IMPACT REPORT / 2014-15 SEASON
AT MEANY HALL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ON THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON CAMPUS
2014-15 IN REVIEW DEAR FRIENDS OF THE UW WORLD SERIES,
The 2014-15 Season was remarkable in so many ways. We’re proud of the artistry we brought to our stage—and even more of the ways our programming reflects our core values of inspiration, connection, innovation and mastery. But what do these terms mean? And how do they manifest in the experiences of artists and audiences? Connection means offering multiple entry points into performances and bringing together artists, students, faculty, community members and organizations in experiencecentric ways. Last year, students and faculty from the UW Information School participated in creating a post-performance “fishbowl” conversation following David Roussève/ REALITY’s performance of Stardust. The Nile Project presented a free community concert and talk-back about women in the Nile region at the Seattle Asian Art Museum. And Mexican dance company, Delfos Danza Contemporanea, performed at the Olympic Sculpture Park. There were many such points of connection across the season. Noche Flamenca inaugurated our first creative residency at UW World Series and premiered Antigona—an example of innovation at its best. The production subsequently received two nominations for the 2015 Bessie Awards, the Oscars of dance. Committing to this project was an investment in creative process and leading edge artistic exploration. Mastery is a combination of virtuosity and excellence that connects an art form’s past and advances its future. Mark Morris Dance Group returned to Meany Hall for the first time in over a decade. We hosted two Van Cliburn gold medalists, Olga Kern and Vadym Kholodenko, on the President’s Piano Series. Modern master of jazz saxophone Branford Marsalis stepped outside the genre he is known for in a program of baroque music with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia. Remarkably, Brazilian superstar Gilberto Gil’s appearance on our World Music and Theatre Series was his first ever Seattle performance. We are certain that we will continue to inspire artists and audiences through the many performances we curate on and off our stage as well as connections we advance with faculty, students and members of our larger community. On behalf of the staff and board of the UW World Series, I thank you for all that you have done to support us over the years and invite you join us again for an exciting 2015-2016 Season.
Michelle M. Witt Executive Director, Meany Hall & Artistic Director, UW World Series
UW WORLD SERIES ADVISORY BOARD Kathleen Wright, President Dave Stone, Vice President Kurt Kolb, Strategist Linda Linford Allen Linda Armstrong Robert Babs, Student Board Member Joel Baldwin, ArtsFund Board Intern Cathryn Booth-LaForce Ross Boozikee Luis Fernando Esteban Davis B. Fox Brian Grant Cathy Hughes Yumi Iwasaki Sonja Myklebust, Student Board Member Mina Person Donald Rupchock Donald Swisher David Vaskevitch Gregory Wallace Mark Worthington Ex-Officio Members Elizabeth Cooper, Divisional Dean of Arts, College of Arts & Sciences Robert C. Stacey, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences Ana Mari Cauce, Interim President EMERITUS BOARD Cynthia Bayley / Thomas Bayley / JC Cannon Gail Erickson / Ruth Gerberding / Ernest Henley Randy Kerr / Susan Knox / Matt Krashan, Emeritus Artistic Director Sheila Edwards Lange / Frank Lau / Lois Rathvon Dick Roth / Eric Rothchild / Jeff Seely K. Freya Skarin / Rich Stillman / Lee Talner Thomas Taylor / Ellen Wallach Ellsworth C. "Buster" Alvord, In memoriam Betty Balcom, In memoriam
Above: David Roussève/ REALITY, Stardust © Steve Gunther Cover: Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca, Antigona © Chris Bennion
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Simone Dinnerstein Š Lisa-Marie Mazzucco
SOLEDAD BARRIO & NOCHE FLAMENCA
PILOBOLUS
This year, we instituted a bold new initiative: our first-ever creative
Pilobolus is an audience favorite, and deservedly so. Not only are
residency, with the goal of supporting creative research and the
they of the highest caliber artistically, they also provide a perfect
development of new work. We knew that Noche Flamenca was
entry-point for people who are new to dance. This year, Pilobolus
doing something important—melding classic Greek tragedy with
also provided, free of charge, a remarkable community education
flamenco—and working with theater legend, Lee Breuer, and visual
project called “Pilobous@Play” that brought dance and movement
artist, Mary Frank. We decided to take an artistic leap of faith and
into schools, senior centers and community centers. We feel very
invite them to finish their new work here. We presented the world
fortunate to have been part of this program.
premiere of Antigona in October; it was subsequently nominated for two Bessie Awards in 2015.
DAVID ROUSSÈVE/REALITY
JON KIMURA PARKER Jackie Parker is a well-loved and frequent visitor to our President’s Piano Series. His warm and welcoming personality radiates
We presented several African-American artists and ensembles in the
from the stage, creating a sense of connection with his audience
2014-15 Season, loosely joined around the theme of “who speaks”
and inviting them into his joy of playing. This year’s program
for underrepresented communities. Roussève’s evening-length work
was a winning collection of Fantasies that included Beethoven,
Stardust spoke passionately to that theme. Issues of identity, class,
Schumann and Schubert, as well as works based on well-known
race and intimacy in the age of social media are at the work’s core,
Hollywood films including Psycho and—lions and tigers and bears,
which also lent itself to community outreach and inter-disciplinary
oh my!—The Wizard of Oz, in honor of its 50th anniversary.
work with academic partners such as the UW Information School.
VADYM KHOLODENKO URBAN BUSH WOMEN
Vadym Kholodenko is the most recent gold medalist in the
This was a special year for Urban Bush Women: their 30th
Van Cliburn competition, and he appeared on our stage at the
anniversary. They were in early performances of a fascinating
beginning of what promises to be a long and successful concert
piece, Hep Hep Sweet Sweet, that addressed African-American life
career. We have served as a “launching pad” for several young
in the years following the Great Migration of African-Americans
pianists in the past and it’s something we are particularly proud
from the South to the North during the first half of the 20th
of. In addition, we were able to offer a private screening of
century. Urban Bush Women, with its strong focus on exploring
the documentary Virtuosity, which recorded the Van Cliburn
the cultural influences of the African Diaspora and presenting
competition Vadym eventually won. Vadym was in attendance
works based on women's experiences, offered a different kind of
and audience members had the opportunity to converse with
dance experience.
him afterwards.
MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP
OLGA KERN
Aside from the fact that Mark Morris is one of the leading American
Olga Kern, the 2001 gold medalist in the Van Cliburn competition,
choreographers of his generation, he is also a native Seattleite. A
was the first woman in more than three decades to win this
frequent performer at Meany Hall in the 90’s and early 2000’s, Mark
prestigious honor. She has since gone on to become recognized as
Morris Dance Group returned to our stage again this year. We have
one of her generation’s finest pianists—not surprising considering
entered into a partnership with On the Boards and Seattle Theater
that she is descended from a long line of musicians with direct
Group to ensure MMDG comes back to Seattle every year.
links to Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff.
