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Tower Brass of Chicago Wednesday, October 17 7:30pm Helen Bader Concert Hall Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts

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PROGR AM Fanfare from La Peri ....................................................................................................................Paul Dukas (1865-1935) Ein Feste Burg ......................................................................................................................Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654) arr. Charles Schuchat An Die Musik, Op. 88, No. 4, D. 547..................................................................................Franz Schubert (1797-1828) arr. Charles Schuchat Pavane ........................................................................................................................................ Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) arr. Aaron D. Miller Nimrod ....................................................................................................................................... Edward Elgar Variation IX: from Enigma Variations (1857-1934) arr. J. Lichtman Canzon Septimi toni No. 2 ........................................................................................... Giovanni Gabrieli Sacre Symphoniae – Venice, 1597 (1554-1612) arr. Robert King INTERMISSION Tower Brass of Chicago

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Playera ..............................................................................................................................Enrique Granados Spanish Dance #5 (1867-1916) arr. Charles Schuchat Fanfare for St. Edmundsbury ....................................................................................... Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Oblivion ....................................................................................................................................Ástor Piazzola (1921-1992) arr. Serdar Cizmeki Simple Song ................................................................................................................... Leonard Bernstein from Mass (1918-1990) arr. D. Moore Urban Litany ...................................................................................................................Aaron David Miller 1. Ritmico (b. 1972) 2. Serenely 3. Spirited Chamber Music Milwaukee is supported by William F. Vilas Trust.

TOW E R B R A S S O F C H I C AG O P E R S O N N E L Trumpets Matthew Comerford, Director Matthew Lee Kevin Hartman Horns Greg Flint Neil Kimel

Trombones Reed Capshaw Terry Leahy Tuba Charles Schuchat

A B O U T TOW E R B R A S S The group was founded by Matthew Comerford in the Spring of 1997, after many requests for more brass music at Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago. With generous donations Tower Brass became a reality in the Chicago area’s musical life in September of that same year. Regularly performing for worship services and concert performances Tower Brass has come to be regarded as one of the finest brass ensembles in the area.

The musicians that make up Tower Brass are all highly accomplished freelance artists.

Often performing with such groups as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Grant Park Symphony, the Ravinia Festival Orchestra, commercial recordings for television and radio... and the list goes on. Tower Brass of Chicago has recorded two CD’s -- “A Christmas Celebration” and “Urban Litany”.

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BIOGR APHIES Matthew Comerford (Trumpet) is the founder and Artistic Director of Tower Brass of Chicago. He is also a member of the Orchestra of the Lyric Opera of Chicago, holding the position of Co-Assistant Principal Trumpet. He auditioned for and was appointed to the Lyric trumpet section in February 1998. Previous to Lyric, Matt performed for four and a half years as a temporary member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s trumpet section.

Matt has been the principal trumpet of the Ravinia Festival Orchestra and has performed with such noted groups as the Grant Park Symphony, Israel Philharmonic, Chicago Sinfonietta, Symphony II, Concertante di Chicago, American Ballet Theater, and is a past member of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra. He has also performed with various theater orchestras, most notably in national tours of “Titanicthe Musical,”“Les Miserables,”“The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber” and “Phantom of the Opera.” Listeners can also hear Matt in a variety of radio and television commercials and more than forty CDs with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Reed Capshaw (Trombone) moved to Chicago in 1998 to complete his Bachelor’s degree in trombone performance at Roosevelt University, where he studied with Chicago Symphony Principal Trombonist, Jay Friedman. His first year in Chicago, he had the opportunity to perform with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, taking part in the massive brass band part of Shostakovich’s opera, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. Since then, he has performed with several great ensembles in the Chicago area, including the Grant Park Symphony, the Milwaukee Symphony, the Elgin Symphony, the Lake Forest Symphony, MusicNow, the Lyric Opera Orchestra, Symphony II (Chicago Philharmonic), and many others. He has also had the opportunity to play and tour with the Cleveland Orchestra. Reed

is currently the Principal Trombonist of the Elgin Symphony, the South Bend Symphony, the Lake Forest Symphony and is a member of Ars Viva Chamber Orchestra in Chicago. Reed completed his Master’s degree at Northwestern University. He is currently teaching trombone and low brass at North Central College in Naperville, Harper College in Palatine, and at the University of Illinois Chicago.

Gregory Flint (Horn) Gregory Flint is associate professor of horn at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and co-director of the Chamber Music Milwaukee concert series. As a performer, he is currently principal horn with the Elgin Symphony, the Chicago Jazz Orchestra, Present Music of Milwaukee and the Fulcrum Point New Music Project.

He often performs with the Milwaukee Symphony, and has also appeared with the Chicago Symphony, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Honolulu Symphony, the Florida Orchestra, and the Ravinia Festival Orchestra. A busy chamber musician, Flint is a founding member of the critically acclaimed Asbury Brass Quintet, hornist with the Tower Brass of Chicago, and has also toured regularly with the Prairie Winds and the Chicago Brass Quintet.

Past summers have included solo appearances in Spain, Costa Rica and South America. Gregory currently spends his summer months in New Mexico as a member of the Santa Fe Opera orchestra.

Kevin Hartman (Trumpet) is Professor of Trumpet at the University of WisconsinMilwaukee. He performs frequently with the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and has played on numerous concerts, recordings and tours with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He has served as principal trumpet with the Wichita Symphony Tower Brass of Chicago

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Orchestra, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, the Chicago Sinfonietta and the Ravinia Festival Orchestra, assistant principal trumpet with the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra, and has performed with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

Mr. Hartman is a founding member of the Asbury Brass Quintet, winners of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and the Coleman Chamber Music Competition. He performs regularly in Chicago’s musical theaters, most recently on productions of Billy Elliot and Mary Poppins.

Neil Kimel (Horn) currently serves as second horn with both Chicago’s Lyric Opera Orchestra and the Grant Park Orchestra. Neil came to these roles after receiving a B.A. in Cinema Studies from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee.

Neil was later invited to join the New

World Symphony in Miami Beach, Florida where he performed under the baton of its music director, Michael Tilson Thomas.

