Bard Summerscape Festival Brochure

BARDSUMMERSCAPE

June 25 – August 16, 2015

OPERA • THEATER • DANCE • MUSIC • FILM • SPIEGELTENT and THE 26TH BARD MUSIC FESTIVAL Chávez and His World

“SummerScape at Bard College . . . ever a hotbed of intellectual and aesthetic adventure.” —new york times

above Carl Maria von Weber’s Euryanthe, SummerScape 2014. Photo: Cory Weaver cover Creation (mural detail), Diego Rivera, 1922–23. Photo: Schalkwijk/Art Resource, NY ©2015 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D. F./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Welcome!

Bard SummerScape and the Bard Music Festival present “Carlos Chávez and His World” The heart of the 2015 Bard SummerScape lies in the 26th annual Bard Music Festival (BMF), which this year turns to Latin America, showcasing the life, times, and music of 20th-century Mexican composer, conductor, and educator Carlos Chávez (1899–1978). Considered outside of the mainstream, yet highly influential, Chávez’s compositions synthesize Indian, Spanish, and Mexican elements together with trends in European modernism. Festival highlights include well-known works such as his Sinfonía india and the Suite for Double Quartet from his ballet for Martha Graham, La hija de Cólquide (Dark Meadow), as well as music by such contemporaries as Aaron Copland, Conlon Nancarrow, Silvestre Revueltas, and Heitor Villa-Lobos.

Choosing another influential outsider, this year’s SummerScape presents English composer Ethel Smyth’s opera The Wreckers, which the New York Times described as a “three-act British saga of land pirates, sex, betrayal and self-sacrifice.” Based on true stories, it concerns the impoverished inhabitants of a Cornish coastal village who lure ships onto the rocks in order to plunder and pillage. Filled with drama and intrigue, the plot focuses on what happens once mass hysteria and populist justice take over, themes sure to resonate today. It is considered Smyth’s finest work.

Continuing the Latin American theme, the SummerScape bill includes Pam Tanowitz Dance with FLUX Quartet, offering inventive choreography and virtuosic performances set to the music of Mexican American composer Nancarrow; Everything by my side, celebrated contemporary Argentinean artist Fernando Rubio’s dreamlike outdoor installation and performance; and a film series, Reinventing Mexico, which examines the influences that shaped Chávez’s work.

Just as Chávez worked to establish a Mexican national musical identity, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! expresses an authentically American national identity, and like Chávez, his contemporary Richard Rodgers turned to folk sources for inspiration. This summer, director Daniel Fish creates an exciting new chamber version of this classic American musical.

Performances take place in the acoustically superb Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, which the New Yorker called “[possibly] the best small concert hall in the United States,” and other venues on the Bard College campus.

And don’t forget the annual extravaganza that is Spiegeltent, hosted for the second year by the inimitable cabaret artist Justin Vivian Bond.

This summer, guarantee great seats in advance and save! Our package options make it easier than ever to experience SummerScape with your own preferences and schedule in mind. Learn more about package discounts and dining options on pages 30–31.

The 2015 SummerScape season is made possible in part through the generous support of Jeanne Donovan Fisher, the Martin and Toni Sosnoff Foundation, the Board of the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, the Board of the Bard Music Festival, and the Friends of the Fisher Center, as well as grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

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“A three-act British saga of land pirates, sex, betrayal and self-sacrifice.”—new york times

The Wreckers

By Ethel Smyth American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director Directed by Thaddeus Strassberger

Are killing and pillaging ever justified? For the dispossessed inhabitants of a small town on Britain’s Cornish coast in the 19th century, their isolated and impoverished condition is enough justification.

Their despair, fanned by the preaching of their fanatical religious leader, allows them to believe that their heinous actions are God’s will. This is the setting, based on historical events, Ethel Smyth chose for her opera.

Smyth’s Der Wald was the first opera composed by a woman to be performed at the Metropolitan Opera, but it is The Wreckers that is perhaps the finest opera written by a woman before World War II. The interaction of voices, orchestral sound, and storyline make it Smyth’s masterpiece. The entire opera is framed by a powerful display of orchestral writing, memorable motivic recurrence, and a brilliant use of chorus.

Thaddeus Strassberger, whose previous SummerScape productions include Oresteia (2013) and Le roi malgré lui (2012), returns to stage this work whose themes of mass hysteria and populist justice should find powerful echoes in today’s world events. It casts subjects of love and death into a commentary about community, social change, and the heavy weight of inherited tradition. Sung in English.

sosnoff theater July 24 and 31 at 7:30 pm July 26, 29, and August 2 at 2 pm Tickets: $25–95

opera talk July 26 at noon Free and open to the public

SummerScape Coach: $40 round-trip transportation from Manhattan to Bard is available for the July 24, July 26, and August 2 performances. Visit fishercenter.bard.edu/transportation for details.

Special support for this program is provided by Emily H. Fisher and John Alexander.

Snow Storm, Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth, Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1842 Tate Gallery, London/Art Resource, NY

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Retrato del maestro Carlos Chávez, David Alfaro Siqueiros, 1948 Acervo Museo de Arte Moderno, INBA - Conaculta ©Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura, 2015

“A composer should know everything that has been done in composition before him: know it well and thoroughly. But he should not follow any rules in writing music, because in music there are no general rules; there are only special rules, personal rules: Wagner’s rules were good for Wagner, and Schoenberg’s for Schoenberg.”

—carlos chávez, "the enjoyment of music" (1958)

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Carlos Chávez and His World The Bard Music Festival turns, for the first time, to Latin America. The focal point is Carlos Chávez (1899–1978), the dominant figure in Mexican music in the 20th century. Chávez, an eminent composer and conductor—and tireless organizer—represented to the world the combination of the uniquely Mexican and the modern, as did his contemporaries, the muralists José Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, and David Alfaro Siqueiros and his close friend Rufino Tamayo in the visual arts, and Octavio Paz in literature. Chávez’s synthesis of markers of Mexican identity with modernism led Aaron Copland to praise him as “one of the first authentic signs of a New World with its own new music.”

