Seven Days of Opening Nights March/April 2014 Program

MARCH 2014 APRIL 2014

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2013-2014 Sponsors SEVEN DAYS OF OPENING NIGHTS gratefully acknowledges its sponsors, whose generosity helps make this series possible. Community support has been a cornerstone of Opening Nights from its inception, and these area businesses have taken a personal stake in the series’ success (Sponsors listed as of 1/2/14).

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Contents

March–April 2014

DEPARTMENTS

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Director’s Welcome

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Members

40 Venues 41 Tickets & Membership 43 Education

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director’s welcome

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY Dr. Eric J. Barron, President

Welcome to the Seven Days of Opening Nights Performing Arts Series and Festival at Florida State University – the 16th anniversary of the Seven Days of Opening Nights and the 92nd year of professional performing arts presenting at Florida State University.

Office of University Relations Liz Maryanski, Vice President for University Relations Seven Days of opening nights Christopher J. Heacox, Executive Director Carla DeLoach, Development Officer Ashley Kerns, Program Coordinator Pat Campbell, Event Planner Lindsay Fyffe, Education & Outreach Assistant Abby Langsted, Community Engagement Assistant Victoria Shamas, Programming Assistant Seven Days of Opening Nights Advisory Board Mike Pate, Chair Wendy Abberger Ruth Akers, Ph.D. Carmen Butler Jodi Chase Gus Corbella Liz Maryanski Johanna Money Michael Obrecht John Schultz Marjorie Turnbull Ed West Rep. Alan Williams Florida State University Office of the President College of Arts and Sciences College of Motion Picture Arts College of Music College of Visual Arts, Theatre and Dance Fine Arts Ticket Office Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography University Communications University Relations Creative Services

We are thrilled to close the 2013-2014 season with three diverse programs from artists who are new to Seven Days of Opening Nights audiences.

Five-time GRAMMY nominated vocalist Nnenna Freelon joins GRAMMY award-winning guitarist Earl Klugh for “An Intimate Evening” of timeless lyrics and melodies from the past and present…channeling great vocal and guitar collaborations like Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass.

Singer, composer, and guitarist Becca Stevens brings her band to Tallahassee for our first presentation in the Carriage House at Goodwood Museum and Gardens and for their debut performance in our capital city.

Closing out the season is the GRAMMY award-winning Chanticleer: An Orchestra of Voices. “The world’s reigning male chorus” makes their Seven Days of Opening Nights’ debut in Ruby Diamond Concert Hall with their “She Said, He Said” program.

As we end the season and gear up for 2014-2015, we ask that you please consider a gift of membership, sponsorship, or endowing one of our great programs. Your generosity assists in the continuing mission of presenting exceptional artistic and educational experiences in our community. Ask an Opening Nights’ representative at one of the performances or visit our website for more information.

Thank you again for your support of Seven Days of Opening Nights at Florida State University and enjoy these outstanding performances in our community.

Best regards,

Christopher J. Heacox

Executive Director, Seven Days of Opening Nights

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2013-2014 members members listed as of 2/18/14 PRODUCER’S CIRCLE Bernadette Kearney Carol Gregg & Kathy Villacorta David and Cheri Paradice Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Haley Dr. Farhat & Mrs. Kristine Khairallah Janet R. Thornton Jennifer Fitzwater & Geof Mansfield Jim and Betty Ann Rodgers Ken Kato & Nan Nagy Larry and Jo Deeb Lee Hinkle Mark & Sally Rosser Mark & Susan Vanhoeij Mike & Judy Pate Nancy Linnan & Jim York Mikey Bestebreurtje Talbot D’Alemberte and Patsy Palmer John and Barbara Mahoney Drs. Jayne and Fred Standley President & Mrs. Eric & Molly Barron Richard & Karen Burns Rod & Virginia Vaughn, Charles & Patricia Benedict Tanya & Tony Weaver, M.D.

PARTNER LEVEL Bettina Krone Bill & Caryl Donnellan Bob & Mary Bedford, Emergent Design & Development Bryant Miller Olive Dr. Natalie Radford Grossman, Furlow & Bayo Law Firm Gus & Tanya Corbella Jan & Mark Pudlow Jann & Ray Bellamy Josh & Wendy Somerset Law Office of Linda A. Bailey, PA Lisa & Keith Foran Malte & Pam Vonmatthiessen Marjorie Turnbull Mayda & Kim Williams Mike & Debbie Huey Novey Law Dr. Marie Krafft and Dr. Robert Holton Lawton and Elizabeth Langford Patricia J. Flowers SalterMitchell Sherrill & Jimmy Ragans Susan & Charles Stratton Tanya Hollady - Regional Therapy Tara Wah & Paige Harbaugh TD & Kathi Giddings

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The Ingerman Family Warren & Faith Jones Mitchell Haigler Dr. Winston & Denise Ortiz

FRIEND LEVEL Wendy Abberger Len Adams & Connie Sauer-Adams Jean Ainsworth Nigel Allen & Anna Bertolucci Joe & Patti Beckham Donna Blanton & John Van Gieson Don & Eileen Bourassa Dr. Mary Coburn & David Coburn, Esq. Andre & Eleanor Connan Capt. James l. & Sandra J. Dafoe Kathleen Daly & Reinhart Lerch Peggy & Jim Davis Dr. Jeanette De Diemar Greg & Carla DeLoach Richard B. Earls Ruth & Richard Feiock Anonymous Janet Ferris and Philip Padivano Linda Figg & Richard Drew Barbara R. Foorman Louise & Marc Freeman Russell & Mollie Gautier Elenita Gomez & Jack Brennan Barbara L. Hamby & David K. Kirby Robin Hamilton Don Hansard & Nada Marz Tracy & Brenda Hatch Myron & Judy Hayden Christopher & Claire Heacox Calynne & Lou Hill Mart Hill Delma and Diane Hughes Bill & Bunnie Hunter Duane E. Jacobs Mimi Jones & Bill Brubaker Robert and Malinda Jones Rip & Kelly Kirby Herbert and Chantal Littleton Liz & Bob Maryanski Jim & Susan Mau The Mitchell Families James & Nancy Moorer Dr. Jean & Mr. John Munn Julie & Michael Obrecht Niraj Pandit, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.S.C.A.I. & Carey Dellock, M.D., F.A.C.C. John & Meg Paschal Maureen C. Proctor Randy & Marilynn Rhea Dottie Roberts & Doug Bruce Lisa and John Rutledge Greg and Kim Shafer Bill & Jane Simpson

Black Fig Del Suggs & Denice Jones Theriaque & Spain Darlene Horton & Richard Wagner Steve Moore Watkins, III, Esq. Teresa Beazley Widmer David & Mary Jean Yon WavSource.com

