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AMICI MUSICORUM FILMED & RECORDED 10/24/20 AVAILABLE 11/10/20 THROUGH 12/31/20
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Jefferson Center is excited to welcome six acclaimed acts to our Fostek and Shaftman stages for an exclusive digital series. Thanks to generous support from the community, we’ve curated an inspired season of shows, with appeal across a multitude of genres. From jazz and Americana to chamber music, the collection of digital shows will launch in the coming weeks, available to anyone with an internet connection. The lineup features artists with local and regional connections both to The Roanoke Valley and to Jefferson Center. A history of Jefferson Center’s fiscal responsibility along with our Give now, Gather later campaign and support from corporate sponsors like Kroger have allowed the organization to continue with its mission of contributing to the art and culture of the region, and Jefferson Center is seeking to do more as uncertainty continues into the months ahead. The organization has also begun providing online classes for its Music Lab with new curriculum offerings. Thank you for your generous support. Please enjoy the show,
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Jefferson Center is deeply grateful to our community of business partners and grantors for their ongoing philanthropic commitment. For additional information or to benefit from a relationship with Jefferson Center, please contact Kim Turner, Development Director at (540) 343 2624 ext. 212 or kturner@jeffcenter.org. V I S I O N A RY $10,000+
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Rock a Mic
New ONLINE classes are now available via Jefferson Center’s Music Lab including Songwriting and our newest offering: Hip Hop 101. Learn beatmaking and more from local poet, rapper, and DJ, Bryan “Harvest Blaque” Hancock.
Hip Hop 101 • Mondays, 5-6pm Students will learn the history of the art form, obtain technical skills to help them succeed in the studio and live environments, and interact with local and international artists.
Music Production • Tuesdays, 5-6pm Students will learn about music technology for studio production (recording) as well as live audio (concert) applications. No prior training is necessary.
Theory 101 • Wednesdays, 5-6pm Students will learn the basics of music theory in this class. Students will acquire tools to help with composition, collaboration, and musicianship. No prior theory study is necessary.
Songwriting • Thursdays, 5-6pm Students will explore the art of songwriting, including compositional (instrument) and lyrical elements. No songwriting experience necessary.
Enroll today at jeffcenter.org/musiclab.
DONORS Special thanks is extended to the following for bringing Jefferson Center’s mission to life through their generous financial support received July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020. For a full listing of donors, please visit jeffcenter.org/donorlisting.
V I S I O N A RY C I RC L E $25,000+ Joe and Janice Fostek
P L AT I N U M C I RC L E $10,000 - $24,999 Charles and Carol Speck Maury L. Strauss Tom and Mary Evelyn Tielking
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$5,000 - $9,999 Dr. Timothy Andriano Berkshire Charitable Foundation Howard and Tracy Shumate Community Foundation Serving Western Virginia Marc and Suzy Fink Dr. and Mrs. Paul Frantz Prabhat and Vandana Jain Mitchell Kaneff Mr. and Mrs. Nathan and Angela Kerr Suzanne W. Thorniley
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$2,500 - $4,999 Alvin B. Fink Memorial Fund Anonymous Frank Eastburn Elbert H., Evelyn J., Karen H. Waldron Charitable Foundation Heywood and Cynthia Fralin General Electric Employee Match Program Mr. and Mrs. Joel Tenzer
BRONZE CIRCLE $1,000 - $2,499 Mr. and Mrs. William E. Amos Anonymous Jacqueline Archer Peter and Christine Brinckerhoff Mr. Joseph Mott and Ms. Sharon Burnham
Fred Carlisle Meredith Coleman Drs. Kevin F. Ducey and Minh-Chau Dang Whit and Lauren Ellerman William and Diane Elliot Trista and William Farrell Farrell Foundation J. Spencer and Joy Frantz Ms. Anne Jenkins Ms. Verlyne Simmons Key In memory of James R. Harrell, Jr. Anna and Tom Lawson Tony and Gini Lefkowicz Mr. and Mrs. Michael Levan Mr. Jack Loeb and Ms. Heidi Krisch Mrs. Laura Logan Logan III Charitable Fund Tom and Cindy Mohr Bryan and Renu Musselwhite Drs. Michael and Sue Nussbaum Cyrus and Amber Pace Philip C. Kistler Memorial Fund Dr. Sue Ellen and Mr. John Rocovich Bertha Rosson In memory of General William Bradford Rosson Ronald Sink and Janice Woodson Sink In honor of our grandchildren Doug and Carol Stackpole Marjorie Tenzer Kim and Alan Turner Charles Webb and Barbara Davis Allen and Susan Wirt Richard Zue and Mollye Otis
FRIEND $500 - $999 Anonymous Mr. Lewis Bishop and Dr. Rita Bishop Allen and Katherine Boaz Alexander N. Bowman, Jr.
Ms. Dotsy Clifton and Dr. Lewis Singer In honor of Paul and Susan Frantz Martha Creasy In memory of Mickey Nelson Mr. Thomas Davis Shawn Dolley Dr. Antonio T. and Mrs. Marilyn Donato Dr. Hoye Duckworth and Mr. John Duckworth Dr. and Mrs. Michael Friedlander Mrs. Marianne Gandee Mr. and Mrs. Ray Garland Ms. Catherine C. Greenberg Janet Higgs-Yeandle Robyn and David Johnsen Tom Klatka and Ferri Lockhart Mr. Timothy Marshall Adam and Teresa Mastrangelo Mr. and Mrs. Mack McGhee John Steinbrecher and Eugenie T. Moriconi New Vista Montessori School Mr. and Mrs. William Poe Harry and Penny G. Schwarz Gift Fund Julie A. Drewry and Lee Slover Richard Socha-Mower Ms. Lesleigh B. Strauss In honor of Maury L. Strauss The Anne Armistead Fund Joe Vaughn and Connie Brockenbrough-Vaughn Scott and Bonny Winter Mr. Walt Young Every effort has been made to ensure that our list of donors is correct. If your name is misspelled or omitted, please accept our sincere apologies and inform our offices at (540) 685-2312.