Chávez’s career provides a window through which to deepen our understanding of Mexico from the turn of the century (during the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz) to the post–World War II decades. The Festival focuses in particular on the Mexican Revolution of 1910 and the turbulent decades that followed. This was a period of cultural renaissance in literature, film, the visual arts, and music. Chávez’s career took him to Europe and the United States, where he became an integral part of the modernist scene of the 1920s. Chávez was politically engaged and in the 1930s helped integrate the European refugees from fascism, beginning with the Spanish Civil War. Chávez incorporated emblems of modernity but was also among the first to reference Mexico’s indigenous past. Indeed, for a handful of major pieces, such as Sinfonía india (1935), Los cuatro soles (1925), and Xochipilli (1940), Chávez found inspiration and strength in Mexican themes. He played a crucial role in the celebration of indigenous culture (indigenismo). As a conductor, he promoted works by composers from Mexico, Cuba, Canada, and the United States, including Copland, Colin McPhee, Henry Cowell, and Amadeo Roldán, and gave the first performances in Mexico of music by such modernist masters as Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Hindemith, Honegger, Ravel, and Milhaud. Through his work as a governmental arts administrator and founder of several major cultural institutions in Mexico, Chávez brought international visibility to Mexican musical and cultural life.

The 2015 Bard Music Festival will showcase masterworks by Chávez and his contemporaries. Festival concert programs and panel discussions are organized around themes such as the relationship of the Latin American musical scene to that in the United States; the role of European émigrés; the legacy of Spain and the influence of France; Mexican musical traditions in the 19th century; music and Mexican national identity; the link between music and the visual arts; Chávez’s work as a conductor; and his place among the other outstanding Latin composers of the 20th century. The work of Ricardo Castro, Julián Carrillo, Blas Galindo, Silvestre Revueltas, Alberto Ginastera, Manuel de Falla, and Manuel M. Ponce, among others, will be heard, as will choral music from Mexico dating back to the 16th century.

This season is made possible in part through the generous support of the Board of Trustees of the Bard Music Festival and and the Friends of the Fisher Center, as well as grants from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York State Council on the Arts. Additional underwriting has been provided by Jeanne Donovan Fisher, James H. Ottaway Jr., Felicitas S. Thorne, Helen and Roger Alcaly, Bettina Baruch Foundation, Michelle R. Clayman, Dr. Barbara Kenner, the Furthermore Foundation, and Denise S. Simon and Paulo Vieiradacunha. Special support has also been provided by the Mrs. Mortimer Levitt Endowment Fund for the Performing Arts. The Festival thanks the Mexican Cultural Institute of New York for its support.

All programs and performers are subject to change.

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The Trinity of Revolution (mural detail), José Clemente Orozco, 1926. Photo: Schalkwijk/Art Resource, NY ©2015 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/SOMAAP, Mexico City

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The Musical Voice of Mexico The first weekend begins with a survey of the Mexican musical heritage from the 18th to the early 20th centuries. The concerts and panels that follow explore the Mexican Revolution, its legacy, the influence of French modernism, and the radical politics of the 1930s, all through the prism of Chávez’s career. The weekend closes with a concert linking music to the muralists, theater, dance, and puppets.

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Friday, August 7 2015 Bard Music Festival Opening Night Dinner spiegeltent 5:30 pm Tickets include a pre-performance dinner in the Spiegeltent and a premium seat for the evening’s concert.

To purchase opening night dinner tickets, contact the Box Office at 845-758-7900 or fishercenter@bard.edu.

Please note: The Spiegeltent will be closed for regular dining on the evening of the dinner.

program one

Chávez and Mexico’s Musical Heritage sosnoff theater 8 pm performance: Commentary by Leon Botstein; with the Daedalus Quartet; Ava Pine, soprano; Anna Polonsky, piano; Erika Switzer, piano; Jason Vieaux, guitar; Orion Weiss, piano; members of the American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director Carlos Chávez (1899–1978) H.P. Danse des hommes et des machines (1926), Unidad (1930), String Quartet No. 3 (1943), from Ten Preludes (1937), Xochipilli: An Imaginary Aztec Music (1940); Manuel M. Ponce (1882–1948) Concierto del sur (1941); Silvestre Revueltas (1899–1940) Ranas (1931), Toccata (sin fuga) (1933). Songs and other works by Manuel de Sumaya (c. 1678–1755), Juventino Rosas (1868–94), Felipe Villanueva (1862–93), Gustavo Campa (1863–1934), Ricardo Castro (1864–1907), Ernesto Elorduy (1854–1913), Julián Carrillo (1875–1965), and José Pablo Moncayo (1912–58) Tickets: $25–60

Saturday, August 8 panel one

Culture and National Identity: The Case of Mexico olin hall 10 am – noon Claudio Lomnitz, Alejandro L. Madrid, Leonora Saavedra Free and open to the public

program two

The Parisian Influence olin hall 1 pm preconcert talk: Byron Adams 1:30 pm performance: Amphion String Quartet; Bradley Brookshire, harpsichord; Joseph Eletto, baritone; Benjamin Fingland, clarinet; Simon Ghraichy, piano; Ava Pine, soprano; Lance Suzuki, flute; Jason Vieaux, guitar; Brian Zeger, piano; Bard Festival Chamber Players Carlos Chávez (1899–1978) Seis exágonos (1923–24), Sonatina, for piano (1924), “36” (1925), Trio (1940); Paul Dukas (1865–1935) La plainte, au loin, du faune (1920); Maurice Ravel (1875–1937) 5 Mélodies populaires grecques (1904–6); José Rolón (1876–1945) String Quartet (c. 1920); Manuel M. Ponce (1882–1948) Sonata, for guitar and harpsichord (c. 1926); Darius Milhaud (1892–1974) Catalogue de fleurs, Op. 60 (1920); Francis Poulenc (1899–1963) Rapsodie nègre (1917); Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971) Tango (1940) Tickets: $35

