TPA 1920 Program 8: Andrew Cyrille Qrt / Profeti della Quinta / Rolston String Qrt / Bone Hill

2019–20 ESSENTIAL SERIES

TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS

Andrew Cyrille Quartet JAN 17 | MCCULLOUGH THEATRE

Profeti della Quinta JAN 29 | MCCULLOUGH THEATRE

Rolston String Quartet JAN 31 | MCCULLOUGH THEATRE

Martha Redbone Bone Hill: The Concert FEB 1 | MCCULLOUGH THEATRE

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Andrew Cyrille Quartet “In the world of jazz — be it free, mainstream or other more personal styles — Andrew Cyrille is known for drawing vivid sonic pictures and making incendiary rhythms with his drum set.”

—NPR

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NASA-inspired Bella Gaia explores planet with music, dance A review of Bella Gaia

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Hook ’em Arts: A Student Voice

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Creating a Monster (Habitat)

Profeti della Quinta

“Ensemble Profeti della Quinta is a sonorous wonder. The balance between the voices, the polyphonic precision and the radiant virtuosity of the countertenor soloist, made this concert a feast for the ears and for the soul.” —Le Droit

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Rolston String Quartet “A maturity and cohesion rivaling the best string quartets in the world.”

—Musical Toronto

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Martha Redbone Bone Hill: The Concert

“Martha Redbone’s voice held both the taut determination of mountain music and the bite of American Indian singing.”

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Welcome to Texas Performing Arts!

We’re so glad you’re here! We are proud to present Austin’s most diverse and prestigious live performance experience.

In addition to hosting our Essential Series, Texas Performing Arts is home to concerts, comedy shows, and Broadway In Austin.

Every year, we are proud to work with artists from all over the world to share the performing arts experience with guests of all ages and all backgrounds.

Please speak to the nearest usher or visit Guest Services should you need assistance.

Thank you for joining us for this performance. Have a wonderful evening!

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2019–20 Essential Series Artist: Bella Gaia

NASA-inspired Bella Gaia explores planet with music, dance The multimedia show was inspired by astronauts who saw the Earth from space.

Evan Thompson | January 10, 2019 HeraldNet.com Photo by Nao Suzuki

Earth looks a lot like a living organism from outer space.

Political and cultural differences give way to forests, seas, and mountains. The interconnection of all things — especially humanity’s relationship with nature — returns to focus.

This feeling, referred to as the “overview effect,” is a phenomenon experienced by astronauts who have made the International Space Station their home 254 miles above Earth.

Kenji Williams, a filmmaker, violinist, and composer from New York, learned about the effect when he met astronaut Edward Michael “Mike” Fincke in 2005. Up until 2015, Fincke held the American record for texasperformingarts.org

“Bella Gaia,” which translates to “Beautiful Earth,” presents the Earth as a multifaceted yet cohesive organism. most days in space (381.6). (Scott Kelly holds the record at 520 days.)

Williams, 44, whose career focus has been to create art for a greater purpose, spent the next few years figuring out how to replicate that feeling for those who can’t go into space.

His efforts resulted in Bella Gaia, a show that blends world music and NASA images. What began as a solo production in 2009 has 5

since expanded into an award-winning multimedia experience.

“I really wanted to create an experience that transformed people,” Williams said.

“There needs to be a new emphasis and value in emotional connections to very abstract things, like climate change.”

Bella Gaia, which translates to “Beautiful Earth,” presents the Earth as a multifaceted yet cohesive organism. It also shows how human activity has become the dominant influence on the environment.

How does Williams do this? By turning the stage into a planetarium of sorts through sophisticated visualization software.

Satellite data from major climate change crises and disasters both past and present — such as last summer’s devastating California wildfires, rising carbon emissions and melting ice caps — are mapped onto a spinning 3D globe and projected on screen behind the performers.

These orbital views, which also include projections of ocean currents and air traffic flight paths, give the audience the perspective of an astronaut viewing the events from space.

Williams said Bella Gaia is a bridge between art and science.

“Scientific visualizations suddenly become beautiful, intricate paintings,” Williams said. “Perhaps it is beautiful and disturbing. But it really does bring a new perspective that I think has been lacking in the climate change movement.”

Williams pairs space images with ethereal violin melodies that he loops with electronica rhythms he co-composed with other artists.

“It’s very emotionally moving in the way we present the information,” Williams said. “There is no narrator. It’s all music and visual communication. Just presenting data and statistics doesn’t change people’s minds. Ultimately, humans don’t act unless it affects us personally. Bella Gaia brings this home.”

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Hook ’em Arts: A Student Voice

By Hayley Naples ’20

Hook 'em Arts is the student voice of Texas Performing Arts (TPA) and a social organization for students to explore their interest in the performing arts. With meetings once a week, students can enjoy unique experiences such as Broadway Karaoke, Trivia, and Painting with Bob Ross. These events help to increase student participation with the arts both on and off campus.

For many students, the organization also provides opportunities to experience a dance, chamber music, or theatrical performance for the first time with a group of their peers. For others, it’s a group to make new friends and develop skill sets.

“Hook 'em Arts allows like-minded people to come together and create a tightly-knit student community surrounding the arts,” said Becca Wrench ’20. “It is great to be able to have a place where

"It's great to be able to have a place where people from all different majors can be involved in the arts." —Becca Wrench '20 people from all different majors can be involved in the arts.”

Additionally, HEA hosts professionals from the arts industry as guest speakers twice a semester to share their experiences. Previous speakers include Martha Redbone, Karen Maness, and Brooklyn Rider.

HEA welcomes all students from dance to engineering majors to HEA meetings and events.

