Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Program 2.25.23

ARTS AT QUEENS

2022 - 2023 S E A SON

WELCOME TO THE

SARAH BELK GAMBRELL CENTER FOR THE ARTS AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Since its opening in 2020, the Sarah Belk Gambrell Center for the Arts and Civic Engagement is dedicated to the pursuit of creative literacy, collaboration in the arts, and service to the Charlotte Community. It serves as the cultural and creative center of campus and is home to academic, visual, performing and literary arts programs, including design and music therapy.

Through Arts at Queens, it presents a diverse array of performances for campus and community audiences.

EMBRACING

THE

CHARLOTTE CONCERTS LEGACY

For 90 years, Charlotte Concerts has brought the very best in international classical music to the Queen City. Also known as Carolinas Concerts Association, the organization has hosted music and performing arts legends such as the Cleveland Orchestra, Arthur Rubinstein, Les Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo, the London Symphony Orchestra, Itzhak Perlman, and countless others.

This heartfelt passion for classical music will continue through the annual Charlotte Concerts Legacy Performance event as part of the Arts at Queens Spotlight Series. A scholarship fund will further the organization’s longstanding educational mission by awarding a graduate of CharlotteMecklenburg Schools an annual music scholarship to Queens.

SARAH BELK GAMBRELL CENTER STAFF Laura Kratt, Executive Director Kristof Leopold, Technical Director Savannah Deal, Operations Manager Liz Ball, Patron Services Manager Scott Brower, Media Specialist Amanda Mullen, Media Specialist Jane Wiley, Media Specialist

The Gambrell Center staff programs and manages the Sarah Belk Gambrell Center in addition to providing production services to events across campus.

704-337-2466 www.arts.queens.edu thearts@queens.edu

SPO T LI G HT SERIES

ART S AT Q U E E N S AND CHARLOTTE C ONCERT S LEGAC Y FUND present

ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS

Gary Hoffman, Cello Tomo Keller, Director

Saturday, February 25, 2023 @ 8:00 p.m.

Sandra Levine Theatre Queens University of Charlotte

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Overture in C minor

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) (arr. by Florian Vygen and Alexander Kahl)

Concerto for Violoncello in A minor, Op. 129 (arr. string orchestra) I. Nicht zu schnell II. Langsam III. Sehr lebhaft Gary Hoffman, cello

Intermission Aulis Sallinen (b. 1935)

Chamber Music III, Op. 58 'The Nocturnal Dances of Don Juanquixote'

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48 I. Pezzo in forma di Sonatina II. Walzer III. Élégie IV. Finale (Tema Russo)

www.asmf.org The Academy’s work in the US is supported by Maria Cardamone and Paul Matthews together with the American Friends of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

Mr. Hoffman appears courtesy of Clarisse de Monredon, Agence Artistique.

Exclusive Management for the Academy of St Martin in the Fields: OPUS 3 ARTISTS

470 Park Avenue South, 9th Floor North, New York, NY 10016 | www.opus3artists.com

ABOUT THE ARTISTS The Academy of St Martin in the Fields (ASMF) is one of the world’s finest chamber orchestras, renowned for fresh, brilliant interpretations of the world’s greatest orchestral music. Formed by Sir Neville Marriner in 1958 from a group of leading London musicians, the ASMF gave its first performance in its namesake church in November 1959. Through unrivalled live performances and a vast recording output – highlights of which include the 1969 best-seller Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and the soundtrack to the Oscarwinning film Amadeus – the orchestra gained an enviable international reputation for its distinctive, polished and refined sound. With over 500 releases in a much-vaunted discography and a comprehensive international touring programme, the name and sound of the ASMF is known and loved by classical audiences throughout the world.

Today the orchestra is led by Music Director and virtuoso violinist Joshua Bell, retaining the collegiate spirit and flexibility of the original small, conductor-less ensemble which has become an ASMF hallmark. Under Bell's direction, and with the support of Leader/Director Tomo Keller and Principal Guest Conductor Murray Perahia, the ensemble continues to push the boundaries of player-directed performance to new heights, presenting symphonic repertoire and chamber music on a grand scale at prestigious venues around the globe.

Gary Hoffman (cello soloist) is one of the outstanding cellists of our time, combining instrumental mastery, great beauty of sound, and a poetic sensibility in his distinctive and memorable performances. Mr. Hoffman gained international renown upon his victory as the first North American to win the Rostropovich International Competition in Paris in 1986.

