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From the President & CEO . . . .
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From the Sponsor . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Listener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Peking Acrobats . . . . . . . .
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From the President & CEO
Dear friends, It is my pleasure to welcome you to the sixth season of the Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Family Series. Our thanks go to Wellmark and to more than 5,000 Des Moines Performing Arts Donors for making this series possible. Des Moines Performing Arts is committed to presenting top-quality professional performing arts programs—including educational (and fun!) productions for families and for young audiences. Please join us prior to each Main Hall Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Family Series show for the Discovery Party—a time to learn, create and explore. Enjoy the show!
Jeff Chelesvig President & CEO Des Moines Performing Arts
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Dear friends, Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield is proud to partner with Des Moines Performing Arts to bring the wonder of live theater to audiences of all ages through the sixth season of the Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Family SeriesSM. For more than 75 years, Wellmark has committed itself to serving Iowa families by working hand in hand with cultural and civic organizations to build vibrant and healthy communities. Our partnership with Des Moines Performing Arts continues that longstanding tradition. We hope you enjoy the imagery, humor, song and spectacle only family theater can provide. Indeed, this season’s productions are certain to entertain and inspire. From Council Bluffs to Davenport and all towns in between, Wellmark is pleased to welcome you to this performance. Thank you for being our guest – enjoy the show!
John Forsyth, Chairman & CEO Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield
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DES MOINES CIVIC CENTER A Des Moines Performing Arts Theater Jeff Chelesvig, President & CEO
Des Moines Symphony in collaboration with Magic Circle Mime Company Joseph Giunta, conducting
Benjamin BRITTEN
Music from A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (1946)
Leonard BERNSTEIN
Overture to Candide (1956)
Dmitri SHOSTOKOVICH
Polka from The Age of Gold, Op. 22 (1930)
John WILLIAMS
Flying Theme from E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Piotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY
Dance of the Swans from Swan Lake (1877)
Georges BIZET
Les Toreadors from Carmen (1875)
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART Symphony No. 39 in E-Flat Major, K. 543 (1788) IV. Finale: Allegro
Benjamin BRITTEN
Music from A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (1946)
Magic Circle Mime Company Mark Douglas MacIntyre Maggie Petersen DES MOINES SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA musicians are sponsored by grants from UnityPoint Health – Des Moines and Principal Financial Group. Program length: 55-60 minutes P R E S E N T E D BY D E S M O I N E S P E R F O R M I N G A R T S • S a t u rd a y, J a n u a r y 1 7, 2 0 1 5
The Family Series is made possible through the generous support of Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Des Moines Performing Arts Donors.
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MAESTRO JOSEPH GIUNTA One of America’s most distinguished, versatile and dynamic conductors, Joseph Giunta is a musician of international acclaim. He is recognized as an important American conductor for his innovative programming and for his compelling interpretations of traditional and new music. His musical depth combined with his boundless energy and contagious enthusiasm makes him one of the most respected and successful orchestra leaders in the U.S. This season is Giunta’s 26th Season as Music Director & Conductor of the Des Moines Symphony, and he has transformed the Orchestra into one of the finest regional orchestras in America. He has guest conducted many of the great orchestras of the world including the Chicago Symphony, the Minnesota Orchestra, the London Philharmonic and the Philharmonia Orchestra of London. He continues to value his life-long goal of exposing as many people as possible to great classical music at all age levels. He inaugurated the Des Moines Symphony’s Yankee Doodle Pops, which is now, after 21 years, the largest single day concert event in Iowa, attended by more than 100,000 people each July. In 2003, he also developed and launched the Des Moines Symphony Academy, housed in The Temple for Performing Arts in downtown Des Moines. The Symphony Academy currently has more than 450 students enrolled in private lessons, chamber music and three Des Moines Symphony Youth Orchestras. The many honors and distinctions awarded to Joseph Giunta include the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Award for adventurous programming and commitment to new American music.
ABOUT MAGIC CIRCLE MIME COMPANY Magic Circle Mime Company is regarded as one of today’s premier family attractions. Their highly acclaimed performances, which unite the concert orchestra with visual theater, are consistently praised for imaginative and innovative content. The Company performs with virtually every major orchestra in North America and has performed on numerous occasions with the Symphony Orchestras of Des Moines, Atlanta, Detroit, Chicago, Montreal, Saint Louis, Seattle and Toronto; and on more than half a dozen occasions at The Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts with the National Symphony Orchestra. Magic Circle Mime Company also has a growing reputation outside North America. In the Pacific Rim and Far East they have performed at festivals and with major orchestras in Australia, China, Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and Taiwan. They made their European debut with the Palau de la Música de Valencia in 2007. Magic Circle Mime Company is the creative partnership of Maggie Petersen and Douglas MacIntyre. Both artists have backgrounds in theater and instrumental music, and have utilized that training to create their highly regarded programs. Their newest production, Orchestra from Planet X, explores the impact of the New World on the music of the orchestra.