LYON OPERA BALLET
SIMONE DINNERSTEIN
The Lyon Opera Ballet is one of the leading contemporary ballet
The wonderfully expressive and original Simone Dinnerstein
companies in all of Europe—and we were particularly pleased that
graced our stage with her majestic interpretations of
their repertoire included works by William Forsythe and Benjamin
Debussy, Schubert and Poulenc for solo piano. Her 2007
Millipied. This was one of only three stops the company made in
recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations ranked No. 1 on the
the U.S. this year—the other two being at the Brooklyn Academy of
Billboard Classical Chart, and yet her down to earth approach
Music and the University of Michigan Musical Society.
to performance and to teaching UW piano students was delightfully refreshing and captivating.
ANGELA HEWITT
CHRIS THILE & EDGAR MEYER
Angela Hewitt has appeared many times at the UW World Series,
We invited MacArthur Fellow Chris Thile for the 2013-14 Season
and yet every performance seems entirely new. This season, she
to perform solo Bach on his mandolin. He was so well-received
performed Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven and Liszt with her unique
we invited him back, with fellow MacArthur fellow Edgar Meyer,
blend of passionate energy and deep conviction. Angela is the Artistic
to blend bluegrass with classical, and several styles in between.
Director of the Trasimeno Music Festival in the Umbrian town of
These two virtuoso musicians are part of a larger eclectic and
Magione, and we look forward to bringing UWWS patrons to hear her
curious group that happily mix and match in projects as diverse
play there next summer.
as The Goat Rodeo Sessions (with Yo-Yo Ma), and as part of the Punch Brothers.
MIRÓ QUARTET with Seattle and we brought them back to Meany Hall with a
BRANFORD MARSALIS & THE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF PHILADELPHIA
commissioned string quartet by the late, Pulitzer Prize-winning
Branford Marsalis regularly steps outside of the genre he is best
composer Gunther Schuller. The quartet is deeply committed to
known for, jazz, to explore other musical expressions. We were
music education for young people, and they expertly engaged
delighted to present him, along with the Chamber Orchestra of
with students of all ages in Seattle’s Central District and on the UW
Philadelphia, for a night of Baroque music played on a soprano
campus during their week-long residency.
saxophone—an instrument that hadn’t yet been invented when the
The dynamic Miró Quartet maintains a close connection
repertoire he played was being written.
TAKÁCS QUARTET One of the world’s great string quartets, the Takács Quartet is known for its interpretations of Beethoven, whose great String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major, Op. 130 was performed by artists who mine its full depths while communicating its expansive beauty and buoyant joy. Certainly a favorite with audiences this season.
JERUSALEM QUARTET This remarkable ensemble doesn’t tour often, and we were fortunate to have the opportunity to present them in their Seattle debut. They were definitely the “audience discovery” of the season. Not many of our patrons knew who the Jerusalem Quartet was before they heard them here, but they haven’t stopped talking about them since!
CATALYST QUARTET Catalyst Quartet comprises four of the top laureates of the Sphinx Virtuosi Competition, a nationwide competition to discover the finest U.S.- based Black and Latino classical musicians. Each member of the Quartet is an exemplary teacher, and we asked them to not only perform on our Chamber Music Series, but also to take part in an extensive, two-week residency in five Seattle public schools that would result in Night of Strings—a community concert featuring nearly 100 young musicians from those schools.
EMERSON QUARTET The Emerson Quartet are long-time esteemed friends of the UW World Series and we welcomed them back this year performing a newly-commissioned piece by Lowell Lieberman as part of their repertoire. Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer © Michael Wilson
CUONG VU TRIO Cuong Vu and his trio performed brilliantly as part of our Studio Events—a series that promoted adventurous work in intimate spaces. It would be hard to find a more intimate space than our 220-seat Studio Theatre; and Cuong Vu has a national reputation
to a beating heart as heard through a stethoscope). The intimate Jones Playhouse was the perfect venue in which to experience the unique theatricality of this game-changing musical ensemble.
DELFOS DANZA CONTEMPORANEA
as a jazz trumpeter and is widely recognized by jazz critics as a
The premiere contemporary dance company in all of Mexico,
leader of a generation of deeply innovative musicians. He is also
Delfos combines exquisite artistry with a near-mystical approach
on the UW School of Music faculty along with Trio percussionist
to dancemaking. This was apparent in the evening-length piece
Ted Poor, artist-in-residence at the School of Music. It was
they performed for their Seattle debut, Cuando los Disfraces se
an added honor to be able to showcase our university’s own
Cuelgan (When the Disguises are Hung Up), and we can’t imagine
accomplished faculty.
a better space to have presented this particular work than the Studio Theatre where audiences could see every detail of the
EIGHTH BLACKBIRD eighth blackbird is special for many reasons, but most of all for the ensemble’s sheer breadth of repertoire and its ability to play with
masks, the projections and the remarkable costumes.
TOURÉ-RAICHEL COLLECTIVE
complete conviction, versatility and wit. Its UWWS performances
Two superstars—Malian Vieux Farka Touré and Israeli Idan
included such disparate works as Bryce Dessner’s Murder Ballades
Raichel—joined forces the first time to make The Tel Aviv Session, an
and Richard Reed Parry’s Duo for Heart and Breath (which was played
album that hit No. 1 on the iTunes World Music list and No. 2 on Billboard. When they got together again to tour in support of their second collaboration, The Paris Session, we invited them to Meany Hall. Not only are they virtuoso musicians, their collaboration embodies everything our mission stands for: artistic discovery, cultural exchange and life-long learning.
THE NILE PROJECT We were thrilled to be one of the very first presenters of the Nile Project and one of the early adopters of its unique brand of global activism and diplomacy through music. From students in Seattle’s public schools to museum-goers at the Seattle Asian Art Museum and Henry Art Gallery, and an enthusiastically appreciative audience at Meany Hall, this project combined eleven different African traditions to create the new sound of a shared Nile identity.
GILBERTO GIL A legendary founding member of the Tropicália movement and former Minister of Culture for Brazil, Gilberto Gil has been touring for decades—but his appearance on our stage at Meany Hall was his first ever visit to Seattle! What an honor it was for us to present him—the World Music moment of the year for Brazilian Seattleites, and for the rest of us who have admired his music for many years.
RHIANNON GIDDENS This season’s breakout star, Rhiannon Giddens, came to Meany Hall to give a rollicking concert of music entirely by female songwriters. She was backed up by her long-time bandmates the Carolina Chocolate Drops. In addition to performing music that ranged from the music of African-American Appalachia to songs sung in Scottish Gaelic, she offered her audience excellent lessons in ethnomusicology on everything from the history of the compositions she sang to the origins of the banjo.
INNOVATIVE THINKING Located on the campus of one of the top public research universities in the country, UW World Series is always looking for innovative ways to foster creativity and serve a community that encompasses audiences, artists, students, faculty and the wider public.