Friendly organization members encourage their fellow students to attend events between their academic and work commitments.

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Interested in joining Hook ’em Arts?

Find us Mondays in Bass Concert Hall Level 6 The Loft from 5-6 pm Visit texasperformingarts.org/students for more information.

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Creating a Monster (Habitat)

By Hayley Naples ’20

Photo by Daniel Solano

Over 50,000 attendees stepped into a whimsical world of play as they entered into the Creek Monster’s Habitat!

Texas Applied Arts students were hard at work last semester designing and constructing a monster habitat for Waterloo Greenway Conservancy’s Creekshow.

The 2019 Annual Creek Show showcased interactive light-based art installations along Waller Creek through downtown Austin.

Through the show, the conservancy aims to teach Austinites to properly care for the city's green spaces as a collective community.

Waterloo Greenway hopes to build parks that connect from Waterloo to Lady Bird Lake to encourage citizens to interact with our beautiful, diverse environment. Additionally, organizers hope to bring awareness to the importance of Waller Creek.

With the support of the UT Green Fund Grant and the expertise of Texas Performing Arts staff and College of Fine Arts faculty, stu-

dents designed and created their own immersive installation to be featured at the event. The Texas Applied Arts Special Projects class was supported by industry professionals from Santa Fe Opera, Meow Wolf, New York Public Theatre, and Purdue University. They worked together (both in person and remotely) to complete their work on the Habitat in 10 short weeks for opening night in November.

Students from a variety of academic programs including Engineering, Arts and Entertainment Technology, Radio Television & Film, Architecture, as well as Theatre & Dance, came together to bring this project to life.

They also were able to problem solve alongside local professionals from organizations such as dwg landscape architects, sculptor Chris Levak, and UT Landscaping as they took their prototype to completion.

Through The Creek Monster Habitat, students were able to apply lessons from their interdisciplinary classes to a real-world installation with active deadlines for an Austin-based client. This incredible team of students, professional staff, and facilities staff from Texas Performing Arts brought this creature to life.

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Student Spotlight At Texas Performing Arts, we are able to professionally involve students in every aspect of our organization.

Having the opportunity to show, connect, and inspire our students to be the next generation of arts leaders is one of the most important things we do.

PROFILE NAME YEAR JOB

MAJOR

Oscar Corpus Class of 2020 Ticketing Services Representative English Honors

By Hayley Naples ’20

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e met with Oscar Corpus to chat about the performing arts and his time as a valued student employee.

TPA has given me valuable tools, connections, and experiences that will come in handy after graduation.

Being part of the TPA Ticket Office Team has helped me realize which careers I’m interested in pursuing, and it’s given me a glimpse of the type of work environment I would like to be a part of one day.

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YOU HAVE BEEN WITH TPA FOR OVER A YEAR. WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR FAVORITE PART OF YOUR JOB?

My favorite part of working at TPA is the environment; I look forward to coming to work every day! I truly believe I've made my closest college friends working at the ticket office.

I also love the diversity of ages, cultures, and backgrounds. I've made an abundance of memories and relationships that will last well beyond graduation.

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YOU’RE A SENIOR THIS YEAR! HOW DO YOU FEEL TPA HAS PREPARED YOU FOR POSTGRADUATION?

TICKET SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE IS A COMPLEX ROLE. WHAT IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE OF YOUR ROLE AS TICKET SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE?

Because Bass Concert Hall hosts a wide variety of shows, from Broadway musicals to comedy shows, every event has different rules and requirements that must be enforced in order to provide the best experience to our patrons.

TPA HELPS OPEN A LOT OF DOORS FOR STUDENTS. WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY WHILE WORKING FOR TPA?

Working for TPA has been an amazing learning experience.

Not only have I gained valuable knowledge on diverse fields in the arts and entertainment but I was also able to incorporate my own strengths and passions.

For example, I used my Spanishspeaking abilities in an ambitious project to translate important informational signs. I was even able to record announcements that play during shows. This project allowed me to act as a leader and provided opportunities for me to work with different communities and organizations.

TEXAS INNER CIRCLE Take your Texas Performing Arts experience to the next level by becoming a member of the Texas Inner Circle.

Your membership supports our educational programs, the student employment program, and $10 tickets to students throughout Central Texas.

Memberships start at just $150 for the year and, depending on contribution level, may include: • Free Parking • Behind-the-Scenes Tours • Access to our members-only Texas Inner Circle Lounge with pre-ordered drink service and express elevator To Join Call 512.232.8567 or visit texasperformingarts.org

“TPA has given me valuable tools, connections, and experiences that will come in handy after graduation.”

—Oscar Corpus

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Jan 17, 2020

McCullough Theatre

Andrew Cyrille Quartet Andrew Cyrille Bill Frisell David Virelles Ben Street

Drums, Percussion Guitar Keyboards Bass

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There will be no intermission.