ASSOCIATE LEVEL Barbara Mason White Beverly Bonner Frick Bill & Dottie Lee Bob & Ellie Disbennett Brian & Carol Berkowitz Carolyn Aziz & Suheyl Muskara Cathy & David Levenson Charles & Sharon Aronovitch Charles H. Lester Cindy & Bill Bielecky Claudia & John Scholz De Witt & Neddy Sumners Debby Kearney Dominic & Debbie Calabro Don & Taska Zorn Donna M. Barber Dr. Michelle Bachtel & Mr. Scott Atwell Dr. Rachel Sutz Pienta & David Pienta Eileen Sperl-Hawkins Elizabeth T. Dameron Ermine M. Owenby Frances Carter & David Folsom Gary Williams Genese & Martin Byrd Greg & Sharon Beaumont J. Eric & Candace Pridgeon Jacob & Johanna Money Jacque Gilberg James & Maureen Daughton James Hennessey & Kathryn Gibson Jan & Dick McCollister Janis David & Ryan Anderton Jawole Willa Jo Zollar Jay & Jennifer LaVia Jenny & John Bryant Jerome and Dr. Alicestine Ashford JoAnna and Michael Rosciam Joanne and David Rasmussen Jodi and Charlie Chase John Dozier and Martha Paradeis John Taylor and Cynthia Tie Jon and Jean Kline Julia Zimmerman and Thomas Schmick Kathryn Karrh Cashin Kayce Morton Kenneth Reckford and Charlotte Orth

Kirby W. Kemper Linda and Kenny Walker Lisa and Bernie Waxman Liz and John Jameson Lynda Roser and Marilyn Yon Marge Masterman Marilynn Evert Mary Anne Price Matthew D. Burrell Mike Mesler Mirella & Theo Siegrist Mr. & Mrs. Frank & Jodee Dorsey Mr. & Mrs. Marion D. Lamb, III Nancy Edmunds Bivins Andrew Behrman Bonnie and Daniel Davis Grayal Farr Linda Harkey Paula and Angel Lluveras Doug Mann & Kris Knab Drs. Faisal and Nola Munasifi Chris and Randi New Barbara J. Pariente Genevieve Scott Dr. Richard Senesac Gary and Patricia Smith Tony Starace Larry and Nancy Stokely David Thead Joseph & Kathryn Travis Dr. Ernesto and Lisa Umana Drs. Ben & Mary Sterner Lawson Patrick & Barbara Murray Phil & Kathy Reeves Phillip Y. “Tip” Tomberlin, Jr. Richard & Alecia Bist Robert Goldman & Lu Ann Snider Robin & Tom Asbury Ronald & Genevieve Blazek Russell & Janis Courson Sandy Kerr & Jessie Lovano-Kerr Stacey Rutledge & Edward Gray Stephen & Yvonne Brown Susan Drake & Charles Futch Terry & Fran Lewis Tom & Mary Ellen Bateman Trudy & Bob Deyle Warren W. & Paula E. Sutton Yvonne E. McIntosh, Ph.D.

DEBUT LEVEL Margo & Bobby Adams Kitty and Steven Aggelis Michael & Silvia Alderman Mary Helena (M.H.) Allen Ingolf Askevold Bob Baker Mary and Terrell Bebout Ellen Berler & Rob Contreras Brian and Kim Bibeau

Libby & Sid Bigham Erwin P. Bodo & Rebecca B. Knapp Greg & Karen Boebinger Bill & Nolia Brandt Dana Brooks Denise Brown Ted Bruce Dr. Steven C. Bryan Barbara Busharis & Stan Tozer Rob & Gina Byerts Celia R. Caputi Leslie Carlile Henry and Debra Carretta Susan Cason Pete & Bonnie Chamlis Heidi Chavers Goldie Chaves Jason & Allison Coleman Dr. R. Steven Coleman Marie E. Cowart Virginia Craig Anonymous - DNW Gail Crisp Elizabeth Crockett-Harris Jane & Pat Dallet Jeff Davidson Dixie M. Davis Timothy and Mary Dawkins Dr. Ludmila De Faria Carol DeLoach Peggy J. Dender Dr. Petra Doan Pamala J Doffek Eleanor & Richard Doran Pamela Davis Duncan Jeff Duvall & Stuart Riordan Bill & Browning Edmonds Stan & Carole Fiore Anne and Chapin Frazee Barbara Ann & Wayne Frederich Jeffrey Frehn Daniel & Linda Fuchs Kathleen Fulsom Brian & Ann Gaber John and Mary Geringer Gregory and Angela Gibbs Durene Gilbert Michael and Patricia Glazer Harvey & Judy Goldman Michael J. Gonatos Dr. Connie Graunke Dave & Margaret Groves Sheldon A. Gusky Stanley A. & Helen D. Haines Kathleen & David Hale Michael & Katherine Hasper John & Eleanor Hawkins Mary Jane & Tom Hayden Topher Heacox Matt & Jennie Hefelfinger Jon & Dottie Hinkle Kurt & Beth Hodges Laura Hodges Stephen Hodges and Elizabeth Pulliam Lori Holcomb

Glee & Myles Hollander Beverly Holmes Ken Hovey Marleena & Sam Huckaba Elaine Hull Barry Johnson Cindy and Joe Johnson Amy M. Jones Edward & Helena Kadunc Chet Kaufman Matt Keelean & Diana Kampert John & Linda Kilgore Kimberly L. King Ms. Bridget King Tom Kirwin Richard Kitchen Greg & Angela Knecht Bob & Gail Knight Davia & Ira Kramer Patterson Lamb Charles and Dian LaTour Pamela Leslie Helen Livingston, EdD, FSU College of Medicine C.B. & Michele Lorch Leslie Lundberg Dian Lyn Dr. & Mrs. Ed Lyon Mike & Cheri Madsen Sam & Peggy Mahdavi Rick & Edna Parker Mann Helen & Tom Martineau Anthony & Susan Matthews Emory & Autumn Mayfield Steve Been, & Kathy & Joan McGuire Dr. Meredith and Elsa McKinney Jane McPherson & Jon Jefferson Lisa Medley Frank & Francesca Melichar Raymond & Rhonda Merritt Martin & Marion Merzer Valerie & Steve Mindlin Catherine C. Moon Karen Moon Gordon & Ursula Morgan Karen J Morris Ph.D. Dr Michael & Judi Moss Rob & Carol Murrell Mary Nardi Drs. Robert & Janet Newburgh Dan & Lesley Nolan Dianna & Bill Norwood Shane O’Neill Ed & Linda Oaksford Dr. Debbie Justice-Obley & Ross Obley Albert & Darlene Oosterhof Larry Overton Eric & Kathy Palm Sara Carter Pankaskie Christine H. Parrish Jim & Cindy Parry Jerri Patterson Michelle Pedulla Thomas G. Pelham Jason & Katie Pernell

