Program Book

2016-17 JOHN PIZZARELLI QUARTET January 12, 2017 LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO January 19, 2017 NEW WORLD FLAMENCO FESTIVAL

FIN DE FIESTA January 21, 2017 JAZZREACH’S METTA QUINTET

POPPIN’– THE STORY OF BLUE NOTE RECORDS January 27, 2017

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WELCOME IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE NEW BARCLAY.

Happy New Year! And thank you for being here at Irvine Barclay Theatre.

The Barclay is defined by its innovative and adventurous arts programming and the events in this program book represent the eclectic performances that make the Barclay such a special place in which to appreciate the performing arts.

Whether you’re enjoying the jazz harmonies of the John Pizzarelli Quartet and the Metta Quintet, experiencing the passion and poetry of flamenco music and dance in Fin de Fiesta or listening to the inspirational and uplifting songs of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, our goal, as always, is to present culturally diverse music, theater and dance to Orange County audiences.

Please check out our Patron Guide, available in the lobby, and see what other entertaining offerings might catch your attention in the New Year.

As always, we are indebted to all who help us maintain this unique community resource: our staff and our Board of Directors; our public partners – the City of Irvine and UCI; and you, the audience.

Thank you for coming. All of us at the Barclay wish you the very best in the New Year.

Jerry Mandel, Ph.D. President, Irvine Barclay Theatre

Board of Directors CHAIR Ken Rohl Chairman/Founder Rohl LLC Ramona Agrela Associate Chancellor University of California, Irvine Francisco J. Ayala Professor and National Medal of Science Laureate University of California, Irvine Stephen Barker Dean, Claire Trevor School of the Arts University of California, Irvine

Karen Cahill Community Leader

Robert Farnsworth CEO, Sonnet Technologies, Inc. Robin Follman-Otta CEO, Markall Inc. COO, R.A. Industries, LLC COO, Katmai Lodge Alaska Carla Furuno Senior Vice President & Regional Manager City National Bank

Michelle Grettenberg Assistant to the City Manager City of Irvine

Lynn Schott Mayor Pro Tem City of Irvine

Sean Joyce City Manager City of Irvine

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James C. Lindberg, MD, MBA Chief Medical Officer PersonalCare Physicians, LLC Terry McDonald Community Leader

William Parker Professor Emeritus Physics and Astronomy University of California, Irvine

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JOHN PIZZARELLI QUARTET January 12, 2017 | Cheng Hall This performance will include a 15-minute intermission.

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JOHN PIZZARELLI

John Pizzarelli Guitar/Vocals

Konrad Paszkudski Piano

Mike Karn Bass

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John Pizzarelli, the world-renowned guitarist and singer, was hailed by the Boston Globe for “reinvigorating the Great American Songbook and re-popularizing jazz.” The Toronto Star pegged him as “the genial genius of the guitar.” And the Seattle Times saluted him as “a rare entertainer of the old school.”

Established as one of the prime contemporary interpreters of the Great American Songbook, Pizzarelli has expanded that repertoire by including the music of Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Tom Waits, Antônio Carlos Jobim and Lennon-McCartney. His themed shows, often performed with his wife Jessica Molaskey, suggest there is no limit to Pizzarelli’s imagination or talent.

Pizzarelli started playing guitar at age six, following in the tradition of his father. He turned to jazz in his late teens after playing in rock bands, and he received an education playing with his father Bucky Pizzarelli and many jazz greats who would influence his work: Benny Goodman, Les Paul, Zoot Sims, Clark Terry and Slam Stewart, among others.

His solo recording career started in 1990 with My Blue Heaven on Chesky Records. He played clubs and concert halls on the jazz circuit, opening for such greats as Dave Brubeck, Ramsey Lewis and Rosemary Clooney. In 1993, he was honored to open for Frank Sinatra’s international tour and then joined in the celebration for his 80th birthday at Carnegie Hall, bringing down the house singing “I Don’t Know Why I Love You Like I Do” with his father accompanying him.

Pizzarelli’s hero and foundation over the last 25 years has been Nat “King” Cole, to whom he has devoted two albums, Dear Mr. Cole and P.S. Mr. Cole. Since 2013, Pizzarelli and pianist Ramsey Lewis have toured a Cole tribute show.

“His sound was singular and inspired,” Pizzarelli says.

“I’ve always said we’re an extension, a 21st-century version of what that group was.”

After recording albums for RCA devoted to torch ballads (After Hours), classic swing and bold originals (Our Love Is Here to Stay), holiday songs (Let’s Share Christmas) and the Fab Four (John Pizzarelli Meets the Beatles), Pizzarelli signed with the Grammy Award-winning label Telarc International, a division of Concord Music Group. His string of successful albums started in 2000 with Kisses In the Rain, a diverse set of standards and original tunes that showcase the spontaneity of his live performances within a studio setting, followed by Let There Be Love.

On his 2002 album, The Rare Delight of You, Pizzarelli teamed up with veteran pianist George Shearing. In the tradition of classic quintet-and-vocalist recordings, they lay down great standards (including “Be Careful, It’s My Heart,” “If Dreams Come True” and “Lost April”) as well as a couple of originals, all with vibrant arrangements. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the John Pizzarelli Trio along with pianist Ray Kennedy and bassist/brother Martin Pizzarelli, Live at Birdland was released in April 2003. This two-disc set seamlessly blends James Taylor folk with Gershwin and Van Heusen standards, in addition to original Pizzarelli compositions.

In 2004, Pizzarelli introduced a new generation to the distinctive Latin rhythms of Bossa Nova. Produced by Russ Titelman, the acclaimed disc features several Brazilian musicians including drummer Paulo Braga, pianist César Camargo Mariano and vocalist Daniel Jobim.

Knowing You, Pizzarelli’s 2005 release, pays homage to the many talented musicians and songwriters he’s met throughout his career, among them Jimmy McHugh, Sammy Cahn, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Johnny Mandel and Brian Wilson.

In 2006, Telarc introduced Dear Mr. Sinatra, John’s tribute set to “Ol’ Blue Eyes,” featuring the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra (appearing at Irvine Barclay Theatre on March 18, 2017). The collection features John Clayton’s clever reworking of standards such as “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” and “You Make Me Feel So Young,” as well as songs written for Sinatra, “Ring-A-Ding-Ding!,” “Nice and Easy” and “The Last Dance.”

