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HOLLYWOOD HITS XVIIFebruary 28, 2020
San Antonio Symphony I
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
Symphony at San Antonio Public Libraries
Reaching children and people of all ages Musician presentations in all 29 library branches
EDUCATION
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Sebastian Lang-Lessing Music Director Noam Aviel Associate Conductor Christopher Wilkins Music Director Emeritus
VIOLIN IEric Gratz
Elizabeth H. Coates Concertmaster Chair
Sarah Silver Manzke Associate Concertmaster
Christine Wang Assistant Concertmaster
Joan ChristensonBeth Girko Philip JohnsonBassam NashawatiAnastasia Parker Laura ScalzoRenia Shterenberg Andrew Small Craig Sorgi
VIOLIN IIMary Ellen Goree
PrincipalKaren Stiles
Assistant PrincipalCleo AufderhaarAngela CaporaleAntonio CevallosBeth Johnson Judy Levine-HolleyEric Siu Stephanie Teply Westney Aimee Toomes Lopez Amy Venticinque
VIOLAAllyson Dawkins
Col. and Mrs. Ran Watson Principal Chair
Yang Guo Alice Viola Winters Eidson Assistant Principal Chair
Marisa BushmanAmy PiklerDaniel WangHaojian Wang Lin WangEmily Watkins Freudigman
Assistant Principal
CELLOKenneth Freudigman
Mary Rohe Principal ChairDavid Mollenauer
Assistant PrincipalBarbara GeorgeHolgen GjoniMorgen JohnsonQizhen LiuRyan Murphy
BASSThomas Huckaby
PrincipalDavid Milburn
Assistant PrincipalNicholas BrowneJames ChudnowZlatan RedzicSteve Zeserman
FLUTEMark Teplitsky
PrincipalJean RobinsonJulie Luker
Associate Principal
PICCOLOJulie Luker
OBOEPaul Lueders
Ewing Halsell Foundation Principal Chair
Sydney Hancock Assistant Principal/ Second Oboe
Jennifer Berg
ENGLISH HORNJennifer Berg
Sarah Knapp Kidd English Horn Chair
CLARINETIlya Shterenberg
Denke-Griffin Fund for the Symphony Principal Chair
Stephanie Key
E-FLAT CLARINETStephanie Key
Associate Principal E♭ Clarinet
BASS CLARINETRodney Wollam
BASSOONSharon Kuster
PrincipalBrian Petkovich Assistant PrincipalRon Noble
CONTRABASSOONRon Noble
HORNJeff Garza
PrincipalPeter RubinsAndrew Warfield
Associate Principal/ Third Horn
TRUMPETJohn Carroll
PrincipalLauren EberhartDaniel Taubenheim
Associate Principal/ Third Trumpet
TROMBONESteve Peterson
PrincipalJames Seymour
Assistant PrincipalDerek MitchellPatrick Montgomery
Assistant Principal
BASS TROMBONEDerek Mitchell
TUBALee Hipp
Principal
TIMPANIPeter Flamm
PrincipalRiely Francis
Assistant Principal
PERCUSSIONRiely Francis
PrincipalDavid Reinecke
Assistant PrincipalBill Patterson
HARPRachel Ferris
Principal
LIBRARIANGreg Vaught
PrincipalAllison Bates
Associate Librarian
MUSICIAN EMERITUSMark Ackerman
OboeHarvey Biskin
Timpani
On Leave Temporary Acting Voluntarily rotates between violin sections
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German conductor Sebastian Lang-Lessing has been Music Director of the San Antonio Symphony 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.
SEBASTIANLANG-LESSINGMusic Director
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Noam Aviel is the Associate Conductor of the San Antonio Symphony, leading the Young People’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.
NOAM AVIELAssociate Conductor
San Antonio Symphony VII
Dear Friends,
The 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 CowartExecutive Director
A MESSAGE FROM THEEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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San Antonio Symphony IX
February 21 & 22, 2020 | 8:00 PMHEB Performance Hall The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts
Ruth Reinhardt, conductorAndrei Ioniţă, cello
DVOŘÁKConcerto in B minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 104 Allegro Adagio ma non troppo Finale: Allegro moderato
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SIBELIUSSymphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105 Adagio Vivacissimo – Adagio Allegro molto moderato Vivace – Presto – Adagio – Largamente molto – Affettuoso
R. STRAUSSTill Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
SAN ANTONIO SYMPHONY PRESENTS
DVOŘÁK CELLO CONCERTO
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DVOŘÁK CELLO CONCERTOFebruary 21 & 22, 2020
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (Born on September 8, 1841 in Nelahozeves, Bohemia (Czechia); Died on May 1, 1904 in Prague, Bohemia (Czechia)
Concerto in B Minor for Violoncello and Orchestra, Op. 104
Premiered: March 19, 1896 in London, England
Orchestration: solo cello accompanied by 2 flutes with piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 3 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, triangle, first and second violins, violas, cellos, and basses
Duration: 40 minutes
When Mrs. Jeannette Thurber lured Antonín Dvořák to New York to head her new National Conservatory of Music, she hoped that he would show American students a thing or two about how to compose in a nationalistic style. He did—and learned a thing or two from the Americans as well. His African-American student Henry Burleigh sang spirituals for him. One of those spirituals, “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” ended up in the second movement of his New World Symphony. And it was the Irish-born, German-trained, American cellist Victor Herbert who showed Dvořák that writing a concerto for cello was possible. Before meeting Herbert, Dvořák felt that the cello is a beautiful instrument, but its place is in the orchestra and in chamber music. As a solo instrument, it isn’t much good. Its middle register is fine—that’s true—but the upper voice squeaks and the lower growls.
When Dvořák heard Victor Herbert’s new Second Cello Concerto, he loved it! More importantly, Dvořák was convinced that it is possible to hear the cello over an orchestra, even one with trombones. Eight months later Dvořák started his own cello concerto. It was the last piece he wrote while in America.
The concerto begins as most do, with the orchestra playing the dramatic main theme by itself. The French horn gets to play the lyrical second theme. Finally, the cello gets a chance at
both. The central part of this movement focuses primarily on working through various aspects of the first theme. When it comes time for the expected restatement of both themes, Dvořák does the unexpected. He omits the main theme and takes us directly to the second and then to a joyous conclusion.
The slow movement begins tenderly with the clarinets and then the solo cello. After a short time with this beautiful theme, the entire orchestra crashes in. The cello then plays a moving melody based on a song, “Leave Me Alone,” which Dvořák wrote many years earlier. It was a favorite of his sister-in-law, and he included it in the concerto when he learned that she was seriously ill. After an extensive time dwelling on this tune, the movement returns to the opening theme. The cellist then launches into what is almost an accompanied cadenza. After another statement of the song, there is a peaceful close.
The finale is a rondo, which uses a main theme that alternates with secondary themes called episodes. After an orchestral introduction, the cello gets the main tune. Both of the central episodes are slower and more rhapsodic in character. The final statement of the main theme brings us to the ending section. Just as the orchestra winds up to what appears will be a grand climax complete with a cadenza for the soloist, Dvorak changes course and winds down—he had just learned of his sister-in-law’s death. Dvořák explained the ending to his publisher:
The finale closes gradually diminuendo—like a sigh—with reminiscences of the first and second movements—the solo dies away to pianissimo—then swells again—the last bars are taken up by the orchestra and the whole concludes in a stormy mood.
