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BIOGRAPHYSinger-composer MOIRA SMILEY is based in Los
Angeles and performs and writes an extraordinary range of
vocal music. Recently, she premiered the critically acclaimed
Ukrainian-based Rusalka with the women’s vocal ensemble
KITKA; re-opened the Getty Villa performing the Sorceress
in Henry Purcell’s Opera Dido and Aeneas; recorded a solo
album Rua, a compilation of Irish, Appalachian songs; and
toured with Goin’ South Band and the Irish band Molly’s
Revenge.
Smiley was born in Vermont and graduated from
Indiana University (IU) with a degree in Early Music Vocal
Performance. While at IU, Smiley toured with her vocal
quartet VIDA, singing a cappella Folk songs. VIDA went
on to record three albums of traditional and original songs,
performed at prestigious venues such as Lincoln Center, and
UCLA Live, and was featured in Billboard magazine. Smiley
writes music for choral groups worldwide, dance and theater
ensembles, and film. She won the Lester Horton Award for
“Outstanding Achievement in Music for Dance” along with
presents
MOIRA SMILEY & VOCO
MOIRA SMILEYJOHN BALLINGER • JESSICA BASTA • JESSICA CATRON • CHRISTINE ENNS
Thursday, March 6, 2008, 7:30 PM
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The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.
the composers for TRIP Dance Theatre’s Synergy at Ford
Amphitheatre. She has received several grants for her Bartok
Sings project creating new vocal music around the piano
miniatures of composer Béla Bartók. Smiley’s neo-traditional
hymn Stand in That River is popular around the world.
MOIRA SMILEY & VOCO fuses a new sound
with voices, banjo, cello, and percussion that is rooted in
traditional song. A vibrant, fast-rising force on the Folk
music scene, the group brings percussive movement and
warm wit to festivals across the United States and Canada.
Founded in 2006, the group was chosen to represent FAR-
West at Folk Alliance ’07. National a capella champions in
2007, VOCO has been touring and performing music from
its CD Blink at the Kate Wolf Festival, California WorldFest,
WorldOne Festival, Lotus Festival, The Getty Center, and
the San Luis Mozart Festival The ensemble performs an
amazing spectrum of music that it describes as “post-Folk,
improvisation-built songs, ballads, vocal symphonies, and
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presents
CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER
DAVID FINCkEL AND WU HAN, ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
INON BARNATAN, PIANOSTEPHEN TAYLOR, OBOE
DAVID SHIFRIN, CLARINETPETER KOLKAY, BASSOON
STEWART ROSE, HORN
MUSIC FOR WINDS
Friday, March 7, 2008, 8:00 PM
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Please hold your applause until after all movements of a work have been performed, and do not applaud between movements. Thank you for your cooperation.
As a courtesy to the performers and your fellow patrons, please mute all cellular phones, pagers, and watch alarms prior to the start of the performance.
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PROGRAM
Quintet in E-flat Major for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Ludwig van Beethoven
and Horn, Op. 16 (1770-1827)
Grave – Allegro ma non troppo
Andante cantabile
Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo
Barnatan, Taylor, Shifrin, Kolkay, and Rose
Divertissement for Oboe, Clarinet, and Bassoon Jean Françaix
Prélude: Moderato –Più vivo, poco portamento, (1912-1997)
animato – Tempo I
Allegretto assai
Elégie: Grave
Scherzo
Taylor, Shifrin, and Kolkay
INTERMISSION
Trio for Piano, Oboe, and Bassoon Francis Poulenc
Lent – Presto (1899-1963)
Andante con moto
Rondo: Très vif
Barnatan, Taylor, and Kolkay
Quintet in E-flat Major for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
and Horn, K. 452 (1756-1791)
Largo – Allegro moderato
Larghetto
Rhondo: Allegretto
Barnatan, Taylor, Shifrin, Kolkay, and Rose
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s touring program is made
possible in part by the Lila Acheson and DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund.
Opus 3 Artists
470 Park Avenue South, 9th Floor North
New York, New York 10016
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BIOGRAPHIESThe CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN
CENTER (CMS) is one of 12 constituents of Lincoln
Center for the Performing Arts, the largest performing
arts complex in the world. Along with other constituents
such as the New York Philharmonic, New York City Ballet,
Lincoln Center Theater, and The Metropolitan Opera, the
CMS’ home base is Alice Tully Hall at the Lincoln Center.
Through its performance, education, and recording activities,
it draws more people to Chamber music than any other
organization of its kind.
As plans for Lincoln Center for the Performing
Arts were in the final stages in 1965, the distinguished
American composer and president of
Lincoln Center, William Schuman,
conceived of an organization dedicated
to performing the finest Chamber
music. This association, to be housed
in its own specially designed recital
hall, would take its place among the
finest Ballet, Symphonic, and Opera
companies at Lincoln Center. Pianist
Charles Wadsworth became the center’s
artistic director. Under the inspiring
leadership of patron Alice Tully, the
plan was brought to fruition. On September 11, 1969, Alice
Tully Hall opened with CMS’ first performance, beginning a
new era for Chamber music in the United States. In 2004,
CMS appointed cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han as
artistic directors. They succeeded Wadsworth (1969-1989),
Fred Sherry (1989-1993), and David Shifrin (1993-2004).
CMS’ annual activities include a full season of concerts
and activities, national and international tours, nationally
televised broadcasts on Live From Lincoln Center, and regular
appearances on National Public Radio’s Performance Today.
Besides its ability to regularly program a variety of
Chamber works, CMS’ achievements include innovative
projects such as collaborations with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie
Zane Dance Company and Jazz at Lincoln Center; thematic
“series within a series,” such as two Musical Evolutions
examinations; and the highly successful Great Day in New
York, which brought together New York composers in all
musical genres for a festival in collaboration with Merkin
Concert Hall.
CMS’ discography ranges from Johann Sebastian Bach
to Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, and includes critically acclaimed
recordings of Antonin Dvořák, Ludwig van Beethoven,
and William Walton. Fi Magazine named CMS’ recording
of Bach’s Complete Brandenburg Concertos “one of the best
recordings of the year” in 1996. The ensemble’s recent
releases include Felix Mendelssohn – Sextet, Op. 110 &
Octet, Op. 20 and the Grammy-nominated The Complete
Chamber Music of Claude Debussy, both on the Delos label.
The blossoming career of pianist INON BARNATAN
takes him to some of the most important music centers and
festivals worldwide. In addition to making his New York
recital debut at Carnegie Hall, he has
appeared at The Metropolitan Museum
of Art, Salla Verdi, the Royal Festival
Hall, Wigmore Hall, the Musikverein,
the Louvre, Shanghai’s Arts Theater,
and the Rising Stars series of the
Ravinia and Gilmore festivals. This
season, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw
will present a three-concert project,
conceived and organized by Barnatan,
featuring the solo, Chamber, and song
output of Franz Schubert’s last year. The
project will feature Barnatan along with the Belcea Quartet,
baritone Christopher Maltman, and pianist Jonathan Biss.
His orchestral appearances include performances with
the Houston Symphony, Israel Philharmonic, Jerusalem
Symphony, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre de
la Suisse Romande, and the Shanghai Symphony. He has
appeared at festivals in the United States and Europe with
the Jerusalem String Quartet, Cho-Liang Lin, Miriam Fried,
Gary Hoffman, and Liza Ferschtman. His debut CD of
piano works by Schubert was released in 2006. Barnatan is a
member of Chamber Music Society Two.
STEPHEN TAYLOR is one of the most sought-
after oboists in the country. He holds the Mrs. John D.
Rockefeller III solo oboe chair at The Chamber Music
Society of Lincoln Center. Taylor is solo oboe with New
York Woodwind Quintet, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, St. Luke’s
Chamber Ensemble (where he is co-director of Chamber
music), American Composers Orchestra, New England Bach
Festival Orchestra, and the Contemporary music group
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Speculum Musicae, and co-principal oboe with Orpheus
Chamber Orchestra. He appears regularly as soloist and
Chamber musician at Spoleto, Caramoor, Aldeburgh,
Bravo! Vail Valley, Music from Angel Fire, Chamber Music
Northwest, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Aspen Music
Festival, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, and Schleswig-
Holstein. Among his more than 200 recordings are Johann
Sebastian Bach arias with Itzhak Perlman and Kathleen
Battle, Bach’s Oboe d’Amore Concerto, Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, premiere recordings of the
Wolpe Oboe Quartet, works of André Previn, and Elliott
Carter’s Oboe Quartet, for which he received a Grammy
nomination. He has premiered many of Carter’s works
including A Mirror on Which to Dwell, Syringa, Tempo e
Tempi, Trilogy for Oboe and Harp, and A 6 Letter Letter.
