RICHARD KAUFMAN • CONDUCTORMARTIN SHORT

WHITNEY CLAIRE KAUFMAN • VOCALIST | PAT SAJAK • NARRATOR

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The performance begins at 8 p.m.

SEGERSTROM CENTER FOR THE ARTSRENÉE AND HENRY SEGERSTROM CONCERT HALL

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2015-16 POPS SERIES

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The Friday, April 15, concert is generously sponsored by

John Williams Flight to Neverland from Hook

Hugh Martin The Trolley Song from Meet Me in St. Louis Whitney Claire Kaufman

Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz Just Around the Riverbend from Pocahontas Whitney Claire Kaufman

Henry Mancini, arr. Williams Two for the Road from Two for the Road Whitney Claire Kaufman

Randol Alan Bass Casey at the Bat Pat Sajak

John Philip Sousa Stars and Stripes Forever

Martin Short

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RICHARD meet the principal pops conductor

RICHARD KAUFMANHAL AND JEANETTE SEGERSTROMFAMILY FOUNDATION PRINCIPAL POPS CONDUCTOR CHAIR

R ichard Kaufman has devoted much of his musical life to conducting and supervising music for film and television productions, as well as performing film and classical music in concert halls and on recordings. The 2015-16 concert season marks Kaufman’s 25th

season as principal pops conductor of Pacific Symphony. He also holds the permanent title of pops conductor laureate with the Dallas Symphony, and soon begins his 10th season with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert series, “CSO at the Movies.” This past May, Kaufman made his conducting debut with the Boston Pops Orchestra, substituting for John Williams at the Annual Pops Film Night.

Kaufman regularly appears as a guest conductor with symphony orchestras throughout both the United States and around the world including Cleveland, Atlanta, St. Louis, London, Calgary, Edmonton, Liverpool, the RTE Concert Orchestra in Dublin, Rotterdam and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. In addition to conducting “traditional” concert presentations, Kaufman often leads performances of complete film scores in concert, synchronizing the music to the actual film as it is shown on the screen above the orchestra. These legendary film titles include Singin’ in the Rain, The Wizard of Oz, Psycho, Casablanca, The Bride of Frankenstein, Pirates of the Caribbean and various silent films.

Kaufman received the 1993 Grammy Award in the category of Best Pop Instrumental Performance. In addition to his two recordings with the London Symphony Orchestra, he has recorded CDs with the Nuremberg Symphony, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and the Brandenburg Philharmonic in Berlin.

He has conducted for performers including John Denver, Andy Williams, Mary Martin, Nanette Fabray, Sir James Galway, Diana Krall, Chris Botti, The Pointer Sisters, The Beach Boys, Peter Paul and Mary, Robert Goulet, David Copperfield, The Righteous Brothers and Art Garfunkel.

As a violinist, Kaufman performed on numerous film and television scores including Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Saturday Night Fever and (in a moment of desperation) Animal House. He has recorded with artists including John Denver, Burt Bacharach, Neil Sedaka, The Carpenters and Ray Charles.

Kaufman joined the music department of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in 1984 as music coordinator, and for the next 18 years supervised music for MGM. He received two Emmy Award nominations, one for the animated series, The Pink Panther, in the category of Outstanding Music Direction and Composition, and another for Outstanding Original Song co-authored for the series, All Dogs Go to Heaven. For the MGM television series In the Heat of the Night, Kaufman composed songs with actor/producer Carroll O’Connor. He conducted the scores for films including Guarding Tess and Jungle to Jungle. As a unique part of his career in film, Kaufman has coached various actors in musical roles including Jack Nicholson, Dudley Moore and Tom Hanks.

Kaufman has served as music director and conductor for numerous musicals, including a national tour of Sweet Charity starring Juliet Prowse, the first national tours of Company (for Hal Prince) and Two Gentlemen of Verona (for the New York Shakespeare Festival). He has conducted numerous musicals for the Los Angeles and San Francisco civic light operas (for one of these, he was nominated by the San Francisco Theater Critics for Outstanding Music Direction).

In 2012, Kaufman received the “Distinguished Alumni Award” from California State University, Northridge (CSUN). While a student at CSUN, he composed the University’s Alma Mater and Fight Song, and was the keynote speaker for the CSUN Honors Convocation Ceremony. He has appeared as a guest speaker at various universities including USC, University of Georgia and the California State Universities at Northridge and Fullerton. He is a member of the Music Advisory Board of the Young Musicians Foundation.

Born in Los Angeles, Kaufman began violin studies at age 7, played in the Peter Meremblum California Junior Symphony and was a member of the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra. He attended the Berkshire Music Festival at Tanglewood in the fellowship program, and earned a B.A. in Music from California State University, Northridge. Kaufman lives in Southern California with his wife, Gayle, a former dancer in film, television and on Broadway. His daughter, Whitney, is a graduate (with honors) from Chapman University in Orange, Calif., and for 2 ½ years was a member of the cast of the National Tour of Mamma Mia.

Kaufman is proud to be represented by Opus 3 Artists.

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MARTIN SHORT

M artin Short, a celebrated comedian and actor, has won fans and accolades in television, film and theater since his breakout season on Saturday Night Live almost 30 years ago. Short won his first Emmy in 1982 while working on Canada’s SCTV Comedy Network,

which brought him to the attention of the producers of Saturday Night Live. He became a fan-favorite for his portrayal of characters such as Ed Grimley, lawyer Nathan Thurm and “legendary songwriter” Irving Cohen.

