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about the colburn school An internationally renowned performing arts school located in the cultural corridor of downtown Los Angeles, the Colburn School provides the highest quality music and dance education to students at all levels of development, from beginners to those about to embark on professional careers.

The four academic units of the School are united by a single philosophy: that all who desire to study music or dance should have access to top-level instruction. Each year, more than 2,000 students from around the world come to the Community School of Performing Arts, Conservatory of Music, Music Academy, and Trudl Zipper Dance Institute. Serving all units of the School, the Center for Innovation and Community Impact prepares students for sustainable careers and nurtures the passion and ability to serve their communities.

Under the care and guidance of our exceptional faculty, musicians and dancers discover the joy and discipline of the performing arts. Performances in the community and on campus develop young artists and welcome audiences with over 350 free and low-cost performances annually. At Colburn, creative forces converge to shape the future of the performing arts.

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A Message from the President Dear Friends, It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Colburn School for today’s performance. It is truly a privilege to include you in our audience—your presence provides incomparable support to our accomplished students, faculty, and guest artists who take the stage to share their talent and artistry with you.

Last semester was not only a period of transition for our community, but also a time to reconnect. Dedicated families returned to campus for classes; determined students continued pursuing their craft through in-person instruction.

Our world-class faculty rekindled the passion for learning in their studios and classrooms, and the unwavering support from our donors made it possible for students to once again be immersed in the Colburn experience. I am personally grateful for all the ways our community has adapted and grown in these past few months, and I am confident that our young artists will continue to thrive.

As our 2021–22 season continues this spring, there will be opportunities to see our Trudl Zipper Dance Institute students in action at Tap Fest and Counterpointe, to welcome our alumni back to Colburn through the Next Up series, and of course, to be inspired by our signature programs like the Colburn Orchestra and Colburn Chamber Music Society. We also invite you to join us for our annual Gala on April 3, where we will gather together to celebrate the start of the second decade of the Music Academy and to honor Jean-Yves Thibaudet for his artistic contributions to the School.

Colburn continues to prioritize the health and safety of our community, and we will be sure to keep you abreast of any changes to our event protocols. Thank you for your ongoing patience as we take all necessary precautions, and more importantly, thank you for your dedication to our students and to the School. An incredible performance awaits you—please enjoy.

Sincerely,

Sel Kardan

President and Chief Executive Officer

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Philanthropy at the Colburn School Thank You for Your Support At the Colburn School, we are proud to offer over $9 million of scholarship support annually for more than 850 students from the Community School of Performing Arts, the Conservatory of Music, the Trudl Zipper Dance Institute, and the Music Academy. This is made possible in partnership with our generous donor community, whose philanthropy pays for over 75% of the Colburn experience. The School’s comprehensive performing arts education includes access to 300+ free performances on campus, myriad opportunities to learn from guest artists in master classes, innovative career development curriculum, as well as inspiring and supportive rehearsal and performance spaces.

Gifts from individuals, institutional partners, our trustees, as well as the ongoing support from legacy gifts to the Colburn School endowment allow Colburn to continue to educate and inspire students from all around the world. We extend our heartfelt appreciation to the individuals and organizations whose giving makes a lasting impact on the creative endeavors of our young artists. Thank you.

Individual Donors Thank you to our community of donors who have supported Colburn with gifts of all levels.

The following individuals contributed $250 or more between September 1, 2020 and December 31, 2021 in support of the annual activities of our students and faculty. $100,000+ Anonymous (2) Terri and Jerry Kohl Stephanie and Gregory Guyett Anne Akiko Meyers and Jason Subotky Ann Mulally Mimi Rotter $25,000–$99,999 Anonymous (2) Daniel L. Avchen Henry and Queence Choi David D. Colburn Richard W. Colburn Alice Coulombe Jennifer F. Diener

Anthony DiResta and Terrance Mason Martine and Dan Drackett Linda and Darren Edwards Lucy Farber and Jim Bright Carol and Warner* Henry Brian and Molly Kirk David Kobrin Aliza and Michael Lesser Beverly C. Marksbury Steven and Susan Matt, MATT Construction J.H.B. Kean and Toby E. Mayman Greg and Tracy McWilliams Rosemarie Fall and Andrew Millstein Diane Naegele Mahnaz and David Newman Gaylord "Nick" Nichols Ann and Robert Ronus Barbara and Heinrich Schelbert Mrs. Isaac Stern Harry Suh and Patricia Koh Cecilia and Keith Terasaki Peter W. Wardle Alyce de Roulet Williamson Cari Wolk Dylan Yolles Marilyn Ziering

