Contents Spring 2014
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Issue 4
March 28 - April 27 , 2014
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Seminar
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NCSU Dance Company Concert
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NC State Chorale Spring Concert
The Pedrito Martinez Group
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NC State Jazz Ensemble I
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NC State Wind Ensemble
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Grains of Time
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Backyard Brass Quintet
SEMINAR by Theresa Rebeck
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, MARCH 28-29, 2014 7:30PM SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 2014 2PM WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 2-5, 2014 7:30PM SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2014 2PM WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 9-12, 2014 7:30PM SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014 2PM Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre Frank Thompson Hall
P r o g r a m N ot e s Seminar
University Theatre presents
SEMINAR is produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. Director Allison Bergman Scenic Design David Jensen Costume Design Adrienne McKenzie Lighting & Sound Design Joshua Reaves Technical Direction David Jensen Production Stage Manager Meghan Leonard* ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Pat Elder and the folks at Core Catering PROFESSIONAL STAFF Acting Coach Rachel Klem Costume Shop Manager Em Rossi Costume Technician Adrienne McKenzie Scenic Artist & Props Master Jayme Mellema
Setting: A NYC apartment, present day SEMINAR will be performed without intermission
CAST (in order of appearance) IZZY............................................................................................................................................... Halle Mangrum MARTIN.............................................................................................................................................. Kyle Bullins* KATE............................................................................................................................... Mary Elizabeth Lennon DOUGLAS...............................................................................................................................Jason Tyler Corder LEONARD..............................................................................................................................................Mark Filiaci PRODUCTION CREW Assistant Stage Managers......................................................... William Stewart, Elizabeth Lemmons* Production Assistants............................................................................Matthew Tucker, Zebulun Farrell Deck Crew....................................................................................................................................... Patrick Narmi Assistant Scenic Artists and Props...................................................................................... Lauren Caddick Master Carpenters.................................................................................Chris Bradsher*, Nathaniel Conti* Scenic Carpenter...............................................................................................................Autumn Stephens* Set Crew.............................Shelby Carson*, Alec Haklar, Paul Tyrlik*, Kelsey Beal*, Patrick Hutton, ......................................................................................Andrew Tollefson, Shelby Anderson, Danijel Piric, ....................................................................................Emily Alexander, Kelly Bachman, Laura Hegstetter Master Electrician....................................................................................................................Kenny Hertling* Light Board Operator................................................................................................................Greyson Smith Wardrobe Supervisor............................................................................................................Heather Murray* Dressers......................................................................................................... Alyssa Padmos, Allison Stillwell Costume Crew.........................................Maggie Briggs*, Kel Henkel, Gillian Paige, Amber Beasley, Carrie Nieman, Abby Workman, Sarah Long, Alyssa Padmos, Kara Lynch Makeup Crew..................................... Yamila Monge*, Kel Henkel, Vivian Kim, Philipp Lindemann* House Manager and Ushers...................................................................University Theatre House Crew *Member of Alpha Psi Omega Honorary Theatre Fraternity
Sound Engineer Kevin Wright Assistant Technical Director Aaron Bridgman Marketing Nancy Breeding Marketing, Graphics & Photography Ronald A. Foreman*
Please,
during the PERFORMANCE
Silence your cell phone No photography No texting
Thank You!
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Seminar Cast Bios
Seminar Production Bios
Kyle Bullins, Martin, is a junior in communications with a concentration in media studies and a minor in theatre. Kyle’s previous credits include Arthur Birling in An Inspector Calls, Chicago, assistant director for The Arabian Nights, makeup crew for The Heidi Chronicles, light board operator for The Spyglass Seven, and deck crew for The Game’s Afoot. Kyle would like to thank his parents, Lori and Joey, for supporting his passion for theater over the years throughout high school and college, as well as his sister, Kelly, for putting up with his antics growing up. And thanks to all of his friends for supporting him throughout the rehearsal process and for encouraging him through the tough times. Lots of love to you all, and enjoy the show!
Allison Bergman, Director, is the assistant director of University Theatre and a veteran stage director of more than thirty theatre productions in Los Angeles, Boston, Pittsburgh, and New York City. She holds a BFA in theatre studies from Boston University and an MFA in directing from Carnegie Mellon University where she was a Steven Bochco Scholar. She studied acting, dance and voice at L.A. City College Theatre Academy, American National Academy of Performing Arts, and Southern California Conservatory of Music, and has won a Drama-Logue Award for Directing. In tandem with her directing career, Allison is a dramaturgical consultant with several projects in development in New York and Los Angeles. She is the former artistic director of Broadway On Sunset and co-founder of The West Coast Musical Theatre Conference. She has also co-authored ACTING THE SONG – Performance Skills for the Musical Theatre, and penned the libretto for a new musical, Ancient City. Before moving to the East Coast, she had been named Outstanding Woman in Theatre in Los Angeles. Other University Theatre productions Allison has directed include Arcadia, The Heidi Chronicles, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Little Women, Dancing at Lughnasa, Urinetown, It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, and The Arabian Nights. For TheatreFest, Spider’s Web, WMKS:Where Music Kills Sorrow, The Sunshine Boys, and Daddy's Dyin', Who's Got The Will?
Jason Tyler Corder, Douglas, is a junior in chemistry. Jason returns to the University Theatre stage after stints in The Heidi Chronicles and Arcadia. Mark Filiaci, Leonard, is a guest artist and appeared last year in Daddy’s Dyin’, Who’s Got The Will? for Theatrefest. Mark has worked throughout the region as an actor, director, and producer in such productions as Hamlet, Proof, Good People, The Whipping Man, Much Ado About Nothing, The Devil’s Dream, Three Days of Rain, A Few Good Men and All in the Timing at such theatres as The Barter Theater, Temple Theatre, Deep Dish, Artscenter of Carrboro, Burning Coal, Raleigh Ensemble Players, Cape Fear Regional and Louisville Rep. A Pennsylvania native and graduate of Gettysburg College, this year marks his 30th year of living and performing in the area. Mary Elizabeth Lennon, Kate, is a junior in English literature with a minor in theatre. Mary Elizabeth is thrilled to perform in her first University Theatre production! She has been so inspired by this show and now harbors an intense desire to be the next Virginia Woolf. She enjoys pizza, Downton Abbey, and sitting around all day thinking about Jane Austen. Special thanks to lovely friends, family, cast and crew for so much support and a wonderful first UT experience! Halle Mangrum, Izzy, is a sophomore in creative writing with a minor in art+design. Halle is making her acting debut in Seminar at NC State. She is thrilled to perform and to be a part of the University Theatre family.
Meghan Leonard, Production Stage Manager, is a junior in science technology and society with a minor in theater. This is Meghan’s first time stage managing a production. Her previous credits include Chicago, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, production assistant for Alice in Wonderland, dramaturge/deck crew for The Heidi Chronicles, and assistant stage manager for The Game’s Afoot. “I am excited to be working with such a wonderful cast. I would like to thank University Theatre and everyone involved with it for helping me gain the most of my theatre experience.” William Stewart, Assistant Stage Manager, is a sophomore in electrical engineering with a minor in creative writing. This is his fourth show at University Theatre and he is both excited and honored to be a part of it. He was “born in a log cabin and would like to thank the wolves that raised him for everything they’ve done to make him who he is today.” Elizabeth Lemmons, Assistant Stage Manager, is a sophomore in the Anni Albers Scholars program, a double major in art+design and textile technology. Elizabeth has been involved with University Theatre since she started at NC State, participating both on stage and off. Seminar will be her first time working on the stage management team. Elizabeth is excited to be a part of the rehearsal process and is looking forward to seeing the whole show come together. She would like to thank her friends and family for their continued support.
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TV Gigs Make Theater Possible by Jeff Lunden National Public Radio, July 14, 2009 1:37 PM
When Theresa Rebeck moved to New York to pursue her dream as a playwright, she did what a lot of starving artists do: She temped. Meanwhile, she helped personally subsidize her work in funky little off-offBroadway theaters. These were decidedly do-it-yourself affairs. “If you had a play that you wanted to produce, you and the actors and the director would chip in a hundred bucks each to sort of cover the cost,” she says. And her earnings? Maybe $25, she jokes. So when an agent suggested Rebeck could get some work in television, she leapt at the chance. “At the time, I thought, ‘Well, there's money there – I could do that!’ ” Rebeck recalls. So Rebeck started writing TV scripts on spec, while also working in the theater. She's been shuttling between both worlds ever since, keeping up a stage career while working on the writing staffs of such TV series as NYPD Blue and Law and Order: Criminal Intent.