His 2008 recording, the Grammy Award-nominated With a Song in My Heart, celebrates the music of composer Richard Rodgers and includes swinging Rodgers & Hart standards like “The Lady Is a Tramp,” “Mountain Greenery” and “Johnny One Note” and theater songs from South Pacific and The King and I. The singer-guitarist’s first-ever Duke Ellington recording, Rockin’ in Rhythm, was released in February 2010. For the dozen tracks, Pizzarelli took the tack of Ellington, noticeably displaying the strengths of the musicians in the band. In addition to a cut for solo guitar, four songs highlight the quartet (with pianist Larry Fuller, bassist Martin Pizzarelli and drummer Tony Tedesco) and seven include the Swing Seven horns with arrangements by Don Sebesky.

Pizzarelli married songs from great pop songwriters of his own generation with traditional jazz arrangements and melodies. Double Exposure, released in 2012, united the Beatles and Lee Morgan, Tom Waits with Billy Strayhorn and the Allman Brothers Band with the style of Wes Montgomery.

As he told the Wall Street Journal, “I asked myself a couple of questions: ‘How can we take the style we do and communicate it to people who grew up on Gershwin and people who grew up on the Beatles? How do we communicate jazz to the non-jazz listeners?’”

Pizzarelli’s latest album, Midnight McCartney, has its origins in McCartney’s Grammy-winning 2012 album, Kisses on the Bottom. Pizzarelli played guitar on 10 of the album’s 14 tracks and backed Sir Paul at an iTunes concert at Capitol Records Studios, the Grammy Awards and the Recording Academy’s annual MusiCares Person of the Year Gala.

Fifteen months after those gigs, McCartney wrote to Pizzarelli to consider recording some of his lesser-known songs in a jazz style.

“It’s a take on songs within a style we’re comfortable with,” Pizzarelli says. “There’s a lot of thought given to them and they’re fun to play and challenging. We’ve always been McCartney fans and I feel that the audience we play for now grew up with Paul McCartney as well. These songs are as familiar as ‘Polka Dots and Moonbeams.’”

In addition to being a bandleader and solo performer, John has been a special guest on recordings for major pop names such as James Taylor, Natalie Cole, Kristin Chenoweth, Tom Wopat, Rickie Lee Jones and the Dave Van Ronk, as well as leading jazz artists like Rosemary Clooney, Ruby Braff, Johnny Frigo, Buddy DeFranco, Harry Allen and, of course, Bucky Pizzarelli. He was featured opposite Donna Summer, Jon Secada and Roberta Flack on the Grammy Awardwinning CD, Songs from the Neighborhood: The Music of Mr. Rogers in 2005.

A radio personality who got his start in the medium in 1984, Pizzarelli is co-host, alongside Jessica Molaskey, of Radio Deluxe with John Pizzarelli. Heard on more than 40 radio stations, the syndicated radio show brings warmth, humor and that long-lost “live” feel back to radio. The show takes place in their “deluxe living room high atop Lexington Avenue,” and the conversations are relaxed, candid and offthe-cuff as is the music. The show is also available globally as a podcast at www.johnpizzarelli.com and via iTunes.

John has performed on the country’s most popular national television shows such as The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Late Show with David Letterman, Conan, Live with Regis & Kelly, The Tony Danza Show and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Pizzarelli performs annual engagements at the Café Carlyle with Jessica Molaskey and at Birdland with his jazz combo. He continues to tour throughout the United States, Europe, South America and Japan, performing classic pop, jazz and swing, while setting the standard for stylish modern jazz. Please visit www.johnpizzarelli.com for tour schedule, discography, radio guests and much more.

Artist Representation: The Kurland Agency 173 Brighton Avenue Boston, MA 02134

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LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO January 19, 2017 | Cheng Hall This performance will include a 15-minute intermission.

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Singing for Peace Around the World Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the South African a cappella group, has been nominated for Best World Music Album of 2016 by the Recording Academy for their most recent CD, Walking in the Footsteps of Our Fathers.

This marks the group’s 17th Grammy Award nomination.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo has been awarded the Grammy Award four times; in 1988, for Shaka Zulu; in 2004, for Raise Your Spirit Higher; in 2009, for Ilembe and in 2013, for Singing for Peace Around the World. The group’s discography currently includes more than fifty recordings.

Walking in the Footsteps of Our Fathers is a celebration of the group’s past, present and future. The group members

say: “With this new CD, we wanted to honor the many people from the past, people that the younger generations must give thanks to for paving the way and leaving footsteps for us to follow. We honor the past members of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, our fathers, who started this group in the 1960’s. Our fathers sang as part of Ladysmith Black Mambazo because of the pride and love they shared for their people’s history and culture. We also honor the “elders of South Africa” whom the younger generations admire, praise and are so grateful for all they have done for our people.

These elders are the ones who have paved the way for the future of our country. These elders have laid down the footsteps we humbly follow.”

In 2014, Ladysmith Black Mambazo was awarded their fourth Grammy Award for the CD Singing for Peace Around the World. This was not just a CD title but a statement of the group’s career mission. It was Nelson Mandela who designated Ladysmith Black Mambazo as “South Africa’s Cultural Ambassadors to the World.” It’s a title Ladysmith Black Mambazo holds quite dearly to their hearts. The group dedicated the Grammy Award to Nelson Mandela, and they have been celebrating Mandela’s message of peace at every concert they perform.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo was founded in the early 1960’s by Joseph Shabalala, then a young farm boy turned factory worker. Ladysmith is the name of Joseph’s hometown, a small farming area between Durban and Johannesburg; Black is a reference to the oxen, the strongest of all farm animals; and Mambazo is the Zulu word for “axe,” a symbol of the group’s ability to “chop down” any singing rival who might challenge them. Ladysmith Black Mambazo won so many awards that by the end of the 1960’s, the group was banned from competitions, although they were welcomed to participate as entertainers.

Apartheid, the South African social system forced upon the country’s black majority to keep the white minority government in power, was a dividing force in many ways.