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76th th SEASON SEASON 77 2014-2015 2013-2014 The Des Moines First Violins Double Basses Horns Music Librarian Symphony Orchestra Jonathan Sturm David Enters Bret Seebeck Charles Miranda frequently employs Concertmaster Principal Principal additional musicians to The Connie & David The John Merriman The Robert E. & Gladys G. Stage & Equipment Violoncellos Timpani English Horn meet the instrumentation Belin Endowed Chair & Dr. Barbara Beatty Wilkins Endowed Chair Manager requirements JulieChair, Sturm Michael Geary and musical Julie Fox Henson Endowed in Honor Michael WilsonBenjamin Holthaus Alan Dyer demands of the works Assistant Concertmaster of Eva & the late James Assistant Principal Principal Principal performed. Cheryl Kutscher Brauninger Peter Kortenkamp The Robert & Gloria Burnett The Kruidenier Endowed First Violins Patti Ruisch Kory Johnson Charles Harris Clarinets The musicians the * Second Violinists, other Chair, Endowed Chair Joshua Johnson in Honor ofofElizabeth Jonathan Sturm Tracy Engman Donita McCoy Des Moines Symphony Gregory Oakes than the Principal, are & David Kruidenier Finkelshteyn Jeremy Mary Dearduff Pshonik Concertmaster Principal listed in alphabetical order. Orchestra are represented Aaron Hanson Ashley Eidbo Trumpets by Local 75 of the American Seating is on a rotational The Connie & David Belin Sandra Tatge Linda Pfund Swanson Patricia Aparecida da Silva Derek Stratton Clarence Padilla Federation of Musicians. basis. Percussion Endowed Chair Danna Pins MichaelMichele Van Ryn Senger Principal Aaron Williams Seaeun LeeHenson Owen Levine Julie Fox Rachael Means**Craig Swartz E-flat Clarinet John Helmich Concertmaster Carl Eitzen Principal Assistant Leah Kolner Harp George Work Kariann Voigts The Gardner & Florence Cheryl Kutscher Kevin Amidon Mary Foss ABOUT THE Wendy Enters Trombones Call Cowles Foundation Christine Johnson Principal David Stuart Patti Ruisch DES MOINES SYMPHONY Andrew Holm Endowed Chair Sara Goplin Principal Bass Clarinet Tracy Engman FlutesPaul Virgilio Casey Maday Robert Meunier Joyce Wheeler Second Violins Kayla Burggraf Finkelshteyn Hyerim Jeon Thomas Mackey Misha Rosenker Principal Bass Trombone Alice Bodnar** The Des Moines Symphony Orchestra, Principal The Irene T. Sideman William Baker Bassoons now celebrating its 77th season, is Central LindaDahlby* Pfund Swanson Endowed Mary Chair Double Basses Tuba Kathleen Hykes Rachel Blumenthal most active year-round Kevin Judge Iowa’s largest andKeyboard Danna Pins Thomas Juneau, Jr. Alyssa Griggs Ravil ‘Bo’ Atlas David Enters professional performing arts producing Instruments Principal SeaeunKebede Lee Reuben Principal organization. Led by Music Director Joseph Principal Timothy Gale Giunta for the pastChiu-Ling Matt Piccolo 26 years, Lin** the Orchestra JohnMeyer Helmich The John Merriman The & Dr.Gene Wibben Principal national Benjamin Munson Alyssa Griggs Memorial Chair has established an outstanding Barbara Beatty Endowed Leah Kolner Donald Sieberns The country’s Drs. Robertleading & Rebecca reputation as one of the Horns Chair, in Honor ofTimpani Eva & the Jacqueline Stanek Oboes regional orchestras, performing a regular Kevin Amidon Shaw Endowed Chair late James Brauninger Gretchen Theesfield Jennifer Wohlenhaus Michael Geary Bret Seebeck series of Masterworks, Pops, Family and Christine Johnson Cynthia Giunta Principal Principal Kory Johnson Principal Education concerts, as well as performing Violas The Meredith The Kruidenier Endowed Acting Aaron Hanson for Gladys specialG.events. With the Principal establishment DonitaFoundation McCoy Sherida Josephson Corporation Chair, in Honor ofThe Robert E.in& 2003 of the Des Moines Symphony Chair Principal Endowed ChairDearduff Elizabeth & DavidWilkins Endowed Jeremy Academy, the organization is one of only a Orchestra The R.W.Violins & Mary Nelson Susan Odem Kruidenier Michael Wilson Second handful of American orchestras to sponsor Ashley Eidbo Endowed Chair Benjamin Holthaus an Academy of Music – the Des Moines Personnel Manager Misha Rosenker Assistant Principal Charles Miranda Patricia AparecidaPercussion da Symphony Academy – as an integral Principal Clarence Padilla Betty Miller English Horn Aaron Williams Heidi Foster part of its core mission. The Symphony Silva Elizabeth Geistkemper Benjamin Holthaus Principal Mary Dahlby* Harris& Academy together are now the largest Linda Benoit & Florence Michael Van Ryn The Gardner Charles employer of professional artists in Iowa. Kathleen Hykes Music Librarian Peter Kortenkamp Lauren Freeman Clarinets Call Cowles Foundation Abby Meyer Endowed Chair Thomas Juneau, Jr. Gregory Oakes Charles Miranda Performances at the Des Moines Civic Harp Jonanne Baysden Principal Robert Meunier Center on its regular season of seven pairs Trisha McGovern Trumpets Yu-Fang Chen Clarence Padilla Thomas Mackey Mary Foss