CREATIVE R&D When Michelle Witt was programming our 2014-15 Season, she
A week before Noche Flamenca presented their world premiere of
learned that Noche Flamenca, one of the most authentic and
Antigona, the company held a free open rehearsal of the still-
celebrated flamenco dance companies in the world, was doing
in-progress work. About 100 campus and community members
something new and risky—creating a dance/theater retelling
showed up to watch as Noche Flamenca ran through the piece.
of Sophocles’ ancient tragedy Antigone through the lens of
Beforehand, Noche Flamenca’s artistic director Martín Santangelo
flamenco. So we decided to do something new and risky, too—
described how the story of Antigone resonated with the recent
we invited the company for an extended creative residency to
case of a Spanish investigating magistrate who was hounded
complete the work, followed by its world premiere on the main
from his position after demanding the bodies of people who
stage at Meany Hall.
had disappeared during the Franco regime be returned to their
The issues at the heart of Sophocles’ play explore the dangers of tyranny and the conflict between duty to the state versus the dictates of conscience. These have clear parallels in flamenco,
families. The rehearsal ended with a lively Q&A during which the company asked for feedback and suggestions from the audience on how to improve the piece.
an art form that originated among oppressed and marginalized
The world premiere was a huge success, and the company has
peoples, but the company had never before attempted
gone on to tour the show to great acclaim. In fact, Antigona was
anything quite so complex as Antigona. Just as one can’t
nominated for two Bessie Awards—Outstanding Production
translate a poem word for word from one language to another
and Outstanding Performer (Juan Ogalla). We’re proud to
without losing its connotative meaning, translating Antigone into
have played a role.
Antigona would also pose challenges requiring some creative “research and development.” For two weeks in October, Noche Flamenca set up shop in our theater. Together with Meany Hall’s technical staff, led by Director of Operations Rita Calabro and Director of Production Tom Burke, the dancers, musicians and stage crew experimented with various techniques including lighting, sound, and video projection that not only conveyed the literal meaning of the story through supertitles, movement and music but also magnified the ineffable power of the whole to express the universality of human experience to each individual in the audience.
Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca, Antigona © Chris Bennion
THINK DIFFERENT At the UW World Series, we actively seek out academic partners who can help us surface new ideas, reach broader audiences or connect artists with the community in interesting ways. By offering multiple entry points into the work we present, beyond just the performances themselves, we invite audiences to engage deeply and actively in finding where art and life experiences connect. For example, on-campus collaborations with the UW Information School, Classics department, and the Graduate School gave us some great new ideas about how to contextualize the work we present: iSchool professor Ricardo Gomez proposed a “fishbowl” discussion with choreographer David Roussève and audience members following his company’s performance of Stardust. Three chairs stood in the center of a circle; Roussève and Gomez occupied two of the chairs while audience members seated around the perimeter took turns filling the third seat and engaging in a dynamic conversation about the issues Stardust explored, including race, intimacy, sexuality and technology. For Noche Flamenca’s Antigona, we asked Classics and Gender Studies professor Ruby Blondell to provide audiences with some background on how that tragic heroine’s relationship to power, politics and religious duty has been portrayed throughout history. Through the Graduate School’s Danz Lecture, we brought together dance icon and iconoclast Mark Morris with 400 audience members for an exploration of the choreographer’s creative process—information that added depth and context to the actual performances many of those audience members would later see.
PUBLIC AS A PHILOSOPHY The mission of a public university is to serve the whole community, on and off campus. As the presenting arts organization for the University of Washington, we aim to provide opportunities for everyone to discover, explore and find inspiration in the arts through free educational experiences and community-building events.
NIGHT OF STRINGS On March 20, 2015, approximately 85 young musicians from five area elementary, middle and high schools arrived at Meany Hall, instruments in hands and hearts in throats. They were here to perform on our main stage in front of friends, families and assorted onlookers—and for many, it was their first time playing in public. Fortunately, they had the renowned Catalyst Quartet as their backup since this concert was the culminating event of a two-week intensive residency with the Quartet. From Beethoven to Phillip Glass to an original composition by Catalyst violinist Jesse Montgomery (based on improvisations the quartet did with 5th-graders from Seattle Music Partners’ after-school program at Leschi Elementary School), the students played with commitment and joy.
KIDS IN THE HALL At the UW World Series we believe arts education should start young and last a lifetime. For this reason, we try to lower the barriers to young people attending performances in any way we can. One way we do this is through our in-school residencies and our free student matinees. In 2014-15, more than 5,300 students from 82 different schools were visited in their classrooms by the Catalyst Quartet, the Miro Quartet, the Nile Project and Pilobolus, or attended matinee performances by Urban Bush Women, the Nile Project, Noche Flamenca and Pilobolus. For many children, coming to Meany Hall is their first time seeing professional artists performing on a real stage—we hope it’s just the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
THE VELOCITY SESSIONS Velocity Dance Center advances contemporary dance and movementbased art. In 2014-15, we partnered with the Center on several Velocity Sessions—conversations for community dancers with choreographers of national and international renown. Velocity hosted the sessions and found dancers with a local connection to the visiting artists to introduce or lead the discussion.
Another way is to offer two free youth tickets with every adult ticket sold to a classical music or dance performance. This way,
BANDALOOP, David Roussève/REALITY and Delfos Danza
families can attend together. We also partner with Teen Tix to
Contemporanea (with Pat Graney moderating) all participated this
allow young people between the ages of 13 and 19 to purchase
year. All three showed videos of their work and BANDALOOP gave
$5.00 day-of tickets to all our performances. In the 2014-15 Season,
a short demonstration showing how the work changed according
nearly 1,000 young people had the opportunity to attend world-
to the space. In addition, Urban Bush Women offered a master
class performances for low or no cost.
class at Velocity.
Night of Strings © Phil D. Lanum
MUSEUMS OF FINE (PERFORMING) ARTS In January, we took several members of the Nile Project to Seattle Asian Art Museum for a free event called Women of the Nile. For 90 minutes the women sang, played their instruments
BEYOND BOUNDARIES WITH MARK MORRIS
and talked about life in the Nile Basin and their personal journeys
In March, Mark Morris Dance Group returned to the Meany Hall
to become musicians. The 85 people in the audience responded
stage for the first time in a decade. While company founder (and
enthusiastically. The next day we received an email from one
hometown hero) Mark Morris didn’t dance this time, he did take
participant who thanked us for making it possible for her to see these
the stage at Kane Hall in a lively and provocative Danz Lecture,
musicians—she wouldn’t have been able to afford it otherwise.
Dancing Beyond Boundaries, moderated by Northwest Public Radio’s Gigi Yellen. In the course of 60 minutes, Morris gave his
Visitors to the Olympic Sculpture Park on a sunny Saturday
audience a rare glimpse inside his process as he discussed the
in April were treated to visual art in motion as Mexican dance
importance of live music for dance—and how each influences
company Delfos Danza Contemporanea performed excerpts
the other. “I don’t see a dance in my head when I hear a piece
from Cuando los Disfraces se Cuelgan (When the Disguises are Hung
of music,” he said. “If I did, I wouldn’t need a dance company. I
Up), a dreamlike exploration of identity and the unveiling of our
would just sit at home and watch the dancers in my head.” Dance
interior world. The performance was uncannily apt since the exhibit
happens, Morris said, when he studies the music, breaks it down
in the pavilion that month was called How Ghosts Sleep.
and starts making up the dance in a room with dancers.