$10,000–$24,999 Ellen DiResta and Jill DiResta Mari and Edmund Edelman Lyndie and Sam B. Ersan Marianna and David Fisher Gunilla and Rolf Hastrup Kardan Yui Family Priscilla and William Kennedy Robert Lewis Raulee Marcus Judith S. Mishkin Carole and John Moran Linda Pierce Linda and Stephen Rosen Dr. Lawrence Rubenstein and Dr. Susan Auyang Beverly Ryder Elizabeth Loucks Samson Stephen and Janet Sherman Eva and Marc Stern Christine and Sean Yu $5,000–$9,999 Christine Ansbacher and Karen McCarthy Wanda Bryant Louise and David Cheli Anne and Jeffrey Grausam Susan and Bruce Heard Annie and Bill Macomber

Rock River Marisa Silver and Ken Kwapis, in memory of Marjorie Kwapis The Honorable Ernest M. Robles and Linda Curtis Myra and Milton Schubin* Annie and Sébastien Wickert Samantha Winslow and John Williams $2,500–$4,999 Anonymous, in memory of Ran Baron Selma Ankist Family Trust, Andrea Nobil, Trustee Linda* and Robert Attiyeh Evelyn and Stephen Block George and Linda Cassady Helgard and Irwin Field Mazie and Gabriel Hoffman Daniela Roveda and Craig Hunegs Atis A. and Diana Liepins, Sandra Liepins Busby Nissenson Family Michael Nissman Gretchen and Jay Riley Daniel Rothmuller Lynn Russell and L. Michael Russell Frank Skocilich Ellen and James Strauss $1,000–$2,499 Anonymous (5) Nigel Armstrong Joan Boyett Joan and Albert Dorman Gail and James Ellis Lorie Forman Susan Friedman Nancy and Eric Garen I.H. and Anna Grancell Foundation Ginny Kim Heller and Mark Heller Craig Holt Ann Horton and Jean W. Horton Kay and David Ingalls Frances Kent Layla and Gac Kim Sarah Lang Norma and Ronald Leonard

Shu-Yuan and Alexander Linna Nigel Lythgoe Leslie and Patrick Marckx Kelly and Claudio Miranda Margaret O’Donnell Meltem and Mehmet Ozpay Ricki and Marvin Ring Kim and Tony Ruys de Perez Samantha and Marc Sandman Kent and Allison Stevenson Sabrina Strong Camilla Townsend Brigitta Troy and Alden Lawrence Sarah Rosenwald Varet and Jesse Coleman Deborah and Lee Walcott Robin and James Walther Gail Werner Barbara and Ian White-Thomson Jim and Allison Wilt Yamamoto Family Memorial Trust William J. Zachs and Martin Adam $250–$999 Anonymous (7) Anonymous, in honor of Annie Wickert and Nina Zhou Barbara Abell Shannon and Craig Alexander Ramon M. Alvarez Jr. Jane Madelon Anthony Noel and Diane Applebaum Harry Birenbaum Janet and Mark Brown Amy Bryan Catherine Bryan, in memory of Norman Bryan Lynn and Thomas Chu Moonhyung Chung and Sangwon Lee Rachel Civen and Peter Schubin Erica and William Clark Rob and Sandra Corddry Linda Cormier Melinda J. Crowe Andrea Dale Debbie Devine and Jay McAdams Matthew Diamond Ling-Li Dong and Peter Ferrie

Eric Drachman Gale Epstein Joan Landy Erdman, in honor of Ben Cornavaca Jain Fletcher Bryan Galdrikian and Raina Pepke Gregory A Garbacz Matthew Gelfand Kimaree and Yehuda Gilad Nicole and George Gordillo Victor Gotesman and Noel Hayashi Edith Grady The Gross Family Alma Guzman Scott and Loree Hagen Richard Halverstadt Jeff Heglin and Randy Sheriff Marguerite and Hal Hennacy Florencia Jimenez-Marcos and Xavier Gonzalez-Sanfeliu Johnson-Brown Family Helen Kauder Susan and Stephen Kay Brita Kohlfürst-Millard Jason and Autumn Krischer Greg and Katy Laetsch Paul and Kitty Lazarus Kelly and Eric Lee Marsha and Fredrick Levin Jeremy Linane Carolyn and Juan Carlos Luciani Renee and Meyer Luskin Karen and David MacQueen Fred Manaster Weta and Allen Mathies Rochelle McAlpin Nathan Melsted Barbara and Henry Merkle Janet G. Michaels Phillip Moll Donna Morton Gretl and Arnold Mulder Mei-Lee Ney Andrea Nobil David and Tayler Park Edward A. Perez colburnschool.edu