Johannes Brahms was in a stormy mood also when, in the last year of his life, he read the score to Dvořák’s Cello Concerto. “Why on earth didn’t I know one could write a cello concerto like this?” he said. “If I’d only known, I’d have written one long ago!”
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DVOŘÁK CELLO CONCERTOFebruary 21 & 22, 2020
JEAN SIBELIUS (Born on December 8, 1865 in Hämeenlinna, FinlandDied on September 20, 1957 in Ainola, Finland)
Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 105
Premiered: March 24, 1924 in Stockholm, Sweden
Orchestration: 2 flutes with 2 piccolos, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, first and second violins, violas, cellos, and basses
Duration: 22 minutes
The textbook version of a symphony is one that generally includes four movements. The first and last movements are usually fast in tempo, the second is slow, and the third is usually some sort of quick dance-like movement. The forms of those movements are also generally predictable. Working with just a few templates composers have written a vast variety of symphonies. Sibelius’ Symphony No. 7 is a real symphony, but it doesn’t come close to fitting the textbook variety.
Sibelius worked on three symphonies, his Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh, simultaneously. In 1918 he wrote,
All this with due reservations…It looks as though I shall come out with all three of these symphonies at the same time…With regard to symphonies 6 and 7, the plans may possibly be altered, depending on the way my musical ideas develop. As usual I am a slave to my themes and submit to their demands. From all this I see how my innermost self has changed since the days of the Fourth Symphony. And these new symphonies of mine are more in the nature of profession of faith than my other works Sibelius did, indeed, alter his plans. The Seventh symphony appeared five years after the Fifth. He originally intended his Seventh symphony to
have three movements. However, as Sibelius said to his biographer, “The final form of one’s work is indeed dependent on powers that are stronger than oneself. Later on one can substantiate this or that, but on the whole one is merely a tool. 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 pieces of mosaic from the floor of Heaven and asked me to find out what the pattern was like.”
The way Sibelius assembled those mosaic pieces for his Seventh Symphony turned out to be a single short work of only one movement—with at least eleven different tempos! In this, his final symphony, he managed to solve a problem that had been plaguing composers all through the nineteenth century: How do you compose a multi-movement work so that all the pieces fit together into a single unified idea? He did this by fusing a whole series of “movements” into one and by working with only a few themes and ideas.
To listeners used to the normal templates of a symphony, this can be a little unsettling. The program annotator Donald Tovey gives comforting advice:
…the listener may rest assured that if he finds that an important melodic note has been in existence some time before he was aware of it, the composer has taken special trouble to conceal the beginning of that note. If the listener feels that unformed fragments of a melody loom out of a severely discordant fog of sound, that is what he is meant to feel. If he cannot tell when or where the tempo changes, that is because Sibelius has achieved the power of moving like aircraft, with the wind or against it…Sibelius’s airships are roomy enough for the passengers to dance if they like: and the landscape, to say nothing of the sky-scape is not always too remote for them to judge of the movement of the ship by external evidences.
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DVOŘÁK CELLO CONCERTOFebruary 21 & 22, 2020
RICHARD STRAUSS (1864–1949)
Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche, Op. 28 (Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks)
Premiered: November 5, 1895 in Cologne, Germany
Orchestration: 3 flutes and piccolo, 3 oboes and English horn, 2 clarinets, piccolo clarinet and bass clarinet, 3 bassoons and contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, snare drum, cymbals, ratchet, triangle, first and second violins, violas, cellos, and basses
Duration: 15 minutes
A short spin through the collected tales of the medieval prankster Till Eulenspiegel demonstrates that teenage bathroom humor has a long and “colorful” history. The “real” Till is said to have been born in Kneitlingen, Germany and to have died in 1350 C.E. in the province of Schleswig-Holstein where the locals still point out his gravestone. Folk and literary tales associated with Till and his pranks appeared in German, Dutch, French, Latin and English starting in about 1500. Most of these tales are about the practical jokes Till plays, and they depend upon the sort of slapstick violence still found in today’s children’s cartoons. And in the unexpurgated versions of the tales, there is a good dose of obscene and scatological humor. Fortunately for us, Richard Strauss’s version of Till’s merry pranks is “G” rated. It is a hilarious musical romp. Throughout the nineteenth century, composers and critics debated whether music could or even should portray such concrete characters as Till and his tricks. On the one hand there were the “absolute” composers, like Johannes Brahms, who felt that although music was a profound emotional language, its purpose was not to portray such things. Then there were those composers of “program” music. Franz Liszt invented the symphonic tone poem—complete symphonic works that could musically detail specific people, places, things and ideas. As a young man, Strauss wrote a
series of brilliant tone poems: Don Juan; A Hero’s Life; Don Quixote; Death and Transfiguration. These works are not just descriptive. They are also brilliant showcases for orchestras. Every player must rise to the level of a virtuoso.
Strauss was careful not to print (in words) exactly what was going on in his Till Eulenspiegel. He explained,
It is impossible for me to furnish a program to Eulenspiegel…Let me leave it, therefore, to my hearers to crack the hard nut which the Rogue has prepared for them. By way of helping them to a better understanding, it seems sufficient to point out the two “Eulenspiegel” motives, which, in the most manifold disguises, moods and situations, pervade the whole up to the catastrophe, when, after he has been condemned to death, Till is strung to the gibbet. For the rest, let them guess at the musical joke which a Rogue has offered them.You’ll hear those two motives immediately after a short introduction by the orchestra which seems to say, “Once upon a time…” The first is a roguish tune played by the horn. It gets all twisted up in the rhythm. Other instruments come in with the tune and soon the whole orchestra is a-tumble. Out of the chaos comes the little piccolo clarinet with the second motive, a sneering little giggle. Those two motives form the backbone for the entire work. As soon as they are introduced, we are off on our merry way. For most of us who aren’t familiar with the list of all of Till’s pranks, here are a few hints: Till rides his horse through a busy marketplace upsetting everything in his wake; he dons the robes of a priest and poses as a preacher of morals; Till becomes a lady’s man but storms away in a rage when his advances are spurned; he makes fun of professors—here by a fugue which goes awry. Finally Till goes too far with his jesting and is hauled before the court. To the ominous condemnation from the low brass, the piccolo clarinet pleads for mercy. Till is strung up (unmistakable in the music). The orchestra ends the piece as it began as if to say, “It is really only a story.”
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GUEST ARTISTSRuth Reinhardt, conductor
Ruth Reinhardt is quickly establishing herself as one of today’s most dynamic and nuanced young conductors. She served as the Assistant Conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO)
for two seasons under Jaap van Zweden and concluded her tenure at the end of the 2017/2018 season. Having recently made her debut with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic in summer 2018, this season Ms. Reinhardt will make debuts with the Grosses Orchester Graz and Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra; and in North America with the symphony orchestras of Fort Worth, Omaha, Orlando, Portland, Santa Fe, and Sarasota. Reinhardt will return to the Dallas Symphony three times this season, to conduct a subscription week as well as several concerts in the greater Dallas community and the DSO’s contemporary alternative ReMix series. She will also return to conduct the Cleveland Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Malmö Symphony, and at the Impuls Festival in Germany.
