Steve Hackman's Resurrection Mixtape

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MIXTAPE

SATURDAY

FEB. 03 8:00pm

Carpenter Theatre

RESURRECTION MIXTAPE fuses BIGGIE and 2PAC with Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony.

2024 FEB 03

SAT • 8:00 pm Carpenter Theatre

TONIGHT’S RICHMOND SYMPHONY MUSICIAN ROSTER

violin 1

viola

flute

trumpet

Daisuke Yamamoto

Hyo Joo Uh

Jennifer Debiec Lawson

Dovas Lietuvninkas

CONCERTMASTER Tom & Elizabeth Allen Chair

ACTING PRINCIPAL

ACTING PRINCIPAL

ACTING PRINCIPAL

Adrian Pintea

Stephen Schmidt

Tabatha Easley

Michael Chen

ACTING ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL

ACTING ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL

ACTING ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL

Zsuzsanna Emödi Jocelyn Smith Wayne Graham Johanna Beaver Dorothy Couper Kim Ryan

Grace Wang

Daniel Egan Kevin Paul

cello

Daniel Gurevich

Neal Cary

clarinet

ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER

Audrey Pride Stacy Matthews Emily Monroe Anna Rogers Susan Spafford Jocelyn Vorenberg Timothy Judd Alyssa Evans Treesa Gold

violin 2 Myles Mocarski ACTING PRINCIPAL SECOND VIOLIN

Jeannette Jang ACTING ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL SECOND VIOLIN Bob & Nancy Hill Chair

Anna Bishop Susy Yim Catherine Cary Alison Hall Jill Foster Elizabeth Kilpatrick Satoko Fukasawa Michel Violane

PRINCIPAL

Jason McComb ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL Richmond Symphony League Chair

Schuyler Slack

Kenneth & Bettie Christopher Perry Foundation Chair

Ryan Lannan Barbara Gaden Peter Greydanus Charlotte Roberts Dana McComb

bass Riley Zimmermann ACTING PRINCIPAL

Rumano Solano ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL

Peter Spaar Lee Philip Morgan Daly Matt Gold

oboe Victoria Chung

trombone

PRINCIPAL

Evan Williams

Kara Poling

PRINCIPAL

ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL

Scott Winger Skye Dearborn Scott Cochran

David Lemelin PRINCIPAL

Eddie Sundra ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL

tuba Conrad Shaw PRINCIPAL

Edna Huang

timpani

bassoon

ACTING PRINCIPAL

Thomas Schneider PRINCIPAL

Felix Ren ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL

Matthew Lano

horn Dominic Rotella

Charles Kiger

percussion Clifton Hardison PRINCIPAL

David Foster Reid Stockdill Don Johns

PRINCIPAL

Cody Halquist Rachelle Jenkins Erin Lano ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL

Roger Novak Mica Redden Jose Toranzo Infante

Correct as of 02/01/24 - 10 am

2024 FEB 03

SAT • 8:00 pm Carpenter Theatre

MIXTAPE A fusion of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” and the music of Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher Wallace) and Tupac Shakur.

ACT ONE MAHLER (1860-1911) Symphony No. 2 Resurrection, Movement IV. Urlicht Movement I Totenfeier, Allegro Maestoso SHAKUR (1971-1996) Me Against the World Hail Mary Hellrazor

WALLACE (1972-1997) Everyday Struggle Party and Bullsh*t Juicy Kick in the Door Notorius Thugs Things Done Changed Who Shot Ya Hypnotize

Ambitionz az a Ridah 2 of Americaz Most Wanted Ghetto Gospel Hit ’Em Up Keep Ya Head Up So Many Tears

INTERMISSION ACT TWO MAHLER (1860-1911) Movement IV. Urlicht - Movement V in Tempo des Scherzos SHAKUR (1971-1996) Only God Can Judge Me I Wonder if Heaven Got A Ghetto California Love How Do U Want It Changes Life Goes On

WALLACE (1972-1997) Respect - Suicidal Thoughts’ Sky’s the Limit Victory Big Poppa

A multi-hyphenate music powerhouse and creative visionary, Steve Hackman is a daring voice intent on redefining art music in the 21st century. Trained at the elite level classically but equally adept in popular styles, his breadth of musical fluency and technique is uncanny—he is at once a composer, conductor, producer, DJ, arranger, songwriter, singer, and pianist. He uses these polymathic abilities to create original music of incisive modernism yet rooted in elevated classicism.

His groundbreaking orchestral fusions, such as Brahms X Radiohead and The Resurrection Mixtape (Mahler X Notorious B.I.G. X Tupac Shakur), are introducing the symphony orchestra to its future audience; he has conducted these pieces to sellout houses across the country with the orchestras of Philadelphia, San Francisco, Dallas, Seattle, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Colorado, Phoenix,

Nashville, Oregon, Indianapolis, Grand Rapids, Columbus, Charlotte, Southwest Florida, Alabama, Colorado Music Festival, and the Boston Pops.

In 2023 Hackman launched his original music project, THE BRINK, a four-part, 300-minute work incorporating elements as wide-ranging as lyric opera and art-song cycles to conceptual hip-hop and experimental electronica. The work is immersive and experiential in nature, with additional creative direction by Jacob Jonas, wardrobe by Greg Lauren, and visuals by Michael N. Meyer.

In the Summer of 2022, in a span of three weeks, Hackman created And I Love Her, the music of the Beatles reimagined. It depicts the music of the Beatles through the lens of the women that inspired them and the female characters they invented through their music and lyrics.