Taylor trained under Lois Wann and Robert Bloom at the
Juilliard School, where he is a faculty member, as well as
with the Yale School of Music, SUNY Stony Brook, SUNY
Purchase, and the Manhattan School of Music. He plays a
rare Caldwell model Lorée oboe.
An Avery Fisher Prize winner, clarinetist DAVID
SHIFRIN is in constant demand as an orchestral soloist,
recitalist, and Chamber musician. This season he celebrates
his 19th
year as an Artist of the Chamber Music Society.
From 1992 to 2004 he served as artistic director, inaugurating
the CMS Two program and the annual Brandenburg
concerto concerts. Presently in his 27th year as artistic
director of Chamber Music Northwest in Portland, Oregon,
he has collaborated with the Guarneri, Tokyo, and Emerson
string quartets and is a member of the Kavafian-Schub-
Shifrin Trio. This season he will perform in Beijing as soloist
with the orchestra of the Central Conservatory. Previous
seasons include engagements with the Chamber Orchestra
of Philadelphia, Fort Worth Symphony, Detroit Symphony,
and orchestras in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. His recordings
have received three Grammy Award nominations and his
performance of Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto with the Mostly
Mozart Festival Orchestra was named “Record of the Year”
by Stereo Review. He has released two CDs of Lalo Schifrin’s
compositions, one of which was nominated for a Latin
Grammy Award. At home with the work of Contemporary
composers such as John Adams, Joan Tower, Bruce Adolphe,
Ezra Laderman, John Corigliano, and Bright Sheng, he
recently commissioned a clarinet concerto from Ellen Taaffe
Zwilich, which he premiered with the Buffalo Philharmonic.
Shifrin is the recipient of a Solo Recitalist Fellowship from
the National Endowment for the Arts.
Bassoonist PETER KOLKAY has already amassed
an impressive list of accolades in his performing career. He
was the first bassoonist to win first prize at the Concert
Artists Guild International Competition, and an Avery
Fisher Career Grant, and the first on his instrument to
become a member of Chamber Music Society Two. His
upcoming concerts include an appearance with the Colonial
Symphony in Harold Meltzer’s Likes and Unlikes, which
was commissioned for Kolkay by the Concert Artists
Guild. He has been presented by Chicago’s Dame Myra
Hess Memorial Concert Series and New York’s Symphony
Space and is a member of the IRIS Chamber Orchestra. An
avid performer of Contemporary Chamber music, he has
recently given the New York premieres of Paul Moravec’s
Andy Warhol Sez and Russell Platt’s Quintet for Bassoon
and Strings. As the recipient of the Carlos Surinach Prize,
awarded for dedication to American music, he premiered The
Dark Hours, a work written for him by Judah Adashi. He
is an advocate of Elliott Carter’s music, having included a
world premiere (Retracing for solo bassoon) and a New York
premiere (Au Quai for bassoon and viola) on his New York
recital debut program at Weill Recital Hall. An assistant
professor at the University of South Carolina, Kolkay holds
degrees from Lawrence University, the Eastman School of
Music, and Yale University.
The New York Times has noted hornist STEWART
ROSE for his “remarkable virtuosity, agility and fluency,
and his ability to retain the horn’s cheery rusticity.” He will
be the soloist in the world premiere of Charles Wuorinen’s
Synaxis at Carnegie Hall with the Orpheus Chamber
Orchestra, where he is a member. A native of New York
City, he has been principal horn of the Orchestra of St.
Luke’s since 1983 and of the New York City Opera Orchestra
since 1989. He has also performed on numerous occasions as
guest principal horn with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra,
the New York Philharmonic, and the St. Paul Chamber
Orchestra, and as guest musician with the Ensemble
Wien-Berlin and the MET Chamber Ensemble. He has
appeared at the Marlboro, Tanglewood, Mostly Mozart,
Spoleto, Edinburgh, and Eastern Shore festivals. Rose has
made more than 100 recordings of Chamber music and
orchestral literature for the BMG, SONY Classical, Deutsche
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BIOGRAPHYA Chicago native born in 1935, RAMSEY LEWIS
represents the great musical diversity for which the Windy
City is noted. He began taking piano lessons at the age
of 4 and soon after he began learning basic piano-concert
repertoires.
Although Lewis was exposed to Jazz by listening to
records his father played at home, he had no experience
playing Jazz. Lewis was 15 when a church musician, Wallace
Burton, asked him to join his Jazz band, The Cleffs. Burton
coached and helped the young musician learn the language
of Jazz. The seven-piece group provided Lewis’ first real
presents
AN EVENING WITH THE RAMSEY LEWIS TRIO
RAMSEY LEWIS, PIANOLARRY GRAY, BASS
LEON JOYCE, JR., DRUMS
Saturday, March 8, 2008, 8:00 PM
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experience performing Jazz music. The emerging Ramsey
Lewis Trio featured some members of The Cleffs – Lewis on
piano, Eldee Young on bass, and Redd Holt on drums – after
other members of the group deployed for the Korean War.
Since the formation of his trio, Lewis has recorded
nearly 80 albums and CDs. Both as a member of the Ramsey
Lewis Trio and as a solo performer, Lewis has earned Grammy
Awards for “Best Instrumental Jazz Performance – Small
Group or Soloist With Small Group” for The In Crowd (the
Ramsey Lewis Trio - 1965); “Best R&B Group Performance,
Vocal or Instrumental” for Hold It Right There (Lewis - 1966);
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and “Best R&B Instrumental Performance” for Hang on
Sloopy (Lewis - 1973).
In addition to recording albums and performing live,
Lewis hosts WNUA-FM Chicago’s weekday morning drive-
time radio show, The Ramsey Lewis Morning Show, for which
he was awarded Radio & Records’ 1999 and 2000 “Personality
of the Year Award.” In January 2007, the show began
syndicating nationwide. He also hosts the syndicated Legends
of Jazz With Ramsey Lewis, a two-hour radio program that airs
in more than 75 cities throughout the United States.
In 2003 Lewis teamed with Larry Rosen, founder
and former president of GRP Records, and entrepreneur
Lee Rosenberg to form LRSmedia, an independent music
entertainment company that creates and produces branded
entertainment properties for distribution across broadcast,
live, and recorded media. Along with PBS station WTTW-
Chicago, LRSmedia has co-produced a series of 13 Legends
of Jazz programs, making it the first time in 40 years that Jazz
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BIOGRAPHYThe GIPSY KINGS’ spell is undeniable; its mystique,
indisputable. What began as a band of two brothers who
performed on the streets of Cannes, France, has evolved into
a first-rate group that flavors Flamenco with Western Pop and
Latin tempos. Rolling Stone magazine described the seven-
member troupe’s intoxicating sound as “a boundless realm
where Spanish Flamenco and Romany rhapsody meet Salsa
Funk, by way of Morocco and the
Middle East, and where hot-blooded
passion reigns supreme.”
In 1987 Gipsy Kings released
the blockbuster Bamboleo, from its
self-titled debut album. The troupe
has had a long-time presence on
Billboard’s World Music and Latin
charts with sizzling hits such as
Volare, Djobi Djoba, and the romantic
ballad Un Amor. To date, the group
has sold more than 13 million albums
worldwide, and its fervent guitar-playing and impassioned
vocals have become the trademarks of the Rumba Flamenca
tradition.
Gipsy Kings has also seduced Hollywood with its
magic and mystery. Director Peter Weir chose the band’s Sin
Ella for the soundtrack to his 1993 drama Fearless. Oscar
winners Ethan Coen and Joel Coen (also known as The
Coen Brothers) used the group’s blazing version of Hotel
California in their 1998 crime comedy The Big Lebowski.
Pierce Brosnan’s 1989 romance thriller The Heist and Vanessa
Williams’ 1998 musical romance Dance With Me also featured
Gipsy Kings’ music. The 1996 PBS documentary Tierra
presents
GIPSY kINGSFriday, March 14, 2008, 8:00 PM
Saturday, March 15, 2008, 8:00 PM
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Gitana, which explored the band’s rich roots and colorful
heritage in Flamenco music, provided an evocative glimpse
into the vanishing lifestyle and vibrant traditions of the
gypsy culture, further adding to Gipsy Kings’ mystique and
allure.
The ensemble has continued to dominate the charts
with instrumentals, dance gems, and moving ballads from
its string of Gold albums, including
Mosaïque, Allegria, Este Mundo, Gipsy
Kings Live, Tierra Gitana, and Cantos
de Amor. Its infectious Love & Liberté
was nominated for a 1995 Grammy
for “Best World Music Album,” and
the 1995 Platinum compilation The
Best of the Gipsy Kings dominated the
music charts for more than a year, a
feat almost unheard of for a group that
does not record in English.