Last season, Reinhardt was selected as a Dudamel Fellow of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and in summer 2018, she served as the assistant conductor of the Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra. In addition, she worked with Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestra (NYO-USA), assisting Michael Tilson Thomas. Highlights of her 2017/2018 season included guest engagements with the Indianapolis, San Diego, and North Carolina Symphonies, and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra in the Primrose Viola Competition.
Ruth Reinhardt received her master’s degree in conducting from The Juilliard School, where she studied with Alan Gilbert. Born in Saarbrücken, Germany, she began studying violin at an early age and sang in the children’s chorus of Saarländisches Staatstheater, Saarbrücken’s opera company. She attended Zurich’s University of the Arts (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste) to study violin with Rudolf Koelman, and began conducting studies with Constantin Trinks, with additional training under Johannes Schlaefli. She has also participated in conducting master classes with, among others, Bernard Haitink, Michael Tilson Thomas, David Zinman, Paavo Järvi, Neeme Järvi, Marin Alsop, and James Ross.
Prior to her appointment in Dallas, Ruth was a conducting fellow at the Seattle Symphony (2015–16), Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Tanglewood Music Center (2015), and an associate conducting fellow of the Taki Concordia program (2015–17). During her time at Juilliard, she led the Juilliard Orchestra as well as concerts with New York City’s ÆON Ensemble, with whom she has led a collaboration with the Kronos Quartet.
A precocious talent, by age 17 she had already composed and conducted an opera, for and performed by the children and youths of her home town. While studying in Zurich, she also conducted the premieres of two chamber operas for children: Die Kleine Meerjungfrau (The Little Mermaid) by Swiss composer Michal Muggli, and Wassilissa by German composer Dennis Bäsecke. Other opera productions she has conducted include Dvořák’s Rusalka and Weber’s Der Freischütz for the North Czech Opera Company, and Strauss’ Die Fledermaus at the Leipzig University of the Arts.
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GUEST ARTISTSAndrei Ioniță, cello
The Gold Medal-winner at the 2015 XV International Tchaikovsky Competition, the phenomenal young cellist Andrei Ioniță was called “one of the most exciting cellists to have emerged for a decade”
by the prestigious Times of London. He was a BBC New Generation Artist from 2016–18 and is the Symphoniker Hamburg’s artist-in-residence for the 2019–20 season. A versatile musician focused on giving gripping, deeply felt performances, Andrei has been recognized for his passionate musicianship and technical finesse. Andrei made his U.S. debut in 2017 with recitals in Chicago and Washington, D.C., and gave his New York debut recital in Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall. Highlights of the previous two seasons have included concertos with the Münchner Philharmoniker (Valeriy Gergiev), Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (Kent Nagano), BBC Philharmonic (Omer Meir Wellber and John Storgårds), Danish National Symphony (Christian Kluxen), Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Karl-Heinz Steffens), San Diego Symphony (Case Scaglione), Yomiuri Nippon Symphony (Sylvain Cambreling) and BBC National Orchestra of Wales (Ainars Rubikis); he has given
recitals at Konzerthaus Berlin, Elbphilharmonie, Zurich Tonhalle, LAC Lugano, and L’Auditori in Barcelona, as well as at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schleswig-Holstein, Verbier and Martha Argerich Festivals. Forthcoming chamber dates include collaborations with Stephen Hough, Cédric Tiberghien and Kian Soltani at the Wigmore Hall, and Pierre Boulez Saal. Andrei’s debut album on Orchid Classics combined a Brett Dean world-premiere with Bach and Kodály, prompting Gramophone to declare him “a cellist of superb skill, musical imagination and a commitment to music of our time.” Before winning the Tchaikovsky Competition, Andrei won First Prize at the Khachaturian International Competition in June 2013; in September 2014, he won Second Prize and the Special Prize for his interpretation of a commissioned composition at the International ARD Music Competition. In 2014, he received Second Prize at the Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann in Berlin. Andrei was born in 1994 in Bucharest and began taking piano lessons at the age of five before receiving his first cello lesson three years later. He studied under Ani-Marie Paladi in Bucharest and under Jens Peter Maintz at the Universität der Künste Berlin. A scholarship recipient of the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben, Andrei performs on a cello made by Giovanni Battista Rogeri from Brescia in 1671, generously on loan from the foundation.
San Antonio Symphony XV
February 28, 2020 8:00 PMHEB Performance Hall The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts
Noam Aviel, conductor
JOHN WILLIAMSRaiders March from Raiders of the Lost ArkMANCINI, ARR. TYZIKThe Pink PantherMANCINIMoon River from Breakfast at Tiffany’sMANCINIPeter GunnALFORD, ORCH. McALISTERColonel Bogey March from Bridge on the River KwaiBERNSTEIN, ED. RUSSTo Kill a MockingbirdARR. JEFF TYZIKThe Best of Bond
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JOHN WILLIAMSSuperman MarchARR. JEFF TYZIKGreat Westerns SuiteMICHAEL GIACCHINOStar Trek: Into Darkness SuiteBARRYMain Title from Out of AfricaARR. JEFF TYZIKThe Big Movie Suite
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Ann Walker Memorial Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation
Betty Steiren Kelso FoundationBowden Massey FoundationCarol Lee Jones Education & Cultural
Fund of the SAAF Flohr Family Foundation Frederic J. and Dorothea C.