His popularity and exposure on Saturday Night Live led Short to cross over quickly into feature films. He made his debut in The Three Amigos and followed with Inner Space, Three Fugitives, Clifford, Pure Luck and Tim Burton’s Mars Attacks. One of Short’s most memorable roles was in the remake of Father of the Bride, as Franck the wedding planner, a role he reprised a few years later in Father of the Bride Part II. Short is featured in the animated film Madagascar 3 and the Tim Burton film Frankenweenie.

An accomplished stage actor, Short won a Tony and an Outer Critics Circle Award for his role in the revival of Little Me. He was also nominated for a Tony and took home an Outer Critics Circle Award for the musical version of Neil Simon’s The Goodbye Girl. Short co-wrote and starred in Fame Becomes Me, prompting The New York Times to describe Short as “a natural for live musicals, a limber singer and dancer who exudes a fiery energy that makes you want to reach for your sunglasses.”

Short returned to television in an Emmy-nominated role for the miniseries Merlin and host of The Martin Short Show, which garnered him seven Emmy nominations. Short also wrote, produced and starred in three comedy specials, winning two Cable ACE awards and an Emmy. In 2001, he launched the critically acclaimed Primetime Glick, garnering another five Emmy nominations. Short was nominated for his 19th Emmy award in 2010 for his work as the lawyer Leonard Winstone on the critically acclaimed FX series Damages.

He was recently seen on the CBS hit comedy series How I Met Your Mother in the recurring role of Garrison Cootes. His voice can be heard as the Cat in the critically acclaimed PBS series Cat In The Hat Knows A Lot About That.

Short’s much anticipated memoir titled I Must Say was released on November 4, 2014 through HarperCollins Publishing.

In January 2015, Short took over Nathan Lane’s role in the immensely successful hit It’s Only a Play on Broadway.

In 1994, Short was awarded the Order of Canada, the Canadian equivalent to British Knighthood. He was also inducted into the Canadian Walk of Fame in June 2000.

MARTIN meet the guest artist

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W hitney Claire Kaufman is thrilled to be performing with the incredible Pacific Symphony again after making her symphonic debut in the children’s choir that premiered the music from the holiday classic Home Alone alongside the Symphony

when she was 7 years old.

A Los Angeles native, Kaufman received a B.F.A. in theater performance from Chapman University, and soon after joined the North American tour of the global smash hit musical Mamma Mia! About her performance as Sophie, the Boston Globe said, “With her pure, clear voice, gentle or forceful as called for, but always beautifully placed—she really deserves to vault straight to Broadway. Plus, her acting is as compelling as her singing.”

Her other theatrical roles include Sally Bowles in Cabaret, Olive in The 25th Annual Putnam Country Spelling Bee and Peaseblossom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Shakespeare Orange County.

Kaufman currently dazzles audiences around the world performing with Disney in Concert, a symphonic tribute to the songs and film scores from Walt Disney films. She has also performed as a vocal soloist with the Malaysia Philharmonic, the RTE Concert Orchestra in Dublin, the Dallas Symphony, the St. Louis Symphony, the Kansas City Symphony and the Music in the Mountains Festival Orchestra in Durango, Colo. Kaufman also debuted “Through The Eyes of Love,” a deleted song from Disney’s Mary Poppins, with the Golden State Pops.

Most notably, Kaufman can be heard singing the brilliant songs of Oscar-winning film composer Dimitri Tiomkin with the London Symphony Orchestra on the Grammy-nominated LSO Live! album Dimitri Tiomkin: The Greatest Film Scores.

After working on several animated projects as a voice actor including All Dogs Go To Heaven (TV) and The Secret of Nimh 2, Kaufman acted in front of the camera on the hit sitcom Modern Family and Up All Night with Christina Applegate.

P at Sajak is in his 33rd year as host of Wheel of Fortune. He joined America’s Game® in 1981, when the show aired on network daytime television. The top-ranked syndicated version made its debut in 1983, with Sajak at the helm. Since then, he has earned three Emmy

Awards, a People’s Choice Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In June 2011, Sajak was honored again by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences when he was presented with the Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards Lifetime Achievement Award.

“I was very lucky in that I always knew that I wanted to be in broadcasting,” says Sajak. “My early heroes were people like Arthur Godfrey, Dave Garroway, Steve Allen and, especially, Jack Paar. They helped shape what a television personality was, paving the way for so many others.”

Sajak was born and raised in Chicago, where he broke into broadcasting as a newscaster and announcer at a small radio station. He joined the Army in 1968 and was sent to Vietnam. There, he spent a year and a half with Armed Forces Radio in Saigon—and, like Robin Williams in the feature film of the same name, he started each day by shouting, “Good morning, Vietnam!”

Following his discharge, Sajak spent time at another small radio station in Murray, Ky. After a year, he decided to move to the nearest big city, Nashville, and enter the television business. Sajak was hired by WSM-TV as a staff announcer, eventually expanding his role to talk shows and weather reporting. There, he was spotted by a talent scout for KNBC-TV in Los Angeles and, in 1977, he joined that station as its weatherman.

Four years later, he was chosen by Wheel of Fortune creator, Merv Griffin, to assume hosting duties on the series’ network daytime edition. In 1983, the nighttime version of the show was launched, and it has been one of the top-rated syndicated TV programs ever since.

ARTISTS meet the guest artists

WHITNEY CLAIRE KAUFMANVOCALIST

PAT SAJAKNARRATOR

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