The musicians and artists of South Africa took two paths of resistance. Some sang songs with powerful messages of revolution against the horrors of apartheid. Others, like Ladysmith Black Mambazo, followed a path of peaceful protest. Joseph Shabalala, following the ways of protest that Martin Luther King Jr. used in the U.S., wrote songs of hope and a better tomorrow. When Nelson Mandela was released from prison, in 1990, he named Ladysmith Black Mambazo’s singing as one of the powerful messages of peace he listened to while in jail. In fact, when Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993, he brought Ladysmith Black Mambazo with him to Oslo, Norway, to receive his award.

The group sings the traditional music called isicathamiya (is-cot-a-ME-Ya), which developed in the mines of South Africa. Black workers were taken by rail to work far away from their homes and their families. Poorly housed and paid worse, the mine workers would entertain themselves after a six-day week by singing songs into the wee hours on Sunday morning. When the miners returned to the homelands, this musical tradition returned with them.

During the 1970’s Ladysmith Black Mambazo established themselves as the most successful singing group in South Africa. In the mid-1980’s, Paul Simon visited South Africa and incorporated the group’s rich tenor/alto/bass harmonies into his famous Graceland album – a landmark recording that was considered seminal in introducing world music to mainstream audiences.

In addition to their work with Paul Simon, Ladysmith Black Mambazo has recorded with numerous artists, including Stevie Wonder, Dolly Parton, Sarah McLachlan, Josh Groban, Emmylou Harris, Melissa Etheridge, and many others. They have provided film soundtrack singing for Disney’s The Lion King, Part II as well as Eddie Murphy’s Coming to America, Marlon Brando’s A Dry White Season, James Earl Jones’ Cry, the Beloved Country and Clint Eastwood’s Invictus. A film documentary titled On Tip Toe: Gentle Steps to Freedom, the Story of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, was nominated for an Academy Award. They have even appeared on Broadway and were nominated for a Tony Award.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo carries a message of Peace, Love and Harmony as they travel the world year after year.

They bring this message, in song and dance, to every theater where they perform. We hope you will join them as they sing their message. See more at: www.mambazo.com.

Artist Representation: IMN – International Music Network 278 Main Street Gloucester, MA 01930

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NEW WORLD FLAMENCO FESTIVAL

FIN DE FIESTA January 21, 2017 | Cheng Hall

Sponsored by:

Drs. Francisco and Hana Ayala An anonymous fund of the Orange County Community Foundation FEATURING

Yaelisa Artistic Director/ Bailaora

Jason McGuire “El Rubio” Music Director/Guitarra

Andrés Peña Morón, Bailaor/ Jerez de la Frontera, Spain

Manuel Malena

Cantaor​/Jerez de la Frontera, Spain

Jesús Montoya

Cantaor/Seville, Spain

José Cortés Fernández Cantaor​, Spain

Marlon Aldana Percussion/Cajon

Fanny Ara Bailaora (Photo by Yukie Takahashi)

Melissa Cruz Bailaora YAELISA

​Clara Rodriguez Bailaora

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS Yaelisa (Artistic Director/ Bailaora) is one of the most gifted flamenco artists of her generation. Raised by her Spanish mother, the renowned singer/dancer, Isa Mura, Yaelisa was surrounded from birth by the rhythms, gestures and vocal laments of the art in its purest form. At the age of four she danced on the stage of the famous Casa Madrid. Yaelisa has performed with many of Spain’s finest artists, including Alejandro Granados, Antonio “El Pipa,” Manuel and Antonio Malena, Domingo Ortega, Enrique “El Extremeno,” Yeye de Cádiz, Mateo Soleá, El Junco, Juan Ogalla, Geronimo, Felipe Maya, among others. Since 1986, Yaelisa has spent extensive periods of time living and performing in Spain, presenting her choreography there and in the U.S. Her choreography has been commissioned by several modern dance companies, including John Malashock & Company, Rose Polsky and Collage Dance Theatre. In 1995, she was one of eleven international choreographers in Spain invited to present her choreography at the prestigious Certámen de Coreografía in Madrid, and the only American choreographer chosen among them. In 1996, she returned to the U.S. where she continues to develop and train dancers for her company, Caminos Flamencos. Internationally recognized as a master teacher, Yaelisa has developed a teaching style that emphasizes cultural understanding and knowledge of the cante.

Yaelisa is the recipient of an Emmy Award for Choreography in 1993 for the PBS program, Desde Cádiz a Sevilla, and a Choreography Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1996. In 2005, Yaelisa and Caminos Flamencos received an Isadora Duncan Dance Award for excellence in the category of Best Company Performance; and in 2006, she was given the Profiles in Excellence Hispanic Leadership Award by ABC-7. In 2007, Yaelisa served as choreographer and consultant on a production of Garcia Lorca’s Blood Wedding for the Shotgun Players theater company.

Yaelisa is the co-founder and artistic director of the New World Flamenco Festival (NWFF) held at Irvine Barclay Theatre in Irvine, California. Since its inception in 2001, the Festival has been recognized as an international model of success. After a three-year hiatus, the Festival returned in 2011 with Yaelisa at the helm, directing a 14-artist international ensemble in Semana Flamenka, a new production which was critically acknowledged by the Los Angeles Times as “something Bach would have admired.”

In recent years, Yaelisa and her company have worked in film, music video and television, and also as guest artists with Pacific Symphony and California Symphony.

In 2014, Yaelisa choreographed San Francisco Opera’s La Traviata. Yaelisa and Caminos Flamencos’ Nuevos Tendencias was nominated for two Isadora Duncan Dance Awards in 2015.

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Jason McGuire “El Rubio” (Music Director/Guitarra) began playing guitar at the age of nine.

He received formal training in Dallas, Texas, from the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, where he studied jazz and classical guitar, theory and composition. While in school, he received Down Beat magazine’s prestigious Dee Bee Award in the category of Instrumental Jazz Soloist and later was one of four finalists in the 1988 American String Teachers Association (ASTA) National Classical Guitar Competition.