In previous summers, he performed in many different festival orchestras including Spoleto USA, National Orchestral Institute, and the Tanglewood Music Center where he was awarded both the C.D. Jackson Memorial Prize and the Harry Shapiro Award for Outstanding Brass Playing. Neil returned to Chicago where he won the position of second horn with the Grant Park Orchestra. The winters found Mr. Kimel fleeing Chicago’s cold and snow for sunshine and warmth as third horn with the Sarasota (FL) Opera Orchestra. Additionally, he has performed with the Symphony Orchestras of Columbus (OH), Kansas City, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Chicago and the Cleveland Orchestra with whom he toured to Vienna playing in the famed Musikverein.

Grammy-Winning® Artist

Paul Jacobs in recital at Kenwood United Methodist Church 2319 East Kenwood Boulevard Sunday, November 4 at 3pm Free Admission (Freewill offering) This program is in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the rebuilding of the A.O. Smith Memorial Pipe-Organ for more information contact: musicdirector@kenwood-umc.org or 414.332.5935 Photo credit: Stefan Cohen 4

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Sir Andrew Davis appointed Neil to the Lyric Opera of Chicago as second horn in 2008. He is also currently principal horn of the Chicago Philharmonic, a member of Chicago’s Barossa Wind Quintet as well as a chamber music coach at Northwestern University. In 2010 Mr. Kimel was a featured soloist with the Chicago Philharmonic led by conductor Joel Smirnoff.

Terry Leahy (Trombone) is an Australian trombone player living in Chicago. He is currently in the final stages of his Doctoral degree at Northwestern University. For the past 10 years, Terry has been living in Europe, where he has held a position with the Finnish National Opera. Terry has also performed with the London Symphony, the Sydney Symphony, the Welsh National Opera, the City of Birmingham Symphony Matthew Lee (Trumpet) is an active Orchestra and the Mahler Chamber freelance musician in the Chicago area.

Orchestra. His performing highlight so far In addition to his duties as principal was recording with the London Symphony trumpet of the Illinois Philharmonic in Abbey Road studios. Terry has performed Orchestra, he performs with the Chicago all over the world including countries Sinfonietta, Tower Brass, Millar Brass such as the UK, France, Austria, Germany, Ensemble and Chicago Brass Quintet.

Italy, Finland, Russia, Holland, South Africa, He frequently performs as an extra and Australia, New Zealand and Vietnam. Terry substitute with the Chicago Symphony also has a sommelier qualification and Orchestra and the Lyric Opera of Chicago. maintains a keen interest in the wine world.

As a soloist, Lee has performed with the Chicago Chamber Orchestra and the Charles Schuchat (Tuba) has performed Civic Orchestra of Chicago. He was the and recorded with the Chicago Symphony, winner of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago Boston Symphony and Israel Philharmonic. concerto competition and performed In addition to Tower Brass, Charles is a the Concerto in D by G.P. Telemann. member of the award winning Asbury Howard Reich of the Chicago Sun Times Brass Quintet. He has participated in praised the performance as “light, numerous music festivals including the bright...a real tour de force.” Lee was Spoleto Festival, Ravinia Festival and also a semi-finalist in the Maurice Andre Tanglewood Music Festival. While at International Trumpet Competition held Tanglewood he received the CD Jackson in Paris, France and in the New York Award for Achievement. He spent the 1997Concert Artists Guild Competition in New 98 season as principal tuba of the Israel York City. In addition to his active career Philharmonic, and is currently a faculty in Chicago as a performer, Lee teaches member at both Northern Illinois and at the DePaul University School of Music Roosevelt Universities. Charles is a native and Elmhurst College. Lee holds degrees of Washington, DC. He is a graduate of from Northwestern University and Northwestern University where he studied Western Illinois University. His principal with Arnold Jacobs. teachers include Vincent Cichowicz and Adolph Herseth. He has recorded several times with the Chicago Symphony and can be heard with the Millar Brass Ensemble on the Koss, Crystal and Delos International Labels.

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U W- M I LWAU K E E PEC K SC H O O L O F TH E A R T S D E PA R TM E NT O F M U S IC Ensembles John Climer, Band Scott Corley, Bands Margery Deutsch, Community Orchestra Curt Hanrahan, Jazz Band Gloria Hansen, Choirs Sharon Hansen, Choirs Jun Kim, Orchestras David Nunley, Choirs Paul Thompson, Choirs Guitar Peter Baime Beverly Belfer Pete Billmann Elina Chekan René Izquierdo Andrew Lardner Don Linke John Stropes Harp Ann Lobotzke+ Jazz Studies Curt Hanrahan, Jazz Ensemble/ Jazz Arranging Steve Nelson-Raney, Jazz Theory and History Randall Ruback Music Education Jill Kuespert Anderson Wolfgang Calnin Scott Emmons Sheila Feay-Shaw Jeffrey Garthee Catherine Robertson Beth Sacharski Bonnie Scholz

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Musicology and Ethnomusicology Mitchell Brauner Judith Kuhn Timothy Noonan Gillian Rodger Martin Jack Rosenblum Music Theory, Composition and Technology James Burmeister Christopher Burns Lou Cucunato William Heinrichs Jonathan Monhardt Steve Nelson-Raney Kevin Schlei Stephen Schlei Amanda Schoofs Jon Welstead* Piano Elena Abend Judit Jaimes Leslie Krueger Peggy Otwell Jeffry Peterson María Valentina Schlei Strings Scott Cook, String Pedagogy^ Darcy Drexler, String Pedagogy^ Stefan Kartman, Cello Thomas McGirr, Jazz Bass Lewis Rosove, Viola Laura Snyder, String Bass+ Bernard Zinck, Violin

Fine Arts Quartet Ralph Evans, Violin Efim Boico, Violin Nicolò Eugelmi, Viola Robert Cohen, Cello Voice Kerry Bieneman Valerie Errante Jenny Gettel Tanya Kruse Ruck Kurt Ollmann Winds, Brass and Percussion Dave Bayles, Percussion Dean Borghesani, Percussion+ Margaret Butler, Oboe+ Jennifer Clippert, Flute Gregory Flint, Horn Matthew Gaunt, Tuba/ Euphonium Beth Giacobassi, Bassoon+ Curt Hanrahan, Saxophone Kevin Hartman, Trumpet Mark Hoelscher, Trombone Todd Levy, Clarinet+ Ted Soluri, Bassoon+ Carl Storniolo, Percussion Thomas Wetzel, Percussion+ *Department Chair +Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra ^String Academy of Wisconsin

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October 26-27 8:00pm Helen Bader Concert Hall Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts Concept: Simone Ferro, Michael Pink, Kevin Stalheim Production: Iain Court, Andrew Nielsen, Jessica Peck yoa.uwm.edu/falling Photo: Rachel Malehorn Dancer: Susan Gartell

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W E L C O M E F R O M U WM DA N C E : S I M O N E F E R R O FALL(ing) is an ambitious and exciting project that reaffirms the richness and diversity of the performing arts in Milwaukee. Each choreographer’s artistic vision has a special opportunity to bloom as it merges the extraordinary talents of Milwaukee Ballet dancers and sophisticated contemporary musical scores played by Present Music. Dance at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has the mission of training diverse and vibrant artists for the 21st century field of dance; we are proud to advance this history of creative and pedagogical excellence through this unique collaboration with Milwaukee Ballet and Present Music.