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS Andrew Cyrille (Drums) Master drummer and composer Andrew Cyrille began studying science at St. John’s University while playing jazz in the evenings. He began formally studying drums and composition first with Philly Joe Jones in 1958, and later at The Juilliard School and Hartnett School of Music. At that time, he also performed with artists ranging from Mary Lou Williams, Coleman Hawkins, Roland Hanna, and Illinois Jacquet to Kenny Dorham, Freddie Hubbard, Walt Dickerson, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, and Nigerian percussionist Babatunde Olatunji among others. In 1964, Cyrille’s 11-year iconic collaboration with pianist Cecil Taylor began and would define the category of free-jazz drumming and establish Cyrille in the vanguard of jazz drummers and percussionists. Beginning in 1969, Cyrille formed several percussion groups featuring notable drummers such as Kenny Clarke, Milford Graves, Famoudou Don Moye, Rashied Ali, Daniel Ponce, Michael Carvin, and Vladimir Tarasov. Since leaving Taylor’s group, he went on to work with formidable artists as David Murray, Muhal Richard Abrams, Mal Waldron, Horace Tapscott, James Newton, Peter Brötzmann and Oliver Lake. Cyrille was the drummer on Billy Bang’s A Tribute to Stuff Smith, notable for being the last studio session of Sun Ra. From 1971-1973, Cyrille was the Artist in Residence and instructor at Antioch College and also taught at the Graham Windham Home for Children in New York. He

is currently on faculty at The New School – School of Jazz in New York City. In 1994, he released an educational video, Jazz Methodology in Drum Music: In and Out of Meter, based on nearly 100 jazz albums and 30 years of Cyrille’s professional jazz drumming with artists like Cecil Taylor, Anthony Braxton, and others.

A prolific and indefatigable composer and performer, Cyrille released Declaration of Musical Independence on ECM records in 2017. Cyrille has toured and performed throughout North America, Europe, Africa, and the former USSR. He formed Haitian Fascination with Haitian percussionist Frisner Augustin and guitarist Alix Pascal, and for more than 27 years has been a member of TRIO3, featuring Oliver Lake and Reggie Workman. He leads his own groups in various formations and performs in duo, trio, and larger configurations (big bands) with luminaries such as Archie Shepp, Roswell Rudd, Marilyn Crispell, Bill Frisell, Richard Teitelbaum, Irene Schweizer, Dave Douglas, Joe Lovano, Jason Moran, Vijay Iyer, David Virelles, Bill McHenry, Ben Street, Henry Grimes, William Parker, Soren Kjaergaard, and others. In addition to Andrew Cyrille’s 21st Century Big Band Unlimited, his most recent big band performance was with Mark Masters’ American Jazz Institute Ensemble.

Cyrille is a Guggenheim Fellow in Composition (1999). Other notable achievements include three National Endowment for the Arts grants for performance and composition, two Meet the Composer/

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AT&T- Rockefeller Foundation grants, and an Arts International Award to perform with his quintet in Accra, Ghana, and West Africa, and two American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers awards for meritorious achievement in percussion composition. He is the 2019 Vision Festival Lifetime Achievement Award honoree by Arts for Art, Inc. Bill Frisell (Guitar) Bill Frisell’s career as a guitarist and composer has spanned more than 40 years and many celebrated recordings. His catalog has been cited by Downbeat as “the best recorded output of the decade.”

Released March of 2018, Frisell’s latest album for OKeh/Sony is a solo album titled, Music IS - “Taken as a whole, the album beautifully encapsulates Frisell’s depth and range in all its meditative glory.”Chicago Reader. It was recorded in August 2017 at Tucker Martine’s Flora Recording and Playback studio in Portland, Oregon and produced by longtime collaborator Lee Townsend. All of the compositions on Music IS were written by Frisell, some of them brand new – “Change In the Air,” “Thankful,” “What Do You Want,” “Miss You,” and “Go Happy Lucky”– others being solo adaptations of now classic original compositions he had previously recorded, such as Ron Carter, Pretty Stars, Monica Jane, and The Pioneers. In Line and Rambler are Frisell’s first two ECM albums.

Frisell’s previous project, the Grammy nominated When You Wish Upon a Star also with OKeh/Sony, germinated at Lincoln Center during

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his two-year appointment as guest curator for the Roots of Americana series (September 2013 - May 2015).

It features Frisell with vocalist Petra Haden, Eyvind Kang (viola), Thomas Morgan (bass) and Rudy Royston (drums) performing Frisell’s arrangements and interpretations of music from film and television.

Jazz Times described the project as follows: “unforgettable themes are the real draw here, reconfigured with ingenuity, wit, and affection by Frisell and a terrific group.”

“Frisell has had a lot of practice putting high concept into a humble package. Long hailed as one of the most distinctive and original improvising guitarists of our time, he has also earned a reputation for teasing out thematic connections with his music... There’s a reason that Jazz at Lincoln Center had him program a series called Roots of Americana.”

—The New York Times Recognized as one of America’s 21 most vital and productive performing artists, Frisell was named an inaugural Doris Duke Artist in 2012.

He is also a recipient of many grants including one from United States Artists. In 2016, he was a beneficiary of the first FreshGrass Composition commission to preserve and support innovative grassroots music.

Upon San Francisco Jazz opening their doors in 2013, he served as one of their Resident Artistic Directors.

Bill is also the subject of a new documentary film by director Emma Franz, entitled Bill Frisell: A Portrait, which examines his creative process in depth.

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Smith, Tom Harrell, Milford Graves and Ravi Coltrane.

Virelles is a Shifting Foundation Fellow, a recipient of the Canada Council for the Arts, Louis Applebaum Award, and Jazz Gallery Commission. While a student at Humber College in Toronto, he won the Oscar Peterson Prize, presented

by Peterson himself.

Virelles’s 2012 album release Continuum (Pi Recordings) united Andrew Cyrille, Ben Street, and Román Díaz. This album ended on many “Best Of The Year” lists, including The New York Times. Since then, he has released three more albums on the Munich label ECM to critical acclaim, documenting a wide sonic range – Mbóko (a book of compositions commissioned by

Photo by Greg Cristman

David Virelles (Keyboards) Cuban-born pianist David Virelles grew up in a musical home, his father a singer-songwriter and his mother a flutist and music teacher.

