Program Book

19/20 Season

Diane Schuur I Remember You 1.10

Sussan Deyhim La Belle et La Béte 1.16

Music of the Knights 1.18

David Doubilet and Jennifer Hayes Coral Kingdoms and Empires of Ice 1.22 Photo: David Doubilet

The Snowy Day and Other Stories

By Ezra Jack Keats 1.26

BODYTRAFFIC 1.30

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Con Alma y Fuego 1.31

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DIANE SCHUUR I REMEMBER YOU

The Music of Frank Sinatra, Stan Getz and Other Schuur Catalog Gems January 10, 2020 | Cheng Hall This performance is presented without an intermission.

Diane Schuur Vocals & Piano

Ernie Watts Saxophone

Sponsored by: Carol and Les Elliott James McGaugh Series Sponsor: Ken and Helene Rohl Media Sponsor:

The program will be announced from the stage.

Bruce Lett Acoustic & Electric Bass Kendall Kay Drums

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DIANE SCHUUR Long regarded as one of contemporary jazz’s leading vocalists, Diane Schuur is as eclectic as she is brilliant. Born in Tacoma, Washington, Schuur was blind from birth; but she was gifted with perfect pitch and initially taught herself piano by ear. She later received formal piano training at The Washington State School for the Blind, which she attended until she was 11 years of age.

Nicknamed “Deedles” as a child, she grew up surrounded by the world of jazz embraced by both of her parents: Her father was an amateur pianist, and her mother kept a formidable collection of Duke Ellington and Dinah Washington albums in her home. Not surprisingly, Dinah Washington is often listed as Schuur’s major vocal influence, and she learned the iconic singer’s “What a Difference a Day Makes” while she was still a toddler. She also developed her own rich, resonant vocal style at a very young age.

IN HER OWN WORDS “Stan Getz was a good friend as well as a mentor. He taught me less is more when singing into the microphone. He also instilled the importance of enunciating while singing the words to a song. I had the honor to perform with Frank Sinatra as a replacement for Liza Minnelli who was ill. He gave me a chance to be part of his group, and once I started singing, the audience responded quite positively.

“Frank and I had many deep conversations about life and my blindness. He painted a beautiful abstract canvas for me, which hangs in my home. He said to me, ‘I have seen so much beauty in my life, I wish I could give you my eyes for one day to see this beautiful world we live in.’ Then he realized I could see it, too, in my own way.” — Diane Schuur 8 | IRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE

With a distinguished recording career that spans three decades, including two Grammy Awards (Timeless and Diane Schuur and The Count Basie Orchestra on GRP Records), as well as three additional Grammy Award nominations, Schuur’s music has explored almost every corner of the 20th century musical landscape.

Her musical collaborations include the aforementioned Count Basie Orchestra, Barry Manilow, B.B. King, Ray Charles and Jose Feliciano, among countless others. These collaborations have resulted in numerous No.1 Billboard chart recordings, including Pure Schuur and Heart to Heart with B.B. King; Ms. Schuur has appeared on PBS and many other television specials...as well as a very special visit to the beloved TV show, Sesame Street. Diane has been invited to perform at the White House on multiple occasions and was one of the select musical guests invited to perform for Stevie Wonder at the Kennedy Center Honors when he received his prestigious award. She continues to tour and perform extensively at major concert halls and venues around the world.

Most recently, Ms. Schuur recorded an homage to two of her very important mentors, Frank Sinatra and Stan Getz. The CD, entitled I Remember You (With Love to Stan and Frank), was released in June 2014, and also commemorates her “official” discovery by Stan Getz at the 1979 Monterey Jazz Festival. The recording features all new arrangements by Alan Broadbent.

ERNIE WATTS

KENDALL KAY

(Saxophone)

The two-time Grammy Award winner has been featured on over 500 recordings by artists ranging from Cannonball Adderley to Frank Zappa.

He started playing saxophone at age 13 and won a scholarship to the Wilmington Music School in Delaware, where he studied classical music. Soon after, he won a DownBeat scholarship to the Berklee College of Music.

From Berklee he joined Buddy Rich’s Big Band, before moving to Los Angeles. His signature sound was soon heard on countless TV shows and movie scores and with pop stars such as Aretha Franklin and Steely Dan. In 1983, he began performing with Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra and became a charter member in Haden’s critically acclaimed Quartet West. With 25 albums as a leader, he has generated an impressive artistic legacy on the world’s major stages.

A respected educator, Watts also conducts university master classes and performs orchestral programs with symphonies internationally. In addition to his two Grammys, he was awarded the prestigious Frankfurt Music Prize for lifetime achievement in performance and composition.

BRUCE LETT (Bass)

(Drums)

Born in Durban, South Africa, Kendall showed an interest in the drums at an early age. He pursued this interest, eventually playing and recording with many of the region’s major artists, including Steve Kekana, Johnny Fourie and Izzio Gross. In 1983, Kendall moved to Texas. He studied at North Texas State University, graduating with a degree in jazz studies. Kendall arrived in Los Angeles in 1987 and has been playing and recording in the city ever since. His credits include work with Kenny Burrell, Rickie Lee Jones, Kyle Eastwood, Allan Broadbent, Clare Fischer, Mary Wilson and Jack Jones.

According to Jack Jones, “Kendall Kay is a drummer, who, if the rest of us can swing, gives us the permit. He is solid and tasteful, with a great sense of time.”

Artist Representation: Paradigm Talent Agency Michael Morris mmorris@paradigmagency.com www.paradigmagency.com

Lett’s playing is “distinguished by a resilient tone and buoyant rhythmic attitude,” writes the Los Angeles Times.

A concerto competition winner, he attended North Texas State University and played in the famous One O’clock Jazz Band. While living in Texas, he recorded hundreds of jingles and industrial films for such clients as Budweiser and Coca-Cola.

He has played with Nancy Wilson, Freddie Hubbard, Billy Cobham, Gerry Mulligan, the Bill Holman Big Band and has been Jack Sheldon’s bassist for 20 years. He is proficient on both electric and acoustic instruments. His major influences include Ray Brown, Paul Chambers and Jaco Pastorius.

Lett has established himself as one of Southern California jazz scene’s most in-demand players. He also serves on the faculty at California State University, Long Beach, as a jazz bass instructor.

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SUSSAN DEYHIM LA BELLE ET LA BÉTE

January 16, 2020 | Cheng Hall This performance will include a 15-minute intermission.

Sussan Deyhim Vocals

The program will be announced from the stage.

Mitchel Forman Piano John Leftwich Bass Steve Hass Drums

Mehdi Bagheri Kamancheh

A special thank you to:

Touraj Daryaee and UCI Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Studies, Nina Ansary, Shirin Neshat, Anoosheh Mostafaei Oskouian, Richard Horowitz, Mariam Khosravani and IAWF, John Beasley, Lorna Chiu, Shari Rezai, Ameeta Nanji, Zaza Saleh, PariSima Hassani, Shazad Ghanbari, Roxana Rastegar and KIRN, Firoozeh Khatibi, Bahman Fathi, Ray Madani, Parivash Deyhim, Ladan, Laleh, Setareh and Ramin Mozaffar IRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE | 11

IN HER OWN WORDS La Belle et La Béte is my latest recording release and my first song-oriented album and concert project. I am thrilled to have connected with Mitch Forman, John Leftwich and Steve Hass, who have brought their truly masterly musical sensibility to this project.

Since this is my first concert event in Orange County, I have also decided to present some of my latest compositions from my stage productions and film scores. This work is more textural, polyphonic and harmonically more in vein with the works I am known for.

So, the program tonight will feature some of the original and classic cover songs from La Belle et La Béte and a few of my compositions in collaboration with my partner, composer Richard Horowitz. These include the soundtrack of my latest multi-media stage production The House is Black Media Project, inspired by the works of Iranian literary heroin and icon Forough Farrokhzad. The production has been presented at Royce Hall and The Wallis in Los Angeles and The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. I will also perform a piece from my score for Logic of the Birds, another media stage production in collaboration with Shirin Neshat, inspired by the poetry of Attar, the Persian mystic poet’s masterpiece Conference Of The Birds.

Why a jazz-influenced album!

Since I moved to New York City in the 1980’s, I’ve had the blessing of being surrounded by great musicians from all disciplines. I always found myself closely collaborating with some of the great jazz musicians in New York City and Europe.

To begin with, I met my partner Richard Horowitz in New York City. He had come from many years of stay and study in France and North Africa as a free jazz musician. I was introduced to the music of Cecile Taylor, Charles Mingus and Alice and John

SUSSAN DEYHIM Sussan Deyhim is an IranianAmerican composer, vocalist and performance artist. She is internationally known for creating a unique sonic and vocal language imbued with a sense of ritual and the unknown.

Born in Tehran, Sussan Deyhim began her career dancing with Iran’s Pars National Ballet company, and then with Maurice Béjart’s Ballet of the 20th Century. She moved to New York City in 1980, embarking on a multifaceted career encompassing music, theater, dance and media, and wide-ranging collaborations with leading artists from across the spectrum of contemporary art.

Deyhim has performed and recorded widely as a solo artist.

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Coltrane, and the marvels of Moroccan sub-Saharan music, among others.

I then performed with Bobby McFerrin’s brilliant improvisational vocal ensemble, Voicestra. Bobby and I met during our work with the Sony Classical label. Richard Horowitz and I had just released the first hybrid album of world/classical music for Sony Classical during Peter Gelb’s work at Sony Classical. Peter moved to become the head of Metropolitan Opera. I also performed with Ornette Coleman at the Barbican in London. These associations will always be among the highlights of my musical collaborations and something to be extremely proud of.

My concentration in music as a composer has been mostly in creating vocal compositions that are harmonically influenced

by Western classical, harmonic sensibility and mostly inspired

by Eastern microtonal musical roots. I have also dedicated my time to the study of the global, indigenous and ethnic vocal heritage. These astounding techniques have made me understand what the human voice is capable of producing.

I am hoping this presentation will bring a compilation of my musical experimentations and vocal works to Irvine Barclay Theatre.