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WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY
Mark Douglas MacIntyre (Founding Partner and Performer) completed his university studies in Theatre Arts, then began his professional acting career in 1974 working variously as an actor, playwright and director in a number of regional theaters in the West and Midwest. In 1977, following an opera production in which he served as an assistant stage director, Mr. MacIntyre was approached by the Music Director of the Spokane Symphony and offered the opportunity to create and perform a touring educational concert for symphony orchestra. This program proved so singularly successful that it soon led to invitations from other orchestras. With his creative partner, Maggie Petersen, Mr. MacIntyre formed the Magic Circle Mime Company in 1978 and since that time they have created and performed concert programs with orchestras throughout the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe. His North American appearances include Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The National Arts Centre of Canada and numerous appearances at The Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. International appearances include the Beijing Music Festival, Shanghai International Children’s Festival, Taiwan International Children’s Festival, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, West Australia Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra and the Palau de la Música de Valencia. In addition to performing, Mr. MacIntyre has created and led workshops in theater and music for numerous public and private schools, youth orchestras, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and for the U.S. Army School of Music. Maggie Petersen (Founding Partner and Performer) began playing the piano at a young age, mostly because her mother was a piano teacher. At Montana State University she continued to study piano but also began to pursue her interest in mime and movement theater. After graduating from MSU in 1977, Ms. Petersen began her acting career and with her partner Douglas MacIntyre started the Magic Circle Mime Company in 1978. With Magic Circle Mime Company, she has created and performed concert programs with orchestras throughout the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe. She has performed at Carnegie Hall, at the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center and The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Internationally, she has appeared at the Beijing Music Festival, Shanghai International Children’s Festival, Taiwan International Children’s Festival, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Tokyo Philharmonic, Taipei Symphony, West Australia Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Symphony, the National Arts Center of Canada and the Palau de la Musica de Valencia. Maggie lives with her family in Walnut Creek, California. In addition to piano she now also plays the accordion and the harp, and teaches music and movement in workshops throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
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DES MOINES CIVIC CENTER A Des Moines Performing Arts Theater Jeff Chelesvig, President & CEO
An IAI Presentations Production
Featuring Special Guests, JIGU! THUNDER DRUMS of CHINA®
2015 North American Tour Short Program THE LION DANCE
BODACIOUS BODY BALANCING LET’S HAVE A BALL! DIVING DARING DO THE SOUND OF ROLLING WALNUTS (Featuring Special Guests JIGU!) IT’S A TIGHT SQUEEZE LET THE SPINNING PLATES SPIN THE HAPPY CHEFS CONTORTION BY CANDLELIGHT IN THE HIGH CHAIR HUMAN PYRAMID / BICYCLE PAGODA FINALE Program length: 60 minutes
Actual program content will be selected from the above. This program is subject to change without notice and at the discretion of management. The Management reserves the right to make alterations in the order of the program or in the cast and crew through illness or any other cause whatsoever. The use of cameras or recording devices of any kind during the
performance is strictly prohibited. What is seen on stage takes years of practice and should not be tried at home!
PRESENTED BY DES MOINES PERFORMING ARTS • Saturday, February 14, 2015
The Family Series is made possible through the generous support of Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Des Moines Performing Arts Donors.
