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RED A Tribute by Tom Mullica

January 28, 2011 8:00 p.m.

Wisconsin Lutheran College Center for Arts and Performance 8815 W. Wisconsin Ave. Milwaukee, WI (414) 443-8802 (Box Office)

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TO M M U L L I C A Tom Mullica’s love affair with show business began in 1953 in Waupun, Wisconsin when, as a five-year-old child, he decided to be a clown. Two years later he discovered magic and not long after combined the two. In addition to magic and clowning, he is a highly skilled ventriloquist and pantomimist. Tom is now CEO of Van Blaine Productions.

Tom enlisted in the Army at age 18 and after three years in Korea and Germany, moved to the magic capitol of the world, Colon, Michigan, where he built illusions and demonstrated magic for the famous Abbott’s Magic Company.

Tom then moved to Atlanta, Georgia where he attended bartending school and opened his own nightclub called The Tom-foolery Magic Bar Theatre. His popularity in Atlanta led to hundreds of television appearances throughout the world including Late Night with David Letterman, World’s Greatest Magic, Penn & Teller, and Viva Variety.

With countless hotel and casino performances in Atlantic City and Las Vegas, Tom Mullica remains one of the greatest variety acts of our time. Between 1976 and 1987, the Tom-foolery was visited by countless notables including a long-time favorite of Tom’s... Red Skelton. Red visited the Tom-foolery in 1980 and liked the show so much he spent two hours with Tom afterwards. Tom occasionally included some suggestive material in his comedy routines at the time and Red proclaimed, “I’ll tell you what Tom, if you clean up your act, you can use my material.” He told Tom that his humor was too suggestive and that it shocked people into laughing. He instructed Tom to do every show as if his mother, a

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priest, and a nun were in the audience.

Tom’s approach to comedy changed that very night.

One of the dominant factors in Tom’s life has been the quiet, sincere friendship he developed with Red Skelton over the years that followed.

Never a night went by at the Tomfoolery that Tom didn’t mention Red. This friendship took on an even more significant turn for Tom when Skelton sent him W.C. Fields’ famous twisted pool cue. Fields used the twisted pool cue in a classic vaudeville routine with Ed Wynn eliciting laughs under the pool table. Finally, Fields “discovered” Wynn under the table and walloped him with the cue. Fields had taken a liking to Red Skelton and had given him the cue about a year before he died. Tom feels he can never achieve a higher tribute than that in Red’s note which accompanied the pool cue. . .”I don’t know of anyone I would rather pass it on to for safekeeping than you!”

After 11 years performing at the Tom-foolery, Tom wanted to move on.

He asked Red for his advice and he suggested, “Take ten to fifteen minutes of your best material and perform it pantomime to music and you’ll be able to work any place in the world - you’ll have no language barrier.” Tom took Red’s advice and after six months of rehearsal moved to Paris, France where he was one of the featured acts at the world famous Crazy Horse Saloon.

Tom returned to America in 1991 and continued his comedy magic career until 1996 when he began writing RED SKELTON (A Performance Tribute) which is now featured in theaters throughout America and Canada.

Presents In cooperation with Young Concert Artists, Inc

Naoko Takada

February 4, 2011 8:00 p.m.

Wisconsin Lutheran College Center for Arts and Performance 8815 W. Wisconsin Ave. Milwaukee, WI (414) 443-8802 (Box Office)

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N AO K O TA K A DA Marimbist Naoko Takada is renowned for her wide range of repertoire, from Bach to Piazzolla. An arranger as well as a performer, Ms. Takada’s transcriptions have been published by Studio 4 Music as part of the Naoko Takada Series, which also includes works written for her by composers including Yasutaki Inamori, Paul Fowler, John Anthony Lennon, and Hayato Hirose.

Ms. Takada’s 2010-11 season includes a performance of Keiko Abe’s Prism Rhapsody for marimba and orchestra with the Eastern Connecticut Symphony and conductor Toshiyuki Shimada and appearances at Western Lutheran College and New York’s Symphony Space. Committed to educational outreach, she participates in Adventure Concerts, an educational concert series in New York City public schools, run by Midori & Friends. Last season, Ms. Takada performed the Kevin Puts Marimba Concerto with the Youngstown, Great Falls and West Los Angeles symphonies.