Hackman serves as the conductor and curator of the BSO Fusion with the Baltimore Symphony, presenting multiple concerts per year of his fusion productions. He is Creative Director and Conductor of the Indianapolis Symphony’s Uncharted Series, one of the most successful millennial-focused concert experiences in the country. Hackman has been instrumental in the development of this concert series since 2010.

Hackman has teamed up with some of the biggest pop superstars of today to add a signature virtuosic and classical dimension to their work, including Steve Lacy, Doja Cat and Andrew Bird. He was trained at the Curtis Institute of Music and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and holds degrees in Orchestral Conducting and Piano Performance. He recently taught his first course at the Juilliard School entitled “Fusion, Re-imagination and Revelation.”

He is active on Instagram under @stevehackmanmusic.

Jecorey Arthur rapper

Jecorey Arthur is a teacher, musician, and activist from Louisville, Kentucky.

As a teacher, Arthur has served students of all ages around the world in schools, libraries, community centers, detention centers, and beyond, including a tour to Boys and Girls Clubs of Kentuckiana, a cultural exchange with De Montfort University in England, and an artist-in-residency at New York City’s 92nd Street Y. As a musician, Arthur has performed at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Big Ears Festival, Forecastle Festival, and Switzerland’s Jungfrau Erzählfestival; performed as a soloist with the Stereo Hideout Brooklyn Orchestra and the Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Dallas, San Francisco, San Diego, Indianapolis, Nashville, Columbus, Dayton, Florida, Cincinnati, and Oregon Symphony Orchestras; performed as the first hip hop artist with the Louisville Orchestra including world premieres of folk opera The Way Forth and rap opera The Greatest: Muhammad Ali, where he starred as his hometown hero. Arthur has also composed original music for theatre, film, television, radio, podcast, and studio albums.

In addition to being on city council, Arthur is currently a music and sociology professor at the Historically Black College and University—Simmons College of Kentucky, an artist roster member of the Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN), a percussion instructor at the Louisville Academy of Music, and an endorsed artist with Salyers Percussion.

You can follow Arthur online at @jecoreyarthur.

Denise Carite vocalist

For over a decade, Pennsylvania native Denise Carite has been in the music industry. With Broadway and traditional music sparking the flame in her youth, she then pursued versatility within her craft. Her discipline brought her to her first U.S. tour with John Legend at the early age of 18 years old. She then went on to study music business at Berklee College of Music with a Presidential Scholarship.

From then on, there was a career flourish that brought on the opportunity to tour with recording artists Mary J Blige, Anita Baker, Demi Lovato, Eric Benét, American Idol Top 10, Jazmine Sullivan, Usher, and Lalah Hathaway. For TV work she’s been in the House Band on “The Voice” for 11 seasons, one season in the House Band of “To Tell The Truth” hosted by Anthony Anderson, one season of “The Winner Is” hosted by Nick Lachey, one season of “Hollywood Game Night” hosted by Jane Lynch, and Vocal Coached for two seasons of “The Four” on Fox. She was also a featured singer on “Scandal,” and did small ensemble and choir work on “Blackish,” “The Mayor,” select “The Lion Guard” episodes, the OSCARS®, the GRAMMYS®, BET Awards, American Music Awards, and iHeart Radio Awards. She has recorded with Stevie Wonder, Katy Perry, 30 Seconds to Mars, Adam Lambert, Moby, Coldplay, and has sung on the films “Jordan Peele’s Us,” “The Lion King,” “Just Mercy,” “Hidden Figures,” The Boss Baby,” “Monster High: The Great Scarrier Reef,” and is the singing voice of R&B on “Trollstopia”. She has two song placements as a co-writer with Coldplay on “Higher Power” and Daya’s “Sit Still, Look Pretty” debut album.

While these life-changing opportunities have fueled her artistic fire, they have simultaneously kept Denise humbled and inspired. Her main goal is to not only apply what she has learned to her own artistic and creative presence, but also share it and help others reach their highest potential. // theladyproductions.com

Marcus Tenney rapper

Based right here in Richmond, Virginia, Marcus Tenney, better known as Tennishu, has been producing, recording and performing music all over the world for the last two decades. Known for being equally proficient on trumpet and saxophone, Tennishu is also a lyricist and a rapper with an extensive catalog of self-released recordings. Whether in the studio hammering out his next solo project or touring the city streets with the progressive powerhouse known as Butcher Brown, Tennishu delivers a potent and consistent experience no matter what he puts into the microphone.

His latest release entitled “DrumTapes” uses the drum set as the center piece for creation. This project was inspired by the great drummers that Tennishu has been working with over the years and represents the commitment to sit down and learn how to speak the language of the drum. // tennishu.com

TaRon Lockett drummer

Dallas native TaRon Lockett is a three-time GRAMMY® Nominated drummer/producer has worked with Snoop Dogg, Erykah Badu, Ceelo Green, Prince, Liv Warfield, Willie Nelson, Sheila E, and DJ DNice and currently tours with Cory Henry and the Funk Apostles. // @taronlockett

Bobby Wooten III bassist

Bobby Wooten III is a composer/producer/ instrumentalist raised in Chicago, Illinois. He has written/produced/recorded with David Byrne, Carly Rae Jepsen, Post Malone, Jennifer Lopez, Mac Miller, Jennifer Hudson, Rick Ross, Machine Gun Kelly, and Jake Troth among others. Commercial production credits include Empire TV series, Google, Adidas, LeBron James, and ESPN among others. Bobby composed and produced the score for the 2023 film “Rare Objects.” Broadway credits include “Moulin Rouge!” and the GRAMMY®/Emmy-nominated and Tonywinning production of David Byrne’s “American Utopia,” the latter filmed by Spike Lee. // @bobbywooten3