2015/2016 Program Book 2

2015-2016 season • issue 2

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Welcome to the Mayo Performing Arts Center!

Dear Patron, After 20 years, MPAC is committed more than ever to being a community partner, a leader in arts education and a cultural center where friends, family and neighbors meet to share memorable experiences.

The price of your ticket and the cost of your membership flow back into our community in many positive ways that make Morristown and Northern New Jersey a wonderful place to raise a family, come to visit and do business.

According to the Americans for the Arts Economic Prosperity Calculator, MPAC helps to generate more than $15 million back into the local economy each year. You can see that impact on show nights, when our local restaurants are teeming with patrons and there’s a buzz in the air when you walk down South Street.

Our efforts in performing arts education make an impact on the lives of over 40,000 children and their families. Whether it’s in-theatre school presentations, in-school residency programs, outreach efforts to cities in need of arts education programs like Paterson, our performing arts school with over 600 students, our traveling teen troupe that entertains at dozens of non-profit events, or mainstage productions like this past year’s Les Misérables, MPAC is committed to fostering a lifelong love of the arts in our youngest generation.

We are always grateful for the support from the local business community for our fundraising efforts. We encourage you to patronize and thank these local businesses that are listed in our program book.

Whether you been through our doors dozens of times or if it is your first visit with us, we are committed to finding new ways to improve your experience, to bring in exciting new concerts, and to create innovative educational programs for your children. Our aim is to create lasting memories for our thousands upon thousands of patrons who walk through our doors.

We believe our 2015-2016 season is reflective of that goal to bring the best of the performing arts to Morristown. We hope to see you many times throughout this season!

Joseph M. Goryeb Chairman, Board of Trustees

Allison Larena President & CEO

Mayo Performing Arts Center Board of Trustees Joseph M. Goryeb, Chairman Robert Mulholland, Vice Chairman Anita J. Siegel, Esq., Secretary & Legal Counsel Matthew Finlay, Treasurer Allison Larena, President & CEO Wendy Aresty Rev. Janet Broderick Sally Epstein Edward A. Gramigna, Jr., Esq. John J. Hallacy Linda Hellstrom John P. Hyland, CFP Unjeria C. Jackson, MD

Jefferson W. Kirby Marylyn McLaughlin James F. Quinn Harry J. Riskin Mary Jane Robertson Douglas B. Sieg Gregory J. Supron Chairman Emeritus Bud Mayo Trustee Emeritus Leonard Sichel

HONORARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES The Honorable Brendan T. Byrne The Honorable Timothy P. Dougherty The Honorable Thomas H. Kean, Sr. Joe Piscopo John Pizzarelli

Staff Allison Larena Administration Ed Kirchdoerffer Sasha Pensado Anthony Scareon Charles Miller Greg Seamon Adrienne Beck Sarah Jayne Oltz Box Office Cheryl Yosh Carolyn Zybura Denise Biel Shannah Finkel Marthe Lablans Tiffany Mitilenes Kathleen O’Donnell Marlene Rabiner Angela Scott Roxie Zeek

President & CEO General Manager Finance Director Manager of Administration & Board Relations Programming Consultant Programming Coordinator Programming Assistant Office Manager Box Office Manager Senior Box Office Associate Box Office Associate Box Office Associate Box Office Associate Box Office Associate Box Office Associate Box Office Associate Box Office Associate Box Office Associate

Development Marysue DePaola Development Director Justin Wynn Assistant Director of Development Marcia Hunter Major & Capital Gifts Manager Lana Missaggia Membership & Special Events Manager Alejandra Castaño Development Associate Danielle Isermann Development Assistant

Education Cathy Roy Jenny Boeckel Marketing Jean Leonard Michael Dundon Lauren Soule Amanda Franko Cara Medwick

Education Director Education Manager Marketing Director Audience Development Manager Digital Content Manager Marketing Coordinator Marketing Assistant

Operations Lee Kaloidis Erin Pach

Operations Manager Senior House Manager & Volunteer Coordinator Mark Mattera House/ Starlight Room Manager Jason Fluegge Special Projects Manager John Ricca Assistant House Manager Michael Del Vecchio Assistant House Manager Production Chris Ball Melanie Ciappi Katie Wanner James Sargent Stephan Wojtecki Karen Kogut Luke Kostuchik Angelique Mather

Production Director Production Coordinator Production Coordinator Lighting Director Audio Engineer Catering Manager Technical Assistant Technical Assistant

Our Mission Mayo Performing Arts Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, presents a wide range of programs that entertain, enrich, and educate the diverse population of the region and enhance the economic vitality of Northern New Jersey.

The 2015-2016 season is made possible, in part, by a grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as support received from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, F.M. Kirby Foundation and numerous other foundations, corporations and individuals.

Mayo Performing Arts Center has an impact on Morristown and the surrounding communities that goes far beyond the world-class entertainment that takes place on our stage. From outreach programs at Neighborhood House and Children on the Green, to free events such as Music Beyond Borders, to education programs that take place at area schools and at the Theatre, MPAC enthusiastically continues to be an arts leader, a trusted community partner and an essential gathering place.

Highlights from the past season include: Concerts • We had over 200 events on our stage, including headliners, emerging artists, school events and more.

• Over 200,000 people were served by MPAC programs, including ticketed events, outreach activities and education programs.

• The Nutcracker drew over 12,000 people into Morristown across 14 performances during the holiday season.

• MPAC drew audiences from all 21 NJ counties, as well as New York, Pennsylvania and other surrounding states (even a few from Europe and Australia!).

• Our economic impact on the region was over $15 million. (Americans for the Arts Economic Prosperity Calculator) • MPAC ranked as the 38th most attended mid-sized PAC in the world (Pollstar mid-year 2015 rankings); and a top 20 tourist location in the state (NJ Biz), based on attendance.

Education • Approximately 40,000 children and their families were touched by MPAC educational events and family programming.

• Over 660 students participated in Performing Arts School programs; Due to limited space size and excessive demand, nearly 100 children were placed on waiting lists this past year and couldn’t be accommodated in our programs.

• The Education Department’s Spring Musical Les Misérables, with a cast of 65, was performed to over 3,500 people over four performances, and was a rousing critical and popular success.

• MPAC and the Morris School District completed a three-year sequential residency program in which several hundred children participated.

• MPAC’s long-running free programs at Neighborhood House and Children on the Green continue to be conducted on an annual basis.

• The Performing Arts Company performed at over 30 local fundraising events.

• Over 90 students were honored as Music Students of the Month.

• Over $7,000 was provided in PAS scholarships to local students in need.

• MPAC served as Region 4 host to the statewide Poetry Out Loud competition.

Visual Arts and Outreach • Over 200 New Jersey-based visual artists had their works displayed in our two galleries • In partnership with Morris Arts, the free Music Beyond Borders program returned to the Morristown Green with four free performances, with an attendance of over 2,000.

• MPAC continued to offer the Theatre at low cost to non-profit partners such as New Jersey Ballet, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Morristown Festival of Books, First Night Morris County and Morris Education Foundation’s Morristown’s Got Talent.

Building and Capital Investment • MPAC continues to reinvest in creating a better experience for patrons, including a $2 million dollar front of house expansion that improved patron services, increased number of restrooms and modernized the look and feel of the venue.

• To help alleviate parking issues, MPAC instituted a free shuttle service for patrons to and from the Dehart Garage, and worked with the Morristown Parking Authority to let patrons pre-pay their parking at the box office.

Community • Made discounted tickets available to Morristown based senior groups for select events.

• Donated hundreds of tickets to area organizations, schools and non-profits for their fundraising efforts.

• Donated approximately 2,000 tickets to area non-profits to provide arts experiences that their constituents may not have otherwise been able to afford.

• Donated approximately $31,000 in space and equipment rentals to community organizations who rent MPAC. • Have over 150 local residents who serve as volunteers and ambassadors.

• Held 4 free lectures for the community on various topics, drawing approximately 1,500 attendees.

• Retained title of Major Presenting Organization by New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

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MPAC patrons can pay for parking at select Morristown garages at the MPAC Box Office!

What to do: • Bring your parking ticket to the MPAC Box Office • Pay parking fee before the show or at intermission • Enjoy the show!

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Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Our Mission

Mayo Performing Arts Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, presents a wide range of programs that entertain, enrich, and educate the diverse population of the region and enhance the economic vitality of Northern New Jersey. The 2015-2016 season is made possible, in part, by a grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as support received from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, F.M. Kirby Foundation and other numerous foundations, corporations and individuals.

As a courtesy to the artists and for the uninterrupted enjoyment of your fellow patrons, please turn off all cell phones, pagers, beepers and other electronic devices. Please unwrap any lozenges before the performance begins. No portion of this performance may be photographed, recorded, filmed, taped, broadcast or mechanically reproduced without the written consent of the Artist and/or the Presenter. Mayo Performing Arts Center is not responsible for lost or stolen items.

Mavis Staples and Joan Osborne in Solid Soul Mavis Staples There are few living musicians who can lay claim to being the voice of America’s conscience, and even fewer who continue to make vital music. For six decades Mavis Staples has been the solid rock of American music. Alongside the family group she is so identified with, the Staple Singers, Mavis has managed to transform herself as she goes, yet never alter.

From the delta-inflected gospel sound she helped create in the 1950s ("Uncloudy Day"), to the engaged protest of the civil rights era ("Freedom Highway"), and then, amazingly, on pop radio in the 1970s with a series of chart hits (“I’ll Take You There,” “Respect Yourself,” "Lets Do It Again")--through all these, Mavis carried on, her warm embrace of a voice the only constant.

On their second collaboration, the Grammynominated 2013 album "One True Vine," the legendary singer and her producer, Wilco leader Jeff Tweedy, have crafted a gospel album for the 21st century. On the record, Mavis gives voice to something new in her repertoire, something deeper and more resonant with our times. Where her Stax-era hits spoke for a growing black social consciousness, and her seventies collaborations with The Band gave spiritual weight to the rediscovery of traditional American music, Jeff Tweedy has crafted a pulpit from which Mavis lends her voice to a search for grace.

Staples is a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner, and a National Heritage Fellowship Award recipient. VH1 named her one of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll, and Rolling Stone listed her as one of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. Her previous album, the Tweedy-produced "You Are Not Alone," won the Grammy Award for Best Americana Album in 2011, adding a remarkable new chapter to an already historic career.

Yvonne Staples, backing vocals from 1969 until patriarch Roebuck 'Pops' Staples' death in 2000, the Staple Singers were configured as a quartet, with Pops and Mavis joined

by Cleotha and Yvonne Staples. The clan’s musical signatures were Pops gospelbased songwriting, reedy tenor and bluesy

guitar, Mavis’ rich, raspy vocals and precise phrasing, and the supple, ringing harmonies of Cleotha and Yvonne, who also acted as the band's manager.

Joan Osborne Joan Osborne has rightfully earned a reputation as one of the great voices of her generation — both a commanding, passionate performer and a frank, emotionally evocative songwriter. A multiplatinum selling recording artist and seventime Grammy nominee, the soulful vocalist is a highly sought-after collaborator and guest performer who has performed alongside many notable artists, including Bob Dylan, Luciano Pavarotti, Stevie Wonder, Emmylou Harris, Taj Mahal, and Patti Smith to name a few.

Counting such legendary artists as Etta James and Ray Charles as influences, Osborne has released several acclaimed albums and continues to tour extensively with her own band and in various configurations, such as when she joined forces in 2003 with the surviving members of The Grateful Dead when they regrouped to tour as The Dead.

In addition to her own solo shows and guest appearances, Osborne currently tours as a member of the rock/soul supergroup Trigger Hippy, founded by Black Crowes drummer Steve Gorman and built from each musician’s shared love of R&B and soul. The band’s selftitled debut album will arrive this fall.