I would like to thank my very special guests: a brilliant team of award-winning master musicians, who have generously graced my album, La Belle et La Béte, with their craftsmanship, including John Beasley, Lili Hayden, Satnam Ramgotra, Hamid Saeidi, M.B. Gordy, Greg Ellis, Haggai D’israeli and Mehdi Bagheri.

Also, gratitude to Jeannie Lurie (Emmy Award and Critics Choice Movie Award winner for best song) for co-writing our beautiful song, Take You Home, with a beautiful track by Grammy winner Itai D’israeli. — Sussan Deyhim

Whitney Museum of Art, led Billboard magazine to describe Deyhim as “an overpowering presence...[whose] wordless incantations are amplified in harmonized layers and recycled into sampled loops, beckoning you into this virtual desert ritual”; while The New York Times said that her “thrilling music...sounds in the ear long after you’ve left the show.”

Deyhim’s solo recordings include Madman of God: Divine Love Songs of the Persian Sufi Masters; Shy Angels (with Bill Laswell) for the visionary label Crammed Discs and Turbulent. Other recordings include Majoun (for Sony Classical) and Desert Equations (for Crammed Discs), both with the composer Richard Horowitz, a frequent collaborator. With composer and director Heiner Goebbels, Deyhim recorded Shadows (for ECM), based on the writings of Edgar Allan Poe and Heiner Mueller, and composed and performed music for Deepak Chopra’s A Gift of Love, with narration by Martin Sheen, Madonna, Goldie Hawn and Debra Winger. She was also a featured soloist on Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill, Hal Wilner’s tribute to Kurt Weill.

Deyhim’s numerous collaborations with the renowned visual artist/filmmaker Shirin Neshat have received critical acclaim, including the video Turbulent, which won the Golden Lion at the 1999 Venice Biennale. Their multimedia performance, Logic of the Birds, was based on Farid ud-Din Attar’s mystical book of poetry written in the 12th century; produced by the Lincoln Center Summer Festival, the Walker Art Center, the Kitchen, and Artangel, Logic toured internationally.

Deyhim’s previous work in the theater includes directing, co-composing, choreographing and performing a series of collaborations with Horowitz, including: AZAX/ATTRA: Desert Equations (a one-woman multimedia performance piece produced by La Mama in New York City, which toured internationally, including Ars Electronica in Austria, Morocco, Paris, Berlin and Hong Kong); The Ghost of Ibn Sabbah (presented by the Brooklyn Academy of Music/New Music America, Central Park’s Summerstage, and NYC’s Town Hall); and X-Isle/Isle-X, commissioned by the Hong Kong Contemporary Dance Company, which subsequently toured in Japan and Indonesia. As a performer, Deyhim has appeared in many international theater productions, including works by Elizabeth Swados, Jean Claude Van Italie and Lindsay Kemp.

Deyhim has appeared on numerous film soundtracks, including The Last Temptation of Christ (directed by Martin Scorsese, with music by Peter Gabriel); Any Given Sunday (directed by Oliver Stone; soundtrack by Richard Horowitz); and Unfaithful (directed by Adrian Lyne, with music by Jan Kaczmarek).

Deyhim has collaborated with many of the most important figures in contemporary music, including Micky Hart, Branford Marsalis, U2, Jerry Garcia, Jaron Lanier, Christian Marclay, Elliot Sharp, Arto Lindsay, Jan Mattox, Loren Rush and Winston Tong. She has also toured internationally with Bill Laswell, Bobby McFerrin, Ornette Coleman, Jah Wobble, Will Calhoun, Doug Wimbish, Adrian Sherwood, Keith Le Blanc and Skip McDonnald.

Sussan has performed with international orchestras, including the Polish Radio Orchestra and the Kraków Philharmonic and has received commissions as a composer from international ensembles such as Bang On A Can. She has performed her music at the Lincoln Center Summer Festival, Carnegie Recital Hall, Albert Hall, The Old Vic and the Queen Elizabeth Hall.

Deyhim has been a frequent participant at humanitarian events and benefits, including a performance at the gathering of the spiritual leaders of the world at the United Nations General Assembly in 2001; the first Gathering of Female Spiritual Leaders in Geneva at the United Nations, a 2004 performance for the Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi’s award ceremony organized by Interfaith Center; the Royal Hope Gala, Royal Albert Hall, London, England, with Plácido Domingo, The Royal Ballet and many others, for medical aid to Iraqi children. In 2009, she performed at a sold-out concert at the United Nations General Assembly organized by

Pakistan’s biggest rock musician and activist, Salman Ahmad, to raise funds for misplaced children in Pakistan.

Sussan Deyhim’s most recent projects include the acclaimed stage production The House is Black Media Project, inspired by life and work of Forough Farrokhzad, presented at Royce Hall, The Wallis and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The piece was originally sponsored by The Farhang Foundation and the Center for the Art of Performance at CAP UCLA.

An audio-visual presentation of Deyhim’s work was recently presented at the prestigious Courtauld Institute in London.

This is the second lecture in a series hosted by Dr. Sussan Babaie and co-organized by the ​Iran Heritage Foundation with The Courtauld Institute of Art, and in association with independent curator Vali Mahlouji.

Sussan Deyhim’s upcoming projects include Forbidden Echoes, a composition for an all-female choir based on the Conference of The Birds, a masterpiece by Farid ud-Din Attar, the mystic Persian poet.

Venus Rising Records has released nine albums of Sussan Deyhim’s works for film, TV and media projects, including her latest recording, La Belle et La Béte

MITCHEL FORMAN (Piano) Born in Brooklyn, New York, Mitchel began playing piano at the age of seven. After graduating from the Manhattan School of Music, Mitchel began touring with some of the giants of jazz, including Gerry Mulligan, Stan Getz, John McLaughlin and Wayne Shorter. He was a top New York piano/keyboards session musician for many years and has recorded 14 CDs as a leader, playing on countless others as a co-leader and sideman.

Currently, Mitchel performs frequently with his band in the Los Angeles area. Mitchel is also a composer of note, having scored two films and written numerous TV commercials.

His jazz compositions have been recorded by Pat Metheny, Gary Burton and many others. He currently writes for the CBS Television Network and is working on a large orchestral commission. Please check out mitchelforman.com to hear some of his work.

JOHN LEFTWICH (Bass) Born in Los Angeles, John Leftwich grew up in San Diego. He played and sang in bands, worked as a journalist and enjoyed surfing. After college, he returned to Los Angeles and toured and recorded with Carmen McRae, Chet Baker, Sergio Mendez, Rickie Lee Jones and Lyle Lovett. He has recorded with artists as varied as The Chieftains, Paula Abdul, Lifehouse, the EELS and Brenda Russell; and in films: It’s Complicated, As Good as it

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Gets, Mission Impossible II, The Cooler and Minions. He has worked as a composer for films: Let’s Get Lost (with Chet Baker); Double Bang (William Baldwin); Nice Girls Don’t Stay for Breakfast (Robert Mitchum); and Blood Done Sign My Name (Ricky Schroeder). He continues a busy performing and producing schedule and lives with his family in Studio City.

STEVE HASS (Drums) Whether it’s playing a pop ballad with Latin pop star Thalia, trading 8’s with guitar legend John Scofield, flowing through a funk groove in 13 with the Ravi Coltrane Group, or playing a variety of styles behind legendary vocalese group The Manhattan Transfer, the ability to speak and communicate through music is what matters to Steve Hass. Hass is one of New York City’s busiest session drummers, balancing out his time off the road with numerous recording sessions.

Receiving a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Steve Hass was inspired to learn varied styles of music.

“Checking out the music of the world is very important to me… I have made it a point to study music from Cuba, Africa, India, the Middle East, from everywhere, in order to have more tools to use in my career.”

Steve Hass continues this philosophy today, traveling around the world, offering a vast musical knowledge, originality and genuine feel within every rhythm he creates. He plays with John Scofield and The Manhattan Transfer.

MEHDI BAGHERI (Kamancheh)

A composer and multiinstrumentalist, Mehdi Bagheri was born in Kermanshah, Iran, in 1980. He has become one of the most renowned practitioners of the Persian Kamancheh of his generation. Mehdi received his master’s degree from the Arak University in 2004, studying with luminaries of traditional Iranian music, including maestros Kayhan Kalhor and Ardeshir Kamkar, while simultaneously pursuing a degree in dramatic theater.

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the Smithsonian Institute (Washington, D.C.), the Asia Society (Houston, TX), the Getty Center (Los Angeles, CA), the Hollywood Bowl in celebration of L.A. Philharmonic 100th anniversary, the Royal Festival Hall (London), as well as appearing with the Berlin Radio Choir, featuring performances of his works in the RBB Hall.

Mehdi has been pursuing his work in various fields, including film music, eclectic music and Iranian classical music, inside Iran and abroad. He has also published a variety of works with a large number of singers and musicians. Among his most prominent works is the recording and publishing of the Radif (traditional melodic techniques passed down orally through many generations) of the legendary maestro Aliakbar Khan Shahnazi; solo and group pieces for Kamancheh, etc. Since 2011, Mehdi has been residing in Southern California, sharing his music through a broad range of performances, recordings and educational practices.

RICHARD HOROWITZ (Composer and Multi-Instrumentalist)

From 1968 to 1979, Richard Horowitz lived between Paris and Morocco, studying Arabic and French music, Eastern philosophy and film.

He first met his mentor Paul Bowles in 1974 in Tangier. In 1982, Bowles nominated Richard to the American Academy of Arts and Letters for the Goddard Liberson Award.

In 1989, Bowles recommended Richard to Bernardo Bertolucci to compose the music for The Sheltering Sky for which he later received a Golden Globe and a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award. Other awards include the BMI Award for Oliver Stone’s Any Given Sunday and the Czech Golden Lion Award for Tobruk with Sussan Deyhim.

Horowitz first met Sussan Deyhim at the Noise New York studios in 1981. Together, they produced the cult classic Azax/ Attra: Desert Equations at La Mama. Other recordings and media operas include Majoun (Sony Classical), City of Leaves (Venus Rising Records) and Logic of the Birds for Shirin Neshat’s multimedia production.

Horowitz also produced Gnawa Night Spirit Masters (Axiom Records) with Bill Laswell and Ritmos del Futuro Maroc/Seville for the Moroccan National Day at Seville Expo ’92. In 1997, Richard cofounded and served as artistic director for The Gnaoua Festival in Essaouira, Morocco. Known as the “Woodstock of Morocco,” the festival still attracts over 400,000 audience members and many international performers every year.

