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Welcome to the Fine Arts Center’s 40th Anniversary! I’m so glad that you’re joining us to celebrate the great music, dance, theatre and art on offer this year. To commemorate 40 years of performing and visual arts at the FAC, we’re bringing back crowd favorites and introducing you to acclaimed newcomers who are reinventing their genres. We’re also hosting free events throughout the Pioneer Valley and beyond that we hope you’ll enjoy. With dynamic performances and thought-provoking exhibitions, this season is guaranteed to get you thinking, dancing, singing and talking!

to be constructed at the core of campus for performing arts (Center Series) and the University Gallery (now the University Museum of Contemporary Art). The

the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Seiji Ozawa. The Boston Pops, conducted by Arthur Fiedler, performed the next night. Enthusiastic patrons

Since then, we’ve hosted Broadway shows such as Hair, top dance companies Alvin Ailey and Joffrey Ballet, and larger-than-life-personalities such as Marcel Marceau, Patti LuPone and Willie Nelson. Our patrons have seen jazz and Blues royalty like Ray Charles and BB King, and heard acclaimed symphony orchestras from across the US and around the world. Throughout its history the FAC has sought to enrich the experience of audiences by presenting visual and performing arts that represent a diverse world view, such as Children of Uganda, The Nile Project concert and the renowned Buena Vista Social Club, to name a few. Our aim is to bring the world to you, without the hefty price tag.

For 40 years, the FAC has never wavered from its mission of engaging and inspiring the community with exemplary art that enriches lives and broadens perspectives. We bring the best in national and international artists right here to your backyard along with opportunities to engage with the artists and each other on a deeper level. And we hope to keep it that way with your continued support.Thanks to our returning patrons, subscribers and donors for supporting the FAC

you’ll be back again and again to sample more of what the FAC has to offer, this season and the next. Here’s to another 40 years!

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6 MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR

18 SPLIT KNUCKLE THEATRE’S ENDURANCE

24 DOUG VARONE AND DANCERS

34 DIANNE REEVES

38 MUNICH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

48 Fine Arts Center Board and Staff

49 Friends of the Fine Arts Center

52 Evacuation Diagram

54 Patron Services Information

55 Symbols of Support

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Friday, October 16, 8 p.m.

Bowker Auditorium

SPLIT KNUCKLE THEATRE’S

ENDURANCE

Created by Split Knuckle Theatre in collaboration with Nick Ryan

Cast

Larry, James Hurley, Thomas Orde-Lees………………. Jason Bohon *Mark, Frank Worsley, Chippy McNish……………… Andrew Grusetskie *

Walter Spivey, Frank Wild……………………… Michael F. Toomey *Ben, Sir Ernest Shackleton…………………….. Greg Webster *

* Actors appear courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association

Running time is approximately 90 minutes, with no intermission

Funded in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies.

* Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 49,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negoti-ates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of bene�ts, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of

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NOTES ON THE PROGRAM

“Men wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful. Honor and recognition in case of success.”

– Sir. Ernest Shackleton

Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton placed the above advertisement in a London paper in 1914, and more than ten thousand men applied for 27 crew positions on board the HMS Endurance. Shack-leton’s goal of being the �rst man to traverse the South Pole would quickly evolve into one of the greatest survival stories of all time. Trapped in the Antarctic with no hope of rescue, Shackleton and his team would become the stuF of legend. Here in the 21st century United States, we �nd ourselves facing some turbulent times and diIcult challenges. Still reeling years after two major wars and the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, we are beset with an economy that rewards only the richest and a Congress that remains incapable of action. The question foremost on our mind as a company: how will history judge our response to adversity?

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Who is Split Knuckle?

Split Knuckle was formed in London in 2005 by a group of performers trained in the work of the late French theater master Jacques Lecoq. Much of his Pedagogy is physically based and places the focus on collaboration and devised theater creation.

What is devised theater?

We start with an idea and a blank stage. Devised theater means the script originates with collab-orative improvised work by a group of people, in this case: performers, a writer, a musician, a stage manager and designers. During the process of creation, the ensemble decides exactly what text and movement to include. By the time a devised piece is presented to the public it has a �xed form. There is no director in the traditional sense where one person stands outside the action and makes �nal decisions; decisions are made through collaboration, debate and careful attention to the demands of the evolving story and the dramatic space.

Company Mission

Split Knuckle is a critically acclaimed company that creates dynamic, physical, visually striking theatre from simple materials.

Through imagination, text and movement, we create vast landscapes, vivid characters, and epic stories.

We make powerful theatre, engaging the audience and performers in collective acts of imagination. Using the expressive power of the human voice and body, we tell stories confronting the wonders and challenges of life in our world.

Split Knuckle is actively developing innovative theatre and we perform, direct, teach, and lead workshops around the globe.

DESIGN TEAM Music Director/Composer Dialect Coach Ken Clark David Alan Stern

Costume Designer Performance Development Lucy Brown Seth Bloom

Dramaturg Production Stage Manager Dassia Posner Carmen Torres

Lighting Designer Dan Rousseau

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Andrew Grusetskie is a founding member of Split Knuckle Theatre and has created and performed in both Endurance and John Steinbeck’s The Pearl. An Associate Artist with the New York-based ACTIVE EYE Theater Company, Andrew has appeared in its productions of Hard Lovin’ Ever After, Woyzeck and Senjo, and wrote its adaptation of Dojoji, which premiered at the Cleveland Public Theater in 2004. Other New York credits include Billy Budd (Metropolitan Playhouse), Voyage of the Carcass (Stage 13), Corporate Carnival (Women’s Project), and Life is a Dream (Edge Theater Company). Regional work includes Around the World in 80 Days (Westport Country Playhouse), The Mousetrap (Olney Theatre), Arabian Nights (Connecticut Repertory Theatre), School for Scandal and The Odyssey (McCarter Theatre), Proof, Stones in His Pockets and Rough Crossing (Northern Stage).TV: Law & Order. Andrew is a graduate of Yale University and the London International School of Performing Arts.

Michael F. Toomey is a founding member of Split Knuckle Theatre and co- creator and performer of The Pearl. Michael has been a member of the Nationally Acclaimed Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, MA since 1998 playing in such roles as: Macbeth (title role), Julius Caesar (Caesar/Octavius), Coriolanus (Brutus), Twelfth Night (Fabian) Hamlet New England Tour 2000 (Polonius/Horatio), Henry V (Bardolph), Taming of the Shrew (Bianca) Merchant of Venice (Salerio) Triumph of Dark-ness (Grisben), Henry V New England Tour (French King/Nym). Michael has also appeared on PBS’ Brush Up Your Shakespeare an Evening at the Pops (Mercutio) and BBC4 Radio American Heavy (Hank). Michael is a �ght choreographer/teacher for the company and is a Senior Education Artist for Shakespeare & Company’s Education Department. This program reaches over �fty thousand students a year. Michael has recently written/directed an adaptation of Shakespeare’s long poem Venus and Adonis with an all-female cast and is currently working on a clown show called Francis Goes to War (this ain’t the boy scouts anymore) Michael is a graduate from LISPA and holds an MFA in Lecoq based actor-created theatre from Naropa University.