Though classically trained at the conservatory, he was also surrounded by many types of music in the culturally rich Santiago while growing up. Eventually, Virelles also discovered Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, and Andrew Hill, and he would soon start studying the connections between this musical tradition and those from his birthplace.

Since his arrival to New York City, he has appeared on live concerts and recordings with musicians as distinct as Steve Coleman, Mark Turner, Henry Threadgill, Andrew Cyrille, Chris Potter, Wadada Leo

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The Jazz Gallery), Antenna, and his latest Gnosis – these last two works were made possible by the generous support of The Shifting Foundation.

Virelles was named No. 1 Rising Star in the Piano category by DownBeat in 2017. He is also one of the 2018 Cristobal Díaz Ayala Travel Grant recipients.

Ben Street (Bass) Ben Street studied at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston with Miroslav Vitous and Dave Holland before moving to New York in 1991. He has performed and toured with many notable artists including Danilo Pérez, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Roswell Rudd, Lee Konitz, David Sanchez, James Moody, Mark Turner, Frank Foster,

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Clark Terry, Junior Cook, and Jimmy Scott, among many others.

Street’s selected discography includes The Next Step, The Enemies of Energy, Heartcore (Kurt Rosenwinkel), Til Then, Live at the Jazz Showcase (Danilo Pérez), Coral, Cultural Survival (David Sanchez), La Bikina (Ed Simon), Morenica (Anthony Coleman), Holiday Songs and Lullabies (Shawn Colvin), At Last (Cyndi Lauper), Guilty (Ethan Iverson, Jorge Rossy, and Chris Cheek), Widening Circles (Barney McAll), Dust (Ben Monder Trio), Space Cowboys Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Purple Violets (Sam Rivers/Kresten Osgood), and Quartet (Billy Hart).

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Jan 29, 2020

McCullough Theatre

Profeti della Quinta

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Presented in partnership with the Butler School of Music and KMFA-FM

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Supported by the Cultural Department of Basel, Switzerland

Doron Schleifer, Roman Melish Countertenor

Elam Rotem Bass, Cembalo, and Musical Director

Lior Leibovici, Jacob Lawrence Tenor

OrĂ­ Harmelin Chitarrone

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PROGRAM The Songs of Salomon Ha’Shirim asher li’Shlomo Music by Salomone Rossi and Elam Rotem

Salomone Rossi (c.1570-1630)

Lamnatséah ‘al hagitit Psalm 8 Elohím hashivénu Psalm 80:4, 8, 20

Elam Rotem

Kol dodí hineh-zéh bá Song of Songs 2: 8-13 Siméni chachotám al libécha Song of Songs 8: 6-7

Girolamo Kapsperger (ca. 1580-1651)

Passacaglia

Salomone Rossi

Shir hama’alót, ashréy kol yeré A-donáy Psalm 128 Hashkivénu Evening prayer

Elam Rotem

Shechoráh aní venaváh Song of Songs 1: 5-7 Aní yeshenáh velibí er Song of Songs 5:2-16, 6:1-3 -Intermission-

Salomone Rossi

Mizmór letodáh Psalm 100 Haleluyáh, Halelí nafshí et A-donáy Psalm 146 Al naharót Bavél Psalm 137 Cor mio, deh non languire Madrigal Udite lacrimosi spirti d’Averno Madrigal Rimanti in pace Madrigal

Elam Rotem Salomone Rossi Elam Rotem

Improvisation on Ballo del Granduca Messaggier di speranza Hinách yafáh ra’yatí Song of Songs 4:1-7

Salomone Rossi

Yitgadal veyitkadash Kaddish prayer

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ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE The Songs of Salomon Ha’Shirim asher li’Shlomo This program portrays the multi-faceted art of Salomone Rossi, a court composer in the service of the Gonzaga family and a uniquely innovative composer of Jewish liturgical music.

Although overshadowed by the works of his colleague and collaborator Claudio Monteverdi, Rossi’s madrigals are beautiful and refined examples of the genre. They also feature an important milestone in music history. Rossi’s Primo libro di Madrigali á 5 (1600) includes the first known printed intabulation for the chitarrone – also known as the theorbo. This novelty creates a bridge between the 16th century polyphonic madrigal and the new musical style of the early 17th century.

Alongside his prolific ‘secular’ activities, Rossi, being Jewish, revolutionized the music of the Synagogue by introducing polyphonic settings of Hebrew prayers and psalms. These Hebrew works are characterized by their elegant simplicity; yet at times, Rossi employs in them madrigal-like techniques in order to heighten the emotions of his listeners. The program also includes a few compositions by Elam Rotem, which are inspired by Rossi, both in terms of musical style and of the choice of a biblical text in Hebrew.

The music of Salomone Rossi has played a significant role in the work of Profeti della Quinta since the group’s foundation. The native Hebrew-speaking singers, who

specialize in Italian Baroque music, have an immediate connection to Salomone Rossi as a Jewish Italian composer.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS Ensemble Profeti della Quinta was founded in the Galilee region of Israel by the bass singer and harpsichordist Elam Rotem. Based in Basel, Switzerland, members undertook further studies of early music at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis focusing on repertoire from the 16th and early 17th centuries. The ensemble aims to create vivid and expressive performances for audiences today while, at the same time, considering period performance practices. Another goal of the ensemble is performing and researching hitherto neglected works, such as Emilio de’ Cavalieri’s Lamentations (1600) and Salomone Rossi’s Hashirim asher li’Shlomo (1623), the first publication of polyphony in Hebrew.

In 2011, the ensemble won the York Early Music Young Artists Competition and has since performed in Europe, Israel, North America, China, and Japan.

