foundation John E. Woerly Mrs. Christel Laughlin Mr. and Mrs. John B. Kleinheinz Garland and Mollie Lasater In Honor of Michael Shih In Memory of Laura Bruton North Texas Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Mark L. Hart, III Mr. Oren Bruton Ms. Ellen F. Messman Mr. David E. Frick Mr. & Mrs. William M. Penny Jr. In Honor of Libby Stenevik Mrs. Susan S. Pratt Ms. Mary A. Frazer In Memory of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Buell Mrs. Emmy Lou Prescott The Roach Foundation, Inc. Ms. Susan Murrin Pritchett In Memory of Jack and Frances Stoddard William Rosenthal Mrs. Helen E. Kerr In Memory of Helen Cameron Clifton Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Karla Britt Bob and Paige Russey In Honor of Mahala Strippling Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Lauren Stripling In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. William S. Davis Mr. Robert A. Seale Tzu-Ying & Michael Shih Mrs. and Mr. Gail Settle In Honor of David and Jerry Tees John and Bev Snyder Kim C. Murphy In Memory of Lucy Glenn Jackson Darden North Texas Community Foundation Mr. & Mrs. William C. Bahan Mr. & Mrs. Richard I. Stevens In Memory of Anna Belle Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Kelly R. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. William S. Davis In Memory of Mrs. Robert Dupree Mr. and Mrs. Loftin V. Witcher, Jr. The Roach Foundation, Inc. Ms. Marsha Wright In Memory of Dr. Gaby Garcia-Thomas Dr. Stuart Thomas In Memory of Dotty England In Memory of Mr. Sam Hulsey Ms. Ann Sauer The Roach Foundation, Inc. In Memory of Ron Thurston Shelley Allison In Honor of Mildred Fender In Memory of Randall Kent Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wilson Anne B. Kent In Memory of Wendell Turner Mrs. Ann Sutherland Mr. and Mrs. Bruce L. Corning In Honor of Marie Laine Ms. Jennifer Corning Lucio In Honor of Mary Feng Mr. J. R. Price Kooken Center Kimberly F. Wolfshohl Scott Rumsey In Memory of Sandra LeGault In Honor of Thomas Gay Ms. Anne Swenson In Honor Of Julie Vinsant Mr. Christian Walker Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Hall In Honor of Ms. Jennifer Corning Lucio Ms. Harumi K. Rudolph

FORT WORTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 27 ENDOWED CHAIRS & PROGRAMS

The Board of Directors extends sincere gratitude to the following donors who have demonstrated exceptional generosity and commitment to the FWSO by endowing the following chairs and programs.

Music Director Nancy Lee & Perry R. Bass+ Chair Guest Conductors Mrs. Mercedes T. Bass Chair Mr. Sid R. Bass Chair Associate Conductor Rae+ & Ed Schollmaier/Schollmaier Foundation Chair Concertmaster Mrs. Mercedes T. Bass Chair Mr. Sid R. Bass Chair Associate Concertmaster Ann Koonsman+ Chair Assistant Concertmaster Mollie & Garland Lasater Chair Assistant Principal 2nd Violin Symphony League of Fort Worth Chair Principal Cello Mrs. Mercedes T. Bass Chair Mr. Sid R. Bass Chair Assistant Principal Cello Burlington Northern Santa Fe Foundation Chair Principal Bass Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Bass Chair Principal Oboe Nancy L. & William P. Hallman, Jr. Chair Principal Flute Shirley F. Garvey+ Chair Principal Clarinet Rosalyn G. Rosenthal Chair In Memory of Manny Rosenthal Assistant Principal Trumpet Dorothy Rhea+ Chair Principal Bassoon Mr. & Mrs. Lee M. Bass Chair Principal Horn Elizabeth H. Ledyard+ Chair Associate Principal Horn Drs. Jeff and Rosemary Detweiler Chair Principal Trombone Mr. & Mrs. John Kleinheinz Chair Bass Trombone Mr. & Mrs. Lee M. Bass Chair Principal Percussion Shirley F. Garvey+ Chair Assistant Principal Percussion Adele Hart+ Chair Timpani Madilyn Bass Chair Harp Bayard H. Friedman+ Chair Keyboard Rildia Bee O’Bryan Cliburn & Van Cliburn+ Chair Great Performance Fund Rosalyn G. Rosenthal Chair In Memory of Manny Rosenthal Pops Performance Fund The Burnett Foundation Adventures in Music The Ryan Foundation Symphonic Insight Teresa & Luther King

