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April 1, 2017

Please Welcome Leah England to the Fine Arts Division as the new Administra ve Assistant, effec ve March 20th. She can be found in the Fine Arts Division office in room FA‐124. If you get a chance, please come and introduce yourself to her over the next few weeks. She has been on campus for more than 18 months working to secure permanent employment, and she is thrilled to be a part of the Fine Arts team. As administra ve assistant, her du es in‐clude assis ng Director of Audience Development David Anderson and to support the senior administra ve assistants Sandra and Joyce. She is eager at the opportunity to learn a more diverse set of skills through the guidance of David, Joyce, and Sandra. When asked how she would keep her cool in a very busy and at mes chao c atmosphere,

Leah says, “Honestly, I don’t know how I would keep my cool if the office weren’t busy and chao c at mes. I have been juggling all that life has to offer since sI was very young. By the me I finished with primary school, I was danc‐ing more than 26 hours per week, prac cing piano, rehearsing and performing as a cellist with the ‘Smalls’ city sym‐phony orchestra, keeping up with school work and , of course, climbing trees with the neighbor kids.” That answer proves she is a great fit for this division plus she’s a red head. She tells me her father said that the trait of being a mul ‐tasker came with the red hair. As noted above, Leah was raised in the performing arts; studying Cecche ballet, tap and modern jazz dance, and she once entertained an invita on to dance with the Chicago Chi Town Jazz Dance Company before she was 16. She played the cello, touring Australia with the Rapid City Symphony Orchestra and also played the piano and flute. Leah par cipated in crea ng and performing with a city‐wide improv group that offered a “choose‐your‐own‐ending” pla orm to educate children about handling life’s trials and peer pressure. When asked what she thinks of the arts, Leah stated, “I don’t know how children grow and survive emo onally with‐out the arts. I feel that art is the other half of our whole. The non‐tangible to our tangible; the product of our emo‐

onal and energe c prolifera on as the body is the result of physical cell prolifera on. My preference of personal expression seems to be primarily audio and visual—dance and music produc on.” A er raising her daughter, Leah is now pursuing a variety of educa onal paths. She will finish her AA in Social and Behavioral Science this summer and will pursue her bachelor’s degree from there. She aspires to con nue her edu‐ca on for as long as she is able and to expand her mind for years to come. She is passionate about the homeless epidemic in Los Angeles, and is commi ed to par cipa ng in the establishment of the first Tiny Home village as a transi on to more permanent housing within the city limits. Leah lives in Lake Forest and is very proud of her 21‐year‐old daughter, Kerrigan, who is in the Navy. She is sta oned on the U.S.S. Lincoln, which has been decommissioned, recharged and is about to be recommissioned (an historical event). She was selected for “outstanding sailorship” to carry the colors (flag) for all of the opening ceremonies, soon coming in 2017. Leah says, “It is exci ng to know that her image as a young Naval woman bestowed with the honor of carrying the colors, will be memorialized in historical photos for genera ons to come.” Leah comes from a long family line of educators that dates back to one‐room school houses near Laura Ingalls Wil‐der’s home, in South Dakota. She is very excited to have found a place that marries the two worlds of art and educa‐

on, and looks forward to providing a long and happy service to her colleagues at Saddleback College.

A FAIRY TALE MUSICAL!

Don’t miss Once Upon a Ma ress on April 7th through the 15th in the McKinney Theatre. Directed by John‐David Keller, musically directed by Taylor Stephenson, and Choreographed by Natalie Baldwin, this popular musical, that marked the Broadway debut of Carol Burne , is based on The Princess and the Pea by Hans Chris an Andersen. With wonderful songs, hilarious and raucous an‐

cs, roman c and melodic courtships, chances are you’ll never look at fairy tales the same.

Dates are: April 7, 8, 13, 14, 15 at 7:30 p.m. and April 9, 15 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased by calling (949) 582‐4656 (noon‐4:00 p.m., Tuesday‐Friday) and online

at www.saddleback.edu/arts. Prices are $15 general; $12 seniors; $10 students.

Allie Crupi as the Queen; Stephanie LeHane as Winnifred

 

 

 

 

  JAZZ GUEST ARTIST ROBERTA PIKET Monday, April 10 at 7:30 pm Studio Theatre $10 general; $7 students/seniors (presale only) “(Cri c’s Choice) Constantly curious, she has released a series of recordings probing across the landscape from retro‐mainstream to free jazz.” —Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times The daughter of a European composer and a Great American Songbook singer, na ve New Yorker Roberta Piket is a pianist who loves to swing while exploring the more adventurous harmonic possibili es of jazz and improvised music.

CONCERT HOUR PIANO LECTURE‐RECITAL BY MAY PHANG Thursday, April 13 at 2:00 pm FA 101 FREE Admission Phang is Professor of Creative and Performing Arts and Associate Professor of Piano at DePauw University, Indiana. Her prior teaching positions include Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin, and the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music in Milwaukee.   

