Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts I Rhiannon Giddens and DakhaBraka

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Chamber Music Series

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PROTECTING YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES FOR MORE THAN 75 YEARS

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METAMORPHOSES

By Mary Zimmerman

Dec 1 – 11, 2022 Nafe Katter Theatre

ROE

By Lisa Loomer

March 2 – 11, 2023 Nafe Katter Theatre

DEATH AND THE MAIDEN

By Ariel Dorfman

March 23 – April 2,

Studio Theatre

RENT

Music

by Jonathan Larson April 20 – 30, 2023 Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

JORGENSEN BOX OFFICE

(860) 486-4226 jorgensen.uconn.edu

Hours Mon-Fri, 10-5 pm, and 90 minutes before curtain.

CRT BOX OFFICE (860) 486-2113 crt.uconn.edu Hours Wed-Fri, 2-5 pm, and 60 minutes before curtain.

COVID-19 POLICIES: Please check our website for the latest policies and procedures: jorgensen.uconn.edu crt.uconn.edu

LATE ARRIVALS

Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the artists’ management.

CAMERAS AND RECORDING DEVICES

Strictly prohibited.

SMOKING

Not permitted within 25 feet of the building.

CHILDREN AND INFANTS

Tickets are required for everyone, no matter how young. Children must be 4 years old to attend CRT productions. Minimum 4 years old recommended for Jorgensen Center events.

REST ROOMS

Located in the upper and lower Jorgensen lobbies and the CRT lobby.

SPECIAL SERVICE

Accessible rest rooms located in the lower Jorgensen & CRT lobbies. Elevator service from the main Jorgensen lobby down to the lower lobby only.

ASSISTIVE LISTENING SYSTEM

Free from the front office for Jorgensen and Katter Theatre productions.

TOO LOUD?

Free hearing protection is available upon request from the front office.

LOST AND FOUND ARTICLES

Can be reported or picked up at each box office.

REFRESHMENT BARS

Enjoy refreshments at your seat. Bars located in the upper Jorgensen and main lobbies of each theater. Food and beverage restrictions may apply due to Covid-19.

GROUP TICKETS

CRT: Call the group sales office for more information (860) 486-2113

BAG POLICY

For the safety of all, bags and backpacks larger than 10” x 10” are prohibited in the theater. Small bags and purses are permitted. An exception will be made for medically necessary items and diaper bags after proper inspection. All bags are subject to search.

PARKING & TRAVEL

Parking is available across from Jorgensen in the North Garage. For a detailed parking map, visit park.uconn.edu

PLEASE NOTE:

The parking fee for Jorgensen events is now included as part of your ticket price. Patrons will no longer have to pay upon entry or exit in the North Garage. All gates have been removed and gateless parking begins one hour prior to showtime through the conclusion of each performance. Please note: this applies to North Garage only.

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Hillside Road on the UConn Storrs campus will be closed to vehicular traffic between Glenbrook Road and Jim Calhoun Way for the fall semester. This is an effort to enhance safety and make the area friendlier to pedestrians and bicyclists in the center of campus. Motorists who park in North Garage should access the garage by taking Discovery Drive or Glenbrook Road to the garage entrance on north Hillside Road.

Healthy is worth a standing ovation.

We’re proud to support so many award-winning performers. And while it may not be a Tony or Grammy, we’re also proud of own our cast for earning the highest honors in Patient Safety at Manchester Memorial Hospital and 4-Star Quality Care for Medicare and Medicaid patients. From one group of dedicated performers to another, good luck and good health!