Living Off ‘My Own Grant’ Rebeck is no starving artist anymore, though. Her plays have been performed at prestigious nonprofit theaters in New York and around the country. She and her family live in a beautifully renovated brownstone in Park Slope, Brooklyn. And Rebeck has a personal assistant to help her deal with all the projects she's constantly juggling. That's because the TV jobs still help subsidize Rebeck's theater work. “It was like I sort of created my own trust fund, or my own grant, and that's what we're kind of living off now!” she laughs. “Generally, what I try to do is always have a money gig and an art gig,” she says. “And then, whatever moves in front of the other, when a deadline comes up, that part of my brain is what moves to the fore.” But for David Milch, a co-creator of NYPD Blue and other television shows, the dichotomy implied in Rebeck's calculus is a false one. “I bridle a bit about the idea of 'making a living,' as opposed to doing good work,” Milch says. “Theresa's is the bravest kind of imagination, and I think she's happiest when she's doing the work in which her unalloyed loyalty is to the character and to the moment.”
‘A Certain Amount of Control’ On the small screen, though, character and incident aren't always the writer's exclusive territory.
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“In television, what you are doing is trying to fit your voice into a particular mold,” Rebeck says. “When I was a staff writer on NYPD Blue, it was truly my job to hear David Milch's voice for that show and to deliver episodes that embodied that voice.” Meanwhile, Rebeck's latest play, Our House, is about television. The play recently finished its run at Playwrights Horizons, off-Broadway. “She's a born playwright,” says Tim Sanford, the theater's artistic director. “She's prolific, she's great at structure, she has something to say, she's driven to say it, it's not hard for her.” And with a play, Rebeck has a level of control over her own vision that she never gets in television: In the theater, no changes can be made to her scripts without her consent. “I would rather work in the theater than anywhere else,” Rebeck says. “And it does seem to be a place where stories can and should be told purely.” But that purity often comes with little pay. Rebeck estimates she might make $15,000 for the run of Our House at Playwrights, but the show was written and developed over the course of two years. Sanford says that while the theatrical community was once skeptical of people who “went Hollywood,” it's not surprising that a lot of playwrights are following in Rebeck's footsteps, toggling between the stage and television. They've gotta eat. “I think it's just become more and more accepted for writers to go back and forth,” Sanford says. “I don't think there's a stigma on writers to work in both media as much.” And if you ask Rebeck how she identifies herself, there's no question – she's a playwright, even if, in some years, only 10 percent of her income comes from the theater. “These are questions of culture, I think. Is art valuable only if it's got a dollar sign, a significant dollar sign on it?” Rebeck says. “I think the answer to that is no – some of the most beautiful things I've been involved with, people were being charged $10 a ticket, and nobody was being paid anything, and I'll never forget that evening in the theater.”
©2009 National Public Radio, Inc. NPR® news report titled “For Playwright, TV Gigs Make Theater Possible” by Jeff Lunden was originally broadcast on NPR.org on July 19, 2009, and is used with permission of NPR. Any unauthorized duplication is strictly prohibited.
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The NC State Dance Program presents
NCSU Dance Company Concert THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, April 10 AND 11, 2014 AT 8PM Titmus Theatre, Thompson Hall
Please,
during the PERFORMANCE Silence your cell phone No photography No texting Thank You!
THANK YOU! Thank you to Alexander Miller (Vice Provost, Division of Academic and Student Affairs), Dr. Mike Mullen (Vice Chancellor and Dean, Division of Academic and Student Affairs), Dr. Thomas Roberts (Department Head, Health and Exercise Studies), David Jones and the Titmus Theatre tech crew. Please contact Tara Z. Mullins at 919-513-7345 if you would like to learn how you can participate in or support the Dance Program.
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Production
All That Ever Falls
Dance Program Director/NCSU Dance Company Artistic Director: Robin Harris Assistant Director/Panoramic Dance Project Artistic Director: Tara Z. Mullins Technical Director & Lighting Designer: Daniel R. Winters Voice Coaching: Christine Morris Sound Recording: Osceola Recording Studios Technical Crew: Titmus Theatre staff
Choreography: Tara Z. Mullins Music: Erla’s Waltz and Raein by Olafur Arnalds Set design: John Burgess Set construction: Greg Osbeck Costume design: Erin West Lighting: Daniel R. Winters Performers: McKenna Czap, Holley Holmes, Mary Jackson, Angela Petrongelli, Jacquelyn Watson
Delayed (2008)
Choreography: Shane O’Hara Music: Terrafolk and Bach, Aria from Goldberg Variations Lighting: Daniel R. Winters Performance: Mary Bounds, McKenna Czap, Mary Jackson, Jacob Marx, Agee Taylor, Jacquelyn Watson
Lawn (1993)
Choreography: Carol Kyles Finley Music: Bimba Dagli Occhi Pieni Di Malia and Vogliatemi Bene from Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed by Eleanor Steber Lighting: Daniel R. Winters Performance: Casey Anders, Mary Bounds, McKenna Czap, Mary Griffin, Katy Lund, Jessica Mattie, Sierra Thomas
Intermission l-o-v-e (2008)
Choreography and Script: Robin Harris Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Adagio in C for Glass Harmonica, K.356 and Che scompigilia, che flagella); Don Gibson (Oh, Lonesome Me, performed by Neil Young); Dick Hodgin (morse code sound design) Set & Costume Design: Lisa Tireman Lighting: Daniel R. Winters Spellers: Hayley Dirscherl, Holley Holmes, Mary Jackson, Agee Taylor, Ashley White Pronouncer: Jacob Marx
Waking, Finding You Here
Choreography: Jack Arnold Music: Arvo Park, Fratres for string quartet Lighting: Daniel R. Winters Performers: Hayley Dirscherl and Jacob Marx
From left:
Choreography: Robin Harris Music: Johannes Brahms, Intermezzo No.1 in E Flat Major, Op.117 Color design/set and costume consultation: Marty Baird Costumes: Sarah Cannon Set: Greg Osbeck Lighting: Daniel R. Winters, based on original lighting design by Joshua Reaves Performers: Holley Holmes, Angela Petrongelli, Agee Taylor, Jacquelyn Watson
Faculty Bios Robin Harris is director of the NC State Dance Program, where she also serves as artistic director of the NCSU Dance Company, mentors student choreographers and teaches dance composition.
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A choreographer of over 30 major works, Robin is a recipient of two NC Arts Council Choreographers Fellowships, the Raleigh Medal of Arts, an Indy Award and the 2010 NCAAHPERD University Dance Educator Award. Her work has also been recognized by the American Dance Festival and been presented five times in National Galas of the American College Dance Festival Association, including performances at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Full evenings of Robin’s work have been presented by NCSU Center Stage and the Southeast Women’s Studies Conference. Additionally, her work has toured four seasons with the North Carolina Dance Festival and been a featured subject on National Public Radio’s Studio 360. Robin has served as a guest artist at Washington & Lee University, James Madison University, University of Maryland, Hollins University and Meredith College. She has also choreographed for Burning Coal Theatre Company in Raleigh, including Hair in 2009, Enron in 2011, Brigadoon in 2012 and Civil Rights Through Song in 2014. Robin choreographed Rent for University Theatre at NC State in 2012. Robin is a member of the 2013/2014 Burning Coal Theatre Company. Robin holds a B.A. in French and an M.A. in dance from The Ohio State University, and has received certification from the Dance Notation Bureau as a Labanotation teacher. Tara Zaffuto Mullins, assistant director of the NC State Dance Program and artistic director of Panoramic Dance Project, has a B.A. in dance from James Madison University and an M.F.A. in dance from Arizona State University. While at ASU, Tara received many awards and grants for her research, teaching and choreography, including the Faculty Women’s Association Distinguished Masters Degree Candidate Award for her work developing arts programs for homeless youth and the first Herberger College of Fine Arts Fellowship. Tara has taught at Henrico Center for the Arts, Arizona State University, Mesa Community College, St. Catherine’s School, the University of Virginia and most recently was on faculty at the Academy of Arts and Minds in Miami, Fla. She has been a guest artist for Radford University, James Madison University and East Central University, among other institutions and companies. Additionally, Tara has choreographed for the Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia, the Latin Ballet of Virginia, Dance Arizona Repertory Theatre and Paradigm Players. Through the years, Tara has performed professionally with a variety of dance companies such as Doug Hamby Dance, Starr Foster Dance Project and the Latin Ballet of Virginia. After serving as the Educational Programs Director for the Latin Ballet of Virginia, Tara developed her own education and service based Z Mullins Dance Company and continues to run such programs as the Virginia Dance Symposium.