A frequent soloist with the world's most noted orchestras, he has appeared with the Chicago, London, Montreal, Toronto, San Francisco, Baltimore and National symphony orchestras as well as the English, Moscow and Los Angeles chamber orchestras, the Orchestre National de France, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and the Netherlands and Rotterdam Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra for the Blossom Festival and Philadelphia Orchestra, among many others. Mr. Hoffman collaborates regularly with such celebrated conductors as André Prévin, Charles Dutoit, Mstislav Rostropovich, Pinchas Zuckerman, Andrew Davis, Herbert Blomstedt, Kent Nagano, Jésus Lopez-Cobos and James Levine.

Mr. Hoffman is a frequent guest of string quartets including Emerson, Tokyo, Borromeo, Brentano, and Ysaye and is a regular guest of the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society.

ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS Spring 2023 Orchestra Roster VIOLIN I Tomo Keller Miranda Playfair Amanda Smith Fiona Brett Richard Milone Sijie Chen VIOLIN II Martin Burgess Mark Butler Clare Hayes Antonia Kesel Cecily Ward

CELLO Ursula Smith Will Schofield Reinoud Ford Sarah Suckling BASS Lynda Houghton David Stark STAGE MANAGER Michael Pattison

VIOLA Ian Rathbone Alexandros Koustas Matthew Maguire Richard Cookson For Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chief Executive: Annie Lydford Executive Director, Concerts & Planning; Alison Tedbury Concerts & Tours Manager: Hannah Bache Concerts & Participation Coordinator: Aimee Walton Orchestra Personnel Manager: Lesley Wynne Librarian: Hal Hutchison Director of Development; David Nagle Senior Development Manager: Amy Scott Head of U.S. Development: Jacob Cohen Marketing Manager: Jackie Freshfield PR Consultant: Rebecca Driver Media Relations Finance Manager: Silvia Ferrini For Opus 3 Artists Robert Berretta, Managing Director Benjamin Maimin, Chief Operating Officer Grace Hertz, Manager, Artists & Attractions Jemma Lehner, Managerial Assistant For the Academy of St Martin in the Fields Tour Leonard Stein, Consulting Producer Tania Leong, Associate Producer Sarah Vardigans, Company Manager

SPO T L IG HT SERIES

C O N TRA -TIEMPO P R E S E N T S JOY US J U S T US

SATURDAY, M A RC H 25, 2023 @ 8 PM

CONTRA-TIEMPO is a bold, multilingual activist dance theater company based in Los Angeles.

Through the combination of Salsa, Afro-Cuban, hip-hop, and

“A J O Y O U S C E L E B R A T I O N OF C O M M U N I T Y. ”

San Francisco Bay Guardian

contemporary dance with theater, compelling text, and original music, the group brings dynamic and nontraditional storytelling experiences to the concert stage.

CONTRA-TIEMPO provides entertaining and electrifying performances that challenge the audience to open their hearts and minds, and actively engage with others and their own humanity.

It is that notion of “us” that is at the heart of the group’s work, joyUS justUS. By and about people of color, joyUS justUS takes themes such as social injustice, resistance and immigration and presents them

through a new lens that joyously celebrates and uplifts. The true stories, as told by CONTRA- TIEMPO with their unique blend of performance, inspire audiences through immersive sights, sounds, movement and words.

At Queens, joyUS justUS will engage students and faculty across arts and humanities disciplines and bring together local Charlotte visual artists working on civic engagement. joyUS justUS is an experience guaranteed to leave you feeling connected, elated, strong and alive.

SPO TLIGHT SERIES

WATCHHOUSE (DUO) FRIDAY, A P R I L 2 1 , 2023 @ 8 PM

“REDEFINES ROOTS MUSIC FOR A YOUNGER GENERATION. ” Washington Post

Over a year after Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz of Watchhouse (formerly known as Mandolin Orange) reintroduced themselves on their 2021 self-titled LP, the pair shared a special surprise release: Watchhouse (Duo), a self-produced recording of Marlin and Frantz performing the most elemental possible arrangements of all nine songs from Watchhouse. It’s a project that captures the fundamental power of Watchhouse: Two singers and musicians with profound chemistry, performing earnest yet masterfully crafted songs that encompass the unknowable mysteries, existential heartbreak, and communal joys of modern life.

