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983118C O L L E G E O F F I N E A R T S
Fred Fox School of Music
Seventh
International
Saturday November 7 2015
Holsclaw Hall 700 pm
Tucson Guitar FESTIVAL
Seacutergio amp Odair Assad
Roberto Aussel (Argentina)Thursday March 31 700 pm Holsclaw Hall $25 students $10A Tucson Guitar Society Event ndash Tickets tucsonguitarsocietyorg
Schaeffer Memorial Guitar CompetitionStudent Competition
Sunday April 3 230 pm
Holsclaw Hall $10 7 5
Arizona Guitar OrchestraApril 17 Sunday 400 pm
Grace St Paulrsquos Episcopal Church (2331 East Adams Street) $FreeThe Tucson Guitar Society creates an all-Arizona guitar ensemble for
community and student players from throughout Arizona including theUniversity
of Arizona Bolton Guitar Studies Program Arizona State UniversityGlendale Community College and Grand Canyon Guitar Society in Flagstaff
Guitar in the Woods Monthly First Thursday of the Month 630 pm
Exception Thursday November 12 (due to Guitar Festival)Woods Memorial Library $FreeA Tucson Guitar Society Event
A monthly meeting of guitar acionados to sharewhat they are working on or just to listen
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Seacutergio amp Odair Assad
Saturday November 7 2015Holsclaw Hall 700 pm
P R O G R A M
Ocho valses poeacuteticos Enrique Granados Vivace molto Melodico (1867-1916) Tempo de Vals noble Tempo de Vals lento Allegro humoristico Allegretto elegante Quasi ad libitum Vivo Presto Two selections from ldquoIberiardquo Isaac Albeacuteniz Evocacion (1860-1909) El Puerto
Tonadilla para dos guitarrasJoaquiacuten Rodrigo Allegro ma non troppo (1901-1999) Minueto pomposo Allegro vivace Interrogando Joatildeo Pernambuco (1883-1947)
Abismo de Rosas Ameacuterico Jacomino ldquoCanhotordquo (1887-1928) BandoneoacutenAacutestor Piazzolla
(1921-1992) Tempo Feliz Baden Powell (1937-2000) Baiao malandro Egberto Gismonti (b 1947)
Jongo Paulo Bellinati (b 1950)
Exclusive Management
Opus 3 Artists ndash 470 Park Avenue South - New York NY 10016
983150
983118
Please join us for the followingGuitar Recitals amp Events
Tucson Guitar Society Orchestra ndash Holiday ConcertSaturday December 5 400 pm
Holsclaw Hall $FreeKathy Acosta Zavala Masterrsquos Recital
Saturday December 5 700 pmHolsclaw Hall $Free
William Wolfe Guitar Award RecitalStudent Competition
Sunday December 6 230 pmHolsclaw Hall $10 7 5
Joseacute Luis Puerta Doctoral Solo RecitalTuesday December 8 700 pm
Holsclaw Hall $Free
Zoran Dukic (Croatia)Thurday January 14 700 pm Holsclaw Hall $25 students $10A Tucson Guitar Society Event ndash Tickets tucsonguitarsocietyorg
Bernardo Bermudez baritone (USA) amp Adam del Monte guitar (Israel)with Ballet Tucson ndash ldquoRhythms of the Americasrdquo
Friday February 5 730 pmSaturday February 6 200 amp 730 pm
Sunday February 7 200 pm$40 Stevie Eller Dance Theatre The University of Arizona
A Tucson Guitar SocietyTucson Desert Song Festival Event
Tickets tucsonguitarsocietyorg
Second Annual David Russell Bach Prize Finalists RecitalStudent Competition ndash Sunday February 14 230 pm
Holsclaw Hall $10 7 5
David Russell (ScotlandSpain)Saturday February 20 700 pm amp Sunday February 21 230 pm
Holsclaw Hall $30 25 15
34th Annual Sholin Guitar CompetitionStudent Competition ndash Sunday March 6 230 pm
Holsclaw Hall $10 7 5
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Duo Assad
Brazilian-born brothers Seacutergio and Odair Assad have set the benchmarkfor all other guitarists by creating a new standard of guitar innovationingenuity and expression Their exceptional artistry and uncanny ensembleplaying still astonish even after fty years (next year) of performing Inaddition to setting new standards the Assads have played a major role increating and introducing new music for two guitars Their virtuosity has
inspired a wide range of composers to write for them including AstorPiazzolla Terry Riley Radameacutes Gnattali Marlos Nobre Nikita KoshkinRoland Dyens Jorge Morel Edino Krieger and Francisco Mignone NowSeacutergio Assad is adding to their repertoire by composing music for theduo and for various musical partners including such renowned artistsas Yo-Yo Ma Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg Fernando Suarez Paz PaquitoDrsquoRivera Gidon Kremer and Dawn Upshaw He has been nominated foryet two more Latin Classical Grammys in the Best Classical CompositionCategory for his piece for the LA Guitar Quartet and the DelawareSymphony entitled Interchange and for Maracaipe for the BeijingGuitar Duo