1960’s MUSICAL THEATRE Friday, April 21 7:30 pm   FA101  $15 general; $10 students/seniors (presale only) Join the Musical Theatre students in this lighthearted concert highligh ng songs from 1960’s Broadway. Featured in this concert will be hits from shows such as Finian’s Rainbow, Sweet Char‐ity, The Apple Tree, and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.  SAXOPHONIST JERRY PINTER AND THE SADDLEBACK JAZZ LAB Monday, April 24 at 7:30 pm McKinney Theatre $10 general; $7 students/seniors (presale only) Our own Saddleback jazz faculty Jerry Pinter will perform with the Jazz Lab. CSULB JAZZ ORCHESTRA CONCERT Tuesday, April 25 at 7:30 pm McKinney Theatre $10 general; $7 students/seniors (presale only) California State University, Long Beach Jazz Orchestra performs.

 SADDLEBACK BIG BAND WITH SHEP SHEPHERD (100 YEARS YOUNG!) Friday, April 28 at 7:30 pm McKinney Theatre $10 general; $7 students/seniors (presale only) The Saddleback Big Band is joined (by popular demand) by 100 years young Shep Shep‐herd!

For tickets, call 949-582-4656 (Noon-4 pm, Wed-Sat) or online at

www.saddleback.edu/arts)

 

  APPLIED VOICE RECITAL BENEFIT FOR VOCAL MUSIC PROGRAM  Friday, April 28 7:30PM FA101 $15 general; $10 students/seniors (presale only) The Applied Vocal Students from Saddleback’s Music Department will pre‐sent a concert of art songs and arias from the great tradi on of the develop‐ing classical singer. All proceeds for the concert will benefit Saddleback Col‐lege’s OPERA101

 PIANO CHAMBER MUSIC WITH ANI KEROPIAN AND FRIENDS ST. JUDE’S FUNDRAISER Saturday, April 29 at 7:30 pm McKinney Theatre $15 general; $12 seniors; $10 students; (presale only); children FREE with paying adult; 2 for 1 for music teachers with MTAC/CAPMT ID Saddleback Music instructor Ani Keropian performs a piano chamber concert as a

fundraiser for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.

Brahms, Liszt, Babadjanian, Gelalian, Arutunian, Faure, Dvorak, and Jacob 

Gade. Guest Ar st: Yao Wang, Cello 

  REFLECTIONS OF THE OCEAN CLASSICAL KEYBOARD SERIES PIANO ENSEMBLE STUDENT CONCERT WORKS FOR 2 PIANOS SHOWCASE Sunday, April 30 at 2:30 pm McKinney Theatre $10 general; $7 seniors; $5 students; (presale only); children FREE with paying adult; 2 for 1 for music teachers with MTAC/CAPMT ID Saddleback piano students perform works for 2 pianos.

 JAZZ COMBOS Monday, May 1 at 7:30 pm McKinney Theatre $10 general; $7 students/seniors (presale only) The Saddleback Jazz Combos create s mula ng jazz on the McKin‐ney stage.  

 

For tickets, call 949-582-4656 (Noon-4 pm, Wed-Sat) or online at www.saddleback.edu/arts)

Singer/Songwriter Judith Owen, Featuring Legendary Bassist Leland Sklar, to Guest on “Breakfast with Gary and Kelly” 

Saddleback College radio sta on KSBR 88.5FM is proud to announce that acclaimed singer/songwriter Judith Owen and the legendary bassist Leland Sklar will be special guests on the next Breakfast with Gary and Kelly broadcast on Saturday, April 15, 2017. The Saturday morning radio show will broadcast live star ng at 9:00 a.m. from the beau ‐ful Capistrano Valley Performing Arts Center on the campus of Capistrano Valley High School in Mission Viejo. A studio audience will be welcomed in for the 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon show; doors will open at 9:30 a.m. with the final hour being videotaped for later broadcast. The program airs on Saddleback College’s SCTV Channel 39 throughout the Cox Communica on cable system in Orange County and also on all Charter Cable franchises in the state of California on Channel 188. The television produc on is provided by AlertTheGlobe.com, which also live streams the television program around the world. AlertTheGlobe.com is a service focused on connec ng all musi‐cians and music lovers around the world. Their advisory staff includes members from the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, Ringo Starr, Stevie Nicks and others. Linda Ronstadt was “blown away by her musicianship.” Jamie Cullum called her “sassy and intelligent.” Jackson Browne said “Judith is a master class on how a show should be done.” Pianist‐singer‐songwriter Judith Owen is known for her musical variety and melding it into a great stylis c gumbo all her own. Her new release, “Somebody’s Child,” is her 11th and the culmina on of this mix. On the CD, she is again backed by the crème de la crème of LA session musicians, the renowned “Sec on” – bassist Leland Sklar, guitarist Waddy Wachtel and drummer Russ Kun‐kel. Voice and piano are front and center and the songs are small vigne es of life. “It's clas‐sical. It's pop. There's jazz. There's rhythm and blues. Then there's rock thrown in there too,” Judith explains. Recording with Kunkel, Sklar, and Wachtel, studio stalwarts behind Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, Laura Ny‐ro among others, and touring with them “served as this incredible calling card for me. I waited a long me to be able to work with some of my musical idols. I’m a late bloomer,” she admits.