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Guest Artist Bios Jack Arnold, a native of Enfield, N.C., is a full-time residential real estate Realtor/Broker with Hodge & Kittrell Sotheby’s International Realty. Prior to his work in real estate, Jack enjoyed a 20-year career in modern dance as a dancer, choreographer and teacher. As a member of Pilobolus Dance Theatre from 1987-1991, he toured extensively throughout North and South America, Europe, the Middle East and the Far East. He has performed with numerous other companies and choreographers including The Atlanta Contemporary Dance Company and Synergic Theater, Lucas Hoving, Paul Sanasardo, Bill Evans, Dan Wagoner and Robin Harris. Jack has taught, choreographed and performed at colleges and universities throughout the Southeast, served on the faculties of the Pilobolus Institute and the American Dance Festival, conducted a month-long residency with the Guangdong Dance Company in Guangzhou, China, and is a past recipient of the North Carolina Arts Council Choreographer’s Fellowship. Jack received his B.F.A. from the North Carolina School of the Arts and his M.F.A. from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. Sarah Hazel Cannon is a senior Anni Albers Scholar at NC State University pursuing dual degrees in Art & Design and Textile Technology from the College of Design and the College of Textiles, respectively. Sarah has designed collections for the past three years in the Art2Wear fashion show. This past summer she interned for fashion designer Jason Wu in the collection department as a design intern in New York City. Marty Baird is a visual artist whose work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, North Carolina Arts Council, United Arts and the City of Raleigh Arts Commission. She holds a B.A. and an M.F.A. in painting and has been an artist-in-residence at the Headlands Center for the Arts and at the Vermont Studio Center. Since 1993 Marty has collaborated with Robin Harris on several projects including Key to Paris, Outspoken Dinner Party, Blanche, Dedication, 30 and 73, and Book of Dreams. In 2009 Marty was one of the artists on The Bain Project, a collaborative installation in Raleigh’s former water works plant. Marty exhibits her work at The Mahler Gallery in Raleigh and Vision Gallery in Atlantic Beach, N.C. She also shows with Devin Borden Gallery in Houston, Texas. Marty lives in Raleigh with her husband, Don Ellison, an NC State physics professor. Carol Kyles Finley is a professor of dance and serves as director of dance and artistic director of Meredith Dance Theatre at Meredith College in Raleigh, N.C. Her works for stage have been performed in many local venues and at The Ohio State University, James Madison University, the North Carolina Dance Festival tour, Center for Performance Research in Brooklyn, Third Avenue Performance Space in Columbus, Open Flight in Seattle, the ACDFA Mid-Atlantic Regional Festivals and gala, Southeast Regional Festival and the National Festival in Washington, DC. Her works for camera have been screened nationally and internationally and can be seen on hulu.com’s Dance For Camera channel. She has served as guest artist at James Madison University, Florida State College at Jacksonville, middle and high schools across the state, and on the board of directors of the North Carolina Dance Alliance. She directs the Carol Finley Dance Group locally, and co-directs It Must Have Been Violet Dance Productions based in Bellingham, Wash., Raleigh, N.C. and Jacksonville, Fla. Carol is the 2012-13 recipient of the Pauline Davis Perry Award for Research/Artistic Achievement at Meredith College. Dick Hodgin has been in the music business for 40 years as a producer, engineer and manager. He relocated to the Triangle from South Carolina in 1982 and opened M80 Management Company in 1985. Dick has a reputation for sharp, honest, no-punches-pulled advice and counsel, which has earned him “The Dream Assassin” nickname. Over the years, he’s had to wear about as many hats as there are to wear in the music biz. Manager, producer, engineer, booking agent, publicist, promoter, tour manager, sound man, travel agent, babysitter, transmission repairman, radio promoter, etc. He has produced, engineered and/or managed such artists as
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The Accelerators, Hootie and The Blowfish, Erykah Badu, Cravin’ Melon, J. Cole, Jason Michael Carroll, Velvet Revolver, Clay Aiken, Corrosion of Conformity, Johnny Quest, Big Daddy Kane, Troop 41, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Flat Duo Jets, Far Too Jones, Confessor and many, many more. He was a co-founder of the famed NORTH CAROLINA MUSIC SHOWCASE, has written numerous articles on the web, moderated music panels for various conferences, and is still a voting member of the Grammys organization, NARAS. Dick’s awards include a regional EMMY, a Parents Choice Award and a Kids Music Award. A father of two, he has served for eight years on the North Carolina Childcare Commission and was an adjunct lecturer at North Carolina State University. Currently he is co-owner, and chief engineer at legendary Osceola Studios in Raleigh N.C. Shane O’Hara has choreographed and performed throughout the United States and Europe including concerts in Lisbon, Athens, Krakow, New York, Paris and Washington, DC. O’Hara has received grants from the USIS/ American Embassy, Pennsylvania Council for the Arts and the Virginia Commission for the Arts, as well as a Fulbright Fellowship to Portugal. As a faculty member at James Madison University, Professor O’Hara was named the JMU CVPA Madison Scholar in 2010. Recent creative projects include choreographic commissions for the West Virginia Dance Company, Piedmont Virginia Community College and Dogwood Dance Project. This is his third time choreographing on the students of NC State University. O’Hara is the Director of the JMU Summer Contemporary Dance Intensive in London and has been a guest artist in China developing artistic residencies in Sichuan Province. His current choreographic work has been produced in Washington, Richmond and throughout Virginia. Erin West has been designing and building costumes for the American Shakespeare Center (ASC) since 2005. Past ASC shows she designed include: The Fair Maid of the West, Wild Oats, Romeo and Juliet (2009 and 2013), The Knight of the Burning Pestle, The Winter’s Tale (2007 and 2011), The Taming of the Shrew, The Comedy of Errors, Macbeth (2006 and 2010), Cyrano de Bergerac, Othello (2006 and 2010), Twelfth Night (2008 and 2012), Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Titus Andronicus, The Tempest, Tamburlaine the Great, The Duchess of Malfi, King John, The Lion in Winter, ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore, Return to the Forbidden Planet and 1 Henry IV. Erin has worked as a costume designer, technician, costume shop manager and wardrobe manager for Theatre at Lime Kiln, Washington & Lee University, James Madison University, Eastern Mennonite University, ShenanArts and Tuacahn Center for the Arts. She also has served as adjunct faculty for James Madison University and Washington & Lee University. Erin holds a B.A. in studio art from James Madison University and an M.F.A. in costume design from The Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. Daniel R. Winters is a Drama Desk Award nominated lighting designer who holds an M.F.A. from Ohio University. Daniel is co-founder of Burnside Design Studio. Design credits // With curtain call: Our Son’s Wedding, Miracle On South Division St. and One Slight Hitch; Off Broadway: Mayday Mayday (St. Ann’s Warehouse/Spoleto Festival), Adaptations For The Stage (The Director’s Company), The Monkey Show (Labyrinth Theatre Company). Off-Off Broadway: The Man Who Laughs (Stolen Chair Theater Company), Tick Parade (Dixon Place), King John, Island and Othello (NY Shakespeare Exchange), 8 Track: B-sides And Mash-ups (Creative Destruction), Waiting For Lefty (Portmanteau Theatre Company), Impossible Country (Mud/Bone Collective); Regional: Three Man, Tempest, To Kill A Mockingbird, Enron, Jude The Obscure and Twelfth Night (Burning Coal Theatre Company), Sleeping Beauty, Bald Soprano and Seussical (Garage Theatre Company); Opera: Rusalka (Opera Slavica); Educational: Sverginata (Sarah Lawrence College), resident designer 2010-2012 (York College, New York City).