Seth Bloom is a street performer, mask-player, juggler, and mask-maker. His specialty, non-verbal slapstick comedy, has enabled him to perform around the world without a language barrier. He is the rare entertainer who performs in the street, creates critically acclaimed theatre, and develops social circus projects for children and adults in Afghanistan. He is the co-creator of The AcrobuFos, co- founder of Split Knuckle Theatre, and a long-time collaborator with the Mobile Mini Circus for Children, headquartered in Kabul, Afghanistan. Seth brings to his expertise his education at the London International School of Performing Arts (MFA), the Dell’Arte School of Physical Theatre, Wesleyan University, and the Ringling Brothers Clown College. He has worked--performing, direct-ing, and/or teaching in over 16 countries.

Jason Bohon is the Producing Director of Split Knuckle Theatre. He has worked regionally with Theatre de la Jeune Lune, Children’s Theatre Company, Theatre Latte Da, Kansas City Rep, and Shakespeare Theatre of NJ. He studied at the London International School of Performing Arts and recently taught as a Visiting Professor of Theatre at Drake University.

Greg Webster is a founding member and the Artistic Director of Split Knuckle Theatre, and a co-creator of both Endurance and John Steinbeck’s The Pearl. In addition to a long career as an actor and choreographer, he is Professor of Movement Theater at UConn.

Dan Rousseau has been the lighting designer for Split Knuckle Theatre since 2008 and is credited with lighting the productions of The Pearl, Endurance, and The Curious Case of Phineas Gauge. Dan is a lighting designer for stage and TV throughout the NYC area. He is a lighting director with The Lighting Design Group and serves as the LD at CNN NY overseeing various broadcast program-ming. In 2013, Dan earned an Emmy in Lighting Direction for NBC Democracy Plaza, Election Night 2012. He holds a BFA in design/technical theater from the University of Connecticut.

Carmen A. Torres is a New York based stage manager. She has stage managed domestically and internationally with productions including The Wind Up Bird Chronicle (Singapore Arts Festival), Basil Twist’s Rite of Spring (Rite of Spring Festival at 100), and Arias with a Twist (Tandem Otter Productions). She holds a BA from the University of Connecticut.

Contact +1 347 868 7583 Join our mailing list P.O. Box 8913, New Haven, CT 06532 www.splitknuckletheatre.org info@splitknuckletheatre.org Like us on Facebook

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Tuesday, October 20, 7:30 p.m.

Fine Arts Center Concert Hall

DOUG VARONE AND DANCERS

Artistic DirectorDoug Varone

The CompanyHollis Bartlett Jake Bone Xan Burley Casey Loomis Alex Springer Hsiao-Jou TangDoug Varone Aya Wilson Ryan Yamauchi

Lighting Designers Robert Wierzel Ben Stanton

Costume DesignersReid Bartelme Harriet Jung Liz Prince

Technical DirectorDan Feith

Executive Director Administration Manager

Julia Glawe Elizabeth Fort

Doug Varone and Dancers receives funding support from the Alphawood Foundation, American Dance Abroad,

Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund, Fan Fox and Leslie Samuels Foundation, Harkness Foundation for

Dance, Jerome Robbins Foundation, Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, the New York Community Trust, and the Shu-

bert Foundation. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts,

the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural AIairs in partnership with

the City Council. We also gratefully acknowledge the Commissioning Club and our many individual supporters.

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LUX(2006)

Choreography by Doug VaroneMusic by Philip Glass, The Light

Lighting Design by Robert WierzelCostume Design by Liz Prince

HOLLIS BARTLETT JAKE BONE XAN BURLEY CASEY LOOMISALEX SPRINGER HSIAO-JOU TANG AYA WILSON RYAN YAMAUCHI

Lux premiered on October 19, 2006 in San Luis Obispo, CA and was solely commissioned by the Daniel and Dianne Vapnek Family Fund. It was created, in part, while in residence at Summer-

dance, Santa Barbara, CA.

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THE FABULIST(2014)

Choreography by Doug VaroneMusic by David Lang, Death Speaks

Lighting Design by Ben StantonCostume Design by Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung

DOUG VARONE

A fabulist creates or relates fables, true or imagined.

The Fabulist premiered July 22, 2014 at the American Dance Festival. It was commissioned by the American Dance Festival with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New

Dance and created in residence at the 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center and at The College at Brockport. Additional funding support provided by the New York State Council on the Arts and the

AEV Foundation.

Intermission

ReComposed(2015)

Choreography by Doug VaroneMusic by Michael Gordon, DystopiaLighting Design by Robert Wierzel

Costume Design by Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung

HOLLIS BARTLETT JAKE BONE XAN BURLEY CASEY LOOMISALEX SPRINGER HSIAO-JOU TANG AYA WILSON RYAN YAMAUCHI

ReComposed premiered on July 24, 2015 at the Durham Performing Arts Center, Durham, NC. It was co-commissioned by the American Dance Festival and the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. ADF support is provided by the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Dance.

ReComposed was made possible with generous support from the DOVA Commissioning Club:Lida Orzeck & Susan Miller, Joseph & Marie Varone,

Carol & Peter Walker, Ann & Stephen Murphy, Jan & Bill Corriston, Anne Fitzgerald

Special thanks to the Joan Mitchell Foundation and Purchase College for their support and guidance.

Program Note from Doug Varone

I am sure that many of you are familiar with the phrase ‘separated at birth,’ that popular phe-nomenon of comparing photos of famous people who look remarkably as if they could be closely related.

Well, imagine my surprise when I came upon the work of Joan Mitchell (1925-92), the incredible American abstract expressionist painter. Now, I don’t mean to imply that Mitchell and I look alike in any physical sense, it’s just that the thrust of our visual work feels remarkably akin. So much so, that I can actually see my dances in her extraordinary visuals, as if the line, form and color of her drawings had fallen out of my own creative imaginings. In the swiftness of her hand, I can see dances of mine spilling onto a canvas, embracing a familiar and deliberate sense of controlled chaos. Like many of my dances, she compresses extreme opposites and places stillness amidst a swirl of activity, giving each moment its own drama.

“To her, art isn’t about art, but about life and the struggle to make meaning out of everything, even the most Leeting moments. It is an intimate encounter with a sumptuous but harsh lyricism that con-stantly courts but never succumbs to chaos.”

– Patricia Albers, Joan Mitchell: The Lady Painter

Using Mitchell’s work as a jumping oF point, we have created our new dance ReComposed. In essence, we are using movement to recreate and reimagine several of Mitchell’s most prominent pastels, delving deep into a palette of color and lines that hug and collide. Pushing the creative process forward were a dozen or so drawings that kept the studio alive with vibrant possibilities. Her pastels are portraits of her inner weather, or what she called ‘feeling states’. To me, they seem like gravity-less landscapes, hovering on the page with a vulnerable sense of urgency.

As a dance maker, I have always considered myself a visual artist. Using the landscape of a dancer’s vocabulary to paint and sculpt each new work, I set movement against aural sounds and scores, shaping and crafting my own canvases into new energies. I knew that if I remained true to the choreographer deep within, that the worlds of Mitchell and Varone would collide in fascinating ways, pushing my own creative vision into new bold territory.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Each creative process is a tremendously collaborative event with the dancers, embracing all of our imaginations, instincts and artistry. My thanks and love to them for being such great, caring allies in the creation of the many dances that fall from my brain.