Tom & Dianne Phillips Diana Picklesimer Jorge & Betty Piekarewicz Wayne & Phyllis Pierson Terri Poore Beth Anne Posey Eva-Lynn Powell Dr. Anne Power David & JoAnn Prescott Nick and Elaine Prine Nikki J. Pritchett Julian and Elizabeth Proctor Cheryl, Freddie, Josiah, Caha Pye John Quine and Bettye Case Glenda Rabby and Dr. Theodore Chiricos David & Pamela Radcliffe Peggy Ramsey Nolan & Zana Raybon Bill & Connie Reinhardt Robert Riedel and Anna Johnson-Riedel Ann & Michael Riley Rippee Construction, Inc. Dr. Diane Roberts Jennifer Rodan Dr. Steve Rollin & Ms. Mary Apple Carol and Henry Rosen Ellye Rosenberg & Laurence Sack Landon & Nancy Ross Dr. & Mrs. Alan Rowan Anonymous Dr. William and Jonette Sawyer Evan Schans Drs. David & Winnie Schmeling Annette Schwabe & Jim Orcutt Lisa A. Scott & Ned Campbell Craig Shaw & Lynn Griffin Nancy & Michael Sheridan Charles & Pamela Shields Sharon Slaten Gale & Charles Slavin Carey Smith Chuck and Donnajo Smith David & Kathleen Smith Crit and Dee Ann Smith Jean T. Souter Mary Jo Spector John & Margaret Stewart Jim & Georgia Stock Catherine and Jesse Suber Neil Sullivan Dan & Robin Thompson Lee and Mary Townsend Susan & Stephen Turner Marianna Tutwiler Ann & Jeff VanderMeer Craig & Jessica Varn Carmel Vernon John & Kendra Viele Dan & Denise Vollmer William Chamberlain & John Wallace James T. Ward Stan & Paula Warmath Kathleen Waters C.J. Weinman

Kip and Beverly Wells Stacy Wheeler Barbara A. White Michael and Gale Whitehead Palmer & Leslie Williams Stanford Williams Marilynn Wills Ken Winker Jenny Grill and Jean-Marc Wise Samuel Wiseman Anne Wright Nancy Wright MD Pam & Taylor Yackulics Marilyn Young & Michael Launer Farmers & Merchants Bank

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ix-time GRAMMY® Award-nominee Nnenna Freelon has earned a well-deserved reputation as a compelling and captivating live performer. Appearing at the Democratic National Convention’s Media Day on Sept. 1, 2012, Ms. Freelon continues her international reach bringing attention to two of her passions—the art of jazz and the importance of education.

In November 2011, The White House asked Ms. Freelon to headline the Asia Pacific Economic Summit, for 300 Presidents, Premiers and Heads of State from around the world—another triumph! In live performance, recent opportunities have brought her first collaborations with two legends Ms. Freelon has longadmired: guitarist Earl Klugh and pianist Ramsey Lewis.

Prior to these events, Ms. Freelon teamed with Opera Superstar Jessye Norman and the Indie phenom band The Roots at The Hollywood Bowl, and thrilled SRO-shows at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival with the Duke Ellington-inspired Dreaming The Duke, Ms. Freelon has thrilled audiences worldwide.

At the 43rd annual GRAMMY® Awards telecast from Los Angeles, she inspired an enthusiastic standing ovation from 20,000 music-industry insiders and celebrities when she took to the stage with Take 6. Prior to that stirring appearance, Ms. Freelon’s performances for the legendary Julie Andrews at the Society of Singers’ “Ella Awards,” Variety’s The Children’s Charity, Jerry Lewis’ Labor Day Muscular Dystrophy Telethon, a headline spot for ActionAID, the International AIDS fundraiser

with Sir Elton John, and Andrea Bocelli, as well as at the most famous jazz festivals around the globe, have all been rousing successes.

A tireless advocate for the arts, and known for her dedication to education and children of all ages, Ms. Freelon has been recognized often - YWCA of North Carolina’s 2011 inaugural Legend Award for her outstanding artistry and dedication to education, 2010 Woman of Substance by Bennett College for Woman, the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame for her artistry, the Eubie Blake Award, Academie of Jazz of France Award, and many more.

Ms. Freelon’s recent TV appearances include PBS’s The Charlie Rose Show, NBC’s Weekend Today, and In Performance At The White House to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz. The versatile songstress quickly paired those notable turns with a featured song on TV’s # 1 cable hit Mad Men and on recording with The World Famous Count Basie Orchestra to celebrate their new Mack Avenue recording.

Ms. Freelon made her feature film debut in the Mel Gibson hit, What Women Want, and sang a remake of Sinatra’s classic, “Fly Me To The Moon” for The Visit, starring Billy Dee Williams. She has twice been nominated for the “Lady of Soul” Soul Train Award. In addition, Ms. Freelon has performed and toured 2013-2014 series PROGRAM

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with a veritable who’s who in music, from Ray Charles and Ellis Marsalis to Al Jarreau and George Benson, among many others.

No wonder—for anyone who has heard and seen Ms. Freelon sing knows she is a skillful interpreter of even the most familiar chestnuts. Says Ms. Freelon, “We continue to evolve—I’ve grown a lot, both musically and spiritually, on this journey.

Before, many things were ‘first’ experiences, but now I’m going back to some of the same festivals and venues. It’s great to see all the awards and career milestones building up,” she admits, “but it’s even nicer to realize people are coming to the shows and saying, ‘I saw you back in ’95!’ I’ve made a lot of friends on the road.”

An accomplished singer, composer, producer, and arranger (as well as budding actress), one thing is certain—Nnenna Freelon is a true original!

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fter breaking a six-year recording hiatus with the universally-hailed solo album of 2005, Earl Klugh steps back from Naked Guitar’s intimate focus on the unaccompanied guitar to capture the biggest picture possible, and an equally personal one: The Spice of Life is a far-reaching account of all his music, marking Mr. Klugh’s return to full-scale album production after a nine-year break, with a special guest appearance by flautist Hubert Laws, and with the arrangements of two legendary orchestrators, Don Sebesky and Eddie Horst. It effortlessly segues from jazz to Latin to pop modes through a compositional approach that recalls his GRAMMY® Award-winning work with Bob James (One on One), spiced with all the lyric flourishes that established Klugh’s distinctive signature all those years ago.

Not surprisingly, the adult-aimed radio stations that have followed Mr. Klugh’s music through 23 Top Ten Billboard Jazz Chart albums (four of them No. 1), and 12 GRAMMY® nominations, have rushed to embrace The Spice of Life, with the first focus track “Driftin’” immediately gathering mostadded honors in the format upon its release – a loyalty that bespeaks the sustained personal stature, high standards, and restless creative passion of this guitarist’s career. “Driftin’” spent 12 consecutive weeks as #1 on the Radio and Records Smooth Jazz Indicator chart and ranked #1 overall in 2008 on this chart. “Driftin’” is also an iTunes Bestselling Jazz Song of 2008, and is one of Billboard’s Hot Smooth Jazz Songs of 2008.

Furthermore, The Spice of Life is a Billboard and iTunes Bestselling Jazz Album for 2008, and it continues to receive critical acclaim across the country.

