2021-22 Music and Theatre Program Shell

OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY BASS SCHOOL OF MUSIC | SCHOOL OF THEATRE

2021 – ­ 2022 SEASON

WELCOME! We are thrilled to open our doors to in-person audiences for a bright new season of thought-provoking works, acclaimed guest artists and extraordinary performances!

For more than 110 years, OCU has expanded its mission of creating quality learning experiences and compelling productions of the highest quality, enriching our campus and community. Over these past months, we’ve come to realize more than ever how vital it is to use creativity to connect with others. Conveying ideas and emotions, telling stories, and celebrating shared experiences on stage helps strengthen the bonds of interconnectivity.

We are honored that our performing arts programs continue to gain national recognition. Students from the OCU School of Theatre consistently win awards for the quality of their work in acting and design. Our Oklahoma Opera and Music Theater Company has won 11 National Opera Association Production Awards since 2012 and this year celebrates its 70th consecutive season — the longest unbroken run of opera and music theater seasons on any campus in the world!

In addition, Playbill magazine has recognized Oklahoma City University in back-to-back years as a “Big 10” school for training performers for Broadway, and in 2020-21 praised our creative problem-solving, teamwork, and innovative strategies in “attacking this challenging time head on, using it as a call to explore beyond the traditional.”

On these stages — and in our classrooms, practice rooms, and studios — decades of dreams have been nurtured and taken flight. We take great pride in the success of our alumni in all areas of the arts across the globe as they contribute engaged, innovative work on stage, behind the scenes, and beyond. You, the audience, continue to play a vital role as we prepare these young leaders to bring insight into the human experience.

On behalf of the students, alumni, faculty and staff of the School of Theatre and Wanda L. Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University, thank you for joining us as we celebrate our 2021-22 season, a century of excellence in education and a legacy of artistry.

Sincerely,

MARK PARKER, DEAN Ann Hundley Hoover Chair School of Theatre & Wanda L. Bass School of Music Oklahoma City University

FLORENCE GILLAM HOBIN BIRDWELL SEPTEMBER 3, 1924 - FEBRUARY 15, 2021 IN MEMORIAM The Bass School of Music is dedicating its season to the extraordinary Professor Emerita Florence Birdwell, an Oklahoma City University alumna who served as a professor of voice, a mentor, a friend, and an inspiration.

During her 67 years on the OCU faculty, her students have won Tony Awards, Emmy Awards, Miss America crowns, and acclaim on stages around the world. A 2015 feature in The New York Times called her a “fearsome fairy godmother” to Kelli O’Hara and Kristin Chenoweth, both nominated that year for a Tony Award in the category of Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical.

Her praises were first sung on a national stage during a tearful speech in accepting the 1999 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, when Kristin Chenoweth thanked “my mentor, Florence Birdwell from Oklahoma City University, for teaching me how to sing!”

In her 2015 acceptance speech after winning the Tony Award, O’Hara also offered praise: “I come from a place far away and there’s a little teacher there, and two of us tonight, Kristin and I, share her. Florence Birdwell, thank you. Yes, Florence — thank you!”

A member of the Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame and recipient of an Honorary Doctor of Musical Arts from Oklahoma City University, she credited her success as a teacher to techniques learned while overcoming a throat injury at the age of 21, the same year she had been invited to join the chorus of the Metropolitan Opera and to audition for the role of Laurey for the movie Oklahoma! The injury ended the possibility of a singing career. The knowledge she gained in her rehabilitation, however, opened the door to an illustrious life of helping others find their voice.

“As she often said, she taught voice and she taught life,” said Mark Parker, dean of OCU’s Wanda L. Bass School of Music. “Teachers are judged on the successes of their students. On that measure alone, I know no more successful teacher than Florence Birdwell.”

The Chickasaw Nation proudly supports performing arts and cultural education throughout Oklahoma. Working with community partners, these efforts create a variety of forums that give voices to artists and provide a stage for cultural learning and creative expression to benefit all.

WE THRIVE BILL ANOATUBBY, GOVERNOR

SEASON 2021/22 RANDI VON ELLEFSON A R T I ST I C D I R E C TO R

OKLAHOMA’S PREMIER SYMPHONY CHORUS

JUBILATE DEO

THE MUSIC OF DAN FORREST

OCT 10, 2021 | 3 PM

MESSIAH HANDEL’S

DEC 5, 2021 | 7 PM

DUO LUMINA

DUO LUMINA

RUTTER VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MAR 27, 2022 | 3 PM

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RECENT STUDENT HONORS: National and Regional Kennedy Center/ American College Theatre Festival Award Winners CLARA WIEBE Barbizon Award for Excellence in Lighting Design for Woe is Me SYDNEY HAGEN Barbizon Award for Theatrical Design Excellence in Scenic Design for The Wolves CARLEIGH WAGNER Barbizon Award for Excellence in Scenic Design for The Bluest Eye KELSEY BOUMA KCACTF Region 6 Award for Excellence in Stage Management for Side Show JULIANNA REESE Barbizon Award for Excellence in Costume Design for The Giver BRADLEY TAYLOR Barbizon Award for Excellence in Lighting Design for The Crucible

Side Show

Oklahoma City University’s Theatre Design and Production program is ranked among the top College Theatre Design and Technology Programs in the nation. The BFA in Design and Production offers students professional theatrical training within the broader context of a liberal arts education.

