The Gallo Center Magazine - January 2022

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magazine JAN. '22 V. 12, NO. 6

R OA L D DA H L’ S

CHARLIE Chocolate Factory JEREMY AN D TH E

PHANTOM’S

STOLLE

VIRGINIA STILL INTERVIEWS MODESTO’S OWN!

DAVID FOSTER THE HITMAN TOUR!

“ TH E SWE E TE ST S H OW O N B ROADWAY ! ” - A BC

BILL ENGVALL HIS FAREWELL TO STAND-UP!

TANGO ARGENTINA SIZZLING DANCE SENSATION!

George S. Arata

Gary S. Davis

Bradley J. Swingle

Michelle L. Morelli

Colleen F. Van Egmond

Graham Scott

Amanda J. Heitlinger

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MODESTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: MARQUEZ CELLO CONCERTO

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TANGO ARGENTINA

1/22

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FRI

7:30 PM

1/8

SAT

7:30 PM

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THE MUSIC OF SAM COOKE STARRING BRADD MARQUIS

1/8

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SAT

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ROALD DAHL’S CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

1/11

TUE

6:30 PM

1/12

WED

6:30 PM

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JEFFREY SIEGEL – MISTRESSES & MASTERPIECES FRI

1/14

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BILL ENGVALL

1/15

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AN EVENING WITH DAVID FOSTER

1/18

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CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE: CCR’S CHRONICLE VOL. 1

TUE

THU

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7:30 PM

4 – 5 JEREMY STOLLE’S

NO MORE TALK OF DARKNESS

1/23

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SUN

2 PM

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RIVERDANCE 25TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW

1/26

WED

7 PM

1/27

THURS

7 PM

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MELISSA ETHERIDGE JUST ADDED!

3/22

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7:30 PM

SAT

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7:30 PM

5 PM & 8 PM

7:30 PM

1/20

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7:30 PM

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19 ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES

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The 12 Hours You Never See This month, we’re thrilled to welcome Broadway back to the Center

After a quick break for lunch, it’s all hands on deck for a full sound check

with Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory running

and tech rehearsal. The piano tuner arrives for a touch-up tuning while the

January 11 & 12, and the return of Riverdance to celebrate their

band is at dinner and the production crew takes one last look at the show

25th anniversary season January 26 & 27. However, the real magic

order before taking their places just as the doors open and the audience

of Broadway happens behind the scenes.

finds their seats.

The loading dock flies open just after sunrise to greet the road

Two hours later, they do it all again—in reverse.

company for the evening performance. What starts as an empty stage each morning is about to be entirely transformed over the next twelve hours. The twelve hours the audience never sees.

During the month of January alone, the Gallo Center’s highly-skilled, world-class production team will follow this rigorous daily routine twentyone times…with zero public recognition. Until now.

The art of loading a show in—and out—of the theater is a carefully

Warm Regards,

choreographed routine, often times rehearsed as much as the

Chad Hilligus, CEO

show itself. Dressing rooms are stocked and set up prior to the

chilligus@galloarts.org

company’s arrival to set the tone for the rest of the day. Director

Photo by David A. Lee

of Production & Technical Services, Jeremiah Lewis, and his team

LET’S BE SOCIAL!

of nearly 200 stagehands, engineers, technicians, and riggers immediately go to work unloading trucks, hanging backdrops, setting up sound and light equipment, testing and tuning backline instruments, and making sure the stage is ready and safe before the artists even arrive.

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“Satisfies Any Sweet Tooth” — Time Magazine

TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY,

Roald Dahl’s amazing tale is now Modesto’s golden ticket! It’s the perfect recipe for a

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Man,” and “I’ve Got a Golden Ticket,” alongside a toe-tapping and ear-tickling new score

JANUARY 11 & 12, 2022, 6:30 PM

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delectable treat: songs from the original film, including “Pure Imagination,” “The Candy from the songwriters of Hairspray. Willy Wonka is opening his marvelous and mysterious chocolate factory...to a lucky few.

That includes Charlie Bucket, whose bland life is about to burst with color and confection beyond his wildest dreams. He and four other golden ticket winners will embark on a

mesmerizing joyride through a world of pure imagination. Now’s your chance to experience the wonders of Wonka like never before – get ready for Oompa-Loompas, incredible inventions, the great glass elevator, and more, more, more at this everlasting showstopper!