– Doug Varone

The 2015/16 season marks the Company’s 29th year. Since its founding in 1986, Doug Varone and Dancers has commanded attention for its expansive vision, versatility, and technical prowess. On the concert stage, in opera, theater and on the screen, Varone’s kinetically thrilling dances make essential connections and mine the complexity of the human spirit. From the smallest gesture to full-throttle bursts of movement, Varone’s work can take your breath away.

On tour, the company has performed in more than 100 cities in 45 states across the U.S. and in Europe, Asia, Canada, and South America. Stages include The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, San Francisco Performances, London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, Toronto’s Harbourfront, Moscow’s Stanislavsky Theater, Buenos Aires’ Teatro San Martin, the Venice Bien-nale, Marble Hall in Tokyo, and the Bates, Jacob’s Pillow and American Dance Festivals. In opera and theater, the company regularly collaborates on the many Varone-directed or choreographed productions that have been produced around the country.

Doug Varone and Dancers are among the most sought after ambassadors and educators in the �eld. The company’s multi-discipline residency programs on tour capture their concepts, imagery and techniques across disciplines and for people of all ages and backgrounds, reaching out to audiences in unique ways that directly relate to their lives and interests. The company was selected to tour as part of 2013’s DanceMotionUSA(SM) program, a joint project between BAM and the US Department of State, touring, performing and teaching in Argentina, Paraguay and Peru for a month. This project culminated in the premiere of a new commissioned work for Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Next Wave Festival, in collaboration with the Argentina-based Brenda Angiel Aerial Dance.

For the past 16 years, the company’s annual summer intensive workshops at leading universi-ties attract students and professionals from around the globe. The CHIN Project, a new mentoring program for emerging choreographers began its pilot year in 2014, overseeing 16 artists over the course of several months in the creation of new works.

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Varone, his dancers and designers have been honored with 11 Bessie Awards. In celebration of their 29th year, the Company will be touring and reconstructing major dances from past repertory, as well as recent new works and company premieres. To learn more about the Company, visit www.dougvaroneanddancers.org.

DOUG VARONE (Artistic Director) Award-winning choreographer and director

Doug Varone works in dance, theater, opera, �lm, and fashion. He is a passionate educator and articulate advocate for dance. By any mea-sure, his work is extraordinary for its emotional range, kinetic breadth and the many arenas in which he works. His New York City-based Doug Varone and Dancers has been commissioned and presented to critical acclaim by leading international venues for close to three decades.

In the concert dance world, Varone has cre-ated a body of works globally. Commissions include the Limón Company, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Rambert Dance Company (London), Martha Graham Dance Company, Dancemakers (Canada), Batsheva Dance Company (Israel), Bern Ballet (Switzerland) and An Creative (Japan), among others. In addition, his dances have been staged on more than 75 college and university programs around the country.

In opera, Doug Varone is in demand as both a director and choreographer. Among his four productions at The Metropolitan Opera are Sa-lome with its Dance of the Seven Veils for Karita Mattila, the world premiere of Tobias Picker’s An American Tragedy, Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps, designed by David Hockney, and Hector Berloiz’s Les Troyens. He has staged multiple premieres and new productions for Minnesota Opera, Opera Colorado, Washington Opera, New York City Opera, and Boston Lyric Opera, among others. His numerous theater credits include choreography for Broadway, OF-Broadway and regional theaters across the country. His choreography for last season’s mu-sical Murder Ballad at Manhattan Theater Club earned him a Lortel Award nomination. Film credits include choreography for the Patrick Swayze �lm, One Last Dance. In 2008, Varone’s The Bottomland, set in the Mammoth Caves of Kentucky, was the subject of the PBS Dance in America: Wolf Trap’s Face of America.

Varone received his BFA from Purchase Col-lege where he was awarded the President’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2007. Numer-ous honors and awards include a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, an OBIE Award (Lin-coln Center’s Orpheus and Euridice), the Jerome Robbins Fellowship at the Boglaisco Institute in Italy, two individual Bessie Awards, three Ameri-can Dance Festival Doris Duke Awards for New Work, and four National Dance Project Awards. He was recently awarded a prestigious Doris Duke Artist Award.

As an educator, Varone teaches workshops and master classes around the world for danc-ers, musicians and actors. He is currently on the faculty at Purchase College, teaching composi-tion and choreography.

HOLLIS BARTLETT is a performer, creator, and advocate for the arts. He was born and raised in northern Illinois, and began dancing at a young age. His family moved to Massachusetts before he began high school and his love of perform-ing followed him to the East Coast. In 2010 Hollis graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Since graduation he has had the pleasure of working with Brian Brooks, Adam Barruch, and the Metropolitan Opera. In addition to danc-ing he is also a member of Dance/NYC’s Junior Committee, working to strengthen and unite a community of emerging professional artists and administrators. Hollis joined Doug Varone and Dancers in 2011.

JAKE BONE, originally from Dallas, Texas, is a Brooklyn based performer, teacher and cho-reographer. He earned a BFA in dance at the University of North Texas where he performed works by Bebe Miller, Kihyoung Choi, Anna Sokolow, and Bulareyaung Pagarlava (ADF). Since moving to New York, Jake has had the pleasure of working with Gibney Dance, the Median Movement, the Metropolitan Opera, and currently dances for Bare Dance Company. Additionally, he is the event coordinator for Awakening Movement, a faith-based dance or-ganization. Jake joined Doug Varone and Danc-ers in 2015.

XAN BURLEY, a graduate of the University of Michigan with degrees in Dance and English, is an active performer, choreographer, teacher, and arts administrator based in Brooklyn. She is grateful to have worked with artists/companies Nancy Bannon, Daniel Charon, Donnell Oakley, Shannon Gillen and Guests as a founding member, Shannon Hummel/Cora Dance, Tami Stronach Dance and the Metropolitan Opera, among others. She co-produces WAXworks and teaches professional classes at Mark Morris Dance Group and Gibney Dance Center. Her choreography with partner Alex Springer has been presented in NYC venues including BAX (2011 Space Grant recipients), Triskelion Arts, Movement Research at Judson Church, the Tank, DanceNOW[NYC], 92Y, and University Settlement (AIR 2013-14). Their work has also been commissioned for a variety of universities

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HOLYOKE CIVIC SYMPHONYHaunted HolyokeOct 25, 3 pm, Holyoke Community College, Free

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MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGEChoral and Orchestra ConcertOct 24, 4 pm, Abbey Chapel, Free

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MUSIC AT AMHERST CHAMBER SERIESSimone Dinnerstein, pianoOct 30, 8 pm, Buckley Recital Hall, $

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Amherst Symphony OrchestraNov 7, 8 pm, Buckley Recital Hall, $

The ASO performs “Vive la France,” a program of

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MUSIC IN DEERFIELDParker QuartetNov 8, 4 pm, Sweeney Concert Hall, $

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PIONEER VALLEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAPhilip Glass 7thOct 24, 7:30 pm, Green!eld High School, $

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UMASS FINE ARTS CENTERMunich Symphony OrchestraNov 5, 7:30 pm, Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, $

With soloist Pepe Romero, and guitar quartet

The Romeros, MSO performs French and Spanish

music including Rodrigo, Bizet and Massenet.www."neartscenter.com

UMASS MUSIC DEPARTMENTTuesdays in BezansonOct 20, 7:30 pm, Bezanson Recital Hall, $

Faculty chamber music series presents ‘An Evening

of Schubert,’ including vocal works.