Osborne is widely known for her live performances in the Grammy Awardwinning documentary Standing in the Shadows of Motown which have received rave reviews from fans and critics alike. She has produced two albums for Americana stalwarts the Holmes Brothers, and coproduced her last two critically acclaimed solo records, Love And Hate, and Bring It On Home, with talented producer/multiinstrumentalist Jack Petruzzelli. Bring It On Home, which found Osborne tackling vintage songs by Muddy Waters, Ray Charles, Al Green, Ike and Tina Turner, and Sonny Boy Williamson (among others), and treating them with respect while giving them some interesting twists in tempo, key and feeling, garnered a Best Blues Album nomination at the 2013 Grammy Awards.

Bring It On Home reminded the singer of what music is all about. “There’s a texture and richness to these songs that singers don’t have right away, that I didn’t have when I started out,” Osborne says. “But the more I’ve done this, the more tone and depth I’ve developed. This was the time. These songs, they’re a remedy—they get me out of my head. These songs put the music back in my heart and my soul.”

Osborne’s latest recording, Love and Hate, is one of the most personally-charged, creatively ambitious efforts of her twodecades-plus recording career. While she has long established herself as one of the world’s most respected vocalists, her soulful songcraft reaches a new level of musical and lyrical resonance on Love and Hate. Such insightful, emotionally complex new compositions as "Where We Start," "Work On Me," "Kitten's Got Claws," "Keep It Underground" and the pointed title track survey some of the more complicated terrain of romantic relationships, in a manner that's rarely been attempted in popular music, while the album's intimate, stripped-down sound marks a stylistic departure from the gritty blues-based rock for which Osborne is best known.

"I feel like each song on this album talks about a different aspect of love," she says.

"Love isn't just one thing; it encompasses faith, passion, power struggles, humor, anguish, spirituality, lust, anger, everything on that spectrum…so I tried to come up with songs that were about different aspects of this continuum. This record is like the novel that sat in the author's drawer for 50 years… more than any record I've ever done, it felt like it needed the time to change and evolve and become what it was supposed to be.”

Osborne continues to enjoy a long and storied career that was jumpstarted with the great success of her majorlabel debut album, Relish, which wove together strands of American roots music, poetic lyrics and impassioned vocals, and produced the massive MTV and international radio smash, "One of Us.” The song occupied the number one spot on the U.S. singles chart for two weeks, Relish eventually racked up sales of over three million copies, and Osborne found a large and appreciative audience, particularly during touring as part of Sarah McLachlan’s Lilith Fair tour.

Although the Kentucky native grew up with

a passion for music, when she arrived in New York City in the late 1980s, it was to attend New York University's prestigious film school.

But she couldn't resist the pull of the city's live music scene for long, and soon she was performing her own songs in downtown rock clubs and emerging as a popular presence in a vibrant scene of rootsy new acts that included such then-unknowns as Jeff Buckley, Chris Whitley, Blues Traveler and the Spin Doctors. In 1992, Osborne launched her own indie label, Womanly Hips, and released the live Soul Show: Live at Delta 88 and the studio EP Blue Million Miles. Becoming a regional success led her to the signing of a major label deal and the success of Relish.

But Osborne quickly made it clear that she was more interested in musical integrity and creative longevity than transient pop success, and she made that point repeatedly with such subsequent albums as 2000's Righteous Love, 2002's How Sweet It Is, 2005’s Christmas Means Love, 2006's Pretty Little Stranger, 2007's Breakfast in Bed, and 2008's Little Wild One up through her two latest releases, 2012’s Bring It On Home, and 2014’s Love And Hate.

"I'm getting better at what I do," Osborne observes. "I can look at the songs on Love and Hate and realize that it's better than I could have done 15 or 20 years ago. I have an audience that I've built up over time, and I feel like they're with me. And because of that, I don't feel any pressure to fit myself into anyone else's idea of what I should be doing. So I feel like I can write my own rules at this point. That can be scary, but it's also liberating, and it's an exciting place to be."

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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Our Mission

Mayo Performing Arts Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, presents a wide range of programs that entertain, enrich, and educate the diverse population of the region and enhance the economic vitality of Northern New Jersey. The 2015-2016 season is made possible, in part, by a grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as support received from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, F.M. Kirby Foundation and other numerous foundations, corporations and individuals.

As a courtesy to the artists and for the uninterrupted enjoyment of your fellow patrons, please turn off all cell phones, pagers, beepers and other electronic devices. Please unwrap any lozenges before the performance begins. No portion of this performance may be photographed, recorded, filmed, taped, broadcast or mechanically reproduced without the written consent of the Artist and/or the Presenter. Mayo Performing Arts Center is not responsible for lost or stolen items.

Indigo Girls The Indigo Girls (Emily Saliers and Amy Ray) released their sixteenth studio album, One Lost Day, on June 2nd.Vast in its reach, but unified by the traveler's sense of wonder, gratitude, and empathy, One Lost Day moves like a centrifuge, pulling the listener close to linger in the small moment, then casting out onto sonic currents. This is music of the past, present, and future — a boundlessness earned and not bestowed. One Lost Day has a feeling of music composed across time, not just in time. These songs are rooted in tradition and inventive, too: nourished in dark soils, leafing and luminous.

Memories here are more than specters; they are evolutions. The album maps the dim corridors of the heart and mind, lifting and landing the listener across state lines and continents. Place is a character rich in the universal specific: "Boots on a board in a barn" in "Texas Was Clean," boys "under the bridge on the river shoals off GA 9" in "Fishtails," the New Orleans' 1788 fire and the fence around the St. Louis cemetery in "Elizabeth," the "sunny twist of Venice Chez Jay" in "Southern California is Your Girlfriend," and the devilspawned Angola prison in Louisiana where three black men sat wrongly convicted for decades, confined in solitary.

The dirge-like ballad "Findlay, Ohio 1968" opens with a searing string and piano arrangement that feels like slipping through a tear in the space-time continuum. After we reach the violin's held high-C and the heartbeat drums, and before Saliers kicks in with her chilling vocals, we hover, suspended in time, before landing gently on the hot asphalt of Grammy's driveway in 1968, "poking hot tar bubbles with a stick…the smell of the trash and leaves burning in the can." What unfolds is pure narrative intuition, wherein the stuff of life, life's inventory — the pall of the impending Kent State massacre, Sexton's poetry, Cathy's grief-stricken, beerdrinking mom, the dad who never returned from Vietnam, the fence-scaling girl ripping jeans, the boy with wandering heart and hands, the smell of Trenton's refineries and the slapping of the station wagon's wheels — are the metaphoric legs that carry the story and this song across time and distance.

"Fishtails" tackles similar themes — loss of innocence, coming of age — but through a much different lens. Here, the narrator

is the observer reflecting on the tender recklessness of neighborhood kids, killing time in an abandoned copper mine, waiting to flee the confines of their small world, raging and hoping and "fishtailing in the dark from the time that they are born." But the song is infused with new meaning in the juxtaposition of the boys' lives with Ray's father's long-ago Florida boyhood — so similar in its restlessness, its sweet violence. Circularity rings like a keening bell, dazzling and devastating. A multi-layered instrumentalism allows the long notes of the past to cradle the mid-tempo of the present, a lush but understated orchestration.

Regarding the aching ballad, "If I Don't Leave Here Now," Saliers says, "The song explores the terrible affliction of addiction and was partly inspired right after Philip Seymour Hoffman died. I was deeply affected by his death, but also know that addiction seldom spares the user. It is a song about the desperate attempt to leave a bad situation where no amount of anything is ever enough." The elegiac, stripped-down sound pairs beautifully with tender lyrics that recognize addiction not as a denial of life, but as a dangerous insatiability for life ("Killing yourself to keep from running out of life") — turning the conventional addiction narrative on its head.

"I’d rather have the strength to see through the lens of reality than rose-colored glasses," Ray says in reference to the raucous, rollicking "Happy in the Sorrow Key." "Musically, I was inspired by the feel of Paul Weller and The Jam, but then I also wanted this big orchestral bridge to mirror the feeling of lying in my bunk at night on the tour bus and drifting off to sleep — scared but in awe of the process of life." The dissonance between the plaintive lyrics and the quick-tempoed, lush instrumentalism nails the ambiguity of the emotion, while also managing to create a rock song that is both fun and dirty.

A majority of the songs in this collection explore a time and place endemic to the narrator's sense of self. "Texas Was Clean" is a plucky, whispery elegy to lands loved and left behind. "It became about how a place gets reinvented and defined by your experiences over time," says Ray. "When I was young, Texas seemed so far away and remote, but now it feels like it is part of me

it's claimed and for the life it’s given to me."

"Elizabeth," the album's joyful opener, takes place in New Orleans, "with its ghosts and underbelly," explains Saliers. "It’s the story of kinship and music and whiskey, L’il Queenie and the Big Easy whose bloody print is indelible. It’s denying Facebook and simply allowing someone from your past to remain in all her splendid glory." In fact, much of this album seems to argue against our culture's obsession with immediate gratification, both a musical and lyrical affinity for the journey and not the journey's memento.

Venturing further north, "Alberta" is about the indelible impressions of a place and its history, those that we keep close and those that we leave behind. "Olympia Inn" pays homage to a bus driver named Johnny who called everyone "darling" and shared his lost loves, triumphs, and failures late at night as the band toured the UK and Ireland. It's a wild, rocking ride of a song. "It’s meant to be romp with some swagger and selfdeprecation thrown in for good measure," says Ray. "Emily experimented with different guitar sounds and vocal approaches to bring her parts to life, and then Jordan [producer and contributing musician] put the organ down at the end and used The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion as an inspiration."

Like a good book, One Lost Day builds to the climactic "The Rise of The Black Messiah" about two-thirds of the way through the album, imbuing the whole with a structural integrity inherent to the best storytelling.

This hard-hitting rock song is chilling, a battle-cry for victims of institutional racism.

"My friend I heard you tell of slavery’s end but have you heard of mass incarceration/ That ol’ Jim Crow he just keeps getting born with a new hanging rope for the black man’s scourge," bellows Ray. The song was inspired by a letter Ray received about seven years ago from Herman Wallace, one of the socalled "Angola 3": a trio of young black men framed for the murder of a prison guard as punishment for speaking out about the horrifying conditions in the Angola prison in Louisiana. Wallace spent decades in solitary confinement before finally receiving "compassionate release" just days before his death from cancer. In his letter, he asked Ray to share his story, and "The Rise of The Black Messiah" is Ray's anthemic response; a slowbuilding, thunderous rock song anchored by Brady Blade's spirited, soulful drums.

On One Lost Day, the Girl's signature

harmonies are in full display: rolling, recursive, hot and capacious as prayer. Through dynamic soundscapes created in tandem with producer Jordan Brooke Hamlin, the album reveals structural innovations that enhance meaning. A classically-trained horn player, Hamlin contributed "layered ethereal horn parts and a strong vision and ear," says Saliers. With Hamlin, the Girls took new risks that paid huge dividends. The collaborative spirit is loud here, utilizing a host of musicians both familiar and new to the duo. One Lost Day was recorded in studios in Nashville, TN and mixed by Brian Joseph at Justin Vernon’s (of Bon Iver) April Base Studios in Fall Creek, WI and at the Parhelion Recording Studios in Atlanta, GA. Amy and Emily brought in Lex Price (k.d. lang, Mindy Smith), Butterfly Boucher (Ingrid Michaelson, Katie Herzig, Mat Kearney), Fred Eltringham (Sheryl Crow, The Wallflowers, Gigolo Aunts) and Chris Donohue (Dave Matthews, Patty Griffin, Lucinda Williams, Robert Plant) to bring a good dose of infectious energy and creativity to the scene. Additionally, musicians Brady Blade and Carol Isaacs — longstanding studio collaborators and live-show band members with the Girls — returned, along with the current Indigo Girls’ touring band. Isaacs contributes haunting piano parts on songs such as "Come a Long Way," "If I Don't Leave Here Now," and "Fishtails," and sonorous accordion parts to "Spread the Pain Around" and "Findlay, Ohio 1968." Blade offers his free-wheelin', Louisiana drumming style to "Fishtails," "Elizabeth," "Texas Was Clean," and the "The Rise of The Black Messiah."