Ms. Takada appeared in her Berlin recital debut at the Konzerthaus and performed with the Lincoln County Concert Association and at the University of Florida.

In 2007, Japan Victor Entertainment, Inc. released Ms. Takada’s first CD, Marimba Meets the Classics. She has appeared as soloist with the Houston, South Dakota, West Shore, Anchorage, Mobile, FargoMoorhead, Vallejo, China National, and Xalapa (Mexico) symphonies, the Boise and Louisiana philharmonics, and the Chamber Orchestra of the South Bay. Ms. Takada has performed at Carnegie’s Weill Hall, the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, the Belgium International Marimba Festival, and in a benefit for Paul Newman’s Hole in Wall Gang Camp, where she appeared onstage with such personalities as Bruce Willis, Meryl Streep and Danny Glover.

She has appeared at the Patagonia International Percussion Festival in Argentina, the KoSA International Percussion Festival, Nancy Zeltsman’s Marimba Festival, and the Yamaha Sounds of Summer Drum Camp at Central Washington University.

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Concert Artists International Auditions, Ms. Takada was presented in her New York debut at the 92nd Street Y, sponsored by the Peter Jay Sharp Prize, as well as debuts at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC and at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. In May 2004, Ms. Takada performed the New York premiere of YCA composer Kevin Puts’ Marimba Concerto with Leonard Slatkin conducting the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in YCA’s annual Irene Diamond Concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Ms. Takada was awarded the S & R Washington Award by the S & R Foundation in 2006, a prize that supports artists who contribute to cultural understanding between the U.S. and Japan. Her other awards include First Prize at the 2002 Houston Symphony Ima Hogg National Young Artist Competition, First Prize at the 2001 Sorantin Young Artists International Competition in Texas, the Marimba Special Prize at the 2001 IBLA Grand Prize International Competition in Italy, and First Prize in the 2000 Japan International League of Artists Competition in Tokyo. Ms. Takada is the chief judge of the Southern California Marimba Competition.

Born in Tokyo, Ms. Takada began marimba lessons at the age of eight.

She first appeared as soloist with orchestra at the age of eleven, when she played with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Philharmonic.

In Japan, she studied with Akiko Suzuki and Keiko Abe and attended Waseda University, majoring in psychology. Ms. Takada then decided to focus on her marimba studies and entered California State University at Northridge as a student of Karen ErvinPershing, where she earned a Bachelor of Music degree. She earned a Master of Music degree from Ithaca College, working with Gordon Stout, and has studied at the Boston Conservatory with Nancy Zeltsman. Ms. Takada is a Yamaha performing artist. Her signature line of mallets is available through Encore Mallets. She is also endorsed by Phiten, which provides health-promoting technologies and products to musicians and athletes.

Presents

Melissa Plamann

February 20, 2011 3:00 p.m.

Wisconsin Lutheran College Center for Arts and Performance 8815 W. Wisconsin Ave. Milwaukee, WI (414) 443-8802 (Box Office)

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MELISSA PLA M ANN A Wisconsin native, Dr. Melissa Plamann spent most of her collegiate career in Indiana. Plamann attended Valparaiso University where she earned Bachelor’s degrees in organ performance and English literature, and was able to perform throughout Germany and the Czech Republic as part of a concert series. She is currently an assistant professor at Oklahoma City University and is Wanda L. Bass Chair of Organ Studies. Plamann teaches undergraduate and graduate organ lessons, serves as University Organist, and leads lecture courses within the Church Music program.

Plamann completed a Master of Music degree at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, under the direction of renowned American organist Dr. Timothy Albrecht. She attained grants for a recital of American organ concerto premieres, which featured Plamann in the debut of Tilo Medek’s Italienisches Konzert. She recently returned to Emory as Albrecht’s sabbatical replacement and headed the graduate organ program in the fall of 2008.