The group performs in prominent festivals and venues such as Oude Muziek Festival Utrecht, Beethovenfest Bonn, London Festival of Baroque Music, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Shanghai Concert Hall. In November 2017, the ensemble was the first to perform Monteverdi’s opera L’Orfeo in Israel.

The ensemble has recorded two albums with music by Salomone Rossi which were warmly received by the public and critics. Further

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recordings are dedicated to music

by Luzzaschi, Lasso and to the newly-surfaced manuscript by Carlo G. Profeti della Quinta are also featured in the documentary film Hebreo: The Search for Salomone Rossi by Joseph Rochlitz, filmed in Mantua, Italy. The ensemble has premiered and recorded two largescale works composed especially for the film by Elam Rotem: the biblical drama Joseph and his Brethren and the motet collection Quia amore langueo. Both works employ Hebrew texts taken directly from the bible, and were composed in the musical language of the early Italian Baroque period.

Photo by Mel Et Lac

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Jan 31, 2020

McCullough Theatre

Rolston String Quartet Luri Lee, Violin Emily Kruspe, Violin Hezekiah Leung, Viola Jonathan Lo, Cello

The Rolston String Quartet is the recipient of Chamber Music America’s 2018 Cleveland Quartet Award. The quartet’s performance has been made possible in part by Chamber Music America and the Cleveland Quartet Award Endowment Fund.

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PROGRAM Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) String Quartet No. 2 in a minor, Op. 13, Ist es wahr? (Is it true?)

I. Adagio - Allegro Vivace

II. Adagio non lento

III. Intermezzo. Allegretto con moto - Allegro di molto

IV. Presto - Adagio non lento Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942) Five Pieces (5 StĂźcke) for String Quartet

I. Alla Valse Viennese. Allegro

II. Alla Serenata. Allegretto con moto

III. Alla Czeca. Molto Allegro

IV. Alla Tango. Andante

V. Alla Tarantella. Prestissimo con fuoco Intermission Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) String Quartet No. 13 in B flat Major, Op. 130/133

I. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro

II. Presto

III. Andante con moto, ma non troppo

IV. Alla danza tedesca. Allegro Assai

V. Cavatina. Adagio molto espressivo

VI. GroĂ&#x;e Fuge

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS With their debut recording, Souvenirs, released in November 2019, Canada’s Rolston String Quartet continues to receive acclamation and recognition for their musical excellence. As the 2018 recipient and first international ensemble chosen for the prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award from Chamber Music America, their accolades and awards precede them. In 2016, a monumental year, they won First Prize at the 12th Banff International String Quartet Competition, Grand Prize at the 31st Chamber Music Yellow Springs Competition, and Astral’s National Auditions.

Recent highlights include debut performances at Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, The Freer Gallery, and Chamber Music Houston, two major Canadian tours under the Prairie Debut and Debut Atlantic touring networks, and three European tours with dates in Leipzig, Berlin, Lucerne, Heidelberg, Barcelona, and Graz among others. Their 2019-20 season includes concerts at University of California – Los Angeles’ Herb Alpert School of Music, Texas Performing Arts, Chamber Music Northwest, and Calgary Pro Musica; the chamber music societies of Detroit, Fort Worth, Kansas City, Philadelphia, Montreal, and Vancouver; and the Louvre Museum. As Süddeutsche Zeitung states, “they showed such delicacy, slender elasticity, impeccable intonation, and such eminent sense of tonal balance…This is a new bright star on the truly not empty string quartet sky of our day.”

Notable collaborations include performances with renowned artists Janina Fialkowska, Gary Hoffman, Nobuko Imai, Miguel da Silva, and David Shifrin, as well as the St. Lawrence, and Dover Quartets.

Quartet members are associated artists at the Queen Elizabeth Music Chapel, and recently completed a two-year term as the Yale School of Music’s fellowship quartet-in-residence in spring 2019.

Previously, they were the graduate quartet-in-residence at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. Keeping in the teaching tradition, they have taught at the Yale School of Music, University of Toronto, and the Bowdoin International Music Festival among others. Primary mentors include the Brentano Quartet, James Dunham, Norman Fischer, and Kenneth Goldsmith, and the quartet has received additional guidance from the St. Lawrence String Quartet, Barry Shiffman, Miguel da Silva, and Alastair Tait.

The Rolston String Quartet was formed in the summer of 2013 at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity’s Chamber Music Residency. They take their name from Canadian violinist Thomas Rolston, founder and long-time director of the Music and Sound Programs at the Banff Centre.

Luri Lee plays a Carlo Tononi violin, generously on loan from Shauna Rolston Shaw. Emily Kruspe plays a 1900 Stefano Scarampella violin, generously on loan from the Canada Council for the Arts Musical Instrument Bank. The Rolston String Quartet is endorsed by Jargar Strings of Denmark.

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Feb 1, 2020

McCullough Theatre

Martha Redbone Bone Hill: The Concert Created by

Martha Redbone and Aaron Whitby Music and Lyrics by

Martha Redbone and Aaron Whitby

This performance is made possible by a generous grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Bone Hill: The Concert commissioned by Joe’s Pub and The Public Theater as part of the New York Voices artists’ initiative; Co-commissioned by the Lincoln Center David Rubinstein Atrium, PA’I Foundation, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Bone Hill is the recipient of the NEFA National Theater Project, an NPN Creation and Touring grant and Redbone is a 2015 Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Fellow. Redbone and Bone Hill: The Concert are represented by SRO Artists, Inc.