PROGR AM ORDER Bird-Prince-Bird Timothy O’Donnell “Winter” from Seasons Elena Kats-Chernin Fall to Rise Petr Zahradnícek Honest Music Nico Muhly “Quiet Music” from Three Études Nico Muhly Dis/Equilibrium Simone Ferro The Night Mare Christopher Cerrone Zaka Jennifer Higdon Intermission Magnetic Field (2007) Simone Ferro Excerpts from String Quartet No. 6 Kevin Volans Slowly and Always Dani Kuepper “Summer,”“Fall,”“Spring” from Seasons Elena Kats-Chernin Ladies and gentlemen, there can be no flash photography during the performances and no video or audio recording of the show. We thank you for remembering to turn off any personal electronic devices that might beep, buzz, ring, or vibrate.

P R O G R A M D E TA I L S Bird-Prince-Bird Choreographer: Timothy O’Donnell Rehearsal Assistant: Raven Nielsen Dancers: Annia Hidalgo, Mayara Pineiro, Mengjun Chen, Etienne Diaz (cover) Music: “Winter” from Seasons by Elena Kats-Chernin (2010) Musicians: Eric Segnitz, Zhan Shu, Margot Schwartz, Erin Pipal, Adrien Zitoun, Andrew Goodlett, Adam Marks Costumes: Courtesy of Milwaukee Ballet Costume Shop Video Images: Kellie Bronikowski Choreographer Note: This short work looks at the relationship between the white swan, the black swan and prince Siegfried in the epic ballet Swan Lake. While the work will be represented in the abstract, the key elements of the narrative were my driving force in the construction of the work: the white swan falls in love with the Prince, the Prince falls in love with the wrong swan, they both fall to their deaths.

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Music Note: Commissioned in 2010 by Australian poet Barabara Blackman, Seasons was written for solo violin, string quintet and piano. Similar to the era of Vivaldi’s concerto grossi in terms of musical structure and instrumentation, Kats-Chernin’s Seasons is a virtuosic explosion of energy and brilliance. The violin solo takes the listener through a journey of depth and sound in a more “classical” approach, without the use of electronics, but in a way that’s fresh and new.

Fall to Rise Choreographer: Petr Zahradnícek Dancers: Brooke Bloedorn, Emma Call, Rosemary Laughrin, Gina Laurenzi, Deanna Lewis, Danielle Lohuis, Carrie Martin, Kristin Reidelberger, Nicole Ross, Madeleine Schoch, Bonnie Watson Music: Honest Music and “Quiet Music” from Three Études by Nico Muhly (2003) Musicians: Eric Segnitz, Adam Marks Costumes: Marion Clendenen-Acosta, Courtesy of UWM Dance Choreographer Note: “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” Confucius Music Note: Written for solo violin and pre-recorded CD, Honest Music is a collection of discrete, modular phrases recombined in “performance,” or in this case, by the electronic manipulation of the recording. The combination of soaring Englishchoirboy diatonicism with Romantic, violinistic leaps and slides up and down the fingerboard piles on top of each other in a most honest way.

Music Note: “In preparation for writing a large (uncompleted) work for piano, I decided to write three short pieces to get certain musical tics out of my system.” – Nico Muhly.

Each of these three études addresses a specific rhythmic and harmonic gesture. The second étude, “Quiet Music,” concerns itself with drones and chant-like music. The piece was dedicated to and premiered by pianist Eric Huebner.

Dis/Equilibrium Choreographer: Simone Ferro with the input of the performers Movement Research: Katharina Abderholden (BFA 2012), Simone Ferro, Gina Laurenzi (BFA senior), Brenna Marlin (BFA senior) Rehearsal Assistant: Raven Nielsen Dancers: Justin Bohan, Mengjun Chen, Susan Gartell, Valerie Harmon, Erik Johnson, Rachel Malehorn Costumes: Courtesy of Milwaukee Ballet Costume Shop Music: The Night Mare by Christopher Cerrone (2011); Zaka by Jennifer Higdon (2003) Musicians: Marie Sander, Bill Helmers, Eric Segnitz, Adrien Zitoun, Adam Marks, Carl Storniolo Film: Kellie Bronikowski Poetry References: Adelaide Crapsey, Thomas McGrath, James Wright Collaborators: UW-Milwaukee Film Department; School of Architecture and Urban Planning Professor James Shields, FAIA Financial Support: Office of Undergraduate Research Choreographer Note: This piece analyzes the fraction of second that passes when a person starts falling. It reflects on the short period of time that the brain recognizes the sudden change in the body and sends the signals to the muscles to react. Nevertheless, this split of second might look like an eternity. The body adapts, contorts and resolves the continuous change of gravity. It produces a change of perspective of time and space. Reality is manipulated or distorted.

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Music Note:“In my own The Night Mare, the opening sounds are half-remembered sonic fragments of my daily ritual: breathing, noisy clicks, the drone of an idling train. As the piece progresses, these elements are organized into more recognizable and familiar musical elements: first harmonies, then a haunting, recurring melody that forms in the piano and is coated in a hazy texture by the ensemble. The electronics (which are all derived from a field recording of a train) emphasize the blurred lines between the heard and half-heard (what is a train and what is a flute?) until the work blooms into fully realized musical textures in which all of these elements finally cohere—if only for a moment.” – Christopher Cerrone Music Note: za ka (zo ko) v. To do the following almost simultaneously and with great speed: zap, sock, race, turn, drop, sprint. Zaka is described as “...an energetic and tightly focused work that uses string instruments in percussive and unorthodox ways. It’s sophisticated writing...”—The Sacramento Bee. Commissioned as part of the national series of works from Meet the Composer Commissioning Music/USA, Zaka’s rhythmic drive will ignite audience and dancers alike.