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THE PEKING ACROBATS
THE PEKING ACROBATS are produced by
P.O Box 4, Pismo Beach, CA 93448, USA. Telephone (805) 474-8422 Fax: (805) 474-8426 Mr. Don Hughes, President and CEO Ms. Cynthia A. Dike-Hughes, Vice President and COO AND International Asia, Inc. ~ Mr. Ken Hai, President Ms. Melinda Hai, Assistant to the President Mr. Steven Hai, Assistant to the President PO Box 546 ~ Walnut, CA 91788 STAFF FOR THE PEKING ACROBATS速: Technical Company Director: Group Leader:
Mr. Ken T. Hai Mr. Jian T. Yang
Technical Consultant:
Mr. Wan Shaokun
Technical Director:
Cy R. Schumacher
Assistant to the Technical Director:
Krista M. Shuff-Schumacher
Stage Manager:
Mr. Jiang Fujun
Orchestra Director:
Ms. Zhao Wenxi
Translator:
Mr. Zhang Weiping
Assistant Translator:
Mr. Qin Shaobo
North American Representation by
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ABOUT THE PEKING ACROBATS THE PEKING ACROBATS are a troupe of China’s most gifted tumblers, contortionists, jugglers, cyclists and gymnasts. Since their Western debut in 1986, THE PEKING ACROBATS have redefined audience perceptions of Chinese acrobatics. They perform daring maneuvers atop a precarious pagoda of chairs; they are experts at trick-cycling, precision tumbling, somersaulting, and gymnastics. They also defy gravity with amazing displays of contortion, flexibility, and control and push the envelope of human possibility with astonishing juggling dexterity and incredible balancing feats. Over the years, THE PEKING ACROBATS have performed worldwide, and have been featured on numerous television shows, films and DVD releases. They even set the world record for the Human Chair Stack on FOX’s Guinness World Records Primetime where they balanced six people precariously atop six chairs 21 feet up in the air without safety lines! A performance by THE PEKING ACROBATS brings with it the opportunity to view the epitome of a rich and ancient folk art tradition, highlighted by today’s technology, melding the ancient and traditional with the modern wonders of the 21st Century. So, sit back, relax and enjoy as the performers reveal to you their mastery of a fascinating and ancient art form, thousands of years in the making, and celebrate more than 25 years of awesome entertainment! As an added treat for their 2015 North American Tour, THE PEKING ACROBATS are joined on stage by members of the drum and percussion virtuosos, JIGU! THUNDER DRUMS OF CHINA. The performers in JIGU!, which in Chinese means to touch or beat the drum, literally make music with drums and percussion, and are an innovative new addition to this year’s tour of THE PEKING ACROBATS.
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HISTORY OF CHINESE ACROBATICS Many of the magnificent acrobatic acts we see today, despite their sophistication, were performed in ancient times. The history of Chinese acrobatics is rich in tradition and dates back more than 2,000 years. Throughout the history of China, the acrobatic arts flourished, but in varying degrees. Originally, court entertainments were formal and monotonous, quite the opposite of the lively, folk arts of the people. And, it did all begin with folk arts: tumbling, juggling ordinary household objects and balancing. Myth and religion also influenced the acrobatic arts. The Lion Dance is Buddhist in origin. The lion was seen as the reincarnation of a woman, who was teased into revealing her true identity. This dance was a symbol of spiritual renewal and revered for dispelling bad luck. Eventually, however, the excitement of the acrobats’ amazing feats caught on and held the attention of the ruling classes. Acrobatic performers were routinely invited to the court to entertain and impress visiting dignitaries. The varied acts of tumbling, singing, dancing and juggling became known as “The Hundred Entertainments” during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD). Records of acrobatic acts can be found as early as the Ch’in Dynasty (221 B.C. - 207 B.C.) and Chinese acrobats through the ages have continued to perfect what has become an evolving folk art form.
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Proud sponsor of family fun.
DES MOINES CIVIC CENTER A Des Moines Performing Arts Theater Jeff Chelesvig, President & CEO
presents
Re-Inventions Artistic Directors: Gregory Kozak + Justine Murdy Starring: Gregory Kozak Spencer Cole Jill Cooper Greg Samek Malcolm Shoolbraid
Instrument Design and Choreographer: Gregory Kozak Lighting Designer: Justine Murdy Costumes: Justine Murdy + Janet Dundas
All Music Composed By: Gregory Kozak
Post-Show Music: “Scrapology”
Program: HIP HOP DELTA MAGNUM OPUS FOR BOWLS AND PLATES PHONK SYNTHESOID PLASMATRON ANNOYOPHONIA SONIC BOOM AGREEMENT Program length: 60 minutes P R E S E N T E D BY D E S M O I N E S P E R F O R M I N G A R T S • S a t u rd a y, M a rc h 7, 2 0 1 5
The Family Series is made possible through the generous support of Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Des Moines Performing Arts Donors.