The Assads are also recognized as prolic recording artists primarily
for the Nonesuch and GHA labels In 2001 Nonesuch Records releasedSeacutergio and Odair Assad Play Piazzolla which later won a Latin GrammyIn 2003 the Brazilian record Obrigado Brazil was released featuring RosaPassos Egberto Gismonti and Cyro Baptista Seacutergio arranged several ofthe works on the disc which captured a Grammy in 2004 Their seventhNonesuch recording released in the fall 2007 is called Jardim Abandonado after a piece by Antonio Carlos Jobim It was nominated for Best ClassicalAlbum and Seacutergio went on to win the Latin Grammy for his compositionTahhiyya Li Oussilina In 2009 the brothers were featured on Yo-Yo Marsquoschart topping release Songs of Joy amp Peace which features other guestartists as diverse as James Taylor and Dave Brubeck In the piece Famiacutelia Yo-Yo plays Seacutergiorsquos composition featuring mother Angelina Assad sisterBadi and children Clarice Rodrigo and Carolina The release topped boththe classical and the mainstream Billboard charts and won a Grammy forBest Classical Crossover In April 2012 Sergio and Odair toured NorthAmerica with Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Kathryn Stott in a program of LatinAmerican works as arranged by Sergio as well as some of his originalcompositions highlighted by concerts at the new Smith Center in LasVegas and Chicagorsquos Symphony Hall (and Tucson) In the spring of 2013Sergio and Odair planned another tour of their much loved trio with theinimitable Paquito DrsquoRivera as well as a record release of their projectDances from the New Worldrdquo nominated for yet another Latin Grammyas Best Instrumental Album
Odair is based in Brussels where he teaches at Ecole Supeacuterieure des ArtsSeacutergio resides in San Francisco where he is on the faculty of the San
Francisco Conservatory
983150
983118
We thank the
John amp Joan DrsquoAddario Foundation
for generously sponsoring this concert
THE SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL IS CO-SPONSORED BY
tucsonguitarsocietyorg
7252019 Program Assad 2015
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983150
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Transformational Gifts to the BoltonGuitar Studies Program at the Fred FoxSchool of MusicAbbott Laboratories FundBill AkinPhyllis and Sanford BoltonThe Cypri-Cola Company Limited
Joan and John DrsquoAddario John and Joan DrsquoAddario Foundation IncCarol and Donald EagleThe Edwards Mother Earth FoundationKaren and David FrancisKaren and Robert Gold
Janela and David Hubka
IBM International FoundationE Philip KriderPatricia MacCorquodale
Julia and Andre PernetClare K SchaefferSouthwest StringsSt Markrsquos PresbyterianElizabeth Weiner-SchulmanRosa L Liu-Stevens and Ralph F StevensWilliam WolfeLund Wolfe
Conductorrsquos Circle($1000 to $9999)Donald AgtheLaura and John Almquist
Bart AntistaMatthew Apostolik Bank of AmericaBetty and John BarrowmanTimothy J BarryKathleen and William BurnettMarilyn Chase
Joanna and Michael Clark Sevren and Dennis CoonDavis Selected Advisers LPDow Chemical CorpBruce FultonRuth and Charles GoldDavid GoldVicki and Alan GreensteinHarvey and Rosanne GreensteinLinda L GrifnSara and Samuel Hauert
Suzanne and Lester HaytLeslee and Thomas HippertIBM CorporationImago Dei Middle School
Jewish Community FoundationSara and Matthew KalosLyn Papanikolas and J David MackstallerElinor Aderton and Robert McIntoshRoger Funk and Douglas NoffsingerTom PattersonChancey PelletierThe Prudential Foundation
Jerome A ReinsteinD C Sholin
Mary Stewart-Pollard and Robert PollardElizabeth Giles and Stephen SimmesPage and Pearre Williams
Benefactor($500-$999)Margot BeestonKay and Lloyd BierstakerRamona BrownEugenia and Taylor ChenHerman DavisRaquel and Lawrence Fleischman
Julie GibsonMary HamiltonNancy Koff Theodore Koff
Robert Kritz Associates IncCharlotte and Michael MenshMichelle and Joseph MillstoneMary RomanielloHelen and Richard RuskinCharlene SampsonDeborah and Marc Sandroff Richard SeagraveGail Gibbons and Ray St ClairDuane WatermanSusan and Erick Weiland
Patrons($100-499)Mireille AlgaziGlenda and Karl Anderson
Richard AplingBilly Arcila ndash Los Angeles Classical Guitars
Gratitude Acknowledgments