Faculty Concerts: Nadine & Friends IIOct 24, 7:30 pm, Bezanson Recital Hall, Free

Pianist Nadine Shank with friends fromWest Point

& Coast Guard Bands, performing Schubert, von

Weber, Faure, Ito, Schnyder and Nagao.

UMass Amherst Symphony OrchestraOct 26, 7:30 pm, Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, $

Performing works by Borodin, Takemitsu (with

marimba soloist Ayano Kataoka) and Tchaikovsky.www.umass.edu/music/eventcalendar

VALLEY CLASSICAL CONNECTION

Explore the many wonderful classical music groups and series available throughout the Pioneer Valley

and companies throughout the U.S. Xan joined Doug Varone and Dancers in 2012.

CASEY LOOMIS hails from upstate New York and is a performer, visual artist and Pilates instructor based in Brooklyn. Since graduat-ing from Skidmore College in 2008 she has been grateful to work with a wide variety of choreographers & companies including the Metropolitan Opera, Compagnie Julie Bour, Faye Driscoll, Netta Yerushalmy, Buglisi Dance Theater, Brian Brooks Moving Company, KEIGWIN + Company and ChristinaNoel & the Creature among others. She also satis�es her appetite for levity in dance performing in the weekly Floating Kabarette with Jenny Rocha & Her Painted Ladies. As a visual artist, Casey makes color-driven, abstract paintings and dabbles in costume design, photography and other mediums. Casey began working with Doug Varone and Dancers in 2014.

ALEX SPRINGER, originally from Farmington Hills, MI, is currently a Brooklyn-based perform-er, choreographer, teacher, and video artist. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a BFA in Dance and a minor in Movement Sci-ence. He has been a member of Doug Varone and Dancers since 2008 and has also performed with Alexandra Beller, Donnell Oakley, Elizabeth Dishman, Amy Chavasse, and the Metropolitan Opera Ballet. Alex has staged Varone’s work for various companies and universities and has taught at the Bates Dance Festival, Gibney Dance Center, Mark Morris Dance Center, the 92Y, and the former Dance New Amsterdam. Additionally, Alex creates work with Xan Burley, together the Median Movement, and they have shown their work for the stage and screen throughout NYC and the US. They recently received the Emerging Artist Award from their alma mater. Otherwise, Alex works as a free-lance video artist for A.O. Pro(+ductions) and is the media manager/video archivist for Doug Varone and Dancers.

HSIAO-JOU TANG was born and raised in Taiwan where she studied ballet, modern, traditional Chinese dance and martial arts. She moved to New York in 2004 to attend SUNY Purchase College and graduated in 2008 with a BFA in Dance. Tang has had the great pleasure of working with a number of wonderful people and companies including Kyle Abraham / Abra-ham.in.motion, the Metropolitan Opera, Shen Wei Dance Arts, Kevin Wynn Collection, Daniel Charon Dance, Nora Petroliunas/The Pharmacy Project and the Median Movement . Hsiao-Jou joined Doug Varone and Dancers in 2012.

AYA WILSON is a dance artist currently residing in New York City. Originally of Normal, Illinois, she graduated with a BFA in dance from the University of Iowa. In New York City, Aya has

worked with choreographers including Amy Jacobus, Tara Willis, Kensaku Shinohara, and Sarah Council. Most recently, she has been dancing with the A.O. Movement Collective, Mariah Maloney Dance, Kendra Portier/BAND-portier, Nadia Tykulsker/Spark(edIt) Arts, David Dorfman Dance, with whom she was honored to travel abroad through DanceMotion USA, and is now thrilled to be working with Doug Va-rone and Dancers. She also occasionally creates her own choreographic work and enjoys teach-ing dance, most recently in the Contemporary Forms series at Gibney Dance Center.

RYAN YAMAUCHI was born and raised in Hono-lulu, Hawaii and began his dance training at the Mid-Paci�c Institute School of the Arts. He later moved to New York and received his BFA in Dance from SUNY Purchase. Ryan has had the pleasure of working with a number of compa-nies and choreographers in New York including Loni Landon Dance Projects, ProjectLIMB, David Norsworthy, and Sidra Bell Dance New York (Apprentice). Ryan began working with Doug Varone and Dancers in 2015.

ROBERT WIERZEL (Lighting Designer) has worked with artists from diverse disciplines and backgrounds in theatre, dance, new music and opera on stages and museums throughout the country and abroad. Mr. Wierzel has a long history (30 years) with choreographer Bill T. Jones and his company, the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company (several Bessie Awards, along with productions at the Lyon Opera Ballet and Berlin Opera Ballet). Other dance collabora-tions include choreographers Larry Goldhuber and Heidi Latsky, Worse Case Scenario (Bessie Award), Margo Sappington, Alonzo King, Sean Curran, Molissa Fenely, Susan Marshall, Trisha Brown, How long…, and Doug Varone, Orpheus and Euridice (Obie Award-Special Citation). Other credits- Broadway: Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar & Grill, staring Audra McDonald; FELA! (TONY Award nomination); David Copper�eld’s Dreams and Nightmares. Regional: A.C.T. San Francisco; Arena Stage; Shakespeare Theatre DC; Hartford Stage; Long Wharf Theatre; Goodman Theatre; The Guthrie; Mark Taper Forum; Berkley Rep; Milwaukee Rep; Chicago Shakespeare; Westport Country Playhouse, among many others. Opera companies of Paris (Garnier); Berlin; Tokyo; Toronto; Montreal; Bos-ton; Glimmerglass Festival; NYCO; San Diego; San Francisco; Houston; Washington; Seattle; Virginia; Portland; Vancouver; and Chicago (including Lyric Opera and Chicago Opera The-atre). Mr. Wierzel is currently on the faculty of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

BEN STANTON (Lighting Designer) Lighting for Doug Varone: Mouth Above Water (92nd Street Y), Murder Ballad (Lortel Award Nomination,

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Award), Margo Sappington, Alonzo King, Sean Curran, Molissa Fenely, Susan Marshall, Trisha Brown, How long…, and Doug Varone, Orpheus and Euridice (Obie Award-Special Citation). Other credits- Broadway: Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar & Grill, staring Audra McDonald; FELA! (TONY Award nomination); David Copper�eld’s Dreams and Nightmares. Regional: A.C.T. San Francisco; Arena Stage; Shakespeare Theatre DC; Hartford Stage; Long Wharf Theatre; Goodman Theatre; The Guthrie; Mark Taper Forum; Berkley Rep; Milwaukee Rep; Chicago Shakespeare; Westport Country Playhouse, among many others. Opera companies of Paris (Garnier); Berlin; Tokyo; Toronto; Montreal; Bos-ton; Glimmerglass Festival; NYCO; San Diego; San Francisco; Houston; Washington; Seattle; Virginia; Portland; Vancouver; and Chicago (including Lyric Opera and Chicago Opera The-atre). Mr. Wierzel is currently on the faculty of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

BEN STANTON (Lighting Designer) Lighting for Doug Varone: Mouth Above Water (92nd Street Y), Murder Ballad (Lortel Award Nomination, MTC & Union Square Theater), The Fabulist (ADF). Broadway: Fun Home (Tony nomination), Seminar, An Enemy of the People. Recent New York Theater: Our Lady of Kibeho, Kung Fu, An-geles In America (Signature Theater), Fun Home (Lortel Award Nomination., The Public Theater), Into The Woods (Shakespeare in the Park), Bel-leville (Lortel Award Nomination., NYTW), The Lion, The Whipping Man (Lortel Award, Drama Desk Nomination. MTC). Concert & Tour designs for The National (Touring LD, Trouble Will Find Me), Regina Spektor (Sets & Lights What We Saw from the Cheap Seats), Suwan Stevens (Age of Adz, Planetarium, Christmas Tour), Beirut (American Tour The Rip Tide), and St. Vincent (Strange Mercy). www.benstanton.com.