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PHANTOM’S

Jeremy Can’t Wait To Get STOLLE Back To O’Brien’s INTERVIEW WITH VIRGINIA STILL

Bringing a slice of Broadway with him, Modesto native son and

returned to the production after a 19-month hiatus, an

Phantom of the Opera star Jeremy Stolle promises an energetic

experience he described as “surreal and very magical. They

and entertaining concert this month that encompasses what he

pulled out the red carpet for the opening night along with a

is all about: love for live theatre and a passion for singing.

virtual chandelier drop in Time Square.”

“It’s tons of fun for people to sing along and have a great

Added Stolle, “it was very, very exciting. It was interesting to go

time,” said Stolle in describing his show. “There is no diving

back to something that you love and admire after a great distance

deep and being sad. This is a celebration of Broadway with

from it and then to be in the room with 100 people that are

original songs, popular songs with a twist, and humorous

starving for it was kind of a really neat moment in time.”

numbers that bring high energy and a heartfelt love for Broadway to audiences.”

It wasn’t always this way. While hard work, patience, and perseverance has made his dream job come true, Stolle spoke

The show, aptly named No More Talk of Darkness, features

of the struggles he has endured, including working multiple

his Unreachable Stars Band—a group of veteran Broadway

jobs to make ends meet. “It is not like I just stepped off the

musicians and singers with credits including Wicked, Charlie

bus and they had the job waiting,” he said of his transition to

and the Chocolate Factory and Phantom of the Opera. They

New York and striving to make it on Broadway.

include pianist/composer Arri Lawton Simon, drummer Matt Vander Ende, bassist Steve Millhouse and singer Elizabeth

Stolle has numerous other credits in his more than two-decade

Welch. Modesto artists, vocalist Joseph Paul Rykert and

career in live theater, notably including Disney Theatricals’

violinist Ilana Blumberg, will also be a part of the show.

pre-Broadway production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

He also has a recording career. His solo debut album, In the

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Stolle has been behind the mask in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s

Moment, has sold in more 30 countries and he is now planning

Phantom of the Opera for more than a decade. He recently

a possible second album.

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A Q&A With Jeremy:

First thing you’ll do when you get home?

I will go to my parent’s house. We always have a backyard barbeque at my sister’s house. I will definitely visit the O’Brien’s Supermarket and Starbucks every morning. It is my favorite supermarket on the planet. The sandwich bar is so good and they have this bread called Dutch Crunch and I have not seen it anywhere else on this planet. It makes me so happy.

Do you have a favorite local restaurant?

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I’m going to take my band to Galletto. The restaurant we always went to is gone now.

If you had a free weekend in Modesto, how and where would you spend it?

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I would like to take the band to Murphys, but being here just visiting my family is the biggest thing.

What do you miss about Modesto?

I miss living in a house. I miss being in homes. I also miss singing in the symphony’s Holiday Candlelight Concert every year around Christmas. I miss the community. I miss being in the community chorus. I miss my friends. It has changed so much since I left.

It is really true, I miss O’Brien’s. You walk in and the produce department is like ahhhhh.

How did you start acting and performing?

I got pulled into the choir at Modesto High School off of the football team because the teacher, Dennis Clark, was recruiting men for the choir. They didn’t have enough. It kind of blew up

Did you have mentors here who had a big influence on you?

For sure Dennis Clark. My first real dedicated music teachers, Shirley Woodward and the late Lewis Woodward. They were huge influences on my education and my direction for how I sang. I would have to say all my teachers. I really started studying theater as I got into college. Paul Tischer from Modesto Performing Arts also has been a great influence and a great guide in my life.

Where do you go from here?

After Modesto, we are continuing with Phantom so that is taking a lot of my time. I’ll also be taking this concert tour through the Midwest, and I’m in talks with a producer about the second album.

from there. I was resistant to it but the minute I started I loved every second of it. That is all I wanted to do. I wanted to sing sing sing sing sing. It led to going to MJC and then led to a scholarship at UC Irvine and then that led me to moving to New York to pursue it. I left in 2002, but come back at least every year, sometimes two or three times a year.