Thomas Peterson Lajos Piko Bruce Piner Henning Andersen and Mary Pottala Corey Robinson Amy Sadanaga Lorraine Saunders Hazel Schmidt Janice F. Schumacher Chuck Scroggins Jeffrey and Tam Smith Mr. Edward J. Spear Mr. Edward Stabler Jackie Stein Jeanette Stevens Natalie Sun Connie and Guillermo Tejada Julie Tinley and Martin Gutierrez Kenneth Uslan, in memory of Justin Friedman Philippe Vaillancourt Tina Sze Wang and Gary Wang Max and Diane Weissberg Sandra E. Wisot Georgeann Wyatt Jimin Yin and Yihui Zhou Jeanie Yoon Nina Zhou Richard Zinar *Deceased

Institutional Partners Thank you to our foundation and corporate partners who have supported Colburn with gifts of all levels. The following institutional partners contributed $250 or more between September 1, 2020 and December 31, 2021 in support of the annual activities of our students and faculty.. $100,000+ Anonymous The Ahmanson Foundation Cartier Colburn Foundation The Tippet Rise Fund of the Sidney E. Frank Foundation Max H. Gluck Foundation The Rose Hills Foundation L.L. Foundation for Youth Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation $25,000–$99,999 Anonymous (2) California Arts Council East West Bank Edison International The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation The Music Man Foundation The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Joseph H. Reich, Pumpkin Foundation $10,000–$24,999 Adams-Mastrovich Family Foundation Capital Group Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP

$5,000–$9,999 Walt Disney Company Foundation EALgreen Hennings-Fischer Foundation Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts John and Beverly Stauffer Foundation Sidney Stern Memorial Trust Vectis DC Visionary Women $2,500–$4,999 Employees Community Fund of Boeing California Middle Road Foundation $1,000–$2,499 Decker Lighting Supply LLC Diversified Thermal Services, Inc. South Coast Plaza United States Holocaust Memorial Museum $250–$999 B&B Plumbing Emergency Power Controls, Inc. Stanhope Company

Endowment Circle The Colburn School is honored to recognize donors who support the Colburn School's endowment, including the Access Fund, named chairs, scholarships, and programmatic endowments. $1,000,000+ Anonymous Walter Arlen and Howard Myers Judith and Thomas Beckmen Colburn Foundation David Kobrin Susan and Peter Lynn Bruce Sutherland* $500,000–$999,999 Anonymous Richard W. Colburn The Negaunee Foundation $250,000–$499,999 Anonymous Patricia Duque Byrne Charitable Foundation David D. Colburn Hilary Garland William and Kathryne Garland Max H. Gluck Foundation Beverly C. Marksbury $100,000–$249,999 Anonymous Ahmanson Foundation Shirley Ashkenas Linda* and Robert Attiyeh Austrian-American Council West Kardan Yui Family Aliza and Michael Lesser J.H.B. Kean and Toby E. Mayman Mei-Lee Ney Elizabeth Redleaf Elizabeth Loucks Samson Mitzi Sutherland* JoAnn Turovsky Deborah and Lee Walcott

$25,000–$99,999 Anonymous David and Margaret Barry Murray and Susan Brown Christopher Essay Anne and Jeffrey Grausam Carol and Warner* Henry Jee Sung Kang and Hun Ku Kang The Karpman Foundation Brian and Molly Kirk Shih Lan Liu and Jeff Lavner Dr. Paul and Mrs. Candice Lee Norma and Ronald Leonard Steven F. and Susan Matt, MATT Construction Genie and Robert McAllister Rosemarie Fall and Andrew Millstein Diane Naegele Pia and Jeremy Radisich The Honorable Ernest M. Robles and Linda Curtis Ann and Robert Ronus Linda and Stephen Rosen Mimi Rotter Susan Keran Solomon Harry Suh and Patricia Koh Barbara Machen-Tehranchi Cecilia and Keith Terasaki Peter W. Wardle *Deceased The following named endowments provide support in perpetuity for our students.

Ahmanson Foundation Scholarship Fund Amron-Sutherland Fund for Young Pianists Shirley & Irving L. Ashkenas Scholarship Fund Austrian-American Council West Award Barry Scholarship Fund Nancy Baxter Endowment Fund Judith M. Benjamin Fund Iona Benson Trust Susan & Murray Brown Endowment Fund in honor and memory of Cellist Pal Hermann Pat Byrne Piano Scholarship Endowment Fund