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Saturday, August 8 (cont.) program three

The Crossroads of Antifascism sosnoff theater 7 pm preconcert talk: Sergio Vela 8 pm performance: Jorge Federico Osorio, piano; American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director Carlos Chávez (1899–1978) Sinfonía de Antígona (1933), Piano Concerto (1938); Arthur Honegger (1892–1955) Symphony No. 3 “Liturgique” (1945–46); Silvestre Revueltas (1899–1940) Redes (1934–35); Conlon Nancarrow (1912–97) Piece for Orchestra (n.d.) (U.S. premiere) Tickets: $25–75

Sunday, August 9 panel two

Mexico and the United States: Past, Present, and Future olin hall 10 am – noon Free and open to the public

program four

Music and the 10-Year Mexican Revolution olin hall 1 pm preconcert talk: Ricardo Miranda 1:30 pm performance: Maria Bachmann, violin; Daedalus Quartet; Cecilia Violetta López, soprano; Nicholas Phan, tenor; Anna Polonsky, piano; Erika Switzer, piano; Benjamin Verdery, guitar; Orion Weiss, piano; Bard Festival Chamber Players Carlos Chávez (1899–1978) Adelita y La cucaracha (1915), Las margaritas (1919), Jarabe (1922), Three Pieces, for guitar (1923), Sonatina, for violin and piano (1924), Foxtrot (1925), Cuatro melodías tradicionales Indias del Ecuador (1942); Silvestre Revueltas (1899–1940) Tierra pa’ las macetas (c. 1924), String Quartet No. 4 “Música de feria” (1932), Ocho por radio (1933). Songs and works for guitar or piano by José Rolón (1876–1945), José Pomar (1880–1961), Manuel M. Ponce (1882–1948), Tata Nacho (1894–1968), Alfonso Esparza Oteo (1894–1950), Blas Galindo (1910–93), and José Pablo Moncayo (1912–58) Tickets: $35

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Music, Murals, and Puppets sosnoff theater 5 pm preconcert talk: Ricardo Kolb-Neuhaus 5:30 pm performance: Amphion String Quartet; Benjamin Fingland, clarinet; Cecilia Violetta López, soprano; Louis Otey, baritone; Nicholas Phan, tenor; Lance Suzuki, flute; members of the American Symphony Orchestra, conducted

by Leon Botstein, music director; designed and directed by Doug Fitch; and others Carlos Chávez (1899–1978) Suite for Double Quartet, from La hija de Cólquide (Dark Meadow) (1943); Manuel de Falla (1876–1946) El retablo de Maese Pedro (1922); Silvestre Revueltas (1899–1940) Troka (1933), El renacuajo paseador (1936) Tickets: $25–60

SummerScape Coach: $40 round-trip transportation from Manhattan to Bard is available for Programs One, Five, Six, and Eleven. Visit fishercenter.bard.edu/transportation for details.

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For the Social Welfare of All Mexicans (mural detail), David Alfaro Siqueiros, 1952–54. Photo: Alfredo Dagli Orti/Art Resource, NY. ©2015 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/SOMAAP, Mexico City

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Mexico, Latin America, and Modernism The second weekend opens with two concerts linking Mexico and the United States: a percussion extravaganza and a concert devoted to the musical scene in New York. Using Mexico as a gateway to Latin America, the role of orchestral and choral music in defining historical memory and national identity is revealed. The weekend closes with music from the post–World War II period and a concert of Latin American masterpieces of Romantic and Modernist orchestral music.

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Thursday, August 13 Music by Contemporary Latin American Composers luma theater 7:30 pm performance: Contemporaneous Works by Esteban Benzecry (b. 1970), Enrico Chapela (b. 1974), Angélica Negrón (b. 1981), Vicente Alexim (b. 1987), Itzam Zapata (b. 1989), and Andrés Martínez de Velasco Escobedo ’15 (b. 1991) Tickets: $25

Friday, August 14 Film Showing ottaway film center 3 pm The Other Conquest/La Otra Conquista (dir. Salvador Carrasco ’91) Free and open to the public

Orquesta Mexicana olin hall 5 pm performance: Orquesta Mexicana Works by Carlos Chávez (1899–1978) and others originally presented at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1940 Tickets: $25

program six

East and West sosnoff theater 7:30 pm preconcert talk: Kyle Gann 8 pm performance: Alessio Bax, piano; Lucille Chung, piano; Zohar Schondorf, horn; Jessica Thompson, viola; Eric Cha-Beach, Joshua Quillen, Adam Sliwinski, and students of The Bard College Conservatory of Music, percussion; Catskill Mountain Gamelan Carlos Chávez (1899–1978) Toccata (1942); Henry Cowell (1897–1965) Ostinato pianissimo (1930); Amadeo Roldán (1900–39) Rítmicas 5 and 6 (1930); John Cage (1912–92) Construction No. 3 (1939–42); Lou Harrison (1917–2003) Threnody for Carlos Chávez (1979), Main Bersama-sama (1978); John Cage/Lou Harrison Double Music (1941); Colin McPhee (1900–64) Balinese Ceremonial Music (transcr. 1934) Tickets: $25–60

Saturday, August 15 panel three

Mexico and Latin America olin hall 10 am – noon Free and open to the public

program seven

“New York New York” olin hall 1 pm preconcert talk: Christopher H. Gibbs 1:30 pm performance: Alessio Bax, piano; Randolph Bowman, flute; Lucille Chung, piano; Daedalus Quartet; Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano; Romie de Guise Langlois, clarinet; Sarah Shafer, soprano