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Presented in partnership with KLRU-TV

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CAST Charlie Burnham................................................................. Tibby, Storyteller Alan Burroughs.............................................................................Storyteller Fred Cash.....................................................................................Storyteller Soni Moreno...........................................................................................Liza Aaron Whitby........................................................................... Mr. Whittaker Martha Redbone..........................................Herself, Easter, Janice, Little Red, Creech and Tommy Sizemore

BAND Luca Benedetti.................................................................................... Guitar Charlie Burnham................................................................Violin, Harmonica Alan Burroughs.............................................................. Dobro, Banjo, Guitar Fred Cash..............................................................................................Bass Tony Mason........................................................................................Drums Soni Moreno.......................................................................................Vocals Aaron Whitby....................................................Musical Director, Piano/Organ

PROGRAM 1. 40 Wheels 2. Mamaw Mason 3. Census Man 4. Bake A Cake 5. Coal (Hardworking Miner) 6. Strikebreaker 7. Caught My Eye 8. My Country Tis of Thee 9. Love is a Simple Thing 10. Breakdown for Freedom 11. One Drop 12. Two Dead Indians/ I am Undone

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ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE Presented as a dramatic musical work with a cast of eight actor/ musicians, this epic journey covers 200 years of Redbone’s native family history in the Appalachian Mountains–traveling back in time and spanning four generations of women in a Cherokee family, exploring their lives and stories. Bone Hill is a story about the family’s commitment to the land, to the simplicity and sacredness of that connection, and the ruptures that threaten to extinguish it. The music is radically wide-ranging, from traditional Cherokee chants and lullabies to bluegrass and blues, country, gospel, jazz, Rock & Roll, Rhythm n’ Blues, and funk.

“Martha Redbone is a mesmerizing performer, writer, and storyteller.

Bone Hill is a uniquely American story of family and dreams. No matter who you are or where you’re from, Martha takes you home.”

— Motown the Musical “Bone Hill isn’t tripped up by uncomfortable truths and unresolved conflicts. It grooves through them… And it asks, with a coy wink and stern stare, ‘What is native to American music?’”

— The Wall Street Journal

ABOUT THE ARTISTS Martha Redbone (Herself/Easter/ Little Red/Sweetcake/Janice/ Creech/Tommy Sizemore) Redbone is one of the most vital voices in American Roots music. A multi award-winning musician, the charismatic songstress is celebrated texasperformingarts.org

for her tasty gumbo of roots music.

Her music embodies both the folk and mountain blues sounds of her childhood in the Appalachian hills of Kentucky mixed with the eclectic grit of her teenage years in pre-gentrified Brooklyn.

With her father’s gospel-singing voice and the spirit of her mother’s Cherokee/Choctaw culture, Redbone broadens the boundaries of Americana. Her latest album The Garden of Love: Songs of William Blake, produced by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band founder and Grammy-winner John McEuen, is “a brilliant collision of cultures” (New Yorker). Martha’s magnificent voice and Blake’s immortal words create a masterful cornucopia of roots music. Redbone and her long-term collaborator and pianist Aaron Whitby are called “the little engine that could” by their “band of New York City’s finest blues and jazz musicians” (Larry Blumenthal-The Wall Street Journal).

From humble beginnings with residencies at The Living Room and Joe’s Pub to national pow wows across Indian Country, Redbone has built a passionate fan base with her mesmerizing presence and explosive live shows.

Her album Skintalk is described as the soulful sound of “Earth, Wind and Fire on the Rez” (Native Peoples Magazine) and is recognized as an example of Contemporary Native American music in the Permanent Library Collection at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. The RedboneWhitby team’s newest work, Bone Hill: The Concert, is based on the stories of her Appalachian mining family’s heritage and culture. In the piece, Redbone travels back in time 33

to her own childhood and beyond into the memories and tales of her Cherokee ancestors, revealing an untold American story celebrating American music. Redbone is a 2016 Fellow of the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation.

Aaron Whitby (Mr. Whitaker/ Music Director/Piano/Organ) London-born producer, composer, songwriter, and pianist, Aaron Whitby is best known for the multiple award-winning albums he has written and produced with longtime collaborator Martha Redbone. He was mentored by Walter “Junie” Morrison of Parliament Funkadelic and Ohio Players and is the co-creator of Bone Hill.

Whitby also tours with wife Redbone whose band he leads. He engineered Natalie Cole’s Grammywinning single “Living for Love,” and has recorded and/or performed with George Clinton, Randy Brecker, Lisa Fischer, John McEuen, Raul Midon, Nona Hendryx, Vernon Reid, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Mino Cinelu, Snehasish Mozumder, and Keith Secola among many others.

Bone Hill: The Concert is Redbone and Whitby’s first foray into musical theater sparked by a New York Voices commission from Joe’s Pub/ The Public Theater and the National Education Association. Since then, the team have also been commissioned by the New York Theater Workshop for Plurality of Privacy, a project in partnership with the Goethe Institute. The two artists are contributing composers for Primer for a Failed Superpower, a new work directed by Rachel Chavkin of Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 and Hadestown. They

are also working as composers with Gung Ho Theater Company in a collaboration with a Chinese Theater company based in Liang-Shin, an autonomous indigenous zone of the Ye people, for a piece to be premiered in China in the fall of 2018.

Whitby is currently working on his own album release Cousin from Another Planet, a jazz/funk exploration of his more esoteric musical vocabulary featuring Charlie Burnham, Keith Loftis, Fred Cash, Jerome Harris, Gary Fritz, and Rodney Holmes.