LEADING-EDGE STUDENT EXPERIENCE We believe the arts have the power to shape the young people who will shape the future. The leaders of tomorrow are on our campus today, so we make every effort to introduce ourselves early—and often—to students who may not yet know who we are or what we do.
BANDALOOP Master Class © Phil D. Lanum
MUSIC AS A SECOND LANGUAGE Not every musician on campus is a music major. In March, while
DANCE AS INFORMATION When David Roussève /REALITY came to Meany Hall to present Stardust on our World Dance Series, the choreographer visited Professor Ricardo Gomez’s Advanced Research class at the UW Information School. After Roussève’s classroom visit, several of the students attended performances and based their final research projects on the subject of dance as information. For them, Stardust’s multidisciplinary approach posed some interesting questions about what, exactly, comprises “information.” As one of the teams so eloquently explained in their oral presentation to the entire class:
Catalyst Quartet was in Seattle for an extended residency in the public schools, they also participated in a sight-reading party at the UW's Parnassus Café. About 16 people, (along with four violas, 10 violins and one cello) showed up to spend two hours playing pieces by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Baccarini and Brahms. As one student said, “It was fun to geek out with professional musicians, and to practice the language we all speak.”
EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED If you happened to be walking through Red Square on the UW campus at 11am on February 26th, you would have seen something rather remarkable: three people dancing on the wall of Meany Hall, 30 feet above the ground. The dancers belonged to
“We were interested in the possibilities of each of the media that are
aerial dance company BANDALOOP, and dancing on walls (and off
used in this multimedia performance, how they combine into a whole
bridges, and on the sides of mountains) is all in a day’s work for
that says something in a way that affects the viewer. We watched the
them. Over the three days they spent in residence at UW World
piece, and watched, and watched.
Series, BANDALOOP performed on Meany Hall’s exterior four
Our process included sticky notes, categorizing, and brainstorming. We workshopped themes and presentation options and naturally
times, attracting the attention of hundreds of students, faculty members—and even a pre-school class that was passing through.
turned to the power of Lego to build our brainstorms. We used our
In fact, surprising our campus community with free
own modes of technology to mediate our interaction: email, texts,
performances is one of our favorite activities. Students in
Google docs, Vimeo. We communicated via screens and digital
Odegaard Undergraduate Library one afternoon in October
spheres—even when we were face-to-face.”
suddenly found themselves cramming for midterms to the
The other two teams explored Stardust in terms of dance language with its own “vocabulary” in order to answer the question, Is Dance Information? Their research included interviewing Roussève as well as one of his dancers; observing all the performances and the dress rehearsal; developing a deck of “Envisioning Cards” that asked participants to imagine an emotional state while performing a movement in order to prompt deeper discussion about interpretations of dance performance; and even sketching the
thrilling melodies provided by one of Noche Flamenca’s virtuoso guitarists. In November, residents of McMahon Hall came upon an evening concert by the Miró Quartet in full swing in one of their common spaces. For an hour in January, East Africa came to the Henry Art Gallery when musicians from the Nile Project performed during an Art Break. And Catalyst Quartet provided music to dine by at the Local Point student dining hall in March.
REALITY dancers’ individual movements. Their conclusion?
LEARNING FROM THE MASTERS
“Different media—including dance—can be used to convey the
Director Lee Breuer is a legend in the theater world—and in
same information, but whichever you choose will emphasize
October, 40 lucky drama school students and faculty had the good
different aspects of what you want to say—and be open to different
fortune to attend a lecture he gave at the UW while he was here
interpretations.”
advising on Noche Flamenca’s newest work, Antigona. Master
This effort to encourage students to examine their own academic interests through the lens of art was so successful we hope to partner with Gomez and the iSchool again—and extend this kind of project to other academic units as well, from the humanities to the hard sciences.
classes are one of the UW World Series’ core commitments to our university community. By bringing our visiting artists into the classroom and studio, we provide UW students with leading practitioners of the highest caliber, from Van Cliburn gold medalist Vadym Kholodenko and Emerson Quartet’s Phil Setzer to Delfos Danza Contemporanea, one of the foremost contemporary dance companies in all of Latin America. All together, we offered 15 master classes on campus during the 2014-15 Season in dance, music and drama.
PROVEN IMPACT The University of Washington believes in proven impact and so do we. Like the University, we have a number of tools for assessing our work—surveys, statistics and ticket sales, to name a few. But sometimes our impact is measured not in numbers served but in lives transformed. Below, in their own words, is a collection of patrons' personal experiences at various performances during the 2014-15 Season.
SIMONE DINNERSTEIN’S MASTER CLASS “So interesting and moving to get a glimpse into the relationship between a pianist and her piece and learn about the kinds of things that are finessed with such sensitivity… that intimacy… And the way Simone Dinnerstein spoke about shaping the phrase and not being slavish to notation but letting the music live and breathe… all tremendously inspiring. And it explains so much about the power of her playing. I took all that into the concert the next day. It was phenomenal."
TOURÉ-RAICHEL COLLECTIVE "I was amazed about the artists' stories and how they met and decided to work together. Not only did they make the most beautiful music together, it was even more meaningful learning about their vastly different backgrounds and religions. It was truly inspiring!"
SOLEDAD BARRIO & NOCHE FLAMENCA "I enjoyed a few moments in the lobby before the performance. We shared a table with another (unknown) patron couple, which resulted in a terrific conversation about the program. Meany hall is a gorgeous space, and fosters a feeling of community set amidst great art. And of course the performance was extraordinary...a very special evening!"
DAVID ROUSSÉVE/ REALITY'S PERFORMANCE OF STARDUST "I have been coming to the World Dance Series for over 10 years and never was I so moved as through last night's experience. It spoke to me and touched me in ways that go beyond words. Thank God for David and Junior and this tale of survival and succumbing, love and violence. It helped me in more ways than I can explain with a personal crisis I am facing right now. Thank you."
URBAN BUSH WOMEN "I am a dance teacher and I brought a group of high school students with me to see the show. It was a fantastic experience for them. I appreciate that the tickets were made affordable with the group pricing, that we got great seats and that we were able to all sit together. The pre-show lecture was wonderful, and a great opportunity for my students to gain more insight/context about what they were about to see. The show was super inspirational and exciting for them, and different from what many of them had seen in the past. We will definitely be back next year!"
CATALYST QUARTET’S EXTENDED RESIDENCY AT LESCHI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL “One student, a cellist, really struggled at the beginning of the November creativity session: during the 'D Drone' exercise, he was so nervous he could barely play just the drone. By the end of the session though, a healthy combo of being near [Catalyst Quartet member] Karlos (who was an epically supportive fellow cellist) and getting positive feedback for his attempts at creativity got him to a completely different place— confident that creativity was more important than perfection! "When Catalyst returned for the Monday, March 16, rehearsal, the advanced students got very nervous about doing the 'D Drone' activity in front of a large group of their peers—but Catalyst's presence clearly reminded our young cellist that creativity and brave improvisation were the 'coolest' things to do, and he wailed on his solo for a solid 15 seconds of staccato, legato, melodic intervals and a bow squeak that he played off to be purposeful.”