The inputs of many of the contributing musicians are captured in a series of videos by the talented Kathlyn Horan, who filmed the crew during the recording of the album.

The videos are available on the Indigo Girls' website and in them we glimpse the ferocity and attention to detail that has helped the Indigo Girls thrive through the various capitulations of a changing music industry.

Starting with 2009's Poseidon and the Bitter Bug, their eleventh studio album, the Girls formed their own label, IG Recordings, which is now distributed by Vanguard/Concord Music Group. The move aligns with their long held commitment to creative freedom, energy they've also devoted to various social and environmental causes.

The Indigo Girls have spent thirty-five years performing together, produced fifteen albums (seven gold, four platinum, and

one double platinum), earned a Grammy and seven Grammy nominations, and have toured arenas, festivals, and clubs the world over. It is rare to find musicians together so long, rarer still with such profound successes. Their music lives in the hearts of generations of dedicated fans and continues to inspire young musicians. This loyalty is not accidental. Perhaps their relevance over three decades can be credited to the mighty collisions of distinct aesthetics forging new paths over time. The Girls' refinement — not only of style and skill, but of their own creative processes — allows access to ever new and liminal spaces.

A long creative marriage fosters its own scrappy beauty, though, and theirs grows more nuanced, weatherworn, and lovely in each successive album. Saliers and Ray live separate lives, take on independent projects, but share "the same set of values," says Saliers.

"We both embrace the struggle, share the same energy. We are sisters in our embrace of life. Observers." That sort of artistic kinship is rare and cosmic. Here, then, are the stars of that labor, the next chapter.

Friday, November 6, 2015

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Amy Grant It's rare to find a teen phenomenon who successfully makes the transition to adult superstar, and nearly impossible to find an artist who continues to remain relevant and innovative more than three decades later. Yet throughout her career, Amy Grant has always been in a class by herself.

Grant’s early work in the Christian music field helped define the genre, and her crossover success in the pop market brought her a global audience. Grant has sold more than 30 million albums, won six Grammys, 26 Dove Awards and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Her acclaimed 2013 album How Mercy Looks From Here debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Christian chart, becoming her 16th chart-topping Christian album.

Up next, the iconic artist throws her fans an enjoyable curve ball with In Motion: The Remixes. Enlisting the best remix engineers and DJs in the business, Grant delivers an engaging collection that reveals the timeless power of such classic hits as “Baby, Baby,” “Every Heartbeat,”“Stay for Awhile,” and “Love Will Find a Way” alongside more recent fare such as “Better Than a Hallelujah,” which has evolved from poignant ballad to buoyant celebration.

“I thought that ‘Better Than A Hallelujah’ was the biggest left turn,” Grant says of the 2010 hit, which becomes a soulful anthem in the hands of the godfather of gospel house DJ Mark Picchiotti. “Sometimes I find with a lot of things, whether it’s music or food, sometimes an experience that seems like a hard left becomes more intriguing with time.”

Always intriguing, Grant’s catalog of hits takes on a new life with In Motion: The Remixes. “Hearing this made me so happy,” Grant says. “It’s just a great combination of nostalgia and this totally new spin. I am humbled and honored that these amazingly talented producers have leant their gifts to my songs. They just basically made them new songs. I’m still singing all of those songs, so to hear those messages in a new musical setting, while holding onto the essence of the song, it just made me re-engage. It reminded me of the kind of enthusiastic energy that I haven’t felt for a long while. It just made me want to get up and dance.”

Over the years, Grant’s fans have gotten a little taste of how her music would sound with different interpretations. “The first

remixes that I were a part of were back in the early 90’s when I was on A&M Records.

We had multiple remixes for five singles off of the Heart in Motion album and then two song off of House of Love but we never did a collection of remixes for an album until now,” says Grant, who credits her manager, Jennifer Cooke, with suggesting the project to executives at Capitol Christian Music Group. “All along, I have had fans who have begged for a remix project, so Jennifer just went to the label and said, ‘I really feel like there’s a market for Amy in this.’”

The top DJ and remix engineers in the business were excited about lending their skills to Grant’s timeless tunes. Dance producer Chris Cox breathes new life into “That’s What Love is For” while British DJ and electronic music duo Danny Harrison and Arthur Smith, best known as Moto Blanco, add a fresh spin to Grant’s upbeat 1991 hit “Every Heartbeat.” Tony Moran and Warren Rigg put Grant’s compelling vocal front and center in their new version of “Stay for Awhile,” which explodes from the speakers with an unprecedented urgency that will bring you to your feet.

Grammy nominated producer, DJ and remixer Dave Audé brings his formidable skills to “Baby, Baby,” which first topped the charts for two consecutive weeks in 1991.

The new remixed “Baby Baby” debuted at the No. 1 Breakout spot on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart quickly earning a new legion of fans. “Remixing ‘Baby, Baby’ has definitely been one of the highlights of my career," Audé enthuses. “I loved this song when it was released in 1991, and I still love hearing it today; you can't say that about many records 23 years later. ‘Baby, Baby’ has crossed genres, and I'm hoping my remix will add yet another genre to this timeless classic.”

It is Grant’s ability to dissolve musical boundaries and impact music lovers of all ages and cultural backgrounds that has made her one of the world’s most celebrated talents for more than three decades. She grew up in Nashville, Tennessee and was just an earnest young singer/songwriter with a guitar when she caught the attention of Word Records. Her career exploded and her name became synonymous with the burgeoning contemporary Christian music

When A&M Records took her to the pop world in the early 90s, her fan base expanded exponentially. To date, she has earned three multi-platinum albums, six platinum albums and four gold albums along with ten Top 40 pop singles and seventeen Top 40 Adult Contemporary hits as well as a string of No. 1 songs on the Contemporary Christian charts.

There’s more to her impact than a treasure trove of award show trophies and a lengthy list of successful chart statistics. Ask any fan and they’ll tell you that attending an Amy Grant concert is like a great visit with an old friend. The intimacy and authenticity that informed the music of Amy’s heroes Carole King and James Taylor has become the bedrock of her own pioneering body of work. The Remixes showcases the songs that have made Amy Grant a household name in a totally new light, and though the production may be different the timeless messages of hope and optimism remain. “I love how they breathed fresh energy to these songs,” she

says. “I love the current remix sensibilities being applied to those old songs. I thought they breathed incredible new life into nostalgic melodies. It was amazing to me that they could take well known lines and recreate a whole new sonic structures.”

In Motion: The Remixes is just the latest chapter in a career that has been constantly in motion for nearly four decades. “In the last several years, the majority of the music that I have produced has been more reflective,” Grant says. “This is something that I’m so excited about it right now. I never dreamed at 53 that I would be a part of a music production that felt so youthful and made you want to dance. It’s great to want to dance again!”

Sunday, November 8, 2015

DON FELDER

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Don Felder Don Felder is renowned as a former lead guitarist of The Eagles, one of the most popular and influential rock groups of our time. The band’s record-setting compilation Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) sold over 29 million copies in the U.S. alone and was awarded by the RIAA the top-selling album of the 20th Century. A member of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 1998, Felder served as a member of The Eagles for 27 years, putting his mark on numerous Eagles milestones. Felder originated the music and co-wrote The Eagles’ biggest hit – the iconic, Grammy-studded smash “Hotel California” – along with fan favorites like “Victim of Love” and “Those Shoes.” He became immediately celebrated for his lyrical, signature guitar work on legendary songs like “Hotel California,” “One of These Nights,” “New Kid In Town,” and numerous more.

After leaving the group in 2001, Felder also became a New York Times bestselling author when his riveting confessional memoir Heaven and Hell: My Life in The Eagles proved a major commercial triumph upon publication in 2008. Growing up in the Gainesville, FL local music scene, Don Felder would incongruously encounter a number of the greatest talents that would go on to change rock and roll history. In high school, he formed a band with a young Stephen Stills; Felder also gave guitar lessons to a teenaged Tom Petty at the local music store, and The Allman Brothers were also local pals.

“Duane Allman was first person I ever saw play electric-slide guitar,” Felder recalls. “I said, ‘You’ve got to show me how to do that,’ so we sat on his mother’s floor in Daytona Beach and Duane taught me how to play slide.”

Florida is also where a young Felder would first meet Bernie Leadon, a founding member of The Eagles who would be instrumental in bringing his childhood friend into the band.

In fact, it was Leadon who encouraged him to come out to Los Angeles, where Felder found himself working both with The Eagles and in both sessions and live performances for numerous music legends spanning the musical spectrum: The Bee Gees, Bob Seger, Michael Jackson, Alice Cooper, Kenny Loggins, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Boz Scaggs, Warren Zevon, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Nicks, Vince Gill, Stevie Wonder, Elton John,

Paul Simon, Diana Ross, Barbara Streisand – and even and old friend, Steven Stills.

Putting all the tumult and glory he’d experienced to that point into perspective gave new urgency to the creation of Road to Forever – only Felder’s second solo effort in a storied, four-decade-plus sojourn through rock history. Road to Forever represents the culmination of a personal journey of introspection that Felder began over ten years ago. In 2001, he suffered an emotionally-devastating double blow – separating acrimoniously from The Eagles for the last time while facing the end of his first marriage, which had lasted 29 years and produced four children. “Every identity I’d been attached to – musician, husband, and father – was being taken away,” he says.

To heal, Felder began writing down as many memories as he could, putting his past in perspective. Finding these musings compelling, Felder was inspired to write a book, and connected with legendary Hollywood deal-maker Michael Ovitz to set it up. “Two weeks later, I went to New York with a three-page synopsis, and received four offers from publishers,” Felder says.

“Now I was forced to reflect on my life.” That introspection inspired him to “write out the stories of my life as songs. After I collected myself, I found I needed to go out and play music again, and that’s how I began recording the upcoming album.

“Who would ever thought that a guitar player from Gainesville would go on to be in The Eagles, and then become a best-selling author?” Felder continues. I had to figure all that out for myself, and I’m glad that I did. In the process of making the upcoming album, I found out who I really am – I had to find out what happened when I almost lost it all.”

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Thursday, November 12, 2015

Paco PeĂąa

FLAMENCURA

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Paco Peña: Flamencura Featuring: Paco Pena - guitar, leader Francisco Arriaga - guitar Rafael Montilla - guitar Angel Munoz - dancer Yolanda Osuna Linares - dancer Ignacio Lopez - percussion Inmaculada Rivero - vocals Bernardo Miranda Luna - vocals Paco Peña embodies both authenticity and innovation in flamenco. As guitarist, composer, dramatist, producer and artistic mentor he has transformed perceptions of this archetypal Spanish art form.

Born in the Andalucian city of Córdoba , Paco Peña began learning guitar from his brother at the age of six and made his first professional appearance at the age of 12.

In the late 1960s he left Spain for London , where his recitals of flamenco music captured the public imagination.

Venues for his solo performances have included the intimate Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club and the monumental Royal Albert Hall in London , New York ’s Carnegie Hall and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam . He has shared the stage with fellow-guitarists, singers and instrumental groups, bridging diverse musical genres, including classical, jazz, blues, country and Latin American.

In 1995 The New York Times declared that: “Mr Peña is a virtuoso, capable of dazzling an audience beyond the frets of mortal man. He combines rapid-fire flourishes with a colourist’s sense of shading; this listener cannot recall hearing any guitarist with a more assured mastery of his instrument.“ It should come as no surprise that readers of America ”s Guitar magazine judged Paco Peña Best Flamenco Guitarist of the Year for five consecutive years.

In 1981 he founded the Centro Flamenco Paco Peña in Cordoba , later becoming Artistic Director of the Córdoba International Guitar Festival. Plans are underway for a new educational initiative in Peña’s hometown, complementing his work as the world’s first Professor of Flamenco Guitar, a role established in 1985 at Rotterdam Conservatory in the Netherlands .

Since 1970 Paco Peña has performed regularly with his own hand-picked company of dancers, guitarists and singers in a succession of groundbreaking shows.