Oppenheimer Foundation George Weldon Sheffield Fund
of the SAAFHeart of Texas, San Antonio Symphony
EndowmentL.D. Ormsby Charitable Foundation Inc. Louis H. and Mary Patricia Stumberg
FoundationMartha Mares Lebo Children's
Education Fund of the SAAFMcGuire Family FoundationRussell Hill Rogers String Residency
Endowment of the SAAFSaint Susie Charitable Foundation San Antonio Symphony Fund
of the SAAFLowe Family FoundationThe Alfred S. Gage FoundationThe Jesse H. & Susan Oppenheimer
FoundationThe Parker Foundation, Inc. United Way of San Antonio &
Bexar CountyVictor and Peggy Creighton
Charitable Trust
Ayco Charitable FoundationDaniel J. Sullivan Family Charitable
FoundationThe Benevity Community Impact FundLouis J. and Millie M. Kocurek
Charitable FoundationMarilyn L. & William G. Moll
Charitable Fund of the SAAFMinnie Stevens Piper FoundationSan Antonio Area Foundation The Gorman Family Foundation Tuesday Musical Club
BYN Mellow Charitable Gift Fund Muriel F. Siebert Foundation Frilling Piano StudioHot Wells Conservancy The Nonprofit CouncilJewish Federation of San Antonio John E. Dempsey Fund of the SAAF Lifshutz FoundationLight One Candle/Dr. Gregorio M. Canales
Memorial EducationThe Lynch Foundation Lynn and Samuel Stahl Family Philanthropic Fund
of the SAAFNational Christian Foundation Network for GoodNorman Family FoundationHall and Pat Hammond Charitable Fund
of the SAAFSan Antonio Symphony MastersingersThe Vaughan FoundationUniversity of the Incarnate WordGenevieve and Ward Orsinger Foundation
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SYMPHONYBUSINESS PARTNERS
PLATINUM - $100,000 AND ABOVE
GOLD - $50,000 - $99,999
The Nordan Trust
SILVER - $25,000 - $49,999
BRONZE - $10,000 - $24,999
Mission DG
CORPORATE CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE
Place Rentals, Inc.Fidelity InvestmentsToubin InsuranceUniversal Travel ServicesCacheaux, Cavazos, & NewtonOak Park Cleaners
AcenarBarbuilders LLCMorgan Stanley Smith BarneyFord, Powell & Carson Architects & Planners Inc.Jane Lindell Hughes M.D., Ophthalmology &
Ophthalmic SurgeryLaw Office of David Butterbaugh, P.C.Musical Arts of San Antonio, Inc.Radiance Homes
Bella on HoustonLas CanariasOstraO’Krent Floors
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CORPORATE MATCHING GIFT AND EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT FUNDS
AmazonSmile FoundationExxonMobil FoundationFidelity Charitable Gift Fund
IBM Matching Gift ProgramShell Oil Company Foundation
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
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PLATINUM - $100,000 AND ABOVE
Friend of the San Antonio Symphony
Symphony Society of San Antonio Board of Directors
GOLD - $50,000 - $99,999
SFH 2016 Giving FundDrs. Sheila Swartzman and
Kenneth BloomFriend of the San Antonio
SymphonyKathleen and Albert ValeMr. and Mrs. Edward E.
Whitacre, Jr.
SILVER - $25,000 - $49,999
Dr. and Mrs. George BannayanJim and Frances GarnerLaura and Jack Richmond
BRONZE - $10,000 - $24,999
Kathey and Robert AndersonVirginia and Charles BowdenDrs. Lois Bready and
Joseph HolahanAimee and Ernest BromleyMr. James S. CalvertMary Anne and Tony CrosbyLinda and Edgar DuncanEric and Priscilla DupréMr. and Mrs. Jeffery S. GaltCandy and Buddy GardnerSusan Gershenhorn and
James Lazarus
Dr. John B. LenoxAnne and Bruce JohnsonCarol Lee Klose and
Carolyn A. SealeRobert V. and Andree KnappLt. Col. John G. KoudsiMr. Louis J. Lamm, Jr.Agnes and Jim LoweMrs. Carolyn MarshallBunny and Wilbur MatthewsTaddy McAllisterGeorge and Maureen MerkleMrs. Margaret MirelesDebbie and John T. MontfordNancy R. Otto, MDMrs. Angela PfeifferMrs. Eleanor PurcellMr. Kelly M. RansonCheré ReneauDr. C. Wayne and Barbara ShoreC. Ritchie Spence, M.D.George and Polly SpencerMr. Frank W. Stenger-CastroMr. and Mrs. Don R. ThomasMr. James WatersDidi and Alan WeinblattMs. Penny WiederholdJane & Scott Wilkinson
VIVACE (SAPPHIRE) - $7,500 - $9,999
Mr. and Mrs. Larry AmosDr. and Mrs. Charles H. Du ValEstate of Daryl EngelMs. Patricia A. Kalmans and
Dr. Michael A. OzerFrederica and Martin KushnerMarlene Merritt
The Honorable Karen H. Pozza and Dan Pozza
Christine and Jonathan Schmidt
ALLEGRO (GOLD) - $5,000 - $7,499
Ms. Susan Belken, Belknen Insurance Associates
Steven Alan Bennett and Dr. Elaine Melotti Schmidt
Jane and Wayne BeyerDr. and Mrs. Richard V. ButlerNancy and Charlie CheeverDoris M. CobbEdward E. Collins IIIColonel (Ret) Stephen Fischer
and Mr. Roy BilesLt. Col. John FucikJeffrey L. Glass, MDMr. and Mrs. Joseph W. GorderDrs. Margo Denke and
James GriffinMr. and Mrs. Tom GuggolzMr. LeRoy R. Hayden, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. John L. Hendry IIIMr. Joseph Jarmon and
Ms. Deborah Omowale Ronald C. KellerMr. Pat Maloney, Jr., Law Offices
of Pat Maloney, P.C.Manie and Michael MannColonel Nickey McCaslandElizabeth and Greg RadabaughGerry L. SaumWilliam and Jo SherrillCristina Chial and Bruce TopletzLucy and Jack WaltersPagie and Craig WilsonJean Rogers WinchellDr. Leopoldo Zorrilla
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
Donor listing includes gifts and pledges made between September 1, 2018 and December 11, 2019.*
For the 2019-20 season, The San Antonio Symphony Board of Directors has collectively contributed over $440,000 with 100% participation in board giving.
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ANDANTE (SILVER) - $2,500 - $4,999
Mr. George C. Allen and Mr. Bryan L. Saldana
Dr. Clifford Alprin and Dr. Lindsey Hawkins-Alprin
Dr. George BeddingfieldMargaret Corning BoldrickMary Alice BondDr. Alfred BowlesJennifer and Corey CowartMr. and Mrs. Seymour DreyfusSharon and Bjorn DybdahlMs. Ruth A. EdneyKen Fine and Rebecca CanaryVade G. Forrester, Jr., in memory
of Scotti ForresterColonel and Mrs. John J. Franco, Jr.Paul Giolma, Ph.D.Dr. and Mrs. Randolph D.
GlickmanAnthonia K. Goldsmith and
Richard E. GoldsmithMr. and Mrs. Richard GreenDr. and Mrs. Fernando A. GuerraJohn and Elizabeth HudsonNorman and Antje KlaunigMrs. Rosario S. LairdAlfredo La Rosa and
Catalina SamperMargaret and Jack MaguireCindy and Richard MariniMr. and Mrs. John T. McGuireMs. Karen McMillanJudy MortonJames F. Nelson and
Yong Q. ZhangMr. and Mrs. Daniel J. O’ConnorAlexander M.
Papanastassiou, M.D.Camilla ParkerDolores PerrineMr. and Mrs. Fred N. PfeifferJudge Bonnie Reed and
Stuart SchlossbergMrs. Margaret M. RoteJudith and George SchroederDr. and Mrs. Alberto C. SerranoMr. and Mrs. Robert ShiversDr. Rasa SilenasRebecca and David Simpson
Barbara K. StoverDonna and Ian ThompsonMrs. Janelle TyeMrs. B.J. VineyardMr. and Mrs. Gary WalterSuzanne WestMr. and Mrs. Graham WestonMr. and Mrs. Robert E. Woolley
ADAGIO (BRONZE) - $1,000 - $2,499
Mr. Thurman J. AdkinsCurt and Lorraine AnastasioMr. and Mrs. Otis BaskinDr. and Mrs. Carlos Bazan IIIMr. Philip BeauchampCol. Tyson E. Becker, MD and
Katie Sutcliffe BeckerDr. and Mrs. Randall C. BellCol and Mrs. Craig R. Bertolett,
(USAR - Ret.)Mr. Ray G. BesingMary Alice BethancourtMr. and Mrs. John C. BrookeDr. Herbert and Sylvia BrownMr. and Mrs. John BrowningMr. E R. BrunoMr. Robert Buchanan, The
Original Mexican RestaurantMs. Marsha BurrowsWade and Lisa CaldwellMr. and Mrs. Richard W. Calvert,
F.B. Doane FoundationBrigadier General (ret.)