Intermission Magnetic Field (2007) Choreographer: Simone Ferro Movement Research: Michelle DiMeo, Daniel Schuchart Rehearsal Assistant: Raven Nielsen Dancers: Courtney Kramer, Marc Petrocci Music: Excerpts from String Quartet No. 6 by Kevin Volans (2000) Musicians: Zhan Shu, Margot Schwartz, Erin Pipal, Adrien Zitoun Costumes: Louella Powell Video Effects: Iain Court, Jessica Peck Choreographer Note: The paradox that it makes you stronger to know that you can rely on someone physically and emotionally.

Music Note: Commissioned by the Arts Council of Ireland and the City Music Society (London) for the Duke Quartet, Volans’ String Quartet No. 6 is a combination of live and pre-recorded quartets. Sequences of slow sustained chords, with specific instructions to play with or without vibrato, create a “rocking” motion. “The ear strains to distinguish the source, the sound balance so equal, the play of psycho-acoustics magical, peaceful, settling…one of the most beautiful and haunting works I have heard for a very long time.” – Annette Morreau, The Independent Slowly and Always Choreographer: Dani Kuepper Assistant Rehearsal: Raven Nielsen Dancers: Courtney Kramer, Janel Meindersee, Raven Nielsen, Mayara Pineiro, Etienne Diaz, Barry Molina, Isaac Sharratt Music: “Summer,”“Fall,”“Spring” from Seasons by Elena Kats-Chernin (2010) Musicians: Eric Segnitz, Zhan Shu, Margot Schwartz, Erin Pipal, Adrien Zitoun, Andrew Goodlett, Adam Marks Costumes: Courtesy of Milwaukee Ballet Costume Shop Choreographer Note: “Slowly and Always” embraces the circularity and certainty that propels the natural world, as well as the human spirit. We are ongoing, unfolding, evolving, ever changing and predictable in this pursuit.

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PRESENT MUSIC ENSEMBLE Kevin Stalheim.............................................................................................................................. Conductor Marie Sander .............................................................................................................................................Flute Bill Helmers .......................................................................................................................................... Clarinet Eric Segnitz, Zhan Shu, Margot Schwartz...................................................................................... Violin Erin Pipal .....................................................................................................................................................Viola Adrien Zitoun ............................................................................................................................................Cello Andrew Goodlett ......................................................................................................................................Bass Carl Storniolo ................................................................................................................................ Percussion Adam Marks............................................................................................................................................. Piano Marty Butorac .....................................................................................................................Sound Engineer PRODUCTION TEA M Andrew Nielsen ............................................................................................ Ballet Operations Manager Jessica Peck.................................................................................................... UWM Production Manager Iain Court ..........................................................................................................................Lighting Designer James Shields......................................................................................................................Scenic Designer Rick Tatum ............................................................................................................................Head Carpenter Joe Bzura .......................................................................................................................... Master Electrician Marty Butorac .....................................................................................................................Sound Engineer Douglas McCubbin ............................................................................................................ Stage Manager Kellie Bronikowski ..................................................................................................................Video Images Iain Court ...............................................................................................................................Video Operator Mary Bell Potter ............................................................................................................ Wardrobe Mistress Krista Allenstein ........................................................................................ Wardrobe Mistress Assistant Colin Gawronski, Alex Grzybowski, Will Haglund, Bonnie Watson ............................................................................................................. Crew UWM Dance Production Students .......................................................................................... Run Crew Korporate Media .................................................................................................................... Videographer Jessica Kaminski.....................................................................................................................Photographer

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SPECIAL THANKS Major Funding Provided by:

Funded in part by members of the Present Music Commission Fund. Additional support is provided by ASCAP, BMI Foundation, Inc. and The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc. This performance is supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Additional operating support provided by CAMPAC and by the generosity of foundations, corporations and individuals.

Supported by John Shannon and Jan Serr, as part of UW-Milwaukee’s Year of the Arts.

Thanks to our Media Sponsors:

Thanks for Production Equipment Support:

Additional Thanks to: • Milwaukee Ballet Company Costume Manager Mary Piering • Wardrobe Mistress Mary Belle Potter and Wardrobe Department former PSOA Dean Wade Hobgood and Interim PSOA Dean Scott Emmons • Ellen Schupper and the PSOA Marketing Office

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• UWM Film Department and Chair Rob Yeo • James Shields, FAIA, and UWM School of Architecture and Urban Planning • Randall Trumbull-Holper • Kayla Premeau and the UWM Dance Department • Foley & Lardner LLP

BIOGR APHIES Brooklyn-based composer of dramatic, orchestral, chamber and electronic music, Christopher Cerrone (Composer, The Night Mare; b. 1984) is hailed as “a rising star” (The New Yorker), “dangerously talented” (The New Haven Advocate) and “most original” (The Albany Times-Union). Cerrone’s intricate and evocative work has been praised for its “skillful and economical” orchestration and was called “the program’s highlight” by The New York Times.

He is currently pursuing his doctorate at Yale University, where he has taught music composition and electronic music.

Originally from Sydney, Australia, Iain Court (Lighting Designer) has worked as a designer and production manager/stage manager as well as performer and director across all genres of performance and in theatres throughout Australia and touring Europe and North America. His principal interest is in Lighting Design and he has lit works in medieval churches, circus tents, on river banks and in haunted houses as well as many theatres. He has a long association with Igneous Dance Company and has worked with many interesting Aussie choreographers including Garry Stewart, Paul Mercurio, Elizabeth Dallman, Michael Waits, Ros Crisp, Helen Herbertson and Kate Champion. He also has an interest in new media performance and has collaborated on installations and touring productions.

He has been involved in arts education for over 20 years, teaching at the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Arts, as chair of drama at Wesley Institute, developing the technicians’ training programs for the Sydney Opera House and consulting on National Standards for the Entertainment Industry in Australia.

He was the production manager and lighting designer for the Department of

Dance at University of Western Sydney for 11 years and at UWM from 2006 to 2012 and now at CALARTS. He won the David Helfgot award for his contribution to Accessible Arts in Australia. Most recently he also performed with Theatre Gigante in the self-devised work Our Our Town.