Casey Anders is a freshman in First Year College. Casey hopes to pursue a major in the science field, but the specifics of that have yet to be determined. She has danced since she was 2 years old and started competing at the age of 6. She has trained for the past 15 years at a studio called POPS Performing Arts Academy in Huntersville, North Carolina. This is her first year in the NCSU Dance Company. Mary Bounds is a graduate student in public administration. She holds bachelor’s degrees in political science and French from McDaniel College in Maryland where she was president of the McDaniel Dance Company. With a base in classical ballet, she thanks the many dance mentors who guided her outside the box, with a special thank you to Joy of Motion Dance Center in Washington, DC. McKenna Czap is a junior majoring in media communication and minoring in film studies. She is excited to begin her second year in the NCSU Dance Company. McKenna is a radio DJ for WKNC 88.1 and is a member of Lambda Pi Eta, national communication honor society. She has been dancing since age 3 at Cary Ballet Conservatory, where she has been part of both the Cary Ballet Company and 3D Jazz Company. In addition to dance, she loves her family, friends, cats and running. Hayley Dirscherl is a fifth year graduate student working toward her Ph.D. in biomedical engineering. She is originally from Clearwater, Fla., where she started dancing in the first grade. For her undergraduate studies, she attended Columbia University, where she was captain of the Columbia University Dance Team. Hayley has been a member of the NCSU Dance Company since 2009. She would like to thank her amazing family, friends and boyfriend for always encouraging her to follow her passion for dance. She would also like to give a special thanks to Robin for five wonderful years of dance! Mary Griffin is a freshman in elementary education. She has danced for 6 years and trained competitively at Dancers Unlimited in Mooresville, N.C. This is Mary’s first year in the company and she is enjoying learning more about expressive movement and the style of modern. Holley Holmes is a sophomore from Asheville, N.C. studying secondary mathematics education and statistics. Holley grew up dancing at Asheville Dance Theater under the direction of Cheryl Whitworth and Tonia Freeman, with whom she won awards at regional and national level competitions. Holley is very happy to be a part of the NCSU Dance Company for her second year and to share the stage with such talented artists. Mary Jackson is a senior majoring in animal science and minoring in German. This is her fourth year with the NCSU Dance Company. She has been dancing since childhood at the Raleigh School of Ballet, North Carolina Dance Institute and at Governor’s School West. She is so thankful to have spent the last four years with such an inspiring and special company. Katy Lund is a sophomore majoring in textile technology with a concentration in medical textiles. She has danced for 14 years and was accepted to the University of North Carolina School of the Arts contemporary summer dance program twice. Katy is the Secretary of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) here at NC State as well as a member of the Women In Science and Engineering (WISE) program. And she really loves cats. Jessica Mattie is a freshman, currently enrolled as a psychology major, and she hopes to become a guidance counselor one day. She is from Flemington, New Jersey and has been dancing since she was 3 years old. With her competition team she won various national titles and solo awards. She finds the NCSU Dance Company to be the perfect way to keep the passion for dance in her life while she is away at college, and to learn how to choreograph on her own. When she is not dancing, she enjoys oil painting, reading and being a member of NC State’s Pi Beta Phi Chapter. Jessica is so happy to be a member of this amazing company!
Jacob Marx is a first year graduate student in nuclear engineering. He recently graduated from Case Western Reserve University with a bachelor’s degree in both physics and dance. His past experiences include studying abroad in Jerusalem where he was enrolled at Hebrew University and The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, where he studied Gaga technique. Jacob has performed in multiple works with the Case Western Reserve University dance department, including Pascal Rioult’s Wien and Views of a Fleeting World. Angela Petrongelli is a sophomore majoring in social work. This is her second year in the NCSU Dance Company. She studied dance in middle and high school and was a member of the Dance Theater of Jacksonville. At the Dupree Dance Convention in Chicago she received a scholarship to return to the convention, and her solo His Great Promise won a Diamond Award and 3rd overall at the competition. Aside from biannual dance shows, she has performed in the Beaufort Gala Festival, the South Carolina Dance Festival and the American College Dance Festival. In addition to dance, she has a passion for ministry and participates as a small group leader and oneon-one mentor for NC State’s Catholic Campus Ministry. She loves outdoor activities and has a passion for volunteer services, children and families. Angela’s family has been her constant support throughout her life. She is eternally grateful to God for His faithfulness through the best and the worst times in her life.
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Student Bios
Agee Taylor is a senior studying fashion and textile management with a concentration in product development and design. She is the recipient of the North Carolina Textile Foundation First Union Scholarship. Agee spent this past summer as a design intern for Tory Burch in New York City. She currently is a sales consultant and stylist at Saks Fifth Avenue. This is her fourth year as a member of the NCSU Dance Company. Agee has studied dance at Arts Together, Raleigh School of Ballet, American Dance Projekt and Broughton High School. Agee was awarded the 2012-2013 Arts NC State Performing Artist Award in Dance. Sierra Thomas is studying industrial design. She has been dancing most of her life, and the majority of her training is in ballet and jazz. Sierra spent multiple years in the company at Carolina Dance Center, with her proudest moment being when she performed the role of Auntie Em in the studio’s performance of Ruby Slippers (a version of The Wizard Of Oz). Her life is centered around her loves: design, music, art, anime, cosplay, friends, family and, of course, dance. She looks to graduate in the spring of 2017, and afterward join an industrial design firm to design various products and merchandise. Jacquelyn Watson is a junior majoring in nutrition and sports science, and this is her third year with the NCSU Dance Company. She recently became a company member with AWW Performance Company, a modern dance company based in Raleigh, N.C. Jacquelyn has been dancing since age 3 at Leslie’s Dance Academy in Fayetteville, N.C. She is a Zumba Instructor for NC State University Recreation and is also involved in Sigma Alpha Omega Christian sorority. Ashley Walls White is a graduate student pursuing a master’s degree in mathematics, and this is her seventh year in the company. Ashley has created several choreographic works during her time in the company, two of which were selected to be performed in regional galas at the American College Dance Festival (ACDFA) Mid-Atlantic conference: Three Nurses (2012) and “but today they’re all gone”-Mr. Davis (2010). “but today they’re all gone” -Mr. Davis was first alternate to go to the ACDFA national gala. Ashley is the artistic director of the AWW Performance Company, a Raleigh based modern dance company founded in 2012. She would like to thank her husband, Zakk White, for his explicit collaboration and non-explicit support in all her artistic endeavors.
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Music @ NC State presents
NC State Chorale Spring Concert Friday, April 11, 2014 at 7PM Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
The NC State Chorale Nathan Leaf, conductor John Noel, piano
Program Cantate Domino............................................................................................................................................................................ Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) Sicut Cervus................................................................................................................................................................................... G. P. da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594) If Ye Love Me..........................................................................................................................................................................................Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585) Bogoroditse Devo......................................................................................................................................................................... Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Ubi Caritas........................................................................................................................................................................................... Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine................................................................................................................................................... Eric Whitacre (b. 1970) This Little Light of Mine...................................................................................................................................................Spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan (1957-2003) Ain’-A That Good News............................................................................................................................................. Spiritual, arr. William Dawson (1899-1990) How Can I Keep From Singing.........................................................................................................................Quaker Hymn, arr. Daniel Graves (20th century) Wondrous Love....................................................................................................................................... Traditional American Hymn, arr. Alice Parker (b. 1925) Hark I Hear the Harps Eternal...............................................................................................................................Traditional American Hymn, arr. Alice Parker Cells Planets.................................................................................................................................................................................................Erika Lloyd, arr. Peterson Shenandoah............................................................................................................................................................... American Folk Song, arr. James Erb (b. 1926) Old Joe Clark......................................................................................................................................................American Folk Song, arr. Mack Wilberg (b. 1955)
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Cantate Domino Cantate Domino canticum novum cantate et benedicite nomini ejus: Quia mirabilia fecit. Cantate et exultate et psallite in cythara et voce psalmi: Quia mirabilia fecit.
Ancient Psalm Sing to the Lord a new song sing and give praise to his name: for he has done marvelous deeds. Sing and exult and praise in songs with the harp and the voice: Sing to the Lord a new song,
Sicut Cervus Sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes aquarum: ita desiderat anima mea ad te, Deus.
Ancient Psalm As the hart yearns for the water springs: so longs my soul for thee, O God.