In an effort to bring its music
closer to Flamenco’s origins, Gipsy Kings recorded its 2004
Grammy-nominated acoustics Roots album without electric
instruments or a drum set. What resulted was an enchanting
and bittersweet album deemed a “treasure” by Billboard,
prompting People magazine to proclaim: “Way beyond the
strictures of language, these 16 songs will resonate with
anyone who loves heartfelt, meticulously performed music.”
In 2006, the group continued its epic musical journey
with the release of Pasajero. The 14-track album, produced
by Phillipe Eidel, built on the musical style established on
Roots and added the fiery Latin American flavors that long
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BIOGRAPHIES Born and raised in Brooklyn, JULIUS LA ROSA
began his professional music career in the Navy, where
he spent his final months singing with the United States
Navy Band in Washington, D.C. It was there that he was
discovered by Arthur Godfrey. After hearing La Rosa sing,
Godfrey approached him and said, “Young man, when you
get out, come see me. You’ve got a job.” From 1951 to 1953,
La Rosa was a member of the television series Arthur Godfrey
and His Friends. This led to performances at prestigious
venues such as Carnegie Hall, Philadelphia’s Academy of
Music, and the famed nightclub Rainbow and Stars.
La Rosa’s recording career included popular songs
such as Anywhere I Wander; Eh, Cumpari; and Domani.
presents
THAT’S ITALIAN!A BIG BAND MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANZA
starring
JULIUS LA ROSAPETE BARBUTTIDICk CONTINO
FRANkIE RANDALL
with
THE HARRY JAMES TRIBUTE ORCHESTRA
conducted by
VINNIE FALCONE (FRANK SINATRA’S CONDUCTOR)
Sunday, March 16, 2008, 3:00 PM
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Audiences and critics admire his talent, with The New York
Times stating, “His singing is very direct and unpretentious
he can wrap his voice tenaciously around a melody line and
bring out the best in it. He is certainly an equal partner to
the song lyric.”
Musician and comedian PETE BARBUTTI was a
founding member of the musical-comedy-vocal quartet The
Millionaires. The group toured the country for six years,
settling in Chicago, then Las Vegas, where it quickly became
a favorite on the Las Vegas strip. After two years in Las
Vegas, the group disbanded and Barbutti started working as a
standup comic in Washington D.C.
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During this period, Steve Allen saw a locally produced
videotape of Barbutti and booked him as a regular on his
popular late-night television show. One of those shows
was seen by Nat King Cole, who signed on Barbutti for
an extended concert tour. Next came performances on
Godfrey’s famous radio show and a regular spot on The Garry
Moore Show.
Barbutti continues to be in demand, performing
frequently in Las Vegas and throughout the country. He
conducts a comedy workshop in Las Vegas, in which he
tutors young comics in the art of working in concert and
on television. Barbutti has received numerous awards,
including “Entertainer of the Year” in Las Vegas and Atlantic
City, an “Artistic Achievement Award” from the American
Federation of Musicians, and a “Most Valuable Player Award”
from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
As a high school student in Fresno, DICK CONTINO
led a double life as a football player and an accomplished
accordion player. After graduation, Contino chose to pursue
music and his family decided to move to Los Angeles. Just
prior to moving, he was introduced to a talent scout for
Horace Heidt’s The Original Youth Opportunity Program and
auditioned for the show. Contino was selected as one of four
contestants to appear on the initial Philip Morris broadcast,
and he won the $5,000 Grand Prize.
Today, Contino is recognized as a legendary virtuoso
of the accordion. Although best known for his million
sellers Lady of Spain, Granada, and Tico Tico, he is also
an accomplished vocalist. Contino is the subject of Dick
Contino’s Blues, a book by famed screenwriter James Ellroy
(L.A. Confidential), and Accordion Man by Bob Boye.
FRANKIE RANDALL, a “Casino Legends Hall of
Fame Inductee” and recipient of a star on Palm Spring’s
Walk of Stars, is an entertainer, vocalist, and a Classical
and Jazz pianist, arranger, conductor, and composer. Born
in Clifton, New Jersey, as Frank Joseph Lisbona, Randall
became a “professional” musician at the age of 13, which led
to a booking at the popular New York hot spot Jilly’s. That’s
where a life-changing event – a meeting with Frank Sinatra
took place. Sinatra helped Randall obtain a recording
contract with RCA, which led to numerous television
appearances, including a regular role on The Dean Martin
Summer Show.
Randall continued to perform in top cabaret venues
throughout the world. In 1982 he was asked to appear at
the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City for
a four-week engagement. Hotel developer Steve Wynn
was impressed, and offered Randall a contract to perform
at the hotel for as long as he wished. In 1983, Wynn asked
Randall to become the hotel’s entertainment director, where
he played an integral part in the Golden Nugget achieving
top status in Atlantic City. He later became vice president
of Bally’s hotel and casino while continuing his musical
performances.
In 1991, Randall resigned from Bally’s to return full
time to his musical career. Shortly thereafter, Allen asked
him to record a compilation of never-recorded Allen
originals. The CD, Frankie Randall Sings Steve Allen, was
released on USA Records.
Radio station WRDR in Atlantic City asked Randall
to record a CD for its audience. Unforgettable included five
of Randall’s original compositions and musical offerings from
Ivory Blackwood and Al Alberts. Other Randall recordings
include Frankie Randall Sings and Swings, Frankie Randall at It
Again, Words and Music, Let’s Make Christmas Everyday, and
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presents
NOCHE FLAMENCADIRECTOR AND PRODUCER
Martín Santangelo
Soledad Barrio
FEATURED GUESTS
Juan Ogalla
and
Antonio Rodríguez
CANTAORES
Manuel Gago • Emilio Florido
GUITARISTS
Miguel Pérez • Eugenio Iglesias
These performances are made possible in part with support by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Noche Flamenca is proudly sponsored by La Bella Strings and Intrend International.
All Choreography by Martín Santangelo and Company members
Original Music by Miguel Pérez and Eugenio Iglesias
Vocal arrangements by Manuel Gago and Emilio Florido
Artistic Director and Producer: Martín Santangelo
Lighting Design by Mark London
Costume Designer for La Mujer del Mar: Olive Wong
Technical Director: Leo Janks
Company Manager: Carlos Pérez Vega
Representation: Laura Colby, Director, Elsie Management
Friday, March 21, 2008, 8:00 PM
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PROGRAMLA MUJER DEL MAR
Based on the play by Henrik IbsenThe Company
Choreography by Martín Santangelo and the Company
La Mujer Del Mar was made possible by the Doris Duke Fund for Dance of the National Dance Project, a program administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts with funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, The Ford Foundation,
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, JP Morgan Chase Foundation, and MetLife Foundation.
SOLO DE CANTEEmilio Florido or Manuel Gago
TANGOSSoledad Barrio and Juan Ogalla
SOLEA POR BULERIASPerformed and Choreographed by Antonio Rodríguez
INTERMISSION
FARRUCAPerformed and Choreographed by Juan Ogalla
SOLO DE GUITARRAMiguel Pérez or Eugenio Iglesias
SOLEAPerformed and Choreographed by Soledad Barrio
ESTA NOCHE NO ES MI DÍAThe Company
Choreography by Martín Santangelo
This piece was created in memory of the singer Antonio Vizarraga, a founding member of Noche Flamenca who recently passed away. We miss you dearly Antonio.
For information on Noche Flamenca and to join our mailing list,please visit www.nocheflamenca.com
The Company would like to thank the staff of the New England Foundation for the Arts and the hubsites of the National Dance
Project for supporting the creation of La Mujer del Mar.
I became drawn to The Lady From The Sea and all of Henrik Ibsen’s plays because I feel a similarity between the messages in
his plays and the reason Flamenco exists. This message or theme is the defense of individuality, and the individual’s need to act upon it.
This action develops our consciousness, questions society’s ideals, and propels us to open our voices and souls to break with the false and
repressive ideals within the society we live in. The intense “cry” or “scream” that lies dormant and develops inside of many of Ibsen’s
characters, reminds me again and again of the intense and savage expression of flamenco song, dance, and music. George Bernard Shaw
sums it up as simply as the morals of Ibsen’s plays “illustrate his thesis that the real slavery of today is slavery to the ideals of virtue…”
- Martín Santangelo
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BIOGRAPHIESUnder the direction of Martín Santangelo, the award-
winning NOCHE FLAMENCA has become Spain’s most
successful touring company. Formed in 1993 by Santangelo
and his New York Dance and Performance (Bessie) award-
winning wife, Soledad Barrio, the company regularly tours
worldwide. Performance highlights in North America
include Berkeley’s Cal Performances, Jacob’s Pillow Dance
Festival, the Ravinia Festival, the American Dance Festival,
Wolf Trap, and the Hollywood Bowl. Internationally, the
company has appeared on stages in Australia, New Zealand,
Greece, and Egypt. With annual
seasons in New York City
and Buenos Aires, and return
engagements at theaters all over
the world, the company has a
dedicated global audience.