He began performing as a flamenco guitarist in New York, playing alongside the legendary Pedro Cortes Jr. In 1995, Jason recorded with famed Gypsy guitarist Carlos Heredia on his CD, Gypsy Flamenco, and released a recording of his own composition, Distancias, in 2005, which received unanimous critical praise. He has collaborated with and accompanied many great artists, including Savion Glover, Yaelisa, Alejandro Granados, Andres Peña, Antonio El Pipa, Enrique El Extremeño, Carmela Greco, José Cortés, Manuel and Antonio Malena, among others. Jason has been awarded a California Arts Council Music Fellowship and has been nominated three times for an Isadora Duncan Dance Award.

Jason currently serves as music director for both Caminos Flamencos and The New World Flamenco Festival. He is also an accomplished recording engineer and producer, sharing credits with David Schiffman (Nine Inch Nails, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johnny Cash, etc.) on the CD What’s in Your Mind (Powerslave Records) from the band Zeromind. Jason released his second album in 2016 with the new progressive flamenco group, Terceto Kali, entitled Terceto Kali. The Los Angeles Times recently wrote that “McGuire’s solo managed to be atmospheric and fiendishly complex at the same time.”

Andrés Peña Morón (Bailaor) was born in Jerez de la Frontera and started dancing at the age of 10, taking lessons from Angelita Gómez. Andrés has performed with many world renowned companies, including Manuel Morao y Gitanos de Jerez and La Compañia de la Changa. He has danced alongside José Luis Montón, Pepe Justicia, Duquende, Juana Amaya, Miguel Poveda and Eva Yerbabuena. As a solo performer, Andrés Peña performed at the best-known tablaos in Madrid, Barcelona and Osaka (Japan), as well as in prestigious theaters and on concert stages in Seville, Cádiz and Jerez. An accomplished artist and flamenco visionary, Andrés formed his own company in 2004, along with his wife, the dancer Pilar Ogalla. Together they perform at international festivals such as the Festival

de Jerez and the Bienal de Flamenco de Sevilla. Their critically acclaimed works include Peña, Fuego Lento, Cadiz de la Frontera, Callejon de Asta, El Aire Que Me Lleva and ¡Viva Jerez!. At the 2014 Festival de Jerez, Andrés was awarded the coveted prize of Best Show for his production of Órdago a la grande.

At the beginning of his international career, Andrés Peña was awarded the title of Best Young Dancer at the XI Bienal de Flamenco de Sevilla. Recognized for his personal teaching style, his musicality and exceptional choreography, Andrés has become one of Seville’s most revered teachers, sought after by visiting and locally-based dancers. Andrés has appeared on three occasions at Irvine Barclay Theatre’s New World Flamenco Festival: as a guest artist with Yaelisa in Sin Fronteras (2006) and Somos Flamencos (2008), as well as with his own company in A Fuego Lento (2007).

Manuel Malena (Cantaor​) was born in Jerez de la Frontera into a gypsy family. He learned to sing by listening to his grandmother, “La Malena,” a well-known singer from Lebrija. Manuel is a descendant of Tío Luis el de la Juliana, one of the originators of modern flamenco cante.

Throughout his career, Manuel has won many singing competitions in Spain and France, receiving first prizes at festivals such as El Festival de la Unión, Cante Grande de Alemería, Nacional de Córdoba, and Congreso de Cante Flamenco in France. He has performed with some of Spain’s most renowned singers, including Camarón, Tío Borrico, Antonio Mairena and Sordera.

Manuel has accompanied Manuela Carrasco, Concha Vargas, Faico, Matilde Corál, and Tía Juana la del Pipa. He has performed with Yaelisa and Caminos Flamencos on tour and at festivals throughout the U.S. since 2001.

Jesús Montoya (Cantaor) was born in Seville, Spain, into one of the oldest Gypsy families. He was the featured singer for such legendary performers as Fernanda Romero, Isabel Vargas, Andres Marin, Pepe Rios, Juan Ogalla, Manolete, Jose Galvan, among many others. In addition to his Spanish and European touring credentials, he has toured with major flamenco companies throughout the U.S. and Canada, including: José Greco, Maria Benitez, La Tania, Yaelisa and Caminos Flamencos, and with the finest guitarists in U.S.: Chuscales, Pedro Cortes, Jason McGuire, Roberto Castellon, Ricardo Marlow, Jose Tanaka, and Eric “El Comanche Gitano.” An accomplished recording artist, his resume includes CD’s of his own original compositions as well as collaborations

with various world class artists. Jesús’ 8th CD, with musical genius Osvaldo Golijov on Deutsche Grammophon, features him as the voice of Ruiz Alonso. This recording of Ainadamar (“Fountain of Tears”) was a double winner at the 2007 Grammy Awards for Best Classical Contemporary Composition and Best Opera Recording. Jesús has also appeared in such films as Sombra del Sol, Soledad, Gypsy Girl, and is a SAG member.

Jesús regularly performs with his own flamenco company, Pureza Flamenca.

José Cortes Fernández (Cantaor) was born in the south of France into a prominent gypsy family from Almería. His singing career began at age ten in Jerez de la Frontera, where he won the Premio del Joven Aficionado del Cante Flamenco, accompanied on guitar by the great “El Terremoto.” He was influenced by legendary flamenco artists Pansequito, Camarón de la Isla, Moraito Chico and Tomatito. He has shared the stage with the finest artists, including Belen Lopez, Alfonso Losa, Sergio Arranda, Manuel de la Malena, Juan Ogalla, Javier Serrano, Joselito Vega, María del Mar Moreno, Antonio de la Malena, Mara Martinez, Andrés Peña, Pilar Ortega, Antonio “El Titi,” Juan Carmona, Isabel Gazquez and Manuel Gutierrez. He has sung for the workshops of Carmen Ledesma, Israel Galván, Angelita Gómez and Javier Latorre. In 2010, he moved to the U.S. and has since collaborated with many artists, including Fanny Ara, Melissa Cruz, Cristina Hall, Jesus Muñoz, Jesus Montoya, Antonio de Jerez, Pedro Cortés, Jason McGuire “El Rubio,” and Yaelisa and Caminos Flamencos.