LIZ PRINCE (Costume Designer) Liz Prince designs costumes for theater, �lm and dance and has had the great pleasure of designing for Doug Varone since 1997. Her work has been exhibited at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, 2011 Prague Quadrennial of Performance Space and Design, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Rockland Center for the Arts and Snug Harbor Cultural Center. She received a 1990 New York Dance and Per-formance Award (BESSIE) for costume design and a 2008 Charles Flint Kellogg Award from Bard College for achievement in her �eld. She teaches costume design at SUNY Purchase Col-lege and Manhattanville College.

REID BARTELME AND HARRIET JUNG (Costume Designers) founded Reid & Harriet Design in the Fall of 2011. They were classmates in the fashion design program at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Prior to meeting at FIT, Reid had spent 10 years working as a dancer and Harriet earned a degree in Molecular and Cell Biology from UC Berkeley. Collaboratively, they have designed costumes for Justin Peck, Marcelo Gomes, Kyle Abraham, Jodi Melnick, Pontus Lidberg, Matthew Neenan Mauro Bigonzetti, and Doug Varone. They have costumed produc-tions at American Ballet Theater, New York City Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, the Malpaso Dance Company, Paci�c Northwest Ballet and the Pennsylvania Ballet. Outside of concert dance work they have dressed pop artist JB Dubbs in one of his music videos and have dressed notable dancers for gala events. Along with Justin Peck, they are featured in the documentary Ballet 422 which premiered at the 2014 TriBeCa Film Festival.

DAN FEITH (Technical Director) has been work-ing as a Production Manager/Lighting Design-er/Stage Manager/Technical Director in dance for the past 20 years. The companies he has worked for range from Pilobolus and Momix to the Tulsa Ballet and Hubbard Street Dance.

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Board of Directors, DOVA, Inc.John Lanasa, ChairRichard J. CaplesJeanne Murphy

Doug VaroneCarol Walker

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Robin CherofKatryn GeaneElena Hecht

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DOUG VARONE AND DANCERSArtistic Director: Doug VaroneExecutive Director: Julia Glawe

Program Director: Ellyn SjoquistDevelopment Associate: Kaitlin Hines

Rehearsal Director: Alex SpringerTechnical Director: Dan Feith

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Death Speaks by David Lang used by arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc. on behalf of New York State Council on the Arts and the AEV Foundation. Red Poppy Music and Canteloupe

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Friday, October 30, 8 p.m.

Fine Arts Center Concert Hall

DIANNE REEVES

Peter Martin (piano, music director)

Romero Lubambo (guitar)

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Terreon Gully (drums)

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ABOUT THE ARTIST

Dianne Reeves is the pre-eminent jazz vocalist in the world. As a result of her breathtaking virtuos-ity, improvisational prowess, and unique jazz and R&B stylings, Reeves received the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance for three consecutive recordings—a Grammy �rst in any vocal category.

Featured in George Clooney’s six-time Academy Award nominated “Good Night, and Good Luck,” Reeves won her fourth of �ve Best Jazz Vocal Grammys for the �lm’s soundtrack.

Reeves has recorded and performed with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. She has also recorded with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim and was a featured soloist with Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic. Reeves was the �rst Creative Chair for Jazz for the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the �rst singer to ever perform at the famed Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Reeves worked with legendary producer Arif Mardin (Norah Jones, Aretha Franklin) on the Grammy winning A Little Moonlight, an intimate collection of standards featuring her touring trio. When Reeves’ holiday collection Christmas Time is Here was released, Ben RatliF of The New York Times raved, “Ms. Reeves, a jazz singer of frequently astonishing skill, takes the assignment seriously; this is one of the best jazz Christmas CD’s I’ve heard.”

In recent years Reeves has toured the world in a variety of contexts including a program entitled “Sing the Truth,” a musical celebration of Nina Simone which also featured Liz Wright and Angelique Kidjo. She performed at the White House on multiple occasions including President Obama’s State Dinner for the President of China as well as the Governors’ Ball.

Reeves’ latest release, Beautiful Life, won the 2015 Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album. Her �rst album in �ve years, Beautiful Life was produced by Terri Lyne Carrington and features Gregory Porter, Robert Glasper, Lalah Hathaway, and Esperanza Spalding. In January 2015 Reeves joined Paul Simon, James Taylor and Bobby McFerrin in a tribute to Michael Brecker at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Learn more at www.diannereeves.com.

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Thursday, November 5, 7:30 p.m.

Fine Arts Center Concert Hall

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MUNICH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA2015 US Tour

Philippe Entremont, Honorary Conductor

Pepe Romero, Guitar Soloist

The Romeros, Guitar Quartet

Georges Bizet Excerpts from Carmen Suites No. 1 and No. 2 19’

Joaquín Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez 21’Pepe Romero, Guitar Soloist

I. Allegro con spiritoII. AdagioIII. Allegro gentile

Intermission

Joaquín Rodrigo Concierto andaluz 24’The Romeros, Guitar Quartet

I. Tiempo de BoleroII. AdagioIII. Allegretto

Jules Massenet Le Cid: Ballet Music 17’I. CastillaneII. AndalouseIII. AragonaiseIV. AubadeV. CatalaneVI. MadrileneVII. Navarraise

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PROGRAM NOTES

Excerpts from Carmen Suites No. 1 and No. 2 (1875) GEORGES BIZET (1838-1875)Born in Paris, France, October 25, 1839Died in Bougival, France, June 3, 1875

Bizet’s most popular opera, Carmen, was premiered at the Opera-Comique in Paris on March 3, 1875. The work was coldly received and Bizet, who died but three months later, was greatly saddened by the unfavorable reception. However, soon after Bizet’s death, the opera came into its own with almost �fty performances in the following months. In fact, Tchaikovsky, who heard the work in 1880, declared that Carmen would be the most popular opera in the world within ten years, and his prophesy appears to have been correct, as Car-men celebrated its 500th performance in Paris in 1891.

Bizet wrote to a friend in 1872, “I have been asked to write three acts for the Opera-Comique. Meilhac and Halqvy will do the piece. It will be bright, but of brightness that allows style.” The opera was based on a novel by Propsper Mer-rimqe, but the �nal text was somewhat revised and expurgated. In the original form, the composer used spoken recitatives, since the work was for the Opera-Comique, but later they were orchestrated to �t the requirements of grand opera.

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Concierto de Aranjuez (1939)

JOAQUÍN RODRIGOBorn in Sagunto, Spain, November 22, 1901Died in Madrid, July 6, 1999

When one considers that Joaquín Rodrigo has been blind since the age of three, it is both astonishing and inspiring to know that he has excelled as a composer, lecturer and pedagogue. In modern times, Rodrigo is regarded as one of the most important composers of his country, carrying on the traditions established earlier by Falla, Albéniz and Turina before him. His music, mostly in}uenced by the music of the Spanish nationalist composers, and partly styled by French music (particularly that of his teacher Paul Dukas) - has, nonetheless, a cosmopolitan quality that broadens the breadth and interest of his art. Rather than delving deeply into the spirit of Spanish music, Rodrigo’s works create a Spanish ambiance, with a picturesque element of folklore and borrowed 18th century mannerisms, all within melodies, harmonies and rhythmic patterns fol-lowing a broad neo-classical style.