Hailed by critics for
its transcendent and deeply
emotional performances, Noche
Flamenca is recognized as
the most authentic Flamenco
touring company in the field
today. Santangelo has successfully brought to the stage
the essence, purity, and integrity of one of the world’s most
complex and mysterious art forms without the use of tricks or
gimmicks. All aspects of Flamenco dance, song, and music
are interrelated and given equal weight in the presentations
of Noche Flamenca, creating a true communal spirit within
the company – the very heart and soul of Flamenco. In
support of its mission to educate and enlighten audiences
about Flamenco, the company offers extensive residency
programs that reach out to people of all ages. With company
members based in Spain, Noche Flamenca is registered in the
United States as a non-profit organization with its office and
representation based in New York City. Noche Flamenca’s
artistic integrity has been recognized with awards from the
National Dance Project (2006) and the Lucille Lortel Award
for “Special Theatrical Experience” (2003).
MARTÍN SANTANGELO (Artistic Director), a
native New Yorker, was inspired to train in the form of
Flamenco and moved to Madrid, Spain, in 1992. He studied
with Ciro, Paco Romero, El Guito, Manolete, and Alejandro
Granados. As a Flamenco dancer, he performed throughout
Spain, Japan, North America, and South America, appearing
with Maria Benitez’s Teatro Flamenco, the Lincoln Center
Festival of the Arts, Paco Romero’s Ballet Espanol, and Maria
Magdalena. He also appeared in Julie Taymor’s Juan Darien
at Lincoln Center. Santangelo choreographed and performed
in Eduardo Machado’s Deep Song, directed by Lynne Taylor-
Corbett, and choreographed Romeo and Juliet for the Denver
Theater Center. He has directed and choreographed Bodas
de Sangre, The Lower Depths, La Celestina, A Streetcar Named
Desire, and productions in Spain and Buenos Aires. In
2000 Santangelo was nominated for CalArts/Alpert Awards
in the Arts. He is married to
Soledad Barrio and they have two
daughters, Gabriela and Stella.
SOLEDAD BARRIO
(Dancer) was born in Madrid,
Spain. She has appeared as soloist
with Manuela Vargas, Blanca del
Rey, Luisillo, El Guito, Manolete,
Cristobal Reyes, El Toleo, Ballet
Espanol de Paco Romero, and
Festival Flamenco. Barrio has
performed throughout Europe,
Japan, North America, and South America with Alejandro
Granados, Isabel Bayón, Jesus Torres, Miguel Pérez, Manolo
Marin, Javier Barón, Merce Esmeralda, Rafael Campallo,
and Belén Maya. She has won awards from more than 12
countries worldwide for her excellence in dance and was
awarded a New York Dance and Performance Award (Bessie)
for “Outstanding Creative Achievement” in 2001. Barrio is
a founding member of Noche Flamenca.
JUAN OGALLA (Dancer) was born in Cádiz,
Spain, and started as a professional at the age of 15. He
was a member of the Company Manuel Morao, Ballet de
Cristina Hoyos, Manuela Carrasco, and Company of Maria
Pages. Ogalla has participated in Festival Internacional de
Mont de Marssans, Festival de Música y Danza de Granada,
Festival Flamenco de Mahón, and Festival Querencias en
Ceret. He has performed in the tablaos (flamenco bars) Casa
Patas, El Arenal, and Los Gallos; in theaters throughout
Europe, Japan, North America, and Spain as a soloist;
Festival de Jerez; and Paris Opera. He is currently working
on a production with Manuela Ríos and Arcángel. This is
Ogalla’s third season with Noche Flamenca.
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ANTONIO RODRÍGUEZ (Dancer), otherwise
known as “El Chupete,” was born in 1974 in Osuna,
Spain, and began dancing at an early age in the Flamenco
festivals, fairs, and peñas of Andalucía, Spain. His dance
training was not obtained in school, but alongside the
professional singers and dancers that served as his guide.
He debuted professionally in El Cordobés de Barcelona,
which is considered one of the finest Flamenco tablaos of
Spain. Rodríguez has performed with the National Ballet
of Spain and has shared the stage with Carmen Ledesma in
the National Opera of Tokyo. He has also choreographed
for Yoko Komatsubara. Rodríguez has toured extensively as
a featured soloist in Italy, Germany, Holland, Brazil, Japan,
Mexico, and New York. He continues to dance in tablaos in
Sevilla and Granada, Spain. This is his fourth season with
Noche Flamenca.
MANUEL GAGO (Singer) was born in Cádiz, Spain,
to a family of Flamenco singers. Gago began singing at the
age of 5 and by 14, he was singing in Flamenco festivals
with well-known singers such as Juan Villar, Charo Lobato,
and Rancapino. Later, he began singing for dancers Joaquín
Cortez, Sara Varas, Rafaela Carrasco, Guito, Manolete,
Javier Barón, Isabel Bayon, and Cristobal Reyes. Gago has
traveled the world, singing in Europe, Asia, South America,
and North America. This is his eighth season with Noche
Flamenca.
EMILIO FLORIDO (Singer) was born in Cádiz,
Spain. He began singing and working professionally as a
child in Jerez, Cádiz, and Sevilla, Spain. As a soloist, he has
accompanied dancers such as Adrián Galia, Luis Ortega,
Belén Maya, Yolanda Heredia, Rocio Molina, Manuela
Carroasco, and Miguel Ángel Espino. Florido has performed
with the companies of Cristina Hoyos, El ballet de Madrid,
and La Raza. He has toured extensively in Japan, South
America, and Europe. This is Florido’s sixth season with
Noche Flamenca.
MIGUEL PÉREZ (Guitarist) began his professional
career at 9 by his father’s side in Sevilla, Spain, playing in
Sevillian tabloas such as Los Gallos, El Patio Sevillano, and
El Flamenco de Tokio. He has accompanied renowned
figures such as Farucco, Manuela Carrasco, Arcangel,
Alejando Granados, El Guito, Rafaela Carrasco, Antonio
Canales, La Tona, Isabel Bayon, Trini Espana, Loli Flores,
Maria Jimenez, and Matilde Coral. Pérez has also performed
with the companies of Jose Greco, Manolo Soler, and Adrian
Galia and participated in Festival de Nîmes – the first guitar
festival in Nîmes, France. This is his eighth season with
Noche Flamenca.
EUGENIO IGLESIAS (Guitarist) began playing
professionally at a very young age and worked in all the
important tablaos in Sevilla, Spain. Iglesias began touring
with various companies and has accompanied many dancers
such as Antonio Canales, Farruco, Farruquito, El Guito, La
Tona, Javier Baron, Sara Varas, Manuela Carrasco, Israel
Galvan, Mario Maya, Angelita Vargas, and Alejandro
Granados. He also accompanied many great Flamenco
singers in Spain, including Lole Montoya, La Negra,
Chiquetete, La Susi, Carmen Montoya, Juan Villar, and El
Potito. Iglesias is currently working on his Flamenco show
as composer and songwriter. This is his third season with
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11am–3pm
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BIOGRAPHYIn AN EVENING WITH ROBERT CRAY, the
five-time Grammy-winning Bluesman Cray performs the hits
that have made him a household name. Few Blues acts have
managed to accomplish as much crossover success as Cray,
but his enticing blend of R&B, Blues, and Soul has delighted
an ever-expanding loyal fan base. Since transitioning into
the Pop mainstream with the Smoking Gun single from Strong
Persuader, Cray’s soulful sound has become a bridge between
Traditional and Contemporary Blues.
An ardent music lover and guitarist since his early
teens, Cray formed his own band in 1974. The group began
by performing in West Coast college towns. After a few years
of regional success, the band scored a contract with Mercury
Records in 1982, and Strong Persuader soon followed. The
record’s success boosted Cray’s status and name recognition,
leading to career-making gigs with A-list musicians such as
Grammy winners Eric Clapton, Tina Turner, the Eurythmics,
and B.B. King.
By the late ’80s, Cray and his band’s stature was on the
rise, with yet another Grammy triumph for Don’t Be Afraid
of the Dark, the “Best Contemporary Blues Recording” that
rocked the music charts. The next decade kept the group
busy, with a celebrated tour in Russia and a slew of smash
presents
AN EVENING WITH ROBERT CRAY
Saturday, March 22, 2008, 8:00 PM
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releases, including Midnight Stroll, I Was Warned, Shame +
a Sin, and Some Rainy Morning. In 1996 Cray picked up
another Grammy for his contribution on SRV Shuffle, a track
on the A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan album, which featured
various performers, including Clapton, King, Art Neville, Dr.
John, Bonnie Raitt, and Buddy Guy.
