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Sunday, October 18, 2026, 1 & 4 pm University of Connecticut School of Fine Arts Deanna Fitzgerald, Dean Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts Rodney Rock, Director presents

HOCUS POCUS LIVE! An All-New Parody Muscial

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HOCUS POCUS LIVE!* CAST

Winifred Sanderson ........................................ Summer Orlando Mary Sanderson ............................................. Bonnie Petite Sarah Sanderson ........................................... Miranda Miranda Max Dennison / Thackery Binx ..................... Cole Stanley Allison ............................................................. Jane Urso Dani Dennison/ Emily Binx ............................ Dani Orlando Billy Butcherson / The Master ....................... Stephen Michelsson Miss Olin / Wifey ............................................ Theresa Moscato

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*We do not represent any licensed characters This show is a parody and tribute and in no way Affiliated to The Walt Disney Company in any way.

ABOUT THE SHOW Now celebrating nine years of sold-out performances, Hocus Pocus Live!!!: An All-New Parody Musical brings the beloved Sanderson Sisters back to the stage for a wickedly funny, family-friendly theatrical adventure. Featuring spectacular musical numbers, Broadway-quality scenery, dazzling costumes and plenty of audience participation, this original production puts a fresh and hilarious spell on the Halloween story audiences know and love. Get ready to laugh, sing along and run amuck. it’s all just a bunch of hocus pocus!

The production features New England’s #1 live singing Winifred Sanderson impersonator Summer Orlando as seen in Disney’s Hocus Pocus 2.

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Producer .................................................... Summer Orlando Book by ..................................................... Summer Orlando and Dani Orlando Director ...................................................... Cole Urso Stage Manager .......................................... Heather Spiegel Technical Director ...................................... John Rush Dance Captain ........................................... Shelby Griffin

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2026 - 2027 Chair: Antonia Moran $750 per person, $1,500 per couple

Elena Sevilla & Paul Aho Mona & Greg Anderson Marianne Barton Deborah Walsh Bellingham In Memory of Dr. Bruce A. Bellingham Honey & Harry Birkenruth Ruth Buczynski Carol Colombo In Memory of Maurice Thompson Jill & Thomas Deans Susan & John DeWolf Ana Lena Fidantsef & Paulo H. Verardi

Stan & Sandy Hale Judith A. Halvorson In Memory of Professor Peter L. Halvorson Patricia Hempel Shareen Hertel & Donald Swinton Jan Huber Lynn & Harry Johnson Blair T. Johnson & Blanche Șerban Janet & George Jones Lin & Waldo Klein James Knox

Ann Kouatly Becky & Scott Lehmann Jean & John Lenard Margarethe & Matthew Mashikian Hon. Denise Merrill Antonia Moran Vin Moscardelli & Virginia Hettinger Jane & Robert Moskowitz Constance & Rodney Rock Dale AJ Rose Nancy & John Silander Beverly Sims Michael & Susan Zito

Join the CoStars, Jorgensen’s Active Volunteers! The CoStars is a special group of volunteers who generously donate not only $750 per person, but also their talent and time. The invaluable CoStars support Jorgensen through community advocacy by creative fund-raising activities, and by hosting pre- and post-concert receptions that often feature world-class luminaries. The CoStars have been instrumental in the purchase of the new portable chamber stage and acoustical shell, a new Steinway Model D Concert Grand Piano, funding the JOY! Conservatory Program, the installation of the exterior Jorgensen message center, the renovation of the Jorgensen Gallery, and continued support of Jorgensen programming. By becoming a CoStar, you’ll join with other vibrant, thoughtful and devoted arts lovers who have made Jorgensen’s success a priority. CoStars receive an honorary membership in the Jorgensen Circle of Friends at the Producers Circle level. Benefits include early ticket ordering privileges for one full year from the date of enrollment, and recognition in the Jorgensen playbill.

As a Special Thank You... An Invitation to the CoStars CoStar members receive an exclusive invitation to attend the Annual Sneak Peek hosted by Jorgensen Director Rodney Rock. This party offers attendees an exciting preview of the coming season – prior to the public announcement. Join the CoStars and be the first to know what’s new! If you are interested in becoming a CoStar, please contact Rodney Rock at 860-486-1983, or by e-mail at rodney.rock@uconn.edu.