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ABOUT OUR INVENTED INSTRUMENT SHOW Many people are surprised to learn that Gregory Kozak not only wrote all the music performed today, but he invented and created all the instruments as well. Many were made by shaping, bending and welding great-sounding – and looking – salvaged material into musical sculptures. Our ensemble of exceptional and highly-trained musicians has refined the innovative techniques used to generate the rich array of sounds and textures that infuse the compositions. We’ve named all our compositions and the instruments we created. Below we list the instrument names, what they were made from, and the composition in which they first appear. Enjoy the discovery! HIP HOP A drum solo competition to end all others… each player shows you what they’ve got. DELTA A solo piece featuring the Half Moon – a discarded rock cymbal Gregory ground and reused to create a rich variety of warm sounds that subtly evoke the blues. MAGNUM OPUS FOR BOWLS AND PLATES One by one, musicians join the stage with their own AlumoPlate – an aluminum pot-bottom cutaway, each playing a unique rhythm using open and bell tone sounds. Rhythms intertwine then break apart from each other before plates are swapped for gong-like bowls, found at a scrap yard and tuned with a grinder. PHONK Phonk begins with two performers striking and tossing coils high in the air that soon develops into a full-on rhythmic powerhouse. Instruments include: Alumosprings – hollow, coiled aluminum which are lighter than they look; Scorpion drums – high-pitched drums made from big-O irrigation hose and plumbing coupling joints on stands that can support up to three drums; Thunder Sheets – flexible brass sheets and glass lifters; Ziggurat drums – our signature drum with a large drum-head and stepped spun aluminum drum shell which spin in the stand and produce different pitches depending on where it’s struck; Hourglass drums – made of spun aluminum and stainless steel, pivots at the middle, has two drumheads and creates the second highest pitches of the drums; Humunga drums – barrel shaped, made of spun aluminum, and the lowest pitched, most bass of the mobile drums; B-52 drums – a single-headed drum made from steel oil cans manufactured in 1952 which Gregory cleaned up, put on scrap stainless steel stands and mounted with used Kevlar drum-heads; and Junk-on-a-Stick – “cymbal trees” made with threaded rod and whatever soundmakers Gregory could find lying around his studio!
physical and energizing to perform. It incorporates all the spun aluminum drums; the Plankophone – a marimba made from 2” x 4” and 2” x 6” wooden planks and legs made from the railing of a building being torn down; the Chime Array – made from scrap stainless steel which supports artillery shell chimes; the Gong Array – made of curly legs made from monkey bar “seconds” and large chunks of scrap stainless steel boat railings that support three gongs. ANNOYOPHONIA Gregory invented his first Annoyophone after tripping over a bunch of “odds and sods” in his studio. They are the inspired combination of dishwasher hose, bagpipe reeds and balloons. But, what can we say? Why are the simplest instruments the hardest to play? SONIC BOOM A composition unique to Des Moines that works courtesy of the combined energy of you and Scrap Arts Music! AGREEMENT A highly choreographed composition we first debuted at an NBA Basketball half-time event. You need to be ‘in agreement’ for this piece to climax the way it does...
SYNTHESOID PLASMATRON Synthesoid Plasmatron was one of the first pieces we performed. It is in an odd time signature, and is very
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WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY
GREGORY KOZAK (Co-Founder, Artistic Director, Instrument Designer, Musician) Innovative exploration and collaboration have characterized much of Gregory Kozak’s artistic and professional career. His first show of original work toured the U.S. and made an acclaimed Broadway debut in February 1998. “They have evoked the primitive, embodied the hip and reached out to an almost extraterrestrial avant-garde.” -The New York Times Later that year, Gregory Kozak and partner Justine Murdy established Scrap Arts Music - an artistic company devoted to creating new instruments that would further Gregory’s compositional and performance possibilities. Soon after, a group of five spirited and uniquely talented performers was playing before large crowds at sporting arenas and international arts festivals. Gregory’s second CD of original music, Phon, featuring five performers and 100+ of his hand-crafted invented instruments, was released in 2001. Scrap Arts Music has since toured the world performing its signature invented instrument extravaganza before literally hundreds of thousands of fans in Canada, the U.S., UK, Hong Kong, Macau, Australia, Netherlands, Mexico, Belgium, Spain, Guatemala and Taiwan. The Scrap Arts Music concept has opened up dynamic and unexpected opportunities that both excite and inspire. Gregory Kozak studied jazz at Carl Berger’s ‘Creative
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Music Studios’ in Woodstock, NY and NYC’s ‘New School for Social Research’. He has studied privately with the world’s greatest masters of music, including Pandit Pran Nath (North Indian singing), Abraham Adzenyah (West African Drum and Dance), Elaine Agnew (composition) and Steve Berrios (Afro-Cuban drumset). JUSTINE MURDY (Co-Founder, Artistic Director, Manager) brought her enthusiasm for nature and a wideranging experience in architecture, history and design to the innovative musical world of Gregory Kozak, collaborating to transform his work from outsider street performance to world-class spectacle. Their collaboration began in 1995 while Justine was completing her Master’s degree in Advanced Studies in Architecture at the University of British Columbia and Gregory had just founded his first invented instrument project. Since that time Justine’s contributions have included co-founding Scrap Arts Music with Gregory in 1998; instrument, costume and lighting design; technical, tour and stage direction; and bookings, management and marketing. SPENCER COLE (Musician) hails from North Vancouver’s coastal mountains. Born to professional musicians in 1986, he excelled first in piano, then classical percussion, touring with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. In 2000, he began to explore the realms of jazz. As his
WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY
interests expanded into experimental music, he attended the School for Improvised Music in Brooklyn, studying with Jim Black and Tyshawn Sorey, and then later at the Banff Centre, studying with Clarence Penn and Han Bennink. In 2008, he earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Performance from the University of Toronto under the tutelage of Terry Clarke. He is the recipient of the Fraser Macpherson Galaxie Rising Star Award. Spencer is a Toronto-based freelance musician and composer who recently performed in the Stratford Festival and is a member of the strange pop/rock outfit “Weaves”. He joined Scrap Arts Music in 2008. JILL COOPER (Musician) is a hyper-talented, multiinstrumentalist from Victoria British Columbia, and Scrap Arts Music’s latest addition. Born in 1994, Jill started playing violin at age 5, guitar at age 10 and the drums at age 13. By the tender age of 14, Jill was busking with her older sister at Victoria’s famous Inner Harbour, where she honed her performance chops and wowed tourists with her incredible voice. Jill’s natural athleticism attracted the attention of several recruiters for college and university basketball teams, and explains why, in addition to her formidable music skills, she is so well-suited to Scrap Arts Music! While not on tour, Jill is continuing her university studies in science,
as well as teaching drums and performing as a singer, drummer and violinist. In 2013, she toured Tennessee debuting her second CD. GREG SAMEK (Musician) received his Bachelors of Music Education from the University of Windsor and a Masters of Music in Percussion Performance from the University of Toronto. He is an alumnus of the Detroit Civic Orchestra, the Band of the Ceremonial Guard and the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. He has performed with Beverly Johnston, Liam Teague, NEXUS, PAS International Convention and Evelyn Glennie. He also performed in the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Closing Ceremonies. Greg is a member of Marimba Duo, Sonore Percussion Trio and has traveled the globe with Scrap Arts Music since 2008. Greg trains for marathons and enjoys yoga in his spare time. MALCOLM SHOOLBRAID (Musician) was born in Vancouver, and moved to Salt Spring Island when he was six. He began to study the drums at age 16, which quickly become an obsession. In addition to a rich musical career, Malcolm worked as a house-builder, logger and commercial fisherman. A member of Scrap Arts Music since 2000, Malcolm took sabbatical in 2008 to start a family and to establish a waterbottling enterprise called Saltspring Water Co., purveyors of Saltspring’s Finest Natural Water. He rejoined the ensemble in 2011 and is dreaming about his next surf-camping adventure.
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TEMPLE THEATER
A Des Moines Performing Arts Theater Jeff Chelesvig, President & CEO
This play was co-commissioned by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and was first presented at the Kennedy Center with the North American premiere during the 2013-2014 season.
Written by Oliver Emanuel Directed by Douglas Irvine
Somewhere near you there is a band of brothers fighting for justice. Seeking to rid the land of evil and return hope to the poorly treated. They are lean, mean, trained justice fighting machines! Armed with whatever comes their way, nothing is as it seems in this Sherwood Forrest, but one thing is for sure . . . no rogue is safe! Enjoy internationally acclaimed Visible Fictions for a silly and unexpected take on Robin Hood and be prepared to unleash your imagination!
Program length: 60 minutes
P R E S E N T E D BY D E S M O I N E S P E R F O R M I N G A R T S • S a t u rd a y, M a y 2 3 , 2 0 1 5
The Family Series is made possible through the generous support of Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Des Moines Performing Arts Donors.
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WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY
DANIEL CAMPBELL (Actor) gained his 1st Class Honours at Queen Margaret University. Daniel is thrilled to be playing Robin Hood and to make his Visible Fictions debut! Theater credits include: Dunsinane (National Theatre of Scotland/Royal Shakespeare Company), Henry V, Romeo and Juliet (Bard in the Botanics), The Day the Pope Emptied Croy, Scribble, Class Act (Traverse Theatre), Lace Up (Trig Point Theatre), Samson (Village Pub Theatre), Loveplay, Fear and Misery of the Third Reich (New Celts Productions) and My Child (Rekindle Theatre). Television: Quintinshill (Fine Stripe Productions). Feature Film: Portobello (Independent Indie), Bovanshee (Eyedoll productions). Short Film: Hypervigilante (PARALLEL MADNESS), Élan Vital (National Youth Film Academy) and East Coast Chicken Supper (Screen Academy Scotland). NEIL THOMAS (Actor) graduated from Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh, in 2006 with a BA in Acting. Since graduating, Neil has worked in theater, TV and radio. Over the past two years, Neil has appeared in American and Canadian tours of The Mark of Zorro and Jason and the Argonauts with Visible Fictions, playing in cities as diverse as West Palm Beach, Las Vegas, Calgary, Los Angeles and even enjoying a three-week run on 42nd Street in New York City. In the UK, Neil has appeared in many theater productions over the