Catherine Colburn Høgel Scholarship Fund David Colburn Scholarship Fund Keith & Betsy Colburn Scholarship/Galashiels Fund Richard D. Colburn Scholarship Fund Jennifer & Royce Diener Cello Scholarship Fund Dorothy Duque Grant Russell Financial Aid Endowment Fund for Piano Ed & Mari Edelman Chamber Music Fund Max and Muriel Gluck Scholarship Fund Grancell Scholarship Fund Susan & Bruce Heard Financial Aid Endowment Fund for Cello Molinda & Dr. Harold Karpman Fund Wendy Kelman Scholarship Beverly, Donald, and David Kobrin Scholarship Fund Gene Krieger Financial Aid Fund Lesser Scholarship Fund Rosalyne A. Lesser Musical Endowment Fund Wesley Bing Leung Citizenship Award Beverly Corcoran Marksbury Financial Aid Fund Christine Martin Endowment Fund Kean/Mayman Endowed Scholarship Fund Millstein-Fall Colburn Youth Orchestra Fund Negaunee Foundation Endowment Fund Felix Racelis Piano Scholarship Fund Elizabeth Redleaf Scholarship Fund Dorothy and Horace Sampson Cello Financial Aid Endowment Fund Hugo Samuels Scholarship Fund Harry Suh and Patricia Koh Scholarship Fund Keith & Cecilia Terasaki Family Foundation Financial Aid Endowment Fund Weintraub Family Endowment colburnschool.edu

Encore Circle Donors who include the Colburn School in their estate plans are welcomed into the Encore Circle, and we gratefully celebrate the following donors for their profound support.

Walter Arlen and Howard Myers Linda* and Robert Attiyeh Judith and Thomas Beckmen Judith M. Benjamin* Iona Benson* Alan M. Binnie Rebecca Bowne Erica and William Clark Lisa Kirk Colburn Richard D. Colburn* Alice and Joe* Coulombe Jennifer F. Diener Christopher Essay* Richard Fiock Roger Gendron Anne and Jeffrey Grausam Stephanie and Gregory Guyett Susan and Bruce Heard Frances R. Kimbrough David Kobrin Jo Ann and Josef K.* Lesser Joel B. Levey* Raulee Marcus Beverly C. Marksbury France H. Meindl

Mike and Lorraine Mohill Mei-Lee Ney Gaylord "Nick" Nichols Mimi Rotter Allison Sampson Elizabeth Loucks Samson Mary Lea Schander Jean F. Schwieger Harry Suh and Patricia Koh Bruce Sutherland* Mitzi Sutherland* Ralph Tornberg* and Sheila Frost Dr. Herbert Zipper* *Deceased

Gifts in Kind The Colburn School appreciates the continued collaboration of the following partners.

Anonymous Cartier Ann Child Keith and Betsy Colburn Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences, Herbert J. Zipper Collection Eastman Music Company Peter Eliot Cecile Falk Balser Joel Forman Laraine Gerber Henry Gronnier and Ty Sylvester Judith Hopf Anne and Nicholas Hormann Kaye Kittrell Maggie Lee and Thomas La Porte Ana Manaog Liz McKinnon Anne Akiko Meyers and Jason Subotky Rachel Moore and Rob Ryan The Orel Foundation Jim and Carol Rohan James D. Rohrig Kathy Sawada Louise and Charles Silverberg The Estate of Nancy L. Thompson Nina Zhou

If your name has been omitted or is listed incorrectly, please accept our apologies and notify the Advancement department at advancement@colburnschool.edu so that we may correct our records.

Dear Audience, On behalf of the new dance Dean Silas Farley and Associate Dean Darleen Callaghan, and Tap and Musical Theater Chair Denise Scheerer, we are delighted to welcome you back to the Colburn School for Tap Fest 2022! We are thrilled to bring this incredible cast of dancers and musicians to Zipper Hall to celebrate swing music and its deep connection to tap dance. We are also very proud to present our young Tap Ensemble II dancers.

Standards that Swing, curated by Colburn tap dance teacher Johnnie Hobbs, will highlight the creative connection and historical significance between jazz music and tap dance.

The Unabridged Random House Dictionary defines a standard as a musical piece of sufficiently enduring popularity held in continuing esteem that is made part of a permanent repertoire. Autumn Leaves by Joseph Kosma, Fly Me to the Moon by Bart Howard, Willow Weep for Me by Ann Ronnell, or Struttin' with Some Barbecue by Lillian "Lil" Hardin are amongst the standard lineup. When these tunes and others like them are played in a jazz club or your music streaming account, you have an instant memory of the melody, even if the title escapes you. Tap dance, like music (because it is music), has its share of standards: #53 by Leon Collins, Harold Cromer’s Opus 1, and Eddie Brown’s BS Chorus.

These feats of musical and physical ability continue to be passed down to challenge and inspire multiple generations from all over the world.

Creating a standard, whether in tap, jazz, or any other profession, does not happen by osmosis.