By the late ’90s, it was time to hit the road again. The
band packed its bags and toured the United States with King
and Europe with Clapton. It also toured New Zealand and
Australia. In 1999 Cray took home his fifth Grammy with
the “Best Contemporary Blues Album” Take Your Shoes Off.
The ensuing years brought a string of well-received releases,
including Time Will Tell and Shoulda Been Home, garnering
more applause for the group and further securing its role in
music history.
Cray’s longevity in the fickle Pop and Blues arenas is
largely attributed to his guitar prowess and bold Southern
Soul. The singer-songwriter’s talent and appeal have
also attracted Hollywood’s attention, leading to several
appearances on Saturday Night Live, Late Night With David
Letterman, The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson, and
1978’s Animal House, in which Cray plays a bassist in the
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BIOGRAPHIESSOPHIE B. HAWKINS emerged on the music
scene in 1992 with her debut album Tongues and Tails. The
Columbia Records release quickly reached Gold-selling status
and earned Hawkins a Grammy nomination for “Best New
Artist.” The single from the album Damn I Wish I Was Your
Lover became a Top Five hit. She followed with a second
Gold-selling album, Whaler, which featured the single As I
Lay Me Down. The song became a blockbuster hit, charting
on Billboard for a record-breaking 67 weeks.
Hawkins released Timbre in 1999, then negotiated
with Columbia Records to leave the label while retaining
ownership of the masters to the album. In 2001, she re-
released Timbre on her own Trumpet Swan imprint, with two
new tracks added.
Her 2004 release, Wilderness, became her most
ambitious project yet. Working out of her home studio near
Los Angeles, she wrote and laid down the album’s tracks on
a variety of instruments. In addition to guitar, cello, drums,
and keyboards, Wilderness featured an exotic collection of
percussion instrumentation that has fascinated Hawkins
since her studies with African drum legend Babatunde
Olatuni and her time at the Manhattan School of Music.
In 2006, Hawkins released her debut live album,
Bad Kitty Board Mix. Recorded in Seattle, the two-disc
set captured the true energy and essence of Hawkins as a
performer.
presents
SOPHIE B. HAWkINS
JANIS IAN
Wednesday, March 26, 2008, 8:00 PM
There will be a 20-minute intermission.The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.
Born in 1951, Janis Eddy Fink, later known as JANIS
IAN, wrote her first song, Hair of Spun Gold, at the age of
12. She recorded it on her first album, Janis Ian, which
was released in 1967. The album also featured her first hit,
Society’s Child, which ignited controversy from coast to coast,
with its then taboo theme of interracial romance. The song
sparked the burning of a radio station and the firing of disc
jockeys who played it. In 2001, Society’s Child was inducted
into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
After recording three more albums during the next two
years for Verve Folkways, Ian took a break from recording.
She returned with Stars in 1974, featuring the song Jesse,
which later became a Top 10 hit for Roberta Flack.
In 1975, Ian’s first Platinum-selling release, Between the
Lines, was released. The album featured At Seventeen, which
earned Ian her first two Grammy Awards for “Album of the
Year” and “Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.” During
the next six years, she released an eclectic mix of six more
albums for CBS Records, including Aftertones, which was a
Top 20 Gold record in the United States and the highest-
selling album by a solo female performer in Japan’s history.
Ian released the Grammy-nominated Breaking Silence
in 1993, followed by Revenge, Hunger, God & the FBI, and
Billie’s Bones. In 2003, she released Janis Ian Live, Working
Without a Net, followed by a DVD in 2005, Live at Club Cafe.
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presents
SHIDARAHEART OF THE IMMORTAL MOUNTAIN
Welcome to our home, where forest cliffs touch heaven’s floor, gathering life
from the human, natural, and spirit worlds. We are glad you have come.
PERFORMERS
Chabo
Satoshi Owaki • Ryuichi Hasegawa • Yuka Hasegawa
Mitsumasa Miyazaki • Aya Sato • Nobuko Hayazaki
Megan Chao Smith • Akihiko Yoshida • Daisuke Inadome • Takayuki Kito
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Chabo
SOUND MANAGER LIGHTING DIRECTOR
Satoshi Owaki Fumiyo Inokuchi
TOUR MANAGER
Megan Chao Smith
ROAD MANAGER ASSISTANT ROAD MANAGER
Karen Falkenstrom Kristy Oshiro
TOUR ASSISTANT/INTERN
Sarah Anderson
TRANSLATORS
Megan Chao Smith • Fumiyo Inokuchi • Sarah Anderson
Shidara is exclusively represented in North America by California Artists Management
www.CalArtists.com
Friday, March 28, 2008, 8:00 PM
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PROGRAM
MURASAMENONEComposed by Chabo
The sounds of heavy rain in the forest.
KAZENOMICHIComposed by Chabo
Wind touches down among the grass and trees, rushing and darting through rice fields. All at once, the doorway to another world appears in its path. If we continue down this road, what will we find along the way?
OTODAMA Improvisation by Ryuichi Hasegawa
There is a spirit and soul in sound. Our senses, emotions, passion, and life exist in all sounds. Random sounds have little meaning, but if gathered and arranged they become music.
NIEBUCHI Composed by Chabo
Thousands of drops of water build to make a stream, and eventually a raging river. The surging torrent of water wears away
large boulders and carves out the mountains. In the same way that small raindrops combine to form a giant river, when the strengths of each person come together, an unbelievable power is formed.
INTERMISSION
TONBIComposed by Chabo
A small, hawk-like bird cuts through wind, aiming at prey, circling the big sky, coasting, and riding. In Japan, many tonbi circle the skies of Toei village. From their soaring perspective, the eyes of the tonbi reflect to us about human life.
KOGANENOKAZEComposed by Chabo
During the harvest season, the countryside is blanketed with fields of rice, ears, and stalks that turn a golden brown, swaying in
the gentle breeze. The ears of ripening rice dance in the wind, which itself seems to turn golden brown.
HONO KUNIComposed by Chabo
Our region was once called Hono Kuni, the land of grain. In this song, god-like massive boulders sit over a tiny human shrine lit with lanterns. Hono Kuni is about our home from ages past, pure swaying fields, and majestic natural landscape.
HANA MATSURI
Traditional Arrangement with Choreography by Chabo
Hana Matsuri, a local harvest festival designated as an important National Folk Cultural Property of Japan, is a religious ceremony where performances are actual prayers for good health, an abundant harvest, and harmonious communion of the
divine and human worlds. Please join us in the festival at the very heart of our art, philosophy, and life.
BIOGRAPHYDeep from within the mountains of Japan comes
SHIDARA. Blending top-notch skill, blinding energy,
and breakneck speed, its performances carry a deeper
spiritual purpose rooted in ancient times. Defying time
and place, the music captures earthy tones of long ago,
and thunders with new images of Japanese mountain
life. Members live and train at their mountain facility in
strictest traditional discipline. Deeply entwined in the
life of its village, Shidara has committed to preserving
the ancient dance festivals in its region. Performances
include a rendition of The Hana Matsuri Festival, a 730-
year-old harvest ritual deemed a Japanese National Folk
Cultural Property.
Since sweeping the Tokyo Taiko Championships in
2002 and enjoying the stage with Grammy and Golden
award winner Kitaro in 2003, Shidara now tours regularly
throughout Japan and Korea. The group has also given
acclaimed performances in Norway, Sweden, Martinique,
and Taipei. Thunderous standing ovations and popular
audience demand during the company’s U.S. debut has led
to regular North American tours since 2006. In Shidara’s
own words, “Through our performance we hope to bring
people together, joining hands in reciprocal support while
walking an essential path of mutual encouragement. This
was done at ancient festivals, where circles of human
harmony were created, born of a spirit of gratitude to the
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On StageAdvertising Opportunity
The Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts is now taking advertising space reservations for the On Stage program. Each issue of On Stage is distributed to some 15,000 patrons. Placing an advertisement in the program for the entire season provides an opportunity to reach more than 150,000 theater patrons.
For more information please call On StageAccount Executive Anna Jones at (562) 916-8510, extension 2520.
THE ARTS AMBASSADORS is a group of 500 volunteer ushers comprised of working professionals, students, and active seniors from Cerritos and its neighboring communities, many of whom have volunteered with the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts since the inaugural season in 1993.
EACH YEAR the Ambassadors donate more than 20,000 hours in support of events at the CCPA and enjoy the opportunity to see many of the theater’s programs on a regular basis.
Earn a Starring Role as anARTS AMBASSADOR
To learn more please call House Manager Alan Strickland
at (562) 916-8510.