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bard music festival Carlos Chávez (1899–1978) Piano Sonata No. 3 (1928), “Blues” (1928),“Fox” (1928), North Carolina Blues (1942); Edgard Varèse (1883–1965) Density 21.5 (1936); Henry Cowell (1897–1965) Quartet Euphometric (1919); Aaron Copland (1900–90) Sextet (1937). Songs and piano works by Dane Rudhyar (1895–1985), William Grant Still (1895–1978), Roger Sessions (1896–1985), Virgil Thomson (1896–1989), Silvestre Revueltas (1899–1940), Ruth Crawford (1901–53), Israel Citkowitz (1909–74), Paul Bowles (1910–99), and Conlon Nancarrow (1912–97) Tickets: $35

program eight

Reimagined Landscapes and Pasts sosnoff theater 7 pm preconcert talk: Leonora Saavedra 8 pm performance: Nicole Cabell, soprano; Bard Festival Chorale, James Bagwell, choral director; American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director Carlos Chávez (1899–1978) Sinfonía india (1935); Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959) Amazonas (1917), Forest of the Amazons (1958); Silvestre Revueltas (1899–1940) Cuauhnáhuac (1930); José Pablo Moncayo (1912–58) Three Pieces for Orchestra (1947) Tickets: $25–75

Sunday, August 16 program nine

Sacred and Secular Choral Music from Five Centuries olin hall 10 am performance with commentary with Bard Festival Chorale, conducted by James Bagwell, choral director Choral works by Hernando Franco (1532–85), Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla (c. 1590–1664), Francisco López Capillas (c. 1615–73), Manuel de Sumaya (c. 1678–1755), Manuel de Falla (1876–1946), Juan Bautista Plaza (1898–1965), Carlos Chávez (1899–1978), and Aaron Copland (1900–90) Tickets: $30

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Post–World War II Latin America olin hall 1 pm preconcert talk: Richard Wilson 1:30 pm performance: Harlem Quartet; Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano; Orion Weiss, piano; and others Carlos Chávez (1899–1978) From Five Caprichos (1975); Alberto Ginastera (1916–83) Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 22 (1952); Celsa Garrido-Lecca (b. 1926) String Quartet No. 2 (1988). Works by Juan José Castro (1895–1968), Roque Cordero (1917–2008), Ástor Piazzolla (1921–92), and others.

Tickets: $35

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Musical Culture of the Hemisphere sosnoff theater 3:30 pm preconcert talk: Walter Clark 4:30 pm performance: American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director Carlos Chávez (1899–1978) H.P., Ballet Symphony (1932); Alberto Nepomuceno (1864–1920) Série Brasileira (1892); Julián Carrillo (1875–1965) Symphony No. 1 in D Major (1901); Alberto Ginastera (1916–83) Estancia, Op. 8 (1941) Tickets: $25–75

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“Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends.

One man likes to push a plough, the other likes to chase a cow, But that’s no reason why they cain’t be friends.”

The Ballad of the Jealous Lover of Lone Green Valley, Thomas Hart Benton, 1934 Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hart Benton, 1959.0062 ©T. H. Benton and R. P. Benton Testamentary Trusts/UMB Bank Trustees/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

SummerScape Gala July 11, 2015 Join us for the 2015 SummerScape Gala, a festive dinner, and performance of Oklahoma! celebrating groundbreaking artists and extraordinary artworks.

For more information and to reserve Gala tickets, please call Linda Baldwin, special events manager: 845-758-7414

theater rodgers & hammerstein’s

Oklahoma!

Music by Richard Rodgers Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Based on the play Green Grow the Lilacs by Lynn Riggs

Original dances by Agnes de Mille

New music arrangements by Daniel Kluger New choreography by John Heginbotham Directed by Daniel Fish

More than seven decades after its wartime premiere, director Daniel Fish (Rocket to the Moon, SummerScape 2005) invites us to experience Oklahoma! in an entirely new way—a revelatory chamber production where actors and audience come together as one community, sharing food, music, and song.

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s first collaboration overturned the conventions of musical theater when it premiered in 1943, introducing an unprecedented depth of psychological realism to a form better known for light comic entertainment. Set in the Territory of Oklahoma in the years before statehood, this complex drama combines the sunny romance of farm girl Laurey Williams and cowboy Curly McLain with the darker story of a community rising up against a reviled outsider, Jud Fry. Like his contemporary Carlos Chávez, Richard Rodgers turned to folk sources to create a new national musical identity, in a score that includes many of his best-loved songs, including “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’,” “Many a New Day,” and “I Cain’t Say No.” Staged in the round with audience members seated at long tables and featuring new musical arrangements for a six-piece band, this intimate Oklahoma! offers you the chance to experience Rodgers and Hammerstein’s exuberant, complex musical as if for the first time.

luma theater June 25–27 at 7:30 pm and June 28 at 2 pm Thursdays through Sundays, July 2–19 at 7:30 pm Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, July 1–19 at 2 pm Tickets: $25–55 meet the artists Post-performance discussion with the artists following the June 28 and July 1 matinees

Not suitable for children under 13 SummerScape Coach: $40 round-trip transportation from Manhattan to Bard is available for the June 28, July 12, and July 19 matinee performances. Visit fishercenter.bard.edu/transportation for details.

These performances have been underwritten by the Martin and Toni Sosnoff Foundation.

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Dancers, Rufino Tamayo, 1942 ŠTamayo Heirs/Mexico/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

dance “The wittiest choreographer since Mark Morris.”—new york times “The FLUX Quartet is one of the most fearless and important new-music ensembles around.”—san francisco chronicle

Pam Tanowitz Dance & FLUX Quartet Pam Tanowitz’s acclaimed contemporary dance works embrace the energy, clean lines, and structural complexity of ballet and the limitless possibilities of space, time, and movement pioneered by modern dance. Working between these styles, Tanowitz’s dances are sophisticated, virtuosic, surprising, and wholly original.

This debut program includes Heaven on One’s Head, set to the music of Conlon Nancarrow, an American-born composer who lived and worked in Mexico alongside Carlos Chávez. Acclaimed as one of the best new dance works of 2014, the piece “produced a buzz that lasted for days” (New York Times).

Also, former American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Ashley Tuttle will perform a new en pointe solo, and Tanowitz will premiere works created specifically for SummerScape.