Norman Douglas Sholin founded and designed the guitar degreeprogram at the University of Arizona School of Music in 1974 He had avision for a world class guitar program That vision is alive today Yoursupport ensures that the guitar program will continue to attract top musicstudents With deep gratitude we acknowledge those whose signicantand ongoing gifts have transformed the lives of students and faculty
Jean and Charles AresDon ArkinEdith and Steve Auslander
Janice Wezelman and David BartlettCarolyne and Jonathan BassPamela and Sidney BattenMiriam and Charles BlitzerBott-Anderson Partners IncDoris and Len CorisFletcher Dann
Claire and Mack DunhamGeorgeanna D FischettiShawnie L and Stephen L Ford Arizona CyclistLucia GibsonCarol and Jonathan HoweShigeko and Ke Chiang HsiehInvestment Management Consultants AssociationRobert KritzPaul KritzToni Goldstein and Peter I LashoMiriam and David MallottMichelle Yauger and Michael MayerSidney J McDuff
Carolyn and Franklin MeierMiller Curio CompanyBarbara Morehouse and Philip JohnsonEdward MukaTamra Myers and Mark MyersBlanca and Larry NahmiasNils NelsonNorthern Trust CompanyMargaret B Rappaport PhDRaytheon Company - Matching GiftsWilliam RidlinghaferDoris and Arnold RolandElaine W RousseauPaul SchulmanElmer ScovillRichard and Jasmine SeagraveElizabeth amp Grace SheppardRay St ClairAnn StonesiferHarvey Swedloff Audrey TarchinePatricia and Howard TullerTuller Trophy
Jane and Theodore TurbensonMerle Turchik
James VogelEileen and Ray Weick
Jim WezelmanMatthew A WerberElizabeth and Emanuel Wolff
Gifts Up to $100Thomas AmundsenNorma J AndersonLouise AnthonySamuel ArcusBarbara Atwood and Peter EisnerMark BermanBenjamin SupplyLuise and Eric Betterton
Janice and Jerome BishopCarolyn and Paul Crews
Larry Deutsch and William ParkerErnst amp YoungArthur and Marilyn FelixGloria and Rocky FerrellAnna M FriendElizabeth Garigan-Soper and Doyle SoperDavid GladstoneMarvin and Jean GlassbergGloria and Michael GoldmanMarsha and Sidney HirshSteven and Marta KetchelMary and Joel LevinLouis A LevinsonBerthold Lippel
Joy MarsallaShirley and Stan Matlick Shaun McManimonSharon MegdalSarah M MulhollandChristine and Harvey NelsonGeorge A NewmanLeslie Nixon and Barry KirschnerBetty and Bernie OrmanGwen and Richard PowellShu ching Cheng and Edward ReidBrina RodinAbigail RootNan and Leonard RosenthalSandra and Bernard RuhlDorothy and Julian SayreSarah and Leonard Schultz
Diana G SheldonMarilyn E SheridanRonald J StaubLydia and David StreeterDavid M TalamanteNancy A TrujilloM H UdolphKenneth L WeissH Diane WrightSamuel O Zaidenberg
deceased
We strive for an accurate listing of all our treasured donors This list reects
cumulative gifts from all guitar donors to date To make corrections please callthe College of Fine Arts Development Ofce at 621-9057
7252019 Program Assad 2015
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullprogram-assad-2015 24
983118
983150
Seacutergio amp Odair Assad
Saturday November 7 2015Holsclaw Hall 700 pm
P R O G R A M
Ocho valses poeacuteticos Enrique Granados Vivace molto Melodico (1867-1916) Tempo de Vals noble Tempo de Vals lento Allegro humoristico Allegretto elegante Quasi ad libitum Vivo Presto Two selections from ldquoIberiardquo Isaac Albeacuteniz Evocacion (1860-1909) El Puerto
Tonadilla para dos guitarrasJoaquiacuten Rodrigo Allegro ma non troppo (1901-1999) Minueto pomposo Allegro vivace Interrogando Joatildeo Pernambuco (1883-1947)
Abismo de Rosas Ameacuterico Jacomino ldquoCanhotordquo (1887-1928) BandoneoacutenAacutestor Piazzolla
(1921-1992) Tempo Feliz Baden Powell (1937-2000) Baiao malandro Egberto Gismonti (b 1947)
Jongo Paulo Bellinati (b 1950)
Exclusive Management
Opus 3 Artists ndash 470 Park Avenue South - New York NY 10016
983150
983118
Please join us for the followingGuitar Recitals amp Events
Tucson Guitar Society Orchestra ndash Holiday ConcertSaturday December 5 400 pm
Holsclaw Hall $FreeKathy Acosta Zavala Masterrsquos Recital
Saturday December 5 700 pmHolsclaw Hall $Free
William Wolfe Guitar Award RecitalStudent Competition
Sunday December 6 230 pmHolsclaw Hall $10 7 5
Joseacute Luis Puerta Doctoral Solo RecitalTuesday December 8 700 pm
Holsclaw Hall $Free
Zoran Dukic (Croatia)Thurday January 14 700 pm Holsclaw Hall $25 students $10A Tucson Guitar Society Event ndash Tickets tucsonguitarsocietyorg
Bernardo Bermudez baritone (USA) amp Adam del Monte guitar (Israel)with Ballet Tucson ndash ldquoRhythms of the Americasrdquo
Friday February 5 730 pmSaturday February 6 200 amp 730 pm