Bogoroditse Devo Boboróditse Devo, raduysia Blagodatnaya Mariye, Ghospod s Toboyu. Blagoslovenna Ti v zhenah, i blagosloven Plod chreva Tvoyego, yako Spasa rodila yesi dush nashih.
From the Russian Liturgical Vigil Rejoice of Virgin Theotokos Mary full of grace, the Lord is with Thee Blessed art Thou among women, and blessed is the Fruit of Thy womb, for thou hast born the Savior of our souls.
Ubi Caritas Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est. Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor. Exsultemus et in ipso jucundemur. Timeamus et amemus Deum vivum. Et ex corde diligamus nos sincero.
Ancient Antiphon Where there is charity and love, God is there. The love of Christ has gathered us together. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. Let us revere and love the living God. And from a sincere heart, let us love each other.
Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine Tormented by visions of flight and falling, More wondrous and terrible each than the last, Master Leonardo imagines an engine. To carry a man up into the sun…
By Charles Anthony Silvestri (b. 1965), with Italian fragments taken from the notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci).
And as he’s dreaming the heavens call him, Softly whispering their siren-song: “Leonardo, Leonardo, vieni à volare.”
“Leonardo, Leonardo, come fly.”
L’uomo colle sua congiengniate e grandi ale, Facciendo forza contro alla resistente aria.
A man with wings large enough and duly connected Might learn to overcome the resistance of the air.
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Texts and Translations
As the candles burn low he paces and writes, Releasing purchased pigeons one by one Into the golden Tuscan sunrise… And as he dreams, again the calling, The very air itself gives voice: “Leonardo, Leonardo, vieni à volare.” Vicina all’ element del fuoco… Scratching quill on crumpled paper (Rete, canna, filo, carta.) Images of wing and frame and fabric fastened tightly. …sulla suprema sottile aria.
“Leonardo, Leonardo, come fly.” Close to the sphere of elemental fire… (Net, cane, thread, paper.) …in the highest and rarest atmosphere.
As the midnight watchtower tolls, Over rooftop, street and dome, The triumph of a human being ascending In the dreaming of a mortal man. Leonardo steels himself, Takes one last breath, and leaps… “Leonardo vieni à volare! Leonardo, sognare!”
“Leonardo, come fly! Leonardo, dream!
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Rosters The North Carolina State University Chorale Nathan Leaf, Conductor John Noel, Accompanist
SOPRANO
Hadley Bryan, Human Biology Amanda Clayton, Economics/Ag and Life Science Emma Eble, Graphic Design Rebekah Givens+, Environmental Sciences Amanda Holton, English Education Aruna Iyer, Microbiology Allison Kenlan, Environmental Sciences Christine Kidd, Political Science Megan LoMonaco+, Engineering Lucia Malaver, Psychology Katrina Pareja, Sociology Meredith Richardson^, Civil Engineering Amy Stewart, Human Biology Leanne Stoltzfus, Elementary Education Clare Vestal, History
ALTO
Cara Adrian, Biology Amanda Burns, Biochemistry Blair Downs, Zoology Lauren Frederick, Environmental Sciences Brenna Garner, Environmental Technology Anna Griffin, Religious Studies Zoë Holmes, International Business Georgina Ishak, Human Biology Jeanne Lunsford+, Electrical Engineering Cailin Moore, Biology Anna Owens, Middle Grades Science Education Tiana Salas-Ali, Engineering Anna Solini, Applied Math Jasmin Telfer#+*, Animal Science Haley Wells*, Polymer and Color Chemistry
TENOR
Tyler Bass, Business Administration Conner Bolen, Engineering Logan Buchanan+, Business Administration Zach English^*, Mathematics Calvin Ferguson^, Electrical Engineering Woongchan Jeon, Economics Blair Lamason, FYC Aaron Martin, Electrical Engineering Zakarya Masmoudi, Religious Studies Areon Mobasher, FYC Jeffrey Nesbit*, Animal Sciences Andrew Parker, Sciences Kevin Quick^+*, Sociology & Psychology Peter Sherk, Psychology & Biology Walker Sherk, Textiles/Business Administration Eric Wilbanks+, Spanish Language and Literature
BASS
Justin Baker^, Civil Engineering Michael Brews+, Chemical Engineering Tyler Clayton, Computer Engineering Scott Clouse, Electrical Engineering Andrew Farkas, Science, Technology, and Society Nicolai Gritta, Business Administration Teylor Jenkins, Computer Science Josh Johnstone+, Mathematics Matthew McEntire+, Human Biology John Millsaps^, Computer Science Marshall Newberry, Computer Engineering Alex Smith, Physics David Storelli, Engineering Victor Walker, Electrical Engineering
+ denotes section leader | ^ denotes music minor | # denotes choir officer | *denotes member of Mu Beta Psi National Musical Fraternity
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The Pedrito Martinez Group SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2014 AT 8PM Talley Student Union Ballroom Pedrito Martinez, percussion and lead vocals Ariacne Trujillo, piano and lead vocals
Alvaro Benavides, electric bass and background vocals Jhair Sala, percussion and background vocals
“The Pedrito Martinez Group is the real thing. They had the club JUMPING! It made me feel like a teenager!” – Quincy Jones, May 28, 2013
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“…dizzying rhythmic webs, songs within songs, and the thrill of real Cuban rumba transformed into something as hip and irresistible as great pop.” – Larry Blumenfeld, Wall Street Journal, October 17, 2013 “In a city where Afro-Cuban music and jazz have long cross-fertilized, Martinez has evolved a new variant. He draws from not only jazz, but funk, gospel, rock and soul while grounding every arrangement, and the whole performance, in the tempestuous rhythms and muscular energy of Afro-Cuban percussion sound.” – Siddartha Mitter, Boston Globe, October 19, 2013
Photo: Petra Richterova
“The more you listen to him, the more you realize he is, almost impossibly, both a cosmopolitan entertainer and an authentic folklorist.” – NPR Music First Listen, September 29, 2013
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Biographies PEDRITO MARTINEZ Pedro Pablo “Pedrito” Martinez was born in Havana, Cuba on September 12, 1973. He began his musical career at the age of 11, performing as vocalist and percussionist with such Cuban legends as Tata Guines and Los Munequitos de Matanzas. He was brought to Canada in 1998 by bandleader Jane Bunnett, and decided to remain in North America to pursue his career. Two years later he took first place in the annual Thelonious Monk Institute Competition for Afro-Latin Hand Drumming. A consummate master of Afro-Cuban folkloric music, he doesn’t just play the obligatory handful of standard batá rhythms – he plays the monumentally complex Oru seco exquisitely on each drum, or on all three at once. He’s also the world’s first-call rumbero – playing, singing and dancing with dozens of groups and on over 100 recordings and contributing to or appearing in several important films, including Calle 54 (2000) and Chico and Rita (2010). Equally at home in popular music, his perfectly intoned tenor voice, seamlessly combines popular and folkloric influences, infectious energy, humor, charisma and dance moves make him as formidable a front man as he is a percussionist. He draws on these many talents simultaneously and continuously in the Pedrito Martinez Group. Since settling in New York City in the fall of 1998, Pedrito has recorded and/ or performed with Paquito D’Rivera, Wynton Marsalis, Paul Simon, Eddie Palmieri, Bebo Valdés, Bruce Springsteen, Michelle Rosewoman, Cassandra Wilson, Brian Lynch, Arturo O’Farrill, Joe Lovano, Issac Delgado, Edie Brickell, Eliane Elias, Stefon Harris, Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Sting (for his rainforest benefit, with Elton John, James Taylor, Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga). Mr. Martínez was a founding member of the highly successful, Afro-Cuban/ Afro-Beat band, Yerba Buena, with which he recorded two albums and toured the world. The Pedrito Martinez Group [PMG] came together in 2005 at a Cuban restaurant in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen, called Guantanamera. Regular visitors to their gigs have included Roger Waters, Eric Clapton, Derek Trucks, John Scofield, Steve Gadd, Steve Winwood and Taj Mahal, to name a few. The group has appeared at Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Apollo Theater, Newport Jazz Festival, globalFest, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, TED Conference, Montreal Jazz Festival, Red Sea Festival, Montreux Jazz Fest, Sydney Festival, Bonnaroo, SF Jazz, Yoshi’s/San Francisco. Umbria Jazz Festivals, Saratoga Jazz Festival, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival/San Francisco, The Red Sea Festival, Festival Internationale, Playboy Jazz Festival, SF Jazz, The Barbican/London, The Jazz Standard, and Joe’s Pub NYC. An album by Pedrito Martinez, called Rumba de la Isla, featuring the music of the flamenco great, Camarone de la Isla was released on Calle54/Sony in March of 2013. The Pedrito Martinez Group, PMG’s self-titled, first studio album, was released, October 8, 2013, on Motema Music. It was produced by Steve Gadd and Pedrito Martinez and features special guests – Wynton Marsalis,