Marlon Aldana (Percussion/ Cajon), born in Guadalajara, Mexico, combined his studies of architecture and music, receiving his degree in architecture with a specialty in combining music and sculpture concepts. He began his career as a self-taught percussionist, focusing on jazz, funk and Latin music. His work as a session drummer with various pop and rock artists throughout Mexico lead him to relocate to the U.S. Since 2012, he has collaborated on many projects in a variety of music genres, including jazz, reggae, electronic and folk.

Aldana was introduced into the flamenco world by virtuoso guitarist Jason McGuire “El Rubio,” who became his teacher and mentor. This relationship lead to his current work as part of Caminos Flamencos, one of the leading flamenco troupes on the West Coast that often combines flamenco, jazz and other experimental genres. He is a member of Jason McGuire’s newly formed Terceto Kali Trio, whose debut album, Terceto Kali, was released in June 2016.

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Fanny Ara (Bailaora) began her dance studies at age three, studying ballet and contemporary dance at the Irene Popard School in St. Jean de Luz in the French Basque Country. Now residing in the Bay Area, she is a company member of Caminos Flamencos, performing with Antonio de la Malena, Manuel de la Malena, Juan Ogalla, Domingo Ortega, David Paniagua and Juñares. She has been a guest artist at international festivals, including the Australia Festival de Guitarra and has toured Canada, Mexico, Columbia, Dubai, Seychelles, and throughout Europe. She has worked with the Eva Longoria Foundation and performed at the George V in Paris with acclaimed pianist Diego Amador. She appeared at the Nokia Theater (now Microsoft Theater) in Los Angeles with world-renowned singer Antonio Carmona in 2013. In April 2014, she performed “America,” from West Side Story, accompanied by pianists Marielle and Katia Labéque at the Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco; and was the principal dancer in Washington National Opera’s Carmen in 2015. Fanny was nominated for the Isadora Duncan Dance Award in 2006 in the category of Most Outstanding Individual Dancer; in 2012, her project Juncal Street was nominated in three categories: Most Outstanding Music, Ensemble, and Individual Performance. In 2015, her performance with the San Francisco Opera in La Traviata was nominated for Best Ensemble. In 2012, the Vilcek Foundation in New York recognized Fanny with a prestigious Finalist Prize for Creative Promise in Dance. Fanny is an internationally sought-after choreographer and instructor of flamenco.

Melissa Cruz (Bailaora), a Bay Area-based flamenco artist, has been a full-time flamenco dancer, instructor and choreographer for the past 14 years. Exposed to flamenco while studying Spanish at UC Berkeley, she began dancing with Rosa Montoya and soon thereafter, joined Ms. Montoya’s professional company. Apart from frequently performing in theatrical presentations, she regularly dances in the local flamenco cabaret circuit and curates her own monthly event in Oakland. She has performed as a soloist in the San Francisco International Arts Festival in 2012 and 2016; and danced in eight San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festivals; in 2010 and 2011, as a featured soloist. She danced a flamenco solo at the 2013 San Francisco Isadora Duncan Awards Ceremony and was a featured artist at the 2014 Tucson Flamenco Festival. In September 2016, she performed in San Francisco Flamenco 12 | IRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE

Dance Company’s premiere of Mares. A versatile artist who grew up studying piano, guitar and drums, Melissa is a sought-after guest performer, working with local bands, including LoCura. She has served as adjunct dance faculty at the University of San Francisco and was a guest instructor at DanceVersity − World Dance for Youth, a summer program for kids. She currently presents her apprentice flamenco repertory troupe.

This is her 12th season with Caminos Flamencos. As described by Rachel Howard of the San Francisco Chronicle: “Any dancer could make pained faces. But Cruz is clearly possessed by the duende — the spirit that drives this deeply introspective art.”

Clara Rodriguez (Bailaora) is a native of Santa Barbara, California. Drawn to flamenco at an early age, she studied flamenco and classical Spanish dance with Roberto Amaral, Linda Vega and Kathy Cota. Clara has been working professionally in the flamenco world for 25 years, appearing as a featured soloist in productions throughout the U.S., Portugal and India.

She has performing at esteemed venues, including the Palace of Fine Arts, the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Paramount Theatre, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, and the Fountain Theatre.

While living in Granada, she performed regularly at such venues as Tablao Albayzin, Venta el Gallo, Eshavira, and Zoraya de los Jardines, and was invited to perform at the Jaipur Palace in India. Established in 2011, her Oaklandbased company, AguaClara Flamenco, was featured in 2016 at the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival and the San Francisco International Arts Festival. The company presented two full-length works, Somos Tierra and Diálogos in 2012 and 2015, produced by the Azahar Dance Foundation at the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. She has been a soloist with the leading flamenco companies of California, including Caminos Flamencos, Theatre Flamenco San Francisco, La Tania Baile Flamenco and Timo Nuñez in Pasión. Born into a family of musicians, Clara is a classically trained pianist and holds a B.A. from UCLA in ethnomusicology.

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JAZZREACH’S METTA QUINTET IN

POPPIN’– THE STORY OF BLUE NOTE RECORDS January 27, 2017 | Cheng Hall This program is presented without an intermission.

Gregory Ward Alto Saxophone

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.

Lucas Pino Tenor Saxophone Michael King Piano

Rashaan Carter Bass Hans Schuman Drums

Beresford Bennett Narrator

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 innovative, widely acclaimed live multi-media educational programs for young audiences (grades K-12), captivating main-stage concerts for all audiences and informative clinics and master-classes for student musicians, JazzReach is fiercely dedicated to fostering a greater appreciation, awareness and understanding of this rich, vital American art form.

Since premiering its debut educational program in 1997, JazzReach has successfully positioned itself as one of our nation’s leading arts organizations dedicated to jazz.

The organization’s programs have successfully served and impacted over a quarter million young people nationwide in partnership with many of America’s most prominent performing arts venues and concert halls and have received unanimous praise from arts professionals, students, teachers, parents, and the media alike.

All of JazzReach’s artistic programming is carried out exclusively by the organization’s official resident ensemble, Metta Quintet.

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

The ensemble is as dedicated to blazing new artistic territory as it is to cultivating new audiences and fostering a greater overall awareness, understanding and appreciation of the great American jazz tradition.