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TAP KIDS
Saturday, March 29, 2008, 2:00 PM and 8:00 PMSunday, March 30, 2008, 3:00 PM
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BIOGRAPHIESMICHAELA BASILIO is 19 years old and hails from
Wilmington, North Carolina. She started dancing at the age
of 6 and has won many prestigious awards, including fourth
place in the American Dance Idol competition in Orlando,
Florida. Basilio attends Parsons School of Design in New
York City where she studies fashion design and business. She
studies dance at Broadway Dance Center and Steps, teaches
Tap, and has choreographed award-winning Tap dances at
various studios.
BRITTANY PARKS is 18 years old and is from
Austin, Texas. She put on her first pair of Tap shoes when
she was 3. Parks was awarded the Encore Dance
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Competition For the Stars (DCS) “Performer of the Year”
honor and received special recognition from Capezio when
she attended Encore DCS Las Vegas Nationals. Parks has
received numerous scholarships and is pursuing a career on
Broadway.
LIZ PLOTT is originally from Ohio. She studied with
many Tap masters, including the late Buster Brown, Jimmy
Tate, Lynn Schwab, Shea Sullivan, and Lady Dianne Walker.
Plott’s competitive career has spanned a period of 13 years.
She has won more than 75 top overall junior and senior
soloists awards and numerous titles, including the 1996
“Junior Miss Dance of Ohio,” and has ranked in the top 10 in
the country. She is currently living in New York City where
she is pursuing her lifelong dream of dancing on Broadway.
Plott was featured in Prodigy at the Tropicana Casino and
Resort Atlantic City and danced in the national tours of
Scrooge: The Musical and Dream. She thanks her family and
friends for all of their support
SHANE RUTKOWSKI is a New Jersey native
who grew up competing around the country. In 2003 he
was awarded “Top Soloist” at the New Jersey State Dance
Championships and danced at the Elan Awards honoring
director Rob Marshall. While touring the world with Tap
Kids, Rutkowski appeared as the Ghost of Christmas Future
in Scrooge: The Musical and was a featured dancer and
model for M•A•C cosmetics’ dance line. He is a member
of the Modern dance company Veracity and can be seen
in Rachel Neville’s photographic exhibition, The Source.
Currently a resident of New York City, Rutkowski continues
to train in all genres of dance while teaching and judging
for National Dance Showcase. He is working on a degree in
communications and media at Fordham University.
CJ SALVADOR is 16 years old and resides in Spring
Grove, Illinois. He has been dancing Hip-Hop and Tap
since age 9. In 2005, Salvador was a featured Tap dancer in
Dance Spirit Magazine’s “20 Hot Tappers Under 20.” He has
received many awards and scholarships; is a member of the
student-directed Footprints Tap Ensemble at Talent Forum in
Libertyville, Illinois; and was chosen as an assistant rehearsal
director for the company this year. Salvador is a member of
Talent Forum’s Forum Jazz Dance Company, directed by Eddy
Ocampo and Richard Smith.
KILEIGH WILLIAMS is from Marion, Indiana. She
is 16 years old and has been with the company since age
11. Williams began dancing at the age of 3 and has studied
with many notable Tap teachers, including Jamie Douglas
Bragg. She plays volleyball, soccer, and track and loves to
snowboard. In 2004, Williams and three members of Tap
Kids performed in Prodigy at Tropicana Casino and Resorts
Atlantic City. She was featured in Young Dancer Magazine
in 2005. Recently she performed with the WNBA Indiana
Fever Inferno Dance Team, Hip-Hop squad. She is an honor
roll student at Marion High School and thanks her family
and community for their sacrifices and support so she can do
what she loves.
MICHAEL WILSON, 19 years old from Aurora,
Colorado, has been dancing for 11 years. Since he began
competing seven years ago, he has won many regional
titles and special awards. Wilson was an original member
of the Funky Beats Youth Tap Ensemble, which performed
throughout Colorado. He studies Jazz, Ballet, Tap, Hip-Hop,
and Lyrical dance in Los Angeles and has received awards for
his choreography.
MATT GERSHEN is 18 years old and has been
dancing since age 4. Currently he dances at Fancy Feet
Dance Studio in Charlotte, North Carolina. Recently,
he won his fourth National Dance Competition and
placed seventh in the American Dance Idol competition
in Orlando, Florida. In 2004, he was in the cast of Road
to Victory in Washington, D.C. Gershen has started
choreographing his own routines and hopes to continue
while he improves his Tap technique.
BIANCA REVELS has performed since the age of 3
and studies voice, Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Hip-Hop, Lyrical, and
African dance. She has earned more than 80 competitive
awards and scholarships, among them the Interlochen
Center for the Arts and American Ballet Theatre summer
intensive programs. Her stage credits include Reason for the
Season, When God Comes Down From Heaven, Cinderella,
The Wiz, Hold My Mule, the Broadway production of The
Harlem Nutcracker, and the lead vocal role in the Henry Ford
Community Center production of Grease. Her television
performances include The Jenny Jones Show for talented kids
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BIOGRAPHYARTURO SANDOVAL is fluent in at least four
musical languages. He can burn through an Afro-Cuban
groove, tear up a Bebop tune, soar over a Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart concerto, and soothe listeners with a luscious ballad,
with equal power and grace. Granted political asylum in July
1990 and United States citizenship in 1999, Sandoval and
his family now call Miami, Florida, home.
A protégé of the legendary Jazz master Dizzy Gillespie,
Sandoval was born in Artemisa, a small town
on the outskirts of Havana, Cuba, on November
6, 1949. Sandoval began studying Classical
trumpet at the age of 12, but it didn’t take him
long to catch the excitement of the Jazz world.
He has since evolved into one of the world’s
most acknowledged guardians of Jazz trumpet
and flügelhorn, as well as a renowned Classical
musician, pianist, and composer.
Sandoval was a founding member of
the Grammy award-winning group Irakere,
whose explosive mixture of Jazz, Classical, Rock, and
traditional Cuban music caused a sensation throughout the
entertainment world. In 1981 he left Irakere to form his own
band, which garnered praise from critics and audiences all
over the world.
Sandoval has won four Grammy Awards, six Billboard
Awards, and an Emmy Award, the latter for composing
the entire underscore on HBO’s For Love or Country: The
Arturo Sandoval Story. He was seen by millions on the 2004
Grammy Awards, performing with Pop-phenomenon Justin
Timberlake, as well as on the 2004 Billboard Latin Music
Awards with Alicia Keys, where he was awarded his sixth
Billboard Award for “Best Latin Jazz Album.” In 2007, he was
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ARTURO SANDOVALFriday, April 4, 2008, 8:00 PM
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awarded a Latin Grammy Award, “Best Latin Jazz Album” for
Rumba Palace.
A tenured professor at Florida International University,
Sandoval works nationally and abroad with several
institutions, offering scholarships, exercise books, clinics, and
seminars. In addition, he works with the National Academy
of Recording Arts and Sciences’ (NARAS) educational
program. The Hal Leonard Corporation has released
educational books with recorded CDs that
include original exercises by Sandoval. The
company also has published various big band,
combo, and marching band charts from his
award-winning albums.
Sandoval is also a renowned Classical
musician, performing with leading symphony
orchestras from around the world. He has
composed his own Concerto for Trumpet &
Orchestra, which can be heard on Arturo
Sandoval: The Classical Album. Also, he was
asked by composer-conductor John Williams to record
Williams’ original Trumpet Concerto with the London
Symphony Orchestra.
Sandoval’s versatility is showcased on recordings with
everyone from Gillespie, Woody Herman, Woody Shaw,
Michel Legrand, Bill Conti, and Stan Getz to Johnny Mathis,
Paul Anka, Rod Stewart, and Keys. Sandoval’s playing also
can be heard on Dave Grusin’s soundtrack for Havana, on
the Mambo Kings soundtrack with his Grammy-nominated
composition Mambo Caliente, and on the soundtrack of The
Perez Family. Sandoval was commissioned by the Kennedy
Center to compose music for the ballet Pepito’s Story,
choreographed by Debbie Allen. g
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THE TICkET OFFICE is open 10 AM to 6 PM Monday through Friday and 12 Noon to 4 PM on Saturday and Sunday. Hours are extended through the first intermission on performance days.
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CHILDREN’S PRICES apply to children twelve (12) years of age and under. Regardless of age, everyone must have a ticket, sit in a seat, and be able to sit quietly throughout the performance. We do not recommend children under the age of six (6) attend unless an event is specifically described as suited to that age.
FREE PUBLIC TOURS are conducted by appointment only. Special tours can be arranged by calling (562) 916-8530.
PARkING is always free in the spacious lots adjacent to the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts.
FULL-SERVICE BARS are located in the Grand Lobby on the Orchestra level and at the Gold Circle level. Refreshments are not allowed in the Auditorium.
SMOkING IS NOT PERMITTED in any City facility.
EMERGENCY MEDICAL technicians are on duty at all performances. If you need first aid, contact an usher for assistance.