Sunday February 7 200 pm$40 Stevie Eller Dance Theatre The University of Arizona
A Tucson Guitar SocietyTucson Desert Song Festival Event
Tickets tucsonguitarsocietyorg
Second Annual David Russell Bach Prize Finalists RecitalStudent Competition ndash Sunday February 14 230 pm
Holsclaw Hall $10 7 5
David Russell (ScotlandSpain)Saturday February 20 700 pm amp Sunday February 21 230 pm
Holsclaw Hall $30 25 15
34th Annual Sholin Guitar CompetitionStudent Competition ndash Sunday March 6 230 pm
Holsclaw Hall $10 7 5
7252019 Program Assad 2015
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullprogram-assad-2015 34
983118
983150
Duo Assad
Brazilian-born brothers Seacutergio and Odair Assad have set the benchmarkfor all other guitarists by creating a new standard of guitar innovationingenuity and expression Their exceptional artistry and uncanny ensembleplaying still astonish even after fty years (next year) of performing Inaddition to setting new standards the Assads have played a major role increating and introducing new music for two guitars Their virtuosity has
inspired a wide range of composers to write for them including AstorPiazzolla Terry Riley Radameacutes Gnattali Marlos Nobre Nikita KoshkinRoland Dyens Jorge Morel Edino Krieger and Francisco Mignone NowSeacutergio Assad is adding to their repertoire by composing music for theduo and for various musical partners including such renowned artistsas Yo-Yo Ma Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg Fernando Suarez Paz PaquitoDrsquoRivera Gidon Kremer and Dawn Upshaw He has been nominated foryet two more Latin Classical Grammys in the Best Classical CompositionCategory for his piece for the LA Guitar Quartet and the DelawareSymphony entitled Interchange and for Maracaipe for the BeijingGuitar Duo
The Assads are also recognized as prolic recording artists primarily
for the Nonesuch and GHA labels In 2001 Nonesuch Records releasedSeacutergio and Odair Assad Play Piazzolla which later won a Latin GrammyIn 2003 the Brazilian record Obrigado Brazil was released featuring RosaPassos Egberto Gismonti and Cyro Baptista Seacutergio arranged several ofthe works on the disc which captured a Grammy in 2004 Their seventhNonesuch recording released in the fall 2007 is called Jardim Abandonado after a piece by Antonio Carlos Jobim It was nominated for Best ClassicalAlbum and Seacutergio went on to win the Latin Grammy for his compositionTahhiyya Li Oussilina In 2009 the brothers were featured on Yo-Yo Marsquoschart topping release Songs of Joy amp Peace which features other guestartists as diverse as James Taylor and Dave Brubeck In the piece Famiacutelia Yo-Yo plays Seacutergiorsquos composition featuring mother Angelina Assad sisterBadi and children Clarice Rodrigo and Carolina The release topped boththe classical and the mainstream Billboard charts and won a Grammy forBest Classical Crossover In April 2012 Sergio and Odair toured NorthAmerica with Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Kathryn Stott in a program of LatinAmerican works as arranged by Sergio as well as some of his originalcompositions highlighted by concerts at the new Smith Center in LasVegas and Chicagorsquos Symphony Hall (and Tucson) In the spring of 2013Sergio and Odair planned another tour of their much loved trio with theinimitable Paquito DrsquoRivera as well as a record release of their projectDances from the New Worldrdquo nominated for yet another Latin Grammyas Best Instrumental Album
Odair is based in Brussels where he teaches at Ecole Supeacuterieure des ArtsSeacutergio resides in San Francisco where he is on the faculty of the San
Francisco Conservatory
983150
983118
We thank the
John amp Joan DrsquoAddario Foundation
for generously sponsoring this concert
THE SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL IS CO-SPONSORED BY
tucsonguitarsocietyorg
7252019 Program Assad 2015
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullprogram-assad-2015 44
983150
983118
983150
983118
Transformational Gifts to the BoltonGuitar Studies Program at the Fred FoxSchool of MusicAbbott Laboratories FundBill AkinPhyllis and Sanford BoltonThe Cypri-Cola Company Limited
Joan and John DrsquoAddario John and Joan DrsquoAddario Foundation IncCarol and Donald EagleThe Edwards Mother Earth FoundationKaren and David FrancisKaren and Robert Gold
Janela and David Hubka
IBM International FoundationE Philip KriderPatricia MacCorquodale