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John Scofield, Steve Gadd, Marc Quinones and Gary Schreiner – and was chosen among NPR’s Favorite Albums of 2013, iTunes Top Ten Jazz Albums for 2013, Boston Globe Critics Top Ten Albums of 2013. ARIACNE TRUJILLO Born in Havana, Ariacne Trujillo began her career as a child prodigy concert pianist. Blessed with perfect pitch, she was able to graduate with honors from Cuba’s hyper-competitive ISA conservatory while working as a singer and dancer at the legendary Cabaret Tropicana. Since arriving in New York City in 2002, Ariacne has performed or recorded with Paul Simon (Songs from The Capeman, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 2008), Paquito D’Rivera, Johnny Pacheco, Oscar de Leon, Isaac Delgado, and Savion Glover. Such impressive bona fides aside, the most important qualities Trujillo brings to the mix are her ability to improvise both form and content, and her truly relentless sense of time. It’s standard Cuban practice to break down to piano, clave and kick drum, but PMG repeatedly breaks down to piano – just piano – and you have to experience it in concert to believe the unstoppable groove that Trujillo lays down – often while singing lead in her powerful and endlessly flexible voice. The range of expression in Ariacne’s playing and singing encompasses classical, Afro Cuban, opera, ballet, blues, jazz R&B, soul, and funk. In 2005, Ariacne joined The Pedrito Martinez Group. Ari and Pedrito have since developed an astoundingly close musical connection. ALVARO BENAVIDES A scholarship from Berklee College of Music brought bassist Alvaro Benavides to the United States from his native Venezuela. Like Trujillo, he’s a brilliant soloist with unshakeable timing that allows him to shoulder the entire groove when the rest of the musicians drop out, or to power the band to a devastating bomba climax with wicked thumps, slaps and slides that congeal and combust with Pedrito’s cajón to produce as powerful and uplifting a rhythmic surge as the largest and most aggressive Cuban bands. JHAIR SALA Born in Perú and raised in New York, Jhair Sala spent his formative years studying intensively with Pedrito Martinez, having met Pedrito when he was ten years old. He’s now in high demand as a session musician and bandleader in his own right, but there’s an uncanny magic when he plays with Pedrito. Jhair’s touch, timing, and feel, are truly remarkable and with literally thousands of hours of studying, performing and jamming together, the two drummers play as one. Bios written by Kevin Moore, author of the Beyond Salsa series, and editor of timba.com.
DANCE LESSONS Pre-performance dance lessons in the basics of Cuban salsa provided by Felix Padilla and Reed Colver of RuedaRDU, based in Durham, N.C. www.ruedardu.com
On Twitter: @NCSUCenterStage @pmartinezmusic On Facebook: facebook.com/NCSUCenterStage facebook.com/pedritomartinezmusic
Raleigh Civic Symphony SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014 AT 4PM Talley Student Union Ballroom Dr. Robert Petters, Guest Conductor
Program
Program Notes (continued)
Overture to Candide...................................... Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) First Essay for Orchestra, Op. 12........................Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Russian Easter Overture, Op. 36.... Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Rimsky-Korsakov – Russian Easter Overture In 1888 Rimsky-Korsakov had already indulged in the exotica of Scheherazade and was ensconced in building “Russianisms” – composing works that enhanced and defined the Russian spirit – and the Russian Easter Overture certainly fit the bill. It is drawn from several chants of the Russian Orthodox liturgy, and, as the composer says, includes “the legendary and heathen aspects of the holiday and the transition from the solemnity and mystery of the evening of Passion Saturday to the unbridled paganreligious celebrations of Easter Sunday morning.” Quoted in the conductor’s score.
Intermission Lieutenant Kijé Symphonic Suite, Op. 60........ Serge Prokofiev (1891-1953) Kijé’s Birth Romance Kijé’s Wedding Troïka Kijé’s Enterrment Star Wars Medley...........................................................John Williams (1932-) ................................................................... Arranged by James H. Burden
Program Notes Bernstein – Overture to Candide (1956) As time passes, Leonard Bernstein will be remembered less as a notable conductor (of the New York and Vienna Philharmonics of the 20th century) than as an eclectic composer ranging from several symphonies to West Side Story – music which will endure. The operetta setting of Voltaire’s Candide reflects the comedic aspects of the original drama, and the overture is in keeping with this idea. It sparkles with mid-20th-century playfulness while introducing several important arias of the opera to come. Barber – First Essay for Orchestra (1942) As playful as is Bernstein’s overture is, the seriousness and sincerity of Barber’s First Essay comes through every moment of music. Both pieces date from the same mid-century period, reflecting two sides of a coin, and both embrace a neo-tonality that was definitely not the avant-garde style. Like Barber’s Knoxville, Summer of 1915 (for high voice and orchestra), his well-known lyricism is used to good effect in both the slow parts as well as the fast. But the lasting impression is that of a though-provoking argument earnestly made.
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The connection to early 20th-century styles can be heard in that the composer taught both Stravinsky and Prokoviev (though none of the latter’s irony is present). Prokofiev – Lieutenant Kijé Symphonic Suite In 1932 Sergi Prokofiev made the important decision to return to the Soviet Union, knowing the difficulties of the times. Thus began the perilous dance with Stalinist authorities over acceptable “socialist realist” art and against “formalism” – music for music’s sake. His first works on return were safe and successful: the children’s tale Peter and the Wolf and the score to the film Lt. Kijé, later made into a concert suite. Lieutenant Kijé is a satiric comedy set in the court of Czar Paul I. In the film, the czar misreads the report of one of his aides and creates a nonexistent name out of the syllable ki, which ended the aide’s name, and a Russian expletive ji. The aide was afraid to correct an imperial error, so Lt. Kijé had to exist. With a little connivance from the courtiers, Kijé assumed a paper existence which kept everyone hopping to prevent the czar from learning the truth. After completing the music for the film, Prokofiev arranged the popular suite in 1934. Like the music for Alxander Nevsky, it is substantially rewritten to stand on its own while tracing some of the central incidents of the film – in this case the history of the fictitious hero: his birth, his romantic ardor when in love, his marriage (combining brief pomp with unbuttoned festivity in the tavern), a ride in a troika (carriage drawn by three horses, to the tune of a tavern song), and the death of our hero. This is in no way mournful; on the contrary. Once Kijé “dies,” all those involved in maintaining the deception can at last breathe a sigh of relief. The great Russian film director Sergei Eisenstein marveled at Prokofiev’s genius for film music. In the evening he would watch a series of edited takes a few times, note down the number of seconds that certain events lasted, then go off to his studio and return the next day at noon with the
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Program Notes (continued) score of that scene perfectly attuned to the screen action. To Eisenstein, Prokofiev was capturing the inner rhythm of the film in his music. Indeed, Eisenstein’s Alxander Nevsky is one of those very rare occasions when a great film is accompanied by a superb score. (Steve Ledbetter, Foy) Williams (arr. Burden) – Star Wars Medley American John Williams is widely known for his scores for directors Steven Spielberg (Sugarland Express, Jaws, Close Encounters, the Star Wars movies, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Schindler’s List, ET, and Jurassic Park) and Oliver Stone (JFK). He has received five Academy Awards from 36 nominations and over 30 Grammy awards and nominations.
John Williams is fundamentally a romantic traditionalist, but often blends his compositional traditionalism with 20th-century avant-garde techniques and elements of popular music of the time. Ultimately, he has developed the ability to express the dramatic essence of a film; he is able to shape each score to build climaxes that mirror a particular narrative structure and ultimately reach a mass audience. He was named to follow Arthur Fiedler as conductor of the Boston Pops, and although he retired in 1993 he continues to be a popular guest conductor. (GroveMusic, Foy) Program notes by Dr. Randolph Foy
Raleigh Civic Symphony Association Mary Sherk, Executive Director Adam Burke, President www.raleighcivicsymphony.org
WE THANK OUR SPONSORS The Raleigh Civic Symphony and Chamber Orchestra are the student/ community orchestras of NC State University, sponsored jointly by ARTS NC STATE, through Music@NC State and the Raleigh Civic Symphony Association (RCSA), a non-profit organization. RCSA is funded in part by the City of Raleigh, based upon the recommendations of the Raleigh Arts Commission, grants, business sponsorships and private donations.