Simone Ferro (UWM Dance Department Chair; Choreographer, “Magnetic Field” and “Dis/Equilibrium”) formerly directed the Master of Fine Arts program in Dance at UWM, served on the Wisconsin Arts Board and currently serves on the board of the Wisconsin Dance Council. After a professional career in classical ballet and modern dance in her native Brazil and in Europe, she continued her education with an MFA in Dance at the University of Iowa. Over the years, she has choreographed for Milwaukee Ballet, Milwaukee Repertory Theater and Florentine Opera. She has also collaborated with Danceworks Performance Company, Wild Space Dance Company, Milwaukee Opera Theatre and the Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra. She has received awards from the UW-Milwaukee Graduate School and the Wisconsin Arts Board, and has directed outreach for dance service-learners in Milwaukee and New Orleans. Ferro directs a continuing research program on Brazilian popular dance that has been supported by a variety of awards and she regularly leads a Study Abroad class for dancers to study African-Brazilian culture and dance. Some of her community-based choreographic research has recently been published as “Dance Performance: Giving Voice to the Community” in the Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (Spring 2012). She also presents her field research regularly at conferences of the Popular Culture Association and the Congress on Research in Dance, and a recent article on the Brazilian dramatic dance FALL(ing)

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Bumba-meu-boi has been published at the Journal of Popular Culture (August 2012). She is an active advocate for inter-arts collaboration, performance research, community outreach and dance scholarship.

Jennifer Higdon (Composer, Zaka; b. 1962) received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in Music for her Violin Concerto, with the committee citing Higdon’s work as “a deeply engaging piece that combines flowing lyricism with dazzling virtuosity.” She is the recipient of many other awards, including a Pew Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship and two awards from the American Academy of Arts & Letters. Her list of commissioners range from the Philadelphia Orchestra to Eighth Blackbird. Her works have been recorded on over three dozen CDs and most recently, her Percussion Concerto won the 2010 Grammy for Best Contemporary Classical Composition. Higdon holds the Rock Chair in Composition at The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.

Elena Kats-Chernin (Composer, Seasons; b. 1957) is one of the most cosmopolitan composers working today, having reached millions of listeners worldwide through her prolific catalogue of works for theater, ballet, orchestra and chamber ensemble.

Her dramatically vivid music communicates a mixture of lightheartedness and heavy melancholy, combining strong rhythmic figures with elements of cabaret, tango, ragtime and klezmer. Born in 1957 in Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Kats-Chernin received training at the Gnesin Musical College before immigrating to Australia in 1975. She graduated from the New South Wales Conservatory in 1981 and was awarded a DAAD (German academic exchange) grant to study with Helmut Lachenmann in Hanover. She remained in Germany for 13 years, returning in 1994 to Australia where she now lives in Sydney.

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Dani Kuepper (Choreographer,“Slowly and Always”) received both her BFA and MFA from UW-Milwaukee, where she has been an adjunct faculty member of the UWM dance department since 1999.

Kuepper is the Artistic Director of Danceworks Performance Company (DPC).

She joined DPC in 1998 and has since choreographed more than 25 dances for the company, as well as several eveninglength works. Kuepper has choreographed extensively in the Milwaukee community and has enjoyed collaborations with Florentine Opera, Present Music, First Stage Children’s Theater, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee Opera Theatre, Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra, Next Actors (Theatre for Youth Training Program) and Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra. Kuepper was honored in 2009 as a “Forty Under 40” recipient by the Business Journal Serving Greater Milwaukee and also received the UWM Alumni Association Teaching Excellence Award for non-tenure track instructors in 2010.

Nico Muhly (Composer, Honest Music and “Quiet Music” from Three Études; b. 1981) has composed a wide scope of work for ensembles, soloists and organizations including the American Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, Carnegie Hall, Chicago Symphony, countertenor Iestyn Davies, violinist Hilary Hahn, choreographer Benjamin Millepied, New York City Ballet, New York Philharmonic, Paris Opéra Ballet, soprano Jessica Rivera and designer/ illustrator Maira Kalman. Born in Vermont in 1981 and raised in Providence, Rhode Island, Muhly graduated from Columbia University with a degree in English Literature. In 2004, he received a Masters in Music from the Juilliard School, where he studied under Christopher Rouse and John Corigliano.

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Timothy O’Donnell (Choreographer, “Bird-Prince-Bird”) commenced his dance training at his mother’s ballet school at age seven. In 2001 he joined The Australian Ballet School where he received several awards including the Jacob Bloch Memorial award and 1st place in The Australian Institute of Classical Dance’s national choreographic competition. After he graduated in 2004 he joined West Australian Ballet. While with the Company he performed multiple principal and soloist roles in ballets such as Coppélia, Cinderella, The Red Shoes, The Nutcracker and Romeo and Juliet. O’Donnell was also fortunate enough to work closely with many celebrated national and international artists such as Paul Lightfoot, Petr Zuska, Simon Dow, Matjash Morzewski and Ivan Cavalrie. In 2007, he was awarded “Outstanding Performance by a Male Dancer” at the West Australian Dance Awards. O’Donnell continued to choreograph while working at West Australian Ballet and in 2009 he entered Milwaukee Ballet’s International Choreographic Competition, Genesis, where he was awarded first place and the audience choice award for his work “The Games We Play.” He returned to Milwaukee Ballet in 2010 to create a new work for the company “Boléro-Let there be Light.” In that same year he became a co-director of Ludwig, an Australian dance company where he worked for major dance events including the Australian Dance Awards and also as a choreographer on So You Think You Can Dance-Australia. (Photo courtesy of Jessica Kaminski)

Michael Pink (Milwaukee Ballet Artistic Director; sponsored by Joan and Jack Stein) is celebrating his 10th Anniversary with Milwaukee Ballet this season, making him the longest serving Artistic Director in the organization’s history. Since joining the Company in December of 2002, he has established himself as a prominent member of the Milwaukee arts community, demonstrating his commitment to the future of dance through new work, education and collaboration. He continues to build a strong working relationship with Milwaukee Repertory Theater, where his collaborations include Assassins, Cabaret and Next to Normal.

His artistic vision for Milwaukee Ballet continues to be exciting and challenging. His long-awaited production of Peter Pan signified a major landmark in the Company’s history and was filmed by Milwaukee Public Television during its recent performances.