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 Down Beat 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.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS Gregory Ward (Alto Saxophone) began playing saxophone as a young boy growing up in Peoria, Illinois. Currently based in New York City, Ward has had the opportunity to perform and record with a varied group of distinguished peers and luminaries, including Prefuse 73, Lupe Fiasco, Tortoise, William Parker, Andrew D’Angelo and Mike Reed.

A 2004 graduate of Northern Illinois University, Ward spent years cutting his teeth on the Chicago jazz scene, taking advantage of every opportunity that was offered to him, including projects for the International Contemporary Ensemble, Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Chamber Music Series, the Peoria Ballet Company and the Jazz Institute of Chicago. Since his arrival in New York City in 2009, he has produced a number of adventurous, widely praised recordings as a bandleader and composer. In recent years, he has composed and performed a commission for the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra. He was selected as one of two New Music USA Van Lier Fellows and was commissioned by New York City’s Jazz Gallery to write a visionary multi-media piece for septet, inspired by the life and work of renowned artist/sculptor, Preston Jackson. He has also collaborated with composer, sound designer and performer, Caleb Willitz, on the film score for Beresford Bennett’s film, Pinch, and on an electro-acoustic project, Gaps and Spaces: Synoptic Optiks.

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Lucas Pino (Tenor Saxophone). New York City-based Lucas Pino has performed in Japan, Australia, Poland, Spain, Britain, the Netherlands, Brazil, Costa Rica and throughout the United States and Canada. He has appeared at venues such as the Blue Note (Tokyo and New York), Dizzy’s, the Jazz Standard, Yoshi’s, Bimhaus, the Jazz Kitchen, The Rex Hotel Jazz & Blues Bar, Chicago Symphony Hall and the North Sea Jazz Festival. Lucas was a featured guest artist at the 2016 Northern Arizona University Jazz Festival and the 2015 Ballard Jazz Festival. He is the leader of the No Net Nonet, a nine-piece ensemble that has maintained a monthly residency at Smalls Jazz Club in New York City since March 2013.

Lucas works frequently as a sideman with various artists, including Lea DeLaria, Gideon van Gelder, Richard Boukas, David Lopato, Bryan Carter, Lauren Desberg, Nick Finzer, Jeremy Siskind, Dave Baron, Florian Hoefner, among others. He also plays frequently with the Birdland Big Band and the Eyal Vilner Big Band. He has worked with Dave Brubeck, Curtis Fuller, Benny Golson, Jimmy Heath, Christian McBride, Carl Allen, Benny Green and David Sanborn.

Originally from Phoenix, Arizona, Lucas grew up singing hymns in church and in the school choir. The first music he ever listened to was jazz, and he started playing saxophone at age 10. As a high school junior, Lucas won the Down Beat award for Best Instrumental Soloist in 2004. He went on to attend the Brubeck Institute from 2005 to 2007, where he studied closely with Dave Brubeck. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in jazz performance from The New School in 2009 and a Master of Music from The Juilliard School in 2011.

Michael King (Piano), a Chicago native, began playing drums in his local church band at the age of four. This fortuitously melodic schooling nurtured an undeniable affinity for the piano and organ, the very seat that he began to occupy, by ear, at age 14. He attended the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz and the Ravinia Jazz Scholars program on merit scholarships and is an alumna of Lincoln Park High School and the prestigious Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

Michael has performed with Herbie Hancock, Bobby Watson, Kevin Eubanks, Dave Liebeman, Gary Bartz, Billy Hart, Joel Frahm, Rufus Reid, and Antonio Hart, among others.

Currently, you can catch Mr. King touring internationally with DeeDee Bridgewater, Robin Eubanks, Theo Croker’s DVRK FUNK, Soul Understated, and Mark Whitfield.

Rashaan Carter (Bass) grew up in the Washington D.C. area and forged an interest in music with the nurturing of his father, a saxophonist, and his mother, a jazz radio programmer.

After stints with various instruments, he chose the bass as the voice for his musical expression. Upon graduating from high school, he moved to New York City to attend The New School, where he studied with Buster Williams and Reggie Workman. He also began working with many of the faculty, including Joe Chambers and Jimmy Owens, among others.

Entrenched in the New York jazz scene, Rashaan has worked with Benny Golson, Curtis Fuller and Louis Hayes, Wallace

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METTA QUINTET

Roney, Marc Cary, Cindy Blackman, Doug and Jean Carn, Antoine Roney, Sonny Simmons, among others. He has also studied with one of his prime influences, Ron Carter.

Rashaan regularly performs with a myriad of artists in and around New York City and can be found on various recordings, as well.

Hans Schuman (Drums/Founder, JazzReach). Born in Lansing, Michigan, Hans Schuman began playing drums at the age of 13 while growing up in Tucson, Arizona.

A graduate of Boston’s prestigious Berklee College of Music, Hans has performed with world renowned artists, including Benny Green, Cyrus Chestnut, Eric Reed, Wynton Marsalis, Brad Mehldau, Larry Goldings, Antonio Hart, Christian McBride, Marcus Strickland, Stefon Harris, Mark Turner, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Seamus Blake, Geoffrey Keezer and Joshua Redman, among many others. In 1994, Schuman founded JazzReach Performing Arts & Eduction Association, Inc. with proceeds from the reluctant sale of an inherited Steinway grand piano. Since inception, Schuman has successfully positioned the organization as one of our nation’s leading providers of live educational content for young audiences. As founder, he has overseen the

organization’s day-to-day operations and as artistic director, has conceived, developed, written and produced the organization’s entire repertoire of touring programs and has participated as a performing member of the Metta Quintet in its 20-plus year history.

Beresford Bennett (Narrator) is an actor, director, filmmaker, musician, teacher and an award-winning screenplay writer.

He has narrated many audiobooks of varied genres, and has appeared in several movies, television shows, and on stages across the country.

Artist Representation: JazzReach 45 Main Street Suite 728 Brooklyn, NY 11201 718-625-5188 www.jazzreach.org

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The City of Irvine plays an invaluable role in the successful operation of Irvine Barclay Theatre.

We thank the City for its generous support.

Trio CĂŠleste Presents: From Russia, With Love February 17 8 p.m.