Imprinted in the album’s many further highlights – whether newly composed or classics re-imagined, performed solo or with his band, acoustic or electronic – listeners can hear the inspirations and enthusiasms of a lifetime. “The orchestrated trio pieces with Don Sebesky were the ones that got me started in the studio,” Mr. Klugh notes. “We took the Thelonious Monk song “Bye Ya,” and changed it to a sort of mutated bossa nova. “Ocean Blue” is a tribute to Wes Montgomery, and the albums Don Sebesky recorded with him.

I love the way Wes wrote original tunes, because they had such immediate melodies, with unexpected chord changes.”

Musical and personal reflections of Mr. Klugh’s boyhood and adolescence also underlie the album’s new songs and lovingly-

chosen standards. “In My Foolish Heart,” Mr. Klugh says, “there are rhythmic concepts from Ahmad Jamal’s Poinciana. When I was 17, I spent time with him at the jazz club in Detroit; and you never forget that, when somebody that great takes time to ask about you and talk about your music. For “Canadian Sunset,” we took the original piano arrangement by the composer, Eddie Heywood, and elaborated. I love the way Sebesky used the vibes on this tune - combined with the strings and flutes, it creates such chemistry to have that many things working together.” “Venezuelan Nights and The Toy Guitar are my own compositions,” says Klugh, “but they were inspired by the beautiful waltzes written by Venezuelan guitarist/composer Antonio Lauro and the Latin-influenced music I grew up on. These songs are in 6/8 [time], which you don’t hear much in pop records today.”

“This was one of the few times I didn’t pre-plan the sound or direction of the record,” Klugh sums up: “I decided to pick songs, instead of picking the style. I called the album The Spice of Life because the record went in a number of directions, but the elements came together so well once we put all the music together.” Bearing all of Klugh’s classic signatures, the album is imbued with the moving, revelatory and always contagious joy of music. Klugh says that his own experience of music-making as something eternally and essentially new is at the center of THE SPICE OF LIFE: “I feel it is important to not only do wat you do best, but also try to stretch that range and examine where you can take it.”

In recent times, with the passing of his beloved mother and a subsequent relocation from his hometown Detroit to Atlanta, Mr. Klugh had eased up the hectic recording schedule that produced 33 albums in just under 25 years. Even so, he says, “I was touring the entire time, because I love playing and traveling with the band. Then, the solo album (Naked Guitar) was received so well, I got started again in the studio.”

The organic and relaxed, yet typically expressive and adventurous vibe of The Spice of Life stems from Klugh’s continued love of composing music, combined with the circle of musicians that he describes as a “safety net and comfort zone.” Mr. Klugh notes: “I always use the great players in my touring band. Lenny Price on saxophone and wind synthesizer; David Lee on keyboards, who was with Parliament-Funkadelic; Al Turner and Ron Otis, who you hear on the two hit albums by Kem. It’s a varied group. The trio ensemble portion, with Yonrico Scott and Jeff Cox, comprises almost half the record.”

He adds: “I really enjoy playing solo, but with all the ‘alone’ time spent practicing, I really have a good time working with the band. You gain so much through collaboration.”

The Spice of Life is the reflection of a lifetime’s discovery, growth, and collaboration in music. First studying piano at age 3, and then guitar at 10, Earl was barely a teen when he was thunderstruck by watching Chet Atkins play guitar on Perry Como’s television variety show. “Chet’s playing cast a long shadow on my whole life,” he says, with obvious respect and fondness. “He was the first person I saw playing the melody on guitar, without singing. I had never heard the guitar being played like that.” Immediately, the then 13-year old Mr. Klugh immersed himself in Atkins’ innovative fingering style, studying Atkins’ playing on dozens of albums. In honing his technique, a complex, beautiful and melodic style emerged, and a talent that was uniquely Mr. Klugh’s.

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Working in a local music shop and haunting the Detroit jazz landmark Baker’s Keyboard Lounge accompanied by his mother, Mr. Klugh found encouragement from the giants of jazz as a young man: “George Benson was my first and foremost mentor; I worked in his band for a year, at 17. He spent a lot of time with me, and was key in helping me sign my first record deal,” which resulted in the debut album Earl Klugh (Blue Note, 1976). In Detroit, Earl also met pianist Bill Evans, a central songwriting influence; the great saxophonist and flautist Yusef Lateef, later playing on two of his albums; and Chick Corea, whom he briefly joined in Return to Forever’s earliest incarnation. Mr. Klugh declined an invitation to join Stevie Wonder on tour to concentrate on his own career, but this too remained a cherished vote of confidence.

Mr. Klugh absorbed a world of influences in his youth, from Wes Montgomery to Sergio Mendes, to the jazz and classical guitar music of Brazil, Argentina, and Spain, the pop songs of Burt Bacharach and The Beatles, and the pop-folk eruption of the early Sixties and Motown’s legendary studio-session band, The Funk Brothers. “Music for me has always been a driving force in my life,” he says. “I love the emotion music evokes, and the stories it tells. No matter the genre, or style, I can always find something to enjoy. Music has no boundaries.” Mr. Klugh’s lifelong appreciation of contemporary popular music resulted not in a pastiche of styles, but in a philosophical positioning of his music for the broadest audience of music lovers. As a composer and recording artist, he was counted among the lynchpin figures of a new contemporary jazz, and rightly credited for the extension of his instrument’s artistic scope.

Years after inspiring Mr. Klugh so crucially -- and by then a longtime friend and collaborator -- Chet Atkins zeroed right in on Klugh’s forte in Guitar Player magazine, noting Mr. Klugh‘s use of a profound talent and artistic daring to create a mainstream music. “Earl can wail with the best,” said Atkins, “but he prefers to touch people emotionally. He reaches your heart with that romantic special something.” Mr. Klugh’s closeness to his listeners has been a constant of his career and his life: “I’m always amazed that fans are so loyal. So many have shared stories and memories of what my music has meant to them. It’s the most wonderful compliment I could ever receive.”

In recent years, Mr. Klugh has toured on nearly every continent, carrying the banner for jazz music, its legendary musicians, and for global social awareness. Joining such legends as George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Al Jarreau, Bob James, Patti Austin, and Ravi Coltrane, Mr. Klugh has twice traveled on goodwill tours to India, jointly sponsored by the U.S. State Department and The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz. Mr. Klugh received the honor of 2008’s Best Jazz Concert by the Pittsburgh PostGazette, and the New York Times hailed Mr. Klugh, “…a guitarist with impeccable technique.” Whether he is performing as a soloist, with his quartet, his electric band, his ‘Little Big Band’ or with renowned symphony orchestras, Mr. Klugh’s magic onstage continues to delight audiences worldwide.

His symphonic work is extensive and features a catalogue of over 50 symphony charts orchestrated by GRAMMY® winners Don Sebesky, Dave Grusin, Johnny Mandel, and Clare Fischer.

Mr. Klugh also spearheaded the return of jazz to a legendary swing era venue, Colorado Springs’ Broadmoor Resort, where for six years, his Weekend of Jazz at the Broadmoor has hosted such greats as Joe Sample, Roberta Flack, Arturo Sandoval,

Chris Botti, Michael Franks, and, in March 2009’s event, he welcomes Bob James, Patti Austin, R n R: Rick Braun & Richard Elliot, Jessy J, and Spyro Gyra.