THE NILE PROJECT "We sat very close to the front, which felt quite intimate for this particular performance. The music and the politics behind the music, the blend of cultures and what that promises for the future, the preconcert lecture which brought us more fully into the work, the gifted performers, their clearly positive feeling for their collaboration, the way the musicians spoke to what they were trying to create and the influence they are having, all were inspiring and deeply moving. I became teary several times during the performance."
Touré-Rachiel Collective © Nitzan Treystman
2014-15 FINANCIAL SNAPSHOT Operating Income
Ticket Sales: 51%
Ticket Sales
$1,313,000
51%
Contributions
$898,000
35%
University Support
$350,000
13%
$33,000
1%
$2,594,000
100%
Endowment Distribution Total FY14 Income
Endowment Distribution: 1%
University Support, net:
Contributions:
13%
35%
Operating Expenses
Production
Performing Artists:
Expenses:
29%
28%
Performing Artists
$737,000
29%
Production Expenses
$725,000
28%
Marketing & Outreach
$704,000
27%
Fundraising
$264,000
10%
General Administration
$164,000
6%
$2,594,000
100%
Total FY14 Expenses
General Administration: 6%
Fundraising: 10% Marketing & Outreach: 27%
Dollar amounts rounded to the nearest thousand. * University support of $350,000 is reported net of a UW administrative fee of 15.6% of self-sustaining earned income, or approximately $175,000 for FY15.
MEANY INDEX 41
UW World Series performances during the 2014-15 Season
27
Artists and/or ensembles presented in 2014-15
21
Countries represented in the 2014-15 Season
30,887 328 51 5,548 <2 > 30 82
Tickets sold in 2014-15
Percent increase in number of UW student tickets sold between 2012 and 2015
UW Students worked for Meany Hall in the 2014-15 Season
Hours worked by UW Students in the ticket office, on the stage, in the lobby and in our administrative offices
Hours Catalyst Quartet spent on stage during their ticketed performance
Hours Catalyst Quartet spent in residence in Seattle Public Schools
Schools served by UW World Series outreach in 2014-15 Season
132
Free community outreach programs offered in the 2014-15 Season
272
Average number of hours stage crew works per show
680
Hours stage crew spent preparing, rehearsing and performing lighting, audio and video for Noche Flamenca
7.26 2
Cups of King Arthur All Purpose Flour used to construct puppet corpse of Polynieces for Antigona
Bessie Award nominations received by Noche Flamenca for Antigona in 2015
Above: BANDALOOP in Seoul, South Korea Š Courtesy of BANDALOOP
PRODUCER’S CIRCLE
Hellmut and Marcy Golde
($25,000+)
Elizabeth Hebert
Nancy D. Alvord Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Catherine and David Hughes Glenn Kawasaki, Ph.D. Mina B. Person Eric and Margaret Rothchild
Paul and Alice Hill In memory of Gene Hokanson Bernita Jackson Karen Koon Leander Lauffer and Patricia Oquendo Tom McQuaid, in memory of Bill Gerberding Jeff and Kimberly Seely
DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE
Lee and Judy Talner
(between $10,000 and $24,999)
Donna and Joshua Taylor
Linda Armstrong Gail Erickson and Phil Lanum Lynn and Brian Grant Family Cecilia Paul and Harry Reinert
SERIES BENEFACTOR (between $5,000 and $9,999) Anonymous Linda and Tom Allen Warren and Anne Anderson Sven and Melinda Bitners Stephen and Sylvia Burges
THANK YOU TO THE FRIENDS OF
Dr. Martin L. Greene Richard and Nora Hinton Yumi Iwasaki and Anoop Gupta Sally Kincaid Matthew and Christina Krashan Hans and Kristin Mandt Bill and Meg Morgan Judy Pigott Lois H. Rathvon Blue and Jeff Resnick Don and Toni Rupchock Joseph Saitta Dave and Marcie Stone Donald and Gloria Swisher George Wilson and Claire McClenny
EVENT SPONSOR (between $2,500 and $4,999) Anonymous Kenneth and Marleen Alhadeff Cathryn Booth-LaForce and W. Kenneth LaForce Heidi Charleson Vasiliki Dwyer Luis Fernando and Maria Isabel Esteban Davis Fox
Lorraine Toly David Vaskevitch Ellen Wallach and Thomas Darden Kathleen Wright Mark and Amy Worthington
DISTINGUISHED PATRON (between $1,000 and $2,499) Anonymous Joan Affleck-Smith and Nepier Smith Stephen Alley and Amy Scott Jeff and Cameron Altaras Lauralyn Andrews Jillian Barron and Jonas Simonis Cynthia and Christopher Bayley Mel Belding and Kathy Brostoff Cristi Benefield Kalman Brauner and Amy Carlson Virginia Burdette Kevin Burnside and Rachel Schopen William Calvin and Katherine Graubard Eric and Susan Carlson Thomas Clement Leonard Costello and Patricia McKenzie Jeanne Dryfoos D.A. Davidson and Company Britt East and Scott Van Gerpen Josephine Ennis and John Klepack Robert C. and Judy Franklin Dr. Melvin and Nanette Freeman Michael L. Furst Lisa Garbrick Bill and Ruth Gerberding William Gleason Torsten and Daniela Grabs Arthur and Leah Grossman Chris and Amy Gulick Hylton and Lawrence Hard
Michael Heltsley
Margaret Crastnopol and Charles Purcell
Joy Rogers and Bob Parker
Susan Herring and Norman Wolf
Kent and Jackie Craver
Dick Roth and Charlene Curtiss
Hugues Hoppe and Sashi Raghupathy
Richard Cuthbert and Cheryl Redd-Cuthbert
Brinette and Lance Rounds
Mary and Emily Hudspeth
Frederick Davis and Harriet Platts
Arlene Rubin
Susan Knox and Weldon Ihrig
Suzanne Dewitt and Ari Steinberg
Werner and Joan Samson
Ilga Jansons and Michael Dryfoos
Toby Diamond
Robert and Doris Schaefer
H. David Kaplan
William Etnyre
Michael Scupine and Kim Gittere-Abson
Kurt Kolb
Thomas Faber and Laura Townsend Faber
Edward Sheets and Ronda Skubi
Anne-Marie Lowe
Janet Geier and Peter Seitel
Bela and Yolande Siki
Tomilynn and Dean McManus
Sergey Genkin
Julian Simon and Daphne Dejanikus
Christopher and Mary Meek
Theodore and Sandra Greenlee
Peter Tarczy-Hornoch and Candice McCoy
Steve Metzler and Almudena de Llaguno
Carolyn and Gerald Grinstein
Mark Taylor
Susan P. Mitchell
Jayme Gustilo
Thomas and Doris Taylor
Margaret Dora Morrison
Lynn Hagerman and James Hummer
Manijeh Vail
John and Joyce O’Connell
Susan and Richard Hall
Josephus Van Schagen and Marjon Floris
Jerry Parks and Bonny O’Connor