Winifred Smith Hall

$16 / $15 / $6

Nicole Mitchell Ensemble February 4 8 p.m.

Winifred Smith Hall

$16 / $15 / $6 Event calendar & more info: www.arts.uci.edu Purchase tickets: www.arts.uci.edu/tickets Additional questions please contact the Box Office: (949) 824-2787

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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. On days of a performance, the Box Office remains open through intermission. 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 provided for a fee in the structure located at the corner of West Peltason and Campus Drive.

Restrooms Restrooms are located on the main lobby level near the box office. Drinking fountains are located on either side of the main lobby staircase and on the second level.

Listening Devices Listening devices for amplifying stage sound are available at the concessions bar free of charge.

Cellular Phones, Beepers, Watch Alarms As a courtesy to all patrons, please turn these units to off or non-audible before the performance begins.

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

Theatre Tours Backstage tours of the Barclay are offered through the theatre’s ArtsReach program. For information, or to reserve tours for schools or community groups please call 949.854.4193.

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Staff Jerry Mandel, Ph.D. President

Gary Payne

Karen Wood

Karen Drews Hanlon

Lori Grayson

Ginny W. Hayward

Production & Facilities Manager

Helena Danovich

Development Assistant

Chief Operating and Finance Officer Artists & Contracts Manager Administration Manager Board Liaison

Lu Bauer

Box Office Manager

Josh Roberts

General Manager

Jeff Stamper Tim Owens

Assistant Production Manager

Robin Darling

Patron Services Manager

Director of Marketing and Communications

Communications Assistant Program Book Editor

Christina Wang

Social Media and Outreach Marketing

Director of Development

Fatima Rizvi

Michael Halpern

Senior Development Consultant

Assistant Box Office Manager

Ingrid Strayer

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Annual Fund for

THANK

EXCELLENCE

YOU

Irvine Barclay Theatre gratefully acknowledges the generous contributions of our donors who help support the “big talent” in our “small hall.” Gifts to the Annual Fund for Excellence assist the Barclay in presenting an international roster of performers while keeping tickets reasonably priced. They also support our ArtsReach programs provided to the schools at little or no cost and “family-friendly” programming on stage. The Barclay’s mission also embraces making its beautiful facilities available to diverse community organizations, UCI, and other educational institutions.

Thank you to all of our generous donors listed here for their contributions during the previous 12 months! If you would like to join the ranks of those who make it all possible at the Barclay, you may make a donation online at www.thebarclay.org or call 949.854.4607.

PUBLIC PARTNERS

City of Irvine University of California, Irvine BRAVO BARCLAY PRESENTING SPONSOR $10,000 AND ABOVE

Allergan Foundation An Anonymous Fund of the Orange County Community Foundation Drs. Francisco and Hana Ayala Karen Cahill Cheng Family Foundation City National Bank Erika Dadura-Crane and Marc Crane Robin Follman-Otta Haskell & White LLP HumanKind Philanthropic Fund Michael Kerr Toni and Terry McDonald National Endowment for the Arts William and Janice Parker Family Fund Rohl LLC – Ken and Amber Rohl Sonnet Technologies, Inc. Richard and Elizabeth Steele Fund Trisha Steele Elizabeth C. and Thomas T. Tierney

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BRAVO BARCLAY PARTNER $5,000 – $9,999

Lynette and Richard Berg Gartley Charitable Foundation Fund New England Foundation for the Arts Salwa and Sabri Rizkalla Michelle Rohe Gary and Melanie Singer BRAVO BARCLAY BENEFACTOR $2,500 – $4,999

Milt and Mary Ann Bower Linda I. Smith Foundation Frank Wagner and Lynn O’Hearn Wagner Western States Arts Federation Judy and Wes Whitmore BRAVO BARCLAY PATRON $1,000 – $2,499

The Beall Family Foundation Douglas Bradley Carol and Les Elliot Paul and Sandra Findly Bruce Kerr and Ann Patterson Dr. Paul and Ellen Lee Jerry and Whitney Mandel Carl Neisser Peter and Alexandra Neptune Albert and Tricia Nichols Fund

Bruce and Esmeralda Ogilvie Susan Rhodes and Goran Matijasevic Chiyo and Stanton Rowe Deborah and Frank Rugani ENCORE CIRCLE ENTHUSIAST $250 – $999 Oscar R. Aguirre Richard Alexander Brien Amspoker and Ellen Breitman John W. Ballantyne Robert and Delphi Ballinger Lindy Balmer Larry and Sue Ann Beaty Honorable Marian Bergeson Scott and Cheryl Berry Leia Bowers Laurie Brady and Dr. Sam Mary and Dave Bruce Clifford and Jennifer Cheng Mary Cobb Tim Collins Roger du Plessis Peggie Fariss Nancy Field Carol Foster Mark A. Franzen Ramya Harishankar and Hari Krishnamurthy Chuck and Janet Henze IBM Matching Grants Program Yvonne and Damien Jordan

Joanne and Dennis Keith Eung Jin Kim Vicki and Richard Lee Curtis Ling Leonard and Joslyn Mushin Reiko and Mitsuhiko Nakano Mike and Pat Noggle Orange County Community Foundation Tom and Amber Orradre Robert Parker Suzanne T. Peltason Dr. Stephen M. Rochford Joel B. Rothman Nancy Lee Ruyter Ellen Semeniuta Nancy Smith Dorothy J. Solinger John Sorich Kia Stora Diane Stovall Thomas and Marilyn Sutton Jennifer Szabo Law Offices of Jeri E. Tabback Urban Kitchen Group – Cucina Enoteca Marilyn and Angelo Vassos Vendini, Inc. Craig Wickwire Charles and Marilyn Wright Majid and Sohaila Zarrinkelk