Pink’s theatrical productions of Dracula, Esmeralda, Swan Lake, Giselle 1943, The Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and Romeo & Juliet have been hailed as “Classical Ballet for the 21st Century.” Pink is an international choreographer and teacher. He trained as a classical dancer at the Royal Ballet, joining English National Ballet in 1975. During his ten years with the Company, he danced many leading roles, most notably his partnership with Natalia Makarova in John Cranko’s Onegin. From 1986 to 1998, he worked alongside Christopher Gable as founding director of Ballet Central and Associate Artistic Director of the Northern Ballet Theatre. Throughout his career he has worked with such luminaries as Dame Ninette de Valois, Sir Frederick Ashton, Rudolf Nureyev, Léonide Massine, Nicholas Beriosoff and Glen Tetley. His early choreographic work won him first place in the Ursula Moreton Choreographic Competition and the Royal Society of Arts Competition. He has worked as répétiteur for Rudolf Nureyev at the Paris FALL(ing)

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Opera and La Scala Milan. His first professional work, 1914, was nominated for a West End Theatre Award. A long-standing friendship with composer Philip Feeney has produced over 20 original works. His other works include Don Quixote, Strange Meeting, Solstice, Don’t Touch and Aubade, as well as works for theatre and television. In 2008, Pink was recognized by the Wisconsin Dance Council with the Choreography/Performance Award. (Photo courtesy of Jessica Kaminski)

In 1979 after several research trips to South Africa, he began a series of pieces based on African composition techniques, which occupied him for the next 10 years. After a productive collaboration with the Kronos Quartet in the 1980s, his work, principally in the field of chamber and orchestral music, has been regularly performed worldwide.

In the last decade, he has turned his attention to writing for orchestra as well as collaborating with visual artists.

Kevin Stalheim (Present Music Artistic Director) is the founder and Artistic Director of Present Music, Milwaukee’s nationally acclaimed new music ensemble. He is a professional trumpet player and has freelanced extensively in the Milwaukee area, including work with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Stalheim received his Bachelor of Music degree from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and his Master of Music and Conducting from UWM, where he also received the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2010 for his work in the arts and education.

Through Stalheim’s considerable efforts, Present Music is now regarded as one of the foremost national organizations in the development and presentation of new music.

His concerts are enthusiastically reviewed, always well-rehearsed and performed, and continue to be imaginative and provocative.

Through his dedication to commissioning, recording, and touring new work—now counting more than 50 world premieres— Present Music remains at the forefront of new music ensembles in the United States.

Petr Zahradnícek (Choreographer, “Fall to Rise;” sponsored by Betty Quadracci) is a native of the Czech Republic. After graduating from the Brno Dance Conservatoire, he joined the National Theater in Prague. In 1996, Zahradnícek moved to Germany where he danced with Theater Vorpommern, Salzburg Ballet and Stadttheater Wurzburg. In 2001, he decided to move to the United States where he danced with Colorado Ballet before joining Milwaukee Ballet. Since joining Milwaukee Ballet in 2003, Zahradnícek has created many pieces for the Milwaukee Ballet, the Nancy Einhorn Milwaukee Ballet II Program and Milwaukee Ballet School & Academy.

He has also choreographed three pieces for Ballet Memphis in Tennessee. In 2007, Zahradnícek received a grant from the New York Choreographic Institute, an affiliate of New York City Ballet. This summer, he took park in Danceworks’ Art to Art collaboration with other local artists. He is currently choreographing for UWM for the January Winterdances concert. Zahradnícek is a three-time finalist at McCallum’s Choreography Festival and his pas de deux “1 Run 2” was the winner of the Paid Engagement Award in 2011. This autumn, as part of this award, he will again present a full-length program of his work at the McCallum Theater in California. (Photo courtesy of Jessica Kaminski)

Kevin Volans (Composer, String Quartet No. 6; b. 1949) was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, and studied with Karlheinz Stockhausen and Mauricio Kagel in Cologne. In the mid-seventies, his work was associated with the New Simplicity—the beginnings of Post-Modernism in Germany.

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M I LWAU K E E B A L L E T C O M PA N Y Michael Pink ........................................................................................................................ Artistic Director Keith Kolb ..................................................................................................................................... Board Chair Dennis Buehler .............................................................................................................. Executive Director Andrew Sill ..............................................................................................................................Music Director Nadia Thompson .................................................................................................................. Ballet Mistress Denis Malinkine .......................................................................................................................Ballet Master Timothy O’Donnell, Petr Zahradnícek ............................................Choreographers-in-Residence Leading Artists Yuki Clark, David Hovhannisyan, Patrick Howell, Ryan Martin, Marc Petrocci, Luz San Miguel Artists Kara Bruzina, Mengjun Chen, Etienne Diaz, Alexandre Ferreira, Susan Gartell, Justin Genna, Valerie Harmon, Annia Hidalgo, Erik Johnson, Courtney Kramer, Rachel Malehorn, Janel Meindersee, Barry Molina, Raven Nielsen, Timothy O’Donnell, Mayara Pineiro, Isaac Sharratt, Nicole Teague, Petr Zahradnícek Milwaukee Ballet Company dancers are represented by the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA).

Milwaukee Ballet 504 W. National Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53204 414-643-7677 www.milwaukeeballet.org

Please consider making a gift in support of the Ed Burgess Legacy Scholarship Fund.

Send to: UWM Foundation/Ed Burgess Legacy Scholarship Fund 1440 East North Avenue • Milwaukee, WI 53202 Or online at uwm.edu/giving Click on Give Online, then Make a Gift Click on Gift Designation and select “Arts” FALL(ing)

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U N I V E R S I T Y O F W I S C O N S I N - M I LWAU K E E Department of Dance Simone Ferro ........................................................................................................................ Chair, Professor Ferne Caulker-Bronson, Marcia Ruth Parsons....................................................................... Professor Darci Brown Wutz, Luc Vanier................................................................................. Associate Professor Maria Gillespie .............................................................................................................. Assistant Professor Christina Briggs Winslow .......................................................................... Visiting Assistant Professor Gloria Gustafson, Mary D. Hibbard ........................................................Associate Professor Emeriti Dani Kuepper ....................................................................................................................... Senior Lecturer Kayla Premeau ............................................................................................................... Program Manager Jessica Peck ............................................................................................................... Production Manager Seth Warren-Crow ..............................................................................................Music Director, Lecturer Peck School of the Arts Scott Emmons ..........................................................................................................................Interim Dean Kimberly Cosier ................................................................................................... Interim Associate Dean Mary McCoy.............................................................................................................. Assistant to the Dean Sue Thomas .............................................................................................................Administrative Officer Ellen Friebert Schupper........................................Marketing and Community Relations Director Nicole Schanen.......................................................................................................... Marketing Specialist Susan Mendelson ......................................................................................Year of the Arts Coordinator Diane Grace ............................................................................................................Development Director Tianna Conway ........................................................................................................... Box Office Manager Randy Holper ..................................................................................................................Facilities Manager Christine Barclay .................................................................................................. Senior House Manager Mission Statement: The Department of Dance is committed to the development and training of versatile dance artists. Through its diverse faculty and curriculum, the department offers undergraduate and graduate students a learning environment that emphasizes creative artistic individuality and the development of professional skills.