It happens by having a desire to express a feeling or mood—then having the discipline to accumulate enough hours of practice to see your vision come to fruition. Our skilled and gifted guests: Sam Weber, Joseph Wiggan, and Josette Wiggan are no strangers to discipline and practice. Throughout the evening, you will be given a glimpse into how each performer honed their skills to maximize the amount of freedom they will reach while dancing.

Again, we are so happy to see you. Welcome to Standards that Swing.

Johnnie Hobbs III Host and Show Curator

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Tap Fest

Trudl Zipper Dance Institute

Improvisation It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)

Silas Farley, Dean Darleen Callaghan, Associate Dean March 5, 2022 Zipper Hall, 7 pm

staging by johnnie hobbs choreography by denise scheerer music by duke ellington (1931)

Colburn Tap Ensemble II Nicole Cheng Ashley Dietrich Ryan Edge Sivan Gilbert Charlotte Kierszenbaum Noah Massabki Bluesette Miller Fiona Tieche Juan Carlos Tobar Jerry Kalaf Trio Doug Walter, piano Domenic Genova, bass Jerry Kalaf, drums

Camp Town Races Josette Wiggan Jerry Kalaf Trio

Coles and Atkins Soft Shoe (film)

choreography by josette wiggan music by steven foster (1850)

Taking a Chance on Love

choreography by honi coles and cholly atkins music by vernon duke (1940) staging by johnnie hobbs

Tap Ensemble II Jerry Kalaf Trio

Yesterdays

choreography by joseph wiggan music by jerome kern (1933)

Joseph Wiggan Jerry Kalaf Trio

Trio Music

music by jerry kalaf

Jerry Kalaf Trio

I’ll Remember April

choreography by joseph and josette wiggan music by gene de paul (1941)

Josette Wiggan Joseph Wiggan Jerry Kalaf Trio

Laura

choreography by buster brown music by david raksin (1945)

Johnnie Hobbs Sam Weber Jerry Kalaf Trio

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All the Things You Are

choreography by sam weber music by jerome kern (1939)

Sam Weber Jerry Kalaf Trio

Eddie’s Bounce, The Shim Sham

choreography by leonard reed music by jerry kalaf (1995)

Full Ensemble

Production Crew Music Direction, Jerry Kalaf Lighting Engineer, Greg Forbes Sound Engineers, Francesco Perlangeli and Derick Williams Stage Manager, Cara Scrementi

Featured Artists Sam Weber Sam Weber is an award-winning artist who has gained a global reputation in the world of tap dance and is in demand internationally as a performer, master teacher and choreographer. A protege of tap master Stan Kahn in San Francisco, he was a principal dancer and choreographer with the Jazz Tap Ensemble from 1986 to 2009 and received acclaim throughout the U.S. and abroad while touring with the company. He was the first tap dancer to receive New York’s “Bessie” award for outstanding artistic achievement.

He continues to appear at international tap festivals since the first Colorado Tap Festival in 1986. Sam has taught and performed with such legendary tap masters as Charles “Honi” Coles, Jimmy Slyde, Steve Condos, Buster Brown, Gregory Hines, and the Nicholas Brothers. He has taught at UCLA, Cal State University Fullerton, Cal State University Los Angeles, and San Francisco State University. He currently teaches at ODC Dance Commons, Stagebridge, and City Dance in San Francisco. Mr. Webber is the recipient of numerous tap dance awards, including the Legacy Award from the Third Coast Rhythm Project, the Giant Steps Award from the San Francisco Tap Festival, the Juba Award from the Chicago Human Rhythm Project, the Hoofers Award from the American Tap Dance Foundation, and most recently the legacy award from the Orange County Tap Festival.

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Josette Wiggan-Freund Josette Wiggan-Freund began her dance adventure with Paul and Arlene Kennedy in Los Angeles at the age of twelve. Her love for performing was fostered by the Kennedys and then refined as an adult while dancing with Jazz Tap Ensemble until 2007. A graduate of UCLA, Josette Wiggan-Freund’s career highlights include the 2001 Spotlight Award winner in non-classical dance category, the 1st National Broadway Tour of 42nd Street, movies Idlewild and Princess and the Frog, and studying with Germaine Acogny at L’ecole des Sables in Toubab Dialaw, Senegal. Alongside her brother, she was a part of two original casts of Cirque du Soleil’s Banana Shpeel and Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour from 2009–2013. The duo also performed in Tireless, a curated show by Michelle Dorrance that had its debut at Jacob’s Pillow in 2017.