In 2006, Richard directed and co-produced a documentary, Spiritual India: River of Compassion, about the old masters of Indian music for The Annenberg Foundation.

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MUSIC OF THE KNIGHTS January 18, 2020 | Cheng Hall This performance will include a 15-minute intermission.

MUSIC OF THE

KNIGHTS Commemorating the majestic musical masterpieces of

Sir Andrew

Lloyd Webber

Sir Elton

John

Sir Paul

McCartney

Vocalists Kelli Rabke Lorinda Lisitza Scott Coulter Piano/Vocals John Boswell

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LORINDA LISITZA (Vocalist) Lorinda Lisitza is an award-winning New York City singer- actress originally from Porcupine Plain, Saskatchewan, who has been part of Music of the Knights since its’ world premiere with the Calgary Philharmonic. In New York, she has performed Off-Broadway as a member of the Jean Cocteau Repertory Theatre, where she starred as Mother Courage to rave reviews. She has appeared in several installments of The York Theatre’s Musicals in Mufti series. As a vocalist, she has been a part of The Town Hall’s historic Broadway by the Year series and is a founding member of the Joe Iconis Family with whom she regularly performs in cabarets and nightclubs throughout New York City for a devoted cult following. She has won three MAC Awards, a Bistro Award and a Nightlife Award for her work in cabaret and has received the prestigious Patrick Lee Independent Theater Blogger Award for her one woman show, Triumphant Baby! written by Joe Iconis and Robert Maddock. As a singer-songwriter, she is half of the awardwinning duo in The Ted and Lo Show, with Ted Stafford.

Lorinda has appeared on Who Wants to be a Millionaire, plays a mean harmonica and is an avid Texas Hold’em player.

KELLI RABKE (Vocalist)

Kelli Rabke got her “big break” playing the role of Dorothy in Paper Mill Playhouse’s acclaimed production of The Wizard of Oz. Shortly thereafter, she was handpicked by Andrew Lloyd Webber to play the lead role of the Narrator in the Broadway revival of Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (U.S. Cast Recording). Following that, she played her dream role: Eponine in Les Misérables on Broadway. She went on to perform in regional theaters across the country in such roles as Mabel in Mack And Mabel, Christine in Phantom, and back to Paper Mill Playhouse in Stephen Schwartz’s Children Of Eden as Yonah (American Premiere Recording).

She is one of the only Broadway stars to originate a role in both a Stephen Schwartz and an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical— a distinction for which she is incredibly honored. She has been seen and heard in tons of TV commercials and voiceovers, and was the voice of several animated characters, including Kat in the Discovery Kids series Kenny The Shark.

She also played the recurring role of Bernadette on The Young and The Restless.

After leaving the bright lights of the stage to start a family, Kelli is now a staple in the New York City cabaret world.

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Feinstein’s/54 Below and since then, she’s been featured in shows ranging from Sondheim to Streisand to Bernstein.

She now performs regularly with symphony orchestras, stretching from Calgary to Mazatlan and all across the country in Blockbuster Broadway, Music of the Knights and The Wonderful Music of Oz. Recent highlights include debuting an original song written by David Friedman and Kathie Lee Gifford on The Today Show and recording the PBS American Songbook segment, “Stephen Schwartz & Friends,” featuring the composer himself at the piano and Kelli singing one of his signature songs from Wicked, “The Wizard and I.”

She is most proud of her biggest “productions” to date: her son, Joseph, and daughter, Abigale!

SCOTT COULTER (Vocalist)

Scott Coulter is one of New York’s most honored vocalists. For his work in cabaret, he has received five MAC Awards, five Bistro Awards and two Nightlife Awards for Outstanding Vocalist. He has performed at most of New York City’s top rooms, including Birdland, 54 Below, The Oak Room at the Algonquin, and Feinstein’s at The Regency, where he spent a record-setting eight months performing the revue 11 O’clock Numbers At 11 O’clock, which he also co-created, directed and musically arranged. His selftitled debut CD won the 2003 MAC Award for Outstanding Recording and was chosen as the best recording of the year by TheatreMania and Cabaret Scenes magazines. Scott was the director and star of A Christmas Carol: The Symphonic Concert in its world premiere with the Baltimore Symphony and reprised his performance in the Emmy-nominated PBS production, which premiered in December 2013. He was an Emmy nominee for his performance in American Song at NJPAC (New Jersey Performing Arts Center). Scott regularly performs in concert both as a solo artist and with a variety of legendary performers, including Stephen Schwartz, Tony winner Ben Vereen and Grammy winner Sheena Easton. He has performed with symphonies all over the world, including San Francisco, Baltimore, Seattle, Phoenix, Detroit, Winnipeg, St. Louis and Calgary.

Since 1997, Scott has performed with the award-winning songwriting duo of Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich in their many award-winning revues. While singing with Goldrich and Heisler, he was discovered by Oscar and Grammy-winning composer Stephen Schwartz, who then invited him to join the revue Stephen Schwartz & Friends. That revue (starring Schwartz and Coulter along with Liz Callaway and Tony Award winner Debbie Gravitte), has been performing all over the world since 1999. Schwartz has said, “One of the greatest things that can happen to a composer is to have his music interpreted by Scott Coulter.”

Scott is a creator, arranger and director of several touring shows (symphonic and non-symphonic), including Music of the Knights, The Wonderful Music Of Oz, Blockbuster Broadway! and, for The ASCAP Foundation, Jerry Herman: The Broadway Legacy Concert. As a director, his credits include many shows for The Town Hall in New York City, The Berkshire Theatre Festival and Broadway by the Bay. Along with Michael Kerker and ASCAP, he’s a regular producer/ director of Michael Feinstein’s Standard Time at Carnegie Hall.

Scott recently wrote the book for the new musical Got to Be There, which celebrates the life and music of songwriter Elliot Willensky.

Scott is the founder and owner of SPOT-ON Entertainment and is a resident director of programming at 54 Below in New York City. He is the artistic director of the Pocono Mountains Music Festival and a proud graduate of the Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music.

JOHN BOSWELL (Pianist, Vocalist)

Pianist John Boswell has served as musical director for Judy Collins, Andy Williams, Bob Newhart, Scott Coulter, Maude Maggart, Faith Prince, Carmen Cusack, Babbie Green, Jason Graae and a host of other fine talents. John played the role of Moose in the national tour of Crazy for You and has appeared

on The Tonight Show, The Today Show, CBS This Morning, Regis And Kathie Lee, General Hospital and was the piano playing hands of Nancy McKeon on the sit-com The Facts of Life. Recent concerts with symphonies have included Jerry Herman: The Broadway Legacy Concert; Blockbuster Broadway!; The Spy Who Loved Me with Sheena Easton and Scott Coulter; and Music of the Knights. John has been heard singing in the shows Three Men and a Baby...Grand; Cinema Toast; Broadway Today; Wiseguys; and the New York cult hit CASHINO. Broadway/Off Broadway credits include: Crazy for You; The Secret Garden; LIZA!; Steppin’ Out at Radio City Music Hall; Back to Bacharach and David; and The Kathy and Mo Show: Parallel Lives. His monthly concerts in 2017 at The Gardenia in Los Angeles have been crowd pleasers. John has eight CDs of original piano music and a ninth on the way. While a student at UCLA, John received the Frank Sinatra Award for popular instrumentalists.

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DAVID DOUBILET AND JENNIFER HAYES

CORAL KINGDOMS AND EMPIRES OF ICE

January 22, 2020 | Cheng Hall

Photo: David Doubilet

This performance is presented without an intermission.

Sponsored locally by:

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David Doubilet has a long and intimate vision into the sea. He began snorkeling at age 8 at summer camp in the Adirondack, and by age 12, he was making pictures underwater using a Brownie Hawkeye camera stuffed into a rubber anesthesiologist bag. The bag filled with air, and it was like trying to submerge the Hindenburg. The pictures were barely recognizable. David has long since mastered the techniques of working with water and light to become one of the world’s most celebrated underwater photographers and a contributing photographer for National Geographic magazine, where he has published nearly 70 stories since his first assignment in 1971.

David has spent five decades under the surface in the far corners of the world—from interior Africa, remote tropical coral reefs, rich temperate seas, and recent projects in the northern and southern ice. David’s personal challenge is to create a visual voice for the world’s oceans and to connect people to the incredible beauty and silent devastation happening within the invisible world below.

David is a contributing editor for several publications and an author of 12 titles, including the award-winning Water Light Time. His photographic awards include numerous Picture of the Year, BBC Wildlife, Communication Arts and World Press awards. David is a member of the Academy of Achievement, Royal Photographic Society, International League of Conservation Photographers, International Diving Hall of Fame and a Trustee of the Shark Research Institute. David was named a National Geographic Contributing Photographerin-Residence in 2001. He is honored to be a Rolex Ambassador and recipient of the prestigious Explorers Club Lowell Thomas Award and Lennart Nilsson Award for Scientific Photography.

David lives with his wife and photographic partner, Jennifer Hayes, in Clayton, New York, a small river town in the Thousand Island region of the St. Lawrence River.

JENNIFER HAYES Jennifer Hayes is an aquatic biologist and photojournalist specializing in natural history and marine environments. Jennifer Hayes and David Doubilet collaborate as a photographic team above and below water on project development, story production, feature articles and books.

Photo: Kelly Stremmel

Photo: Kelly Stremmel

DAVID DOUBILET

National Geographic assignments have taken them around the globe—to Africa’s Okavango Delta, through tropical and temperate seas, and to the poles. Recent projects have found them in the remote corners of the Great Barrier Reef, under oil and gas rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, swimming among congregations of 500-pound goliath grouper, and submerged in the ice with harp seal mother and pups.

Jennifer is the editor and author of numerous articles on marine environments, with images appearing in countless books, advertising campaigns and publications such as National Geographic, Sports Illustrated, Sport Diver, DIVE magazine, Diver, People, Alert Diver and Ocean Geographic.

She is co-author/photographer for Face to Face with Sharks

by National Geographic Books and an honorary editor for Ocean Geographic magazine.