Mr. Klugh has recorded over 30 albums in a multi-million-selling career including 23 Top Ten charting records – four of them No. 1 - on Billboard’s Jazz Album chart. He has been nominated twelve times for the GRAMMY®, in jazz fusion, best arrangement and pop instrumental categories, winning the 1980 GRAMMY® for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for the million-selling album One on One with Bob James. He won the 1987 Edison Award for Life Stories (Europe’s GRAMMY® Equivalent). Mr. Klugh’s first Koch album, Naked Guitar, was nominated for Best Pop Instrumental Album, as well as his second Koch effort, The Spice of Life. Collaboration, his 1987 album with George Benson, was certified Gold by the RIAA. As a composer and songwriter, Mr. Klugh’s credit appears on recordings by Aretha Franklin, Jamie Foxx, Roberta Flack, Mary J. Blige, Kenny Loggins, Al Jarreau, and many others. He has been invited to play as a guest artist by such diverse peers and admirers as Jimmy Buffett, Kenny Loggins, Brenda Russell, Stevie Wonder, Miles Davis, and McCoy Tyner. In film, Mr. Klugh’s guitar is heard in the soundtrack scores of How to Beat the High Cost of Living, Marvin and Tige, and Just Between Friends. He has performed on such television institutions as The Tonight Show, Late Night featuring David Letterman, The Today Show, and Good Morning America.

“The essential excitement of music-making is renewed in every studio and stage performance,” Mr. Klugh says. “Once I get into the actual song, I try to go back to what made me write the song or decide to perform it. I try to keep myself in an open mind, so I don’t reproduce the record (but instead) create a live performance at that moment. I play it for myself as if it’s the first time I’m doing it. Most of my band members have been with me ten-plus years, like Al Duncan (keyboards, horns).

We’re very comfortable with each other. If one of us plays differently than the night before, it sparks a different reaction.

Going into something unexpected is great, because the music takes on a life of its own. After all these years, that’s what we try to do.”

Even with the many accomplishments of a long career, Mr. Klugh doesn’t necessarily believe there is a peak level to playing guitar.

In a 2005 interview with Modern Guitars, he reflected, “My enjoyment is searching out new things to play every day, and ways to play them. There’s so much more I want to do. If there were nothing else to learn and do there’d be no reason to play.”

Presenting The Spice of Life, Klugh continues to show us just how much he has learned, and makes us hope that his reasons to play will exist for many years to come.

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The daughter of musicians, Ms. Stevens began singing in her family’s band, the Tune Mammals, when she was two years old.

She spent much of her childhood on stage, singing, acting, and dancing, including a year-long tour in the lead role of The Secret Garden when she was ten. Ms. Stevens became fluent in jazz and classical guitar and in the folk music traditions of her native North Carolina—influences that still echo in her songwriting. After graduating from the high school program at the North Carolina School of the Arts with a major in classical guitar, Ms. Stevens attended The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York. It was at the New School that she met Chris Tordini and started to put together what would subsequently become the Becca Stevens Band. Since graduating from the New School, Ms. Stevens has served as lead singer of Travis Sullivan’s Bjorkestra, fronting a genre-bending 18-piece jazz orchestra interpreting the songs of Björk; toured and recorded with, and written lyrics for, jazz pianist Taylor Eigsti, and most recently performed at Carnegie Hall as featured singer with pianist Brad Mehldau. She’s also toured as part of drummer/composer Eric Harland’s all-star band; and has performed with such notable players as Jeff Ballard, Larry Grenadier, Mark Turner, Ed Simon, and Greg Hutchinson.

2010 saw the debut of Stevens’ first choral composition, Soli Deo Gloria, commissioned and performed by the Melodia Women’s Choir in New York. Becca also moonlights as one-third of Tillery, a trio with fellow singer/songwriters Rebecca Martin and Gretchen Parlato. In 2011 Sunnyside records released the critically acclaimed Weightless a sparkling 12-song set revealing the accomplished young songstress as a startlingly original, refreshingly distinctive talent in her own right.

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Soprano | Gregory Peebles, Kory Reid, Darita Seth Alto | Cortez Mitchell, Alan Reinhardt, Adam Ward

Oimè se tanto amate Claudio Monteverdi (1567 – 1643)

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Schöne Fremde Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1805 – 1847), from Gartenlieder Wasserfahrt, op. 50, no. 4 Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847), from Sechs Lieder, op. 50, no. 4 Nachtwache IJohannes Brahms (1833 – 1897), from Fünf Gesänge, op. 104, no. 1

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I Gaude gloriosa* Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525 – 1594) Regina caeli laetare* Tomás Luis de Victoria (c. 1548 – 1611) O frondens virga Hildegard von Bingen (1098 – 1179) Ave Virgo sanctissima Francisco Guerrero (c. 1528 – 1599) II | To be selected from: Tirsi morir volea Andrea Gabrieli (c. 1532 – 1585) Quando nascesti, Amor?

Adrian Willaert (c. 1490 – 1562) Lasso chi’a’rdo Willaert

IV Trois Chansons Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937) 1. Nicolette 2. Trois beaux oiseaux du paradis 3. Ronde V Let Down the Bars, O Death Samuel Barber (1910 – 1981) “Wait” Fantasy* arr. Steve Hackman (b. 1980)“Wait” Music & Lyrics by Anthony Gonzalez/Yann Gonzalez/Morgan Kibby/Brad Laner/ Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Commissioned by Chanticleer in 2013

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From top-left: Eric Alatorre Michael Bresnahan Brian Hinman Ben Jones Matthew Knickman Cortez Mitchell Gregory Peebles Kory Reid Alan Reinhardt Marques Jerrell Ruff Darita Mara Seth Adam Ward Jace Wittig

INTERMISSION VI Give Me Hunger Stacy Garrop (b. 1969), Commissioned by Chanticleer in 2013 A Boy and a Girl Eric Whitacre (b. 1970) VII | Folksongs to be selected from: Flower of Beauty John Clements (1910 – 1986) L’Amour de moy* Trad. French, arr. Alice Parker / Robert Shaw Two Chinese Folksongs Trad. Chinese, arr. Chen Yi / Steven Stucky 小 河 淌 水 (Xiao He Tang Shui) 太阳出来喜洋洋 (Tai Yang Chu Lai Xi Yang Yang) Oy Polná, Polná Koróbushka* Trad. Russian, arr. Constantine Shvedoff VIII | Spirituals, jazz, and popular selections to be selected from: So in Love Cole Porter, arr. J. Jennings Willow, Weep for Me* Ann Ronell, arr. J. Jennings Chega de Saudade* Antonio Carlos Jobim, arr. J. Calandrelli, Commissioned by Chanticleer in 2013

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Hamburg Song* Tom Chaplin, Richard Hughes, arr. Steve Hackman, Commissioned by Chanticleer in 2013 Mirrorball* Elbow/Guy Garvey, arr. Peter Eldridge, Commissioned by Chanticleer in 2013 I Feel Better* Wally De Backer, arr. Darmon Meader Commissioned by Chanticleer in 2013 Ring of Fire* June Carter Cash/Merle Kilgore, arr. Michael McGlynn, Commissioned by Chanticleer in 2013 Washing of the Water* Peter Gabriel, arr. Mason Bates Commissioned by Chanticleer in 2013 Both Sides Now Joni Mitchell, arr. Vince Peterson Commissioned by Chanticleer in 2013 Spiritual Medley Trad. Gospel/Spiritual, arr. Joseph Jennings Poor Pilgrim of Sorrow* Sit Down Servant Plenty Good Room* Keep Your Hand on the Plow*† Trad. Spiritual, arr. Joseph Jennings Program Subject to change *These works have been recorded and are available at this performance and at www.chanticleer.org †These pieces have been published through Hinshaw Music as part of the Chanticleer Choral Series.