Manchester Memorial Hospital Rockville General Hospital John A. DeQuattro Cancer Center ECHN Medical Group

Rhiannon Giddens &

Francesco Turrisi

RHIANNON GIDDENS

The acclaimed musician Rhiannon Giddens uses her art to excavate the past and reveal bold truths about our present. A MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient, Giddens co-founded the Grammy Award-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops, and she has been nominated for six additional Grammys for her work as a soloist and collaborator. She was nominated for her collaboration with multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi, there is no Other (2019). Giddens’s latest album, They’re Calling Me Home, is a twelve-track album, recorded with Turrisi in Ireland during the recent lockdown; it speaks of the longing for the comfort of home as well as the metaphorical “call home” of death, which has been a tragic reality for so many during the COVID-19 crisis. They’re calling me home was nominated for two Grammy Awards and won as best folk album at the 2022 Grammy Awards.

Giddens’s lifelong mission is to lift up people whose contributions to American musical history have previously been erased, and to work toward a more accurate understanding of the country’s musical origins. Pitchfork has said of her work, “few artists are so fearless and so ravenous in their exploration,” and Smithsonian Magazine calls her “an electrifying artist who brings alive the memories of forgotten predecessors, white and black.”

Among her many diverse career highlights, Giddens has performed for the Obamas at the White House, served as a Carnegie Hall Perspectives curator, and received an inaugural Legacy of Americana Award from Nashville’s National Museum of African American History in partnership with the Americana Music Association. Her critical acclaim includes in-depth profiles by CBS Sunday Morning, The New York Times, The New Yorker, and NPR’s Fresh Air, among many others.

Giddens is featured in Ken Burns’s Country Music series, which aired on PBS in 2019, where she speaks about the African American origins of country music. She is also a member of the band Our Native Daughters with three other black female banjo players, Leyla McCalla, Allison Russell, and Amythyst Kiah, and co-produced their debut album Songs of Our Native Daughters (2019), which tells stories of historic black womanhood and survival.

Named Artistic Director of Silkroad in 2020, Giddens is developing a number of new programs for the organization, including one inspired by the history of the American transcontinental railroad and the cultures and music of its builders. She recently wrote the music for an original ballet, Lucy Negro Redux, for Nashville Ballet (premiered in 2019), and the libretto and music for an original opera, Omar, based on the autobiography of the enslaved man Omar Ibn Said for the Spoleto USA Festival (premieres in 2022). As an actor, Giddens had a featured role on the television series Nashville.

FRANCESCO TURRISI

Grammy Award-winning multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi has been defined a “musical alchemist” and a “musical polyglot” by the press.

He left his native Italy in 1997 to study jazz piano and early music at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, where he obtained a Bachelor and a master’s degree. Since 2004, he has been working successfully as a freelance musician.

He has released five critically acclaimed albums as a leader and two as coleader (“Tarab” a cross boundary innovative ensemble that blends Irish and Mediterranean traditional music, and “Zahr” a project that looks at connections between southern Italian traditional music and Arabic music).

His latest piano solo album Northern Migrations was described as “delicate, wistful and wholly engrossing” by The Irish Times.

Turrisi is also a member of the celebrated early music ensemble L'Arpeggiata. With L'Arpeggiata, he has performed at the most important classical music festivals in Europe and around the world (Turkey, Russia, China, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil and Colombia) and has recorded for Warner, Virgin, Naive and Alpha.

Since 2018, he has been collaborating with American Grammy Award-winning singer and multi-instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens, on a duo project that seamlessly combines music from the Mediterranean with music from the African diaspora in the Americas. In 2019 Giddens and Turrisi released their critically acclaimed duo album there is no Other. The album single “I’m on my way” was nominated for a 2020 Grammy Award. Their 2021 second duo album They’re calling me home was nominated for two Grammy Awards and won as best folk album at the 2022 Grammy Awards.

Turrisi currently performs on piano, accordion, harpsichord, organ, various lutes, cello banjo, frame and goblet drums.

He is equally at home playing with jazz veterans Dave Liebman and Gianluigi Trovesi as he is with Irish traditional sean-nós singer Roisin El Safty and with tarantella specialist Lucilla Galeazzi. Turrisi has toured with Bobby McFerrin, interpreted the music of Steve Reich with Bang on a Can All Stars, accompanied flamenco star Pepe El Habichuela and Greek singer Savina Yannatou.