Betz Halloran
Eugene Webb and Marilyn Domoto Webb
John O’Leary
Steven Haney
Stephen and Debra Wescott
Richard and Sally Parks
Wolfram and Linda Hansis
Wright Piano Studio Students
Alice Portz and Brad Smith
G. Lester and Lucille Harms
Summit Law Group, PLLC
Alison and Michael Harris
GREAT PERFORMER
Tina and Chip Ragen
Phyllis Hatfield
(between $250 and $499)
Gregory Wallace and Craig Sheppard
Steve and Sarah Hauschka
Charles Alpers and Ingrid Peterson
Evelyn Simpson
Stephen and Marie Heil
Anonymous
David Skar and Kathleen Lindberg
Missy and Tuck Hoo
Sharon Armstrong
Sigmund and Ann Snelson
Melanie Ito and Charles Wilkinson
Bertha Barriga
Carrie Ann Sparlin
Paul Kassen
Thomas S. Bayley, in honor of Mina Person
Ethel and Bob Story
Deborah Katz
Arlene and Earl Bell
Richard Szeliski and Lyn McCoy
Otis and Beverly Kelly
Robert Bergman
Case van Rij
David Kimelman and Karen Butner
Safiya Bhojawala
Ernest Vogel and Barbara Billings
Kelly Kleemeier and Dave Dickson
James and Edith Bloomfield
Michelle Witt and Hans Hoffmeister
Frank and JoAnna Lau
Robert Blumenthal and Janis Krug
Margaret Levi and Robert Kaplan
Katherine Bourbonais and Donald Ramsey
PATRON
Katie Levinger
Patrick Boyle and Tracy Fuentes
(between $500 and $999)
William Levering III and Susan Hert
Gene Brenowitz and Karen Domino
Anonymous
Michael Linenberger and Sallie Dacey
Paul Brown and Amy Harris
Bruce and Joann Amundson
Dennis Lund and Martha Taylor
Lorraine and Harry Bruce
Gretchen and Basil Anex
Corrinne Martin and Gary Horsfall
Carolyn Maia Burton
Jean-Loup and Diane Baer
Kiki and Wayne Martin
Dianne Calkins
Laura Bertin and Mark Williams
Ramona Memmer and Lester Goldstein
Elizabeth Cantrell
Luther Black and Christina Wright
John and Gail Mensher
Jennifer Cast
Holly Boone and Pat Braus
Mary Mikkelsen
Donald Cavanaugh
Nathaniel R. Brown
Linda and Peter Milgrom
Daniel and Sandra Ciske
Dave and Debbie Buck
Kevin Murphy and Karen Freeman
Jan and Bill Corriston
Leo Butzel and Roberta Reaber
James and Pamela Murray
Leroy and Marybeth Dart
Rita Calabro
Eugene and Martha Nester
Kenneth Dayton
JC and Renee Cannon
Anne Stevens Nolan
Robert Delisle
Wimsey J. N. Cherrington
Amanda Overly
Arlene B. Ehrlich
Timothy Clifford
Gerald Paulukonis
W. J. Thomas and Kristin Ferguson
Consuelo and Gary Corbett
Geoffrey Prentiss
Pamela Fink and Michael Bevan
Susan Fischer
Carol Swayne and Guy Hollingbury
Kai Fujita / Gary Fuller and Randy Everett / Jennifer Gaus and
Albert Fisk and Judith Harris
Dale Sylvain
David Lion / Gene and Evelyn Gershen / Brian Giddens and
Elizabeth Franklin and Jennifer Cast
Gary Takacs and Patricia Tall-Takacs
Steve Rovig / David and Brenda Gilbert / George Gilman /
Jennifer and Scott Forland
David and Barbara Thomas
Ronen Glad / J. David Godwin and Virginia Reeves / Joan and
Melissa Fulton
Diana F. and Richard H. Thompson
Steven Goldblatt / Prof. Ricardo J. Gomez and Mary Forster /
Genevra Gerhart
Gayle and Jack Thompson
Jennifer and Henry Gordon / Judith Gordon and Lance Sobel
Sara Glerum
Mary Toy
/ Catherine Gorman / Gene Graham / Janice Granberg /
Susan and Russell Goedde
Michelle and Stephen Turnovsky
Tsitsi Gora
Pieter and Tjitske Van der Meulen
Maxine Gorton-Stewart
Frits W. van Oppen
Gabe Grant and Allegra Calder
Cornelis Van Rij
Laurie Griffith
Joan Vaughn
Tim Groggel and Annette Strand
Laraine and Richard Volkman
Nancy and Earl Grout
Jamie Walker and Mary Childs
Carol Hahn
Lee and Barbara Yates
John and Geraldine Hay
Igor Zverev and Yana Solovyeva
Ernest and Elaine Henley
Kyra Hokanson Gray / Chris Gross / Thomas and Roberta Gurtowski / David and Alice Gutsche / Walter and Willa Halperin / Larry Harris and Betty Azar / Kathryn Heafield and Guy Sattler / Ellen and Jerry Hendin / Kevin Hendricks / Peter Herford / Judith Herrigel / Lori Hess and Benjamin Miller / Janet Hesslein and Murl Sanders / Nancy Hevly / Peter Hiatt and Ronald Thomas Hunden / Alan and Judy Hodson / Peter Hoffmeister and Meghan Barry / Kate Hokanson / Fredrick Holt and Laura Rasulo-Holt / Roy Linwood Hughes / Ron Hull / Frank Hungate / Margaret Hunt / Patricia Hynes / Molly Inden / Dobrila Istocki / Thomas Jacka / Rosemary
Randy and Gwen Houser
KEY PLAYER
Kurt Imerman
(between $100 and $249)
Anne Johnson
Anonymous / Ann Adam / Laila Adams / James Adcock and
Erdmann / Marc Jones / Daniel Kerlee and Carol Wollenberg
Michael and Nancy Kappelman
Anne Otten / Mary Alberg / Kathryn Alexandra / Claudia
/ Sherrie Kilman / Divya Krishnana / James and Elaine
Aaron Katz and Kate Dougherty
and Thomas Allan / Frank and Nola Allen / Kay and John
Klansnic / Frederick W. Klein / Rachel Klevit and Jerret Sale /
Philip and Marcia Killien
Allen / Dick Ammerman / Connie Anderson / James Augerot
Adam Kline and Genie Middaugh / Nancy and John Kloster /
Richard Kost
and Ileana Marin / Lisa Baldwin and John Cragoe / Ronald
Mark and Joan Klyn / Mary and Allan Kollar / Yvonne Lam and
Connie and Gus Kravas
Barclay / David and Corry Barr / Timothy D. and G. Anthony
Nathan Schimke / Bruce Landon and Atsuko Osawa-Landon /
Gregory Kusnick and Karen Gustafson
Barrick / Dana and Rena Behar / Robin Bentley / Mary
Laurence and Rosalie Lang / Emily Langlie and Steven Miletich
Rhoda and Thomas Lawrence
Ann Berrie / Sue Billings / David Bird / Michael Bolasina /
/ Inge and Leslie Larsen / Lauren and David Lawson / Michel
Douglas MacDonald and Lynda Mapes
Joyce and David Brewster / Herbert Bridge and Edie Hilliard
Lebas and Michael Adler / Tammara and Brian Leighton /
Heinz and Ingeborg Maine
/ Margaret Bustion and William Ferensen / Zbigniew Butor
Arni Hope Litt / Barbara Mack / Vivian MacKay / Daniel
Jeffrey and Barbara Mandula
/ David Butterfield and Janice DeCosmo / Robin Calderon /
Mageau / Sara Magee / John and Katharina Maloof / Connie
Paul Martini
Frances Carr / Robert Catton / Pamela and Robert Center /
Mao / Wendy Marlowe / Tessa Matthey and Peter Durkee
Dr. Michael and Nancy Matesky
Michael Charlesworth and Mary Gayle / Robert and Patricia
/ Lila May / Wayne McCleskey and Robin Thomas / Mary V.