The FLUX Quartet, “an intrepid ensemble devoted to illuminating the pricklier corners of the contemporary repertory” (New York Times), brings its assured and engrossing playing to the music of Nancarrow and others. Paired with Tanowitz’s extraordinary dancers, this will be a SummerScape opening to remember.

sosnoff theater Saturday, June 27 at 8 pm Sunday, June 28 at 3 pm Tickets: $25–60

meet the artists Post-performance conversation June 27 Pre-performance talk June 28 at 2 pm

SummerScape Coach: $40 round-trip transportation from Manhattan to Bard is available for the June 28 performance. Visit fishercenter.bard.edu/transportation for details.

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Everything by my side, New York City. Photo: Maria Baranova

performance/installation “Seven little islands of intimacy . . . dreams of the future, of disappointment and disillusion, of resting in the moment. If you can, give it a try.”

—new york times

Everything by my side Created by Fernando Rubio

SummerScape moves outside the Fisher Center with this dreamlike, intimate performance by contemporary Argentinean artist Fernando Rubio. Seven actresses in seven white beds whisper vivid childhood memories to individual audience members among the midsummer trees. The performance lasts only a few minutes, but you can stay and experience the meditative and enigmatic sight of the outdoor installation for as long as you like.

Fernando Rubio is one of South America’s most acclaimed contemporary theater makers. Seen and praised at festivals around the world, from Chile and Colombia to Athens and the Netherlands, Everything by my side was most recently performed on the Hudson River Piers in New York City, where its run sold out within minutes. A private moment in a public space, Rubio’s unique and mesmerizing creation is not to be missed.

fisher center lawn Thursday, July 9 from 5–7 pm Friday, July 10 from 2–4 pm and 5–7 pm Saturday, July 11 and Sunday, July 12 from 12 –2 pm and 5–7 pm Tickets: $5 (not available in subscription packages)

Individual performances for seven audience members at a time begin every 15 minutes.

Spanish language performances available.

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Men of Santa Ana, Pátzcuaro Lake, Michoacán, Paul Strand, 1933 ©Aperture Foundation Inc., Paul Strand Archive

film series

Reinventing Mexico To pay tribute to the confluence of influences shaping the work of Carlos Chávez, the SummerScape 2015 Film Series explores the relationship between realism, modernism, and nationalism in films from and about Mexico. The series begins with the landmark, proto-neorealist Redes (The Wave), which brought together photographer Paul Strand, director Fred Zinnemann, Chávez, and fellow composer Silvestre Revueltas. It concludes with a group of international films—including Sergei Eisenstein’s unfinished Mexican project and John Ford’s adaptation of Graham Greene’s The Power and the Glory— that treat 19th- and 20th-century Mexican history from different vantage points. These programs bookend an extensive retrospective of surrealist master Luis Buñuel, who worked in Mexico for nearly two decades and whose peripatetic career mirrored that of Chávez.

Saturday, July 11 at 5 pm

Saturday, July 25 at 5 pm

Redes (The Wave)

Viridiana

Emilio Gómez Muriel and Fred Zinnemann, 1936, Mexico, 65 minutes

Luis Buñuel, 1961, Spain, 90 minutes Sunday, July 26 at 7 pm

Sunday, July 12 at 7 pm

The Exterminating Angel

Land Without Bread

Luis Buñuel, 1962, Mexico, 95 minutes

Luis Buñuel, 1933, Spain, 30 minutes and

Saturday, August 1 at 5 pm

Simon of the Desert

¡Que viva México!

Luis Buñuel, 1965, Mexico, 45 minutes

Sergei Eisenstein and Grigori Aleksandrov, 1932–1979, USSR/USA/Mexico, 84 minutes

Saturday, July 18 at 5 pm

Los Olvidados

Sunday, August 2 at 7 pm

Luis Buñuel, 1950, Mexico, 80 minutes

Vera Cruz

Sunday, July 19 at 7 pm

Robert Aldrich, 1954, USA, 94 minutes and

The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz

The Fugitive

Luis Buñuel, 1955, Mexico, 89 minutes and

John Ford and Emilio Fernández, 1947, USA/Mexico, 104 minutes

Mexican Bus Ride Luis Buñuel, 1952, Mexico, 85 minutes

Films are screened in the Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center in the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Center All film tickets: $10 845-758-7900

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Circus Bareback Rider, María Izquierdo, 1932 Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Thomas Cranfill, 1980. Photo: Rick Hall ©Maria Rosendo Lopez Posadas

spiegeltent “The greatest cabaret artist of our generation.”

—the new yorker on justin vivian bond

The Spiegeltent Hosted by Justin Vivian Bond

July 2 – August 15 Justin Vivian Bond is throwing a party that lasts all summer long—and you are the guest of honor.

The Bard Spiegeltent returns with legendary cabaret artist and Tony-nominated performer Justin Vivian Bond as host, emcee, and guest curator for a second season. Each weekend Justin welcomes you to a realm of sophistication, spectacle, and glamor in the company of world-class performers and musicians. These unforgettable evenings are capped off with After Hours dancing to the finest DJs in the company of Justin and SummerScape artists.

Join us for balmy summer nights of entertainment, or come to dine and dance under the sparkling lights of this timeless, enchanted tent of mirrors.

Spiegeltent Cabaret and After Hours performances may contain nudity, and are for mature audiences only. No one under 18 admitted to Cabaret or Thursday programming without a parent or guardian.

No one under 18 permitted during After Hours.

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Benefit concert to celebrate The Bard College Conservatory of Music's first decade Sunday, July 19 at 4 pm The People United Will Never Be Defeated! by Frederic Rzewski Benjamin Hochman, piano Tickets: $25–35

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Cabaret All performances start at 8:30 pm Tickets $25–$65

Alan Cumming: I Bought a Blue Car Today Friday, July 3 We kick off the Spiegeltent season with the beloved, ferocious, Tony Award–winning star of stage and screen Alan Cumming (Cabaret, The Good Wife, X-Men), in his Spiegeltent debut. The “first and foremost fabulous” (Los Angeles Times) Cumming shares an evening of story and song chronicling the Scottish actor’s life in America.