Starting over a decade ago playing coffee shops and local restaurants around North Carolina, Watchhouse is a grassroots success story that's been driven by Marlin's poignant songwriting. They’ve sold out iconic venues (Red Rocks, Ryman Auditorium) and attract hundreds of millions of streams while producing exploratory music that "redefines roots music for a younger generation" (Washington Post).

2022 was filled with many endeavors including the American Acoustic Tour with Punch Brothers, headlining shows across the US, collaborating with Planet Bluegrass on Mabon, an autumn equinox concert series, and of course Watchhouse (Duo). In 2023, Marlin and Frantz will celebrate the release of Watchhouse (Duo) with a short run of shows that will feature just the two of them, harkening back to their earliest days of performing.

In Remembrance of Pamela Kay Furr August 26, 1954- February 18, 2023 Tonight’s concert is dedicated to Pamela Kay Furr Pamela Furr was an extraordinarily gifted leader, both in her business life and in her civic contributions, but mainly as a friend to all who knew her.

As President of Charlotte Concert Association, after serving many years in chair capacities on Arts’ Boards, Pam led the organization to a major undertaking, A Musical Showcase. This first of a kind masterpiece provided hundreds of public school students the opportunity to excel, with their varied musical skills, through competition and group presentation. Pam was thrilled to be a part of such an innovating performance showcase, held at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center. This was a dream she and her husband, David, challenged Charlotte Concerts to take, a major step. Indeed, the Board of Directors undertook this large project with great pride. This was but one of Pam’s many leadership roles in the Charlotte performing arts community over the years.

The concert tonight represents her astute guidance in engaging major well-known classical groups and artists to come to Charlotte. Her negotiating skills, from her accomplished financial career, brought some of the top performances to the region during her last years on Charlotte Concerts’ Board of Directors.

Pam was a major, positive spirit and enthusiastic voice in the final decision to merge with Queens University. Charlotte Concerts’ gift now brings the best in classical music through the Charlotte Concerts’ Legacy Fund. The donation also provides scholarships for high school seniors, who will major in music at Queens, through the Charlotte Concerts Scholarship Endowment Fund.

After the merger, Pam served on the Sarah Belk Gambrell Center for the Arts and Civic Engagement Executive Committee, representing Charlotte Concerts.

Even in days of her illness this past year, Pam’s wisdom was felt in her attendance at meetings by Zoom, always with solutions and exciting suggestions. Although she was unable to attend, the long-awaited Charlotte Concerts’ 90th Anniversary Celebration at Queens University on November 21, 2022, Pam was proud to have been a key member who made this event a joyous occasion.

The following morning, Pam was presented the stage flowers from The Van Cliburn International Competition Concert, the first of the new Charlotte Concerts legacy series at The Sarah Belk Gambrell Center for the Arts and Civic Engagement. She received the flowers, with her beautiful smile and with great pride, knowing the legacy of Charlotte Concerts would continue. This was symbolic of her dedication to students, great music, and community.

Pam Furr will be greatly missed by so many. Her legacy will live on in the hearts of all who knew her at Charlotte Concerts, now continuing its’ mission at Queens University.

Pam is survived by her husband, David, and her two children, Charlotte and Richard.

WELCOME. SUPPORT. LIFT U P. A R T S AT Q U E E N S A N N U AL M E M B E R S H I P J U LY 1 , 2 0 2 2 – J U N E 3 0 , 2 0 23 $1,500 for two adults ($1,125 tax-deductible) Support from our annual members extends far beyond the galleries and theaters. Our members make it possible for students to experience exceptional engagement and learning opportunities including master classes, one-on-one interactions and Q&A sessions with professionals representing the visual, literary and performing arts. Thank you for your support!

M E M B E R S H I P B E N E F I T S:

SPOTLIGHT SERIES

MUSE CIRCLE

Four evenings at the Gambrell Center

•

• • •

•

Two tickets for all four performances in Sandra Levine Theatre with reserved seating.

Option to select your seats for the season before tickets go on sale to the public.

Attend the members-only reception at each performance.

Exclusive reserved parking easily accessible to the Gambrell Center (available on a firstcome, first- served basis).

Recognition in the printed program for all performances.

Exclusive invitations to

ACCESS AND CONNECTIONS •

Join us for special occasions with guest performers and artists, faculty and students throughout the year.

scholars and faculty members.

EXHIBITION OPENINGS •

Invitation to two Bank of America Gallery and Loevner Gallery art exhibition openings.