With the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, Rodrigo moved to Paris, where in

the winter of 1939 he composed his most successful work ever, the Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra. This piece was responsible for bringing the composer great acclaim and overnight fame, as it immediately became internationally popular - something that no other guitar concerto had ever achieved, its popularity remaining unsurpassed. The unprecedented success of this work prompted Rodrigo to write concertos for other instruments, includ-ing piano (1942), violin (1943), cello (1949), harp (1952), four guitars (1967) and

two guitars (1968), in addition to the Fantasía para un gentilhombre (1954), another concertante work for guitar and orchestra. The Concierto de Aranjuez was premiered on November 9, 1940 in Barcelona and another performance followed the next month in Madrid. Regarding these performances, one critic wrote: “...it is impossible to �nd another Spanish work with such exciting pic-turesque qualities and formal perfection. For the �rst time in the history of our music, the picturesque and the classical are fused, reciprocally mitigating and enlivening each other.”

The Concierto de Aranjuez is a mature work of astonishing balance; for its time it explored new �elds of harmony and rhythm, and opened up a new �eld of possibilities for the guitar as a concertante instrument. Despite the intimate quality of the guitar, with its archaic and folkloric associations, the instrument is never overpowered by the orchestra; instead, it asserts its individuality aided by Rodrigo’s masterfully transparent and colorful scoring which oftentimes achieves the eFect of chamber music.

Rodrigo’s guitar concerto takes its name from the famous royal palace and

surrounding grounds, so favored by the Bourbons in the 18th and 19th centuries, and located �fty kilometers from Madrid on the way to Andalucía. Although the concerto is not programmatic, the composer once said the fol-lowing, regarding his intentions within this piece:

The concerto is written in three movements, each having its own grace, delicacy and meaning. The �rst movement, Allegro con spirito, is enlivened by its forceful rhythms, reminiscent of the fandango and the guajira, alternating between six-eight and three-four time. At the outset, instead of the usual tutti that would normally begin a concerto, the solo guitar oFers an introduction of rasgueado (“strummed”) chords in a quasi-}amenco style, supported by the doublebasses playing a pianissimo pedal-point on D. Built upon a sonata form, the movement charges forward in its insistent rhythmic surge, carried on by the two main themes and the recurring introductory chordal motif, as these are exchanged between soloist and orchestra. The guitar’s timbre is continu-ally contrasted by the use of solo instruments from the orchestra, mainly cello clarinet, oboe and }ute.

The beautiful Adagio that follows has become as well known as the middle movement of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 of Elvira Madigan fame, due to its irrepressed lyricism. The main theme is introduced by a solo English horn accompanied by the guitar. This mournful dialogue is shared by other solo instruments like the oboe and bassoon, as the guitar adds its own poignant embellishments to the theme, at times recalling the saetas (devotional songs

“...in its notes one may fancy seeing the ghost of Goya, held in thrall by melancholia. Its music seems to revive the essence of an 18th century court where the aristocratic blended with the popular element, and one could say that in its themes there lingers on the fragrance of magnolias, the singing of birds and the gushing of fountains, although any more speci�c description is absent. “[It is] a synthesis of the classical and the popular in point of form and sentiment, dreams hidden beneath the foliage of the park surrounding the baroque palace and only wants to be as nimble as a butter}y and as controlled as a bull�ghter’s lunge.”

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related to cante hondo) of Holy Week processions. An extended guitar cadenza draws the movement to its orchestral tutti conclusion.

The concluding Allegro gentile evokes a courtly dance by means of its ronda (Spanish round dance) rhythms. Like in the �rst movement, rhythmic ambiva-lence is achieved, this time, through the combination of two and three beat measures. The single, elegant theme is light and eFervescent, a quality which pervades throughout this lively movement. The theme is treated contrapun-tally in varying orchestration and traversing through diFerent keys before a brief descending �gure ends the concerto as the music dissolves into nothing-ness.

The Concierto de Aranjuez is scored for piccolo, }ute, oboe, English horn, pairs

of clarinets, bassoons and trumpets, and the usual strings, in addition to the solo guitar. Long recognized as a masterpiece within its class, it has received more public performances and recordings than any other guitar concerto of the twentieth century. Its combination of power and simplicity and the enchantment of the guitar - ampli�ed by the orchestra - remain as irresistible today as when the piece was heard for the �rst time more than �fty years ago.

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Concierto andaluz (1967)

JOAQUÍN RODRIGOBorn in Sagunto, Spain, November 22, 1901Died in Madrid, July 6, 1999

Joaquín Rodrigo was born on November 22, 1901, at Sagunto in the Spanish province of Valencia. Despite being blinded at the age of three, he devoted himself wholly to music. In 1926, after early artistic successes in his homeland, he went to Paris where he studied composition with Paul Dukas for �ve years. There he also made the acquaintance of Manuel de Falla, whose friendship greatly in}uenced Rodrigo’s later career. Probably best known for his Conci-erto de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra, Rodrigo has numerous compositions for the guitar that have become staples of the instrument’s repertoire.

The Concierto andaluz, for four guitars and orchestra was commissioned by Celedonio Romero for the Romeros and premiered with the San Antonio Symphony on November 18, 1967 and recorded for Mercury Records a week later. And so began a long and intimate friendship and musical collaboration with the composer and the Romeros. As a Christmas gift in 1968 the Romeros received an extended, virtuosic cadenza to the second movement which was included in the Romeros’ second recording on Philips with Neville Marriner and the Academy of St Martin-in-the-�elds.

The thematic material is folkloristic and Spanish in nature, but completely original. Structurally, it is a masterful use of counterpoint and orchestration bringing the listener the profound multitude of feelings ranging from melan-choly to joy of celebration.

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Le Cid: Ballet Music (1885)

JULES MASSENETBorn in Montaud, France, May 12, 1842Died in Paris, France, August 13, 1912

French composer Jules Massenet is known today mostly for his operas Manon, Werther and Thais, but his twenty-�ve operas were much in vogue in his day, thanks to his skill as a melodist. Massenet studied with Ambrose Thomas at the Paris Conservatoire and won the Prix de Rome in 1863; he spent the three subse-quent years in Rome, where he made the acquaintance of Franz Liszt. Part of his musical legacy is his famous students; he was the teacher of Gustave Charpen-tier, Ernest Chausson, and Georges Enescu, among others.

Massenet’s 1885 opera Le Cid is set in 12th century Spain. The plot revolves around the famous knight known as “El Cid” who stopped the advance of the Moors. The ballet occurs in Act 2, on a lovely spring day when townspeople celebrate with a series of dances from the various regions of Spain.

ABOUT MUNICH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

The logo of the Munich Symphony Orchestra shows a golden angel on the banks of the River Isar whose wing tips point skywards, keeping vigil over the Bavarian state capital. Strongly committed to Munich and its music traditions, the Munich Symphony Orchestra is one of the city’s four symphony orchestras. The Orchestra takes as its motto and as its remit the maxim “The Sound of our City”; with its four subscription concert series in Munich’s grand venues it is well-established as one of the city’s most renowned ensembles, and when on tour, it takes that “Sound of our City” far and wide beyond the city limits.