Featuring a slew of iconic songs led by his Emmy Award–winning music director Lance Horn, and with Eleanor Norton on cello, this special evening heralds a summer to remember.

Martha Wainwright Saturday, July 4 This promises to be an unforgettable Independence Day celebration, with vocal fireworks provided by twotime Grammy Award–nominee Martha Wainwright.

Returning home to the Hudson Valley after last summer’s sensational sold-out concert in the Spiegeltent, Wainwright performs pared-down folkrock with a voice that blends honey and grit. Part of a musical royal family, the singer-songwriter “roughs up life’s smooth spots, then digs her fingertips into the cracks that form” (NPR).

Spencer Day. Photo: Alysse Gafkjen

Spencer Day Saturday, July 11 “Dreamy crooner” (Time Out NY) Spencer Day has been compared to Harry Connick Jr. and Paul Simon for his seamless fusion of classic jazz, pop, soul, and folk music.

Day has released five solo albums to critical acclaim (including 2014’s Daybreak) and has earned raves at jazz festivals and venues all over the world. Making his Spiegeltent debut, this white-hot singer-songwriter will draw you in with his sophisticated music and the raw, fiery emotion under its surface.

Weimar New York Friday, July 17 and Saturday, July 18 Pop a cork and throw on your vintage best as we celebrate the sixth edition of Weimar New York at the Spiegeltent! This theatrical cabaret takes Weimar-era Germany as the inspiration for a fabulous gathering of burlesque, cabaret, comedy, drag, and East Village–scene performance artists. “Keeping the Weimar-era spirit of cultural resistance alive” (Village Voice), this collection of downtown stars infuses a cabaret tradition with a new political edge.

Stephin Merritt (of the Magnetic Fields)

Wau Wau Sisters. Photo: Don Spiro

The Wau Wau Sisters Friday, July 10 New York City’s bravest and bawdiest burlesque duo returns to the Spiegeltent to seduce and scandalize with their kamikaze costuming and cantankerous comic timing. Straddling the hilarious gap between seduction and slapstick, The Wau Wau Sisters—anarchic, astute, and adorable—careen through a show full of surprises, always teetering on the brink of a delicious disaster!

Bringing their best bits, these two tricksters take the stage as they truly are—“irreverent, sacrilegious, lascivious” (New York Times).

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Friday, July 24 Front man of the Magnetic Fields (69 Love Songs) and resident of Hudson, Stephin Merritt is recognized the world over for his deep voice and dry wit, juxtaposing bouncy, electro-dance pop with his signature poetic lyrics. Marking his Spiegeltent debut, this is a can’t-miss intimate evening with one of indie music’s greatest songwriters, the “Cole Porter of his generation” (Time Out NY).

Lea DeLaria: House of David Saturday, July 25 What could be better than a full-on jazz concert of David Bowie songs? A full-on jazz concert of David Bowie songs from the high-powered energy, wit, and voice of Lea DeLaria! Grab a seat and hear the multitalented comedian, singer, actress, and Orange Is the New Black star perform her soulful rendition of “Fame,” the

spiegeltent swinging “Let’s Dance,” and the acid jazz funk fusion of “Jean Genie.” It’s all the Bowie you love sung by “The Butch That Belts.”

Eisa Davis Friday, July 31 Since her celebrated role in Broadway’s Passing Strange, singer-songwriter Eisa Davis has turned toward making new music of her own. This two-time Obie winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist whose music has a “stripped-down soul, with flecks of Joni Mitchell” (New York Times) makes her Spiegeltent debut with original, infectious songs along with audience favorites from the American catalogue. Her irresistible sound will lift your spirit long after the sweet chords have faded away.

Suzanne Vega. Photo: Courtesy of the artist

Suzanne Vega Saturday, August 8 One of the most brilliant songwriters of her generation, Suzanne Vega is a masterful storyteller with a unique and powerful style. From “Tom’s Diner” to “Luka,” her unforgettable songs made her a leading figure of the neo-folk movement, and today her voice and presence are as captivating as ever. Spend a special evening in the Spiegeltent with a music legend, dubbed by Rolling Stone “a modern singer-songwriter landmark.”

The Julie Ruin. Photo: Shervin Lainez

The Julie Ruin Saturday, August 1 Feminist punk icon and original riot grrrl Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill, Le Tigre) returns to “her rightful place leading a noisy bunch of smart pleasure seekers” (NPR) with her band The Julie Ruin. Flowing between guitar-based punk and spunky synths, this is loud, playful, intelligent dance-floor music for a modern age.

Filling out The Julie Ruin’s sound are Hanna’s former Bikini Kill bandmate Kathi Wilcox, Kenny Mellman (Kiki and Herb), Carmine Covelli, and Sara Landeau.

Mary Testa and Michael Starobin: Have Faith Friday, August 7 After entrancing us this summer as Aunt Eller in Oklahoma!, two-time Tony Award-nominee and “latter day [Ethel] Merman” (New York Times) Mary Testa will wow the Spiegeltent with her radiant presence and powerful pipes. One of New York’s greatest musical theater stars, Testa gives a not-to-be-missed performance of her recently lauded album Have Faith, with her collaborator Michael Starobin, a two-time Tony Award–winning orchestrator.

Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music: The 1990s Friday, August 14 “Fabulousness can come in many forms, and Taylor Mac seems intent on assuming every one of them,” raves the New York Times. Equal parts bedazzled shaman, subversive historian, social critic, and radical angel, Taylor Mac continues his most ambitious project to date—a subjective look at the last 240 years of American history through popular songs. In his return to the Spiegeltent, Taylor imbues the music of the 1990s with his lyrical beauty, disarming vulnerability, and soaring spirit.