Saddleback’s CTVR department was invited to record and air the 59th Annual Swallows Day Parade for the 5th me on March 24th. The show will be aired SCTV Channel 39 on Saturday and will be re‐played again in the near future. This is a great event for the students to get real life experience in working on a live event. The camera operators: Kevin Cannon, Chris Calabrese, Sco Ferguson Greene, Dave Sampson. Randy Van Dyke. Audio: Ma Brodet. Technical Director: Esmeralda Olamendi‐Graphics, and Mark Kruhmin –Director.

This event is a great way for Saddleback to provide an outreach opportunity to San Juan Capistrano and other members of our community. Many members of the KSBR DJ con ngent were also on hand at the parade to provide commentary to the crowd at various parade route loca ons.

WHAT IS OUR CERAMICS DEPARTMENT UP TO? 

Saddleback’s Ceramics program was well represented at the NCECA (Na onal Council for the Educa on of Ceramic Arts) conference on March 22‐25 in Portland, Oregon. It meets every year for a week and is a gathering of over 5000 ce‐ramic ar sts and educators. There are NCECA sponsored exhibi ons throughout the city in museums, galleries, and retail shops. Two pres gious exhibits at the conference are The NCECA Annual for professional ar sts and the Stu‐dent Juried exhibi on. Saddleback’s own Cj Jilek, who teaches a Ceramic Handbuilding class was one of 35 ar sts showcased in this year’s annual exhibi on themed “Evoca ve Garden”. Cj’s work was featured on all promo onal materials for the “Evoca ve Garden” Exhi‐bi on. Her work was also men oned in the top 10 things to see at NCECA 2017. Saddleback Ceramics program was well represented at the conference with four faculty and staff members and seven students in a endance. Ceramics Professor Laura Haight stated, “we were able to fund five of those students’ conference registra on fees through our Ceramics Founda on ac‐count.” Next month the Ceramics Department will be working in collabora on with Hor culture’s annual plant sale. The students and faculty have all made planters for hor culture’s beau ful plants. All ce‐ramic profits will go to fund the Ceramics Founda on Account in order to con nue to fund student opportuni es, such as NCECA, and guest lecturers. The Spring 2017 Plant Sale is April 27th and 28th from 9am to 5:30pm.

    

Do you have gently used accessories (JEWELRY, SCARVES, PURSES, HATS, BELTS, etc.) that you would be willing to donate to support the Arts at Saddleback College? The Angels for the Arts is collec ng these items for their upcoming fundraiser to raise money for student scholarships in the arts. You can help us by bringing your dona‐

ons to FA125 or the Ticket Office at Saddleback College. For further informa on, call 949‐582‐4913 or email sc‐arts@saddleback.edu. The deadline for dona ons is April 20th. For those of you interested in purchasing items, the jewelry/accessory sale will be held at the City of Mission Viejo’s Arts Alive event from Noon‐5pm on April 29th & 30th. We will be in the Norman P. Murray Center, located at 24932 Veterans Way in Mission Viejo.

Do you have special skills or resources that could be used to benefit the arts at Saddleback College? Do you have connec ons or influences within the community? Do you have grant wri ng or fundraising experience? If you answered yes, you might be the right person to serve on the Angels for the Arts Board! The current Board is looking for dynamic leaders who have an interest and applicable skills in fundraising, event planning, corporate sponsorship genera ng, and have a passion for sustaining and growing the arts in this com‐munity. While there is no fiscal compensa on for Board Members, all Directors may request two complimen‐tary ckets to performing arts events, based upon availability, and receive an annual faculty/staff parking per‐mit. In return, Board Members are obligated to: A end monthly mee ngs (around 10 mee ngs a year). This past year, the Board met at 5pm on the second

Tuesday of the month. Ac vely support and par cipate in fundraising ac vi es and efforts. Maintain membership in the Angels for the Arts (minimum $50 annually). Founded in 1981, the Angels is a non‐profit, volunteer‐led group that raises support for the Division of Fine Arts & Media Technology at Saddleback College, including the Art, Art History, Cinema/Television/Radio, Photog‐raphy, Speech, and Theatre Departments. The Board ac vely plans and implements fundraising ac vi es that raise funds to annually provide student scholarships, faculty grants that support students, and play a significant role in suppor ng the departments by assis ng with performances and ac vi es throughout the year. The Board Members are true ambassadors for the arts in the south Orange County community.

To apply, please contact David Anderson, at 949.582.4913 or danderson@saddleback.edu.