The BFA degree provides strong foundational knowledge in theatre design, technology, and management.

Metamorphoses

The Laramie Project

Cendrillon

Our program allows students to focus on specialties of their choosing including costumes, lighting, scenery, sound, props, stage and production management, and technical direction.

For details, visit okcu.edu/theatre/designproduction.

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Students create professional stage sets from concept to design.

NATIONAL OPERA ASSOCIATION PRODUCTION AWARD WINNER! Oklahoma City University’s Oklahoma Opera and Music Theater Company is celebrating its 70th consecutive season -- the longest unbroken run of opera and music theater seasons on any campus in the world! Under the leadership of Dr. David Herendeen, who this year celebrates his 25th year as director, our acclaimed Company has won 11 National Opera Association production awards in the past nine years; seven in the past four seasons.

Recent NOA Production Award winners: Die Fledermaus (first place) and The Zombies of Penzance (second place)

EXPLORING “BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL” The Wanda L. Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University is one of the most innovative arts incubators in the nation, recognized as a successful catalyst for community engagement and creativity.

Our instrumental, opera, and music theater ensembles present works from the classic to the cutting edge, including frequent regional and world premieres. This longstanding commitment to the music of our time was recognized

by ASCAP and the American Orchestra Leagues with the national Adventurous Orchestral Programming Award.

Playbill magazine has honored Oklahoma City University in back-to-back years as a “Big 10” school for training performers for Broadway, and in 2020-21 praised our creative problem-solving, teamwork, and innovative strategies in “attacking this challenging time head on, using it as a call to explore beyond the traditional.”

Mezzo-soprano Brennan Martinez as Ruth in the 2017 regional premiere of Nico Muhly’s Dark Sisters: An American Opera.

2020-2021 MAINSTAGE SEASON ENRON

BY LUCY PREBBLE OCTOBER 28 – 31, 2021 Burg Theatre Enron is a theatrical and explosive tale of the collapse of a company. Inspired by real events, but told as a sprawling, dynamic tragedy, full of grand use of song, dance and theatre technology, the play follows CEO and anti-hero Jeffrey Skilling through the journey of Enron’s rise and fall. Skilling’s basic idea is to trade in energy as well as supply it. But, as his dreams expand to include video, internet and even the weather, the gap between stock market perception and reality grows ever greater. As profits fail to materialize, the market loses confidence, and Skilling’s schemes are revealed for what they are: a fraudulent fantasy.

ROE

BY LISA LOOMER DECEMBER 9 – 12, 2021 Burg Theatre Roe is the human story behind of one of the most consequential and controversial Supreme Court decisions ever.

Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that legalized abortion, is still fiercely debated over forty years later. In this incisive play, acclaimed writer Lisa Loomer cuts through the headlines and rhetoric to reveal the divergent personal journeys of lawyer Sarah Weddington and plaintiff Norma McCorvey (“Jane Roe”) in the years following the fateful decision. In turns shocking, humorous, and poignant, Roe reflects the polarization in America today while illuminating the heart and passion each side has for its cause.

Tickets www.okcu.edu/tickets

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MARISOL

BY JOSÉ RIVERA FEBRUARY 3 – 6, 2022 Burg Theatre MARISOL is a play of magical realism, telling the story of a young Puerto Rican woman, who has elevated herself into the world of publishing, while continuing to live alone in the dangerous Bronx neighborhood of her childhood. After surviving an attack on the street, Marisol is visited by her guardian angel who informs her that she can no longer serve as Marisol’s protector because she has been called to join the revolution already in progress against an old and senile God. The war in heaven spills over into New York City, reducing it to a smoldering urban wasteland. Alone, without her protector, Marisol begins a nightmare journey into this new war zone.

With the apocalypse well under way, the angels have traded in their wings for Uzis and wear leather motorcycle jackets and fatigues. As the action builds to a crescendo, the masses of homeless and displaced people join the angels in the war to save the universe.

SCHOOL FOR LIES

BY DAVID IVES MARCH 31 - APRIL 3, 2022 Burg Theatre

It’s 1666 and the brightest, wittiest salon in Paris is that of Celimene, a beautiful young widow so known for her satiric tongue she’s being sued for it. Surrounded by shallow suitors, whom she lives off of without surrendering to, Celimene has managed to evade love since her beloved husband died—until today, when Frank appears. A traveler from England known for his own coruscating wit and acidic misanthropy, Frank turns Celimene’s world upside-down, taking on her suitors, matching her barb for barb, and teaching her how to live again.