David M. CannanMr. and Mrs. Victor CasianoMs. Hannah M. CastellawDrew and Elizabeth CauthornMr. Marc ChalabyMichael and Paula ChalkDr. and Mrs. William J. Chiego, Jr.Mrs. Anne S. ChurchMs. Janyce ClarkDr. Jacqueline ClaunchRev. and Mrs. Albert B. ClaytonDr. Gillian E. CookMrs. Gayle Copeland and
Mr. Jim JacobsLaurin and Bill CothrenBruce and Flo CotterDr. Brenda K. CoveyFriend of the Symphony
Friend of the SymphonyMr. and Mrs. Tom DavisAl and Claire DeLauroMrs. Holly K. Denton and
Mr. Jack SwansonJack DeWied and
Loretty ShiversJudge Preston DialMrs. Sharon Dicey Richard and Kim DietzMarjorie and Joseph DishronMr. James A. DoebblerArlene DryerMr. Thomas H. EdsonMr. Donald G. ElliottDrs. Linda Ellsworth and
George MannMr. and Mrs. Frank ElySonia an Edward EsparzaDick and Jimmie Ruth EvansMary Rebecca FerrisDr. and Mrs. Julio E. FigueroaKathryn and Michael FischbachPearl and Israel FogielJacque and Jay ForrestMr. and Mrs. Sidney Francis IIMrs. Ruth FrederickJohn Frederick and Mimi YuElaine and Bob GardnerMr. Raymond Goldstein and
Ms. Jane T. WelchDrs. Laurie and
Lewis GreenbergPeter Guenther and
Barbara WoodriffMargaret HagerDr. George Christopher HammetMs. Amy HardbergerMs. Anne R. HardingeJames and Roxana HayneDrs. Kevin Hall and
Josefine Heim-HallMrs. Kathryn HeizerWilliam and Barbara HintzeMrs. George C. HixonChalres and Janet HooperMr. Barry W. HubbardMr. and Mrs. Michael HuberJohn HudsonClaudia Huntington and
Marshall MillerMr. and Mrs. Richard W. Hussey
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Mrs. G. Milton JohnsonKay Lorraine Johnson,
Creative Glass DesignDr. Ajeya and Mrs. Anjali JoshiDrs. Uma and B. KasinathCharles and Vickie KinderMr. Robert C. King and
Dr. Susan Marenda KingDr. and Mrs. James W.
KirkpatrickMr. Isidoro Korngold and
Ms. Rosario L. OchoaMs. Shelley KozelMr. and Mrs. James C. KusterMs. Joanne KusterMs. Barbara C. KyseLaura and Weir Labatt IIIMr. and Mrs. David LamersMr. and Ms. Henry LangJoan and Lynn LasswellMr. and Mrs. Robert R. LendeMr. and Mrs. Joel LichtensteinMs. Amy LiebertMr. and Mrs. Owen LockerbieMs. Carolyn LoweryLinda and Larry LowmanMrs. Sonia LubetskyMs. Janet LutherMr. and Mrs. Charles D. Lutz IIIAlice LynchMs. Jane H. MaconMr. and Mrs. Robert MadisonJanet Massy / Massy Studio LLCMs. Jill L. MataFriend of the SymphonyMarguerite McCormickDr. Richard McDonnellMs. Kathleen McGrailDave and Rita McSorleyLeila MeachamDrs. John M. and
Catherine T. MilbournDr. and Mrs. Richard L. Miller
Mr. Doug MillerMr. Barry MitchellSusan Mooberry and
Gregory PattersonMrs. Sally D. MorehouseMr. and Mrs. Geoff MorganBob MorrellMrs. Lillian P. MorrisMr. and Mrs. Matthew B. MullinRobert MullenDr. and Mrs. Joseph P. MurgoJim Murray and
Sheila Winget-MurrayMs. Phyllis T. NguyenSandy Nguyen and
Richard RybackiMs. Wendy NguyenMr. William NicholsMr. and Mrs. Art NicholsonMs. Jean M. NystrandDr. Peter O’Brien and
Ms. Jane M. KeyRussell and Martha OppenheimValerie and Victor OstrowerHarriet and David PinanskyDr. and Mrs. Ben PlummerDr. Barry and
Mrs. Nancy PortnoyMr. and Mrs. Jon PurdyMs. Janet M. PutzMs. Kathy RaffertyDr. Jose and Peggy RebolledoEpitacio R. Resendez VMs. Alice ReyesDr. and Mrs. Leonel Reyes, Jr.Dr. and Mrs. Charles W.
Robinson, Jr.Ms. Sue RodarteGerry Frost & Leonel RodriguezMr. and Mrs. Bealer RogersFriend of the San Antonio
SymphonyDeborah and Bill Rush
Charles and Nimfa SalgeRabbi Samuel and Lynn StahlMrs. Carolyn SandersMr. Cornel SarosdyMs. Georgina R. SchwartzDrs. Harry and Molly ShaferMargaret Leigh Shapleigh and
Donald StrandbergJoachim SingelmannDr. and Mrs. Earl SmithPeter and Buffy SmolensBob and Sally SohnMorris and Rose SpectorDr. Marga SpeicherMr. and Mrs. Charles StaffelCarol and Michael StehlingMr. Gerald B. StepmanDr. and Mrs. Robert StevensMrs. Ernstine K. StuderFrank and Nancie Sutter,
Universal Travel ServicesP.H. Swearingen, Jr.Mr. Charles A. Szabo and
Mrs. Luz MorenoMs. Tina TorresMr. Jimmy ToubinMr. and Dr. Dale W. TremblayMr. Arthur ValentineDr. Karen A. WaldronDr. Bruce H. WarrenDr. Mark and Ellen WeinsteinCaroline and Andrew WeirEmilia and William WestneySylvia R. WheelerJoan and Gates WhiteleyLynne Wilkerson and
Basil ScaljonDon and Kathy WilkinsonMs. Rita Binkley WorthyLori and Mark WrightMs. Judy Yaeger
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
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$500 - $999
Dr. Karen BalcomMr. Walter R. BellBenson Family FundMr. and Mrs. Steven A. BlankMs. Danna A. BradyPiano and Violin Studios of
April and Eric BrahinskyMs. Olga BrownMr. and Mrs. Terry BurnsT.R. and E.C. BurnsMichael & Paula ChalkMr. and Mrs. Chester M.