She is also a part of Dorrance’s all-woman quartet that created two works entitled Until the Real Comes Along and All Good Things Must Come and End. In addition, she was a co-creator with Michelle Dorrance and Hannah Heller of a Christmas work entitled The Nutcracker Suite in 2019, and in 2020, she created and directed a work for film featuring the vernacular jazz and tap dance entitled, Harlem Stomp. Most recently, in collaboration with jazz trumpeter extraordinaire, Keyon Harrold, she created her latest work entitled Praise: The Inevitable Fruit of Gratitude. It had its debut at Jacob’s Pillow and the Queens Theatre in the Park in 2021. Josette Wiggan-Freund is a sought after educator, choreographer, performer, and director, who has dedicated her life to the perpetuation of African American Vernacular Jazz Dance.

Joseph Wiggan Joseph Wiggan was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.

He began tap dance with Paul and Arlene Kennedy at the age of 9. Joseph is a 2003 Music Center Spotlight Award recipient, 2004 Presidential Scholar in the Arts, and 2005 Princess Grace Award/ Chris Hellman Dance Honor recipient. Mr. Wiggan has performed in the American tour of Riverdance; Imagine Tap!; À la Recherche de Joséphine; and made his Broadway debut in Shuffle Along. Other credits include Cirque du Soleil's Banana Shpeel and Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour; N.Y.C.C. Encores: The New Yorkers; and This Joint Is Jumpin at The Other Palace.

As a teacher Mr. Wiggan has shared his artistry with people in Sweden, Japan, France, Guatemala, and Australia, among others. He has been a cultural exchange performer in Cuba, Peru, and Russia. Mr. Wiggan has been a guest performer in live concert with Chester Whitmore, Orlando Poleo, Allen Hoist, the late Roy Hargrove, Johnny O’Neal, Gunhild Carling, Mike Phillips, Lafayette Harris Jr., Alice Gi-Young Hwang, Wynton Marsalis, Spike Wilner, the late Geri Allen, The Garth Newel Piano Quartet, Marcus Strickland, Marvin “Smitty” Smith, and Jacques Lesure. The experiences on the bandstand with these particular musicians inspired Joseph to lead his own band with a focus on the lineage of Black Music in America and abroad.

Mr. Wiggan works as a member of The Double J’s, a tap duo act Wiggan-Freund that includes his sister. The Double J’s have performed in Frankie 100 at The Apollo; Tap Ellington at The Appel Room; TrailBlazer Calgary Stampede Grandstand Show; Tireless: A Tap Dance Experience at Jacob’s Pillow; Dorrance Dance The Blues Project at Vail Dance Festival, and The Nutcracker Suite at the Joyce Theater. Mr. Wiggan was accepted to the New School for Jazz and Contemporary music as a tap dancer and hopes that other tap dancers will apply to university jazz programs worldwide.

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Jerry Kalaf Jerry Kalaf, Musical Director and drummer, has been active in the Jazz community for many years. His credits include performances and tours with Eddie Harris, Gary Burton, Gary Foster, Frank Strazzeri, Bill Mays, Bill Perkins, Jimmy Cleveland, The Pointer Sisters, Gregory Hines, and Major Holley.

Mr. Kalaf has toured Europe, Asia, Russia, South America, Africa, and the United States as musical director of the Jazz Tap Ensemble with performances at the Playboy Jazz festival in Los Angeles, Salzburg Jazz festival in Salzburg Austria, and in New York at Carnegie Hall and the Apollo Theater.

Active in the recording studios of Los Angeles, Mr. Kalaf has participated as both a performer and composer in scoring sessions for hundreds of film and television shows.

A recipient of a Meet The Composer/California grant funded by the National Endowment For The Arts and the California Arts Council, Mr. Kalaf 's recording Just Like Old Times is a collaboration with arranger Doug Walter and features eight of Mr. Kalaf 's compositions for string orchestra and piano trio. The arrangements challenge and inspire the soloists and show the two sides of jazz composition: the interpretation of the written note and the improvising musician's response to it.

Mr. Kalaf 's most recent recording, Welcome to Earth, features eight new compositions for Trio and Sextet.

Mr. Kalaf is also a member of the improvisational group wav.migration whose newest recording is titled Soundscape. Recorded and mixed at Studio J in Los Angeles, Soundscape is a collection of improvised music recorded. Evocative and interactive, wav.migration endeavors to create something out of nothing, drawing influence and inspiration from the diverse worlds of painting, poetry, and film.

Doug Walter Doug Walter, piano, has performed and/or recorded with such jazz artists as Chuck Mangione, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Arturo Sandoval, Phil Woods, and Chuck Israels, and the big bands of Toshiko Akiyoshi/Lew Tabackin, Bill Watrous, Gordon Goodwin, and Roger Neumann. His keyboard, woodwind (sax, clarinet, flute) and arranging and conducting skills have led to work with Stevie Wonder, Sting, Billy Joel, Michael Feinstein, Carol Burnett, Barry Manilow, John Legend, Jason Mraz, Daft Punk, Mary J. Blige, and many others. His compositions, arrangements, and orchestrations have been heard on TV, movies, records, and in musical theater, both on Broadway and off.