(Never mind that their love affair has been engineered by a couple of well-placed lies.) This wild farce of furious tempo and stunning verbal display, all in very contemporary couplets, runs variations on Molière’s The Misanthrope, which inspired it.

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2021-2022 SEASON MY DEA R E S T PAR TNER O F GR EATNESS

By William Shakespeare, Adapted by D. Lance Marsh October 7 - 10, 2021

S TOP KI S S

By Diana Son November 4 - 7, 2021

HOU SE O F B E RNA R DA A LBA

By Federico García Lorca November 11 - 14, 2021

T HE N O RM A L HEA R T

By Larry Kramer February 10 - 13, 2022

T HE P I L LOWM A N

By Martin McDonagh February 24 - 27, 2022

AN E N E MY O F THE P EO P LE

By Henrik Ibsen March 24 - 27, 2022

S I X YE A RS O L D

By Daphne Silbiger April 7 - 10, 2022

Stage II presents five to eight shows in an intimate setting. All productions have an emphasis on acting and directing with use of minimal design and technical elements.

Students and faculty collaborate to design and direct.

All performances are in OCU’s Black Box Theatre. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased through the OCU Performing Arts Box Office. okcu.edu/tickets | 405.208.5227

THANK YOU, DONORS! MADISON BAILEY

BFAA ’22

“The contributions from our donors has afforded me the opportunity to grow and learn as an artist at Oklahoma City University, as well as chase my dreams every single day. Thank you for your support in making those dreams a reality!”

FABIUS BASCON

BFAA ’22

“Thank you, donors, for your contribution to the arts and continued support of young artists. My time at OCU has been an incredible experience and I could not do it without your support!”

KATHRYNE PHAM

BMP/BMVP ‘22

“Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to do what I love. It means the world to me.”

CHRIS RICHIE

BMMT ‘22

“Thank you, donors, for your generous support of the arts here at OCU! You have made my dreams come true and have helped so many people pursue their own dreams. I am forever grateful that I had the opportunity to study Musical Theater at a very supportive school!”

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OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY WIND PHILHARMONIC & WIND ENSEMBLE DR. MATTHEW MAILMAN, MUSIC DIRECTOR/CONDUCTOR ALL CONCERTS BEGIN AT 7:30 P.M.; ADMISSION IS FREE

SEPTEMBER 16 Wind Ensemble/ Symphony Orchestra Rocky Point Holiday (1969) Ron Nelson (b. 1928) Lost Vegas (2011) Michael Daugherty (b. 1954) “Country Band” March (1903) Charles Ives (1874-1954) Transcribed by James B. Sinclair OCTOBER 5 Wind Philharmonic Rise Up (2009) Judy Bozone (b. 1982) Homecoming (2008) Alex Shapiro (b. 1962) Jack Malm, graduate conductor The Eyes of the World Are Upon You (2017) Jennifer Jolley (b. 1981) Symphony No. 6 for Band, Op. 69 (1956) Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987) NOVEMBER 11 Wind Ensemble/ Wind Philharmonic Wind Philharmonic Scenes from “The Louvre” (1964) Norman Dello Joio (1913-2008) Dillan Francis, graduate conductor American Salute (1943) Morton Gould (1913-1996) Dylan Madoux, graduate conductor Fugue in C (1896) Charles Ives (1874-1954) Arranged by James B. Sinclair Bryson Foster, graduate conductor Toccata Marziale (1924) Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Wind Ensemble Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra (1924) Kurt Weill (1900-1950) and the mountains rising nowhere (1975) Joseph Schwantner (b. 1943)

FEBRUARY 3 Wind Ensemble/ Symphony Orchestra Concerto for Marimba and Strings (2005) Emmanuel Séjourné (b. 1961) II. Rythmique. Energique Solace: A Lyric Concerto (2018) Joel Love (b. 1982) FEBRUARY 24 Wind Philharmonic Ouvertüre für Harmoniemusik, Op. 24 (1826) Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Transcribed by Herbert W. Fred Summit City (2006) Brian Balmages (b. 1975) Dillan Francis, graduate conductor Al Fresco (1974) Karel Husa (b. 1921) Jack Malm, graduate conductor A Mother of A Revolution! (2019) Omar Thomas (b. 1984) Celestial Seas (2014) Julie Giroux (b. 1961) Black Horse Troop (1924) John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) APRIL 12 at OCCC Wind Ensemble/ Wind Philharmonic Wind Philharmonic Themes from “Green Bushes” (1906) Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882-1963) Setting by Larry Daehn Jack Malm, graduate conductor Molly on the Shore (1907/1920) Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882-1961) The Tyger (2008) Frank Ticheli (b. 1958) Wind Ensemble Psalm for Band, Op. 53 (1952) Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987) Theme and Variations, Op. 43a (1943) Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) COMBINED Lincolnshire Posy (1937) Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882-1963)

OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

JEFFREY GROGAN, MUSIC DIRECTOR/CONDUCTOR The Oklahoma City University Symphony Orchestra has been honored by ASCAP with a national Adventurous Programming Award, represented the United States at the “Meet in Beijing” arts festival, and recorded the soundtrack of the restoration of the film “Daughter of Dawn,” now enshrined in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, and the ensemble champions the music of our time, collaborating on and presenting regional and world premieres and a range of orchestral repertoire.

ALL CONCERTS BEGIN AT 7:30 P.M.; ADMISSION IS FREE

Kalena Bovell

Larry Livingston

SEPTEMBER 16 Andres Martin Concerto No. 1 for Double Bass and Orchestra Featuring concerto winner Landon Honolka Paul Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis NOVEMBER 6 at OCCC Samuel Barber Overture to School for Scandal Omar Thomas Of Our New Day Begun (for orchestra) Transcription co-commissioned with the Colorado Symphony Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C minor, I. Allegro Maestoso Guest conductor Larry Livingston

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FEBRUARY 3 An Evening of Concerti APRIL 14 at OCCC Johannes Brahms Tragic Overture, Op. 81 Kalena Bovell, guest conductor Amanda Harberger Concerto for Viola and Orchestra Shaohong “Betty” Yuan, soloist Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47

2021-22 OCU CHORAL SEASON

Dr. Randi Von Ellefson, Director of Choral Activities, and Prof. Tony Gonzalez, Associate Director of Choral Activities, lead our four major choruses: the Ad Astra women’s chorus and the mixed-voice University Chorale, University Chamber Choir, and University Singers. The program continues its legacy of excellence with the selection of University Singers, led by Prof. Gonzalez, as 2022 OkMEA Collegiate Honor Choir. On-campus performances are free and open to all.

October 2

OCU Hosts the 2021 Oklahoma All-State Choral Workshop

October 14

Four-choir choral concert, Petree Recital Hall

December 10-11

42nd Annual Christmas Vespers * First Presbyterian Church, 1001 NW 25th Street, OKC Tickets ($15) from 405.208.5227 or okcu.edu/tickets

January 21

University Singers, OkMEA Collegiate Honor Choir performance First Baptist Church, Tulsa

March 8

Four-choir choral concert, Petree Recital Hall

April 18

Four-choir choral concert, Bishop W. Angie Smith Chapel

42nd annual

christmas vespers 8 P.M. FRIDAY, DEC. 10 4 P.M. SATURDAY, DEC. 11 AT FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 1001 NW 25TH STREET. TICKETS ($15) FROM 405.208.5227 OR WWW.OKCU.EDU/TICKETS Musical prelude begins 30 minutes prior.

PROJECT 21

Dr. Edward Knight and the 2021-22 silver anniversary edition of Project 21.

Oklahoma City University’s composer consortium, founded in 1997 by Dr. Edward Knight, presents eight or more concerts each year. Choral, percussion, orchestral and wind ensembles have premiered Project 21 works. Readings and recording sessions are held with the wind and choral ensembles; readings of new works with the full OCU Symphony Orchestra take place each semester.

Additional venues for presenting new work include choreography showcases, theatre productions, film projects, art exhibits, and student recitals. The program also has established composer-in-residencies with the Oklahoma Youth Orchestras and El Sistema Oklahoma Special events for 2021-22 include Composers’ Forum guest artist Omar Thomas on Oct. 29, an autumn collaboration with lighting design students from the OCU School of Theatre, and a winter collaboration with student dancers and choreographers from the Ann Lacy School of American Dance and Entertainment.

PROJECT 21 CONCERTS: 2021-22 Music begins 7:30 p.m. Thursdays in the BMC’s Medium Rehearsal Hall, unless indicated with * September 23 October 28 October 30 * November 18 * Collaboration with lighting designers, BOK Park Plaza, 499 West Sheridan, OKC

January 27 February 17 April 7 Annual composer/dancer collaboration TBD February 2022, in Burg Theatre

ENSEMBLE UPDATES Throughout the year, our student musicians’ talent is showcased in studio recitals, chamber music concerts, and in small ensembles.

Instrumental performances spotlight ensembles including the Oklahoma City University Jazz Band, Percussion Ensemble, Early Music Ensemble, Cellovoce, Flute Choir, Blackwelder Brass, Bass-o-Rama as well as dozens of studio and solo recitals.

Student-directed opera and music theater performances include twice-yearly productions from OCU Stripped and OCU OPERAtions.

For the latest 2021-22 events, visit tiny.cc/ocuevents.