Robin L. McCabe
Charlson / Candace Charlwood / Chih-Ming Chen / Amanda
McGuire / Teresa McIntyre / Robert and Catherine McKee /
and Robert Clark / Robert and Molly Cleland / Fran Clifton
Susan L. McNabb / Renate McVittie / Christine Meinhold /
/ Leonard and Else Cobb / R. Bruce and Mary Louise Colwell
Vera Metz / Reza and Carol Moinpour / Raymond Monnat
/ Karen Conoley and Arthur Verharen / Anne and George
and Christine Disteche / M. Lynn Morgan / David Morris /
Counts / Ginelle and Will Cousins / Karen Craven / Jean
Anne Morrison / Christine Moss / Pamela A. Mullens / Rik
Crill / Gavin Cullen and David Jamieson / Christopher Curry
Muroya / Joseph M. and Kay F. Neal / Charles Nelson /
/ Judy Cushman and Robert Quick / The de Soto Family /
William and Rosemary Newell / Betty Ngan and Tom Mailhot
Janice DeCosmo and David Butterfield / Dr. Barbara DeCoster
/ David J. Norman / Mark Novak and Katrin Pustilnik / Martin
/ Eduardo and Celeste Delostrinos / Laurie Ann and C. Bert
Oiye and Susan Nakagawa / Mary Kay Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill / Tracy and
Dudley / Joan Duffell / Maria and James Durham / Sheila
Todd Ostrem / Judith Ostrow / Carol and Simon Ottenberg
Edwards-Lange and Kip Lange / Ian Einman / Ruth and
/ William and Sherry Owen / Angela Owens / Cathy Palmer
Alvin Eller / Susan L. Elliott and Travis Burgeson / Lynne
/ Elizabeth Park / Stanley Perryman / Karen Peterson / Rick
and Hollie Ellis / Penelope and Stephen Ellis / Luther and
Peterson and Thomas DeVera / Sandra Piscitello / Stephen
Gladys Engelbrecht / Alan and Jane Fantel / Robin and G.
R. Poteet and Anne Shu-Wan Kao / Nicole Quinones / Linda
Douglas Ferguson / Patricia Fischbach / Betty and Randall
Reeder / Dennis Reichenbach / Matt Reichert / Jason
Fisher / Gerald Folland / Brenda Fong / Jacqueline Forbes
Reuer / Andrew Reynolds and Donna Stringer / Carrie
Bob and Robin Stacey
and Douglas Bleckner / Stuart Fountain and Tom Highsmith
Richard / Carla Rickerson / Suzuko and Edward Riewe /
Derek Storm and Cynthia Gossett
/ Jonathan Franklin / Lucille Friedman / William Friedman /
Paula Riggert / Cody Ring-Rissler / Kathleen Roan / Chet
Trisha and Eric Muller John Nemanich and Ellendee Pepper Nancy Ng and Jim Johnston Maryann and Robert Ness Margarete Noe Nenita Odesa Carlyn Orians and Richard Swann Lincoln and Mayumi Potter Wendy Raskind and Christine Disteche Janet and John Rusin Jen Salk and David Ehrich Cathy Sarkowsky Robert Simpson, Jr. Clark Sorensen and Susan Way
and Richard James / Robert C. Jenkins / David B. Johnson / Linda and Christopher Johnson / Robert Johnson and Heather
/ Thea Fefer / Mary Fernandez / Melanie Field / Judith
/ Pacita Roberts / Fern Rogow / Bette Round / Gail Sailer
Gillum Fihn and Stephan D. Fihn / Susan Carol Fisher /
/ Norman and Elisabeth Sandler / Laura Sargent / Joachim
Susan Fitch / Susanne and Bruce Foster / Anne Futterman
Schneider and Jolene Vrchota / Charles Schooler / Jean
/ Helen Gamble / Daniel Gamelin / Nathaniel Gilbert
Schweitzer / Charyl and Earl Sedlik / Tomoko Seki and
/ Harold Gillies / Katya Giritsky / Frances Goldman /
Norman Hollingshead / Mark and Patti Seklemian / Virginia
Andrew Gross and Shira Wilson / David Grossman and
Sharp / Robbie Sherman, M.D. and Charles Meconis / Roger
Cezanne Garcia / Emile Haddad and Terryll Bailey /
Simpson and Jeffrey Cantrell / John Sindorf, M.D. and Mary
Katherine Hanson and Michael Schick / Brooke and Boyce
Ann Bolte, M.D. / Hazel Singer and John Griffiths / Virginia
Heidenreich / Robin Hendricks / Kathy Herigstad / Keri
Sly / Annelies Smith / Mani and Karen Soma / Sarah Stanley
Holmboe / Roy and Maryann Huhs, Jr. / Michael Hunter
and Dale Rogerson / Craig and Sheila Sternberg / Evelyn
/ Elizabeth and Edwin James / Natarajan Janarthanan and
Sterne / Jane and Alexander Stevens / Douglas and Joan
Ponni Rajagopal / Joseph and Kathy Jenkins / Ronald Jones
Stewart / Rich and Julie Stillman / Frederick Strom / Pamela
/ Debbie Juntunen / Julie Kageler / Mitsuhiro Kawase
Stromberg / Betty and Joseph Sullivan / Stephen and Ericka
/ Tom Kazunas / Leah Kleinman / Richard and Donna
Thielke / Robby Thoms / Jerry and Ernalee Thonn / Mary
Koerker / Calvin and Margaret Konzak / Glen Kriekenbeck
Anne Thorbeck / Larry Todd / Donald and Myrna Torrie /
and Quentin King / Kathleen Learned / Jacqueline
Beth Traxler, Ph.D. / Barbara A. Trenary and Steve Lemons
Lefrancois / P. G. and Jennifer Lehman / Peter LeVeque /
/ Dorene and Dennis Tully / Phyllis Van Orden / Arthur and
Emily J. Levy / Ruth Levy / Kathryn Lew and Dennis Apland
Elsa Vetter / Valerie and Eugenia Vinyar / Yvonne and Bruno
/ Max Lieblich / James and June Lindsey / Donald and
Vogele / Michael Wall / Bob and Andrea Watson / Jerry Watt
Charleen Mahardy / William and Judith Matchett / Daniel
and Vreni Arx / Holly Weese / Richard and Ann Weiner /
and Romany McCabe / Chris McEwen and Derek Hudson /
Cecil and Linda West / Bruce H. and Christine White / Crispin
Brian McHenry / Sharon and Randall Metcalf / Dorothy
Wilhelm and Sundee Morris / John and Margaret Williams /
Meyer / Eric Michelman and Patricia Shanley / Marilyn
Judy and Raymond Williams / Karin Williams / Scott Wilson
Milberger / Michael and Sarajane Milder / Steven Millard
and Shirley Cartozian Wilson / David Wine / Barbara and
and Elizabeth Selke / Howard Morrill / Chris Moxon /
Grant Winther / Carolyn Wood / Bonnie Worthington-