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AMICI MUSICORUM Amici Musicorum (Friends of Music) is a coalition of like-minded musicians who believe that the privilege and responsibility of shared music-making is more precious and essential than ever before. It is the bond that unites them as artists with each other and with their audiences. Led by conductor Steven White, Amici Musicorum is comprised of celebrated virtuoso instrumentalists from Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, Pennsylvania and beyond. It is the mission of these players to confront new challenges by leading with versatility and flexibility. They aspire to give fresh voice to a diverse repertoire of familiar standards, forgotten gems and new works by new composers. They enthusiastically embrace opportunities to explore the everexpanding possibilities of technology in their commitment to reach the broadest possible audience. In short, Amici Musicorum is a group of human beings dedicated to offering their music as a response to our changing times, and to the need and longing of the human spirit. Akemi Takayama, violin Martin Irving, violin • Bernard Di Gregorio, viola Kelley Mikkelsen, cello • John Smith IV, bass Julee Hickcox, flute • William P. Parrish Jr., oboe Carmen Eby, clarinet • Ryan Romine, bassoon Abigail Pack, horn Steven White, conductor Oboe Concerto in D minor, BWV 1059 Allegro Adagio Presto Serenade in D, Op. 11 (arr. Matthias Pflaum) Allegro Scherzo Adagio Menuets I and II Scherzo Rondo
J. S. Bach (1685 – 1750)
Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)
STEVEN WHITE Praised by Opera News as a conductor who “squeezes every drop of excitement and pathos from the score,” Steven White is one of North America’s premiere operatic and symphonic conductors. He made his acclaimed Metropolitan Opera debut in 2010, conducting performances of La traviata starring Angela Gheorghiu. Since then he has conducted a number of Metropolitan Opera performances of La traviata, with such stars as Natalie Dessay, Hei-Kyung Hong, Plácido Domingo, Thomas Hampson, Dmitri Hvorostovksy and Matthew Polenzani. In the past several seasons he has returned to the Met to participate in critically fêted productions of Don Carlo, Billy Budd, The Rake’s Progress and Elektra. With a vibrant repertoire of over sixty-five titles, Maestro White’s extensive operatic engagements have included performances with New York City Opera, L’Opera de Montréal, Vancouver Opera, Opera
Colorado, Pittsburgh Opera, Michigan Opera Theater, Baltimore Opera, New Orleans Opera, and many others. In recent seasons he has conducted Rigoletto with San Diego Opera, Otello with Austin Opera, La traviata with Utah Opera, and a world premiere staged production of a brand-new Bärenreiter edition of Gounod’s Faust with Opera Omaha. In 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the cancellation of his eleventh production at Arizona Opera, Ariadne auf Naxos, as well as the company premiere of André Previn’s A Streetcar Named Desire at Opera Roanoke. Music critics are effusive in their praise of conductor Steven White’s ability to elicit inspired music-making from orchestras. Of his 2016 performances with the Omaha Symphony, the Omaha World-Herald asserts that, “it would be hard to imagine a more complete performance of the Symphonie Fantastique. Highly nuanced, tightly controlled and crisp, Steven White asked everything from orchestra members and they were flawless. He led them out of serene beauty into disturbing dissonance and even to the terrifying point of musical madness without ever losing control. It was insanely good.” Opera News declares, “White is amazing: he consistently demands and gets the absolute best playing from the orchestra.” Among the many orchestras Maestro White has conducted are the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the Moscow Philharmonic, the Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal, the Mozarteum und Salzburg Kulturvereinigung Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the New World Symphony Orchestra, the Spoleto Festival Orchestra, the Colorado Symphony, the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, the Charleston Symphony, the Florida Philharmonic, the Fort Worth Symphony and London’s Philharmonia Orchestra for a CHANDOS recording of arias featuring his wife, soprano Elizabeth Futral. In 2019 he made debuts with the San Diego Symphony, the Utah Symphony Orchestra and the Williamsburg Symphony Orchestra. Maestro White is a passionate and dedicated educator. He has served multiple artistic residencies and led productions at such institutions as the Peabody Conservatory of Music, Indiana University, the College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, the University of Miami Frost School of Music Program in Salzburg, Kennesaw State University and Virginia Tech University. In the summer of 2019 he served as an artist in residence at the Shanghai Conservatory in China and in 2020 he led a critically acclaimed production of La clemenza di Tito for the North Carolina School of the Arts Fletcher Opera Institute. He is in constant demand as an adjudicator of the most prestigious music and vocal competitions, including numerous auditions for the Metropolitan Opera National Council and the Jensen Foundation. Steven White proudly makes his home in Virginia, where he serves as Artistic Director of Opera Roanoke, a company with which he has been associated for two decades. Maestro White has conducted dozens of productions in Roanoke, including performances of Das Lied von der Erde, Der fliegende Holländer, Fidelio, Falstaff, Otello, Macbeth, Aida, Hänsel und Gretel and many others. In recognition of his contributions to the civic, cultural and artistic life of Southwest Virginia, Roanoke College conferred on Maestro White an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts in May 2013.
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JAYNA BROWN NOVEMBER 17 one-time Music Lab student turned America’s Got Talent star, Jayna’s prowess at such a young age must be seen to be believed
BUMPER JACKSONS NOVEMBER 24 a husband & wife, rootsy Americana duo that’s sure to get you singing and toe-tapping along
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