Justin Vivian Bond: Love Is Crazy Saturday, August 15 “Cabaret messiah” (Time Out London) and Spiegeltent chaperone Justin Vivian Bond brings the summer to a bittersweet end with a sublime and seductive evening of songs and stories about love. Originally commissioned for a Valentine’s Day performance in Paris, the Hudson Valley meets Parisian elegance in this celebration of obsession, sex, and romance, with all their queer and mysterious complications.

Performances by female singer-songwriters have been underwritten by the Thendara Foundation.

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After Hours with Justin and Friends Dance away your weekend nights in the company of these tune slingers who are at the top of their game—guaranteed to keep your dance card full all summer long.

Fridays and Saturdays July 2 – August 15 from 10 pm to 12:30 am Tickets: $12, or free with your ticket to another same-day SummerScape event.* (*not included in the Spiegeltent and Create Your Own Series)

DJ Sveta | July 3 and July 4 DJ AndrewAndrew | July 10 and July 11 DJ Jonjon Battles | July 17 and July 18 DJ Musty Chiffon | July 24 and July 25 DJ JD Samson | July 31 and August 1 DJ Lady Bunny | August 7 and August 8

Leo Genovese and the Legal Aliens: A La Voz Cultural Celebration July 9 at 8 pm Composer and pianist Leo Genovese is a product of 1970s Argentina and the psychedelic sound and language of a generation that embraces both pop and jazz, and effortlessly shifts between the melodic and the chromatic, celebrating the inherent mystery and beauty in each. In partnership with La Voz, Bard’s Spanishlanguage publication covering Hispanic culture and news in the Hudson Valley, Genovese brings his prolific brand of contemporary Latin jazz for a festive evening to benefit the magazine.

Catskill Jazz Factory Presents Harlem on the Hudson: Etienne Charles and Creole Soul July 16 at 8 pm Launching the Catskill Jazz Factory’s Harlem on the Hudson series is the Trinidadian trumpet player Etienne Charles, “a daring improviser who delivers with heartwrenching lyricism” (Jazz Times), bringing a night of rhythm, groove, and soul! Charles’s Creole Soul project, which received international acclaim on the iTunes, Jazzweek, and Billboard jazz charts, explores the musical connections between Afro-Caribbean, Creole, New Orleans, and American traditions.

DJ Sammy Jo | August 14 and August 15

Thursday Night Live Thursday evenings in the Spiegeltent bring world-class jazz, dancing, celebrated authors, and explorations of Latin culture. The perfect start to each summer weekend!

Tickets: $25* (*not included in the Spiegeltent and Create Your Own Series)

Summertime Swing with Eight to the Bar July 2 Doors open at 6 pm, performance and instruction begin at 6:30 pm, dancing until 11 pm Start your Independence Day weekend off with a bang . . . and a swing! Spiegeltent favorites Linda and Chester Freeman of Got2Lindy Dance Studios return for a night of swing dancing to the fabulous music of Eight to the Bar. Influenced by American roots music, Eight to the Bar is known for its outstanding instrumentalists and colorful mix of tunes and vocals that will have you up and swinging in no time!

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Etienne Charles. Photo: Laura Ferreira

Conjunctions: Francine Prose, Michael Cunningham, and Bradford Morrow Celebrate Bard’s Legendary Literary Journal July 23 at 8 pm Premium seating: $50 Above benefits and author meet-and-greet: $100 Above benefits and a lifetime subscription to Conjunctions: $500 At this very special night of language and story, preeminent writers Francine Prose (Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932) and Michael Cunningham (The Hours) join Bradford Morrow (The Forgers, editor of the literary journal Conjunctions) for an evening of readings celebrating and benefitting the 25th anniversary of the partnership between the journal and Bard College.

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Justin Vivian Bond on stage in the Spiegeltent. Photo: Cory Weaver

Catskill Jazz Factory Presents Harlem on the Hudson: Heatin’ up the Hudson with Chris Washburne and SYOTOS

Total Tango in the Spiegeltent An Evening of Dance and Performance with Maestros Gustavo Naveira and Giselle Anne

July 30 at 8 pm Trombonist Chris Washburne and his acclaimed group SYOTOS return to Bard with the Brazilian pianist André Mehmari. SYOTOS pushes the genre of Latin jazz, combining Afro-Cuban, funk, jazz, gospel, and contemporary classical music—“think Tito Puente meets James Brown meets Charles Ives!” The stellar band will be joined by special guest Mehmari, considered one of the most talented young musicians of his native Brazil. The sounds of North and South America meet as these musicians come together in a night of sizzlin’ hot Afro-Latin jazz.

August 6. Doors open at 6 pm, performance and instruction begin at 6:30 pm, dancing until 11 pm A very special event in tandem with the festival’s exploration of 20th-century music from Latin America, we welcome two of the world’s most respected tango maestros, Gustavo Naveira and Giselle Anne, to the Spiegeltent. Artists at the heart of the global revival of Argentine Tango, they will demonstrate the historical and cultural reach of tango, and guide those unfamiliar with the practice. Later, dance to live music with renowned tango musician Joe Powers and DJ Ilene Marder, as the Spiegeltent transforms into its own summery milonga.

Special support for this program is provided by Chungin Goodstein.

Catskill Jazz Factory Presents Harlem on the Hudson: Steven Feifke and the Catskill Jazz Factory All-Star Big Band

Steven Feifke. Photo: Lauren Desberg

August 13 at 8 pm New York–based pianist, composer, and arranger Steven Feifke is bringin’ the swing with his big band of Catskill Jazz Factory alumni and all-stars! Join Catskill Jazz Factory in the Spiegeltent for the final night of Harlem on the Hudson, featuring compositions by select members of the group and a special guest vocalist. Talented beyond his years, Feifke has been called “a virtuoso and a highly communicative and creative musician” by Grammy Award–winning trumpeter Brian Lynch.