Luca Benedetti (Guitar) Italian-born guitarist, composer, and producer Luca Benedetti has been performing in a wide variety of roots, jazz, country, and Americana-inspired projects since moving to New York in 1996. His most recent collaborations include performances and recordings with Jim Campilongo, Speeding West, Honeyfingers, Tubby, The Brooklyn Boogaloo Blowout, Zephaniah & The 18 Wheelers, The Dang-it Bobbys, Jason Loughlin & The String Gliders, Kelli Scarr & North of Amarillo, The National Reserve, and Margo Valiante. In 2010, he recorded and released his debut record Ta Da..., with his own jazz and roots inspired group, Luca Benedetti’s Thermionics, which Relix Magazine called “...a knockout collection of instrumentals that will warrant repeated listens.” Benedetti holds a bachelor’s degree from Berklee College of Music and a master’s degree from The City College of New York. While pursuing his graduate degree, he studied with jazz legend, Ron Carter, who quickly became a mentor and friend. On several

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occasions, Carter invited Benedetti to perform, including a memorable trio performance for the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Hall of Fame ceremony honoring Milt Hinton and Artie Shaw.

Charlie Burnham (Tibby/ Storyteller/Violin/Harmonica) Charles Burnham is a singular, versatile, and virtuosic American violinist and composer, whose highly imaginative improvisational style crosses bluegrass, delta punk, free jazz, blues, classical, and chamber jazz. Worldly and other-worldly sounds can be heard from Burnham’s soulful voice.

He has graced the recordings of many artists including Cassandra Wilson, James Blood Ulmer, Steven Bernstein, Susie Ibarra, Peter Apfelbaum, Henry Threadgill, String Trio of New York, Ted Daniel, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Living Colour, Queen Esther, John Zorn, Steve Swell, Rufus Wainwright, Krishna Das, Kenny Wollesen, Norah Jones, Billie Joe Armstrong, Jason Kao Hwang, The Woes, Hem, Elysian Fields, and many others.

Burnham also performs on harmonica and mandolin. He is also a highly regarded singer.

Alan Burroughs (Storyteller/ Guitar/Dobro/Banjo) Burroughs, a recording artist in his own right of jazz and blues, has both recorded and toured with Martha Redbone since 2000. Burroughs hails from an esteemed musical heritage. His great-uncle was the legendary Fletcher Henderson, known as one of the founders of jazz and

bandleader which launched the great Louis Armstrong. Burroughs is one of the most in-demand guitar players worldwide. Known for his versatility of styles, from blues, jazz, rock, reggae, soul, and funk, Burroughs plays and sings it all effortlessly. He has recorded for film and TV, working with such artists as Miles Davis, Art Porter, Philip Bailey of Earth, Wind and Fire, The Dells, and Captain Sky Band among others.

Fred Cash Jr. (Storyteller/Bass) Cash has recorded and toured with Martha Redbone since 2000.

Cash attended the American Conservatory of Music in his hometown of Chicago. He hails from a musical family as his father Fred Cash, Sr. is of the legendary vocal group The Impressions.

Cash Jr. is one of the most in-demand bass players in the industry. He has recorded for film, TV, and has worked with such artists in addition to Martha Redbone as Alicia Keys, Nona Hendryx, George Clinton, Henry Butler, Jean-Paul Bourelly, India Arie, Jerry Butler, Toshi Reagon, Michelle Dorrance, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Barbara Streisand, Marika Hughes, and many more.

Tony Mason (Drums) A North Carolina native, Mason began playing at age seven and it’s been drums and music ever since.

After studying at East Carolina University for one year, Tony came to New York City in 1986 to finish his education at The Manhattan School of Music where he received a performance degree in classical percussion and was very active in the

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jazz program. Mason has toured and recorded with Joan Osborne, Martha Wainwright, Norah Jones, Bernie Worrell, Doug Wimbish, Leo Nocentelli, George Porter Jr., Bo Diddley, Soup Dragons, Neil Sedaka, Connie Francis, Natalie Cole, Paula Cole, Charlie Hunter, David Foster, Baba Olatunji, Willie Weeks, Ivan Neville, Melvin Sparks, Jim Campilongo, Clark Gayton, Bill Sims Jr., and many others. Producers Mason has worked with include Nile Rodgers and the legendary Russ Titleman. He has also played on many commercials for Nike, Vila, Coca-Cola, the NBA, and the WNBA. Soni Moreno (Liza/Storyteller/Vocals) Known for her incredible vocal range, Moreno is one of the founding members of the multi-awardwinning trio, Ulali, a traditional Native American vocal group. A student at the American Conservatory

Theatre in San Francisco she played the role of Chrissie in the original productions of Hair, danced with the Copasettics, and performed at LaMama Theater and ETC in New York and Europe with their production of Aladdin’s Lamp and appeared on Broadway in The Leaf People by Tom O’Hargan. Moreno sings with many country and blues groups including studio work for TV and radio commercials and jingles. She is a member of the Board of Directors for the American Indian Community House in New York City and has also worked with the Smithsonian Institution on the opening of the National Museum.

Bone Hill Family Tree Mr. Whittaker

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Nora

Sweetcake

Tibby

Easter

Junior

Billy Bone

Janice

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We are grateful for their extraordinary support and dedication.