Virginia Still is a writer and photographer for a variety of publications including the 209 Magazine. Check out her stories on 209magazine.com or connect with her on Facebook: Virginia Still, Twitter: @StillVirginia, or ginnistill on Instagram.

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Bradd Marquis SERVES UP A BRILLIANT TRIBUTE TO

Sam Cooke SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 2022, 7:30 PM TICKETS: $39/54/59

Singer-actor-writer-producer Bradd Marquis stars in this fantastic new show depicting the life and music of iconic, legendary Sam Cooke. It’s a rip-roaring salute to one of soul music’s founders, featuring “You Send Me,” “Only

Sixteen,” “Cupid,” “Chain Gang,” “Twistin’ the Night

Away,” “A Change is Gonna Come,” “Wonderful World” and many more indelible musical memories.

The Music of Sam Cooke traces his career from its foundation in gospel music through his success as a pop star. It’s a portrait of a unique artist who not only helped bridge the gap between black and white audiences, but also crossed generations. Marquis’s vocal tone, passion and purpose is often compared to Marvin Gaye and other soulful crooners, and he’s uncanny as he brings to life the charismatic performer who melded elements of R&B, gospel and pop into a sound that helped give rise to Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding and many others.

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GIER CONDUCTS

MÁRQUEZ

RESIDENT COMPANY

FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 2022, 7:30 PM SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 2022, 7:30 PM TICKETS: $19/39/54/71/94 Delta David Gier, conductor Francisco Vila-Haas, cello Conductor Delta David Gier rings in the new year and kicks off the MSO’s Music Director Search with the lively and colorful Espejos en la Arena by Mexican composer, Arturo

PROGRAM Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, op. 72b

Márquez featuring the exceptional Francisco

Márquez: Espejos en la Arena

Vila-Haas on cello. The program concludes with

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, op. 47

Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5, a mysterious and triumphant masterpiece that explores the composer’s own life experiences.

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UPCOMING SHOW

With Love from the MSO

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2022, 7:30 PM TICKETS: $19/39/54/71/94 Fall in love with your Pops favorites all over again!

Guest conductor Stuart Chafetz returns with a program filled with the greatest love songs–just in time to treat your loved ones for Valentine’s Day.

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SAY GOODBYE TO

Bill Engvall ON HIS FAREWELL TOUR

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You don’t want to miss this. Bill Engvall is retiring from stand-up comedy and is on

SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 2022 5 PM & 8 PM

the road with "Here’s Your Sign, It’s Finally Time Tour.” This great entertainer has

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always been successful in connecting with audiences. It’s the quality of sharing the humor in everyday situations that made Engvall one of the best comedians ever. He was working as a disc jockey in Dallas and one night, while in a nightclub,

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022, 7:30 PM TICKETS: $35/55/65

PIANIST

Jeffrey Siegel PRESENTS

‘Mistresses and Masterpieces’

PRESENTED BY:

THE BOB & MARIE GALLO FAMILY SPONSORED BY:

MIRIAM OLSEN Classical pianist Jeffrey Siegel returns to the Gallo Center with his always entertaining Keyboard Conversations program—a combination of superb recital performance enlivened by witty and incisive commentary. For this visit, Mr. Siegel will present Mistresses and Masterpieces—ultra romantic music inspired by ‘significant others’ in the lives of Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Mendelssohn and Bartok. Come experience stirring, poetic music to enchant the ear and touch the heart!

This performance is dedicated by Mr. Siegel to all music teachers.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 2022, 7:30 PM TICKETS: $29/39/49/59

Gallo Center audiences love the musicians from Classic Albums Live, who take the most revered albums from the 60s and 70s and replicate them note for note, cut for cut. These are some of the top musicians on the planet, as carefully selected as you can imagine. And fans of Creedence Clearwater Revival will LOVE their take on Chronicle, Vol. 1, the 1976 greatest hits collection that showcased CCR’s stunning creative output over the years: “Proud Mary,” “Lodi,” “I Heard it Through the

Grapevine,” “Bad Moon Rising,” “Fortunate Son,”

“Run Through the Jungle,” “Green River,” and what sometimes seems like a gazillion others.

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CCR's

Chronicle Vol. 1 GETS THE CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE TREATMENT

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MELISSA

Etheridge SHOW ADDED!