Classical-Romantic orchestral repertoire is at the heart of the MSO’s mission to uphold musical traditions while oFering new listening experiences. Famous soloists and talented newcomers in the classical �eld are always happy to make guest appearances with the orchestra. Experienced conductors and those just starting out on a career can regularly be seen on the rostrum directing the orchestra. Since the 2014/2015 season Bielefeld-born Kevin John Edusei has been the MSO’s Principal Conductor. He is complemented from time to time by the young German-American Ken-David Masur as Principal Guest Conductor, while the orchestra enjoys an artistic bond with Philippe Entremont, its Honor-ary Conductor.

In addition to the classical repertoire, the Munich Symphony Orchestra also excels in top-}ight productions in the �elds of opera, �lm and show music. The program comprises around 110 concerts per year, oFering audiences a wide rep-ertoire in which the orchestra’s extrovert style of music-making is on show: lov-ers of �lm soundtracks have enjoyed live performances of the music to “The Lord of the Rings” and Disney’s “Fantasia” and opera lovers }ock to the Opera Festival at the Gut Immling estate to enjoy the Munich Symphony Orchestra’s playing.

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MUNICH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ROSTER

FIRST VIOLINMarian Kraew, leaderMaria Azova, leaderDarko PopovtschakAnnette LottermoserGünter BirettYulia MiropolskayaMarkus TschanChiba Sakura

SECOND VIOLINMakoto Arikawa, leaderHelga LenzZuzana VojtovaOrieta DadoJasmin MayerAnja CzakVeronica RichterAlmuth Botzky

VIOLANikita Gerkusov, leaderMartin Honsalek, assistant leaderTamas SchunkChristina KühnerIsidore TillersMiguel Ercolino

VIOLONCELLOChristopher Barritt, assistant leaderJakob HaasKaynar DuyguMinna Rose Chung

DOUBLE BASSSusanne Goderbauer, leaderTalia Schwarzwald, assistant leaderJohann Wagenbauer

FLUTEPiet de BoerDésirée WolF

OBOEKatharina WichateMario Kaminski

CLARINETNicola HartwigMarion Henne

BASSOONHongjia CuiSibylle Recknagel

HORNRichter WolframMartin NeumaierLukas RüdisserBastian Schmid

TRUMPETAljoscha Zierow Martin HoFmann

TROMBONEClaus JäkelAndreas OblasserPhilipp Hasselt

TUBAConstantin Hartwig

TIMPANI/DRUMSFlorian RessAlexander PenthinFeyaerts AdriaanPlamen Todorov

HARPIrene Fenninger

MANAGEMENTAnnette Josef, intendantinBernd Rose, orchestra managerWerner Bienek, stage manager

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PHILIPPE ENTREMONT BIOGRAPHY

The exceptional career of Philippe Entremont began at the age of eighteen when he came to international attention with his great success at New York’s Carnegie Hall playing Jolivet’s piano concerto and Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1. Since then, he has pursued a top international career as a pianist, and for the last 30 years, on the podium as well.

Philippe Entremont, in the 2013-2014 season, guest conducted European and American orchestras as well as performed numerous piano and cham-ber music concerts. He also toured the Vienna Concert-Verein in the United States with soloist, Sebastian Knauer. The 2012-13, 2011-12, and 2010-11 seasons took Philippe Entremont all over the world, with many orchestral tours including the Munich Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Festival Orchestra, the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie, and the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra. More-over, in the 2010-2011 season, Philippe Entremont became Principal Conduc-tor of the Boca Raton Philharmonic and Lifetime Laureate Conductor of the Munich Symphony Orchestra.

His renown as an orchestral conductor and his dedication to developing orchestras’ artistic potential have led to numerous international tours, play-ing before full houses: ten tours in the US and seven in Japan with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, a tour of eleven concerts with the Orquestra de Cadaqués in capitals of countries in Asia, and a tour in Switzerland and Germany con-ducting the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra. As Principal Guest Conductor of the Munich Symphony Orchestra, he has led tours internationally, including the US in 2005 and 2006, conducting from the piano as well as the podium. He returned in both capacities for the Munich Symphony’s highly successful 15-concert US tour in February of 2009.

In 1997, Philippe Entremont founded the biennial Santo Domingo Music Festival, of which he is Artistic Director and Conductor of the Festival Orches-tra. The Festival celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2007 with a special concert series featuring the premieres of two Festival-commissioned symphonies by Dominican composers, and performances by internationally renowned guest artists such as André Watts, Dan Zhu, Arturo Sandoval and Vitalij Kowaljow. He is also Principal Guest Conductor of the Orquestra de Cadaqués. In 2006, in connection with the “Mozart Year,” he conducted the Tokyo-based Super World Orchestra. Philippe Entremont was also among the 10 world-class pianists cho-sen to perform in the “Piano Extravaganza of the Century” at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Mr. Entremont was Music Director of the New Orleans Philharmonic Orchestra between 1981 and 1986, after which he became Music Director of the Denver Symphony. He was also Chief Conductor of the Netherlands Chamber Orches-tra until 2002. After having served as Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Vienna Chamber Orchestra for almost thirty years, he is now Conductor Laureate for Life. He was also Music Director of the Israel Chamber Orchestra and is now their Conductor Laureate.

Philippe Entremont has directed the greatest symphony orchestras of Europe, Asia and America: Philadelphia, San Francisco, Detroit, Minnesota, Seattle, St. Louis, Houston, Dallas, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Montreal, The Academy of Saint

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Martin in the Fields, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orquestra Nacio-nal de España, the Academy of Santa Cecilia of Rome, l’Orchestre National de France, the orchestras of Göteberg, Stockholm, Oslo and Warsaw, the NHK of Tokyo, the KBS Orchestra of Seoul, the Vienna Symphony and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Bergen, to name a few. He has worked with the world’s greatest soloists, both instrumental and vocal.

One of the most recorded artists of all time, Philippe Entremont has ap-peared on many labels, including CBS Sony, Teldec and Harmonia Mundi, and he has garnered all of the leading prizes and awards in the industry. His 2008 releases include Mozart’s Concertone; Concerto for Violin and Piano with the Wiener Kammerorchester; Strauss’ lieder with Sophie Koch (mezzo-soprano); and RachmaninoF’s Symphony No. 2 with the Orquesta del Festival Musical de Santa Domingo.

Great Cross of the Austrian Republic Order of Merit, OIcer of the French Legion of Honor, Commander of the Order of Merit, Commander of the Order of Arts et Lettres, Philippe Entremont has also been awarded the Arts and Sci-ences Cross of Honor of Austria. He is President of the International Certi�cate for Piano Artists, President of the Bel’Arte Foundation of Brussels and is Direc-tor of the famed American Conservatory of Fountainebleau, a post formerly held by the legendary Nadia Boulanger.