THANKS ALSO TO: Annabelle Lundy Fetterman Concertmaster Endowment Matching Employee Contributions from: Art Tech, Hewlett-Packard, and IBM Corporation
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RCSA Donors CONDUCTOR $500 PLUS
Ann Wheeler Grigg IBM Corporation – Community Grant Dr. J Mark Scearce Qualcomm Incorporated J. Russell & Linda Hill
CONCERTMASTER $300-499
John and Nancy Lambert Richard and Mary E. Mitchell Triangle United Way
SECTION LEADER $100-299
Anonymous (2) Adam Burke Jeff Cates Allison Fluitt Denise Franz Hans Kellner Patricia Kirkpatrick Alan and Janice Lipson Patrick Liu Molly Puente Qualcomm Community Foundation Ghazala Sadiq Mara Shea Mary and Eric Sherk Munindar Singh Kathy Silbiger Deborah & Theodore Wagner
MUSICIAN Under $100
Michael and Kimberly Bridgers Cindy Chastang Anna Eusebio Patrick Haggerty Francine Hunter Robert Upchurch
Musicians VIOLIN
Lindi Wang, Concertmaster Jessica Acito Alyssa Baucom Eric Burns Connie Chen Nicholas Freeman Eric Horton Sarah Catherine Hudson Francine Hunter Jaeho Kim Suhyun Lee Patrick Liu Julie Mayberry Michael Mugrage Molly Puente Morgan Sanchez Angelina Song Divya Tangella Alexandra Thompson Sean Wells
Tracy Phillips Amika Singh Joseph Thai
DOUBLE BASS
HARP
Gary Martin Grant Shoaf David Goodman (cornet)
Jessie Birckhead Adam Burke Nina Caraway
Winifred Garrett
OBOE
David Williams
Erin Munnelly Cindy Chastang Shiozaki Mana (piccolo) Maggie Rahmoeller (English horn) Ryan Cinoman Joan Blazich Merida Negrete Amanda Bell (E-flat clarinet) Angela White (Bass Clarinet)
CELLO
Russ Hill Brenda Balazs-Reylek
TENOR SAXOPHONE
Zach Verbos
TUBA
Timpani
Candy Pahl
PERCUSSION
Christine Guseman Alex Kim (Timpani) Amber Robinson Michaela Settle
PIANO/CELESTA
Tom Koch
BASSOON
Katharine Swoboda Bhattarai Michael Bridgers Michael Cartwright Ann Grigg
Jessica Acito, Criminology Katharine Swoboda Bhattarai, Entomology graduate student Sean Blye, Civil Engineering Katherine Brey, Computer Science Eric Burns, Chemistry Nina Caraway, Civil Engineering graduate student Michael Cartwright, Microbiology Brandon Cashion, Accounting and Supply Chain Management Connie Chen, Technical Communications graduate student Ryan Cinoman, Math Miranda Forman, Fiction graduate student Nicholas Freeman, Aerospace Engineering and Computer Science Christine Guseman, Civil Engineering Eric Horton, Computer Science Sarah Catherine Hudson, Business Administration Philip James, Mechanical Engineering Brant Johnson, Microbiology Ph.D. Alex Kim, Chemical Engineering Jaeho Kim, Chemical Engineering Suhyun Lee, Business Administration Shiozaki Mana, Economics
TROMBONE
Brandon Cashion Sean Blye Nicholas Sheeran
Steven Berger Caitlin Collins Miranda Foreman Philip James Hana Jenkins Brant Johnson Jonathan Simonson Kenny Yi
Students and their majors
TRUMPET
FLUTE
CLARINET
VIOLA
FRENCH HORN
Vince Waters Michael Scanlan Matthew Behrhorst Katherine Brey
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Rosters
^ Music Minor | * member of Mu Beta Psi National Musical Fraternity Gary Martin, Aerospace Engineering graduate student Michael Mugrage, Meteorology Maggie Rahmoeller, Math graduate student Amber Robinson, Nuclear Engineering Morgan Sanchez, Civil Engineering Michael Scanlan, Meteorology Michaela Settle, Engineering Nicholas Sheeran, Fashion and Textile Management Grant Shoaf, Chemical Engineering Amika Singh, Mathematics Angelina Song, Plant Biology Divya Tangella, Psychology Joseph Thai, Chemical Engineering Alexandra Thompson, Neurobiology Zach Verbos^, Aerospace Engineering Sean Wells, Computer Science Angela White*, Geospatial Information Science and Technology graduate student David Williams^, Chemical Engineering Kenny Yi^, Communication
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NC STATE JAZZ ENSEMBLE II
Featuring the Jazz Lab and Jazz Studio Combos TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014 AT 7PM Titmus Theatre, Thompson Hall JAZZ LAB COMBO, Dr. Wes Parker, coach, Andy Powell, Student coach Selections announced from stage
JAZZ STUDIO COMBO, Mr. Jason Foureman, coach Selections announced from stage
Jazz Ensemble II
Jason Foureman and Wes Parker, directors
Program It’s Oh, So Nice........................................................................................................... Sammy Nestico Tiger of San Pedro.....................................................................................................John La Barbera ................................................................................................................................ Arr. Paul Lavender O.W........................................................................................................................Mary Lou Williams A Child is Born...................................................................................................................Thad Jones Minor Swing from the Middle........................................................................................... Bill Liston Killer Joe........................................................................................................................ Benny Golson .....................................................................................................................................Arr. Les Hooper Pescados Frescos.......................................................................................................Armando Rivera
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Roster JAZZ ENSEMBLE
*Music Performance Minor
Saxophones
Austin Radosta (lead alto), Civil Engineering Roger Babson (alto), Interdisciplinary Studies Kenan Ezzard (alto), Civil Engineering James Cross (lead tenor), First Year College Zachary Verbos (tenor)*, Engineering Amanda Scott (bari), Animal Science
Trumpets
Colin Greatwood (lead)*, Mechanical Engineering Daniel Miller (split lead), Engineering Miles Hicklen (jazz), Civil Engineering Kyle Malone, Civil Engineering Woody Marshal, Management
Trombones
Nick Sheeran (lead), Materials Science and Engineering Austin Peterson, Aerospace Engineering Cory Temple (bass), Physics
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Rhythm Section
Kyle Thompson (piano), Aerospace Engineering-PHD Steven Gilmore (guitar), Applied Mathematics Brandon Felts (bass), Mechanical Engineering Tyler Ash (drums), Mechanical Engineering Jared Robertson (drums), Biomedical Engineering
JAZZ LAB COMBO Matthew Masenthin (trumpet), Engineering First Year Stephon Beaufort (trumpet), Mathematics Robert Benson (alto), Computer Science Justin Kuhn (tenor), Art Studies Alex Mangot (piano)*, Civil Engineering Andy Powell (bass), Nuclear Engineering Jared Robertson (drums), Biomedical Engineering
JAZZ STUDIO COMBO Dominick Vaccaro (tenor sax), Mathematics Kyle Thompson (piano), Aerospace Engineering William Archer (bass), Biological Sciences Sean McClain (drums), Psycology
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NC STATE JAZZ ENSEMBLE I Featuring the NC State Jazz Combo
TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2014 AT 7PM Titmus Theatre, Thompson Hall Dr. Wes Parker, director
Program (order to be announced from the stage) Three and One...................................................................................................................Thad Jones Punjab.......................................................................................................................... Joe Henderson Chase Scene.............................................................................................................Pete McGuinness Minor Walk..................................................................................................................Linton Garner ....................................................................................................................................... Arr. Gil Fuller Truth.................................................................................................................................Bob Mintzer Almost Like Being In Love..................................................................Jay Lerner/Frederick Loewe ...................................................................................................................................Arr. Bill Holman It’s Just You and Me...........................................................................................................Fred Stride Cubauza.................................................................................................... Michael Phillip Mossman Flight of the Foo Birds....................................................................................................... Neal Hefti Cruisin’ For A Bluesin’..................................................................................................Andy Weiner ......................................................................................................................................Arr. Peter Blair