2019–20 COUNCIL MEMBERS Robert and Jannis Baldwin Becky Beaver Edwina Carrington Marianne and Mario Davila Laura Estes and Joyce Lauck Cynthia Glover and Dwight Williams Joanne Guariglia Stephanie Guariglia Rob Hagelberg Rhonda Hall Dan Jackson and Jeremy Guiberteau Julia Marsden Ashlee Olsem Stephanie L. Perkins Rachel Tocker Rebecca Van Den Berg Annie Solomon Zucker Brian Zucker

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The Team Bob Bursey

HUMAN RESOURCES

Lindsay Long

Director

Warren G. Whitaker

Rachel Durkin-Drga

SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Human Resources Manager

Michael Malak

MARKETING

Karen Maness

Senior Associate Director

Tara Vela Associate Director BUSINESS OFFICE

Kristi Lampi Business Operations Manager

Lisa Carothers Administrative Associate, Business Affairs

Leigh Remeny Administrative Associate, Business Operations

Terri Waddle Senior Departmental Buyer, Business Operations CAMPUS & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Judith Rhedin

Gene Bartholomew Director of Marketing & Communications

Lizzie Choffel Senior Graphic Designer

Danielle Culp Project Administrator

Erica De Leon Marketing Specialist, Digital Media

Romina Jara Marketing Coordinator, Media Buying & Settlements

Selena San Miguel Marketing Coordinator, Strategic Content

Production Events Manager Audio Supervisor Scenic Art Supervisor

Ashton Bennett Murphy Assistant Scenic Charge Artist

Travis Perrin Assistant Stage Supervisor

Dani Pruitt Production Events Manager

Hank Schwemmer Master Carpenter

Rebecca Switzer Prop Shop Supervisor PROGRAMMING

Cynthia Patterson Program Manager

Will Shirey

Assistant Director, Campus & Community Engagement

PRODUCTION

Brenda Simms

Assistant Director, Performance Logistics

STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

Scott Bussey

Assistant Director, Student Engagement

Program Coordinator, Education & Curriculum Development

Yvonne Kimmons

DEVELOPMENT

Technical Director

Natalia Morgan

Seb Boone

Development Assistant

Rachel Schoen Stewardship Manager

Sarah Weidler Young Associate Director for Development

Susan Griffin Ticketing Services Manager

Master Electrician

Dianne Whitehair

Jeff W. Ellinger

Ticketing Systems Manager

Lighting Supervisor

Margaret Badasci

Phoebe Greene

Assistant Ticketing Services Manager, Event Operations

Production Operations Manager

Conrad Haden

Concerts and Special Events Manager

Amber Goodspeed Broadway Events Manager

TICKET OFFICE

Sarah Cantu

Sarah Andrews Alec Pasquarella

Tim Rogers

Master Electrician

GUEST SERVICES Essential Series, Theatre & Dance and Guest Services Manager

Talent Buyer

Stage Supervisor

Eric Vera Assistant Ticketing Services Manager, Concerts

Carolyn Hardin Assistant Prop Shop Supervisor

Jason Huerta Associate Scenic Studio Supervisor

J. E. Johnson Scenic Studio Supervisor

Kenny Kuykendall Assistant Audio Supervisor

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House Managers Dina Black Virginia Bosman Margaret Byron Andrea Stanfill Castro Charlotte Coffee Carlos Hernandez Chuck Hesse Paige Horton Jean Humes Olga Kasma-Carnes Charlotte Klein

Sharon Kojzarek Eric Lee Ryan Monahan Shana Nichols Elisabeth Poigin Shannon Quinn Kimberly Hans Reaves Jessica Reed Ron Rizzato Mary Ruiz Gracie Sanders

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Become a Corporate Circle Member Members of the Corporate Circle enjoy VIP benefits while providing jobs for up to 70 students at Texas Performing Arts each year. With your support, students gain real work experience in every field from accounting to stage management, as well as professional mentoring, rĂŠsumĂŠ and job search support, and a paycheck to help cover the cost of a world-class education at The University of Texas at Austin.

The Corporate Circle is a great way to enjoy everything that Texas Performing Arts has to offer today, align your brand with the cultural leader in Central Texas, and help students build a strong foundation for the future!

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By Hayley Naples ’20 There are no two days that look alike in the Texas Performing Arts Prop Shop. At any given time, the Prop Shop could be working on providing props for one to three productions simultaneously. Their days consist of reviewing show notes, purchasing goods, as well as building (and rebuilding) hundreds of props. A diverse team with talents in electronics, welding, sewing, Photoshop, painting, and special effects design props for the Department of Theatre & Dance or Sarah and Ernest Butler Opera Center productions.

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From the actor’s chair to the pack of cigarettes in his shirt pocket, each stage prop for TPA productions is carefully selected to help tell a story. Every item is selected from hundreds of other items or individually crafted by the prop shop team to suit the production and the individual actor. Each prop is then tested by team members and actors for accuracy as well as function. This may mean switching the direction a refrigerator opens or reconstructing a 1950s lighter.

Additionally, it must be safe and functional for the actors and audience. Meetings with stage managers, actors, and even fire marshalls before performances ensure prop safety.

Although these items may not be center stage, their presence can give the audience a sense of place and time or stir emotions.

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As an educational institution committed to the free exchange of ideas, Texas Performing Arts is proud to present a rich array of performing arts for the Austin and Central Texas community. Sponsorship of Texas Performing Arts does not imply endorsement of artists or their performance content by sponsors or their representatives.

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Student Tickets Thanks to the generous support of donors last season, Texas Performing Arts provided $10 Student Tickets for Essential Series performances to more than 3,000 students.

Your gift to the Student Ticket Fund means that for just $10 and their valid student ID, any student from any school can experience the excitement and inspiration of live performances by world-class artists.

Share the experience of the performing arts that you love. Donate to the Student Ticket Fund today!

Visit texasperformingarts.org/support or call 512.232.8567 to make a gift.

*The Essential Series is our selection of fine arts shows; Bass Pass tickets are available for select Broadway shows and concerts.

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