The Paco Peña Flamenco Dance Company has taken flamenco into the realm of musictheatre with regular seasons in London (Royal Festival Hall, Sadler’s Wells Theatre and Barbican) and festival appearances in Edinburgh , Adelaide , Amsterdam , Athens , Israel , Istanbul , Singapore and Hong Kong . 1999 brought the most ambitious production yet: Musa Gitana. Peña based the piece on the life and work of another artist from Córdoba, the painter Julio Romero de Torres. Its seven-week season at the Peacock Theatre in London ”s West End stands as the longest-ever run of a flamenco show and a further London season followed in Spring 2001.

Another landmark was Misa Flamenca, a 1991 setting of the Mass that juxtaposed Peña’s company with a classical choir. Its premiere at London ’s Royal Festival Hall, given with the Choir of the Academy of St Martin-inthe-Fields , was followed by a staging at the 1992 EXPO in Seville . Misa Flamenca has also been seen in Australia , New Zealand , Poland , Germany , the Netherlands , Belgium and the USA .

Paco Peña is based in London , but still spends a significant part of the year in his native Andalucía. In 1997 he was proud to be named Oficial de la Cruz de la Orden del Merito Civil, an honour bestowed by King Juan Carlos of Spain .

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Friday, November 13, 2015

Linda Eder

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Linda Eder Showcasing one of the greatest contemporary voices of our time, Linda Eder’s diverse repertoire spans Broadway, standards, pop, country and jazz. As the tragic character “Lucy” in the Broadway musical Jekyll & Hyde, from composer Frank Wildhorn, Eder blew the roof off of New York’s Plymouth Theatre each night as she belted out signature songs “Someone Like You” and “A New Life”. Her Broadway debut, for which she was rewarded with a Drama Desk nomination, sent her already rapidly rising star blazing across the sky, securing her spot as one of America’s most beloved singers and dynamic live performers. Stephen Holden of The New York Times wrote, “What do we mean when we use the word perfection? The question arises every time I watch the pop singer Linda Eder…”

Most recently, in October 2013, Linda released Christmas Where You Are, the follow-up to her best-selling and critically acclaimed Christmas Stays the Same (2000).

This new CD features twelve tracks - six selected by her fans via social media voting and two originals from Eder. It also features a unique twist on the classic, "Baby, It's Cold Outside" which Linda re-wrote and performs in a duet with her teenage son, Jake to represent a classic mother-son debate over going outside to play in a snow storm.

Born in Tucson, Arizona, and raised in Brainerd, Minnesota, Eder began her career singing in her home state and eventually landed a gig at Harrah’s Casino in Atlantic City. But it was her appearances on the 1987 season of Star Search, where she won for an unprecedented 12 weeks, that attracted the attention of audiences and record companies alike.

Eder launched her recording career in 1991 with her self-titled debut album and soon established a vital niche as America’s most popular and acclaimed new interpreter of pop standards and theatrical songs with 15 solo albums and 12 musical recordings. Those albums highlight Eder’s abundant vocal gifts as well as her skill for delivering dramatic, emotionally resonant interpretations of familiar songs while making them her own.

She followed up with The Other Side of Me, a country pop blend of contemporary music – including a song written by Linda. And, in June 2010, Linda and Clay Aiken covered Roy

Orbison’s “Crying” as a duet on Clay’s new album Tried & True.

The concert stage remains the mainstay of Eder’s career. She has performed for soldout crowds in venues across the country and throughout Europe. She has been featured on numerous PBS television concert specials including Clay Aiken’s Tried & True; Hallelujah Broadway; Linda Eder: The PBS Concert; Best of Broadway: Broadway's Leading Ladies; Best of Broadway: Love Songs; Jim Brickman plays The Disney Songbook; and more.

Her 2001 holiday concert, Christmas Stays the Same was broadcast on Bravo TV and continues to be a popular selling DVD. Trail Mix, her primetime Animal Planet special about singers with a passion for horses, was a natural extension of her love of animals and featured Linda interviewing fellow recording artists Sheryl Crow, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Irish tenor Ronan Tynan, Rob Thomas, and Aerosmith's Joe Perry.

Eder has performed at many prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall, The Town Hall, The Kennedy Center, Davies Hall, Radio City Music Hall, Wolftrap and the Ravinia Festival. Always touring in good company, her collaborations include the late Oscarwinning composer and pianist Marvin Hamlisch, Tony-winner Michael Feinstein and Keith Lockhart, conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra.

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Sunday, November 22, 2015

An Evening with

CHRIS THILE

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An Evening with Chris Thile Mandolin virtuoso and composer Chris Thile, a multiple–Grammy Award winner and a MacArthur Fellow, has long been known as an audacious improviser and a tireless collaborator whose work has incorporated bluegrass, folk, rock, jazz, and classical elements. Besides his brilliant bandmates in Punch Brothers, his fellow travelers have also included pianist Brad Mehldau, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, guitarist Michael Daves, and double bassist/composer Edgar Meyer, among others. But this time Thile has taken on perhaps his greatest musical challenge all by himself with Bach: Sonatas and Partitas, Vol. 1, which comprises three works written for solo violin: Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001; Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002; and Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003. While Thile has often included pieces by Bach in his live repertoire, alongside his own work and his interpretations of work by artists ranging from Bill Monroe to Radiohead, this disc, produced by his friend and mentor Meyer, fulfills a long-held dream to create studio recordings of these pieces rendered on mandolin. Thile says the recording sessions were an opportunity “to interact with the greatest musician who ever lived.”

“Bach was my first meaningful experience with—for lack of a better word—classical music,” Thile explains. “It was the second recording of Glenn Gould playing the Goldberg Variations. Gould plays with the kind of rhythmic integrity that I had previously only associated with non-classical music: music with a groove, with a pocket, that made you move. Gould was playing that music like my heroes play fiddle tunes.

It humanized the whole thing for me and the heavens opened up and Bach came down.

He continues, “This record to me is not about this iconic violin music played on the mandolin—like, ‘Oh boy, what fun, he’s playing a weird instrument!’ It’s about Bach being one of the greatest musicians of all time, the solo violin music being some of his best work, and the mandolin having the potential to cast it in a new and hopefully interesting light.”

The prodigious Thile was a member of groundbreaking trio Nickel Creek at the age of eight; by the time he was 12, he already had a solo recording contract with Sugar Hill. It was four years later

when he serendipitously discovered Bach, thanks to birthday gifts from his maternal grandmother and stepgrandmother, each of whom independently gave him Bach recordings: an album of the Brandenburg Concertos and Gould’s Goldberg Variations. (“I guess that means my grandfather had a type,” quips Thile.) The records set his adventurous young mind reeling: “I just started devouring all the Bach I could get my hands on—the Brandenburgs, the violin music.” He didn’t have any bold scheme to transpose these violin pieces to mandolin at first; he was simply using the instrument he knew best. “I played the mandolin and I wanted to play Bach. I set about learning it by ear because that’s how I did things. It was slow going. I would be learning the Brandenburg Concertos by ear, playing whatever part was the loudest.”

That approach, of course, did not last for long, and Thile began to teach himself to read music; “I was a 16-year-old, back there in my room, going ‘Every Good Boy Does Fine, All Cows Eat Grass’, like most musical kids do at 4 or 5. The first thing I got all the way through was the E Major Prelude, which lends itself remarkably well to the mandolin, and I've been like a kid in a candy store ever since.

I actually don't think I've traveled without an edition of the Sonatas and Partitas since then. It’s one of the true joys of my life that they exist.”

Regarding how the composer might feel about his music being played on mandolin, Thile says, “Bach was pretty casual about shuffling his music from instrument to instrument. He made organ and lute transcriptions of the violin's G-minor fugue, turned one of the violin concertos into a keyboard concerto, etc. Even though this music is, to a certain extent, an exploration of violin technique, it's also perhaps the most complete and satisfying realization of polyphony on a largely monophonic instrument ever, which almost has to have been Bach's primary objective for it, as well as for the solo cello and flute music. One of the reasons that playing the violin music on the mandolin makes sense is that it’s a slightly more polyphonic instrument than the violin, more chordal. Playing three- or four-part chords is less of a gladiator-like endeavor, which allows you to approach

things a lot differently in terms of phrasing and dynamics.”

Thile admits, “I envy people who’ve had this music their whole lives the way I’ve had fiddle tunes my whole life, which is probably one of the reasons I’ve waited so long to do this. I doubt I’ll ever feel totally confident about my perspective on the music and my approach to achieving my goals for it, but I think it was just time to go for it. Being able to lean on Edgar as a mentor since I was 18 or 19 has been incredibly valuable and getting to talk Bach with other musicians who’ve lived with his music for far longer than I have, like Yo-Yo and Jeffrey Kahane [who conducted Thile’s mandolin concerto Ad astra per alas porci with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and Colorado Symphony] has been amazing.

Being involved in the young classical music community in New York has been really valuable, too. With so many brains to pick, I finally came to the conclusion that there's really never a perfect time to record Bach.

It can mean so many different things to you at different points in your life. Gould recorded the Goldberg Variations twice.

Henryk Szeryng recorded the six sonatas and partitas for solo violin twice. I wonder if no one is ever completely prepared— and if maybe realizing that is part of being prepared enough.

Last January Meyer and Thile convened in Western Massachusetts, at the Berkshires studio where they had worked with violinist Stuart Duncan and Yo-Yo Ma on the Grammy Award-winning The Goat Rodeo Sessions.

They had considered using a concert hall setting for the recording but ultimately preferred the ambience of a smaller studio: “I like the way the room sounded and the way the mandolin sounded there. The mandolin is an imperfect instrument—there are things about it that will frustrate me for the rest of my life—but one of its strengths is that it’s a really intimate instrument, very delicate, very

vulnerable, very honest. And it’s very precise, painfully precise, with that plastic pick hitting the metal string. It’s not a big lush emotional sound like the violin; it’s a heart to heart with a close friend in your living room. And I think that’s where the mandolin shines; it’s truly a chamber instrument. When I listen to the recording now, I feel like I’m in that kind of space with the instrument; we’re in the living room together, maybe with some brandy.

Bach was a brandy man.”

Thile and Meyer worked for six days, apportioning two days for each piece. (Thile intends to record the remaining three Bach compositions of this six-work set with Meyer in the near future.) They encountered a few technical surprises along the way—“The low string is often excited by what’s happening above it and it starts ringing at the damnedest times,” confesses Thile—but, for the most part, “it was a heavenly experience to get to play music like that all day long for six days. I can’t express how much fun it was.

I don’t think I’ve ever played so much in my life. Hell of a lot of mandolin playing, even for me! You just dive down deep into these pieces and live there for a while and never, ever get tired of it. We recorded way more than we needed, I think in part because it was so hard to leave each piece; getting to the point where it was time to move on and was always kind of bittersweet.”

Quick-witted performer that he is, Thile’s skill has long been about creating something in—and for—the here and now. In a sense that is what he has also accomplished with this recording of works Johann Sebastian Bach composed nearly 300 years ago. As Thile says finally, “The real story is that this music is crackling with life, with relevant information. It’s no museum piece. Perhaps hearing it on the ‘wrong’ instrument can help take it out of its historical context and put it in a contemporary place.”

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Monday, November 30, 2015

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Mayo Performing Arts Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, presents a wide range of programs that entertain, enrich, and educate the diverse population of the region and enhance the economic vitality of Northern New Jersey. The 2015-2016 season is made possible, in part, by a grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as support received from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, F.M. Kirby Foundation and other numerous foundations, corporations and individuals.

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Michael Bolton: Greatest Hits with Holiday Favorites Michael Bolton, the multiple Grammy Awardwinning Singer, Songwriter and Social Activist, who has sold more than 53 million albums and singles worldwide, continues to tour the world every year, all while writing, recording and taping for a wide array of projects spanning music, film, television and theater. Bolton remains committed to humanitarian causes, especially through the Michael Bolton Charities as well as other social and political organizations.