past nine years, including various Scottish touring and Festival productions. Neil has also enjoyed five runs with Edinburgh’s prestigious Royal Lyceum Theatre Company, appearing in productions The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Neil is a professional singer and has appeared in many musicals including Sondheim’s Company, Clinton The Musical, Little Shop of Horrors and the Visible Fictions/Scottish Opera co-production, Clockwork. Neil has contributed both on-screen and as a voice artist for television in the UK and most recently appeared as a guest role in a brand new Channel 4 sitcom. Other voiceover work includes a variety of independent animated films, and work for websites and radio advertising. Neil also regularly sings in cabarets and musical theater revue shows around Scotland, both in major theaters and for corporate events. Neil is delighted to be back with Visible Fictions for their production of Robin Hood and is very excited to be touring the U.S. and Canada again! ROBIN SANDERS (Stage Manager) DOUGLAS IRVINE (Director & Co-Designer) is the Artistic Director of Visible Fictions. He has directed many productions for the company, including: Jason and the Argonauts (toured extensively across the U.S., Canada, Australia, Ireland and the UK); Shopping for Shoes (presented in the U.S., Canada, Ireland and Germany); Curse of the Demeter, a siteresponsive piece on The Tall Ship in Glasgow; Peter Pan, a co-production with the Children’s Theatre Company which ran in Minneapolis before touring to theaters and festivals across Ireland and the UK; The Mark of Zorro; State of Emergency (a series of internet dramas); Clockwork, a co-production with Scottish Opera and most recently The Spokesmen, an outdoor production for actors and audience on bicycles. OLIVER EMANUEL (Writer) is a playwright based in Glasgow. He has written plays for most of the major theaters in Scotland as well as extensively for BBC Radio. Recent work includes: Dragon (National Theatre of Scotland/Vox Motus/Tianjin Peoples Arts Theatre), The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish (National Theatre of Scotland) and Titus (macrobert). Oliver is currently under commission from Scottish Opera and BBC Radio 4. For more information visit: oliveremanuel.com
SUZIE INGLIS (Co-Designer) trained in Set and Costume Design at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (formerly RSAMD). Having graduated in the summer she is now London-based. Recent projects include Assistant Production Manager/Head Scenic Artist: HighTide Festival, Assistant Head of Stage /Venue Designer: National Student Drama Festival, Assistant Scenic Artist: The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man on the Moon Marigolds, Prop Maker/Assistant Stage Manager-Puss in Boots: Greenwich Theatre, Set Dresser-Blue: Pleasance Theatre, Prop Maker/Assistant Stage Manager-Jekyll and Hyde: Southwark Playhouse. As well as working at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo and Underbelly, she was the Venue Stage Manager during the Edinburgh Festival. Suzie also works at the Albany Theatre in collaboration with Heart and Soul. While training, she worked as Assistant to Designer on Carousel (Alex Lowde) as well as Betrothal in a Monastery (Jamie Vartan) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Niki Turner) in collaboration with Scottish Opera. Suzie also worked as Set and Costume Designer on Little Shop of Horrors and Costume Designer for Spring Awakening while at the RCS. SERGEY JAKOVSKY (Lighting Designer) studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow and graduated with a BA in Technical & Production Arts in 2002, specializing in lighting design and technical management. Since leaving college, Sergey has toured the UK and Europe extensively with various theater companies as a technical manager and relighting shows. He then took on production management roles and began developing his own roots in lighting design. In 2000 Sergey became the lighting and sound designer for all of Sharmanka’s new work, and technical manager for all exhibitions and theatrical collaborations. Since then Sergey has focused on establishing himself as a freelance lighting designer and has been involved in a variety of projects both in UK and Europe. DANNY KRASS (Composer/Sound Designer) has been living and working as a composer and sound designer in Scotland since 2007. Theatrical credits include: The Artist Man and the Mother Woman, Quiz Show (Traverse Theatre); Stuck, The Ballad of Pondlife McGurk, White, Kes (Catherine Wheels); My House, (Starcatchers); Peter Pan (Sherman Cymru); Skewered Snails, He-La (Iron Oxide); Mikey and Addie, Littlest Christmas Tree, Rudolf & Mr. Snow (Macrobert); The Infamous Brothers Davenport (Vox Motus/Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh); Ruben Guthrie (Ironbark); One Thousand Paper Cranes (Lu Kemp); The Curious Scrapbook of Josephine Bean, Huff (Shona Reppe Puppets) and The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish (NTS). Later this year Daniel will travel to Berlin to work on A Small Story, a new collaboration between Starcatchers and Theatre O.n., and return to macrobert to make The Little Boy that Santa Claus Forgot this Christmas. KYLIE LANGFORD (Costume Designer) graduated with a first class honors degree in Costume Design and Construction from Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh in 2010. Since then Kylie has worked in a variety of costume roles on a number of projects including: Let the Right One In, A Time of Strife, Dunsinane and The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish for National Theatre of Scotland. The Jungle Book, Citizens Theatre. Little Shop of Horrors, Royal Conservatoire Scotland, and The Tempest and As You Like It for Bard in the Botanics. Other Costume Design credits include Miser! The Musical, The Green Room Theatre, Carlisle and Anything Goes, Churchill Theatre, Edinburgh.