Jennifer’s passion for the study and conservation of primitive fishes led to graduate degrees in zoology and marine biology. Her research has included shark exploitation and finning in the western North Atlantic and the life history and population dynamics of sturgeon species. Jen is a Trustee for the Shark Research Institute and a Fellow National member of the Explorers Club.

Jennifer and David co-own their studio and stock photography company, Undersea Images Inc., located on the St. Lawrence River in Clayton, New York.

Artist Representation: IMG Artists Toby Tumarkin ttumarkin@imgartists.com www.imgartists.com

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THE SNOWY DAY AND OTHER STORIES

BY EZRA JACK KEATS

Sponsored by: Montessori Schools of Irvine

January 26, 2020 | Cheng Hall Duration: 60 minutes without an intermission.

Adapted for the stage by Jerome Hairston Based on the book by Ezra Jack Keats

Directed by Katie McFadzen

Scenic Design Douglas Clarke

Costume Design Gail Wolfenden-Steib

Sound Design Christopher Neumeyer Lighting Design William Kirkham Puppet Design Liz Ihlenfeld

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Assistant Stage Manager Ambar Dominguez

THE CAST Woman Savannah Alfred

Man 1 Michael Thompson Man 2 Kerry Paige

Produced by special arrangement with Plays for Young Audiences

ABOUT CHILDSPLAY THEATRE COMPANY Founded in 1977 in Arizona, Childsplay is a nonprofit professional theater company of adult actors who perform for young audiences and families.

Childsplay’s mission is to create theater so strikingly original in form, content or both, that it instills in young people an enduring awe, love and respect for the medium, thus preserving imagination and wonder, those hallmarks of childhood that are the keys to the future.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS Ezra Jack Keats (1916 –1983) was a pioneer in American children’s literature. He based the lives of his multicultural characters on his childhood but added loving parents, friends and pets. He wanted no child to be an outsider.

More at www.ezra-jack-keats.org.

Savannah Alfred (Woman) is beyond thrilled to be on her first national tour with Childsplay.

Previously with the company, she has played the Evil Stepsister Hattie in Ella Enchanted: The Musical; Mother/Daisy in the local tour of Eric and Elliot; Tootie Tickham in the stage adaptation of Flora and Ulysses; and was also a part of the original cast of The Snowy Day in 2018. She is an Arizona-based singer, dancer and actress who performs all around the Valley. Some of her other most notable rolls include Ensemble in Kinky Boots at The Phoenix Theatre Company; Alice in Big River at The Hale Centre Theatre; and Woman 1 in And the World Goes ’Round: The Songs of Kander and Ebb at Scottsdale Center for the Arts.

Along with performing, she is also a teaching artist with Childsplay and teaches various classes throughout the year.

Michael Thompson (Man 1) is ecstatic to be returning to Childsplay for his fourth season. Previous Childsplay productions: Sideways Stories from Wayside School; Goodnight Moon; Yellow Boat; and the national tour of Go, Dog. Go! as the Red Dog. Other Arizona credits: Scottsboro Boys (Phoenix Theatre); Rock of Ages (Arizona Broadway Theatre); Milk Milk Lemonade (Stray Cat Theatre – AriZoni for Best Supporting Actor in a Play); Gutenberg! The Musical! (A/C Theatre Company); Australia (Space 55); Kinky Boots (Phoenix Theatre); Rent (Desert Stages Theatre); Toxic Avenger (Mesa Encore Theatre); Brothers Size (Stray Cat Theatre – AriZoni for Best Actor in a Play); closet.drama (Progressive Theatre Workshop); The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin (Black Theatre Troupe); Heathers: the Musical (Stray Cat

Theatre); and Hairspray (Phoenix Theatre, Valley Youth Theatre, Arizona Broadway Theatre). He graduated from Arizona State University with a BA in Theatre.

Kerry Paige (Man 2) is an LA-based actor who has been performing from a very young age. He attended a performing arts high school in his hometown of Newport News, Virginia, before continuing his passion in college and professionally.

Kerry received his B.A. in Theatre and Dance with concentrations in performance and design from James Madison University in spring 2018. While attending JMU, Kerry portrayed a wide variety of roles: Moses in in the world premiere of Stained Glass; Sir Peter Teazle in School for Scandal; Sebastian in The Tempest; and Boris in The Cherry Orchard, just to name a few. Kerry’s most recent theatrical role was the portrayal of Corky Baker in And In This Corner…Cassius Clay. KerryPaige.com

ABOUT THE CREATIVE TEAM Gail Wolfenden-Steib (Costume Designer), an award-winning theatrical costume designer based in Phoenix, Arizona, is delighted to be designing for Childsplay this season. She has been the resident costume designer for Stageworks at the Mesa Arts Center, Phoenix Theatre and Phoenix Theatre’s Cookie Company. Her design and construction work has been seen on numerous stages around the Valley since 1994.

This past summer marked her 21st season as the costume painter/dyer for the Tony Award-winning Utah Shakespeare Festival. In 2007, she presented the sold-out professional development workshop on costume distressing at the USITT national conference in Phoenix. She has been working as a draper in the Childsplay costume shop for the past 5 seasons.

Douglas Clarke (Scenic Designer). Recent designs: The Phantom Tollbooth; Interrupting Vanessa; Smartest Girl in the World; Super Cowgirl; and Mighty Miracle (Childsplay); Junie B. Jones is Not a Crook; Knuffle Bunny; Oliver!; and Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (Adventure Theatre); Junie B. Jones is Not a Crook (Children’s Theatre of Charlotte); Show Boat; Oliver!; A Christmas Story; and Fiddler on the Roof (Arizona Broadway Theatre); The Scottsboro Boys; Twist Your Dickens; The All Night Strut; Calendar Girls; and End of the Rainbow (Phoenix Theatre - ariZoni Award); Men on Boats; She Kills Monsters; and The Hungry Woman (Arizona State); Hairspray, and A Christmas Story (Town Hall Arts Center); Rabbit Hole; and Night Mother (Vintage Theatre, CO - Henry Award Nominations); Coffee and Biscuit (Fallen Swallow/Laughing Pigeon); Unity 1918 (Project: Theater - U.S. Premiere). Douglas also presented Dead Man’s Cell Phone as part of the World Stage Design 2017 exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan. BFA – ASU, MFA – UMD. douglasclarkedesign.com

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Liz Ihlenfeld (Puppet Designer) fell in love with theater when she was seven years old, attending Cranbrook Theatre School in Michigan, and has always had theater as a part of her life ever since. Liz has a BFA and MFA in Costume Design from Central Michigan and Indiana University, respectively.

Liz has worked in the Valley and Flagstaff as a costume designer, interior designer, teacher and cutter/draper since 1996. She is now a freelance designer and cutter/draper for Childsplay. Some of her favorite designs include the costume and puppet design for The Grumpiest Boy in the World; puppet/doll design for The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane; and The Imaginators for Childsplay; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat for Phoenix Theatre; and 1940’s Radio Hour for Scottsdale Community College and Northern Arizona University. Liz has worked with the Grand Canyon Shakespeare Festival, Actors’ Repertory Theatre of Sedona, Arizona Theater Works (Flagstaff), Cranbrook Theater School, Saginaw Valley Community, Arizona Jewish Theatre, Scottsdale Community College, Childsplay, Cookie Company, Phoenix Theatre and Northern Arizona University.

William Kirkham (Lighting Designer) is an award-winning lighting designer for theater and live events. He is also the professor of lighting design at Arizona State University.

Previous Childsplay credits include: Flora & Ulysses; Yellow Boat; and Pete—or the Return of Peter Pan. Regional credits include: Alliance Theatre, Arena Stage, ArtsWest Playhouse, Chicago Children’s Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Childsplay, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Contemporary American Theater Festival, The Hypocrites, Lookingglass Theatre Company, Phoenix Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Sideshow Theatre, South Coast Repertory, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, and the Utah Shakespeare Festival.

William attended Northern Arizona University, Northwestern University, and is a proud member of Local USA 829. www.wckirkham.com

Christopher Neumeyer (Sound Designer) works as sound designer and composer for many theater companies in Phoenix and abroad. Amongst his favorite productions are: Rock the Presidents; The Sun Serpent; A Wrinkle in Time; The Phantom Tollbooth; The Giver (Childsplay); In the Next Room; and Secret Order (Actors Theatre); All My Sons; Fences; Cabaret (Theaterworks in Palo Alto, CA). Previously, he was the resident sound designer and sound supervisor for Childsplay, as well as producing sound effects and voice-over content for multimedia projects, corporate DVDs and feature films.

Dallas Robert Nichols (Projection Designer) is a Tempe, Arizona-based lighting and video designer. Previous work includes operating projections for Cirque du Soleil at Viva Elvis; IRIS: A Journey Through the World of Cinema; and Michael Jackson: ONE. He is an associate artist with the Rogue Artists Ensemble of Los Angeles and has designed video for their shows Zen Shorts; Senor Plummer’s Final Fiesta; and received an Ovation Award nomination for his design of Wood Boy Dog Fish. In addition, he has created video alongside the experiential group Little Cinema for the 22 | IRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE

premiere party of TNT’s I Am the Night and the 2019 Television Critics Awards HBO after-party. Dallas received his MFA from Arizona State University and currently works as an experiential designer with EMN8 Creative, designing visuals for corporate clients like Cognizant, John Deere and Williams Sonoma. www.dallasnichols.com

Shelly Lewis (Stage Manager) is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and graduate of The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where she received her MFA in Stage Management. She recently worked as the production stage manager for Accidental Death of an Anarchist at the Cockroach Theatre in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is also a sub-assistant stage manager (ASM) for top productions, Spiegelworld’s Absinthe and Mat Franco Reinvented Nightly. Her other credits include Julius Caesar (SM), Peter Pan (SM), and Idaho the Comedy Musical (ASM).

She is excited to join Childsplay Theatre for their 2019–2020 national tour season.

Ambar Dominguez (Assistant Stage Manager) is so excited to be working with Childsplay for their national tour of Snowy Day! She is currently a sophomore, theatre and film major at Mesa Community College (MCC). She has been the stage manager for The Sum of Me (Y.E.T.i – Youth Ensemble Theatre Incorporated, Inc); Top Girls (MCC); assistant stage manager for Artist of Promise; Noises Off; The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow; and Immersive Total Patient Management Experience (MCC); and lighting designer for Eurydice; and Of Mice and Men.