L E A R N M O R E AT W W W. A RT S. Q U E E N S . E D U

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF A R T S AT Q U E E N S

Audean and Berkeley Godehn

EXECUTIVE C OMMITTEE

Jerry and Gaile Greenhoot

Mary Edith Alexander

Barbara Karro and Bill Gorelick

Amy Blumenthal

Lucy and Hooper Hardison

Kim Brattain

Claudia and Andy Heath

Siu Challons-Lipton

Barbara Laughlin

Howard Freese

Sandra and Leon Levine

Claudia Heath

Jane and Hugh McColl

Jerald Melberg

Kathy and Bill McCollum

Ulrike Miles

Susan McConnell and Josephine Hicks

Ann Tarwater

Jack and Lydia McNeary Janet and Lowell Nelson

MUSE CIRCLE MEMBERS

Suzanne and Bill Nichols

Joy Greene

Nancy Norelli

Sam and Carolyn G. McMahon

Dale and Larry Polsky Mary Margaret and Fritz Porter

A R T S AT Q U E E N S M E M B E R S

Tamea Price

Natascha Bechtler

M.A. Rogers

Georgia and Bill Belk

Susan and Bob Salvin

Joye D. Blount and Jessie J. Knight

Harriet Seabrook

Amy and Philip Blumenthal

Emily Seelbinder and Lydia Edsell

Kim Brattain and Allison Clark

Daphne and Eric Solomon

Sally and Brian Bridgford

Jennifer and Eric Steigerwalt

Jan and Ed Brown

Ann and Michael Tarwater

Kathy and Peter Browning

Will and Dorothy Trotter

Frances Campbell

Cynthia H. Tyson

Siu Challons-Lipton and Jordan

Rita and Bill Vandiver

Lipton Gina and Herb Clegg

Mary Claire and Dan Wall

Jerusha and Murray Fadial

Dorothea West and Jim Levesque

Dorlisa & Peter Flur

Martha and Chip Whitfield

Eileen Friars and Scott Pyle

Gail Brinn Wilkins and Howard Freese This listing is current as of 2.14.23

ENGAGE US! Art for Social Change Exhibit January 27 through April 14, 2023 Loevner & Bank of America Galleries

ENGAGE US! Art for Social Change explores the works of Charlotte-based artists and activists of Latin-American descent with distinct styles and artistic messages that reflect their diverse backgrounds and perspectives. These are artists whose work is informed by their immigrant status and upbringing in homes which synthesized the cultures of their countries of origin with new experiences wrought from the community they’ve found in Charlotte. Notably, the artists showcased in this exhibition use their work to express their identity, and as a mode of activism.

Exhibition artist Edwin Gil notes that he uses his work “to help others to heal,” and to connect between cultures, with pieces like his current Human Landscapes series, which reflects his experiences as a “human transplanted into another culture,” but also invites the viewer to see the beauty in differences between culture and history. Our differences in tradition and background are not dividing factors, but unifiers. We all must learn from each other. Exhibition artists Irisol Gonzalez and Rosalia Torres Weiner allow their personal experiences to influence their work, as well, though they focus instead on their diverse backgrounds as women. Gonzalez’s mural Lavarse Las Manos, questions the gender roles and traditions conventional to Latin American culture, communicating through the piece’s scale and gazes of the women the emotionally fraught history of a woman’s labor.

Rosalia Torres Weiner utilizes a practice she calls “Artivism,” to involve her work in the processes of civic and community engagement, ranging from accessible, mobile art workshops to her series The Dreamers, which platforms the stories of DACA individuals utilizing an augmented reality program.

Important is the personal perspective of Colombia-born exhibition artist Nico Amortegui, who employs a myriad of mediums to express his creative family history and experiences living in the United States from the late 1990’s onward.

Amortegui’s current focus is on large-scale paintings on canvas or wood panels and working with found-object elements. Amortegui takes an external perspective on traditional views of women in his work, specifically in the piece Wonder Woman Melting, which underscores the “interconnected relationship of women’s issues, no matter the country.” Each artist was selected for the unique storytelling quality of their work, ranging from the persona to the historical and political. These artists express their histories and traditions resiliently, synthesizing them with newfound experiences in the charged landscape of contemporary America. As makers, they underscore the importance of community and activism, each advocating for empathy and understanding.

Present in this show is a sense of unity, incredibly important in an era so defined by division.

Curated by Siu Challons-Lipton, Executive Director of Art, Design & Music in collaboration with Michele Shaul, Director of The Center for Latino Studies Queens University of Charlotte.