+Denotes Deceased

28 | 2020/2021 SEASON CONTRIBUTORS TO THE ENDOWMENT

The Endowment Fund provides the institutional bedrock upon which the Orchestra is able to achieve long-term artistic growth and financial stability. Your support of the Edowment Fund is crucial. Please contact our Development Department at (817) 665-6500 or [email protected].

$5,000,000 and above Nancy L. & William P. Hallman, Jr. Peggy L. Rayzor+ + Nancy Lee+ & Perry R. Bass+ Mr. & Mrs. John L. Marion Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Reynolds Mrs. Mercedes T. Bass Mrs. Philip K. Thomas Mary Ann & Robert Cotham Mr. Sid R. Bass Mr. Thomas L. Smith $50,000–$99,999 $1,000,000–$4,999,999 Mr. & Mrs. Jack S. Blanton, Jr. $5,000–$9,999 Rildia Bee O’Bryan Cliburn+ Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Bass + + Lee & Ramona Bass Foundation Van Cliburn Mr. & Mrs. Charles Anton The Burnett Foundation Corbett Companies Lou Ann Blaylock Shirley F. Garvey+ Mr. & Mrs. Edward R. Hudson, Jr. Sue & John Allen Chalk, Sr. Dee Kelly Foundation Nelson & Enid Cleary Kimbell Art Foundation + + Kleinheinz Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Koonsman Estate of Whitfield J. Collins Estate of Linda Reimers Mixson+ Ralph & Barbara Cox for the Arts and Education + Estate of Elizabeth H. Ledyard+ Scurlock Foundation Peggy Meade-Cohen Crut Rosalyn G. Rosenthal Symphony League of Fort Worth Charitable Trust Ed Schollmaier Symphony Leauge of H. Paul Dorman in memory of Rae Schollmaier Tarrant County Virginia Clay Dorman Francis M. Allen Trust $500,000–$999,999 $25,000–$49,999 Wendy & Scott Gerrish Colleen+ & Preston Geren+ Felice & Marvin Girouard Mollie & Garland Lasater + + Mr. & Mrs. Ralph J. Green, Jr. T.J. Brown & C.A. Lupton Mr. & Mrs. Mark L. Hart, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Krebs Maritza Cáceres & Foundation Miguel Harth-Bedoya The Thomas M., Helen McKee & Eddie M. Lesok Estate of Michael B. Milligan+ Richard Hubbard John P. Ryan Foundation JPMorgan Chase The Roach Foundation; Mr. & Mrs. + John V. Roach II Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Klabzuba $250,000–$499,999 Priscilla & Joe Martin Mr. & Mrs. Duer Wagner, Jr. + Anonymous Laurie & Lon Werner Miss Louise McFarland BNSF Railway The Musicians of the Fort Worth Drs. Jeff & Rosemary Detweiler $10,000–$24,999 Symphony Orchestra Estate of Dorothy Rhea+ Betty J. Sanders+ Mr. & Mrs. William L. Adams+ Mr. Gerald E. Thiel Mr. & Mrs. Mark L. Hart III + Qurumbli Foundation Estate of Ernest Allen, Jr. John* & Frances Wasilchak Malcolm K. Brachman+ Ms. Karen Rainwater Mr. & Mrs. Douglas K. Bratton + $100,000–$249,999 Carroll Collins Mr. & Mrs. Norwood P. Dixon+ Alcon Elizabeth L. & Russell F. Hallberg American Airlines Foundation Amon G. Carter Foundation Fifth Avenue Foundation Mr. & Mrs. William S. Davis, Mrs. Dora Lee Langdon+ Davoil, Inc. Carol V. Lukert Althea L. Duersten Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Moncrief Mr. + & Mrs. Dee J. Kelly, Sr. Stephen & Brenda Neuse + Denotes Deceased Ben & Kay Fortson RadioShack Corporation

FORT WORTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 29 The Arts Council of Fort Worth extends its sincere appreciation to the following donors for their generosity and support of the arts in our community.