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Domenic Genova Domenic Genova started working as a professional bassist in the mid-60s playing pop, rock, R&B, and later jazz. He toured in the 70s with a variety of pop acts: Bobby Sherman, Oliver, Lori Lieberman, Tony Orlando, and Dawn, the 5th Dimension, Olivia Newton-John, Seals and Crofts, and Shaun Cassidy, then later with Melissa Manchester. In the late 70s, Domenic began working in the TV industry with composer Earle Hagen for the show 8 is Enough. Other TV shows included Happy Days, Lavern and Shirley, Dukes of Hazzard, Cheers, Cagney and Lacey, Alien Nation, Punky Brewster, Taxi, Star Trek: Generations, Deep Space 9, Voyager, and Enterprise, Roseanne, Malcolm in the Middle, Jag, King of the Hill, MacGyver, Home Improvement, Eight Simple Rules, 7th Heaven, Boston Legal, Family Guy, American Dad, The Cleveland Show, and Secret Life of the American Teenager.

From the late 70s on, he worked in films starting with Grease. Other movies include: This Is Elvis, All the Pretty Horses, Clueless, Down Periscope, Bye Bye Love, Flight of the Intruder, For Love of the Game, Greedy, Gordy, Godfather lll, Hope Floats, Hot Shots, Ladybugs, Leap of Faith, Legally Blonde ll, Matrix Reloaded, McHale’s Navy, Mortal Kombat, The Negotiator, The Rising Sun, Rookie of the Year, Star Trek: Generations, Something’s Gotta Give, Surrogates, U-571, Undercover Brother, Up in the Air, X-Files: the Movie.

He played locally with: Fred Tackett (from Little Feat), Jim Cox Trio, Lawrence Juber, Jerry Kalaf Trio, Jazz Tap Ensemble, Gerard Hagen Trio, Thom Rotella Quartet, Jeff Richman Group, Bill Labounty Group, Louis Durra Trio, and World of Warcraft Blizzcon.

Johnnie Hobbs III, Host and Co-Curator Johnnie Hobbs III is a filmmaker and tap dance teacher. His directorial efforts include Pan African Film Festival Best Film Nominee Nostalgia, short film drama starring Dule Hill (The West Wing, Psych), Chloe Arnold (Syncopated Ladies) and Jason Samuels Smith. Winner of Best Short Film at The Cleveland Urban Film Festival, NOSTALGIA has been shown on Aspire TV, and SHORTS HD Channel. Mr. Hobbs has since directed and produced five other short content works. In addition, he has directed motion capture and V.O. work for top video games companies.

A long time tap dancer and performer from Alaska to Guatemala,Mr. Hobbs teaches as an Adjunct Dance Professor at AMDA LA, Hussian School, as well as the Colburn School and Edge Performing Arts Center in Los Angeles. He recently provided choreography for Kelly Marie Tran’s 2021 MISCAST performance for MCC Theatre, from The Book of Mormon. He’s been an Artist in Residence at University of Colorado, guest speaker at Broadway Dance Center, Temple University, Santa Monica College, and Art Institute of Philadelphia to name a few.

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Denise Scheerer, Co-Curator and Tap and Musical Theater Chair Denise Scheerer has performed with The Jazz Tap Ensemble at the Jazz Bakery and Ford Amphitheatre. She studied and performed with tap legends Eddie Brown and Sam Weber.

She and her daughter, Angel Pennington, performed as a mother-daughter act at the Four Queens Hotel in Las Vegas, The Jazz Bakery, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, and the Oregon Cabaret Theatre in Ashland. In 2008, they performed at Black Swan Theatre in Ashland, Oregon and at the 2008 LA Tap Festival. Denise Scheerer also performed and choreographed for LA Ironworks under the direction of Steve Zee. She plays the drums and has studied music with Jerry Kalaf, musical director of The Jazz Tap Ensemble, and incorporates this skill in her teaching. Most recently, she performed and taught workshop master classes at the University of Oregon in Ashland in 2019 and continues to teach at the Colburn School in Los Angeles.