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Special Thanks to All Who Donated to the Campaign for the Grand Named Key Donors Paul Aho & Elena Sevilla Mona & Gregory Anderson* Nancy E. Armstrong Deb Walsh Bellingham* Honey & Harry Birkenruth* Ruth Buczynski* Carol Colombo* John & Susan DeWolf Karla Fox Stanton & Sandra Hale Judy & Peter Halvorson Ruth Hartunian-Alumbaugh Patricia Hempel* Janet & George Jones* Lin & Waldo Klein* James Knox* Ann & Youssef Kouatly

Becky & Scott Lehmann Jean & John Lenard* Matthew & Margarethe Mashikian Jane & Robert Moskowitz* Craig & Karen Nass Laura T. Raccagni Pamela & Richard Roberts Constance & Rodney Rock Bonnie Ryan Blanche Șerban & Blair T. Johnson * Nancy & John Silander* Winthrop Smith* Shirley Waldron Harriet Walker Karen Zimmer

Additional support provided by the following donors Irene & Richard Brown Chris Crossgrove & Shoshana Levinson Lorraine B. Gallup Carol & Yves Kraus Elizabeth Kugler & Jeffrey Yemin Jay Shivers Patricia Tanaka Marilyn & Arthur Wright *Campaign for the Grand Honorary Committee

Jorgensen Outreach for Youth Funded through private contributions as well as corporate support, JOY! provides school-age children, many from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, with access to live performances and special enrichment programs. Now in its 17th season, the JOY! Conservatory program offers instrumental and vocal students in grades 9-12 the opportunity for a rigorous course of study including private lessons, ensemble rehearsals and coaching, and basic musicianship courses. For more information, contact Jorgensen director Rodney Rock at 860-486-1983.

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Carol & Yves Kraus Gerald Leibowitz Jean & John Lenard Beverly Sims Pearl / up to $99 Ms. Robin Lubatkin Rodney & Costance Rock

Lenard Chamber Music Endowment Fund The Lenard Chamber Series is made possible through the generosity of longtime patrons Jean and John Lenard and the Lenard Chamber Music Endowment. Thanks to the generous philanthropy of patrons Jean and John Lenard, chamber music, one of the hallmarks and most dearly loved elements of the programming at Jorgensen, is secure well into the future. Also thanks to the Lenard Endowment, UConn students, non-UConn students, and area youth are invited to attend all chamber music events for free. Please join this giving community and make your contribution today. To make a gift, contact Jorgensen Director Rodney Rock at rodney.rock@uconn.edu or 860-486-1983, or visit jorgensen.uconn.edu/online/article/lenard-endowment. Jane & Robert Moskowitz George & Janet Jones Jean & John Lenard Lauren & Eric Prause Carol & David Jordan Elena Sevilla & Paul Aho Donald Shankweiler & Lin & Waldo Klein Greg & Mona Anderson Ruth Garrett Millikan James Knox Deborah Walsh Bellingham John & Nancy Silander June & Henry Krisch Ruth Buczynski Beverly Sims & Becky & Scott Lehmann Carol Colombo William Okeson Shoshana Levinson & Anne D’Alleva Kenneth & Janet Slavett Chris Crossgrove Kenneth Doeg Judy & Peter Halvorson Julia J. & Carl W. Lindquist, MD Marilyn & Arthur Wright Joan & Austin McGuigan Patricia Hempel

Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 7:30 pm

Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts

The Lenard Chamber Music Series

Camerata RCO PROGRAM NOTES

Quintet for Piano and Winds, in E-Flat, K. 452 ... arr. for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, and double bass, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Born January 27, 1756, in Salzburg; died December 5, 1791, in Vienna) Mozart wrote this quintet for piano, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and horn just as he was approaching the height of his popularity in Vienna. He finished the piece by March 30, 1784, and played it on April 1st at one of twenty concerts that he gave in a period of just six weeks. Ten days later, Mozart wrote home to his father, “I think it the best work I have written so far.” Mozart played the piece again at a musicale held on June 10th in the suburban residence of Ignaz von Ployer, the Archbishop of Salzburg’s agent in Vienna. On the same program, his pupil, Ployer’s daughter, played the Piano Concerto in G Major, K. 453, which he had written for her, and together they played the Two-Piano Sonata, in D Major K. 448. Mozart proudly wrote to his father on June 9, “I am taking Paisiello with me in my carriage, because I want him to hear my pupil and my work.” Giovanni Paisiello, it is worth noting, was just passing through Vienna en route from St. Petersburg to Naples; on the European scene at that time, Paisiello was certainly a much more prominent composer than the young Mozart was. More than 200 years after Mozart composed this Quintet, Jean Françaix, a composer and follower of Ravel and the group Les Six, arranged the piece as a Nonet for Winds and Strings. He did not

change the wind parts but replaced Mozart’s piano part with a string quintet (two violins, viola, cello, and bass). It is Françaix’s version which is being performed in this concert. This Mozart work has had added to it qualities Françaix favored in his own works, specifically prominent wind writing and ornamentation. Most wind-ensemble works of that time were composed solely as entertainment music to be played in the gardens or dining halls of noble houses. Mozart’s Quintet with piano had a different purpose— he composed it for the music room, to be listened to, not just heard. In his notebook, Mozart called it, in the customary parlance of the time, a quintet for piano with the accompaniment of wind instruments, but the winds were at least the equals of the piano, not just a background, and in removing the piano in this arrangement, the emphasis has been placed on the equality of the different winds as they relate to the strings. The wind parts are independent, idiomatic, technically difficult, and highly intricate. The piece with its new equality of parts was still a novel idea in 1796, when Beethoven, who revered Mozart, wrote a piano-and-wind quintet for which he clearly used Mozart’s work as a model. Mozart started off directly in the first movement’s serious introduction, Largo, to demonstrate his new invention with the winds, either individually or in small ensembles, set in contrast and sometimes in competition with what was then the solo pianist. With strings replacing piano, however, the ensemble takes on the character of a miniature orchestra. In the main body of the first movement, a serious Allegro moderato, the piano remained constantly prominent in Mozart’s version, for very good reasons: Mozart wrote the part for himself. He was the principal concert attraction, and he loved to play. The slow tempo of the second movement, Larghetto, gives its sonatalike structure huge dimensions. The music has direct appeal, and a

rich, touching second subject set in a way that draws attention to the then unusual distribution of the instruments. The work closes with a pleasing, light rondo, Allegretto. Septet for Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Violin, Viola, Cello and Bass in E-Flat Major, Op. 20 . . . Ludwig van Beethoven Beethoven’s Septet is an early work whose great popularity became a difficult obstacle for his later compositions. Public and critics repeatedly asked why he did not write more music that gave such easy satisfaction and was so readily comprehensible as the Septet and the Symphony No. 1 were. As this septet became Beethoven’s singularly most popular work, he began denouncing it for lacking adequate seriousness as he compared it with his own later compositions, saying, “That damn work; I wish it could be burned!” He even reputedly went so far as to say to an enthusiastic admirer that Mozart had written the work. Beethoven composed the Septet, a cheerful, optimistic, and elegant work, at the end of 1799; it was first publicly performed in April 1800 and dedicated to the Empress Maria Theresa. The septet ensemble consists of clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, and double bass, an extremely unusual choice, but scholars are not sure whether it was the composer’s desire to use those instruments or the wishes of the unknown person who commissioned the work. It is Beethoven’s only chamber work to include the double bass, but he does not give it much solo material; usually, he uses the bass to double the cello or to provide the harmonic line when the cello has thematic material. The Septet, Symphony No. 1, and an early piano concerto had their first public performances at Beethoven’s first concert in Vienna at the Court Theater, on April 2, 1800, in the presence of the Empress Maria Theresa. A reviewer called it “truly the most interesting concert in a long time,” despite the poor quality of the orchestral playing. This particular concert, known as an Akademie, initiated a concert series that Beethoven gave episodically throughout his career for two purposes: to raise money and to introduce new compositions.