Julia and Andre PernetClare K SchaefferSouthwest StringsSt Markrsquos PresbyterianElizabeth Weiner-SchulmanRosa L Liu-Stevens and Ralph F StevensWilliam WolfeLund Wolfe
Conductorrsquos Circle($1000 to $9999)Donald AgtheLaura and John Almquist
Bart AntistaMatthew Apostolik Bank of AmericaBetty and John BarrowmanTimothy J BarryKathleen and William BurnettMarilyn Chase
Joanna and Michael Clark Sevren and Dennis CoonDavis Selected Advisers LPDow Chemical CorpBruce FultonRuth and Charles GoldDavid GoldVicki and Alan GreensteinHarvey and Rosanne GreensteinLinda L GrifnSara and Samuel Hauert
Suzanne and Lester HaytLeslee and Thomas HippertIBM CorporationImago Dei Middle School
Jewish Community FoundationSara and Matthew KalosLyn Papanikolas and J David MackstallerElinor Aderton and Robert McIntoshRoger Funk and Douglas NoffsingerTom PattersonChancey PelletierThe Prudential Foundation
Jerome A ReinsteinD C Sholin
Mary Stewart-Pollard and Robert PollardElizabeth Giles and Stephen SimmesPage and Pearre Williams
Benefactor($500-$999)Margot BeestonKay and Lloyd BierstakerRamona BrownEugenia and Taylor ChenHerman DavisRaquel and Lawrence Fleischman
Julie GibsonMary HamiltonNancy Koff Theodore Koff
Robert Kritz Associates IncCharlotte and Michael MenshMichelle and Joseph MillstoneMary RomanielloHelen and Richard RuskinCharlene SampsonDeborah and Marc Sandroff Richard SeagraveGail Gibbons and Ray St ClairDuane WatermanSusan and Erick Weiland
Patrons($100-499)Mireille AlgaziGlenda and Karl Anderson
Richard AplingBilly Arcila ndash Los Angeles Classical Guitars
Gratitude Acknowledgments
Norman Douglas Sholin founded and designed the guitar degreeprogram at the University of Arizona School of Music in 1974 He had avision for a world class guitar program That vision is alive today Yoursupport ensures that the guitar program will continue to attract top musicstudents With deep gratitude we acknowledge those whose signicantand ongoing gifts have transformed the lives of students and faculty
Jean and Charles AresDon ArkinEdith and Steve Auslander
Janice Wezelman and David BartlettCarolyne and Jonathan BassPamela and Sidney BattenMiriam and Charles BlitzerBott-Anderson Partners IncDoris and Len CorisFletcher Dann
Claire and Mack DunhamGeorgeanna D FischettiShawnie L and Stephen L Ford Arizona CyclistLucia GibsonCarol and Jonathan HoweShigeko and Ke Chiang HsiehInvestment Management Consultants AssociationRobert KritzPaul KritzToni Goldstein and Peter I LashoMiriam and David MallottMichelle Yauger and Michael MayerSidney J McDuff
Carolyn and Franklin MeierMiller Curio CompanyBarbara Morehouse and Philip JohnsonEdward MukaTamra Myers and Mark MyersBlanca and Larry NahmiasNils NelsonNorthern Trust CompanyMargaret B Rappaport PhDRaytheon Company - Matching GiftsWilliam RidlinghaferDoris and Arnold RolandElaine W RousseauPaul SchulmanElmer ScovillRichard and Jasmine SeagraveElizabeth amp Grace SheppardRay St ClairAnn StonesiferHarvey Swedloff Audrey TarchinePatricia and Howard TullerTuller Trophy
Jane and Theodore TurbensonMerle Turchik
James VogelEileen and Ray Weick
Jim WezelmanMatthew A WerberElizabeth and Emanuel Wolff
Gifts Up to $100Thomas AmundsenNorma J AndersonLouise AnthonySamuel ArcusBarbara Atwood and Peter EisnerMark BermanBenjamin SupplyLuise and Eric Betterton
Janice and Jerome BishopCarolyn and Paul Crews
Larry Deutsch and William ParkerErnst amp YoungArthur and Marilyn FelixGloria and Rocky FerrellAnna M FriendElizabeth Garigan-Soper and Doyle SoperDavid GladstoneMarvin and Jean GlassbergGloria and Michael GoldmanMarsha and Sidney HirshSteven and Marta KetchelMary and Joel LevinLouis A LevinsonBerthold Lippel
Joy MarsallaShirley and Stan Matlick Shaun McManimonSharon MegdalSarah M MulhollandChristine and Harvey NelsonGeorge A NewmanLeslie Nixon and Barry KirschnerBetty and Bernie OrmanGwen and Richard PowellShu ching Cheng and Edward ReidBrina RodinAbigail RootNan and Leonard RosenthalSandra and Bernard RuhlDorothy and Julian SayreSarah and Leonard Schultz
Diana G SheldonMarilyn E SheridanRonald J StaubLydia and David StreeterDavid M TalamanteNancy A TrujilloM H UdolphKenneth L WeissH Diane WrightSamuel O Zaidenberg
deceased
We strive for an accurate listing of all our treasured donors This list reects
cumulative gifts from all guitar donors to date To make corrections please callthe College of Fine Arts Development Ofce at 621-9057