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ABOUT VISIBLE FICTIONS
Visible Fictions loves telling stories, and our productions have inspired and entertained audiences across the world. We delight in collaborative working, thrive through experimenting and are thrilled by creating theater in new places, performed in surprising ways. All of this is to enthrall our audiences young and old alike. Created by the finest artists from across Scotland and around the globe, no two Visible Fictions performances are alike but all guarantee an equally memorable and powerful experience. We have performed regularly at festivals across the world. At home we have co-produced with BBC Scotland, Scottish Opera and the Traverse Theatre. Abroad we have co-produced with Danish ASSITEJ and were thrilled to be the first Scottish theater company to be invited to perform on Broadway with our production of The Red Balloon. We have also collaborated with The Seattle Children’s Theatre, The Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, The Children’s Theatre Company, Minneapolis and The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. www.visiblefictions.co.uk Visible Fictions Theatre Company is a Scottish Charity (SCO21724) and a Company Ltd by Guarantee (Scotland 144133). Registered address: Suite 325/327, 4th Floor, 11 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, G2 6LY.
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Numbering Activity Dynamics are changes in how loudly a piece of music is played. Can you put these dynamic levels in order from loudest to softest?
Piano Forte
Mezzo Piano Mezzo Forte
The Peking Acrobats
The Listener
Activities &
Word Match! Match the word to the definition!
1. Pantomime 3. Acrobat 2. Troupe 4. Audition
Answer key: 1-Forte, 2-Mezzo Forte, 3-Mezzo Piano, 4-Piano
Scrap Arts Music incorporates 145 unique hand-crafted instruments into their performance and they performed at the 2010 Olympic Closing Ceremonies!
Create your own instrument!
SCRAP ARTS MUSIC creates their instruments out of found things. What items and materials would you use to create an instrument of your own? What would it sound like? What would you call your new instrument? Draw a picture of it below!
a company or group of touring actors, singers, dancers, etc.
THE PEKING ACROBATS are the current world record holders for the tallest Human Chair Stack, where they can balance six people on the top of six chairs 21 feet in the air!
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Re-Inventions
Find 7 hidden music notes on this page – one for each composer!
a “hearing” or trial performance by an actor, dancer or musician to demonstrate suitability or skill.
a drama played in actions and gestures to the accompaniment of words sung by chorus or music.
Answer key: 3,1, 4, 2
A composer is a person who writes music. You will hear works from seven different composers today! Those composers include Britten, Bernstein, Shostakovich, John Williams, Tchaikovsky, Bizet and Mozart.
one who is skilled in feats of balance and agility in gymnastics.
Did you know? The actors in The Adventures of Robin Hood are from Scotland? Here’s what the Scottish flag looks like. Can you draw the American flag in the white rectangle below?
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ADMINISTRATION Jeff Chelesvig President & CEO
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DIRECTORS
Sarah Bannon Community Programs Coordinator Michelle McDonald School Programs Coordinator Julie Houghton Programming & Education Coordinator Trevor Wiley Education Itern TECHNICAL OPERATIONS Alan Dyer Technical Operations Manager/Head Electrician Nicholas Romano Stage Operations Manager/ Head Carpenter
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TICKET OFFICE Denise Smithson Green Interim Ticket Office Director Brooke Bridenstine Ticket Office Staff Manager Misty Enderson Ticket Office Database Manager Jeff Waldschmitt Ticket Office Manager Laura Arenson Customer Service Team Member Candace Bell Customer Service Team Member
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The backstage employees of Des Moines Performing Arts are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Local 67.
Guest ATM An ATM is located in the Ticket Office Lobby. BINOCULARS Binoculars are available for rent at the Nollen and Prairie Meadows Lobby Guest Services Counters for $5. CAMERAS The use of cameras or any type of recording devices in the Main Hall is prohibited at all times. CELL PHONES/MOBILE DEVICES Please turn cell phones and mobile devices off, or set them to the silent mode. Please also refrain from text messaging and using them as light sources during the performance. ELEVATORS Elevators to the second level of the lobby are located in the Nollen Lobby and near the Stoner Theater.
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LATE SEATING Late seating will be accommodated by House Staff at the earliest appropriate time. Pay attention to lobby chimes, which are sounded five minutes before the show begins, as well as after intermission. LISTENING DEVICES Infrared listening devices are available at the Nollen and Prairie Meadows Lobby Guest Services Counters. LOST ITEMS Lost items may be reported or claimed at the Nollen Lobby Guest Services Counter area during an event. After an event, please contact our Ticket Office at (515) 246-2300 or stop by Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Items are kept for 30 days. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE If you have a medical need, please
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