OCU Jazz Band

The Blackwelder Brass

Early Music Ensemble

2021-2022 OUR 70TH SEASON!

CHILDREN OF EDEN

CABARET NOVEMBER 5-7

Spotlight Musical Burg Theatre

OCTOBER 1-3

Mainstage Musical Kirkpatrick Auditorium

Music: John Kander Lyrics: Fred Ebb Book: Joe Masteroff

Book & Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz Book: John Caird Adam, Eve, Noah and their creator deal with the headstrong actions of their children, expanding on the bittersweet theme that the hardest part of love is letting go.

Set in Berlin as the Nazis are ascending to power, the musical focuses on the hedonistic nightlife at the seedy Kit Kat Klub, which serves as a metaphor for ominous political developments in late Weimar Germany.

THE THREEPENNY OPERA NOVEMBER 19-21

Mainstage Opera Kirkpatrick Auditorium

Book & Lyrics: Bertolt Brecht Book: Kurt Weill A satire on the bourgeoisie, The Threepenny Opera mocks manners and morals, politics, theatrical conventions, and the prison system. Thief Mack the Knife marries Polly without the knowledge of her father, Peachum, the “King of the Beggars.” Complications ensue against a jazz, folk, and avantgarde inspired score.

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OKLAHOMA OPERA AND MUSIC THEATER COMPANY WORLD’S OLDEST COLLEGIATE OPERA AND MUSIC THEATER COMPANY WINNER OF ELEVEN NATIONAL OPERA AWARDS IN THE PAST NINE YEARS!

LITTLE WOMEN FEBRUARY 18-20

LEGALLY BLONDE FEBRUARY 25-27

IN THE HEIGHTS APRIL 22-24

Mainstage Opera Kirkpatrick Auditorium

Spotlight Musical Burg Theatre

Mainstage Musical Kirkpatrick Auditorium

Book & Lyrics: Mark Adamo

Music & Lyrics: Laurence O’Keefe & Nell Benjamin Book: Heather Hach

Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda Book: Quiara Alegria Hudes

Loosely based on the lives of the author and her three sisters, the opera follows the lives of Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, detailing their passage from childhood to womanhood.

Sorority queen Elle Woods sets her sights on Harvard Law School, determined to defy expectations and win back the man who dumped her for being too blonde.

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Lin-Manuel Miranda weaves a tale of three days in NYC’s Washington Heights neighborhood as bodega owner Usnavi and college student Nina seek epiphanies against a multilingual backdrop of rap, hip-hop, soul, salsa, samba and merengue.

WANDA L. BASS SCHOOL OF MUSIC EXECUTIVE ADVISORY BOARD LOUISE BASS

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CATHY BUSEY

DEBBIE MCKINNEY

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LADONNA MEINDERS

KRISTIN CHENOWETH

CHRISTIAN O’DONNELL

JAMES HARTSUCK

JOE PHILLIPS

CATHY LEICHTER

RON RAINES

LISA LOVE

RICHARD SIAS

SUSAN MCCALMONT

ROBERT SPINKS

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Make Your Season Reservations!

Old MacDonald Had A Farm

Bah, Humbug!

Cinderella

SEP 10-29, 2021

NOV 12-DEC 17, 2021

FEB 11-MAR 11, 2022

Aesop’s Fables

Tomás and the Library Lady

OCT–APR 2021–2022

APR 22-MAY 13, 2022

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Matilda Jr.

JUN 2022

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CREATING A LASTING LEGACY

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Remembering us with a bequest will help sustain and strengthen the university in years to come. Some of the advantages of creating a bequest include: • You retain control of and use of your assets during your lifetime • You may modify your bequest if your circumstances change • Your gifts to the University are exempt from federal estate taxes • You have the satisfaction of knowing you have provided for OCU’s future • We will be able to thank you now and recognize your generosity.

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2021–2022 AUDITIONS Prospective students interested in Spring 2022 or Fall 2022 admission are invited to audition in-person, virtually or by recorded audition. Generous talent-based scholarships available!

For details, visit: Music okcu.edu/music/admissions/auditions/ Theatre okcu.edu/theatre/admissions/

MUSIC SEASON SPONSORS

THANK YOU Grand Season Sponsors

The Wanda L. Bass Foundation Louise Bass The Chickasaw Nation Dr. Richard Sias/The Ad Astra Foundation

Season Sponsors

First National Bank of McAlester Oklahoma City University Societies Oklahoma City Community Foundation/ Civic Music Endowment Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores Kurt Weill Foundation

Show Sponsors

Elizabeth Davis Wanda and Mike Gilliam/Edmond Music Beck Design Tom & Brenda McDaniel/ American Fidelity Foundation Ron & Linda Rosser McDaniel Michael Tavlin & Marvona Easley Tavlin

Benefactor

David & Jean McLaughlin

Sustaining Members Carol Byrd James & Jean Hartsuck Cathy Leichter Debbie McKinney Mark Edward Parker Dr. Joseph Phillips Bill & Pam Shdeed Bob Spinks

2021-2022 MUSIC SEASON SPONSORSHIP This season’s offerings include more than 250 events: solo recitals, guest artists, and concerts by our renowned choruses, orchestra, wind ensembles, jazz band, chamber groups, new music consortium, early music ensemble, and the world’s oldest campus-based opera and music theater company!