RESTROOMS are located behind the Grand Staircase on the Orchestra level and at the Grand Staircase Landing on the Gold Circle level.
Out of courtesy to the performers and fellow patrons, CELLULAR PHONES, PAGERS, AND ALARM WATCHES should be disconnected before the start of the performance.
DOCTORS AND PARENTS should leave their seating locations with exchanges or sitters and have them call (562) 916-8508 in case of an emergency.
THE COAT ROOM is located behind the Grand Staircase.
CAMERAS AND RECORDING EQUIPMENT ARE NOT PERMITTED in the Auditorium and must be checked at the Coat Room.
LOST ARTICLES can be claimed by calling (562) 916-8510.
ELEVATORS are located near the Grand Staircase and access each level of the Lobby.
PAY PHONES are located on the Orchestra level behind the Grand Staircase and near the restrooms on the Gold Circle level.
PHONIC EAR LIGHTWEIGHT WIRELESS HEADSETS for the hearing impaired are available in the Coat Room at no cost. To obtain a headset, a driver’s license or major credit card is required and is returned upon receipt of the equipment at the close of the performance.
WHEELCHAIR locations are available in various areas of the Auditorium. Please contact the Ticket Office at (800) 300-4345.
LATECOMERS will be seated at the discretion of the house staff at an appropriate pause in the program.
CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION VIEWING is available in the Lobby of each seating level and at the Lobby bar.
THE CERRITOS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS’ Auditorium and Sierra Room are available for special events on a rental basis. For more information, please call Special Event Services at (562) 916-8510, ext. 2827.
BE THE FIRSTLEARN about upcoming events and other important information about the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts (CCPA). Don’t spend time looking for CCPA news; let it come right to you as it happens! To be in-the-know, just fill out this form and hand it to any of our ushers at intermission or following the performance.
NAME E-MAIL
ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP
4-Speed Delivery Service, Inc.Judy Akin-Palmer and Dr.
Jacques PalmerDeidri and Barry AldersonBarbara and Benjamin
AlhadeffJami and Carlos AnguloDr. Dixie and Ed ArnoldCynthia and Bill ArthurLarry BaggsNancy and Nick BakerDebby and Norman BaldersTerry BalesSharon and Gill BarnettSallie BarnettAlan BarryIn Loving Memory of Carol M. BehanYvette BelcherPeggy BellBarbara BerhnsJohn BeringerMorris BernsteinNorman BlancoKathleen BlomoJudy and Don BogartMarilyn BogenschutzLinda and Sergio BonettiPaula BriggsMelanie and Michael BroadDarrell BrookeShelley and Danny BroseMary BroughCheryl and Kerry BryanMary and Bob BuellIna BurtonLinda and Larry BurtonDr. Marjorie Cain MitchellRobert CampbellMichael CanupMichelle CaseyYvonne CattellSylvia and Tuncer CebeciChamber Music Society of Detroit Joann and George ChambersRodolfo ChavezDr. Philip ChinnGenevieve and Ralph ChoyPatricia ChristieCarlota and Daniel CiauriNeal ClydeMark CochraneMichael CohnBarbara and Jim ConklinPatricia CookusVirginia CorreaRon Cowan
THE CERRITOS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (CCPA) thanks the following CCPA Associates who have contributed to the CCPA’s Endowment Fund. The Endowment Fund was established in 1994 under the visionary leadership of the Cerritos City Council to ensure that the CCPA would remain a welcoming, accessible, and affordable venue in which patrons can experience the joy of entertainment and cultural enrichment. For more information about the Endowment Fund or to make a contribution, please contact the CCPA Administrative Offices at (562) 916-8510.
Patricia CozziniPamela and John CrawleyEugenia CreasonVirginia CzarneckiMelody and Ray DappJoy Darling and Don MackinAngel De SevillaRobert DeanMr. and Mrs. Chuck DeckardSusanne and John DeHartLesLee and Karl DelaneyLouise and John DellasanteErin DelliquadriBruce DickinsonJane and Larry DicusAmy and George DominguezLinda DowellGloria DumaisStanley DzieminskiLee EakinShoreen and Don EakinDee EatonHeidi Eddy-Dorn and Larry DornGary EdwardConnie and Jim EdwardsEric EltingeTeri EspositoRichard FalbRenee FallahaDr. Stuart FarberDon FelderHeather M. FerberDr. Susan FoxTeresa FreebornJune and Takeshi FujisakiArthur GapasinLori and Bob GayFranz GerichRoberta and Dr. Lawrence
GershonThe Goldsmith FamilyWilliam GoodwinGraham GoslingDebe and Larry GrahamSuzanne and Bob GraysonDr. Jon GrazerSusan and Dr. Robert GreenNorma and Gary GreeneKenneth GreenleafTamra and Kirby GreenleeAllen GroganRoger HaleCarol and Harry HanakiLois and Thomas HarrisHedy HarrisonHoward HerdmanSaul Hernandez
Pam and Judge Philip HickokPing HoDeborah and Samuel HooperRoberta and Dr. Gary
HopkinsBonnie HudsonMelvin HughesMarianne and Robert
HughlettPaul IrbyMark ItzkowitzSharon JacobyJosé Iturbi FoundationJames JulianiLuanne KamiyaGloria and Sherman KappeFay and Lawrence KerneenJoseph KienleNorm KirschenbaumJack and Jacky KleyhGillian and Philip KlinkertJulie and Hon. Don KnabeKaren KnechtLee M. Kochems and Vincent J. PattiJerry KohlDawn Marie KotsonisDr. Philip KressLinda and Harry KusudaPatrice and Kevin KyleCarl LaconicoNelson LaneDavid LatterEarnestine LavergnePat and Maynard LawMr. and Mrs. Harold LeachPaolo LedesmaLaura and Charles LeeDonna and Todd LempertJenny and Jim LevyVanessa LewisMarcia LewisTeresa and Robert LidmanLos Cerritos CenterJohnny MagsbyDenise ManoogianStephen MaoDonna K. MartinPamela and John MartinJanice Kay MatthewsPansy and Robert MattoxCecilia and Ronald MausCarol and William McCuneMarilyn and Dennis McGormanUrsula and Lawrence MelvinBarbara and Edwin Mendenhall
Diana MerrymanTodd MeyerLuzviminda MiguelGary MillerKathleen MillerEllie and Jim MonroePatricia MooreBecky MoralesThomas A. MorganCortland MyersCaroline and Alan NakkenNational Endowment for the ArtsAlan NegosianA.J. NeimanNew England Foundation for the ArtsRonald NicholsToby NishidaLinda NomuraCathryn O’Brien-SmithAnn and Clarence OharaKaren OhtaVictoria and Raymond
OrlandoPam OrmistonDr. Paul OrrP. P. Mfg. Co. Inc. - Ronald BurrGeorge PalominoMary Ellen PascucciAngela and Devy PaulWaynn PearsonBarbara and Paul PenroseJackie and Joe PloenMerrill PlouForrest PoormanPreserved TreeScapes Int’l-
Dennis E. GabrickSusan RagoneBijan RaminehKaren RandallBev and George RayBev and George Ray Charitable FoundationRobin RaymondSharon Reece and Laurence
HarmaRosalie RelleveDiane and Richard RenakerNikki and Dennis ReppBetty and Nash RiveraLynne RosePatricia RoseJean RothaermelThomas RothwellMartin RubyShirley RundellSharon and Larry Sagert
Dennis SaltsMonica SanchezWendy and Tom SchiffMildred ScholnickLorraine and William SedlakMary SerlesOlivette ShannonKristi ShawCindy ShilkretKaren and James ShultzKathleen SidarisNeil SiegelIna Silverman and Larry StarrDorothy SimmonsLoren SlaferSylvia SligarFred SmithSo Cal Medical, Inc.Kerry SpearsCraig M. Springer, Ph.D.Eleanor St. ClairKris and Robert SteedmanGale SteinDonna StevensBryan StirratKay and Harvey StoverRichard StrayerWilliam StringerRichard SurbeckLawrence TakahashiLaVerne TancillDr. Silas ThomasKen ThompsonJoann TommySharon TouchstoneKaren Trace-VerzaniLilliane K. TriggsJean TuohinoMaria TupazUnited Parcel ServiceAlex UrbachTim VanEckRaman VenkatMaria Von SadovszkyDiane and Fred VunakCharles WadmanRobert WaltersAngela S.WangWave BroadbandAnita and Dr. David WeinsteinMargie and David WilliamsPamela WilsonCharlotte and Howard WinerPornwit WipanuratCharles WongJeanne YanezJeanette YeeAsuman and Deniz YilmazXavier Zavatsky
To request a change to your listing on this page, please call (562) 467-8806, or send an e-mail to [email protected].