CarrauthersMr. Juan J. Castillo and
Mr. Raul GuerraHenry and Mary Alice CisnerosMr. and Mrs. Jerome M. CohenMr. and Mrs. Garry T. ColeMrs. Gayle Copeland &
Mr. Jim JacobsMr. Samuel CreswellAlvin W. Czanderna PhD &
Kani L. NicholsMr. John DebnerMr. Ron DeFordMs. Margaret DennettDr. and Mrs. Matthew J. DolanMr. Michael DuanThomas and Sharon DukesMr. Joseph W. EikenberryDon ElliottBarbara EmanuelDave FisherMr. and Mrs. Richard FisherPaul Fitzpatrick and
S. Colette DaubnerDr. Nancy Fix AndersonMs. Freda J. FlaxJeannine and Thomas FosterDr. and Mrs. Antonio FurinoMr. Michael E. GreenbergMr. and Mrs. Hall S. HammondMrs. Maria K. Hanau-SchaumburgMr. James A. HarnishFrances J. Hearn
Mr. Javier HernandezMrs. Maryanne HerzigGretchen Hill and Patrick WardPeter and Julianna HoltMs. Betty HurtSuzanne J. KasanoffMr. and Ms. Arthur KnottCarl and Ann LeafstedtMr. and Mrs. Philip D.
LeMessurierMssrs. James R. Letchworth and
Kirk SwansonJohn Lewis and Patricia BridwellDr. and Mrs. Peter MaddoxDr. and Mrs. Walt W. MagnusMs. Pamela MatthewsMs. Whitney McCarthy and
Mr. Matthew LandersRaymond and Jacqueline
McClellanMrs. Robert McCormickDr. and Mrs. James A. McMullanTerry McQuainMr. Eric G. McQueenDave and Rita McSorleyMs. Frances V. MetcalfDr. and Mrs. Alexander MillerDr. and Mrs. Joaquin G. MiraMr. and Mrs. Wright NodineElvira and Carlos OrtizMrs. Harry J. ParkerMs. Annette PaulinMs. Jan PeranteauDrs. Robert and Diane PersellinAnn Pomerantz, The Ann and
Melvin Pomerantz Charitable Fund
Drs. Sammie and Ed RaezDr. and Mrs. Arthur RosenthalEthel RunionMr. and Mrs. George N.
SamarasMrs. Cessie SanchezThomas and Cynthia SchluterLinda Nixon SeeligsonRichard & Anne SenelickMr. and Mrs. Robert L. SenterMr. Edward C. Snyder IIIDr. Terresa StallworthMrs. Elsie G. StegMr. and Mrs. Robert Stuart
Mrs. Victoria Summy and Dr. Joseph Webb
Mr. Kenneth TannenbaumDr. and Mrs. Kenneth TorringtonMs. Katherine A. TottenJim and Beverly TsakopulosTimothy and Elizabeth TurnerCaroline and Andrew WeirDr. and Mrs. James H. WildMr. Neil E. WilliamsDr. Janet F. WilliamsDr. and Mrs. John A. WilliamsonMr. and Mrs. Timothy D. Word, Jr.Ms. Fredericka YoungerDrs. Gerardo and Rosa ZavalaMs. Molly K. Zebrowski
$250 - $499
Mr. Harlan AdamcikMs. Jerre AdamsMr. C. L. AdamsonRonald W. AdyCol. and Mrs. Sigmund
AlexanderMarian L. ArcherJames and Marieta BaerMr. Scott BairdMr. and Mrs. E. J. Baker, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Jack BakerMr. and Mrs. John E. Bakke IIIMs. Donna B. BambergerDr. Aaron Betts and
Mrs. Yazmin BettsMr. and Mrs. John BlattnerMr. Wayne BradfordDora A. and Timothy BrownMr. and Mrs. Landon BrownPatsy BurrowMs. Patsy BurrowBettye and Paddy BurwellMr. Paul B. CarterLea Ann CarverJohn P. and Linda Fay CaseyDemetrius and Agatha ChristianMrs. Ann T. CoinerJay and Peggy CollinsAnne and Michael ConnorMrs. Flora C. CrichtonMr. C. Lee Cusenbary and
Teresa Hospers, M.D.
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Mr. and Mrs. Paul CwiklikMr. Desmond DoneenMr. and Mrs. Walter D.
Downing, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. DunganV. Grayson Dyer and
Jacqueline Lee MokDr. Franklin EpsteinPatrick and Tammy FosterMrs. Jimmie Sue FrancisMr. Albert FultonMs. Andrea GarzaLeRoy and Anna GarzaBarbara and Michael GentryTom and Susan GinnityMr. Thomas S. GirhardDr. Richard GoldmanMs. Veronica GonzalezLarry and Paulette GoodmanDiane and Robert GreenDr. Amit GoyalMr. Brian HalversonJoe HarrisMrs. Mary A. HartMr. and Mrs. Ronald L. HatfieldMs. Irene Hays-PierceFrank HerreraMrs. Megan HigleGracie HowardMr. and Mrs. Timothy JenisonDr. and Mrs. Douglas JenkinsVincent R. Johnson and
Jill TorbertMs. Margaret A. JosephFriend of the SymphonyMr. and Mrs. Richard M. Kardys
Mr. and Mrs. David J. KinnebergMr. and Mrs. Richard M.
Kleberg IIIMr. and Mrs. Thomas KleinMr. Robert M. KremerDr. Robert T. Kunau, Jr.Mrs. Helen KyseCarl and Ann LeafstedtMr. John Leibrock &
Mrs. Karen McCoyMr. and Mrs. Thomas F. LeeDr. and Mrs. Charles LernerMr. Jesse LopezMr. and Mrs. Robert MadisonMr. Joel A. MayerMrs. Helen McCraeDouglas McNeelJane Miller and
Jacqueline C. RussellMr. and Mrs. Austin MooreMrs. Diana T. MorehouseMr. and Mrs. Geoff MorganMr. and Mrs. Larry W. MorganMr. Michael MunsonAndrew L. NordquistMr. and Mrs. Leonard O’DonnellDr. Maureen O’Driscoll-LevyMs. Catherine W. OwenDan and Harriet PeavyMr. and Mrs. William T. PhillipsMs. Hallie PinsonLuisa Ana & Robert PriceMs. Morgan PriceCharles and JoAnn PurdyDr. Robert RamirezMs. Dorothy Randall
Dr. and Mrs. Richard R. RitterDr. Ralph J. RivielloDr. Andrew RockwoodMr. and Mrs. Robert R. RothenMs. Ethel T. RunionMr. Cicero A. Rust IIIMo and Brigitte SaidiMr. Frank L. SeamanMr. and Mrs. Josef E. SeiterleMr. Tom SharpBassim and Karen ShebaroMr. and Mrs. Donald SimmonsDouglas Smith and
Rebecca GonzalezMs. Claudia J. SmithMr. Kevin SpleidTookie SpoorMr. and Mrs. Karl J. SpringerWilliam StoneMs. Malgorzata StypkoDr. Dwight SwimleyMr. and Mrs. Emil G. SwizeMs. Stacey M. TaliancichDr. Carolyn TrueMs. Lydia VasquezDrs. Sergio and Alice ViroslavLuther WardTheresa and Lee WashburnMr. James WatersMr. and Mrs. Paul W.
WesterbergEmilia and William WestneyMs. Sandy WhitleyJerry and Cynthia WiensMr. and Mrs. Donald Zapara
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
*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.