ENCORE CIRCLE SUPPORTER $100 – $249 Katherine Ahn Dennis and Cindy Alderson Nick and Sue Alexopoulos Robert Allgeier Patricia Allison Jan Arnoldus Debbie Aslanian Lindy Balmer Rivka Barasch Shannon Barisoff Betty Barry George and Linda Bauer Shelley Beckham Craig Behrens Linda Berquist Cesar Betancourt Susan and Steven Bierlich Richard H. Bigelow Michael and Margaret Bodeau Suzanne Boras Seth Brindis and Stephanie Reich Scott Brinkerhoff Susan Bryant and David Gardiner The Bukaty Family Douglas T. Burch, Jr. Lisa and Robert Burnand Jeff and Cindy Busche Linda and Roland Bye Sandra Jones Campbell Luisa Cano Harold and Eleanor Carpenter Rita Chenoweth Che Chereskin Denise Chilcote Deanna Choi Michael and Kate Clark Joseph L. and Kathleen Y. Coleman Kenneth J. Craig, Jr. Nancy Cramer Frank Crance and Andrea Bouas Anahid Crecelius Madeleine and Alan Crivaro Dr. Edward Deeb

Bob and Burnetta Denham Joan M. Donahue Patsy and Douglas Downs Don and Linda Dressler Alan and Rosemary Dugard David Dupre Rad and Toni Dwyer Robert and Nancy Eagan Donna Emmett David Falconer Cathie Fields Ruby Foo Roberta Fox Lisa Friend Ellen Fujikawa Heather Fuller Mary Ann Gaido Ismael Garcia David George Marcella Gilmore and Edward Muehl S. Glass Family Ben and Sandie Goelman Lawrence Goldberg Lloyd Goldwater Jeffrey Gordon Paul and Nancy Groner Sanjiv and Geeta Grover Matthew and Annemarie Hall Kim and Dennis Hampton Carole S. Harrison Thomas Hartman Barbara Helton Colin Henderson Richard and Sara Hess Dan and Nicole Honigman Dana Huff JoAnn Iles Robert Ingold Katrina Jauregui Korey Jorgensen Christina Kaoh Judy Kaufman and George Farkas Clare Kiklowicz Jeannine Kouns Kerry Krisher

Arthur S. Kroll Dr. and Mrs. John Lagourgue Martin G. Langer Carter Lee Benjamin and Sunny Leos Neal Littlejohn Nancy Locke Christian and Sharon Maas Robert D. and Pat MacDonald Albert Martinez William McKaig Sherry McKuin Helen McMillan Sharon McNalley Kristy and Danny Melita Vivian Mendoza Wanda Mendoza Rob & Carolyn Merritt Mark and Jan Merryfield Dr. Frank and Mrs. Linda Meyskens Peter Milner Gabriella Miotto Nancy and William Murray Julie Nakata Neurocare, Inc Huey Yann Ooi Lauren and Richard Packard Jeri Pauloski Omar and Irene Perez Leo and Sheila Pinsky Edward Pope & Antoinette Olivera Donna Powell Edward and Betty Quilligan Elaine Ramsay Michael Recendez John and Sheryl Redpath Dennis Repp Shari Rezai Francie Rope Michael Rose and Blanca Cervantes Stephanie and Eric Rubery Charles R. Rusky Karen Salita Psychiatry Schaepper Judith M. Schmidt Jack and Katharine Schoellerman

Jeff and Linda Schulein Louise Schwennesen Frances Segal and Michael Friedson Trudy Vermeer Selleck Dorothea Silavs Jackie Smiley Frederick Smith Mr. and Mrs. John L. Smith Roberta Kay Smith Paul Spas Betty and Hugh Spilsbury William Spurgeon Daniel and Jeannette Stokols Robert Stopher Richard and Jane Sungaila Paula Sweet Celia and Julio Taleisnik Michael Talens Steve Tamura Thomas Tancredi Cindy and Steven Bandel Mela and Ricardo Miledi John and Marjorie Murray Leo and Sheila Pinsky Johanna Tilley Eric Tobiessen Gary and Peranza Topjon Torlic Family Catherine and Mark Turkel Marjorie Tussing Kathy Vickers and Jeremy Freimund Michael Voronel Raymond Ward Cathy Warner Steven and Carolyn Watanabe Kim Waterson Virginia Weddle Brian West Diane Wick Richard and Barbara Wilkes Chi Zhang

NATIONAL CHOREOGRAPHERS INITIATIVE

David and Beverly Carmichael Bobbi Cox Sophia and Larry Cripe Bronny Daniels Diane Diefenderfer and David Hanlon Roger du Plessis Gale Edelberg and Bob Butnik Henry and Janet Eggers David Emmes and Paula Tomei Kay S. Faranda Cliff Faulkner and Shigeru Yaji Roberta Fox Mary and Andrew Franklin Sandy and Don French Judith A. Gorski Dr. and Mrs. Denis Gray Dana Huff Judy Jones Dr. Burton L. Karson Joanne and Dennis Keith

Michael Kerr Robert Labaree and Gillian Finley Dr. Martin G. Langer Kathryn Lynch and Robert McDonnell Molly Lynch and Alan Andrews Debra Maxwell Sharon McNalley John and Margi Murray National Endowment for the Arts Carl Neisser Tom and Marilyn Nielsen Northern Trust Bank of California Anne B. Nutt Marshall Parker Cyrus Parker-Jeannette John and Charlene Pasko James Penrod Jody Pike Dolly A. Platt, PhD Edward and Diana Putz Salwa Rizkalla

Barbara Roberts Robinson Foundation Michelle Rohe Andrew Rose Bruce and Jan Scherer Jack and Katy Schellerman Betty Schweickert Sally Anne and Don Sheridan Igal and Diane Silber Ann Sim Jackie Smiley Don and Grace Laffoon Richard and Elizabeth Steele Fund Jennifer Szabo Chris Thayer Karen and Gary Thorne Barbara and Jack Tingley Mary Vensel White and T. Jason White William Gillespie Foundation Shigeru Yaji

As a partner in the annual National Choreographers Initiative, Irvine Barclay Theatre is also pleased to acknowledge all those who support this important contribution to American dance.

Betty B. and Roy Anderson Betsy Andrews and Alex Moad Mrs. Alan V. Andrews Diane and Dennis Baker Ballet Barres West William H. Bardens Victoria Barrett Dr. Michael Bear Beau Corps Studio Honorable Marian Bergeson Paul Blank Theodore Bradshaw Stacie Brandt Laurie and Bart Brown

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