Katie McFadzen (Director) has been with Childsplay as an associate artist, actor and teaching artist since 1993. Recent directing credits include: The Snowy Day (Childsplay) and The Trump Card and The Cake (Stray Cat Theatre). Childsplay acting credits include: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane; The Very Hungry Caterpillar; Ella Enchanted – The Musical; Flora and Ulysses; The Yellow Boat; A Hairy Javelina Holiday; Wonderland; Pete or The Return of Peter Pan; and Pero or The Mysteries of the Night. Other Phoenix acting credits include: Mamma Mia; Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson; and The Women (Phoenix Theatre); Good People; The Pursuit of Happiness; and Parallel Lives: The Kathy and Mo Show (Actors Theatre); How the Other Half Loves; A Christmas Carol (one woman version); and The Great Gatsby (Arizona Theatre Company); Speech and Debate; Year of the Rooster; and Small Mouth Sounds (Stray Cat Theatre); and The Wedding Band and Rasheeda Speaking (Black Theatre Troupe). Katie holds a BFA in Acting/Directing from the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater and an MFA in Theatre for Youth from ASU. Artist Representation: Holden & Arts Associates, Inc. Spring Karlo sk@holdenarts.org www.holdenarts.org

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BODYTRAFFIC January 30, 2020 | Cheng Hall

Photo: Lee Gumbs

This performance will include a 15-minute intermission.

Sponsored by: An Anonymous Fund of the Orange County Community Foundation

ARTISTIC DIRECTORS

COMPANY MEMBERS

COMPANY MANAGER

Lillian Rose Barbeito and Tina Finkelman Berkett

Tina Finkelman Berkett Ethan Colangelo Joseph Davis Tiare Keeno Haley Heckethorn Guzmรกn Rosado Rachel Secrest Jamal White

Callen Gosselin

ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE Guzmรกn Rosado

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PROGRAM A Million Voices Choreography: Matthew Neenan Music: Performed by Peggy Lee; Composed by Robert Sour & Una Mae Carlisle, Johnny Mercer & Harold Arlen, C. Farrow, Irving Berlin, Mike Stoller & Jerry Leiber, Adrian Zing & Benny Goodman, Arthur Hamilton Lighting Design: Burke Wilmore Costumes: BODYTRAFFIC Performers: Ethan Colangelo, Joseph Davis, Tiare Keeno, Haley Heckethorn, Guzmán Rosado, Rachel Secrest, Jamal White Premiere: The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, California, 2018

A Million Voices is inspired by the great music of Peggy Lee. Lee’s music, in response to the political climate of her time, reminds us that even during dark times, life is worth enjoying.

This work was made possible in part by Made in Wickenburg Residency Program at Del E. Webb Center for the Performing Arts with funding from the RH Johnson Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Wellik Foundation, WESTAF and Benner-Nawman.

SNAP was made possible with lead support by: Renae Williams Niles & Greg Niles, Allen and Anita Kohl Charitable Foundation, The Norris and Debra Bishton Foundation, Pat & Carol Kinsella, and Catharine & Jeffrey Soros.

SNAP’s costumes were generously underwritten by Harold I. Huttas & Scott A. McPhail in honor of Renae Williams Niles’ birthday.

INTERMISSION

Resolve

PAUSE

Choreography: Wewolf Lighting Design: Burke Wilmore Music: DJ Tennis Performers: Joseph Davis and Guzmán Rosado Premiere: Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2019

SNAP

PAUSE

Choreography: Micaela Taylor Lighting Design: Burke Wilmore Costume Design: Kristina Garnett Music: James Brown Original Music and Sound Edition: SCHOCKE Performers: Ethan Colangelo, Joseph Davis, Haley Heckethorn, Tiare Keeno, Guzmán Rosado, Micaela Taylor, Jamal White Premiere: The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, California, 2018

SNAP was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

General Operating Support was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

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This work was generously underwritten by Nigel Lythgoe OBE.

o2Joy Choreography: Richard Siegal Music: Oscar Peterson’s Mumbles; Billie Holiday’s On the Sunny Side of the Street; Ella Fitzgerald’s All of Me; Glenn Miller’s Taps Miller; Oscar Peterson’s My One and Only Music Editing: David Karaganis Costume Design: Rita DiLorenzo and Richard Siegal Lighting Design: Burke Wilmore based on an original design by Kindred Gottlieb Performers: Joseph Davis, Haley Heckethorn, Guzmán Rosado, Rachel Secrest, Jamal White Premiere: The Joyce Theater, New York, New York, 2012 An exuberant homage to American jazz standards, o2Joy is, as its title suggests, an expression of sheer joy through music and movement.

Photo: Lee Gumbs

ABOUT BODYTRAFFIC BODYTRAFFIC creates world class dance in Los Angeles by commissioning distinctive choreographic works for its company of exceptional dancers. BODYTRAFFIC shares its love and reverence for dance around the globe through versatile performances, extensive outreach offerings, and inspiring educational programs. Over its 12 years of existence, BODYTRAFFIC has pushed boundaries to establish Los Angeles as a cultural center for dance, and Founders and Artistic Directors Lillian Rose Barbeito and Tina Finkelman Berkett are deeply committed to preserving BODYTRAFFIC at the forefront of the concert dance world.

Named “the company of the future” and “one of the most talked-about companies—not just in L.A., but nationwide” by the Los Angeles Times, BODYTRAFFIC is internationally recognized for its high caliber work and palpable love of dance. BODYTRAFFIC is home to an exceptionally versatile family of world-renowned dancers who have trained with the likes of Mikhail Baryshnikov, The Juilliard

School, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, School of American Ballet, and more.

BODYTRAFFIC’s diverse repertory includes original works

by McArthur Fellow Kyle Abraham, Stijn Celis, Fernando Magadan, Barak Marshall, Ohad Naharin, Matthew Neenan, Arthur Pita, Victor Quijada, Hofesh Shechter, Richard Siegal, Michaela Taylor, Wewolf, and many more incredible choreographers. BODYTRAFFIC seamlessly pays homage to traditional styles and techniques, while forging the way for contemporary dance of today.

BODYTRAFFIC has performed for sold-out audiences at prestigious theaters and festivals around the world. In 2016, BODYTRAFFIC made its Hollywood Bowl debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In 2017-2018, the company celebrated its 10th season with an international tour to more than 20 cities, including Moscow and St. Petersburg for the CONTEXT Diana Vishneva Festival, and The Hague,

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Photo: Christopher Duggan

ARTISTIC DIRECTORS

Netherlands, for The Holland Dance Festival. The season culminated with performances at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, where BODYTRAFFIC is honored to be the current companyin-residence.

BODYTRAFFIC’s extensive outreach and education program touches lives at home in Los Angeles and throughout the world. The company’s artistic directors and dancers provide training opportunities for pre-professional and professional dancers, as well as customized dance experiences for people of all walks of life, with an emphasis on sharing with underserved populations.

In 2015, BODYTRAFFIC was selected by the Obama Administration to be cultural ambassadors of the United States to Israel and Jordan via DanceMotion USA,™ a dynamic cultural diplomacy program that supports United States foreign policy goals by engaging international audiences through educational opportunities, cultural exchange and performance. Produced by BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), DanceMotion USA™ is a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State. BODYTRAFFIC has also served as cultural ambassadors of the United States in South Korea (2016), Algeria (2017-2018) and Indonesia (2018).

BODYTRAFFIC has received generous support from the Annenberg Foundation, the New England Foundation for the Arts, The National Dance Project, The Princess Grace Foundation, The Joyce Theater Foundation, The Sydney D. Holland Foundation, Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation, The Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, The Whizin Support Foundation, American Jewish University, Loyola Marymount University, and The Agency.

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Lillian Barbeito has a BFA from The Juilliard School, where she studied on a 4-year, full-tuition scholarship awarded by Tomorrow’s Leaders of America for her essay on the world dancing together in harmony. Lillian had an extensive performance career that began in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and took her to Europe, New York and then, finally, to Los Angeles, where she founded BODYTRAFFIC with Tina Berkett. She is passionate about mentoring dancers of all ages and abilities and has taught internationally for organizations such as CalArts, Idyllwild Arts Academy, L’Ecole de Danse de Quebec, Northwest Dance Project, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, UCLA’s Department of World Arts and Cultures and Loyola Marymount University, where she is currently on faculty. Lillian is one of 32 teachers in the world who is certified in Anouk van Dijk’s ground-breaking Countertechnique. She is honored and excited to be the first instructor to bring this valuable training system to The School at Jacob’s Pillow. She has choreographed over 50 works for high schools, universities, competitions and professional dance companies throughout the U.S. and Canada. Lillian is deeply grateful to her family, especially Grant, Oliver and Forest, for their love and support.

Tina Finkelman Berkett (Artistic Director/Performer) grew up in New York City. Under the tutelage of Michele Cuccaro Cain, she trained and learned to love dance.

Tina attended Barnard College, Columbia University and graduated summa cum laude with degrees in math and economics. Upon graduation she joined Aszure Barton & Artists and performed with the company throughout the United States, including at Jacob’s Pillow and Spoleto festivals. Tina became Aszure Barton’s assistant and taught alongside Barton both in the U.S. and abroad. She had the incredible honor of being a founding member of Mikhail Baryshnikov’s Hell’s Kitchen Dance, where she also served as the company’s dancer liaison. In 2007, she moved to Los Angeles and founded BODYTRAFFIC with Lillian Barbeito. Tina often says BODYTRAFFIC is the dream come true that she never knew she had. She is so thankful for the past 10 years and feels so in debt to all who have played a part in this incredible journey. In particular, Tina must thank her family and her son, Jack, for being her greatest inspirations and supports.

Guzmán Rosado (Artistic Associate) started dancing at the International School of Dance of Carmen Roche Scaena in Madrid on a scholarship sponsored by the Ministerio de Cultura de Madrid.

Guzmán danced with Ballet Joven de Carmen Roche until 1999, when he was offered a scholarship to attend the School of American Ballet (SAB). After his time at SAB, Edward Villella invited him to dance with Miami City Ballet.