Known for his soulful voice and poignant lyrics, his timeless style, charm and good looks have also earned him a spot in several “People Magazine’s Sexiest Man” issues, including 2012’s “Sexiest Man Alive.” He most recently became a viral sensation for featuring in The Lonely Island’s hugely popular, “Captain Jack Sparrow” video that launched on Saturday Night Live and was performed live on the Emmys. The Emmynominated video has racked up over 110 million views on YouTube, where it was the 3rd most viewed video of 2011. Bolton has also recently appeared in the CBS hit series Two and a half Men, as well as in TV campaigns for Starburst and Optimum. In his recent autobiography, “The Soul of it All,” Bolton states he is just teeing off on the back nine of his career.

In recognition of his artistic achievements, Michael won 2 Grammys for Best Pop Male Vocal Performance (nominated four times), 6 American Music Awards, and a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. As a songwriter, he has earned over 24 BMI & ASCAP Awards, including Songwriter of the Year, 9 MillionAir awards, and the Hitmakers Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Internationally renowned, Michael has recorded and performed with musical icons that have inspired and influenced his own career. He joined Luciano Pavarotti on stage in a highly praised rendition of “Vesti La Giubba,” and pays homage to the Italian tenor when performing the aria “Nessun Dorma” at each of his concerts while on tour. He has sung with Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras and Renee Fleming and played guitar with BB King. Bolton earned a Grammy-nomination for “Georgia on my Mind,” and was invited to sing the classic song to Ray Charles when Ray was honored at the International Jazz Hall of Fame Awards in 1997. Michael performed

duets with both Seal and Lara Fabian to standing ovations for a March 2011 David Foster and Friends PBS special. At #3 on the Billboard R&B charts, he debuted his 23rd studio album, “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough: A tribute to Hitsville USA”, with a live broadcast concert featuring Motown legends Smokey Robinson, Valerie Simpson, Martha Reeves and many more. The album features duets with artists such as Kelly Rowland, Leona Lewis, Melanie Fiona, and Delta Goodrem. Michael also recently featured on a track for Kid Cudi’s newest album and continues to collaborate with tomorrow’s new stars.

A diverse and prolific songwriter, Bolton has worked with some of the greatest songwriters and producers of our time, Lady Gaga, Diane Warren, Desmond Child, David Foster, Walter Afanasieff, Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, John “Mutt” Lange, Dann Huff, A.R. Rahman, Phil Ramone, Ne Yo, and Billy Mann, among others. He is one of the very few artists to have co-written with the legendary Bob Dylan, resulting in the mega hit, “Steel Bars.” Michael has penned songs that have been recorded and performed by a diverse list of over 100 artists, ranging from country western legend Conway Twitty to hip hop superstar Kanye West featuring Jay Z and John Legend. Other greats who have performed Bolton’s songs include Mark Anthony, Wynonna Judd, Joe Cocker, Peabo Bryson, Kenny Rogers, and Patti LaBelle.

Michael has written #1 hit singles impacting the careers of artists such as Laura Branigan (“How Am I Supposed to Live Without You”), KISS (“Forever”), Barbra Streisand (“We’re Not Making Love Anymore”), Cher (“I Found Someone”), and Kenny G (“By the Time this Night is Over”).

Michael has always balanced a love for writing new songs with a passion for covering the classics. On his breakthrough album The Hunger, Bolton authored the #1 single “That’s What Love is All About” and sang his chart topping version of Otis Redding’s “(Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay,” which was a hit on 4 radio formats. That album was certified double Platinum and shipped 4 million copies worldwide.

To date, Michael has seen 8 studio albums rank in the Top Ten, with 9 #1 singles. Bolton’s true signature success was seized with the

album Soul Provider, selling more than 12.5 million copies world-wide, and showcasing several chart-toppers including the #1 hit single “How Am I Supposed to Live Without You,” which earned Michael his first Grammy.

This pivotal album also includes the hit singles “When I’m Back on My Feet” Again,” “How Can We Be Lovers,” “Soul Provider,” and of course the Grammy-nominated “Georgia on My Mind.”

Soon after, Bolton released the #1 album Time, Love & Tenderness, which has sold over 16 million copies world-wide, and features his Grammy Award-winning vocal performance of the #1 blockbuster hit “When A Man Loves a Woman.” This album also produced the hit singles: “Love Is a Wonderful Thing,” “Time, Love and Tenderness” and “Missing You Now,” as well as the Dylan co-write “Steel Bars.”

Bolton followed this up with a collection of soulful classics on Timeless, delivering the hit singles “To Love Some Somebody” and “Reach Out I’ll Be There.” Timeless sold over 7 million copies worldwide.

From his next album The One Thing came Michael’s massive single “Said I Loved You… But I Lied,” which spent 12 weeks at #1 on the AC charts and earned him another Grammynomination.

Michael has always been attracted to a wide array of musical categories, from Sinatra favorites (Bolton Swings Sinatra), to classical

arias (My Secret Passion), which achieved #1 on the classical charts for 6 consecutive weeks. His most recent studio album features an authentic approach to Motown and soulful classics, as well as original songs written in the same vein.

Michael’s songs and performances have been featured in numerous television and film soundtracks, including the Oscarnominated theme song “Go the Distance” from Walt Disney’s blockbuster animated film Hercules. He also executive produced the documentary Terror at Home addressing Domestic Violence in America, and was Emmy-nominated for writing the title song “Tears of The Angels”.

For his dedication to social activism, Michael has been honored with several Humanitarian awards – including the Martin Luther King Award granted by the Congress of Racial Equality (C.O.R.E.), the Lewis Hine Award from The National Child Labor Committee, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor from the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations, and the Frances Preston Lifetime Achievement Award. Michael is especially proud of the initiatives carried out by his own foundation, the The Michael Bolton Charities, now in its 21st Year of advocating on behalf of women and children at risk.

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Robert Irvine Live!

Acclaimed chef and restaurateur Robert Irvine has seen things most gastronomic personalities only dream about, and gone where others fear to tread. Cooking his way through Europe, the Far East, the Caribbean and across America on his two hit Food Network series, “Dinner: Impossible” and “Restaurant: Impossible,” the author of “Mission: Cook! – My Life, My Recipes, And Making The Impossible Easy” (HarperCollins) has prepared masterful culinary creations for virtually every possible occasion, from simple intimate gatherings to dinners for the British Royal Family, including heads of state and honored guests aboard their Royal Yacht Britannia; for high-ranking dignitaries, politicians and VIP’s as part of the Guest Chef program at the White House; for 6,000 servicemen and women on a US aircraft carrier; and various celebrity events such as a spectacular star-studded Academy Awards gala after party.

On Dinner: Impossible, Irvine was challenged every week, traveling at a moment’s notice to cook by the clock in locations unknown and events undisclosed, with no idea where his kitchen, equipment or food would come from. He cooked on a deserted island, in an Ice Hotel, without electricity in a 17th century manor at Colonial Williamsburg, for 4,000 at the inauguration of Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, for Priscilla Presley at Graceland, for the animators at Pixar Studios, for 1,000 construction workers in Boston, for 850 Marines heading for Iraq, and for the Master Chefs at the Culinary Institute of America. It’s no surprise that fellow chef Bobby Flay referred to Irvine as “The Indiana Jones of Chefs.”

On his current hit Food Network series, “Restaurant: Impossible,” Irvine faces daunting new challenges on every episode as he strives to save some of America’s most desperate restaurants from impending failure -- in just two days with only $10,000. Utilizing his signature creativity, resourcefulness and muscle, Irvine fights to rescue these establishments and give new hope to their owners and employees.

With his new “Robert Irvine Live” stage show, the seasoned, celebrated, no-nonsense chef takes his signature culinary sensibilities to a whole new level, resulting in a high energy, interactive, multimedia and multi-sensory theatrical experience that offers numerous opportunities for audience participation as Irvine faces new and unique culinary challenges. Since first launching on April 13, 2012, at the Capitol Theater in Clearwater, Florida, Robert Irvine Live has sold-out to rave reviews and standing ovations. There are currently 16 shows scheduled throughout the rest of 2012 in the U.S., Canada and Hawaii.

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Thursday, December 3, 2015

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Sarah McLachlan With over 25 years in the recording industry, Sarah McLachlan is a multi-platinum singer and songwriter best known for her intimate vocals and relatable lyrics. Canadian-born, this Grammy and Juno Award winning artist has sold over 40 million albums throughout her career.

McLachlan was instantly drawn to music as a child and honed her skills by studying voice, classical piano and guitar. At just 17 years old, McLachlan was discovered by Nettwerk Records while heading a New Wave band.

With her reluctant parents asking her to focus on school, she waited two years before signing with Nettwerk. With a deal in place, McLachlan packed her bags, moved to Vancouver and began writing music for her first album, Touch, which was released in 1989.

Her sophomore release, Solace, went gold and solidified her as a rising star in Canada.

With two successful albums under her belt, McLachlan began penning the lyrics for Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, which contained the haunting single “Possession”. An immediate hit in Canada, the album became her breakthrough release in the United States making it onto the contemporary charts.

McLachlan’s next album Surfacing was released in 1997 and became her bestselling release to-date. Surfacing peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200 and went eighttimes platinum in the U.S. The album won a Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Performance for “Building a Mystery” and another for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for “Last Dance”. Surfacing also provided McLachlan with four Juno Awards in her native Canada.

In 1997 McLachlan also founded the Lilith Fair tour, showcasing female artists and bringing over 2 million people together during its three-year run. Lilith Fair raised more than $7 million for women’s charities and helped launch the careers of numerous women performers. The festival was the most successful all-female music event and was the top-grossing touring festival at that time.

Her prominent role in Lilith Fair also led to several highly-regarded recognitions for McLachlan. In 1998, she was awarded the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Visionary Award from New York’s Governor George Pataki for furthering the careers of women in music.

McLachlan was then awarded the highest honor a Canadian citizen can receive by being appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1999. Presented by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, the appointment was in recognition of her successful career, her role in Lilith Fair and the charitable contributions she made to women’s shelters across Canada.

In the summer of 1999 McLachlan released Mirrorball featuring live performances of hit songs from her previous two albums. The four-time platinum selling album earned her a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Album and won the Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for “I Will Remember You”.

In 2001, McLachlan was bestowed another honor by being appointed to the Order of British Columbia, the Province’s highest recognition, for excellence and lifetime achievement, was given to her for her dedication to bettering the lives of her fellow citizens.

While taking a break from recording, McLachlan continued her philanthropic efforts by laying the groundwork for a non-profit music education program in Vancouver. When she first envisioned a music school at no cost, she knew that in order for her vision to thrive, she would have to think outside the box. The Sarah McLachlan School of Music officially opened its doors in 2003 with a mission to provide top quality music instruction at no cost, in a safe and nurturing environment, for at-risk and underserved children and youth. The School reaches hundreds of young people every year, providing them with the space and the tools they need to express themselves and it offers a secure, inspiring place to learn, practice, and ultimately connect with others and with themselves.

Returning to the studio in 2003, McLachlan burst back into the spotlight with Afterglow.

Reaching double-platinum, Afterglow featured hit singles “Fallen”, “World on Fire” and “Stupid”.

Changing directions in 2006, McLachlan released her first Christmas album Wintersong. Filled with timeless tracks, the album rose to the #7 position on the Billboard 200 album chart and claimed the #1 spot on iTunes.

In 2010, McLachlan released her first studio album of all original material for the first time in nearly seven years titled Laws of Illusion.

Produced by her longtime collaborator Pierre Marchand, the album featured 12 new songs and debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200. The album featured the single “One Dream” which became the official theme song of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. McLachlan then went on to perform her hit “Ordinary Miracle” at the opening ceremony of the Olympics in her home city of Vancouver in front of an estimated 3 billion television viewers worldwide.

McLachlan’s latest album Shine On was released in 2014; it explores her personal journey over the last three years navigating love, loss and change. Shine On celebrates the human ability to grow from our experiences, thrive and shine on.