DakhaBrakha

BIOGRAPHY

DakhaBrakha is music quartet from Kyiv, Ukraine. Reflecting fundamental elements of sound and soul, Ukrainian “ethno chaos” band DakhaBrakha creates a world of unexpected new music.

DakhaBrakha was created in 2004 at the Kyiv Center of Contemporary Art “DAKH” by the avant-garde theatre director – Vladyslav Troitskyi – and given the name that means “give/take” in the old Ukrainian language. Theatre work has left its mark on the band's performances – their shows are always staged with a strong visual element.

After experimenting with Ukrainian folk music, the band has added rhythms of the surrounding world into their music, thus creating the bright, unique and unforgettable sound of DakhaBrakha. They strive to help open up the potential of Ukrainian melodies and to bring it to the hearts and consciousness of the younger generation in Ukraine and the rest of the world as well.

Accompanied by Indian, Arabic, African, Russian and Australian traditional instrumentation, the quartet’s astonishingly powerful and uncompromising vocal range creates a trans-national sound rooted in Ukrainian culture. At the crossroads of Ukrainian folklore and theatre, their musical spectrum is at first intimate then riotous, plumbing the depths of contemporary roots and rhythms, inspiring “cultural and artistic liberation”.

In March 2010, DakhaBrakha won the prestigious Grand Prix prize named after S.Kuriokhin in the sphere of contemporary art, and confirmed its place in the culture once again. In March 2011 DakhaBrakha was discovered by Australian Womadelaide and began their ascent in the international music scene. They have since played more than 300 concerts and performances and have taken part in major international festivals throughout Eastern and Western Europe, Russia, Asia, Australia, and North America. DakhaBrakha has also collaborated with such international musicians as: Port Mone (By), Kimmo Pohjonen Cluster (Fi), Karl Frierson (DePhazz) (Ge), Steve Cooney (IRL), Inna Zhelannaya (Ru), Kievbass (UA), Djam (UA-Iran), and David Ingibaryan (Hu).

October 9, 2022, 3:00 pm

DakhaBrakha

ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES

Marko Halanevych – vocals, darbuka, tabla, accordion

Marko is the only representative of the countryside in the band. He was born in the village of Krushenivka, in the Vinnitskiy region. into a family of village intellectuals. He graduated from the faculty of the Ukrainian philology, but came into the theatre, became an actor of the Centre of Contemporary Art “DAKH” and then accidentally found himself working with the band. Marko is fond of design – he creates the visual images of DakhaBrakha and also for the “DAKH” theatre where he continues to perform on stage as an actor.

Iryna Kovalenko – vocals, djembe, bass drums, accordion, percussion, bugay, zgaleyka, piano

Ira has played Ukrainian ethnic music since her early childhood. Moreover, she has graduated from the faculty of folklore. She is fond of yoga, yachting, and rowing. Ira is responsible for the “brass section” of the group, as she easily gets the feel of different musical instruments. She also performs at the “Dakh” theatre as an actress.

Olena Tsybulska – vocals, bass drums, percussion, garmoshka

Lena is one of the specialists at the folklore department of the National University of Ukraine. When she has some time off, she works on preparing her Candidate’s dissertation about traditional Ukrainian wedding songs. She is fond of driving, sewing and interior design.

Nina Garenetska – vocals, cello, bass drum

Nina professionally studied folklore and is a self-taught cellist. She is the most artistically open-minded member of the band and is always up for collaborating with other musicians. Nina is fond of traveling, photography, fancywork and adornment creation.