PRESENT MUSIC Kevin Stalheim.................................................................................................................... Artistic Director Susan Madden ............................................................. Marketing & Community Relations Director Christine Liu.................................................................................... Artistic & Administrative Associate The Present Music Endowment Fund is stewarded by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation. Key to building long-term support for the commissioning and performance of new music, Endowment Fund contributions are welcome and very much appreciated. Estate or legacy gifts may be discussed in confidence with Christine Liu. To contribute, please send your donation to: Present Music 158 N. Broadway Milwaukee, WI 53202 or

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The Greater Milwaukee Foundation Attn: Present Music Endowment Fund 101 W. Pleasant St. Suite 210 Milwaukee, WI 53212

PRESENT MUSIC

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Internationally acclaimed and celebrating 31 years of new music, Present Music (PM) commissions, performs, records and tours the music of living composers. Since 1982, more than 50 new works by composers from around the world have come into existence because of PM. Founded by Kevin Stalheim, PM works closely with many of the world’s most exciting and significant composers while supporting the talents of emerging voices. It nurtures the next generation of composers through its education program, the Creation Project. PM marks its 31st season with a commitment to creating the music of our time and engaging the community through a host of collaborations. PM can be heard on nine compact disc recordings on the Argo, Albany, Aoede, Northeastern, Naxos and Innova labels.

Mission Statement: Present Music engages artists and audiences in imaginative and provocative experiences with new music through ensemble performance, education and commissioning.

Board of Directors Lois Smith ..........................................................................................................................................President Catherine F. Gordon ..............................................................................................................Past President Claudia Egan .................................................................................................VP Audience Development David Keen ....................................................................................................................Treasurer, Secretary Paul Snyder .............................................................................................................VP Fund Development Richard Pieper Kevin Stalheim Jonathan Winkle

Sally Duback George Jacobi Arthur Laskin

Audience Development Committee: Claudia Egan .................................................................................................VP Audience Development Elisabeth Albeck Christine Barclay Anne Broda Maureen Daly Will Edwards

Marguerite Helmers Susan Loris Rebecca Ohm Daniel Petry

Ruben Piirainen Erik Spooner Bob Sura Sun Torke

PRESENT MUSIC DONORS Ticket sales cover less than half of our operating expenses, especially because we create new music from scratch. Your gifts allow us to invent one-of-a-kind concert experiences, engage the community in exciting collaborations, nurture student creators through school concerts, composer-in-residency projects and so much more.

Many thanks to last season’s donors. We invite everyone to renew and help us raise the bar on exciting performances, world premieres and community collaborations. [layout note: multiple columns whenever possible within each donor category] Initiators $10,000+ Anonymous* The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.* Herzfeld Foundation George & Angela Jacobi*

Laskin Family Foundation, Inc.* The MAP Fund, a program of Creative Capital supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation & the Rockefeller Foundation*

Richard & Suzanne Pieper* John Shannon & Jan Serr* United Performing Arts Fund*

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PRESENT MUSIC DONORS Navigators $5,000 - $9,999 Badger Meter* Brico Fund* CAMPAC* Forest County Potawatomi Foundation* Reed & Nancy Groethe* Estate of Grace Iacolucci* Ronald Jacquart & Michael W. McCarthy Jane Bradley Pettit Foundation* Johnson Controls Foundation David Keen & Judy Perkins* Maihaugen Foundation* Barry & Eileen Mandel* Milwaukee Arts Board Lois Smith* Connie Tresch* Wisconsin Arts Board Rhapsodists $2,500 - $4,999 A.O. Smith Corporation* Amphion Foundation, Inc. Attorneys Title & Closing Services John & Catherine Firth Gordon* MillerCoors* Elaine Stalheim Visionaries $1,000 - $2,499 ASCAP Foundation, Irving Caesar Fund Donna & Donald Baumgartner BMI Foundation, Inc. Jane Bowers* Joyce Broan Jill & Frits Broekhuizen* Cecile Cheng* Concordia University School of Pharmacy* Continuum Architects + Planners* Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.* Greg & Martha Jay* 20

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David Johnson* Karen Johnson-Boyd & Bill Boyd* Eric & Susi Lind* Randall Lindert* Jennifer Mattes* Northwestern Mutual Foundation Volunteer Support Program Gwen & Jim Plunkett Gary & Gail Reynolds* Christine Rundblad* George Sosnovsky* Kevin Stalheim* von Briesen & Roper, S.C. Rembert Weakland Patrice Wessel Elacqua* William Stark Jones Foundation* Conceptualists $500 - $999 Karen Campbell & Kevin Ronnie* Richard & Karen Christenson David & Catherine Duback Sandy Duffy Timothy & Sue Frautschi* James Green* Jean Gurney & Earl Lemon* Beth & Fred Heller* Herbert H. Kohl Charities, Inc. Kohl’s Corporation* Paul Kosidowski & Kathy Donius* Norma Jean & Roy Larson* Keith Mardak & Mary Vandenberg* Pieper Power Foundation Lucille Rosenberg* Denise & Charlie White* Resonators $250 - $499 Anonymous Mark & Laura Barnard* Clark Graphics Sally Duback & Warren Kreunen*