Today Sarah continues to call Vancouver home where she resides with her two daughters, India and Taja.

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Friday, December 4, 2015

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Mayo Performing Arts Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, presents a wide range of programs that entertain, enrich, and educate the diverse population of the region and enhance the economic vitality of Northern New Jersey. The 2015-2016 season is made possible, in part, by a grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as support received from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, F.M. Kirby Foundation and other numerous foundations, corporations and individuals.

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Christmas from Dublin with the Three Irish Tenors Ciaran Nagle Ciarán Nagle’s first real interest in singing began when he was ten, when he played the lead role in a school production of the Gypsy Baron. From that moment, singing and music have always been his passion. Ciarán trained in the College of Music Dublin and in the Royal Academy of Music Dublin. He became a member of the National Chamber Choir of Ireland, singing with them until 1998. Under the baton of Robert Shaw, he performed at NY’s Carnegie Hall in productions of Haydn’s “Creation” and “Seasons.” Ciarán has worked extensively with Opera Ireland, appearing in numerous productions, including: La Cenerentola, Faust, The Magic Flute, La Boheme, MacBeth, Falstaff, and The Tales of Hoffman. A keen fan of musical theatre and operetta, Ciarán has performed such roles as “Gaylord Ravenal” in Showboat, “Ralph” in HMS Pinafore, “Cascada” in The Merry Widow, and “Tony” in WestSide Story.

This led to Ciarán’s appointment in 1998 as the lead male singer of Riverdance, with whom he toured for two years across Europe and Japan. Upon returning to Dublin, he became a founding member of the Three Irish Tenors, which has gone on to win huge national and international success.

Known affectionately as “The Anthem Man,” Ciarán has sung the Irish National Anthem for both the Hurling and Gaelic Football All Ireland Finals in Croke Park to capacity crowds in excess of eighty thousand. He also sang the National Anthem at several world cup qualifiers in Landsdowne Road to crowds of more than fifty thousand people. In 2005, Ciarán sang the “Rose of Tralee” at the final presentation of the globally renowned pageant by the same name, and he has had the privilege of singing the American National Anthem at the invitation of the Pittsburg Steelers in the Heinz Field Stadium.

At the 2002 Fourth of July Celebrations in Dublin, he performed with Neil Diamond, singing both the American and Irish National Anthems.

Ciarán is also the producer (and a performer) in Druid – A Musical Journey – Which has tours in the US and Europe.

His latest show, Nollaig: An Irish Christmas - is a unique and personal show where he performs with some of the world’s most renowned musicians and Irish dancers and with his life partner Tara Novak (Violin and

Voice). Nollaig: An Irish Christmas has just premiered in the US in December 2011 to huge critical acclaim.

Karl Scully Scully was born in Limerick, Ireland. He kick-started his career in 2000 when he played the role of Count John McCormack in the cinematic film “Nora”, by Pat Murphy and Gerard Stembridge, starring Ewan McGregor. He followed his on screen success by performing operatic roles such as: Don Jose in “Carmen” by Bizet; The Witch in “Hansel and Gretel” by Humperdinck; MacHeath, in “Beggars Opera” and Albert, in “Albert Herring” by Benjamin Britten; King Ouf in “L'etoile” by Chabrier; Paolino, in "Il Matrimonio Segreto" by Cimarosa; Ferrando, in “Cosi Fan Tutte” by Mozart; and Arturo in “Lucia di Lammermoor" by Gaetano Donizetti. During his time in Italy, Karl was a permanent artist in the Teatro Carlo FeliceOpera House in Genoa. While there he performed solo roles alongside world famous artists including Samuel Ramey, Robert Brubaker, and Dwayne Croft.

Karl Scully is a recent graduate of the Manhattan School of Music and was a recipient of the Liberace Scholarship and the Mae Zenke Orvis Endowed Opera Scholarship.

Dillion McCartney Dillon McCartney is a singer whose “voice and artistry hearken back to a time gone by.” (New York Times) The sheer beauty of his voice, his virtuosic technique, stratospheric range and unique command of a variety of musical styles from operatic classics to American musical theater, as well as popular and Irish favorites have brought him international engagements as an operatic, theatrical and concert soloist. He has performed in some of the great venues of the world including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The Benedum Center, Heinz Hall, Il Teatro Bellini and La Basilica San Marco in countries such as Brazil, Norway, England, France, Italy and Israel as well as regionally throughout the United States. His performances pay homage to the tenors of the “golden age” including Tito Schipa, John McCormack, Alfredo Kraus, Kenny Baker and Dennis Day with a modern sensibility akin to Josh Groban and Andrea Bocelli resulting in wide range audience appeal.

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Monday, December 14, 2015

Our Mission

Mayo Performing Arts Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, presents a wide range of programs that entertain, enrich, and educate the diverse population of the region and enhance the economic vitality of Northern New Jersey. The 2015-2016 season is made possible, in part, by a grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as support received from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, F.M. Kirby Foundation and other numerous foundations, corporations and individuals.

As a courtesy to the artists and for the uninterrupted enjoyment of your fellow patrons, please turn off all cell phones, pagers, beepers and other electronic devices. Please unwrap any lozenges before the performance begins. No portion of this performance may be photographed, recorded, filmed, taped, broadcast or mechanically reproduced without the written consent of the Artist and/or the Presenter. Mayo Performing Arts Center is not responsible for lost or stolen items.

Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook from Squeeze: The At Odds Couple It’s 1973 in South London. Teenage friends Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook form the band that will see them dubbed ‘The New Lennon and McCartney’. Over 35 years later, with their legacy intact and as vital as it has ever been, Squeeze is still touring and reminding fans why they have left such an indelible impression on the UK’s music scene.

As teenagers on the South London scene, Squeeze – setting out their stall early on by facetiously naming themselves after a poorlyreceived Velvet Underground album, and at the time also comprised of Jools Holland on keys, Harry Kakouli on bass and Paul Gunn on drums - became a fixture of the burgeoning New Wave movement. When Gilson Lavis replaced Gunn on drums everything seemed to fall into place - ironically, it was none other than Velvet Underground man John Cale who caught wind in 1977 and offered to produce their debut EP ‘Packet Of Three’ and much of the ensuing album.

Their second album ‘Cool For Cats’, released in 1979, cemented their place as one of Britain’s most important young bands. Featuring ‘Up The Junction’ as well as the title track, it was many listeners’ first introduction to the witty kitchen-sink lyricism and new-wave guitar music that has become the band’s trademark. With albums ‘Argybargy’ and the Elvis Costello-produced ‘East Side Story’, Squeeze made waves across the pond. Paul Carrack would replace Jools Holland, going on to lend his unmistakable vocals to the smash hit ‘Tempted’.

By 1984 Squeeze had disbanded. The chemistry between Tilbrook and Difford could not be as easily dismissed however, and the ensuing record they made together has become the “lost” Squeeze album for many fans. Squeeze reformed the next year for ‘Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti’, along with Holland, Lavis and Keith Wilkinson, Squeeze’s longest serving bass player. Over the next 12 years Difford and Tilbrook remained the only constant element as Squeeze continued to receive critical acclaim, release albums and tour, with the likes of ‘Hourglass’ becoming their biggest ever hit in the USA. Despite an official Squeeze break-up in 1999, Difford and Tilbrook continued to make music and gig with the same enthusiasm and abandon that they brought to Squeeze’s first EP, either with their own solo projects or with each other. Chris Difford has released three

solo albums to date, while Glenn Tilbrook has also released three solo albums, with 2009’s ‘Pandemonium Ensues’ heralding the debut of his other band The Fluffers. He too has toured relentlessly with The Fluffers, and recently has recorded an album as “The CoOperative” with blues veterans 9 Below Zero.

Charitable work also plays a large role in their lives - Tilbrook has also been an active member of the Love Hope Strength Foundation, which sees him join fellow musicians such as founder Mike Peters (The Alarm), going on treks and climbing some of the globe’s greatest landmarks in order to raise money to help treat cancer sufferers throughout the world. Difford meanwhile spends many hours working with recovering addicts and alcoholics in prisons and rehab centers, with musical workshops, performances, and by telling his own inspirational life story.

As befits one of the UK’s much-loved acts, there is no end of Squeeze fans wearing their influences firmly on their sleeve, whether it be Mark Ronson, Kasabian, Supergrass, Lily Allen, The Feeling or Razorlight. With their fingerprints keenly felt throughout the fabric of popular music, it is only right that these songs continue to be played and enjoyed live. Since 2007, a newly reformed Squeeze has been finding time to play gigs and festival dates, preferring to reaffirm their abilities as a band rather than follow some of their peers who have come out in a blaze of publicity, only to be met with disappointment.

Now the subject of a major BBC documentary in the works, Difford and Tilbrook are also working on the first new Squeeze material in over 15 years.

Squeeze’s contribution to music has been noted in 2010 with the site of their first gig being awarded a prestigious PRS For Music Heritage Plaque, which has so far commemorated the debuts of Blur and Dire Straits. It joins an ever-increasing list of Squeeze accolades alongside their recent Ivor Novello for Outstanding Contribution to British Music and their Nordoff-Robbins Icon Award and the Mojo Icon Award.

Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook have survived everything over the years, from the ever-changing musical landscape to their own internal reshuffles and acrimonious breakups - still going strong and still loving every moment.

RESTAURANT GUIDE Mayo Performing Arts Center would like to thank the following restaurants for their advertising support.

3 West Restaurant

665 Martinsville Rd, Basking Ridge; 908-647-3000 From the smoky wood flavors of seasonal appetizers and entrees, to the finely executed desserts, we at 3 West strive to keep customers coming back for more. www.3westrest.com

Aikou

54 South Street, Morristown; 973-538-0550 Aikou Restaurant blends traditional Culinary art with the modern concept of fine dining in an elegant contemporary atmosphere.

The excellence of our service makes our diners feel the most satisfaction and enjoyment in dining. www.aikouasiancuisine.com

Black Horse Tavern & Pub

1 West Main Street, Mendham; 973-543-7300 Indulge in the area’s finest cuisine. Beauty and historic charm meets modern dining in the newly decorated Black Horse Pub. Enjoy choice steaks, signature salads, and some of the freshest seafood this side of the Jersey shore from our Oyster and Clam Bar. Live guitar music fills the night on Fridays and Saturdays. www.blackhorsenj.com

Blue Morel Restaurant and Wine Bar

2 Whippany Road; (973) 451-2619 (at the Westin Governor Morris)

Combines the finest seasonal ingredients from local, regional, organic and sustainable farms with the culinary creativity of Chef Thomas Ciszak and Chef Kevin Takafuji. Blue Morel creates a farm to table experience serving New American Cuisine, Sushi and a Seafood Raw Bar.

www.BlueMorel.com

David Todd’s City Tavern

150 South Street; 973-993-8066 An upscale casual restaurant offering a unique, eclectic menu, boutique wines, craft beers and signature cocktails. Enjoy our industrial chic ambiance conducive to meeting new friends, renewing old acquaintances and just having a good time. www.davidtoddscitytavern.com

Dublin Pub

4 Pine Street; 973-538-1999 Right across the street from the theatre.

Authentic Irish Pub with cozy atmosphere and great food and drink. Private room available for parties. www.dublinpubmorristown.com

Eclectic Grill

@ Morristown Hyatt, Headquarters Plaza 973-647-1234 Exciting and innovative American cuisine.

Complimentary self-parking. www.morristown.hyatt.com

Enjou Chocolat

8 DeHart Street; 973-993-9090 Gourmet Chocolate, Custom Shaped Chocolate, Corporate Gifts, Gift Baskets, Wedding & Party Favors. www.enjouchocolat.com

George & Martha’s

67 Morris Street; 973-267-4700 Modern American menu in a sophisticated and fun atmosphere. The restaurant features an exciting nightlife, from Happy Hours to live entertainment and hosted events.