C oSt rs★

Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts

2022 - 2023 Co-Chairs: Lin Klein & Jane Moskowitz

$500 per person, $1,000 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 Paul Colombo

Anne D’Alleva

Madison & Bob Day

Susan & John DeWolf

Stan & Sandy Hale

Judy & Peter Halvorson

Patricia Hempel

Shareen Hertel & Donald Swinton

Jan Huber

Tina & Bryan Huey

Blair T. Johnson & Blanche Serban

Lynn & Harry Johnson

Janet & George Jones

Lin & Waldo Klein James Knox Ann Kouatly

Becky & Scott Lehmann

Jean & John Lenard

Gene Likens & Leola Spilbor

Margarethe & Matthew Mashikian

Antonia Moran

Jane & Robert Moskowitz

Constance & Rodney Rock

Nancy & John Silander

Beverly Sims & William Okeson

Anne & Winthrop Smith Maurice Thompson Karen Zimmer

Join the CoStars, Jorgensen’s Active Volunteers!

The CoStars is a special group of volunteers who generously donate not only $500 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; reserved lower-level parking in the North Garage, providing a speedier exit after each Jorgensen event; 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.

Circle of Friends

Become a Friend of Jorgensen!

We invite you to join Jorgensen’s Circle of Friends, a group of generous arts supporters who over the years have made vital contributions to Jorgensen’s special projects, commissioned works, and interior restorations. Your membership in the Circle of Friends entitles you to early ticket ordering privileges for one full year from the date of your enrollment; you will be recognized in the Jorgensen Playbill; and if you contribute at the Directors or Producers Circle levels, you will enjoy reserved parking in the North Campus Parking Garage for each Jorgensen performance you attend.

Please consider making your tax-deductible donation and become a Circle of Friends member today. Simply call 860-486-4226 for more information.

Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts

gratefully acknowledges the support of its Friends.

Producers Circle

$500/person

$1,000 & above/couple Elena Sevilla & Paul Aho*

Mona & Greg Anderson* Marianne Barton* Deborah Walsh Bellingham*

In Memory of Dr. Bruce A. jjjjjjjjj jjBellingham* Honey & Harry Birkenruth* Lynn & Marjorie Brown Ruth Buczynski* Carol Colombo*

In Memory of Paul Colombo* Dr. Michael Cucka Anne D’Alleva*

Madison & Bob Day* Susan & John DeWolf* Ms. Joan N. Gionfriddo

In Memory of Elaine D. Neiswanger, jjRobert Neiswanger, & jjThomas Neiswanger

Stan & Sandy Hale* Judy & Peter Halvorson* Patricia Hempel* Shareen Hertel & jjDonald Swinton* Jan Huber*

Tina & Bryan Huey* Blair T. Johnson & jjBlanche Serban*

Lynn & Harry Johnson* Janet & George Jones* Lin & Waldo Klein* James Knox* Ann Kouatly* Becky & Scott Lehmann* Jean & John Lenard* Gene Likens & Leola Spilbor* Margarethe & Matthew Mashikian Antonia Moran* Jane & Robert Moskowitz* Craig & Karen Nass Barbara Rhein & Stan Shaw Constance & Rodney Rock* Nancy & John Silander* Beverly Sims & William Okeson* Anne & Winthrop Smith* Maurice Thompson* Maureen & John Zavodjancik Karen Zimmer* Two Friends * Members of the Jorgensen CoStars

Directors Circle $250/person, $500/couple Anonymous Phil Brencher

Irene & Richard Brown Barbara Depray & Steven Rogers Kenneth A. Doeg Paula & Keith Enderle Mona & Todd Friedland In honor of Jane Moskowitz Rob & Mary Hoskin Mr. David Johnson David & Carol Jordan Tom Martin & Susan Spiggle Carl Nawrocki Cheryl & Mark Roy Bonnie Ryan Paul & Susan Schur Nancy Swiacki Ms. Gretchen Wiedie Keith Wilson & Majorie Hayes