Claudia Egan Susan Fete* Douglas Frazer & Karen Schapiro* Karleen Haberichter* Ruth Kallio-Mielke* Julilly Kohler* Lindsay Lochman & Eric Chatlain* Paul McElwee & Gayle Rosemann* MillerCoors* Jane O’Connell* George Owen & Eleanor Harris* Brian & Maura Packham* Dr. Jennifer and Dr. Alfonse Runquist* James & Catherine Startt* Paula & Vance Strother* Christian & Heidi Stutzki* Richard & Anna Teerlink* Herbert Zien & Elizabeth Levins* Mary Lou Zuege* Intoners $100 - $249 Anonymous* Anonymous* Janine Arseneau* Deborah Beck & Fred Sweet Keith Berg & Mary L. Hedblom* Estate of Fred Berman* John & Marilyn Breidster John Brooks James Chenevert* Sarah L. Connor* Ann Cornell & Morgan White Dean & Emily Crocker* Maureen Daly & Mark Drewek Roberta & David Drews* Will & Kris Edwards* Mary Ann Erdtmann Thomas & Ellen Etten William & Idy Goodman* Rick Guerard* Mark Gullickson*

PRESENT MUSIC DONORS Rachel & Dennis Hafemann* Chris & Suzie Hanks* Kevin Hanson* Mary Hartman Margarete & David Harvey* Carol & Mike Hauer William & Marguerite Helmers* Susan Herro Sally Heuer & Steve Culver* David Hilker & Lisa Walter* Fred Himmerich Dotty & Nathan Holman* Raymond Janusiak Mary & Charles Kamps* Edward Kelly Guy & Janet Klucevsek Marie Kohler & Brian Mani* Lou Ann Koval* Konrad Kuchenbach W. Tony Lam & Martha Brown* Patricia Lasky & John Hanrahan* Chris & Jana Lind Lindsay Lochman & Eric Chatlain Susan Loris* Sherry & Richard Lundell* Kathleen Masterson* Martine Meyer* Patricia Monroe* Fujie & Wayne Moses* George Mosher* Lucia & Jack Murtaugh Kathy & Dave O’Brien* Nick & Joyce Pabst* Elaine Parker Charles & Stephanie Partridge Debbie & Jamshed Patel Clint Peterson* Daniel Petry* Claire Pfleger Jill Anna Ponasik & William Bradley* Helen Reich Steve & Fran Richman Allen & Patricia Rieselbach*

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Bruce & Janine Smith* Nita Soref Vickie & Tim Strattner* Leon & Carolyn White Travanti Dennis & Carol Trinastic Patricia Tully & Dennis Darmek* Jim & Kathie Vint* Anne Wal* Clyde & Jean Zimmermann John Zippel* Igniters $1 - $99 George Affeldt* John Albrecht* Jason Altobelli* Paul Anders* Beth Anderson Stacey Ball* Craig Berg Michael & Andrea Bootzin* Jo Brown* James & Jessica Brownell* Rebeca Buendia-Campos* William Carey Helen Ceci & Bryan McDermott* Barbara Champion* Vernon & Evelyn Childs Lucy Cooper Timothy Couillard* Michael Cunningham Thallis Drake Paul Dresher* Michael Eells* Susan Endes* Richard Farvour* Beatrice Ferrer* Nan Fitzpatrick & Lee Gierke David Flores Ron Foster* Stanley & Janet Fox Jim Gerber* Shannon & Shawn Govern* Mary Ann Greenebaum* Suzanne & Dan Haislmaier* Sally Heuer & Steve Culver Virginia Holland*

David Hughes Beverly Katter* Judy & Bill Kay* Mary Kielich* Marsha Kindall-Smith & Hugh Smith* Elaine & Earl Klabunde Teri Kolb Danni Kuepper* JoDee Kuhl* Tim Ladwig* Yvonne Lauer* Marlisa & Mike Leigh * Cynthia Lepkowski* Clare & Dick Leslie* John & Jan Liebenstein Elliot & Eve Lipchik Lynn Lucius & Richard Taylor* George Meyer* Denis Molloy* Bruce Murphy & Rosemarie Balistreri Denice & Gary Warren Niebuhr* Mai Nguyen* Nicole Palasz* Sarah Patch* Chad & Rebecca Piechocki* Ruben Piirainen & Mark Walker* Mary Pollock* Nirmal Raja* David & Pat Rierson* David Sahar* Mildred Schapiro* Kate Schmidt Kunz* Rozanne Screven* Bill Sell* Norman Sheridan* Alan Shucard* William Skaleski* Meredith Skelton* Gil Snyder & Michelle Sausen* Dorothy Somers* Susan Sonneborn* Peggy & Scott Stalheim* David Stowe* FALL(ing)

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Dan & Ursula Twombly* Debra Ushakow* Leland Wagner* Deborah Wait* Phyllis Wax* Janet Weaver* WE-Energies*

Janet Wilgus* Norma Winters* Alicia Witten* Heidi & Harvey Woehlck* George Wolz* Marshall Zarem* Howard & Jane Zeft*

*Thank you for your increased or new gift.

This list is current as of September 14, 2012. If you identify any errors, we would appreciate notification.

PRESENT MUSIC COMMISSION CLUB Here’s something fun to add to your life list... Help create new music! Join the Commission Club today and make music history!

These individuals have made gifts of $1,000 or more, this year or last, in support of commissions & special project: Jane Bowers Joyce Broan Jill & Frits Broekhuizen Cecile Cheng Patrice Wessel Elacqua Reed & Nancy Groethe George & Angela Jacobi

Karen Johnson-Boyd & Bill Boyd Ronald Jacquart & Michael W. McCarthy Greg & Martha Jay David Johnson David Keen & Judy Perkins Arthur & Nancy Laskin

Eric & Susi Lind Randall Lindert Richard & Suzanne Pieper Gwen & Jim Plunkett Christine Rundblad John Shannon & Jan Serr Lois Smith Elaine Stalheim

P R E S E N T M U S I C ’ S C R E AT I O N P R OJ E C T “The Creation Project has given me an opportunity that many professional composers can only dream of.”

-Katie Parker, Milwaukee High School of the Arts Student Present Music places composers “in residence” with young people to teach them how to create and compose meaningful musical works of their own. Known as the Creation Project, the program culminates in a world premiere public performance of the students’ compositions. Present Music offers eight to ten residencies each year. More than 1,000 students take part in the Creation Project annually. Upon completion of each residency, students have learned: -how harmony and melody interact -how to construct rhythm -to understand the significance of musical form/composition theory -how to orchestrate for a small ensemble -effective collaboration, critical problem solving and public presentation skills For more information about a residency at your school, call 414-271-0711 and ask for Christine Liu, or email cmliu@presentmusic.org.

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