From 2002 to 2007, Guzmán danced with Companhia Portuguesa de Bailado Contemporâneo. In 2007, with André Mesquita and Teresa Alves da Silva, Guzmán co-founded Tok’Art, a cultural platform. He has performed extensively as a guest artist throughout Europe. He teaches ballet, yoga and movement workshops. Guzmán is currently BODYTRAFFIC’s resident filmmaker and has won awards for his film work. Guzmán joined BODYTRAFFIC in 2012.

CHOREOGRAPHERS

Matthew Neenan began his dance training at the Boston Ballet School. He later attended the LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts and the School of American Ballet in New York. From 1994 to 2007, Matthew danced with the Pennsylvania Ballet, where he was also named choreographer in residence. Matthew’s choreography has been featured and performed by the Pennsylvania Ballet, BalletX, The Washington Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Ballet West, Ballet Memphis, Milwaukee Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Tulsa Ballet, Ballet Met, Oklahoma City Ballet, Juilliard Dance, New York City Ballet’s Choreographic Institute, Sacramento Ballet, Nevada Ballet Theatre, Indiana University, Opera Philadelphia, and LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts, among others. He has received numerous awards and grants for his choreography from the National Endowment of the Arts, Dance Advance, funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts, the Choo San Goh Foundation, and the Independence Foundation. Matthew has been honored to receive the New York City Ballet’s Choreographic Institute’s Fellowship Initiative Award and fellowships from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. In 2005, Matthew co-founded BalletX with fellow dancer Christine Cox, which is now the resident dance company at the prestigious Wilma Theater.

Richard Siegal is the founder and artistic director of The Bakery Paris–Berlin (2005). Recognized by a Bessie Award (The New York Dance and Performance Award), The German National Theater Faust Award, S.A.C.D. Prize, a Beaumarchais, and The Mouson Award, Richard Siegal has generated international attention for a body of work that includes performances, new media projects, workshops

and publications. Richard Siegal has been an artist/ choreographer-in-residence at ZKM/Karlsruhe, Bennington College and The Baryshnikov Arts Center. As a faculty member of the American Dance Festival, he curated the annual Forsythe Festival. Siegal is a MacDowell Fellow and honorary member of The Bolshoi Ballet’s Benoit de la Danse.

Micaela Taylor is a professional dancer/teacher/ choreographer from Los Angeles, California, where she trained at Marat Daukayev School of Ballet and Los Angeles County High School of the Arts. She graduated from Cornish College of the Arts and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in dance in 2014. She has worked and performed with BODYTRAFFIC, Ate9 Dance Company, Zoe Scofield, Camille A. Brown and Kate Wallich. Her choreographic passion led her to found Los Angeles-based contemporary dance company, The TL Collective in 2016. Her individual movement style of hip-hop combined with contemporary technique has led her to find a new way for people to move, which is best described as contemporary/pop. Alongside the launch of The TL Collective, Taylor has been commissioned to choreograph and teach for LA Contemporary Dance Company, AMDA College, Springboard Danse Montreal, MoveNYC, Cal State Long Beach, and Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre. Her work has been presented at Gelsey Kirkland Performing Arts Center, ACE Hotel, Raymond Kabaaz Theatre, Grand Performances, and Odyssey Theatre Ensemble. She is the recipient of the Inaugural EMERGE Choreographic Award and has choreographed for Gibney Dance Company. Micaela’s commission for BODYTRAFFIC has been awarded a New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project grant, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Wewolf is a Los Angeles-based multi-disciplinary dance collective that is focused on creating and working on different projects that bring their methods of dance and visual arts together. Even though RubberLegz and James Gregg are from different backgrounds, they have the same views on the way they see dance and how they want to translate their two voices into one cohesive choreographic method. The mix of RubberLegz’s self-made abstract break technique with James’s background in contemporary, ballet and urban dance has created a new visually dynamic style of movement. This language has made a splash in not only the dance community, but with creators in many different genres of the arts. Wewolf is interested in pushing boundaries in their work, yet at the same time inspiring people worldwide with their creativity. The collective is a fusion of urban and contemporary dance like you have never seen before.

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Ethan to create work at his Festival des Arts de SaintSauveur, where he presented two separate pieces. Recently, he has presented work at the APAP 2018 showcases and was one of nine choreographers selected for the 2019 Copenhagen International Choreography Competition.

Ethan is excited to be joining BODYTRAFFIC this season.

PERFORMERS Ethan Colangelo is a recent graduate of The Juilliard School, where he received the Hector Zaraspe Prize for Choreographic Promise. He has performed works

by Crystal Pite, Ohad Naharin, Stijn Celis, Roy Assaf Stephan Laks and Medhi Walerski. In the past, Colangelo has created work inside the walls of the school, but has also presented his creations elsewhere. Throughout his tenure at Juilliard, he received eight choreographic workshop pieces, performed at the Choreographic Honors Showcase at the end of the year.

In the summer of 2016, he was one of three people selected for a choreographic residency at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance Gaga Summer Intensive, where he created a work for six women. In November 2016, Ethan was one of ten people selected to present work at the Reverb Dance Festival in New York City, where a fellow classmate performed a solo work. In 2017, Guillaume Côté (Associate Choreographer of the National Ballet of Canada) invited 28 | IRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE

Joseph Davis, born and raised in the beautiful hills of upstate New York, can be easily identified from a distance by his cacophonous laughter. He began his studies at The Draper Center for Dance Education in Rochester, New York, and continued his training at The Juilliard School on tuition scholarship from New York City Dance Alliance, where he received his BFA under the direction of Lawrence Rhodes. Joseph has had the opportunity to perform works of Jíri Kylián, Crystal Pite, Sol Leon and Paul Lightfoot, Kyle Abraham, Shannon Gillen, Twyla Tharp, Martha Graham, José Limón, Camille A. Brown, Joeri Dubbe and Sylvain Emard. He has also performed alongside Brian Brooks Moving Company at New York City Center’s Fall for Dance Festival, and in Kate Weare’s residency at BAM Fisher. Joe joined BODYTRAFFIC in 2016.

Haley Heckethorn was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, where she graduated from Las Vegas Academy as a dance major. In 2013, she moved to Vancouver, Canada, to join the Arts Umbrella Dance Diploma program under the direction of Artemis Gordon.

During the two-year program, she participated in the Young Choreographers Program, mentored

by Crystal Pite, allowing her to create two original works on the Arts Umbrella Dance Company. In 2015, she received the Emerging Artist Scholarship Award from the RBC, Canada Council for the Arts. She joined Crystal Pite’s Kidd Pivot as an apprentice and has performed with Peter Chu’s Chuthis. Haley teaches and choreographs for schools on the West Coast. She also teaches yoga. She is thrilled to continue her artistic journey in Los Angeles. Haley joined BODYTRAFFIC in 2018.

Tiare Keeno, a Utah native, received her BFA in dance at The Juilliard School, where she performed lead roles in the works of Martha Graham and José Limòn. She also attended Springboard Danse Montréal, where she performed the works of RUBBERBAND, Aszure Barton and Artists, and Kidd Pivot, among others. In her professional career, she has been a company member of the Nevada Ballet Theatre, where she performed in collaboration with Cirque du Soleil. She most recently performed in Al Blackstone’s Freddie Falls in Love at the Joyce Theatre in New York City.

Tiare is thrilled to be joining BODYTRAFFIC for the 2019–2020 season.

Rachel Secrest is originally from Carmel, Indiana, where she grew up training under Suzann DeLay. She graduated summa cum laude from the Ailey/Fordham BFA program with degrees in dance and political science. She worked as an apprentice for River North Dance Chicago, as well as Parsons Dance.

She has danced alongside the Mark Dendy Dance Group and was a member of Abarukas, under the direction of Yoshito Sakuraba. In 2017, she joined Jessica Lang Dance as a company member, where she performed for three seasons.

She also had the honor of performing at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as a principal dancer in Washington National Opera’s production of Aida. She is currently dancing as a company member for Boca Tuya, under the direction of Omar Roman de Jesus. She is excited to be joining BODYTRAFFIC for their 2019–2020 season.

Jamal White was raised in Atlanta, Georgia, and began his training at Dance Makers of Atlanta under the direction of Denise and Lynise Heard. He studied as a scholarship student at the Virginia School of the Arts and trained in intensive programs at the Kirov Academy of Ballet, Nashville Ballet, Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and the London Contemporary Dance School. In 2011, Mr. White received a BFA in Dance Performance from Southern Methodist University, where he performed works by Arthur Mitchell, George Balanchine, Pascal Rioult, Alvin Ailey, Robert Battle and Martha Graham. He has also performed in Rasta Thomas’ Rock the Ballet, Missouri Ballet Theater, Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, Alvin Ailey II and the Collage Dance Collective. Jamal joined BODYTRAFFIC in 2017.

PRODUCTION TEAM Burke Wilmore (Production Manager & Lighting Designer) is a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829 and an honors graduate of Wesleyan University. He has designed or adapted seven works for BODYTRAFFIC and has also lit the work of Camille A. Brown (Black Girl: Linguistic Play, Mr. Tol E. Rance, City of Rain). He was the resident designer for Battleworks Dance Company (2001–2010) and to date has lit five of Robert Battle’s works for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. For American Repertory Ballet, he lit Midsummer Night’s Dream and Romeo and Juliet. He frequently collaborates with Broadway star André de Shields, for whom he lit the Louis Armstrong musical Ambassador Satch and designed scenery and lighting for de Shields’ production of Ain’t Misbehavin’. Mr. Wilmore designed scenery and lighting for Apollo Club Harlem and Ellington at Christmas, both at the Apollo Theater. Burke has worked with BODYTRAFFIC since 2012.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Kate Beyda Mehrnaz Javid Paul Lester Rachel Webber Lesley Wolman

ADVISORY BOARD Jamie Bishton Glenn Edgerton Dale Franzen Jane Jelenko Glorya Kaufman Elizabeth Levitt Hirsch Nigel Lythgoe OBE E. Randol Schoenberg Chad Smith Renae Williams Niles Artist Representation: Margaret Selby President, Selby Artists Management 212.382.3260 mselby@selbyartistsmgmt.com

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CON ALMA Y FUEGO

AN ABBREVIATED HISTORY OF THE AFRO-CARIBBEAN/LATIN JAZZ TRADITIONS FEATURING METTA QUINTET & VERY SPECIAL GUESTS

January 31, 2020 | Cheng Hall

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This performance is presented without an intermission.