One Way Out Tour TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2022, 7:30 PM TICKETS: $49/69/89/99 PREMIER PARTNER:

It's her first-ever performance at the Gallo Center, and we are thrilled to welcome Melissa Etheridge to Modesto!​ Known for her confessional lyrics and raspy, smoky vocals, Etheridge has remained one of America's favorite female singer-songwriters for more than two decades. She stormed onto the American rock scene with the release of her critically acclaimed, self-titled debut album, and her popularity grew around such memorable originals as “Bring Me Some Water,” “No Souvenirs” and “Ain't It

Heavy.” Etheridge hit her commercial and artistic stride with her fourth album, Yes I Am, which yielded the massive hits, “I’m the Only One” and “Come to My Window.”

Last year Etheridge launched her own live streaming subscription and single ticket concert platform, Etheridge TV, and in September this year

ON SALE NOW!

she released a new album, One Way Out, a 9-track collection of songs Etheridge wrote in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s that never made the cut...until now!

Be sure to visit www.melissaetheridge.com.

TICKETS: (209) 338-2100 | GALLOARTS.ORG

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 2022, 7:30 PM TICKETS: $29/39/49/69

Marcos Ayala, artistic director and choreographer, has created an extraordinarily thrilling program for Tango Argentina’s inaugural tour of the United States. It is an experience that leaves the audience astonished beyond their expectations. He also expresses choreographic traditions and contemporary stories without neglecting the style of dance that he best interprets, “tango.” Tango Argentina is comprised of 12 of that nation’s greatest tango dancers and musicians. Since 2016, the troupe has toured extensively throughout China, Russia, Sweden, Turkey, and Central and South America. Now it’s our turn to enjoy!

EXPERIENCE

TANGO Argentina's INAUGURAL U.S. TOUR!

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Two Great Arts Education

PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES!

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GCYA 2022 SPRING SEMESTER PRESENTS

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YES Company is thrilled to bring the beloved musical Annie to life this summer with performances July 21 - 24, 2022.

Tickets on sale April 2022.

OPEN AUDITIONS IN FEBRUARY 2022!

• Saturday, February 12, 2022, 10 am

Gallo Center for the Arts

• Wednesday, February 16, 2022, 4 pm

Gallo Center for the Arts

• Saturday, February 19, 2022, 10 am

Gallo Center for the Arts

• Saturday, February 26, 2022, 10 am

Tom Changnon Education Center

REQUIREMENTS: • Current 7-12 grader • Attend one audition • Participants and Parents agree to and sign a contract

of commitment upon casting

WHAT TO EXPECT: • No experience necessary!

• Be prepared to sing a musical selection, cold read

from the script and perform simple movement.

PROGRAM COST: $250. Scholarships available.

Join us for our spring semester’s production of THE CLAW, a new children’s musical from beat by beat press!

Gallo Center Youth Academy is an afterschool musical theater program for students in grades 1-8. Through a unique ten week semester, students receive both practical training and curriculum based performing arts teaching as they develop their individual craft alongside an ensemble of their peers. Each semester culminates in a musical theater production presented in the Foster Family Theater.

CLASSES START: MARCH 1, 2022 PERFORMANCE: MAY 14, 2022 AT 1 PM Pay in full discount, monthly payment option, and scholarships available.

FOR MORE INFORMATION & TO REGISTER, VISIT GALLOARTS.ORG/GCYA THE CLAW is presented through special arrangement with Beat by Beat Press (www.bbbpress.com).

FOR MORE INFORMATION & TO

PRE-REGISTER FOR AN AUDITION,

VISIT GALLOARTS.ORG/YESCOMPANY In order to stay in compliance with COVID-19 safety protocols,

YES COMPANY & GALLO CENTER YOUTH ACADEMY ARE A PARTNERSHIP OF:

all students MUST pre-register for their audition date.

ANNIE is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com.

TICKETS: (209) 338-2100 | GALLOARTS.ORG

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Coming Soon BOARD OF DIRECTORS ALEX MARI, M.D., CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD MARIE D. GALLO, PRESIDENT EMERITA (IN MEMORIAM) EVAN PORGES, IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMAN JUNE ROGERS, VICE PRESIDENT CHRISTINA GOMEZ, TREASURER & CHAIR ELECT VICTOR BARRAZA, SECRETARY JOE SWAIN, MEMBER AT LARGE MEL BRADLEY

BRIAN KLINE

ANNIE BENISCH

MICHELLE LEWIS

JILL BOWER

RAUL MENDEZ

CLARKE FILIPPI, D.D.S.