Richard and Dora Moxon / Harold and Susan Mozer /
Roberts and Neil Roberts / Melanie Wroe and Allen Sussman
Susan Mulvihill and James Liverman / Aki Namioka and Erik
/ Katherine Wurfel / Osamu Yamamoto / Janice Yamauchi /
Nilsson / Phyllis Nickleson / Naoko and Tomoki Noguchi
Ying Gi Yong / Bob Young / Evgueni and Tatiana Zabokritski
/ Mark Novak / Beatrice Nowogroski / Rourke Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien /
/ Robert Zauper / Lawrence Zeidman and Linda Tatta
Barbara Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Steen and R. Howard Mitchell / Bojana Ostojic / Sharon Overman
/ Emilia Palaveeva / Pamela Perrott
FRIEND
/ Jeanne Peterson / Benjamin Petty / James Phelps /
(between $50 and $99)
Irene M. Piekarski / Sarah Playtis / James and Ruth Raisis
Anonymous / Jane Abullarade / Sally Adams / Lynn Amon / Michael and Elizabeth Anderson / Suzanne and Marvin Anderson / Kam Au / Liz Axford / Dorothy Ayers / Ruth and Mark Balter / Susan Barash / Laura Baumwall / G. Carter Bentley and Lynda Emel / Jane Blackwell / Lenora Blauman / Beverly Bodansky / Jo Borden / Daniel Branstetter and Barbara Kesler / Devin Buck / Kurt and Miriam Bulmer / Susan Buttram and David Frost / Carol and Henry Cannon III / Jeanne Carpenter / Paul and Christine Carr / Eric Carter / Phyllis and Alan Caswell / Bradford Chamberlain and Kathy Cowles / Thomasina Clarke / Jayne Coe / Barbara Cohen / Brian Cole / Carol Cole and Andrew Groom / Piyale Comert / Joseph Consalvi / Rafael and Kathy Dagang / Karin and Robert DeSantis / Ann Dittmar / Susan and David Dolacky / David Doody and Michael Erickson / Laura and William Downing / Sally Eagan / Sara Early / Robert and Ingrid Eisenman / William Elwell / Jean Burch Falls / Colin Faulkner and Judith Feigin
/ Mary E. and Stephen Reardon / William Reed and Nancy Worden / Dorothy Rempe / Meryl Retallack / Cynthia Richardson / Don and Joan Roberts / David and JoAnne Rudo / Margaret Sandelin / Stephen and Linda Saunto / Dorothy and Albert Schott / Stephen and Loretta Schuler / Janet Schweiger / Kevin Scudder and Anna Davis / Herbert and Elaine Selipsky / Giles and Sue Shepherd / Patricia Siggs / Frederick F. Simons / Beverly Simpson / Carol Smith / Katherine and Douglas Smith / H. Anne Solomon / Allyn and Douglas Stevens / Ellen Stoecker and James Doyle / Steven Sun and Lisa Conaghan / Sandra Swenby / Gary Tabor / I. M. Thomas / W. Michael Thompson / Lynn and Laurel Throssell / Anh Tran / Emily Transue / Kris Trimis / Margaret Van Waardenburg / Patricia Wahl and Dean Wingfield / Kymberly Waltmunson and Jeremy Munson / Greta and Joseph Ward / David Wickwire / Maxine Zemko
THANK YOU TO THE FOUNDATIONS AND CORPORATTIONS WHO SUPPORTED THE 2014-15 SEASON.
Robachinski / Neil Roberts and Bonnie Worthington-Roberts
2014-15 PLANNED GIFTS & ENDOWMENTS Total UWWS Endowment Market Value
$991,000
(as of June 30, 2015)
Total New Contributions to Principal
$78,700
Endowment Distribution
$33,000
Chiara Quartet Š Liz Linder
Dollar amounts rounded to the nearest thousand
PLANNED GIFTS Anonymous Linda and Tom Allen
NANCY AND EDDIE COOPER ENDOWED FUND FOR MUSIC IN SCHOOLS Dave and Marcie Stone*
Ellsworth and Nancy Alvord Wimsey J. N. Cherrington
ELAINE AND ERNEST HENLEY ENDOWMENT
Consuelo and Gary Corbett
FOR CLASSICAL MUSIC
Bill and Ruth Gerberding Matthew and Christina Krashan Margaret Dora Morrison Mina B. Person Lois Rathvon Fern Rogow Dave and Marcie Stone Donald and Gloria Swisher Lee and Judy Talner
Ernest and Elaine Henley*
UW WORLD SERIES PROGRAMMING ENDOWMENT Windsor R. Utley* Estate of Ellsworth C. Alvord
CATHERINE AND DAVID HUGHES ASIAN PROGRAMMING ENDOWMENT
Ellen J. Wallach
Catherine and David Hughes*
ARTS AL!VE STUDENT FUND FOR EXPLORING
MATT KRASHAN ENDOWED FUND FOR
THE PERFORMING ARTS
ARTISTIC AND EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE
Susan Knox and Weldon Ihrig*
IN THE PERFORMING ARTS Linda and Tom Allen
LIVE MUSIC FOR WORLD DANCE SERIES ENDOWMENT Cecilia Paul and Harry Reinert*
Nancy D. Alvord JC and Renee Cannon Bill and Ruth Gerberding Matthew and Christina Krashan Christopher Landman and Julia Sommerfeld Tracy and Todd Ostrem Mina B. Person Chip and Tina Ragen Eric and Margaret Rothchild Dave and Marcie Stone Lee and Judy Talner Gregory Wallace and Craig Sheppard (Multiple Founders)
UW WORLD SERIES EDUCATION ENDOWMENT Ernest and Elaine Henley* Matthew and Christina Krashan* J. Pierre and Felice Loebel* Lee and Judy Talner*
* Endowment Founders
OUR MISSION The UW World Series’ mission is to present diverse and dynamic live performances and educational experiences that fuel artistic discovery, lifelong learning and cultural exchange. The UW World Series is integral to the University of Washington’s commitment to the local and global communities in which it exists. The UW World Series enjoys an international reputation as one of the Northwest’s premier centers for performing arts presentations and arts education. As a community resource, the UW World Series provides audiences of all ages access to critically-acclaimed artists of diverse cultural and artistic perspectives from across the globe. Our presence on the University campus opens doors for exciting cross-disciplinary partnerships to explore how the arts and creative practice can combine to forge powerful learning experiences.
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