Called “the world’s reigning male chorus” by The New Yorker magazine, and named Ensemble of the Year by Musical America in 2008, the San Francisco-based, GRAMMY® award-winning ensemble Chanticleer embarks upon its 36th season in 2013-14, performing in 23 of the United States. A winter international tour of 9 European countries will see debuts in Dublin, Moscow, and St. Petersburg; and returns to Paris, Vienna, Budapest, Prague, Antwerp, Rotterdam, and Bruges. Praised by the San Francisco Chronicle for their “tonal luxuriance and crisply etched clarity,” Chanticleer is known around the world as “an orchestra of voices” for the seamless blend of its twelve male voices ranging from countertenor to bass and its original interpretations of vocal literature, from Renaissance to jazz, and from gospel to venturesome new music.

Chanticleer’s 24-concert 2013-14 Bay Area Season opened in September with the launch at SF Jazz of a new studio album, Someone New, a collection of jazz/pop tunes by composers such as Brubeck, Jobim, Gotye, Waits, Mercury, Elbow, M83 and others newly arranged for Chanticleer. The concert season opened with She Said/He Said, featuring music by Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn, Brahms, Ravel, Barber, as well as the premieres of “Give Me Hunger” by Stacy Garrop and Vince Peterson’s arrangement of Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now.” A Chanticleer Christmas was in high demand at the Christmas season with performances from coast-to-coast in venues including New York’s St. Ignatius Loyola, Chicago’s First Presbyterian Church, Walt Disney Concert Hall and churches and missions in the San Francisco Bay Area. A Chanticleer Christmas is broadcast annually on over 300 affiliated public radio stations nationwide.

Two unprecedented collaborations round out the Bay Area season. Atlantic Crossing in March, with Nadja SalernoSonnenberg and the New Century Chamber Orchestra, recalls the period of electric creativity before World War I through the music of Bartok, Weill, Ellington and Gershwin and features special arrangements by Clarice Assad.

Concluding the season in June will be Chanticleer’s first all Russian program, Russian Dreams, featuring music written for Russian male choruses–from chant, folk songs, and battle songs, to secular chorales and Romantic liturgical masterpieces–all prepared by Elena Sharkova.

Since Chanticleer began releasing recordings in 1981, the group has sold well over a million copies and garnered two GRAMMY® awards. Chanticleer’s recordings are distributed

by Chanticleer Records, Naxos, Rhino Records, ArkivMusic, and iTunes among others, and are available on Chanticleer’s website: www.chanticleer.org. In addition to Someone New, Chanticleer will release a live recording of She Said/He Saidon its Chanticleer Live in Concert (CLIC) series.

With the help of individual contributions, foundation and corporate support, the Ensemble involves over 5,000 young people annually in its extensive education programs. The Louis A. Botto (LAB) Choir—an after school honors program for high school and college students—is now in its fourth year, adding to the ongoing program of in-school clinics and workshops, Chanticleer Youth Choral Festivals™ in the Bay Area and around the country, master classes for students nationwide, and the Chanticleer in Sonoma summer workshop for adult choral singers. The Singing Life—a documentary about Chanticleer’s work with young people—

was released in 2008. In 2010, Chanticleer’s education program was recognized by the Chorus America Education Outreach Award.

Chanticleer’s long-standing commitment to commissioning and performing new works was honored in 2008 by the inaugural Dale Warland/Chorus America Commissioning Award and the ASCAP/Chorus America Award for Adventurous Programming for the 2006-07 Season in which ten new works were premiered. Among the eighty composers commissioned in Chanticleer’s history are Mark Adamo, Mason Bates, Régis Campo, Chen Yi, David Conte, Shawn Crouch, Douglas J. Cuomo, Brent Michael Davids, Anthony Davis, Guido López-Gavilán, Stacy Garrop, William Hawley, Jake Heggie, Jackson Hill, Kamran Ince, Jeeyoung Kim, Tania León, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, Michael McGlynn, Peter Michaelides, John Musto, Tarik O’Regan, Roxanna Panufnik, Stephen Paulus, Shulamit Ran, Bernard Rands, Steven Sametz, Carlos Sanchez-Guttierez, Jan Sandström, Paul Schoenfield, Steven Stucky, John Tavener, Augusta Read Thomas and Janike Vandervelde.

Named for the “clear-singing” rooster in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, Chanticleer was founded in 1978 by tenor Louis Botto, who sang in the Ensemble until 1989 and served as Artistic Director until his death in 1997.

Chanticleer, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, is the current recipient of major grants from Chevron , The Dunard Fund/USA, The Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund , The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts , The Bernard Osher Foundation, The Bob Ross Foundation, and The Wallis Foundation. Chanticleer’s activities as a not-for-profit corporation are supported by its administrative staff and Board of Trustees.

ERIC ALATORRE, bass, joined Chanticleer in the last century.

Really. Now the provider of much of the Chanticleer lore from former times, he is enjoying sharing the joy of singing with some of his colleagues who are, quite literally, a new generation of singers. He still enjoys being able to perform all over the country and the world, which gives him plenty of time to explore his other passion: food. A part-time hedonist and full-time wine enthusiast, he is always looking for another wonderful dining experience to share with friends and his fellow singers on the road. His other passions include promoting Apple products to others, eating his way around the world, being married to his wonderful wife Dorothee, and enjoying watching his daughter Mia discover the joys of learning English, German and Spanish.

MICHAEL BRESNAHAN, tenor, is thrilled to be in his second year with Chanticleer. A West Virginia native, he received his B.M. in Vocal Performance at the Chicago College of Performing Arts, where he studied with Mark Crayton and Matthew Chellis and sang several leading roles. He then received a Master’s Degree in Music Education from VanderCook College of Music and worked as a choir teacher at a high school in downtown Chicago. He sang with some of the finest church choirs in Chicago, including the choirs of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church and Fourth Presbyterian Church. His other interests include country two-stepping, random adventures, and delicious food.