Whether you’re looking for lunch, dinner or cocktails with friends, George & Martha’s is a great choice every day of the week. www.georgeandmarthas.com

RESTAURANT GUIDE Mayo Performing Arts Center would like to thank the following restaurants for their advertising support.

The Godfather of Morristown

10 Lafayette Street; 862-260-9500 The Godfather of Morristown offers “So Much More than Pizza” while still serving “The Pizza You Can’t Refuse!!!” Featuring a Raw Bar, the freshest seafood & traditional Italian cuisine, The Godfather offers a dining experience for everyone. Whether the night calls for a quick bite or a relaxing full-service meal, The Godfather’s free parking garage off Lafayette will make your dining experience all the more convenient.

Reservations accepted for lunch, dinner or even weekend breakfast. www.godfatherofmorristown.com

Grato

2230 Route 10 West, Morris Plains; 973-267-4006 Seasonal Italian Cuisine. Grato means ‘grateful’ in Italian, and that’s just how you’ll feel after a meal at this pleasing restaurant. www.gratorestaurant.com

La Campagna Ristorante

5 Elm Street; 973-644-4943

Here at La Campagna we use only the finest quality ingredients. We use the best cut of nature veal which is the top round.

Many of our imported Italian products include extra virgin olive oil, aged parmesan cheese, wonderful pastas and buffalo milk mozzarella. www.lacampagnamorristown.com

Monster Sushi

5 Pine Street, Morristown

Generous sushi rolls & other Japanese fare dispatched in digs decorated with monster movie posters. www. monstersushi.com

The Office Tavern Grill

3 South Street; 973-285-0220

Villa worked to restore the 7 locations in North Central NJ and give each location a fresh start with a new menu, a craft centric beer selection, great happy hours and a fun & friendly atmosphere. It is our goal to make sure that each time you visit The Office, it is better than the time before. www.office-beerbar.com

Roots Steakhouse

40 W Park Place; 973-326-1800

Diners can expect delicious USDA aged prime beef sourced from the highest quality ranches in the mid-west. We pride ourselves on only center cut beefs and cooked at 1800 degrees to ensure our guests the best product possible. www.rootssteakhouse.com

Ruth’s Chris Steak House

1 Hilton Court, Parsippany; 973-889-1400

We at Ruth’s Chris serve up a lot more than just our famous sizzling steaks. Private Dining available, book your next memorable event with us. www.ruthschris.com

Sirin Thai Restaurant

3 Pine Street; 973-993-9122

Just around the corner from the theatre.

Authentic Thai cuisine. www.sirinthairestaurant.com

Swiss Chalet Bakery

159 South Street; 973-267-0092

We’re a full service bakery with a daily selection of over 200 freshly baked items and a self-serve beverage center offering delicious fresh ground coffee & a variety of teas. Additionally, we offer cappuccino, espresso and lattes and a selection of natural European jams & jellies. www.swisschaletbakery.com

RESTAURANT GUIDE Mayo Performing Arts Center would like to thank the following restaurants for their advertising support.

Tabor Road Tavern

Urban Table

Offers fine American dining and a full wine list all set in airy atrium with cozy fireplaces and sweeping bar. www.taborroadtavern.com

Serves breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week. The menu focuses on fun, casual fare. The atmosphere is bright and full of Urban whimsy. It offers full service bar featuring great wine, Trap Rock draft beers and delicious shakes and smoothies. www.urbantablerestaurant.com

510 Tabor Road, Morris Plains; 973-267-7004

40 W Park Place; 973-326-9200

Tito’s Burritos

26 Washington Street; 973-267-8486 Mexican Food - Burritos, Tacos, Quesadillas, Nachos, Hot Wings - It’s All Good! www.titosburritos.com

Where good friends, a passion for food and a commitment to just having a good time come together.

10% OFF your entire check with ticket stub One discount per table. Cannot be combined with any other offers.

Lunch Monday – Friday – 11:30a – 2:30p Saturday - 12:00p - 3:00p

Dinner Monday – Thursday – 5:00p – 10:00p; Friday & Saturday – 5:00p – 11:00p; Sunday - 4:00p - 9:00p

4 Stars from Open Table! • 4 Stars from Yelp!

1.5 blocks from the theatre! • Free Parking Available!

150 South Street Morristown, NJ 07960 973.993.8066 | www.davidtoddscitytavern.com

Mayo Performing Arts Center 2015-2016 Supporters We wish to thank our donors for their generous support of our Annual Fund* $100,000 and higher F. M. Kirby Foundation Jacobs Levy Equity Management New Jersey State Council on the Arts $40,000 - $99,999 The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation $20,000 - $39,999 A. P. Kirby, Jr. Foundation, Inc. BASF Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Neil Gagnon Frances MacMaster Morris County Historic Preservation Trust $10,000 - $19,999 AAA Northeast Wendy Aresty Atlantic Health: Chambers Center for Well Being The Thomas and Agnes Carvel Foundation County of Morris Board of Chosen Freeholders Goldberg Segalla LLP Goldman Sach Gives The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey The Hyde & Watson Foundation Paul Miller Auto Private Advisor Group The Provident Bank Foundation RBC Wealth Management Mary Jane Robertson and James A. Clark Doug and Tracy Sieg

$5,000 - $9,999 Sheri and Steve Alexander The Arnold F. Baggins Foundation, Inc. Lewis D. Brounell Charitable Trust Crum and Forster Kristin Elliott Charitable Trust Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute, Morristown Medical Center The Walter F. and Alice Gorham Foundation, Inc. Joe and Jeanne Goryeb Unjeria C. Jackson, MD and Mr. Larry Thompson Jacobs Levy Equity Management Personalized Genomic Medicine Program JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. Longo Electrical-Mechanical, Inc. McCarter & English, LLP MetLife Foundation Novartis PNC Foundation PricewaterhouseCoopers PUCUDA Leading Edge William E. Simon Foundation, Inc. Wells Fargo $1,000 - $4,999 The Charitable Foundation of the Burns Family, Inc. Investors Foundation Jersey Central Power & Light A FirstEnergy Company Jockey Hollow Foundation The Sandra Kupperman Foundation Staples Inc. TD Bank N.A. The Harold Wetterberg Foundation As of October 4, 2015 * Excludes membership gifts

Gifts In-Kind Diversified Media Group Drinker, Biddle & Reath, LLP Elliott’s Flower Shoppe Enjou Chocolat

Google Hawk Graphics Inc. Larena Construction LLP Village Super Market of Greater Morristown This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/ Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

Steinway & Sons is the official piano of the Mayo Performing Arts Center.

Mayo Performing Arts Center acknowledges the following generous Performance Sponsors and Partners Performance Sponsors

Board of Trustees

Media Partners

Hotel Partners

For more information about sponsorship opportunities and the associated benefits, please call Justin Wynn at 973-539-9345 x6550 or email jwynn@mayoarts.org. *As of October 4, 2015

Main Lobby Building Project The Mayo Performing Arts Center has completed renovating and expanding its main lobby and plaza area. Now we are turning our focus to make additional upgrades to our building and will keep you informed of our progress.

We would like to thank the following donors for their generous support of the Main Lobby Building Project: $300,000 and above The Gagnon Family F.M. Kirby Foundation

$250,000 - $299,999 John and Margaret Post Foundation

$100,000 - $249,999 A.P. Kirby, Jr. Foundation, Inc. Jay and Wendy Birnbaum The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation Paula and William Marino Eileen and N. Larry Paragano Sr.

$50,000 - $99,999 Conger Family Foundation Jeanne and Joseph Goryeb Jacobs Levy Equity Management Gail and Ben Lobel Mary Jane Robertson and James A. Clark

$25,000 - $49,999 Linda and Jay Hellstrom The Hyde and Watson Foundation Jenny and Jeffrey Kalajian Sudy and Bud Mayo Carol and Robert Mulholland Maxine and Harry Riskin Wendy and Gregory Supron

$10,000 - $24,999 Gar Wood N. Burwell The Ellis Family The Walter F. and Alice Gorham Foundation Kathy and Greg Heher Unjeria C. Jackson, MD and Larry E. Thompson Dr. and Mrs. Bruce I. Jacobs Karen and Jefferson Kirby Larena Construction LLC Pamela and Joseph Longo

James K. Malloy Marylyn and Thomas McLaughlin Helen and Jim Quinn Anne and Robert Rooke Elise and Thomas J. Ross, Jr. Clementina, Debra and Ron Sanes Brenda and Leonard Sichel Anita J. Siegel Claudia and Kenneth Silverman Joseph Weber

$5,000 - $9,999 Daniel and Meryl Alesandro Sally Epstein Matthew and Teresa Finlay Edward and Beth Gramigna Anita Hotchkiss and Christopher Martin Marcia and Peter Hunter Thomas Jardim and Karen Fountain MATTHEW 18:5 Foundation Lary Wasserman

$1,000 to $4,999 The Elliott Averett Family Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Bach Rev. Janet Broderick Louise and Malcolm Chamalian Theresa de Leon Nancy and Flo Brown Foley Joan and James Lynch Dana and Eric Macy Lois and Peter Mancuso Dr. Edward and Norlyn Poto Michael Shoblock Marilyn and Mark Talve Foundation The Wallerstein Foundation for Geriatric Life Improvement Neva and Rich Watson

Naming Opportunities are available for gifts ranging from $500 to $500,000.

Donations at every level make an impact! Please call Marcia Hunter at 973-539-0345 ext. 6514 or email mhunter1@mayoarts.org for more information on how to be a part of this exciting project!

The Starlight Society MPAC gratefully acknowledges its Starlight Society members for their generous contributions, providing the theater’s leading source of annual support each year.

President’s Circle $10,000 and up Wendy Aresty Jim and Donna Chambers The Ellis Family Bruce and Antonia Gollob Joe and Jeanne Goryeb Sheridan and John Greeniaus John J. Hallacy and Mary Ann LoFrumento John and Kristin Hyland Bud and Sudy Mayo Clementina, Debra and Ron Sanes Claudia and Kenneth Silverman Producer’s Circle $5,000 -$9,999 Sheri and Steve Alexander Theresa Augustine-Christie In loving memory of Stephen D. and Phyllis P. Bach Lois Brounell Betty Carroll Christie Family Foundation Mary E. and David L. Cobb Gordon and Cindy Crawford Rob and Nancye Falzon David and Jill Farris Frederick and Katherine Fultz Steve and Kathy Gillen Jay and Linda Hellstrom Ken and Sylvia Isaacson Unjeria C. Jackson, MD and Mr. Larry Thompson Richard and Cindy Johnson Jennifer and Jeffrey Kalajian Mr. and Mrs. Byron Knief Paula and Bill Marino Nancy and Howard Moseson Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mulholland Mr. and Mrs. James Nason John F. and Baiba Norton Nancy and Jeffrey Rich Mary Jane Robertson and James A. Clark Andrew and Tracy Roettger Bob and Anne Rooke Hank and Jacke Schram Michael and Maria Simoff Allan and Barbara Staats James and Janet Stanard Mr. Jon Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Supron Sonia Turnquist Director’s Circle $3,000-$4,999 Carole Baker and Joseph Ward Chip Carver and Anne DeLaney Ann and Art Corwin Mary Ellen and Paul DeNoon John and Lisa Ennis Ms. Sarah R. Epstein