7252019 Program Assad 2015
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullprogram-assad-2015 34
983118
983150
Duo Assad
Brazilian-born brothers Seacutergio and Odair Assad have set the benchmarkfor all other guitarists by creating a new standard of guitar innovationingenuity and expression Their exceptional artistry and uncanny ensembleplaying still astonish even after fty years (next year) of performing Inaddition to setting new standards the Assads have played a major role increating and introducing new music for two guitars Their virtuosity has
inspired a wide range of composers to write for them including AstorPiazzolla Terry Riley Radameacutes Gnattali Marlos Nobre Nikita KoshkinRoland Dyens Jorge Morel Edino Krieger and Francisco Mignone NowSeacutergio Assad is adding to their repertoire by composing music for theduo and for various musical partners including such renowned artistsas Yo-Yo Ma Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg Fernando Suarez Paz PaquitoDrsquoRivera Gidon Kremer and Dawn Upshaw He has been nominated foryet two more Latin Classical Grammys in the Best Classical CompositionCategory for his piece for the LA Guitar Quartet and the DelawareSymphony entitled Interchange and for Maracaipe for the BeijingGuitar Duo
The Assads are also recognized as prolic recording artists primarily
for the Nonesuch and GHA labels In 2001 Nonesuch Records releasedSeacutergio and Odair Assad Play Piazzolla which later won a Latin GrammyIn 2003 the Brazilian record Obrigado Brazil was released featuring RosaPassos Egberto Gismonti and Cyro Baptista Seacutergio arranged several ofthe works on the disc which captured a Grammy in 2004 Their seventhNonesuch recording released in the fall 2007 is called Jardim Abandonado after a piece by Antonio Carlos Jobim It was nominated for Best ClassicalAlbum and Seacutergio went on to win the Latin Grammy for his compositionTahhiyya Li Oussilina In 2009 the brothers were featured on Yo-Yo Marsquoschart topping release Songs of Joy amp Peace which features other guestartists as diverse as James Taylor and Dave Brubeck In the piece Famiacutelia Yo-Yo plays Seacutergiorsquos composition featuring mother Angelina Assad sisterBadi and children Clarice Rodrigo and Carolina The release topped boththe classical and the mainstream Billboard charts and won a Grammy forBest Classical Crossover In April 2012 Sergio and Odair toured NorthAmerica with Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Kathryn Stott in a program of LatinAmerican works as arranged by Sergio as well as some of his originalcompositions highlighted by concerts at the new Smith Center in LasVegas and Chicagorsquos Symphony Hall (and Tucson) In the spring of 2013Sergio and Odair planned another tour of their much loved trio with theinimitable Paquito DrsquoRivera as well as a record release of their projectDances from the New Worldrdquo nominated for yet another Latin Grammyas Best Instrumental Album
Odair is based in Brussels where he teaches at Ecole Supeacuterieure des ArtsSeacutergio resides in San Francisco where he is on the faculty of the San
Francisco Conservatory
983150
983118
We thank the
John amp Joan DrsquoAddario Foundation
for generously sponsoring this concert
THE SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL IS CO-SPONSORED BY
tucsonguitarsocietyorg
7252019 Program Assad 2015
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullprogram-assad-2015 44
983150
983118
983150
983118
Transformational Gifts to the BoltonGuitar Studies Program at the Fred FoxSchool of MusicAbbott Laboratories FundBill AkinPhyllis and Sanford BoltonThe Cypri-Cola Company Limited
Joan and John DrsquoAddario John and Joan DrsquoAddario Foundation IncCarol and Donald EagleThe Edwards Mother Earth FoundationKaren and David FrancisKaren and Robert Gold
Janela and David Hubka
IBM International FoundationE Philip KriderPatricia MacCorquodale
Julia and Andre PernetClare K SchaefferSouthwest StringsSt Markrsquos PresbyterianElizabeth Weiner-SchulmanRosa L Liu-Stevens and Ralph F StevensWilliam WolfeLund Wolfe
Conductorrsquos Circle($1000 to $9999)Donald AgtheLaura and John Almquist
Bart AntistaMatthew Apostolik Bank of AmericaBetty and John BarrowmanTimothy J BarryKathleen and William BurnettMarilyn Chase
Joanna and Michael Clark Sevren and Dennis CoonDavis Selected Advisers LPDow Chemical CorpBruce FultonRuth and Charles GoldDavid GoldVicki and Alan GreensteinHarvey and Rosanne GreensteinLinda L GrifnSara and Samuel Hauert