Artists Circle $125/person, $250/couple Neil Aldin & Mary Lou Lace Ms. Pat Anderson Linda & Bennett Brockman Carol & Carl Brolin Dr. & Mrs. Steven & Elaine Cohen Maryellen Donnelly & jjJames Krall

M. Kevin & Jeanne Fahey Mrs. Betty Hale

Betty & Kenneth Hanson

Jan Huber

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Ms. Linda Keenan

Arthur Kirschenbaum & jjCheryl Pomerantz

Gerald & Zoe Leibowitz

Julia J. & Carl W. Lindquist, MD Margaret Malmborg

Len Oberg

Daryl & Paul Ramsey

Mrs. Kristin D. Santini

Eric Schultz & Stella Ross

Susan Stoppelman

Harriet Walker

Patrons Circle

$50/person, $100/couple Anonymous

Roger & Tina Abell

Cynthia & Roger Adams

Sheila Amdur & Marcia Neff Rosemary Andle Robert Bittner Dorothy Blocker

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Jeanne Haas

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Jacqueline Seide

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Critics Circle

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Mrs. Kathleen Donahue

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John H. Mayer & Irwin M. Krieger

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Patricia Tanaka

Director’s Fund

Diane & Joseph Briody

Carol Colombo

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Jennifer Person

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Nancy & John Silander

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In Memory of John P. Sousa

Endowed Sponsorship Program

The Endowed Sponsorship Program provides individuals and families with the opportunity to support Jorgensen by sponsoring any concert or other program. Benefits to Endowed Sponsors will include name recognition in the Jorgensen playbill, additional recognition in the community through press releases provided by the University, and an opportunity to visit with the guest artist.

Sponsorship could be a means of celebrating a special holiday or anniversary, or of dedicating an event to a loved one. Most importantly, by contributing to the cost of current programs, sponsors would help ensure that the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts will continue to present wonderful music and other programs in the future. Your gift would benefit not only Jorgensen, but also the community at large. Patrons interested in sponsoring an event should contact Rodney Rock at 860-486-1983 or rodney.rock@uconn.edu for further information.

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 15th 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.

Corporate / Foundation Sponsors

SBM Charitable Foundation

Diamond / $1000+

Carol Colombo

Jean & John Lenard

Nancy & John Silander

Nora Stevens

Emerald / 600 +

Honey & Harry Birkenruth

Ruby / $300+

Becky & Scott Lehmann

The University of Connecticut League, Inc.

Sapphire / $100+

Anne D’Alleva

Carol & David Jordan

Lin & Waldo Klein

James Knox

Jane & Robert Moskowitz

Pearl / up to $99

Gail & Lawrence Ash-Morgan

Gail & Neil Christopher

Irwin Krieger & John Mayer

Gracie Martin

Pamela Paine

Peter Polomski

Bonnie Ryan

Dale Swett

Joanne Todd

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.

Jean & John Lenard

Elena Sevilla & Paul Aho

Greg & Mona Anderson

Deborah Walsh Bellingham

Ruth Buczynski

Carol Colombo

Anne D’Alleva

Kenneth Doeg

Judy & Peter Halvorson

Patricia Hempel

George & Janet Jones

Carol & David Jordan

Lin & Waldo Klein

James Knox

June & Henry Krisch

Becky & Scott Lehmann

Shoshana Levinson & Chris Crossgrove

Julia J. &

Carl W. Lindquist, MD

Joan and Austin McGuigan

Jane & Robert Moskowitz

Lauren & Eric Prause

Donald Shankweiler & Ruth Garrett Millikan

John & Nancy Silander Beverly Sims & William Okeson

Marilyn & Arthur Wright

CELEBRATION!

A New Chapter for the M. Estelle Sprague Costume Collection

by Susan J. Jerome

Left: Woman’s dress from 1870s. UConn 1878,20a, b.

Right: Wool jumper and matching coat, designed by Bonnie Cashin, ca. 1965. Donor: Beatrice F. Auerbach. UConn 1965.7a, b.

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