METTA QUINTET Christopher McBride Alto Saxophone Lucas Pino Tenor Saxophone Miki Yamanaka Piano

Christopher Smith Bass Hans Schuman Drums

Beresford Bennett Narration VERY SPECIAL GUESTS Trumpet TBA

Percussion TBA

Steven Feifke Music Arrangements

Richard O’Connor for ACE and Son Moving Picture Company Video Projection Design Steve Lillie JazzReach Production Manager

The creation of Con Alma y Fuego was made possible by generous grants from: The Ella Fitzgerald Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and The Arnow Family Foundation These activities are supported, in part, with funds provided by the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF), the California Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Metta Quintet (from left): Hans Schuman, Miki Yamanaka, Lucas Pino, Christopher McBride, and Rashaan Carter

ABOUT JAZZREACH Established in 1994, JazzReach is a nationally recognized New York City-based 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to the promotion, performance, creation and teaching of jazz music.

Through the presentation of engaging live multi-media educational programs for young audiences (grades K-12), informative clinics and master-classes for student musicians and captivating main-stage concerts for general audiences, JazzReach is fiercely dedicated to fostering a greater appreciation, awareness and understanding of our great American jazz tradition.

Since premiering its debut educational program in 1997, JazzReach has successfully positioned itself as the nation’s leading provider of high-quality educational content on the subject. The organization’s programs have successfully

served and impacted over 700,000 young people nationwide in partnership with many of America’s most distinguished performing arts presenters and have received unanimous praise from arts professionals, students, teachers, parents and the media alike. Learn more: www.jazzreach.org All of JazzReach’s artistic programming is carried out exclusively by the organization’s official resident ensemble, the Metta Quintet.

METTA QUINTET

Metta Quintet is a highly creative unit featuring some of the most dynamic, in-demand artists on the jazz scene today.

They are as collectively dedicated to blazing new artistic territory as they are to cultivating new generations of jazz listeners and performers.

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In 2002, the ensemble released its critically acclaimed debut CD, Going to Meet the Man (Koch Jazz), which featured eight commissioned works inspired by the short stories of celebrated American author, James Baldwin, that appeared in the book of the same title. Composers included Brad Mehldau, George Colligan, Larry Goldings, Kurt Rosenwinkel and Mark Turner.

In 2006, the quintet released the equally praised Subway Songs (Sunnyside Records), which also featured eight commissioned works inspired by the unique social dynamism of the New York City subway experience. Composers included Metta Quintet members Sung, Strickland, Gross and Schuman in addition to Myron Walden, Jimmy Greene and Jon Cowherd.

In 2012, the band released Big Drum, Small World, which earned unanimous praise, including a 3.5-star (out of four) review in DownBeat magazine. The project celebrates the globalization of jazz, stylistic amalgamation and creative collaboration by featuring six all-original compositions by renowned composers from six different countries, including Miguel Zenon, Omer Avital, Marcus Strickland, Lionel Loueke, Yosvanny Terry and Rudresh Mhanthappa.

Lucas Pino (Tenor Saxophone). Award-winning musician and composer, Lucas Pino has performed at some of the world’s most esteemed festivals and venues. As a tenor saxophonist and multi-woodwind player, his unmatched musical prowess and unique approach make him one of the most in-demand side musicians across generations.

A native of Phoenix, Arizona, Lucas graduated from some of the country’s top music programs, including the Brubeck Institute, The New School and The Juilliard School. Lucas’ past performance experience includes Dave Brubeck, Curtis Fuller, Benny Golson, Jimmy Heath, Christian McBride, Carl Allen, Benny Green, David Sanborn, Takuya Kuroda, Jonathan Batiste, Darcy James Argue, Alan Ferber and Nick Finzer, among others. Based in New York City, Pino is the leader of The No Net Nonet, a distinct and innovative nine-piece acoustic jazz ensemble. His band has become an established part of today’s scene through a monthly residency at Smalls Jazz Club in Greenwich Village.

In September 2017, Pino released his second album with the Nonet, The Answer Is No (Outside in Music), a follow-up to its 2015 debut, No Net Nonet (Origin Records). In January 2017, Lucas received an Herb Alpert ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award for his composition, “Golden Rule, Turing Test.”

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Christopher McBride (Alto Saxophone) has performed internationally with many notable artists of all genres, including Winard Harper, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Lupe Fiasco, Solange, Jennifer Hudson, Jason Marshall, Bobby Broom, Alice Smith, Brandon Flowers, Ne-Yo, Marquis Hill, Milton Suggs and others.

His group, Christopher McBride & The Whole Proof, has played some great jazz venues around the Midwest such as Andy’s Jazz Club and the Green Mill in Chicago and Jazz at the Bistro in St. Louis. Since moving to New York in 2013, The Whole Proof has performed in venues around New York, including Smalls Jazz Club, SMOKE Jazz & Supper Club, Fat Cat, Ginny’s Supper Club and Minton’s Playhouse in Harlem.

Christopher continually writes new music for the band and is releasing his second project in 2020. Currently, Christopher is touring with JazzReach and also teaches with Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Louis Armstrong House.

Miki Yamanaka (Piano) is a New York-based pianist from Kobe, Japan. She moved to New York City in 2012 and has studied piano with Jason Lindner, Jeb Patton and Fred Hersch, and Organ with Sam Yahel and Larry Goldings.

In 2015, she was one of three pianists selected to participate in Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead, an intensive composition residency at The Kennedy Center. She earned her Master of Music degree from Queens College, receiving the Sir Roland Hanna Award.

Miki has appeared in concert with many notable musicians, including Steve Nelson, Seamus Blake, Jerry Dodgion, Victor Lewis, Rich Perry, Antonio Hart and Peter Bernstein.

She holds residencies at Smalls and Mezzrow jazz clubs in New York City, hosted a week-long tribute to Horace Silver in 2016 and presented her own music in 2017 and 2019 at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola. She is the current pianist in the Philip Harper Quintet, the Roxy Coss Quintet and the Antonio Hart Group. Miki recorded a mini album called Songs Without Lyrics in 2012, and has recorded a new album, Miki, with Steve Nelson, Orlando le Fleming and Bill Stewart in 2017, which was released by a Canadian label, Cellar Live, in 2018.

Christopher Smith (Bass) was born in Minneapolis, MN. He started playing the violin and later chose the upright bass.

In high school, he started playing electric bass in church.

At 18, he attended the prestigious Dave Brubeck Institute at the University of the Pacific in California. He then moved to New York City, where he received his bachelor’s degree from New School University and a master’s degree from Rutgers University in New Jersey. Since 2008, Chris has made a living playing music in New York City. He has played for wedding bands, church, recording projects, and has toured over 20 countries around the world. Chris has been very fortunate to work with Dave Brubeck, Branford Marsalis, Jeff “tain” Watts, Kendrick Lamar, Quincy Jones, Justin Kauflin, Bill

Laurance, Robert Glasper, and H.E.R., to name a few. He is currently playing at New Jerusalem Worship Center in Jamaica, Queens, and is part of the David Budway Trio at the Carlyle Hotel in New York City.

Hans Schuman (Drums, Founder and Executive – Artistic Director, JazzReach). Born in Lansing, Michigan, Hans Schuman began playing the drums in middle school while growing up in Tucson, Arizona. His maternal grandparents, both prominent figures on the 20th century American classical music scene, were both nurturing and supportive of his budding interest in music and encouraged him to explore a broad range of musical styles and genres.

A graduate of Boston’s prestigious Berklee College of Music, Hans has played and/or performed with a who’s who of jazz contemporaries, including Geoff Keezer, Mark Turner, Seamus Blake, Kenny Rampton, Mark Gross, Dwayne Burno, Donny McCaslin, Richie Goods, Roy Hargrove, Chris Cheek, Jeff Parker, Antonio Hart, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Delfayo Marsalis, Benny Green, Cyrus Chestnut, Eric Reed, Wynton Marsalis, Brad Mehldau, Larry Goldings, Christian McBride, Don Braden, Stefon Harris, Helen Sung, Marcus Strickland, Jaleel Shaw, Keyon Harold, Joshua Redman and Glenn Zaleski, among many others.

In 1994, Schuman, with proceeds from the reluctant sale of an inherited Steinway grand piano, established JazzReach Performing Arts & Education Association, Inc., a 501c3, not-for-profit dedicated to fostering a greater appreciation, awareness and understanding of jazz music.

In the 25 years since JazzReach’s inception, Schuman, in his capacities as executive-artistic director, has successfully positioned the organization as the nation’s leading provider of live educational programming on the subject.

As the founding member of JazzReach’s Metta Quintet, he’s conceived and appeared on all of the ensemble’s critically acclaimed recordings, Going to Meet the Man, Subway Songs and Big Drum, Small World.

Schuman is currently the creator, executive producer and host of the video podcast, Jazz Club, on the global highfidelity music streaming platform, TIDAL. He is an official Gretsch Drum, Zildjian Cymbal, Vic Firth Stick and Evans Drum Head artist.

Beresford Bennett (Narrator) is an actor, writer, director, filmmaker, musician and teacher. He has narrated many audiobooks of varied genres, and has appeared in several movies, television shows, and on stages across the country.

He is also an award-winning screenwriter.

THE COMPOSERS Mario Bauzá (1911–1993) was an Afro-Cuban jazz musician.

He was one of the first to introduce Cuban music to the United States by bringing Cuban musical styles to the New York City jazz scene. While Cuban bands had popular jazz tunes in their repertoire for years, Bauzá’s composition, “Tangá,” was the first piece to blend jazz with clave (rhythmic pattern), and is considered the first true Afro-Cuban jazz or Latin jazz tune.

John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie (1917–1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer and singer.

His combination of musicianship, showmanship and wit made him a leading popularizer of new music called bebop.

In the late 1940s, Gillespie was also involved in Afro-Cuban music, bringing Afro-Latin American music to greater prominence in jazz and even pop music, particularly salsa.