Suzanne and Lester HaytLeslee and Thomas HippertIBM CorporationImago Dei Middle School
Jewish Community FoundationSara and Matthew KalosLyn Papanikolas and J David MackstallerElinor Aderton and Robert McIntoshRoger Funk and Douglas NoffsingerTom PattersonChancey PelletierThe Prudential Foundation
Jerome A ReinsteinD C Sholin
Mary Stewart-Pollard and Robert PollardElizabeth Giles and Stephen SimmesPage and Pearre Williams
Benefactor($500-$999)Margot BeestonKay and Lloyd BierstakerRamona BrownEugenia and Taylor ChenHerman DavisRaquel and Lawrence Fleischman
Julie GibsonMary HamiltonNancy Koff Theodore Koff
Robert Kritz Associates IncCharlotte and Michael MenshMichelle and Joseph MillstoneMary RomanielloHelen and Richard RuskinCharlene SampsonDeborah and Marc Sandroff Richard SeagraveGail Gibbons and Ray St ClairDuane WatermanSusan and Erick Weiland
Patrons($100-499)Mireille AlgaziGlenda and Karl Anderson
Richard AplingBilly Arcila ndash Los Angeles Classical Guitars
Gratitude Acknowledgments
Norman Douglas Sholin founded and designed the guitar degreeprogram at the University of Arizona School of Music in 1974 He had avision for a world class guitar program That vision is alive today Yoursupport ensures that the guitar program will continue to attract top musicstudents With deep gratitude we acknowledge those whose signicantand ongoing gifts have transformed the lives of students and faculty
Jean and Charles AresDon ArkinEdith and Steve Auslander
Janice Wezelman and David BartlettCarolyne and Jonathan BassPamela and Sidney BattenMiriam and Charles BlitzerBott-Anderson Partners IncDoris and Len CorisFletcher Dann
Claire and Mack DunhamGeorgeanna D FischettiShawnie L and Stephen L Ford Arizona CyclistLucia GibsonCarol and Jonathan HoweShigeko and Ke Chiang HsiehInvestment Management Consultants AssociationRobert KritzPaul KritzToni Goldstein and Peter I LashoMiriam and David MallottMichelle Yauger and Michael MayerSidney J McDuff
Carolyn and Franklin MeierMiller Curio CompanyBarbara Morehouse and Philip JohnsonEdward MukaTamra Myers and Mark MyersBlanca and Larry NahmiasNils NelsonNorthern Trust CompanyMargaret B Rappaport PhDRaytheon Company - Matching GiftsWilliam RidlinghaferDoris and Arnold RolandElaine W RousseauPaul SchulmanElmer ScovillRichard and Jasmine SeagraveElizabeth amp Grace SheppardRay St ClairAnn StonesiferHarvey Swedloff Audrey TarchinePatricia and Howard TullerTuller Trophy
Jane and Theodore TurbensonMerle Turchik
James VogelEileen and Ray Weick
Jim WezelmanMatthew A WerberElizabeth and Emanuel Wolff
Gifts Up to $100Thomas AmundsenNorma J AndersonLouise AnthonySamuel ArcusBarbara Atwood and Peter EisnerMark BermanBenjamin SupplyLuise and Eric Betterton
Janice and Jerome BishopCarolyn and Paul Crews
Larry Deutsch and William ParkerErnst amp YoungArthur and Marilyn FelixGloria and Rocky FerrellAnna M FriendElizabeth Garigan-Soper and Doyle SoperDavid GladstoneMarvin and Jean GlassbergGloria and Michael GoldmanMarsha and Sidney HirshSteven and Marta KetchelMary and Joel LevinLouis A LevinsonBerthold Lippel
Joy MarsallaShirley and Stan Matlick Shaun McManimonSharon MegdalSarah M MulhollandChristine and Harvey NelsonGeorge A NewmanLeslie Nixon and Barry KirschnerBetty and Bernie OrmanGwen and Richard PowellShu ching Cheng and Edward ReidBrina RodinAbigail RootNan and Leonard RosenthalSandra and Bernard RuhlDorothy and Julian SayreSarah and Leonard Schultz
Diana G SheldonMarilyn E SheridanRonald J StaubLydia and David StreeterDavid M TalamanteNancy A TrujilloM H UdolphKenneth L WeissH Diane WrightSamuel O Zaidenberg
deceased
We strive for an accurate listing of all our treasured donors This list reects
cumulative gifts from all guitar donors to date To make corrections please callthe College of Fine Arts Development Ofce at 621-9057
7252019 Program Assad 2015
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullprogram-assad-2015 44
983150
983118
983150
983118
Transformational Gifts to the BoltonGuitar Studies Program at the Fred FoxSchool of MusicAbbott Laboratories FundBill AkinPhyllis and Sanford BoltonThe Cypri-Cola Company Limited
Joan and John DrsquoAddario John and Joan DrsquoAddario Foundation IncCarol and Donald EagleThe Edwards Mother Earth FoundationKaren and David FrancisKaren and Robert Gold
Janela and David Hubka