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Roster Jazz Ensemble 1
*denotes member of Mu Beta Psi National Honorary Musical Fraternity | ^denotes Music Minor
Vocalist
Olivia Springer, Communications
Trombones
Saxophones
Austin Peterson (Lead), Aerospace Engineering Samantha Case, Plant Biology Graduate Studies Benjamin Hamm, Physics Spencer Monaco (Bass), Textiles Charles Jennings (Bass), Mechanical Engineering Graduate Studies
Trumpets
David Scanlan (Piano), Engineering Steven Ray, (Guitar), Engineering Andrew Powell, (Bass), Nuclear Engineering Collin Frank (Drums), Business Administration Julia Khatibzadeh (Drums), Biological Sciences
Will Campbell (Lead Alto), Electrical Engineering Anisa Traish (Alto), Zoology Carter Harris (Lead Tenor), Electrical Engineering Graduate Studies Nick Berglund (Tenor), Electrical Engineering Carly Abney (Bari), Chemical Engineering
Kyle Santos (Lead), Computer Engineering Gary Martin, Aerospace Engineering Graduate Studies Elora Forgie, Animal Science Julie Bernstorf^, Biological Engineering Collin Greatwood^, Business Administration
Rhythm
Jazz Combo
Carter Harris (Tenor Saxophone), Electrical Engineering Graduate Studies Kyle Santos (Trumpet), Computer Engineering Daniel Salo (Paino), Biomedical Engineering Steven Ray (Guitar), Engineering Kevin Quick*^ (Bass), Psychology/Sociology Chad Mangum (Drums), Mathematics Graduate Studies
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P r o g r a m N ot e s NC State Wind Ensemble
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NC STATE Wind Ensemble TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2014 AT 7PM Talley Student Union Ballroom Dr. Paul Garcia, Conductor Selections will be announced from stage
Rosters FLUTES
Rebecca Burton^*, Environmental Science Amy Bradshaw^, Zoology Kristie Kusibab, First Year College Megan Isabelle, Nuclear Engineering
OBOES
BASS CLARINET
Josh Holder, Biological Engineering
BASSOON
Paul Archer, Chemical Engineering Megan Broad, Communications
TROMBONES
Jay Hornaday, Non-Degree Studies Sean Blye, Civil Engineering Charles Jennings, Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student
EUPHONIUMS
Autumn Lyell, Animal Science/Zoology Katy Shawkey, Meteorology/Marine Science
STRING BASS
Kelley Wheeler, First Year College
Kevin Quick^*, Sociology/Psychology
CLARINETS
HORNS
Mark D’Ermes, Mechanical Engineering David Williams^, Chemical Engineering Hannah Seddon, Biochemistry
Ben Markoch, Graphic Design Victoria Cheng, Biological Sciences Sarah Stephens, Human Biology Amelia Fujikawa, Environmental Science Steven Nugent, Biological Engineering Megan Dunton, Genetics/English Christian Sutherland, Chemistry Sarah Shockley, Human Biology
SAXES
Nathan Misenheimer (Alto), Civil Engineering Anisa Traish (Alto), Zoology Graham Briggs (Tenor), Electrical Engineering Chad Griffin (Bari), Aerospace Engineering/ Meteorology
Michael Scanlan, Meteorology Nash Stallings, Applied Mathematics/Physics Jeremy Lamb, Industrial Engineering Suzanne Leonard, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
TRUMPETS
Travis Rivord, Aerospace Engineering Grant Shoaf, Chemical Engineering Caleb Upchurch, Mechanical Engineering Michael Giggard, Construction Engineering/ Management Ben Young, Mechanical Engineering
*denotes member of Mu Beta Psi National Honorary Musical Fraternity | ^denotes Music Minor
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TUBAS
PERCUSSION
Christine Guseman, Technology, Design, and Engineering Education Steven Hamilton, Civil Engineering Amber Robinson, Nuclear Engineering Michaela Settle, Mechanical Engineering Charlie Tait, Nuclear Engineering Carl Jenkins^, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jeff Kochuck, senior, Computer Science Ken Akiyama, junior, Business Administration Luke Miller, senior, Biological Sciences
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Grains of Time WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014 AT 7PM Jones Auditorium at Meredith College
Brennan Clark, junior, Math Education
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Members Joshua Apke, senior, Engineering
Jon Wall, senior, Construction Engineering and Management Stephen Williams, senior, Sociology Cole Pellatt, sophomore, Aerospace Engineering Trevon Nelson, senior, Chemical Engineering Brooks Jordan, sophomore, Genetics Cameron Reaves, sophomore, Human Biology Ben Millhouse, sophomore, Business Administration Justin Mauney, sophomore, Civil Engineering Areon Mobasher, freshman, Computer Science Paul Burke, freshman, Textile Engineering Troy Mitchell, freshman, Engineering
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Please check us out on the Internet: www.grainsoftime.com www.twitter.com/NCSUgrains www.facebook.com/grainsoftime For more than four decades, the Grains of Time have been a part of NC State’s campus life. Performing a wide variety of music with the use of just a few men’s voices, the group remains one of a kind when compared to most collegiate a cappella groups. The Grains work to bridge contemporary a cappella with that of professional groups, all while creating a performance style that lends itself to both excellent musicianship and showmanship. Songs in their repertoire are drawn from many different genres and appeal to audience members of all ages. Though the Grains of Time are a part of the Music Department and are styled as the University’s premiere men’s a cappella group, they are a student-run organization with guidance from Andy Beck who serves as faculty advisor and vocal coach. The Grains of Time perform at a number of NC State events and hold on-campus concerts each semester. They also perform at a wide variety of functions off campus throughout the year ranging from a cappella festivals, weddings and even Ram Roast! This year, they won 2nd place, as well as an award for Outstanding Arrangement, at the International Championship for Collegiate a Cappella Quarterfinals.
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Spring 2014 Issue 4 A21
P r o g r a m N ot e s Brickyard Brass Quintet
Music @ NC State presents
Brickyard Brass Quintet SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2014 AT 4PM Price Music Center, Room 120 All selections will be announced from stage Julie Bernstorf (trumpet): Founder of the Brickyard Brass and a junior in biological engineering with a concentration in environmental engineering from Greensboro, N.C. Julie graduated from Page High School where she participated in All-County, All-District, All-County Orchestra, All-County Jazz, and All-Region Jazz. In high school she performed with the Greensboro Youth Brass Ensemble and Greensboro Concert Band. At NC State, she has performed with the Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble and has almost completed her music performance minor. Julie is thankful for her family and trumpet teachers and is excited to see where music takes her in the future. Elora Forgie (trumpet): Junior in animal science from Weaverville, N.C. Elora graduated from North Buncombe High School and has performed with several All-County, All-District, and West Region Bands, as well as the All-State Honors Band. She was also the first girl to ever be selected as the lead trumpet for the All-State Jazz Band. In addition to Brickyard Brass, she is a member of the Marching Band and Jazz Ensemble at NC State and has performed with the Wind Ensemble and Raleigh Civic Orchestra. Elora is very thankful for the opportunity to perform with such wonderful young musicians and is looking forward to her remaining year at NC State.
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Michael Scanlan (French horn): Junior in meteorology with a minor in Spanish from Boynton Beach, Fla. Michael graduated from North Raleigh Christian Academy where he performed twice with the AllDistrict Band and has since participated in numerous groups including the NCSU Wind Ensemble, NCSU Marching Band and Raleigh Civic Symphony. Michael is honored to perform with such high-quality musicians and looks forward to progressing throughout the next few years. Michael hopes to return to the Miami area in the future to work in the Hurricane Center. Austin Peterson (trombone): Sophomore in mechanical engineering from Hickory, N.C. He went to St. Stephens High School where he participated in All-County, All-District, All-State, and All-State Jazz Band. At NC State, he has performed with the Marching Band and Jazz Ensemble. Mark D’Ermes (tuba): Sophomore in mechanical engineering from McLean, Va. He has been playing tuba for eight years and has participated in four honor bands including All-District Band three times. Mark also enjoys fishing and playing rugby for NC State in his free time. He’d like to thank all his family and friends who have helped him make it where he is today