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CLEO AUFDERHAAR, SECOND VIOLIN
Eleanor and Linda Purcell
NOAM AVIEL, ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR
Mrs. Penny Wiederhold
ERIC GRATZ, CONCERTMASTERLaura and Jack Richmond
JENNIFER BERG, OBOE/ENGLISH HORN
Bolner’s Fiesta Products Inc.
MARISA BUSHMAN, VIOLAFlohr Family Foundation
JOHN CARROLL, D.M.A., PRINCIPAL TRUMPET
The Original Mexican Restaurant & Bar
ALLYSON DAWKINS, PRINCIPAL VIOLA
Drs. Kenneth R. Bloom and Sheila Swartzman
RACHEL FERRIS, PRINCIPAL HARP
James S. Calvert, in memory of Carolyn Rice Calvert, Founding Director 1939-1978
PETER FLAMM, PRINCIPAL TIMPANI
Wayne and Jane Beyer
RIELY FRANCIS, PRINCIPAL PERCUSSION
Robert V. and Andree Knapp
EMILY WATKINS FREUDIGMAN, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL VIOLA
Norman and Antje Klaunig
KENNETH FREUDIGMAN, PRINCIPAL CELLO
Didi and Alan Weinblatt
JEFF GARZA, PRINCIPAL HORNJim and Frances Garner
MARY ELLEN GOREE, PRINCIPAL SECOND VIOLIN
Ken Fine and Rebecca Canary
BETH JOHNSON, SECOND VIOLIN
Dr. John B. Lenox
MORGEN JOHNSON, CELLOMs. Angela Pfeiffer
STEPHANIE KEY, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL CLARINET
Agnes and Jim Lowe
SHARON KUSTER, PRINCIPAL BASSOON
Mr. Denny Ware
PAUL LUEDERS, OBOE PRINCIPAL CHAIR
Kathleen and Albert Vale
JULIE LUKER, PICCOLO AND ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL FLUTE
Lt. Col. John G. Koudsi
DAVID MOLLENAUER, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL CELLO
Agnes and Jim Lowe
BASSAM NASHAWATI, FIRST VIOLIN
Ms. Taddy McAllister
RON NOBLE, BASSOON/ CONTRABASSOON
Cristina Chial and Bruce Topletz
STEVE PETERSON, PRINCIPAL TROMBONE
Mr. Frank W. Stenger-Castro in memory of Dan & Diana Stenger Dupre
JEAN ROBINSON, FLUTEMs. Carolyn Marshall
PETER RUBINS, HORNDr. C. Wayne and Barbara Shore
ILYA SHTERENBERG, PRINCIPAL CLARINET
Steven Alan Bennett and Dr. Elaine Melotti Schmidt
RENIA SHTERENBERG,Susan Fox-Harris
SARAH SILVER MANZKE, ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER
Mr. Kelly Ranson
KAREN STILES, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL SECOND VIOLIN
Dr. C. Wayne and Barbara Shore
DANIEL TAUBENHEIM, ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL TRUMPET
Polly and George Spencer
MARK TEPLETSKY, PRINCIPAL FLUTE
James Lazarus and Susan Gershenhorn
AIMEE TOOMES LOPEZ, SECOND VIOLIN
George and Maureen Merkle
STEPHANIE TEPLY WESTNEY, VIOLIN II
Bunny and Wilbur Matthews
GREG VAUGHT, LIBRARIANFrederica and Martin Kushner
STEVE ZESERMAN, BASSMs. Marlene Merritt
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.
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BELLE CLASS OF 2020
Alexandra Grace Adelman (Ally)Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Morris Adelman
Eleanor Claire Anderson (Ellie)Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Michael
Anderson
Christian Sloane Basse (Sloane)Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Christian Matthews
Basse
Crosby Lee BeckelDaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Daniel Beckel
Emma Joyce BryantDaughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Matthew Bryant
Jennifer Maverick Clements (Jenny)Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Maverick
Clements
Kendra Elizabeth FreyDaughter of Dr. and Mrs. William Christopher Frey
Sofia Christina GutierrezDaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Martin Gutierrez
Megan Jean HuffDaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kip Harsh Gilliland and
Mr. John Huff
Kendall Case JohnsonDaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Musgrave
Johnson, Jr.
Tatum Elizabeth KiselisDaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Anthony Golibart
and Mr. Timothy Michael Kiselis
Reagan Victoria LaineDaughter of Dr. Gale Gregory
Hailey Elizabeth LyndDaughter of Mrs. Christine Perron Crescenzo and
Mr. Michael Joseph Lynd, Jr.
Emma Ireland MatthewsDaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Graham Walker
Matthews
Ingrid Varela MayerDaughter of Dr. and Dr. Paul Tillson Mayer
Marguerite Quinn MorganDaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kelton Keith Morgan
Madison Nicole O’DanielDaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Patrick
O’Daniel
Carla Ravelo-Szarvas Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harding Conrad
McEldowney and Mr. David Ravelo
Isabella Terrell Rowland (Bella)Daughter of Mrs. Rebecca Martin Rowland and
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Spencer Rowland
Sophie Elizabeth SilvaDaughter of Dr. and Mrs. Zeke Silva III
Sara Ellen StarnesDaughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Frederick
Starnes, Jr.
Erica Blair StockerDaughter of Dr. and Dr. Eric Herman Stocker
Sophie Katherine VelezDaughter of Dr. and Mrs. Jorge Alberto Velez
Annie Marie VolpeDaughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Carlos Volpe
Abigail Jewel Wagner Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Richard Wagner
Katalina Lizette WatsonDaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Edmund Watson III
Kelsie Elizabeth WestmorelandDaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Jason
Westmoreland
Corina Michiko Villanueva ZarateDaughter of Dr. and Dr. Rudolfo Pedraza Zarate, Jr.
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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.*
Lynn ArnesonTaddy McAllister
Noam Aviel's GrandmotherCheré Reneau
Geraldine BannisterCheré Reneau
Jeremy BrimhallMartin and Frederica Kushner
John Carroll, TrumpetMs. M.A. Espey
Timothy CaseyMs. Elizabeth De Los Santos
Lucy CzandernaAlvin W. Czanderna PhD &
Kani L. Nichols
Allyson Dawkins, Principal Viola
Mrs. Janelle Tye
Zora DicksonKathleen and Albert Vale
Riely Francis, Principal Percussion
Bettye and Paddy Burwell
Stephanie KeyMrs. Janelle Tye
Margaret Stanley KingMs.Cheré Reneau
Sebastian Lang-LessingMr. Walter R. Bell
Taddy McAllisterMr. and Mrs. Morgan T. Edwards Ms. Coletta KemperDr. Maureen J. O’Driscoll-Levy Norman Family Foundation
David MollenauerMrs. Janelle Tye
Amy Dameron PhippsThe Genevieve & Ward Orsinger
Foundation
Drs. Sheila Swartzman and Kenneth Bloom
Drs. Jim and Peggy Sims
Mrs. Sonny SwimleyDr. Dwight Swimley
Kathleen Weir Vale Friend of the Symphony Friends of the San Antonio
SymphonyMr. and Mrs. Hall S. HammondDrs. Sergio and Alice Viroslav Mrs. Carolene Schmidt Zehner
Kathleen Weir Vale's birthday Dr. and Mrs. Victor L. Casiano Mr. and Mrs. David Simon
San Antonio SymphonyMrs. Janelle Tye
IN HONOR OF
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IN MEMORY OF
Kay AllisonJim and Frances Garner
Buddy BanackTaddy McAllister
Dr. Dale BennettMr. and Mrs. William R. WallaceMr. and Mrs. Robert Shivers
Mr. Eugene BriegerMr. Barry Mitchell
Chico ChisanoTaddy McAllister
Lila CockrellTaddy McAllister
Taliaferro Cooper Mr. Robert Buchanan Mr. Thomas KimmellTaddy McAllisterTimothy and Elizabeth Turner
Rita CrosbyCarolyn A. Seale and
Carol Lee Klose
Jim CullumTaddy McAllister
Lt. Col. Bruce B. Dicey Martha R. Hammond Naomi E. Kelia Annaliese M. Rogers
Janice DyerMr. Walter R. Bell
Dr. J. Howard FrederickMrs. Ruth Frederick
Ruth Jean GurwitzCarolyn A. Seale and
Carol Lee Klose
Barbara HaydenMr. LeRoy R. Hayden, Jr.