$75,000+ $1,000–$2,499 $500–$999 City of Fort Worth Karen & Larry Anfin The Amon Carter Museum of Ballet Frontier of Texas American Art $25,000–$74,999 Bennett Benner Partners Mr. & Mrs. R. Gordon Appleman Anonymous Dale Brock & Visiting Angels Carol J. & R. Denny Fidelity Charitable Chamber Music Society Alexander Foundation Betty Sanders Dr. Hugh & June H. Chavern Tom Harkrider David R. Smith Juana Rose & Ron Daniell Noel Holub Mary Ryan and John H. Wilson II Kim & Glenn Darden Nancy Puff Jones Fund at the North Texas Mitzi & Bill Davis Dione Kennedy & Community Foundation Dr. D.D. Sety Daniel Hagwood Fort Worth Opera Michael & Karen Myers $10,000–$24,999 Fort Worth Youth Orchestra Lynn & Nat O’Day Anonymous Jackson Walker LLP Kelsey & Gary Patterson Sasha C. & Edward P. Bass Maddie & Larry Lesnick The Rios Group, Inc. Frost Bank John W. & M. Ann Mason Ginny & Joe Tigue Houston & Shelia Hill Maddrey PLLC Dr. & Mrs. Bruce H. Weiner North Texas Community Foundation Martha V. Leonard Fund at the North Oncor Electric Delivery Texas Community Foundation The Ryan Foundation Cecile Montgomery Rosalyn G. Rosenthal Multatech Architects & Engineers Sid W. Richardson Foundation Tom & Mary Beth Owen Virginia O’Donnell Charitable Trust Pacheco Koch Jared & Amythest Sloane $2,500–$9,999 Sundance Square Wells Fargo TransSystems Corporation BNSF Railway Foundation Wishful Wings Mrs. Mercedes T. Bass James S. Barnett, Jr. Memorial Tarrant County Foundation Billy & Rozanne Rosenthal Kay & Bob Bolz Melina & Larson, P.C. Visit Fort Worth

Thank you for your unyielding commitment. The Arts Council extends its gratitude to the many other contributors whom we ar unable to list due to space limitations. Please visit artsfortworth.org for a full list of donors who supported the Arts Council between October 1, 2018 and September 30, 2019.

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30 | 2020/2021 SEASON Playing it Safe! What to Know Before You Go

Below you will find important • Dedicated entry times will eliminate information regarding your crowding in the lobbies and ensure social 2020 - 2021 concert experience. distancing of 6 feet between patrons or groups. These new protocols enable performances to align with social • The “Playbill” program will be distancing guidelines and government distributed electronically prior to your mandates and ensure that our patrons arrival at the venue. This gives you more and musicians have a safe and healthy opportunity to enhance your concert- experience at all our concerts. As going experience by reading our program guidelines evolve, we will continue to notes in advance. update our website with more detailed venue protocols and more. • Pre-concert lecture - This will now be a video series and podcast called • Contactless ticketing - Mobile tickets will “Bachtales with Buddy.” This will be pre- eliminate the close interaction between our recorded and sent to all Symphonic Series ushers and our patrons. patrons prior to your concert. • No intermissions - All 2020/2021 • Automated hand sanitizing stations concerts will be performed without an will be available throughout the venue. intermission. The running time has been adjusted to just over an hour depending on the concert. • Robust cleaning and sanitizing protocols for all occupied areas will • Concessions will be made available. occur between performances with CDC Complimentary water bottles will be recommended cleaning products. provided upon entry into the concert chamber. • Health Screening - Upon your arrival to the venue, all patrons’ temperatures • Masks - Wearing a mask is recommended will be taken via contactless machines to throught the concert-going experience. ensure the safety of all our patrons on site. • Seating - Patrons will be seated according the social distancing venue guidelines.

FORT WORTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 31 Join us to encourage and appreciate your orchestra.

Thank you for your generous support.

ROBERT SPANO, MUSIC DIRECTOR DESIGNATE KEITH CERNY, Ph.D., PRESIDENT AND CEO fwsymphony.org