Plamann has taught in the organ, piano, and church music departments at Indiana UniversityBloomington as an Associate Instructor. While at IU, she studied with Dr. Larry Smith and graduated with a Doctor of Music degree from IU-Bloomington in May of 2010. Her doctoral thesis is entitled “A Disciple of God Among Us: A Theological Analysis of Olivier Messiaen’s La Nativité du Signeur (1935).”

Plamann continues an active performing career, and she particularly enjoys performing 20th century American works and featuring other instruments with the organ. She conducts regular master classes and presents scholarly research at conferences throughout the country.

In her spare time, Plamann competes in half marathons and recently ran her first full marathon. She is joined in Oklahoma by her terrier, and occasionally by her fiancé, who is completing an orthodontic residency in Pennsylvania. In all she does, Plamann hopes to excite both young and old in discovering and re-discovering the “King of Instruments!”

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Presents

Take Me Home The Music of John Denver Starring Jim Curry

February 25, 2011 8:00 p.m.

Wisconsin Lutheran College Center for Arts and Performance 8815 W. Wisconsin Ave. Milwaukee, WI (414) 443-8802 (Box Office)

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JIM CURRY Jim Curry began his music career writing and performing the opening song, “The Time of Your Life” for his senior play. The song was then voted to be the 1975 class song and Jim was awarded a Rotary Scholarship to study music in college.

Even at this early stage in his life Jim’s natural voice resembled that of singer/ songwriter John Denver. Embracing the similarities, Jim continued to sing and specialize in the songs of John Denver, sharing John’s positive messages of love, humanity and environmental awareness.

care and desire to make a difference.

As the concerns of global warming and other environmental issues reach today’s youth, Curry sees a growing number of younger listeners. Curry says, “These songs blend the images of our natural earth with a love for each other as people. The care you give to someone you love is the best care. Making that connection to our earth and to each other is the goal.”

He’s not your usual “Vegas style” impersonator. In fact, he is not an impersonator at all.

Jim sings, in his own natural voice, a tribute to the music in a way that has to be seen and heard to understand the pure honesty of his amazing performance. His looks and his voice are simply a pleasant coincidence that captures the true essence of John Denver’s music. Curry’s heartfelt delivery rolls out into the crowd as multi-platinum hits like “Rocky Mountain High,”“Annie’s Song” and “Calypso” fill the room. To compliment Jim’s performance visually, multi-media slides and video are played in sync with each song. Some of the video is the original video John Denver used in his own shows.

In October 2007, the 10th anniversary of John’s passing, Jim Curry brought a landmark concert to the stage in Aspen Colorado. It included many of John Denver’s former band members, some of them for the first time in a tribute show. Bass player Dick Kniss (who also tours with Peter Paul and Mary); songwriter, guitar and dobro player Steve Weisberg (who penned many John Denver’s recordings); banjo player Jim Connor (a former member of the New Kingston Trio and author of the hit song “ Grandma’s Feather Bed”); legendary guitarist James Burton (Elvis Presley, Ricky Nelson and John Denver); and in what would be one of his last major performances before his passing, singer/songwriter John Stewart of the famed Kingston Trio. The bold and dynamic thinking of Curry continues to produce historical concert engagements and bring icons of the music industry together into powerful shows.

Jim Curry has created the ultimate tribute experience and has emerged as the The untimely death of John Denver in top performer of John Denver’s music 1997 was a tragedy that was felt the today. He often performs with John Denworld over. Such a void in the musical ver’s former band members. Curry’s tribworld left John’s ardent fans demanding ute is the first and only full-length John that his music survive. CBS television Denver tribute in a Las Vegas Casino and responded by producing a made for TV is a sell-out favorite at the Silverton time movie: “Take Me Home, the John Denver after time. Curry has taken his show on Story” in which Jim landed an off-camera the road to Performing Arts Centers and role singing as the voice of John Denver. Casinos in the US and Canada and out to This experience inspired Jim to produce sea as one of the most popular shows on full–length John Denver tribute concerts. the Holland America Cruise Line.