Grand Season Sponsor: $25,000 $24,068 allowed charitable contribution

Benefactor: $2,500 $2,262 allowed charitable contribution

Season Sponsor: $10,000 $9,460 allowed charitable contribution

Sustaining Member: $1,000 $858 allowed charitable contribution

Show Sponsor: $5,000 $4,650 allowed charitable contribution

Patron: $500 $444 allowed charitable contribution

To submit payment for your sponsorship online, visit okcu.edu/sponsorbass

THEATRE SEASON SPONSORS

THANK YOU Grand Season Sponsor The Chickasaw Nation

Show Sponsor

Michael Tavlin & Marvona Easley Tavlin Tom & Brenda McDaniel / American Fidelity Foundation

Sustaining Member Quail Creek Bank

WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT!

2021-2022 THEATRE SEASON SPONSORSHIP Oklahoma City University is heralded as one of the most innovative and successful arts incubators in the nation, a catalyst for community engagement and creativity. This season’s School of Theatre offerings include imaginative theatrical works presented by our awardwinning students in acting, production, and design. By partnering with us as a sponsor, your reach extends beyond our campus to include audience members from around the block and around the world.

$25,000 Grand Season Sponsor $24,550 allowed charitable contribution

$2,500 Benefactor $2,350 allowed charitable contribution

$10,000 Season Sponsor $9,625 allowed charitable contribution

$1,000 Sustaining Member $880 allowed charitable contribution

$5,000 Show Sponsor $4,850 allowed charitable contribution

$500 Patron $440 allowed charitable contribution

To submit payment for your sponsorship online, visit okcu.edu/sponsortheatre

BASS SCHOOL OF MUSIC DONORS G I F T S F R O M J U LY 1 , 2 0 2 0 – J U N E 3 0 , 2 0 2 1

THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS FOR YOUR GENEROSITY AND CONTINUED SUPPORT. $10,000 and above Louise L. Bass Eric Gronningsater Bill & Mary Layton Greg & Lisa Love Tom & Judy Love Tom & Brenda McDaniel / American Fidelity Foundation Oklahoma City Community Foundation Dr. Richard Sias/ The Ad Astra Foundation Michael Tavlin & Marvona Easley Tavlin Oklahoma City University Societies $2,500-$9,999 Central Presbyterian Church - OKC Don & Paula Beck Mark & Jackie Darrah Cathy Leichter JoBeth Moad $1,000-$2,499 Terry Baransy Mark & Teena Belcik Carol Byrd Brian Craven Mark Fixley James & Jean Hartsuck Lisa Harvey-Reed Erik Heine David & Jean McLaughlin Rick McKee Debbie McKinney Kelli O’Hara Naughton Mark Edward Parker Joseph H. Phillips, O.D., Inc.

Linda Rosser & Ron McDaniel Eddie & Rochelle Schafer Janet Schmitz Susan Storm $500-$900 Dan & Eleanor Armstrong Irvng Faught Peter & Kris Markes Steven & Linsey Schafer $499 & Below Traci Bair John A. Beckett Christa Bentley Stephen Bird Casher Birdwell David Black Keith & Michelle Brigham, Ph.D. Robert Brubaker Jean Cantrell Patricia Cantrell Robert Carter & Kathleen Norris- Carter Robert Case Holly Caskey David Cheek Linda Darrah Reynolds David Darrah Rick Daximillion & Keely Tidrow David Diggs Donald Dillingham Paula Doyle David Easley

Edward & Debra Eckhart Randi Von Ellefson Jane Elliott Beth Fleming The Laura Fields Trust Melinda Fitzgerald Larry & Carol Fugit Fred & Ann Fulmer Beth Gilvie Brittany Glenn Tony & Toni Gonzalez Steven Graham & Vicky Kelly Julia Grubisic Deborah Hall Elson Hargrove Erin Hassett Robert Hayes John Heisch Logan Herod Jennifer Hiemstra Mary Lyle Kamp Laurie Kauffman Elisabeth Keller Sarah E. King Sarver Mary Klefstad Kevin Kosch Paul & Judy Lambert Regina LeCroy Deborah Levine Jim Barnaby & Ruth Lytle-Barnaby Emily Masters Philelle D. McBrayer Gregory McCracken Jan & Catherine McDaniel Melissa McKamie John & Norma McKinney, Jr. Ingrid McNuttt