PEPE ROMERO BIOGRAPHY

One of the most celebrated and versatile musicians of his generation on any instrument; the Spanish-born guitarist Pepe Romero has enjoyed a varied and illustrious career. Together with his father, the legendary Celedonio Romero, and his brothers Celin and Angel, Pepe established the Romeros Quartet—the “Royal Family of the Guitar”—as the leading guitar ensemble in the world. Known for classical performances of dazzling virtuosity, compelling interpreta-tions, and }awless technique, Pepe is also a passionate advocate of the tradi-tional }amenco of his native Andalusia. He has appeared as featured soloist with the world’s greatest orchestras and ensembles, in collaboration with the most celebrated conductors and composers.

Since his �rst recording, Flamenco Fenómeno!, released when he was only �fteen, Pepe has made more than �fty recordings, including over twenty con-certos with the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, conducted by Sir Neville Marriner and Iona Brown. Among his recent releases are the Concierto festivo written for him by Ernesto Cordero (NAXOS) and a song cycle Mi jardín solitario by Lorenzo Palomo (NAXOS). In November 2011, Deutsche Grammophon released Christmas with Los Romeros featuring the Romeros and Christmas favorites. A new Spanish solo collection entitled Spanish Nights (which in-cludes a premiere recording of Suite Madrileña No.1 by Celedonio Romero) was released in June 2012 by Deutsche Grammophon. In November 2012, Pepe Romero received a Latin Grammy Nomination for “Best Classical Album” for his recording of Concierto festivo by Ernesto Cordero.

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nio Romero. Pepe Romero will tour the world celebrating his own 70th year in 2014; he began with an all-Bach recital in New York City. This celebration continues with birthday recitals in Hong Kong, Zurich, Austin, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Dusseldorf, Munich, Berlin, Tokyo, Hamburg, Istanbul, Adelaide, Sidney and Dallas, among others.

In 2004, Pepe Romero was named Distinguished Artist in Residence at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music; he also teaches master classes at USC, in the Salzburg Summer Academy, the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, and the Córdoba Guitar Festival. Among other honors, Pepe has been knighted into the Order of “Isabel la Católica,” awarded honorary doctorates in music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the University of Victoria and the “Premio Andalucia de Música,” the highest rec-ognition given by his native land for contribution to the arts. Pepe is featured in the award-winning �lm documentary Shadows and Light: Joaquín Rodrigo at 90; the Romeros have been the subject of biographical documentaries on PBS television and the German television channel NDR. In 2007, the Romeros received the President’s Merit Award from the Recording Academy, producers of the Grammy Awards, for their signi�cant contributions to the music world and professional career achievements.

THE ROMEROS BIOGRAPHY

Over half a century after walking onto the world stage as the �rst classical guitar quartet, The Romeros continue to be a veritable institution in the world of classical music, dazzling countless audiences and winning the raves of reviewers worldwide.

Known to millions as “The Royal Family of the Guitar,” the Romeros were founded by the legendary Celedonio Romero with his sons Celin, Pepe and Angel in 1958. The Quartet went through natural transformations, and today consists of the second (Celin & Pepe) and third generations (Lito & Celino). To have so many virtuosi of the same instrument in one family is unique in the world of musical performance, and in the realm of the classical guitar it is abso-lutely without precedent. The New York Times has said: “Collectively, they are the only classical guitar quartet of real stature in the world today; in fact, they virtually invented the format.”

Celebrating their �fty-�fth anniversary, the season will include tours in Asia, Europe, South America and the United States. The Romeros will also be presenting special concerts and festivals in memory of the 100th anniversary of patriarch Celedonio Romero, including a performance in their birth city of Málaga, Spain. As the family says, “the spirit of the quartet is him; all our con-certs now pay homage to him.”

In 1957, the family left Spain and immigrated to the United States, where three years later, “The Romeros” became the �rst guitar quartet while the boys were still in their teens. The Romero tradition of family and love for the guitar provided the fertile ground for the next generation of guitar virtuosos as Celino and Lito joined the quartet.

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Christmas music recording featuring favorites from around the world. “Christ-mas with Los Romeros” was released worldwide in 2012, accompanied by a tour in Europe (2012) and the United States (2013) featuring music from this recording. Other recent recordings include a recital CD by Sony Red Seal label, entitled appropriately: Los Romeros: Celebration and DECCA released a retro-spective collection, Los Romeros: Golden Jubilee Celebration.

The sterling reputation of The Romeros has been con�rmed by repeated recital performances and orchestral appearances with symphony orchestras of Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berlin, Vienna, Madrid, Sevilla, Amsterdam, Munich, Rome, Shanghai, Seoul, among many others. They have made frequent festival appearances throughout the world, including the Hollywood Bowl, Saratoga, Blossom, Wolf Trap, Salzburg, and Schleswig-Holstein.

The Romeros are particularly popular with college audiences, making regular appearances on university music series throughout the country as well as on �ne arts series worldwide. In New York, they have been repetitively invited to Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, the Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park, the 92nd Street Y and Rockefeller University. They have appeared at Vienna’s Gesangsv-erein and Konzerthaus, the Berlin Philharmonie, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Zurich Tonhalle, Madrid Auditorio Nacional de Musica, and the Beijing Concert Hall.

The Romeros have performed on multiple occasions at the White House and many other venerable institutions worldwide. In 1983, they appeared at the Vatican in a special concert for John Paul II, and in 1986, they gave a command performance for his Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales. In 2000, His Royal Maj-esty King Juan Carlos I of Spain knighted Celin, Pepe and Angel into the Order of “Isabel la Católica”.

With a 55-year plus history, The Romeros have built an enviable discography and their achievements have not gone unnoticed. In February of 2007, The Romeros were granted The Recording Academy’s President’s Merit Award from the GRAMMYs© in honor of their artistic achievements. Television fans have seen and heard The Romeros many times on such shows as The Tonight Show and The Today Show, PBS’s Evening at the Boston Pops, the KPBS/PBS biographi-cal documentary Los Romeros: The Royal Family of the Guitar, other PBS specials and the NDR documentary �lm Los Romeros: Die Gitarren-Dynastie.

Perhaps The Romero’s most lasting legacy is the creation of an entirely new repertoire for guitar quartet, both as a chamber ensemble and as a concerto soloist. For 55 years, The Romeros have inspired distinguished composers to either write new works or arrange existing ones, including Joaquín Rodrigo, Federico Moreno Torroba, Morton Gould, Francisco de Madina and Lorenzo Palomo. As Rodrigo has said, “The Romeros have developed the technique of the guitar by making what is diIcult to be easy. They are, without a doubt, the grand masters of the guitar.”

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ADMINISTRATIONdirector, Dr. Willie L. Hill, Jr.associate director, Dennis Conwayassistant to director, Erin Vermette

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Patron Services

Refreshments

Concessions are available before the

performance and during intermission for

most Center Series Concert Hall events.

For patrons in our wheelchair section,

please notify an usher and they will be

happy to bring the refreshments to you.

Restrooms

Restrooms are located on the lower

level of the Fine Arts Center Concert

Hall adjacent to the University Gallery

and in the Concert Hall main lobby.

When available there are additional

restrooms in the Rand Theater area.

Fully accessible restrooms are available

in the Concert Hall and Bowker

Auditorium. Restrooms in the Concert

Hall for the mobility impaired are located

in the lobby and the refuge area outside

section 3 on house right.

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Drinking fountains are located on the

lower level of the Concert Hall near the

restrooms and in the lobby.

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Patrons arriving after the start of the

performance will be seated at an

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For Your Viewing Pleasure

Check out what’s on view in the

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Art. The University Museum is located

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