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Executive Leadership

Officers

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Andrew Millstein, Chairman Carol Colburn Grigor, Life Chairman Emeritus David D. Colburn, Vice Chairman Diane Naegele, Vice Chairman Directors

President and Chief Executive Officer

Lee Cioppa Dean

Adrian Daly, DMA

applied faculty Edward Atkatz Percussion Andrew Bain Horn

Provost

Maeesha Merchant

Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Business Development

Daniel L. Avchen Henry Choi Richard W. Colburn Alice Coulombe Jennifer F. Diener Anthony E. DiResta Darren Edwards Greg Guyett Carol F. Henry Catherine Colburn Høgel William T. Kennedy Molly Kirk Aliza Lesser Robert E. Lewis Beverly Marksbury Steven F. Matt Greg McWilliams Ann Mulally Mahnaz Newman Ann Ronus Heinrich R. Schelbert Harry B. Suh Keith Terasaki Peter W. Wardle Dylan Yolles

Linda Cormier

Honorary Life Directors

Christine Tanabe

Robert S. Attiyeh Toby E. Mayman In Memoriam

David N. Barry Iona Benson Edmund D. Edelman Robert B. Egelston Warner Henry

Conservatory of Music

Vice President, Administration

Annie Wickert Vice President, Advancement

Jennifer Kallend Vice President, Communications

Academic Leadership Susan Cook

Dean, Community School of Performing Arts

Lee Cioppa

Dean, Conservatory of Music

Silas Farley

academic chairs Kristi Brown-Montesano, PhD Music History and Literature Jordan Nelson, DMA Music Theory and Aural Skills Deborah Smith Director of Academic Programs

Martin Beaver Violin Richard Beene Dean Emeritus, Bassoon

colburn orchestra Yehuda Gilad Music Director

Fabio Bidini Piano David Rejano Cantero Trombone

Adrian Daly, DMA

Yehuda Gilad Clarinet Clive Greensmith Cello Eugene Izotov Interim Oboe Yura Lee Interim Viola Teng Li Interim Viola

Music Academy Music Academy

applied faculty Margaret Batjer Violin, Academy Virtuosi Martin Beaver Violin Richard Beene Bassoon Fabio Bidini Piano Yehuda Gilad Clarinet Clive Greensmith Cello

Dean, Trudl Zipper Dance Institute

Robert Lipsett Violin

Nathaniel Zeisler, DMA

Peter Lloyd Double Bass

Henry Gronnier Violin

Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducting Douglas Tornquist Interim Tuba

Fabiola Kim Violin Joan Kwuon Violin

JoAnn Turovsky Harp Jim Walker Flute Geraldine Walther Interim Chamber Music

Jeffrey Lavner Piano Yura Lee Interim Viola Teng Li Interim Viola

James Wilt Trumpet

Robert Lipsett Violin

Dean, Community Initiatives

Artistic Administration Manager, Artistic Administration and Career Development; Special Assistant to the Provost

Nick Gianapoulis

Artistic Administration and Career Development Assistant

Peter Lloyd Double Bass Jim Walker Flute Micah Yui Piano

Community School of Performing Arts Susan Cook Dean

department chairs Gina Coletti Chamber Music

Trudl Zipper Dance Institute

dance academy and colburn youth dance

Darleen Callaghan Associate Dean

David Mencos

Benjamin Millepied Artistic Advisor, Dance Academy department chairs

Tamsin Carlson Modern

Jeffrey Lavner Piano

Kelly Ann Sloan Ballet

Lee Secard Jazz Michael Stevens Voice

Director of Production

Jessica Ewing

Denise Scheerer Tap and Musical Theater

Kathy Sawada Theory

Victor Pineda

Silas Farley Dean

Henry Gronnier Strings

Karen Lundgren Winds, Brass, and Percussion Dr. Nita Baxani Early Childhood

Production Staff

Manager of Production Supervisor, Stage Management

Edward Graham Luis Hernandez Paul Loera Ruben Lopez Claire Mazzeo Elmer Pacheco Peter Phol

Performance Activities Caitlyn Chenault

Performance Librarian

Chris Cho

Manager of Performance Activities

Piano Technology Neema Pazargad

Director/Concert Piano Technician

Stage Crew

Francesco Perlangeli Audio-Visual Manager

Sergey Parfenov Derek Williams

Audio-Visual Engineers

Greg Forbess Lighting Engineer

Preebie Box Office

Audience Services Coordinator, House Management and Staffing

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RECOVERED VOICES

schulhoff & more an original online series

Presented by the Colburn School’s Ziering-Conlon Initiative for Recovered Voices, this four-part online series featuring James Conlon delves into the life and music of Erwin Schulhoff (1894–1942).

Schulhoff ’s life and career are emblematic of the vitality not only of his own work, but that of two generations of composers whose lives, careers, and legacies were profoundly disrupted during— and following—the years 1933–1945 as a result of Nazi repression.

Special thanks to LA Opera’s Recovered Voices project.

This series is free and available to the public.

view the free series at colburnschool.edu/schulhoff

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