Jim believes that John Denver’s words still ring true in these difficult times of war and environmental crisis. John Denver grew rapidly into a mega celebrity when the world was looking for some hope in the late 60’s and his lyrics in songs like, “Take me Home Country Roads” gave America a new lift abroad as well as at home. People all over the world found pride in the natural wonders of the earth and love for John’s message of caring for our planet and each other. Jim delivers these songs in the same spirit, with the same heartfelt 10 Wisconsin Lutheran

Tonight’s program will be announced from the stage.

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UPCOMING FINE ARTS EVENTS The Classic Series continues on Friday, February 4, 2011, at 8 p.m. with marimbist, Naoko Takada. Naoko Takada is renowned for her wide range of repertoire, from Bach to Piazzolla. Born in Tokyo, Ms. Takada began marimba lessons at the age of eight. She first appeared as soloist with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Philharmonic at the age of 11. Takada has released her first CD, Marimba Meets the Classics, produced by Japan Victor Entertainment, Inc. According to The Washington Post, “Naoko Takada plays a thrilling marimba, moving with speed, grace, and extraordinary accuracy. If you have any doubts that a solo mallet instrument can sustain your attention throughout an entire concert, Takada will make you change your mind.” yca.org/takada Melissa Plamann will appear in the Schwan Concert Hall on Sunday, February 20, 2011, at 3 p.m. as part of the new Organ Masters Series. Melissa Plamann is an accomplished organist with an exciting career as an organist. She has earned several degrees in organ performance with a bachelor’s degree from Valparaiso University and a Master of Music degree from Emory University under the direction of renown American organist Dr. Timothy Albrecht. Plamann completed her Doctor of Music degree in organ performance at Indiana University. She has performed throughout the United States and Europe, and has taught courses in organ literature and church music at both Indiana University and Emory University. Ms. Plamann continues to concertize regularly and is currently the Director of Music at a church in Franklin, Indiana. Don’t miss out on the Pre-Concert Lecture at 1:30 p.m. melissaplamann.com Wisconsin Lutheran 11

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The Encore Series continues on Friday, February 25, 2011, at 8 p.m. with Take Me Home: The Music of John Denver. The untimely death of John Denver in 1997 was a tragedy that was felt the world over. Such a void in the musical world left John’s ardent fans demanding that his music survive. CBS television responded by producing a made for TV movie: “Take Me Home: the John Denver Story,” in which Jim Curry’s voice was selected as the voice of John Denver. True, Jim Curry’s natural voice has to be heard, but he also has to be seen to understand the pleasant coincidence that captures the natural essence of John Denver’s persona and music. Curry’s heartfelt delivery envelops the crowd with multi-platinum hits such as “Rocky Mountain High,” “Annie’s Song” and “Country Roads.” A Pre-Show Dinner Option is available with this show at 6:30 p.m. jimcurrymusic.com The Wisconsin Lutheran College Music Department will present a Band Concert on Sunday, March 6, 2011, at 3 p.m. The Wisconsin Lutheran College Concert Band, under the direction of Professor Terry Treuden, is an ensemble that performs the finest of the wind band literature and presents concerts on the campus and tours regionally and nationally. The membership in this organization is through a seating audition. The band meets five hours each week while exploring a wide variety of band compositions and arrangements.