The Septet attained such popularity that, before long, it was published in arrangements for other instruments by other hands: as a piece for large wind band, as a string quintet, as a piano sonata, and in many other forms. By 1803, Beethoven was also thinking of making this piece into a trio. This work, composed in the light style of Mozart and Haydn, is reminiscent of divertimento form with its six short movements, yet its structure is idiomatically that of Beethoven. It alternates slow and fast tempi throughout. Barry Cooper, in his biography of Beethoven, comments, “The six movements seem disparate and self-contained, as in a divertimento, yet they are all (except perhaps the Scherzo) related by themes that outline or decorate a falling and rising semitone, resulting in greater coherence than might be expected.” The septet begins with a slow, stately introduction, Adagio, in the style of a serenade that leads to a cheerful first-movement sonata form, Allegro con brio, with a four-note subject. The second movement is a graceful and rather profound Adagio cantabile. The popular third movement is a Tempo di Menuetto, whose principal theme Beethoven used in slightly different forms in his Clarinet Trio, Op. 11, his Piano Sonata, Op. 49, No. 2, and his Piano, Violin, and Cello Trio, Op. 38. Some critics contend that the simple, charming theme of the fourth movement, Tema con Variazioni, Andante, originated in a folk song from Germany’s lower Rhine Valley, but no specific source has ever been pinpointed. The very lyrical fifth movement, a rapid Scherzo: Allegro molto e vivace, is especially noteworthy because in this work, Beethoven has given us both a Minuet and a Scherzo, indicating the progression in form away from the Minuet he was then in the process of making. In future compositions, he would include only the Scherzo, leaving the more Classical form of the Minuet behind. A sudden change of mood follows in the Andante con moto alla marcia, which serves as a transition to the sixth movement, a final, spirited Rondo, Presto. © Susan Halpern, 2026.

Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 7:30 pm University of Connecticut School of Fine Arts Deanna Fitzgerald, Dean Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts Rodney Rock, Director presents

CAMERATA RCO

Lenard Chamber Music Series

Co-Sponsored by Jorgensen CoStars & Circle of Friends Media Sponsors

Alliance Artist Management 579 West 215th Street, #2B, New York, NY 10034

PROGRAM Mozart Quintet in E-flat major for Piano and Winds, K. 452 I.

Largo - Allegro moderato

II.

Larghetto

III. Allegretto -INTERMISSIONBeethoven Septet in E-flat major, Op. 20 for clarinet, bassoon, horn and strings I.

Adagio - Allegro con brio

II.

Adagio cantabile

III. Tempo di menuetto - Trio IV. Tema con variazioni - Andanta V.

Scherzo: Allegro molto e vivace

VI. Andante con moto alla marcia - Presto

CAMERATA-RCO Formed by members of Amsterdam's famed Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO), Camerata RCO performs chamber music in multiple formations from duet to small chamber orchestra, with a special focus on the Classical and Romantic repertoire for winds and strings, and active relationships with living composers. It is an absolute love of chamber music that drives these musicians to divert time out of their busy schedules, as members of one of the world's greatest orchestras, to perform together as Camerata RCO. Praised by the New York Times for their "warm, glowing performance," the ensemble has enjoyed tremendous success in the Netherlands and abroad and performs around 50 concerts a season internationally in music capitals such as Amsterdam, Vienna, Tokyo, Seoul, Madrid, Rome, and New York. Their everexpanding discography on Gutman Records includes recordings of works by Corelli, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Mahler, and Ravel. Recent highlights include a critically acclaimed tour of South Korea; a weeklong residency at the Festival Musika-Música in Bilbao, Spain; concerts in both halls of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw; their UK debut in Cambridge; and a special benefit concert directed by New York Philharmonic music director and former Concertgebouw concertmaster Jaap Van Zweden. Camerata RCO has toured North America multiple times in recent seasons, performing works by Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, Schubert, and Schumann, as well as Dutch composer Tristan Keuris and RCO composer-in-residence Detlev Glanert.

Callisto Quartet with Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin and Melvin Chen, piano Lenard Chamber Music Series

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Sat, Nov 21 8 pm Cabaret

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