Acknowledgments

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" TEXT="#080000" background="13cfd5a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Aaron Alon"><U><B><IMG SRC="39d7d140.png" border=0 width="125" height="20" ALT="Aaron Alon" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="id152.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="April 14, 2008"><U><B>Back to DMA Recital</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id160.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Program"><U>The Program</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id165.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pictures"><U>Pictures</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id153.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Performers"><U>Performers</U></A>   |   <B>Acknowledgments</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#888888" TEXT="#080000" background="13dd2b03.jpg"> <div> <IMG SRC="791153b0.png" border=0 width="21" height="59" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~musi/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~musi/"><U><IMG SRC="55c9b460.png" border=0 width="155" height="70" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>MAP</U></B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.aaronalon.com/shepherdmap.png" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.aaronalon.com/shepherdmap.png"><U><IMG SRC="7b0b15f0.png" border=0 width="177" height="95" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Acknowledgments</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="7ded9350.png" border=0 width="217" height="53" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>To all of the performers</B></div> <div> Who are extraordinary musicians and great people</div> <bR> <div> <B>To my teachers</B></div> <div> Karim Al-Zand, Tony Brandt, Shih-Hui Chen, & Kurt Stallman</div> <bR> <div> <B>To the volunteers</B></div> <div> Who so courageously shared their stories of abuse in "Breaking the Silence"</div> <div> (Michelle Fellow, Mike Migura, "SafeAtLast," & Anonymous)</div> <bR> <div> <B>To my recital committee</B></div> <div> Walter Bailey, Tony Brandt, & Art Gottschalk</div> <bR> <div> <B>And to…</B></div> <div> Joe Barnes</div> <div> Kelly Boros & the Houston Area Women's Center</div> <div> Tom Durrett</div> <div> Kristi Johnson</div> <div> Angela Mortellaro</div> <div> The Mu Phi Epsilon Foundation</div> <div> Deb Murphy</div> <div> Prevent Child Abuse Texas</div> <div> Allison Vogt & the Montrose Counseling Center</div> <div> Mark Whatley</div> <div> My friends & family for their support with this concert</div> </td> </tr></table></body>