Gillespie helped develop and mature the Afro-Cuban jazz style. Afro-Cuban jazz was considered bebop-oriented, and some musicians classified it as a modern style.

Jerry González (1949–2018) was an American bandleader, trumpeter and percussionist of Puerto Rican descent.

Together with his brother, bassist Andy González, he played an important role in the development of Latin jazz during the late 20th century. During the 1970s, both played alongside Eddie Palmieri and in Manny Oquendo’s Conjunto Libre, and from 1980 to 2018, they directed The Fort Apache Band.

Luciano Pozo González (1915–1948), known professionally as Chano Pozo, was a Cuban jazz percussionist, singer, dancer and composer. Despite only living to age 33, he played a major role in the founding of Latin jazz. He co-wrote some of Dizzy Gillespie’s Latin-flavored compositions, such as “Manteca” and “Tin Tin Deo,” and was the first Latin percussionist in Gillespie’s band.

Irakere is a Cuban band founded by pianist Chucho Valdés.

Irakere was a seminal musical laboratory, where historic innovations in both Afro-Cuban jazz and Cuban popular dance music were created. The group used a wide array of percussion instruments, including batá drums, chequerés, erikundis, maracas, claves, cencerros, bongó, tumbadoras (congas) and güiro.

Machito (born Francisco Raúl Gutiérrez Grillo, 1908–1984) was a Latin jazz musician who helped refine Afro-Cuban jazz and create both Cubop and salsa music. In New York City, Machito formed the band the Afro-Cubans in 1940, and with Mario Bauzá as musical director, brought together Cuban rhythms and big band arrangements into one group. George Shearing, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker and Stan Kenton credited Machito as an influence. An intersection in East Harlem is named Machito Square in his honor.

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Eddie Palmieri (b. 1936) is a pianist, bandleader, musician and composer of Puerto Rican ancestry. He is the founder of the bands La Perfecta, La Perfecta II, and Harlem River Drive. Palmieri’s La Perfecta departed from the traditional Caribbean sources of salsa instrumentation by introducing a new stylistic device into the New York Latin sound. Their signature sound relied heavily on two trombones and a flute instead of trumpets.

Dafnis Prieto (b. 1974) is a Cuban-American drummer, composer, bandleader and educator. Prieto’s revolutionary drumming techniques and compositions have had a powerful impact on the Latin and jazz music scene, nationally and internationally. A Macarthur “Genius” Fellow, he has performed at many national and international music festivals as a sideman and as a bandleader, featuring several of his own projects and music. As a composer, he has created music for dance, film, chamber ensembles, and most notably, for his own bands.

Ernesto Antonio “Tito” Puente (1923–2000) was an American musician, songwriter and record producer. The son of Ernest and Felicia Puente, native Puerto Ricans living in New York City’s Spanish Harlem, Puente is often credited as “The Musical Pope,” “El Rey de los Timbales” (“The King

of the Timbales”) and “The King of Latin Music.” He is best known for dance-oriented mambo and Latin jazz compositions that endured over a 50-year career. His most famous song is “Oye Como Va.”

Arsenio Rodriguez (1911–1970) was a Cuban musician, composer and bandleader. He played the tres, as well as the conga, and he specialized in son, rumba and other Afro-Cuban music styles. In the 1940s and 1950s, Rodríguez established the conjunto format and contributed to the development of the son montuno, the basic template of modern-day salsa.

He claimed to be the true creator of the mambo and was an important, as well as a prolific, composer who wrote nearly two hundred songs.

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Dance Visions February 20 - 22, 2020

with the UCI Symphony Orchestra Molly Lynch and Tong Wang, artistic directors Dr. Stephen Tucker, conductor

UCI Dance presents a variety of genres staged and choreographed by Lar Lubovitch, Charlotte Griffin, Chad Michael Hall, Loretta Livingston, and Tong Wang. Accompanied by the UCI Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Stephen Tucker.

Arts Box Office (949) 824-2787 | www.arts.uci.edu/tickets Dance Visions 2019, Dvorรกk Serenade (2007), choreographed by Lar Lubovitch. Photo by Rose Eichenbaum.

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Christine Johnson Bob and Pat Jones Jessica Kaltman Arlene Kato Judy Kaufman John Keating Barbara J. Kelley Chetna and Rohit Khanna Al King Amy King Kathleen Koch John Krebs Kerry Krisher Paul Kuliev Rosa Kwong Dr. and Mrs. John LaGourgue Jessica Langenhan Jessica Langer In Memory of Dr. Martin Langer Robert Langer John LaRue Tracy Laulhere Sue Anne Lee Michael Leon Scott Lewis Anne Llewellyn Lorraine Lopez Maria Luna Christian and Sharon Maas Robert D. and Pat MacDonald Jennifer Madrid Pablo Martinez Sharon Masler Susan Mathieu Duane and Kathleen Mauzey David and Teryl McDermott Michael and Susan McGuire Ling Mei Lauri and Mike Mendenhall William Miller Jeff and Gail Mitzner Stella Miyamura Hiroko and Yoshiharu Moriwaki Susan Murphy John and Margorie Murray Julie Nakata June Nelson Steven Nelson Craig Norris and Lauren Johnson-Norris Dr. and Mrs. Mel Novegrod Suzi Okuda In memory of Vera Ostroff Judy and Don Oswald Scott Pallais Greg Piantanida Kathleen Poulos Donna Powell Michael Kerr Don and Grace Laffoon Kathryn Lynch and Robert McDonnell Molly Lynch and Alan Andrews Sharon McNalley Britt Meyer John Miller Ed Moen and Janek Schergen Emil and Michele Monda John and Margorie Murray Mr. and Mrs. Mitsuhiko Nakano Carl Neisser Tom and Marilyn Nielsen Anne B. Nutt John and Charlene Pasko James Penrod Janice and Richard Plastino Dolly A. Platt, Ph.D Edward and Diana Putz Salwa Rizkalla, Festival Ballet Theatre

Sarah Quinn Lois Rake Elaine Ramsay Claudia Redfern Keith Reise Bebe and Otto Reyer Joe Risser Melvin Ross Paul Ruiz Margaret Rumsfeld Nancy Lee Ruyter Martha Ryan Irene A. Sakioka William and Jean Schultz Joey Scott Trudy Vermeer Selleck Ella Serebryannik Tully Seymour Joyce Shadburn Gordon Sheldall Cheryl Simpson Dorothy J. Solinger William IV and Sherry Spurgeon Hugh Stevenson and Jan Burns Robert Stopher Ingrid Strayer Janet Hennes Tapley Cindy Thomas Gary and Peranza Topjon Winnie Tse William and Sherrie Underwood Joanne Vargas Tony and Nancy Vasek Melissa Vermilya Fred Viele Emily Vogler and Daniel Flynn Michael Voronel Mary Von Dem Bussche John and Kelli Walker Michele Walot Jerald Warren Steven Weinstein Larry Wells Mark and Lou-Ann Weltman Kirby Westergren Michelle Wheatcraft Tony Williams Daphne Wong Roxanne Wong Valerie Wong George and Flo-Ree Woodruff Worah Family Foundation Norman Workman Catherine Yao-Bindewald Yata Household Susan Yee Andy Yurcho Barbara Roberts Robinson Foundation Michelle Rohe Debie Sampson Jack and Katy Schellerman Sally Anne and Don Sheridan Igal and Diane Silber Ann Sim Jackie Smiley Smith-Walker Foundation Mrs. Peg E. Stamper Rollans Richard and Elizabeth Steele Fund Olivia Stroud Jennifer Szabo Karen and Gary Thorne Lynn Weiser Max and Peggy Weismair Steve and Linda Weitz Mary Vensel White William Gillespie Foundation IRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE | 37

For Your Information Ticket Services Order online 24/7 at www.thebarclay.org or www.facebook.com/IrvineBarclay/events Call the Box Office at 949.854.4646 Monday through Friday from 10am until 6pm; Saturday and Sunday from noon until 4pm.

MasterCard, VISA, American Express, and Discover accepted.

Late Seating To prevent disruption of a performance in progress, patrons who have not entered the theatre when the performance begins may be asked to wait in the lobby until there is a suitable interval.

Ushers Ushers are located at each auditorium entrance and at designated stations in the lobby. Please consult an usher if you need assistance.

If you are interested in joining the usher staff, please contact the Patron Services Manager at: 949.854.4193; darling@thebarclay.org.

Public Parking Parking is managed by UC Irvine and is available for a fee. The parking structure is located at the corner of West Peltason and Campus Drive.

Patrons are encouraged to utilize UCI’s online “ParkbyPlate” system for pre-paid event date parking. Visit www.parking.uci/parkbyplate and choose IBT@UCI from the dropdown menu.

Restrooms Restrooms are located on the main lobby level near the box office.

For your convenience, diaper changing stations are located in both the men’s and women’s restrooms. Drinking fountains are located on either side of the main lobby staircase and on the second level.

Need Special Assistance?

Listening devices for amplifying stage sound are available at the concessions bar free of charge. Accessible locations for patrons with mobility impairments are available. For best service, please make the box office aware of your needs at the time of purchase.

Mobile Phones, Pagers, Smart Watches and Electronic Alarms As a courtesy to all patrons, please turn these units to off or non-audible before the performance begins. Please adjust the light-up notifications and screen brightness of all devices to a dimmest setting.

Cameras and Recording Equipment The taking of photographs and use of any mechanical or digital recording devices is strictly prohibited.

Children Children are welcome. However, not all events are appropriate for small children. A paid ticket is required for everyone entering the theatre, including infants and children. The box office can provide advice regarding an event’s suitability for your child.

Concessions For most events, light snacks and refreshments are available for purchase at the lobby concessions bar before performances and throughout intermission (when there is one). For faster service and guest convenience, patrons may elect to pre-purchase items that will be ready for pickup immediately during intermission. Please see concessions staff for assistance.

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Theatre Safety & Security To ensure the safety of our patrons and clients, IBT continually evaluates security measures for those entering our venue. All patrons attending an event at IBT are subject to screening by IBT staff. This may include, but is not limited to, a visual inspection, a bag inspection, metal detection and/or an interview. At this time, no large bags are permitted in the venue.

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