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BRIAN HINMAN, tenor, is in his eighth season with Chanticleer. Born in the suburbs of Chicago, he spent his childhood singing in choirs. Brian studied vocal performance at the University of Tennessee in addition to acting at the Larry Singer Studios and jazz with Joe Solomon, both in New York City. He has sung with rock bands, bluegrass bands and gospel choirs and has a long string of theater credits including lead roles in regional productions of Company and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. This is also Brian’s eighth season as Chanticleer’s Road Manager. He recently Co-Produced Chanticleer’s latest pop/jazz studio album, Someone New, with Leslie Ann Jones and Jace Wittig.

BEN JONES, tenor, is in his fifth season with Chanticleer.

Before joining the ensemble, he enjoyed a career in theatre and solo singing, performing professionally in productions including Follies (Buddy), Show Boat (Ravenal), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Jimmy), Cats (Munkustrap/Quaxo) and Sweeney Todd (Tobias) in addition to skewering multiple figures from pop culture (Michael Jackson, George W. Bush, John Travolta, Bill Clinton, Michael Phelps) in the longrunning San Francisco revue, Beach Blanket Babylon. Jones’ versatile voice can be heard on recordings on the Albany label and on national commercial spots for Meow Mix and Coors Light. As a concert soloist, he has shared the stage with Nathan Gunn, Rita Moreno, Helmuth Rilling, Val Diamond and Ian Hobson. Jones is an avid arts educator, having lectured regularly on music form and analysis in addition to conducting for multiple Bay Area youth orchestras, including the San Jose Youth Symphony. Jones holds a bachelors degree

in film theory and analysis from the University of Illinois as well as a masters degree in music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he studied voice with Cesar Ulloa and conducting with Michael Morgan.

MATTHEW KNICKMAN, baritone, is proud to be in his third season with Chanticleer. Born in Korea, he started singing as a member of the St. Stephen’s Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Westminster Choir College of Rider University with a B.M. and M.M. in Voice Performance and Pedagogy.

While at Westminster, he sang with the critically acclaimed Westminster Choir and Westminster Kantorei in multiple performances with the NY Philharmonic, Dresden Philharmonic & New Jersey Symphony. Prior to joining Chanticleer, he also performed with various organizations such as Les Violons du Roy et La Chapelle de Québec, Early Music New York, Masterwork Chorus, Antioch Chamber Ensemble, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Opera Theatre of Weston and Spoleto Festival U.S.A. He has been a soloist in numerous oratorios and Bach cantatas including the St. John and St. Matthew Passions with early music organizations such as Fuma Sacra, the Philadelphia Bach Festival and Carmel Bach Festival. In 2010, he was a Finalist in the Sixth Biennial Bach Vocal Competition for American Singers. When not singing, Matthew enjoys skydiving, comfort foods and is an exercise and nutritional science enthusiast.

CORTEZ MITCHELL, alto, is a native of Detroit, MI. He graduated from Morgan State University with a B.A. in music

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and a B.S. in mathematics and holds an M.M. in voice from the University of Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of Music.

As Minnesota Opera’s first resident artist countertenor he performed the role of Cherubino in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and covered Nicklausse in Offenbach’s Les Contes de Hoffman. With Urban Opera he performed the role of 1st Witch in Purcell’s Dido and Aneas. He has been featured in solo performances of J.S Bach’s Cantata#147 Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben with the Dayton Philharmonic, R. Nathaniels Dett’s The Ordering of Moses and Adolphus Hailstork’s Done Made My Vow with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Rachmaniov’s Vespers in St. Petersburg Russia, and Wynton Marsallis’s All Rise with the Lincoln Center Jazz Ensemble. Cortez has received awards from the National Opera Association, The Washington International competition and the Houston Grand Opera Elleanor McCollum competition. Mr. Mitchell is in his seventh season with Chanticleer.

GREGORY PEEBLES, soprano and Assistant Music Director, is thrilled to be returning for his sixth season with Chanticleer.

Originally from Hartselle, Alabama, he first performed for the public as a very young boy with his family singing gospel music. Eventually, he left the revival circuit for The University of Mississippi in Oxford. After graduating cum laude from “Ole Miss”, he found his way to Chicago, where he sang with musicians in such prestigious ensembles as Schola Antiqua, an ensemble in residence at the University of Chicago, as well as the choruses of Lyric Opera of Chicago and Chicago Symphony Orchestra. More recently, he completed his

graduate degree in Vocal Performance at Chicago College of the Performing Arts, where he studied with Mark Crayton.

In addition to his singing he is also a composer whose works have been performed in the USA and Europe. In his spare time, he enjoys poetry and exploring San Francisco, the most recent addition to a list of beautiful cities he can call Home.

KORY REID, soprano, is in his third season with Chanticleer.

He studied music education at Pepperdine University and completed a Masters Degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Southern California. Kory is a sought after countertenor soloist who has sung for Los Angeles Zimriyah Chorale, Los Robles Master Chorale, Catgut Trio, USC Chamber Singers, Pepperdine University Concert Choir and Collegium Musicum, and for many diverse choral recitals and church music programs in Southern California. He is a barbershop music enthusiast, was a district finalist in the quartet contest and a past member of the Westminster Chorus, winning the International Barbershop Chorus Contest in 2010. Kory also served as the Music Director for St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church in Newbury Park, CA. In his spare time, he enjoys watching movies, tasting new wines, and eating Doritos.

ALAN REINHARDT, alto, is pleased to be in his eighth season with Chanticleer. He grew up in Long Island, N.Y. and prior to joining sang with various ensembles in New York City including The Men and Boys choir at St. Thomas Church on Fifth Avenue, Early Music New York and choral performances with the N.Y. Philharmonic. In 2005, he sang the lead

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countertenor role in the premiere of the dance/opera A More Perfect Union in the State Theatre in Perm, Russia as part of the Sergei Diaghilev Festival. Recently, he has been exploring his love of poetry on the website Voetica.com where you can find him reading classic American poets Robert Frost and Richard Wilbur. Alan holds degrees from SUNY Potsdam and the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana.

MARQUES JERRELL RUFF, bass-baritone, is elated to begin his journey with Chanticleer. A New England native (Connecticut), Marques is a graduate of Central Connecticut State University where he received a B.A. in Voice Performance and also founded and directed the all-male a cappella ensemble, Divisi. He has been privileged to appear in concert as a soloist with the Hartford Symphony, Voce, Inc. and CONCORA. He has been the recipient of top honors from the National Association of Teachers of Singing Voice Competition and the Classical Singer Competition. A lover of classical and choral music, he is also an avid jazz, gospel and Broadway performer, and has been featured in the Hartford Jazz Festival, Buck Hill Skytop Music Festival and appeared in regional theater productions of Rent and Ain’t Misbehavin’.

He wishes to send all of his love to his family and friends back home, and a special shout-out to his inspiration and love, Beyoncé!