BEN REMINGTON, M.D.

SARAH GROVER

DUNCAN RENO

CHAD HILLIGUS

WILLIAM SEAVY

GINGER JOHNSON

JULIE VANDER WALL

BOARD OF TRUSTEES ANGELICA ANGUIANO

KIMBERLY CLAUSS JORRITSMA

ELLIOT BEGOUN

MICHAEL KRAUSNICK

LORRAINE CARDOZA

DANIELLE LAU

ISMAEL COVARRUBIAS

VIRGINIA MADUENO

CLIFFORD COOPER

ROBERTO MARTINEZ

DANIEL DEL REAL

TRENT MAYOL

KT STAAK DORSETT

KATY MENGES

RYAN DZIADOSZ

CHRIS MURPHY

PAUL MICHAEL EGER

JUAN SÁNCHEZ MUÑOZ, PH.D.

ROBERT FANTAZIA

NORIK NARAGHI

ROBERT FORES

SHARILYN NELSON

BRITTA FOSTER

NORM PORGES

RYAN ROTH GALLO

ROSE MARIE REAVILL

DIANE GILBERT

JEFF REED

EMMA GROVER

SUSAN RICH

DAVID HALVORSON

CHRISTINE ROBERTS

XELAH HERRERA

JANET ROGERS

PETER HERRMANN

MICHAEL ROLAND

DOUG HIGHIET

STEPHANIE GALLO TYLER

LINDA HISCHIER

PHILIP TROMPETTER, PH.D.

RONALD HOFFMANN

DOUG VILAS

JOHN JACINTO JIM JOHNSON, PH.D.

FOUNDING TRUSTEES IRENE ANGELO (IN MEMORIAM)

ALEXANDRA LOEW

LILLY BANISADRE

TONY MISTLIN (IN MEMORIAM)

CARL BOYETT (IN MEMORIAM) JOAN CARDOZA SHEILA CARROLL SUZANNE CASAZZA PAUL DRAPER RON EMERZIAN ANN ENDSLEY KENNI FRIEDMAN LOUIS FRIEDMAN DIANNE GAGOS BARRY HIGHIET (IN MEMORIAM) RANDY JALLI CHRIS JOHNSON GRACE LIEBERMAN (IN MEMORIAM) ROY LEVIN, M.D.

BILL MATTOS

KATE NYEGAARD RUTHANN OLSEN JEANNE PERRY JOHN C. PFEFFER, M.D. CHRIS REED JAMES REED SUE ELLEN RITCHEY DELSIE SCHRIMP FRED A. SILVA RAY SIMON DELMAR R. TONGE, M.D. (IN MEMORIAM) TOM VAN GRONINGEN, PH.D. CAROL WHITESIDE (IN MEMORIAM) JEREMIAH WILLIAMS ALICE YIP

Designed by Never Boring | neverboring.com The Gallo Center for the Arts is a unique public/private partnership. Construction was funded jointly by the County of Stanislaus, which owns the facility, and contributions from more than 4,000 individuals and businesses given to a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization which today operates the Center.

FEBRUARY 2022 1 WAITRESS 2 YAMATO: DRUMMERS OF JAPAN 3 MODESTO ROTARY: FACE 2 FACE 4 CHANTICLEER 4 JOE MAZZAFERRO QUINTET 5 WHOSE LIVE ANYWAY? 11 MSO: WITH LOVE FROM THE MSO 12 MSO: MSYO SPRING CONCERT 16 KENNY G 17 BYU LIVING LEGENDS 18 DRUMLINE LIVE 19 BLUESBOX BAYOU BAND 20 DISNEY PRINCESS THE CONCERT 22 – 23 THE CHOIR OF MAN 24 ONE NIGHT OF QUEEN 25 – 27 SANKOFA THEATRE COMPANY:

JOE TURNER’S COME AND GONE 25 STRAIGHT NO CHASER 26 AILEY II

RESIDENT COMPANIES CWB CENTRAL WEST BALLET MPA MODESTO PERFORMING ARTS MSO MODESTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OPMO OPERA MODESTO

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