Dolores L. KloseCarol Lee Klose and
Carolyn A. Seale
Kay KutchinsCurt and Lorraine Anastasio
Mr. Samuel CreswellJohn HudsonMrs. Penny Wiederhold
Mrs. Thomas (Gail) Mac AuleyMr. Walter R. Bell
Gary W. MitchellMr. and Mrs. Lary AmosSarah M. BaxterMs. Jolene BlankleyCol. and Mrs. Wiliam BradyDonna and George BustamanteDetroit Concert ChoirMr. Desmond DoneenChalemers and Cindy GableMr. Isaac Garrigues-CortelMs. Berniece T. GibsonMs. Wilma D. HangerMr. and Mrs. Thomas S.
HawthorneMrs. Megan HigleMrs. Barbara HochCol. (Ret) and Mrs. Michael Hogan
Ms. Doris HoskinsJoan and Dean LansingMrs. Tom McClungOakland UniversityMs. Maryn O’BrienMrs. Patricia OverendMs. Ruth G. ParkerPhi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
Sigma Nu ChapterCol. and Mrs. William T.
RogersonMr. and Mrs. David SchochMs. Julie F. SmithProf. William WalkerDetroit Concert Choir
Ora Lee H. SealeCarolyn A. Seale and
Carol Lee Klose
Wilford StappMr. Scott Baird
Suzanne WareJane Lindell Hughes M.D.,
Ophthalmology & Ophthalmic Surgery
Agnes and Jim Lowe
Dan WebsterTaddy McAllister
Hayden Mackenzie Weissman and Peyton Marie Weissman
Ms. Freda J. Flax
Emma Jean Wyatt of South Texas Money Management
P.H. Swearingen, Jr.
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 AldrichAnne AlexanderLynn AmosNancy F. AndersonJana BakerNorma BarlocoJanie BarreraRuth BergMary-Ann BjornstiVirginia BowdenChula BoylePat BridwellJeanne BrowningBarbara BuckLisa CabreraLisa CaldwellShawn CampbellKristen CaseyLinda Fay CaseyLeticia R. ChapaJacqueline ClaunchTiffanie ClausewitzRoz CogburnLois CohodasSally T. CooperKaren CramerMarthe CurryLuz Solis DayMargo DenkeApril DicksonElizabeth DiggsCarlota DwyerKatrina ErckFreida FlaxVeronica GardAmy Brown GirardeauMartha GrantChristine GreenBeverly GuerraSara HamiltonLinda & Lauren Hampton
In Honor of Joan WhiteleyJean HanorMaureen HillmanLisa HodgesPeter Houghton
In Honor of Nicole & Emma Houghton
Gracie Howard In Honor of Gracie Ramos
Patsy IngletKay Lorraine JohnsonNicole JuelPat KalmansWanda KederLisa KelleherJulie KenfieldVickie KinderMelissa KirkpatrickTerri KirnCarol Anne KoehlLela KriegerRicki KushnerSarah LakeCarolyn LangNancy LarsonJoanne LawtonCiena LindemannLouise MandelJanet MansmannCarolyn MarshallCaroline MatthewsBunny MatthewsTaddy McAllisterWhitney McCarthyMarguerite McCormickTerri McDowellKathleen McGrailLiz MendenhallSusan Hertel MooberryDeb MuellerSydney MuensterAnne MulliganToni MurgoSheila MurrayElvira OrtizGina PadalackiLaura ParodiAnnalisa PeaceDolores PerrineDiane Persellin, PhDCarolyn PetersenMaria PfeifferAngela PfeifferCharlotte PhillipsIrene Pierce
Mary PierceJeanette PierceSusan Hertel Pisano, MDLaura PowellElizabeth RababaughKathy RaffertyAwilda Ramos, MDLaura RenardSue RodartCarol Walter RussellKatherine SchmidtBetsy SchultzNita SchweitzerAnne SenelickMolly ShaferNancy ShiversBuffy SmolensLaura SoulesPenelope SpeierAnn SpringerJyotsna SrinivasanLynn StahlPat Storlie
In Memory of Rose HolubGeraldine StrieglerJane StuartPaige SuggCheryl SwantnerSheila SwartzmanStacey TaliancichLisa ValentinePeggy Walker
In Honor of Vickie KinderNancy WallaceElizabeth S. WallerCarolyn WatsonKathleen Weir ValeJoan WhiteleyPenny WiederholdJean Rogers WinchellDale & Mertie WoodErin ZaykoMolly Zebrowski
In Honor of Katrina Erck Erin Zayko
Mary Zocchi
XXXIV San Antonio Symphony
San Antonio Symphony XXXV
Katie BrillManager of Artistic Planning
Jeremy BrimhallDirector of Education and Community Engagement
Corey CowartExecutive Director
Karen CramerGroup Sales and Business Partner Coordinator
Mary DominguezFinance Administrator
Tabitha DunhamGrants Manager
Margaret HagerArtistic Administrative Assistant
Jenna JerniganMarketing Manager
D’Anté McNealArtistic Operations Coordinator
Annette PaulinDirector of Development
Angelica Rivera-PerezAccountant
Desireé SotoFinance Department
Janni ToomesOrchestra Personnel Manager
Sara VreelandStage & Operations Manager
Gilbert YanezController
Ernest BromleyFrank Stenger-CastroEric Dupre, Vice ChairLauren Eberhart, musicianAmy HardbergerSusan Fox HarrisJoseph JarmonVickie KinderRobert Knapp
Alfredo La Rosa, TreasurerCindy Marini, SecretaryTaddy McAllisterMarguerite McCormickMargaret MirelesRyan Murphy, musicianMichael OzerDiane PersellinBrian Petkovich, musician
Karen PozzaBeverly Purcell GuerraRitchie SpenceSheila SwartzmanDon ThomasMark TolleyJames WatersDidi WeinblattLynne Wilkerson
Kathleen Weir Vale, Chair
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ADMINISTRATIVESTAFF
XXXVI San Antonio Symphony
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