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Friends of Arts Education at the Cerritos Center It’s for the kids!
It is our belief that when you bring the arts into children’s lives, you give them new ways to see the world.
The Friends of Arts Education is a non-profit organization that recognizes the arts as a vital and indispensable part of a comprehensive education. We strive to ensure that all children in our communities have an opportunity to experience the power and beauty of the performing arts.
The arts are an integral part of cultural literacy; they encourage creativity, critical thinking and problem solving. The arts enable students to build self-esteem and self-discipline as well as teach cooperation and effective expression. Research shows that integrating the arts into the school curriculum improves academic achievement, motivates attendance, increases test scores and promotes involvement.
All our programs are provided free of charge to schools and we serve over 100,000 children, teachers and families every year!
The Friends programs are designed to support the California State Board of Education Visual and Performing Arts standards for kindergarten through grade twelve.
We offer: o Daytime Educational Performances by world-class artists o Professional Development Workshops for teachers o Creative Expressions program for students o Performing Arts Scholarships for high school seniors o Artists in the Classroom o Family Arts Festival o Art S.M.A.R.T. activities for at-risk youth detainees
15th Annual Gala
Saturday, April 26, 2008 at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts
The Annual Gala is our biggest fundraising event of the year – this elegant evening includes dinner, silent
and live auctions, and world-class entertainment!
This year’s theme is “100 Years of Broadway”
For more information contact Amanda Harris at (562) 916-1293
Family Arts Festival
Sunday, June 1, 2008 at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts
11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
A day of arts and fun for the whole family! Experience hands-on arts activities, the interactive
Musical Zoo, and over 40 performances on five different stages.
For more information contact Hélène Trudeau at (562) 916-1300
To find out more about the Friends, make a donation, or get involved, please contact the Friends office at (562) 467-8844 or visit us online at www.friendsofaecc.com
Friends of Arts Education at the Cerritos Center 12700 Center Court Drive Cerritos, California 90703
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PLATINUM CIRCLE [$12,500 - above] Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo • B & B Stables/Bob & Mary Buell • Nick & Nancy Baker • The Boeing Company • bpThe City of Cerritos • Dwight Stuart Youth Foundation • Don & Shoreen Eakin • Dr. Gary & Robert Hopkins • Los Angeles County Arts Commission • Los Angeles County Supervisor Don & Julie Knabe • Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Lomeli • Dan Neyenhuis • Bev & George Ray/Lefiell • UPS • Weingart Foundation • Jane & Sonny Yada
GOLD CIRCLE [$6,250 - $12,499] Abelstik/Alan Syzdek • John H. & Betty A. Adams Trust • Ralph & Genevieve Choy • Mr. & Mrs. Dan Ciauri • Joy Darling • Fred & Carmen Davidson • Roland, Anna & Michael Dennis • Gary & Jeanette Frank • Jim & Nancy Gaines • Bonnie & Mary Hudson Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lienau, Jr. • Mainly Seconds Pottery, Plants & Thing • John F. Martin, CPA & Assoc., Inc. • Ruth McClureWilliam & Lorraine McCune Family Foundation • Dennis & Marilyn McGorman • Nancy Nicola & Warren Lampkin • Pacific Life Foundation • James & Karen Schultz Art & Marilynn SegalMarjorie Rosenberg & Carol Smith • Sharyne Snyder • Kay & Harvey Stover • George & Ruri Sugimoto Ronald Weber • Scott & Donna White • Woman’s Club of Artesia-Cerritos • Yamaha Corporation of America
SILVER CIRCLE [$2,500 - $6,249] Dr. Gary A. Afferino & Dr. Betty C. Tai • Astor Broadcast GroupBeringer & Associates, Inc. • Mary & Roy Blackburn • Dr. & Mrs. Patrick Bushman • Martin D. Chavez • Robert Chavez • In Loving Memory of Patrice Ann Clifton/Felix & Jozell Gallion-RobertsonGary & Patsy Connors • Steve & Karen Davenport • John DeckerLloyd & Caroline de Llamas • Bill & Suzan DeYo • George & Amy Dominguez • Employees Community Fund of Boeing California Ronald & Delores Eveland • Manny & Cecilia Gallardo • Michael & Gayle Garrity • Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Garvey • The Gettys Family Ronald & Susan Gillaspie • Larry & Debe Graham • Dr. & Mrs. Robert & Susan Green • Richard C. & Dian Herr • Hon. & Mrs. Philip H. Hickok • Sam & Deborah Hooper • Dr. & Mrs. David V. Hubbell • Hing & Doris Hung • Indymac Bank • Jan JanuraKaczor/Irby Families • Sherman & Gloria Kappe • John H. KendallDr. & Mrs. Philip I. Kress • Lakewood Regional Medical CenterDr. Soledad Lee • Dr. Allan Lifson & James Neuman, California Educational Consultant Group, Inc. • Robert & Karla Maez • Frank & Janet McCord • Michael & Marilyn McCullough • Alvin Mundo Stephen & Brenda Olson • Paul D. Orr, M.D. • A.J. Padelford & Son, Inc. • Salome Pichardo • Steven E. Potts • Gary Prince • Nikki & Dennis Repp • Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California • Larry & Sharon Sagert • Dr. & Mrs. Mark S. SchnitzerSteve & Linda Shaffer • Helen L. Sheffield • Wanda M. Slade • Mr. &
Mrs. Bryan A. Stirrat • Bob & Ann Stoffel • A.J. Taen • TargetVerizon • Ms. Karen Trace-Verzani • Waffles of California • Walter & Phyllis White • Daniel J. & Linda M. Williams • Dr. Winer/Woods Electric • Richard & Elena Zumel
BRONZE CIRCLE [$1,250 - $2,499] John & Jo Bakulich • Brian & Pat Beck • Ken & Lynn BoshartMichael & Melanie Broad • Mel & Row Briggs • Larry & Linda Burton/The Hada Family • Frank Cardone • John DaleyJohn & Louise Dellasanta • Larry & Jane Dicus • Shirley Dohrman Connie & Jim Edwards • Dean & Karen Fisher • Sheila A. FulmisVicki Gutman/Notes by Vicki • Van & Linda Hartley • Edward & Esther Ho • Bob & Marianne Hughlett • James Jenkins • Robert & Barbara Jerome • Jim & Karen King • Keith & Sharon KuroyamaMary & Robert LaFrance • Ray & Kathleen Lovell • David & Jeany McFarland • Sidney & Sondra Melnick • Frank & Sandy MichelettiDon & Delores Munro • Danny N. Ogawa • Mavis E. Petersen & Family • Roya & Bob Phillips • Jane & Paul Pratt • Rick & Diane Renaker • In Memory of G.A. & Morene Rogers/Gerald L. FarisJoseph D. Sears • William Sedlak • Cindy Shilkret • Edwin & Joyce Smith • Susan Sung • Roy & Marge Tanaka • Michi & Ron Tanimoto Michele Vice-Maslin • James & Jill Webb • Gary Whitener/Trim-Lok, Inc. • Janice Wilbur
CERRITOS CIRCLE [$600 - $1,249]Joseph Aldama • Dale Becker • Isaac Kawamoto • Dr. & Mrs. Han-Pin Kim • Dennis & Vonnie Kinoshita • Los Cerritos CenterBrian & Terri Mayeda • John Molina • Stephen Morris • Noontime Optimist Club of Cerritos • Joshua Rosman • Edward J. & Tracy Simmons • Stephen Skinner & Deborah Orth • Nancy Sur SmithWalmart/Tammy Cannon • Jeanne Yanez
PATRON CIRCLE [$300 - $599]Absolute Health Care • Dale Becker • Lindy & Basia BressickelloDon & Sharron Brundige • Eileen Castle • Dr. J. Mansfield DeanStuart L. Farber • Joan & Marty Flax • Kay & Mary Jane Fujimura Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence Gershon • Rosemary Escalera GutierrezGilbert & Marsha Honeycutt • Herb Hundt • Ernest & Kay Ikuta Matthew & Roberta Jenkins • Karl Jefferson • Darryl JohnsonJerry & Sharyn Kelly • Ms. Nancy H. Kennedy • Sue & Stephen Klein Terry L. Koepke • Alain Gravel & Larry Kraft • Barry & Sandy Lakin Charles & Laura Lee • Dr. & Mrs. Max B. Martinez • Clarence & Celia Masuo • Robert & Shirley Murphy • Diana & Rick Needham, Prudential California Realty • Mr. & Mrs. Michael Nishida • Mr. & Mrs. John Richmond • Joyce Righetti • Gary T & Laura Rose • The David Samson Family • Ron, Judy & Lola Shiraishi • Sue & Richard Solomon • Howard & Celia Spitzer • Harold & Edna Yamaguchi Carol & Sab Yamashita