Mary Metcalfe Karen Miller & John Ballard John Morozuk Tony Nation Kay Northcutt Taylor Paulson Maurine Peterson Rhonda Peugh & Bonnie Turner Barbara E. Pirrong Melissa Plamann Kate Pritchett Laura Renshaw Stacy Robinson Joseph & Helen Rossney Billie Sawyer Nathan Schafer Paulette Schroeder Claire Schwartz Mike Seikel Ruth Tate Susan Tate Celia Tedde Tom Trainor Marcela Villegas James Walker Jamie Whitmarsh Julie A. Wiksten Ghita Williams Anne Workman Anita Yard Rita Yoe

If you are a contributor to the Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University and your name is not listed, please accept our apologies. Let us know as soon as possible so we can amend our records and give you the recognition you deserve.

Please call Susan Tate at 405.208.5316

SCHOOL OF THEATRE DONORS $10,000 and above The Chickasaw Nation

$2,500-$9,999

Michael Tavlin & Marvona Easley Tavlin Tom & Brenda McDaniel / American Fidelity Foundation

$1,000-$2,499 Homer & Treva Hancock

$500-$999

Linda Rosser McDaniel Quail Creek Bank

$499 & Below Jeanetta Horne Shane & Julie Nichols James Stuhlmiller

ENDOWMENTS

AT THE BASS SCHOOL OF MUSIC

ENDOWED MUSIC SCHOLARSHIPS

Brye Ashley McKenzie Endowed Scholarship Ann Simmons Alspaugh Music Scholarship Charles E. Mehr Endowed Music Scholarship Josephine E. Atkins Endowed Music Scholarship Darlene Milligan Endowed Music Scholarship Wanda Bass Music Scholarship Music Gift Scholarship Jean Frances Beatty Endowed Music Scholarship Music School Endowed Scholarship Robert & Florence Birdwell Endowed Vocal Scholarship Nellie J. Moss Endowed Scholarship Edna Hoffman Bowman Endowed Music and Kelli O’Hara Music Endowed Scholarship Performing Arts Scholarship Frances McMillan Oney Endowed Scholarship Clarence Burg Endowed Music Scholarship Mark Edward Parker Endowed Scholarship Emogene Collins Music Endowed Scholarship Margaret E. Petree Endowed Music Scholarship William H. Dougherty Endowed Scholarship OUMF – Margaret E. Petree Music Scholarship Phyllis Kastner Edson Endowed Scholarship Performing Arts Academy Scholarship J. Emrick Endowed Music Scholarship Presser Foundation Scholarship Myrtle S. Forsythe Endowed Scholarship Francis W. Preston/BMI Endowed Music Scholarship Marjorie Lee Germany Endowed Scholarship Margaret K. Replogle Endowed Music Scholarship Mary Jean Hackler Endowed Music Scholarship Royal Sarjent Endowed Scholarship William Randolph Hearst Music Scholarship Michael Schafer Endowed Scholarship Deb Heine Scholarship Inez Silberg Memorial Endowed Scholarship Gerald L. & Jayne Jayroe Gamble Endowed Scholarship William Elza Smith Endowed Church Music Scholarship Kurt & Cathy Leichter Endowed Music Scholarship Forest & Gloe Stith Memorial Endowed Scholarship Virginia Everitt Lovell Endowed Music Scholarship Marvona Easley Tavlin & Michael John Tavlin Endowed Scholarship Elizabeth Loewenstein Endowed Music Scholarship Verle & Lawrence Watson Endowed Music Scholarship Lisa Reagan Love Vocal Scholarship Esther Wessel Farmer Endowed Piano Scholarship Martin Mailman Endowed Band Scholarship Florence Wilson Voice Award Scholarship Ruth Mayer Memorial Endowed Music Scholarship Aleta Winkler Memorial Endowed Music Scholarship Philelle & Charles McBrayer Endowed Piano Scholarship Georgia Winton Endowed Scholarship Brenda McDaniel Endowed Music Scholarship

ENDOWED FUNDS Ann Hundley Hoover Endowed Chair Florence Birdwell Endowed Chair Busey Music Education Chair Mark & Jackie Darrah Professorship in Opera & Musical Theater Phyllis Kastner Edson Charitable Gift Annuity Morris Hatley Canterbury Choral Performing Arts Endowment Naomi McCasland Burton & James L. Burton Music Competition Fund Robert & Jeaneen Naifeh Meditation Garden Endowed Fund

Oklahoma City Community Foundation – Fine Arts Fund Music School Support Opera Association Fund Opera Society Founders Endowment Ronald K. Raines Opportunity Endowment Wanda L. Bass Chapel Organ Endowment Wanda L. Bass Music Center Endowment Wanda L. Bass Music Education Endowed Chair Wanda L. Bass Organ Endowed Chair Wanda L. Bass Piano Support Endowment

To learn more about establishing a music scholarship contact Dean Mark Parker at mparker@okcu.edu or 405.208.5700.