Tom and Susan Fuller Tobi and George Goldman Dana Griffith and Jack Hogoboom Orren and Trish Grushkin Jerry and Jerry Happ Karen and Jeff Kirby Michael Kohner Will and Dyanna McGuire Nancy and David Medford Pam Mondelli and Paul Pazniokas Marianne and Walter Morris Diane and Bob Noelke John O’Grady and Brad Motta Ms. Carolyn Olenowski Eileen and Larry Paragano Carole and Jack Plaxe Eileen and Carlos Rodriguez Dr. Michael and Mrs. Alice Samach Robert and Sherry Scott Leonard and Brenda Sichel Anita J. Siegel Susan and Rick Sinay The Hon. and Mrs. Timothy L. Smith Deborah Vilage and James Wilkinson Artist’s Circle $2,000-$2,999 Arnie and Ruth Aprahamian Patti Aresty Richard and Connie Batherman Kevin and Ginger Brennan Gregg and Jackie Buckalew Denis and Barbara Burke Mr. Gar Wood N. Burwell Malcolm and Louise Chamalian James and Doreen Costello Glenn and Eleanor Coutts Data Designs, Inc. Robin and Tim Devaney Harriett and Bob Druskin Teresa and Matthew Finlay Caren Frankel and Dr. Jory Magidson Caroline and Richard Godfrey Mr. Joseph P. Goryeb, Sr. Virginia and Russell Hawkins Kristin and Will Henson Marcia and Peter Hunter Mr. and Mrs. Robin Kinney Frederick K. Kleen, III and Virginia DeLalla Jane and Michael Kurek Mark and Cindy Magath Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Matlesky Thomas and Marylyn McLaughlin Mr. David F. Miller and Ms. Sheila F. Eule Steven and Sherry Nalbone Laurie and Joseph Nosofsky Mr. and Mrs. Scott Pester

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Ms. Candace Pauwels The Pearce Family Ms. Greselda Powell Vlasta and Alan Romanowicz Stacey Rudbart Jan and Jer Russo Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Schneider Patrick and Claire Shadood Peggy and John Shannon Michelle and Michael Shapiro Eric and Debi Sussman The Swope Family Dr. and Mrs. Steven A. Wahl Neva and Rich Watson Sheryl and Gary Weine The Young Family Champion: $300 Mr. and Mrs. Butch A. Acker Joe and Tracy Amelio Ms. Marie Anderson Dan and Lisa Andriola Dennis and Sandy Atieh Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Beamer Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. Beebe Mr. John M. Bianchi Ms. Nancy Brady Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Buteux Michelle M. Ceddia

Mrs. Nancy J. Choffo Mr. Allen R. Clarke and Mrs. Kate Neel Mr. and Mrs. Paul Clolery Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Coate The Cobleigh Family Fred and Susan Corona Michael and Gloria Cortese Mary and Darrell Courtley Mr. Robert Damiano Maureen and Jeff Davis Alison A. Deeb and Stanley T. Olszewski Josie P. Deelsnyder Ronald and Patti DeFilippis Maureen Denman Dean Dent and Anita Spivey Mr. and Mrs. John and Sally Doris Joan Eisen Bob and Louise Elsholz Dr. and Mrs. TJ Emmer, Jr. Mr. Richard Ertmann Mr. Chris Evans Jeri and Matt Frankel David and Jennifer Friedland Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Friedman Stephen and Barbara Froehlich Gardinerville Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Gartner Drs. Beth and Scott Gelman Sandra and Charles Gibson Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Giuliano Mr. Neal Godt Andrew H. Graulich Mr. and Mrs. Leonard and Stella Grayson Harold and Pamela Green John T. Grogan, Jr. and Lenore Brady Mr. Gerard J. Guillorn Nancy and William Gulbin Jonno and Julie Hanafin Ms. Nancy Handal Mr. and Mrs. John Hanley Barbara and Richard Hartman Steve Hauge Scott and Elizabeth Hendry John and Suzanne Higgins Gail and Robert Hirsch Ms. R. Iradi Ms. Monica Jerussi and Mr. Nicholas Tzoumis Leigh and Carol Johnson Stephanie and Mitchell Kane Jennifer and Clem Kaupp, Jr. Bill and Kathy Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Kern James and Carolyn Kinder Jack and Anna Kitson Chad and Jodi Kokenge Jeffrey and Donna Kraft Mark and Therese Krook Ms. Barbara Krupinski Dr. and Mrs. Paul Kurtulik Mrs. Margaret H. Laffey Gary and Carol S. Lieberman Mike and Sandy Lombardo George and Elizabeth Lonsberry Mr. Craig Lucas and Mrs. Lori Nestor-Lucas Dr. Dale L. Ludwig

Nancie Ludwig Drs. William and Julie Timins Lupatkin Philip and Judy Magaletta Debbie and George Mai Jan and Jeff Markey Ms. Judy Martinez Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Mastro Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Mazur Carolyn and Dan McCarthy Russell and Christine McIntyre Susan and Steven Miano Dr. and Mrs. Chris Michaels Ken and Nancy Miller Michael and Karle Miller Dr. and Mrs. Richard Molinari Joe and Terry Mueller Ms. Penny Nelson Phil and Gen Nicastro Mr. Robert Nichols Vince and Roberta Novak Ann and Peter Oakes Susan O’Brien Arnold M. Olshan Sara and Vincent Pagano Elizabeth and Michael Palumbo Mr. and Mrs. Ewald Parolari Ms. Bonnie Parr Steve and JoAnn Peck Perry Street Realty Mike and Bobbi Phillips Joseph and Lynne Posluszny The Prails and The Cardinales Thomas and Elizabeth Pryma Marlene Rabiner Dr. and Mrs. Farhad Rafizadeh Ada Ramos Bruce and Karen Rand Reichenbach Family Ms. Lori Ann Reinhard Helen and Barry Reiter Marjorie and Keith Remland Ann and Warren Rhines Michael and Virginia Rich Mr. and Mrs. Leo J. Rogers Rose City Jewelers/Gemologists Dr. Paul and Ms. Connie Rosenberg Steven and Miriam Rosenberg Stephen and Marie Rozan Marc and Linda Rubman Greg and Omie Ryan Mr. Seymour S. Saltus Patricia Santen Eileen K. Saxton Mr. and Mrs. Steven Schlesinger Ms. Susan Schmalfuhs Tom and Kathy Shuey Steve Sibilia Mrs. Barbara Sills Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Simon Daniel Simonutti Ms. Karen Skoda Michele Snyder Mr. and Mrs. Stiner Mrs. Elizabeth Stollenmaier Ms. Margaret H. Stone Kathy and Walt Sutton Mr. and Mrs. Thauvin-Saco John and Fran Tort Mr. and

Mrs. R. Charles Tschampion Ms. Jennifer Tull Richard and Cheryl Tully Gary Valentine Jeanne and Joseph Walsh Ms. Celine C. Wanner Andy and Lois Wertheim Mrs. Eileen Williams Ms. Wendy Young Jeffrey S. Zeikel Mrs. Debra L. Zimmerly Shirley and Barry Zitomer Frank and Loretta Zupa MATCHING GIFTS We are grateful to the following companies who have generously matched their employees’ charitable gifts to MPAC. Please be sure to check with your Human Resources Department to maximize your support!

AIG AT&T Foundation Bank of America BD Big Lots!

Chubb & Son Coach Deluxe Corporation Foundation Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation Eli Lilly and Company Foundation, Inc. ExxonMobil Foundation Gap Inc. General Re Corporation Horizon Foundation Johnson & Johnson Macy’s Merck Novartis Pfizer Prudential Foundation RBC Wealth Management Foundation Truist Verizon Voya Foundation As of October 4, 2015

Members Make It Happen The Mayo Performing Arts Center relies on the generosity of its members to help bridge the gap between ticket sales and operating costs. Whether at the Starlight Society, Business Circle or any other level, support from membership keeps the theater running and provides important funding for our education and outreach programs. Some of the great benefits available include:

• Access to the Starlight Lounge and complimentary refreshments for Starlight Society members • Advance ticketing prior to public for added events • Discounts on select performances throughout the season • Special Membership card offering discounts at local businesses and much, much more!

Become a member today! Visit MayoArts.org and click on the “support” tab to view a complete list of all membership levels and benefits. For more information, call Lana Missaggia, Membership and Special Events Manager at 973-539-0345, ext. 6526. Your support would be greatly appreciated!

MEMBER DISCOUNTS! Show your Membership card and save at local businesses. (Complete terms, conditions and discount information available in the Member Benefits section of our website.)

Black Horse Tavern & Pub Cappia Café Corbett Custom Framing David Todd’s City Tavern The Elephant Nose Pet Center Elliott’s Flower Shoppe Embroid Me The Energy Group Enjou Chocolat The Famished Frog George & Martha’s American Grille Glassworks Studio Grasshopper Off the Green

The Great American Piano Co. Hisbiscus American & Caribbean Cuisine Iron Bar J.C. Reiss Optician Lauren b. Inc. Marty’s Reliable Cycle The Morristown Diner Muscle Maker Grill The Office Bar and Grill Piattino Provesi of Morristown Rio’s Engraving Wine Chateau

The Encore Society Have you heard about MPAC’s planned giving program? After providing for your family and loved ones, you may want to remember the Mayo Performing Arts Center in your plans. A bequest, annuity or trust will help prepare our organization for future growth. A planned gift to MPAC will ensure that everything you cherish about this institution - from the celebrated artists that grace our stage season after season to the extensive education and community engagement programs that touch thousands of people each year - remains for generations to come.

We would also love to hear from you if you have already included MPAC in your plans. By informing us now, we will automatically enroll you as a lifetime member of The Encore Society, an honorary recognition group for individuals who have named MPAC in their estate plans.

Members to date include: Estate of Henrietta Thomas, Estate of Helen Grace, Blair and Gordon MacInnes, Sudy and Bud Mayo, Debra and Ron Sanes, Fran MacMaster, Mark and Barbara Byron, Bill and Mary Louise Smith, Martin Lockwood, Maureen Babb, Anita J. Siegel, Joan Eisen, and Sally Epstein.

Members of The Encore Society enjoy special benefits and privileges. If you are interested in leaving a legacy to MPAC, or would like more information, please contact Marcia Hunter, Major Gifts Manager at mhunter1@mayoarts.org or at 973-539-0345 ext 6514. Thank you.

Mayo Performing Arts Center

Business Circle

Join the growing list of companies whose support of the arts also drives customers through their doors.

Leader

$5,000 and higher

Morristown, New Providence www.braunschweiger.com 973-538-2189

Morris Plains www.fasteruc.com 862-242-8053

Morristown www.firstenergycorp.com 800-662-3115

Executive

$2,500 - $4,999 Alstede Farms Chester www.alstedefarms.com 908-879-7189

Avison Young Morristown www.avisonyoung.com 973-898-6360

Iron Bar Morristown www.ironbarmorristown.com 973-455-7111

Korn Hynes Communication Morristown www.kornhynes.com 973-538-4864 Law Offices of Martin D. Eagan Morristown www.martyeagan.com 973-898-7300

LEONARD AND LEONARD, P.A. Morristown www.lawleonard.com 973-842-0935

Townsend, Tomaio & Newmark LLC Morristown www.ttnlaw.com 973-975-0476

Advocate

$1,500 - $2,499 AAA Ad Magic Allied Wealth Partners, Kim S. Luthy Jack Cooney, Jr., CPA, The Bleakley Financial Group Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C. Carmagnola & Ritardi LLC ConnectOne Bank Dublin Pub Erica Peitler & Associates, Inc. Pete O’Hagan, Fitness Together Fox Rothschild LLP J.C. Reiss Optician Jacobs Levy Equity Management JFL Total Wealth Management

Laddey, Clark & Ryan, LLP Attorneys at Law Longo Electrical-Mechanical Mariner Wealth Advisors formerly Brinton Eaton Marks Paneth LLP McCusker, Anselmi, Rosen & Carvelli, P.C. McKirdy & Riskin, P.A. Mendham Capital Management The Miller Center for Esthetic Excellence Mitchell H. Davich, DMD, PA Morgan Stanley Morris Hills Memorials *As of October 4, 2015

Don Giovanello, Morristown Wealth Management Novartis The Peck School Prismatic Development Corporation Regent Atlantic Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP Shade Tree Garage Deborah Fineman, Supreme Energy Inc. Trajectory Branding and Marketing Turpin Real Estate Wealth Management Consultants, LLC Ryan Dawson, Weichert, Realtors

MPAC is where business and the arts come together!

Purchase the best seats in the house • Entertain clients • Reward employees Access the Starlight Lounge and much more!!

Call 973-539-0345 x6526 or email Lmissaggia@mayoarts.org to join today and for more information.

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