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7:30 pm Oklahoma! LUMA 8 pm Pam Tanowitz Dance & FLUX Quartet (with post-performance discussion) ST

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7:30 pm The Wreckers ST 5 pm Viridiana FC 8:30 pm Stephin Merritt (of the Magnetic 8:30 pm Lea DeLaria: House of David SPT Fields) SPT 10 pm DJ Musty Chiffon SPT 10 pm DJ Musty Chiffon SPT

5–7 pm Everything by my side LAWN 7:30 pm Oklahoma! LUMA 8 pm Leo Genovese and the Legal Aliens: A La Voz Cultural Celebration SPT

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8 pm Conjunctions: Francine Prose, Michael Cunningham, and Bradford Morrow Celebrate Bard’s Legendary Literary Journal SPT

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2 pm Oklahoma! LUMA 5 pm Los Olvidados FC 7:30 pm Oklahoma! LUMA 8:30 pm Weimar New York SPT 10 pm DJ Jonjon Battles SPT

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12–2 pm Everything by my side LAWN 2 pm Oklahoma! LUMA 5 pm SummerScape Gala SPT 5 pm Redes FC 5–7 pm Everything by my side LAWN 7:30 pm Oklahoma! LUMA 8:30 pm Spencer Day SPT 10 pm DJ AndrewAndrew SPT

2–4 pm Everything by my side LAWN 5–7 pm Everything by my side LAWN 7:30 pm Oklahoma! LUMA 8:30 pm The Wau Wau Sisters SPT 10 pm DJ AndrewAndrew SPT

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3 pm BMF Film Showing FC 5 pm BMF Orquesta Mexicana OL 7:30 pm Preconcert Talk ST 8 pm BMF Program Six ST 8:30 pm Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music: The 1990s SPT 10 pm DJ Sammy Jo SPT

7:30 pm BMF Contemporaneous LUMA 8 pm Catskill Jazz Factory Presents Harlem on the Hudson: Steven Feifke and the Catskill Jazz Factory All-Star Big Band SPT

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10 am BMF Panel One OL 1 pm Preconcert Talk OL 1:30 pm BMF Program Two OL 7 pm Preconcert Talk ST 8 pm BMF Program Three ST 8:30 pm Suzanne Vega SPT 10 pm DJ Lady Bunny SPT

5:30 pm BMF Opening Night Dinner SPT 8 pm BMF Program One ST 8:30 pm Mary Testa and Michael Starobin: Have Faith SPT 10 pm DJ Lady Bunny SPT

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10 am BMF Program Nine OL 1 pm Preconcert Talk OL 1:30 pm BMF Program Ten OL 3:30 pm Preconcert Talk ST 4:30 pm BMF Program Eleven ST

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2 pm The Wreckers ST 7 pm Vera Cruz and The Fugitive FC

5 pm ¡Que viva México! FC 8:30 pm The Julie Ruin SPT 10 pm DJ JD Samson SPT

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Plan Your Visit dining at the spiegeltent The Spiegeltent is the SummerScape festival’s oasis, a place to enjoy seasonal, local food and drink before and after performances. A variety of musicians serenade diners on Friday and Saturday evenings, while the lovely outdoor garden provides the perfect spot to relax in the company of friends and festival artists long after the curtain comes down. Quick concession savories, sweets, and beverages are also available one hour prior to curtain and during intermission at all Fisher Center events and at Olin Hall on August 8, 9, 15, and 16.

To review our dining calendar, explore our lunch, dinner, After Hours, and beverage menus, and make reservations, please visit fishercenter.bard.edu/visit/eatstay.

If you are attending a mainstage performance we recommend you dine with us at least an hour before curtain.

getting here The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College is located at 60 Manor Avenue, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, 12504. Our venue is accessible by car, train, and SummerScape Coach.

Detailed directions and parking information will be mailed with your tickets and are also available online at fishercenter.bard.edu/visit/directions. For best parking, please try to arrive at least 30 minutes before show time. This will allow you ample time to park and make your way to the theater.

accessibility All our venues and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. The Fisher Center utilizes golf carts to assist patrons with disabilities between the parking lot and the Center. If you need any additional assistance, please call 845-758-7948. Infrared assistive listening devices are available in the Fisher Center and Olin Hall. Receivers may be borrowed on request at the Box Office.

Programs, dates, times, and venues are subject to change without notice. All sales are final and normal processing fees apply. If you are unable to use your tickets we will make every effort to offer a comparable exchange, subject to availability, or issue a credit. You may also choose to donate your tickets in support of the Fisher Center.

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Major support for the Fisher Center’s programs has been provided by: Helen and Roger Alcaly Fiona Angelini and Jamie Welch The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Foundation Bettina Baruch Foundation Carolyn Marks Blackwood Dr. Leon Botstein and Barbara Haskell Michelle R. Clayman Joan K. Davidson Alicia Davis and Steve Ellis Michael J. Del Giudice and Jaynne Keyes Elizabeth W. Ely ’65 and Jonathan K. Greenburg Estate of John A. Dierdorff Estate of Richard B. Fisher Estate of Murray Liebowitz Britton Fisher Catherine C. Fisher and Gregory A. Murphy

Emily H. Fisher and John Alexander Jeanne Donovan Fisher Carlos Gonzalez and Katherine Stewart Matthew M. Guerreiro and Christina Mohr Amy and Ronald Guttman Dr. Thomas Hesse The J. M. Kaplan Fund, Inc. Jane W. Nuhn Charitable Trust Susan and Roger Kennedy Dr. Barbara Kenner Edna and Gary Lachmund Mrs. Mortimer Levitt Doris J. Lockhart Amy and Thomas O. Maggs The Marks Family Foundation Martin and Toni Sosnoff Foundation Millbrook Tribute Garden, Inc. The Mortimer Levitt Foundation Inc. Martin L. and Lucy Miller Murray

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) New England Foundation for the Arts New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Mr. and Mrs. James H. Ottaway Jr. Stephen Simcock Denise S. Simon and Paulo Vieiradacunha Martin T. and Toni Sosnoff Thendara Foundation Felicitas S. Thorne The Wise Family Charitable Foundation

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