IBM International FoundationE Philip KriderPatricia MacCorquodale
Julia and Andre PernetClare K SchaefferSouthwest StringsSt Markrsquos PresbyterianElizabeth Weiner-SchulmanRosa L Liu-Stevens and Ralph F StevensWilliam WolfeLund Wolfe
Conductorrsquos Circle($1000 to $9999)Donald AgtheLaura and John Almquist
Bart AntistaMatthew Apostolik Bank of AmericaBetty and John BarrowmanTimothy J BarryKathleen and William BurnettMarilyn Chase
Joanna and Michael Clark Sevren and Dennis CoonDavis Selected Advisers LPDow Chemical CorpBruce FultonRuth and Charles GoldDavid GoldVicki and Alan GreensteinHarvey and Rosanne GreensteinLinda L GrifnSara and Samuel Hauert
Suzanne and Lester HaytLeslee and Thomas HippertIBM CorporationImago Dei Middle School
Jewish Community FoundationSara and Matthew KalosLyn Papanikolas and J David MackstallerElinor Aderton and Robert McIntoshRoger Funk and Douglas NoffsingerTom PattersonChancey PelletierThe Prudential Foundation
Jerome A ReinsteinD C Sholin
Mary Stewart-Pollard and Robert PollardElizabeth Giles and Stephen SimmesPage and Pearre Williams
Benefactor($500-$999)Margot BeestonKay and Lloyd BierstakerRamona BrownEugenia and Taylor ChenHerman DavisRaquel and Lawrence Fleischman
Julie GibsonMary HamiltonNancy Koff Theodore Koff
Robert Kritz Associates IncCharlotte and Michael MenshMichelle and Joseph MillstoneMary RomanielloHelen and Richard RuskinCharlene SampsonDeborah and Marc Sandroff Richard SeagraveGail Gibbons and Ray St ClairDuane WatermanSusan and Erick Weiland
Patrons($100-499)Mireille AlgaziGlenda and Karl Anderson
Richard AplingBilly Arcila ndash Los Angeles Classical Guitars
Gratitude Acknowledgments
Norman Douglas Sholin founded and designed the guitar degreeprogram at the University of Arizona School of Music in 1974 He had avision for a world class guitar program That vision is alive today Yoursupport ensures that the guitar program will continue to attract top musicstudents With deep gratitude we acknowledge those whose signicantand ongoing gifts have transformed the lives of students and faculty
Jean and Charles AresDon ArkinEdith and Steve Auslander
Janice Wezelman and David BartlettCarolyne and Jonathan BassPamela and Sidney BattenMiriam and Charles BlitzerBott-Anderson Partners IncDoris and Len CorisFletcher Dann
Claire and Mack DunhamGeorgeanna D FischettiShawnie L and Stephen L Ford Arizona CyclistLucia GibsonCarol and Jonathan HoweShigeko and Ke Chiang HsiehInvestment Management Consultants AssociationRobert KritzPaul KritzToni Goldstein and Peter I LashoMiriam and David MallottMichelle Yauger and Michael MayerSidney J McDuff
Carolyn and Franklin MeierMiller Curio CompanyBarbara Morehouse and Philip JohnsonEdward MukaTamra Myers and Mark MyersBlanca and Larry NahmiasNils NelsonNorthern Trust CompanyMargaret B Rappaport PhDRaytheon Company - Matching GiftsWilliam RidlinghaferDoris and Arnold RolandElaine W RousseauPaul SchulmanElmer ScovillRichard and Jasmine SeagraveElizabeth amp Grace SheppardRay St ClairAnn StonesiferHarvey Swedloff Audrey TarchinePatricia and Howard TullerTuller Trophy
Jane and Theodore TurbensonMerle Turchik
James VogelEileen and Ray Weick
Jim WezelmanMatthew A WerberElizabeth and Emanuel Wolff
Gifts Up to $100Thomas AmundsenNorma J AndersonLouise AnthonySamuel ArcusBarbara Atwood and Peter EisnerMark BermanBenjamin SupplyLuise and Eric Betterton
Janice and Jerome BishopCarolyn and Paul Crews
Larry Deutsch and William ParkerErnst amp YoungArthur and Marilyn FelixGloria and Rocky FerrellAnna M FriendElizabeth Garigan-Soper and Doyle SoperDavid GladstoneMarvin and Jean GlassbergGloria and Michael GoldmanMarsha and Sidney HirshSteven and Marta KetchelMary and Joel LevinLouis A LevinsonBerthold Lippel
Joy MarsallaShirley and Stan Matlick Shaun McManimonSharon MegdalSarah M MulhollandChristine and Harvey NelsonGeorge A NewmanLeslie Nixon and Barry KirschnerBetty and Bernie OrmanGwen and Richard PowellShu ching Cheng and Edward ReidBrina RodinAbigail RootNan and Leonard RosenthalSandra and Bernard RuhlDorothy and Julian SayreSarah and Leonard Schultz
Diana G SheldonMarilyn E SheridanRonald J StaubLydia and David StreeterDavid M TalamanteNancy A TrujilloM H UdolphKenneth L WeissH Diane WrightSamuel O Zaidenberg
deceased
We strive for an accurate listing of all our treasured donors This list reects
cumulative gifts from all guitar donors to date To make corrections please callthe College of Fine Arts Development Ofce at 621-9057