SCHOOL OF THEATRE THEATRE SCHOLARSHIPS Boston Costume Scholarship Clay & Eleanor Carrithers Endowed Scholarship Maybelle Conger Endowed Scholarship Marianna Davenport Endowed Scholarship Treva Hancock Endowed Drama Scholarship Claire Jones Scholarship Claire Jones Endowed Scholarship Charles E. Mehr Endowed Theatre Scholarship

To learn more about establishing a theatre scholarship contact Dean Mark Parker at mparker@okcu.edu or 405.208.5700.

BASS SCHOOL OF MUSIC FACULTY & STAFF Deans Mark Parker, Dean/Ann Hundley Hoover Chair Mark Belcik, Associate Dean JoBeth Moad, Assistant Dean/ Director of the Performing Arts Academy Conducting/Ensembles Mark Belcik, Conducting Matthew Mailman, Wind Jeff Grogan, Orchestra Randi Von Ellefson, Choirs Tony Gonzalez, Choirs John Allen, Jazz Ensemble Composition Edward Knight, Director Jamie Whitmarsh Theory James Cheng David Easley Erik Heine Lisa Kachouee Kate Pritchett Peter Purin Sarah Sarver Musicology Christa Bentley Beth Fleming Jake Johnson Jan McDaniel Music Education Peter Markes, Instrumental John Schimek, Instrumental Tony Gonzalez, Choral Instrumental John Allen, Trombone Michael Anderson, Trumpet Brian Belanus, Jazz Guitar Genevieve Clarkson, Tuba/ Euphonium

Tommy Dobbs, Percussion Michael Davis, Saxophone Lisa Kachouee, Clarinet Stephen Lochbaum, Guitar Rachel Maczko, Oboe Michael Mann, Trumpet Faith O’Neal, Harp Parthena Owens, Flute Kyle Patterson, Lute/Guitar Kate Pritchett, Horn Anna Resnick, Bassoon John Schimek, Double Bass Benjamin Schute, Violin Shaohong ‘Betty’ Yuan, Viola Tomasz Zieba, Cello Keyboard Sergio Monteiro, Director of Piano Anastasia Binti Abu Bakar, Harpsichord Claudia Carroll-Phelps, Piano Heejin Jang, Group Piano Kimberly Jensen, Group Piano Peggy Payne, Piano Melissa Plamann, Organ Jean Shackleton, Piano Opera & Music Theater David Herendeen, Director Karen Coe Miller, Assistant Director Charles Koslowske Matthew Mailman Jan McDaniel Voice Rachel Barnard Mary Brozina William Christensen Courtney Crouse Jennifer Graham Davy Green Brenda Holleman Kelly Holst Larry Keller Sarah Jo Martin

Catherine McDaniel Jeffrey Picón Jeremy Small Autumn West Olivia Yorkers Vocal Coaches Joe Fitzgerald Eric Frei Charles Koslowske Jan McDaniel Accompanists Jordan Andrews Kay Boyles Judy Chen Benjamin Clark John Edwards David Robillard Jean Shackleton Michael Stafford Daniel Willsey Staff Mary Jane Alexander Richard Beam Susanna Brieschke Katie Heltzel Keith Hendricks Katy Kinard Rachel Maczko Melissa Rice Garrett Stancil Brian Tabberer Susan Tate

SCHOOL OF THEATRE FACULTY & STAFF Deans

Adjunct Faculty

Costume Shop Staff

Mark Parker, Dean/Ann Hundley

Lyn Adams

Mariah Bowen

Hoover Chair

Dayna Brown

Christi Coufal

Roberta Sloan, Interim Associate Dean

Robin Vest-Coleman

Natalie Jacobson

Faculty

LA MFA Faculty & Staff

Rachel Barnett

Nicole Cowans

Staff

Jeffery S. Cochran

Timothy Davis-Reed

Susanna Brieschke

Brian Coleman

Ricardo De La Cruz

Keith Hendricks

Courtney DiBello

Dimitrios Loukakis

Katy Kinard

Luke Eddy

Jesse Murphy

Rachel Maczko

Jason Foreman

Mel O’Neil

Gayle Robertson

Jacob Henry

Suzanne Regan

Susan Tate

Larry Heyman

Robert Shryock

Jessica Trench

LeeAnne Metzger

Hal Kohlman Kris Kuss

Scene Shop Staff

Bill Langan

Jennifer Barrett

Lance Marsh

Matt Dorman

Tom McGowan

Larry Huffman

Aaron Mooney

James A. Stuhlmiller

Amy Osatinski

Robin Vest-Coleman

Chaslee Schweitzer Jeanie Sholer Dan Stone

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