DARITA MARA SETH, soprano, is honored to be in his first season with Chanticleer. Born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, he gained recognition as a young church musician singing and playing piano in worship teams. Darita attended the Conservatory of Music at Capital University, studying vocal performance. While at Capital, Darita sang with the renowned Chapel Choir, was a founding member of the chamber ensemble, Philomel, and performed in numerous productions. While completing his undergraduate degree, Darita served as artistic director for the Hillcrest Baptist Sanctuary Choir and first gained experience singing countertenor at Saint Joseph Cathedral. Additionally, Darita has recorded with AireBorn studios for various new music publications. He is a proud alumnus of the Interlochen Arts Academy and Camp, where he participated in the composition, opera, and choral programs. Darita enjoys serving his time as a mentor for young choral students. His other interests include cooking meals of his CambodianAmerican roots, video blogging, and walking dogs.

ADAM WARD, alto, is originally from Tecumseh, Oklahoma.

At an early age Adam became fascinated with the voice of Patsy Cline and as a child he made a number of television appearances singing Cline’s songs. Mr. Ward began singing countertenor while studying French horn performance at Yale University. There he was also a founding member of the Yale Schola Cantorum. He has since performed as soloist with the International Contemporary Ensemble and was a member of the Choir of St. Mary the Virgin at the famed “Smoky Mary’s” in midtown Manhattan. As a horn player, Adam was a member of the Verbier Festival Orchestra, winner of the concerto competitions at Yale and Stony Brook Universities, and was a top prize-winner at the Coleman, Fischoff and Yellow Springs national chamber music competitions. He is currently composer-in-residence for the New York City based Choral Chameleon directed by Vince Peterson. Adam holds a BM from Manhattan School of Music, MM from Yale School of 36 seven days of opening nights

Music and additional years of study at the Hartt School, Royal College of Music (London) and Stony Brook University. Adam is overjoyed to be in his eighth season with Chanticleer.

JACE WITTIG, Interim Music Director, is pleased to be in his eighth season with Chanticleer. An Indianapolis native, he began his musical training early with the Indianapolis Children’s Choir, touring often in North America and Europe. He received his B.M. in Vocal Performance at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, studying voice with Dr. Craig Priebe and piano with Dr. Jim Helton. Before joining Chanticleer, he sang in Indianapolis with Cantabile and also worked as a studio singer at AireBorn Studios. He has worked as an Artist in Residence at the San Francisco School of the Arts, teaching in the classroom and directing small ensembles. His other interests include stumbling through old piano music and cooking for his loved ones. He is glad to have the unending support of his friends and family, and thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Chanticleer.

BEN JOHNS, Director of Education, finished his master’s degree in Choral Conducting in 2009 at the University of California, Irvine and holds undergraduate degrees in Dance, Vocal Performance, and Chemistry. Mr. Johns earned merit-based graduate fellowships, teaching assistantships and scholarships from the Tom and Elizabeth Tierney, Ann and Gordon Getty, Mary and Philip Lyons, and Sunny Brown Scholarship Foundations. He also earned the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research for his honor’s thesis topic, “Exploring the Neurobiological Basis for the Effect of Movement on the Voice,” a topic he presented at the American Association of Physics Teachers conference at California State University, Sacramento in 2004. Ben sang in the Chanticleer ensemble for three years before moving to his current position as Chanticleer’s Director of Education. His education duties include, but are not limited to, directing Chanticleer’s LAB Choir and giving master classes to Bay Area high school and middle school choirs. Outside Chanticleer, Mr. Johns is artistic director of Musae, teaches voice privately, and continues to sing and conduct.

CHRISTINE BULLIN, Chanticleer’s President and General Director, oversees the organization’s artistic and administrative activities. Prior to joining Chanticleer, Ms. Bullin served as the Director of the Centre de formation lyrique for the Opéra National de Paris, directing a new training center for singers. During her tenure there, she managed all administrative, financial and artistic activities, and produced numerous operas and concerts. From 1982-1993, Ms. Bullin was the Director of the San Francisco Opera Center, which she created from existing and new programs and which is now revered throughout the operatic world. Among her initiatives were a long-term exchange program with the Shanghai Conservatory; and Pacific Voices, a project which involved ten Pacific Rim countries. She was the Executive Producer for three video documentaries about the SF Opera Center, including the Rocky Mountain Emmy-winning Scaling the Wall, featuring the historic visit of Western Opera Theater to China. In recognition of her work in San Francisco, she was the recipient of the Bernard Osher Cultural Award. Prior to joining the San Francisco Opera, she directed the touring company of the Opera Company of Boston.

Ms. Bullin is a frequent panelist for the National Endowment of the Arts, and a frequent jury member for vocal competitions. A native of New Zealand, she holds degrees from Wellesley College and Simmons College, and was a Peace Corps volunteer in Liberia.

Chanticleer is a non-profit organization, governed by a volunteer Board of Trustees, administered by a professional staff with a full-time professional ensemble. In addition to the many individual contributors to Chanticleer, the Board of Trustees thanks the following Foundations, Corporations and Government Agencies for their exceptional support: The National Endowment for the Arts Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Dunard Fund USA The Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Chevron The Bernard Osher Foundation The Bob Ross Foundation The Confidence Foundation The Wallis Foundation The Schick Foundation

Chanticleer Staff Christine Bullin, President & General Director Liv Nilssen, Director of Development Curt Hancock, Director of Operations and Touring Ben Johns, Director of Education & Merchandise Brian Bauman, Senior Accountant/Budget Manager Joe Ledbetter, Marketing/Development & IT Systems Manager Barbara Bock, Development and Marketing Associate Jace Wittig, Interim Music Director Gregory Peebles, Assistant Music Director Brian Hinman, Road Manager Adam Ward, Merchandise Manager Ben Jones, Matthew Knickman, Merchandise Associates Artist Management: Opus 3 Artists, Ltd. Label Manager: Lisa Nauful Founder: Louis Botto (1951 – 1997) Music Director Emeriti: Joseph H. Jennings, Matthew Oltman Website - www.chanticleer.org

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Arts education is at the core of Seven Days of Opening Nights’ mission, providing meaningful artistic experiences to students of all ages on and off of Florida State University’s campus.

This year is no exception with master classes, Q & A sessions, and lectures by a myriad of artists including extended residencies by dance company Urban Bush Women, violinist Nicola Benedetti, GRAMMY® Awardwinning ensemble eighth blackbird, and jazz vocal ensemble New York Voices.

Seven Days of Opening Nights is thrilled to announce a new partnership with Leon County Schools as collaborators in the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ Partners in Education Program.

Among other opportunities, this program will bring Teaching Artists from The Kennedy Center to Tallahassee to provide Arts Integration professional learning opportunities for teachers. Arts Integration is an approach to teaching in which students construct and demonstrate understanding through an art form.

Students engage in a creative process that connects an art form and another subject area and meets evolving objectives and standards in both. To learn more about this exciting partnership, visit SevenDaysFestival.org.

The merger of class instruction and culturally rich experiences enhance the educational experience we are able to provide our students.

Arecia Shelton-Martin Fairview Middle School

For updated information on Opening Nights’ education programs, visit

SevenDaysFestival.org /SevenDaysOfOpeningNights /OpeningNights

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