A native of Moncofa (Valencia, Spain) Jose Franch-Ballester, one of the most promising clarinetists of his generation, will appear on Friday, March 11, 2011, at 8 p.m. as part of the Classic Series. In 2008, he received the highly coveted Avery Fisher Career Grant, and in 2007 he was one of a handful of participants selected for a Carnegie Hall Professional Training Workshop with Emmanuel Ax and Richard Stoltzman. He has been named one of the year’s “most prominent emerging soloists”, as selected by the American Symphony League Magazine. The New York Times raves, “He is a natural onstage… playing with technical wizardry and tireless enthusiasm,” and the New York Sun adds, “… sweetly nostalgic, breathily passionate, and busily humorous…” josefranchballester.com Cirque Voila! presents the core of what circus has always been about; extraordinary people doing amazing things. On Sunday, March 13, 2011, at 3 p.m., experience pure circus wrapped up in a comedy confection. You may ask, “So how is this different from Cirque du Soleil?” The answer is that, at their core, there is no difference. They make audiences laugh, cry, and drop their jaws in amazement. You will stare in utter disbelief at the contortion, juggling and acrobatics, and be mesmerized with the beautiful aerial performances. Cirque Voila is a group of circus performers dedicated to excellence, comedy and doing the impossible right there in your lap, in a live theatre. cirquevoila.com The Wisconsin Lutheran Concert Choir and Chamber Choir will present a Choral Concert, on Sunday, March 20, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. This select 60-voice choir, under the direction of Dr. James Nowak, performs music from the sixteenth through the twenty-first centuries, sung in original languages. The Chamber Choir, a select 28-voice mixed ensemble taken from the Wisconsin Lutheran Choir, is also under the direction of Dr. James Nowak.

Jeffrey Siegel Keyboard Conversations® Series performs the third concert of the series “Northern Stars: Brahms, Grieg, Sibelius, and Nielsen” on Wednesday, March 23, 2011, at 7:30 p.m. American pianist Jeffrey Siegel enjoys a flourishing career and has appeared with every major American orchestra as well as in the 12 Wisconsin Lutheran

U P C O M I N G F I N E A R T S E V E N T S ( c o n t .) leading music capitals of the world. His enthusiasm is contagious, his credentials are world-class, and his virtuosity is astounding. These experiences begin with an insightful and entertaining prologue on the music and its composer, are followed by a full performance of the works, and end with a lively question and answer session. KeyboardConversations.com On Sunday, March 27, 2011, at 3 p.m., the Family Series will continue with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. This enchanting musical is based on C.S. Lewis’ adventure story about four children of war-torn England, who accidentally enter the land of Narnia by climbing through a magic wardrobe.

This strange and wondrous place is ruled by the cold-hearted White Witch, who makes the winter last all year round. Although they seem unlikely saviors, the children fulfill an ancient prophecy by defeating the witch, thus restoring sunshine and peace to the spell-bound Narnia and returning the great Lion King Aslan to his throne. www.theatreworksusa.org F I N E A R T S E V E N T S C A L E N DA R February Feb. 4- Art Gallery Opening Reception: Faculty Group Exhibition, 6 p.m.

Feb. 4- Classic Series: Naoko Takada, 8 p.m.

Feb. 12- WLC Blackbox Theatre Production: See Rock City, 8 p.m.

Feb. 13- WLC Blackbox Theatre Production: See Rock City, 3 p.m.

Feb. 17- WLC Blackbox Theatre Production: See Rock City, 8 p.m.

Feb. 18- WLC Blackbox Theatre Production: See Rock City, 8 p.m.

Feb. 20- Organ Masters Series: Melissa Plamann, 3 p.m. (Pre-Concert Lecture) Feb. 25- Encore Series: Take Me Home: The Music of John Denver, 8 p.m. (Dinner Option) Feb. 28- Schooltime Program: We The People, 10 a.m. & 12 p.m.

March Mar. 3- WLC Blackbox Theatre Production: Gulf View Drive, 8 p.m.

Mar. 4- WLC Blackbox Theatre Production: Gulf View Drive, 8 p.m.

Mar. 5- WLC Blackbox Theatre Production: Gulf View Drive, 8 p.m.

Mar. 6- WLC Blackbox Theatre Production: Gulf View Drive, 8 p.m.

Mar. 6- WLC Band Concert, 3 p.m.

Mar. 11- Classic Series: Jose Franch-Ballester, 8 p.m.

Mar. 13- Family Series: Cirque Voila, 3 p.m.

Mar. 20- WLC Choral Concert, 8 p.m.

Mar. 23- Jeffrey Siegel Keyboard Conversations, 7:30 p.m.

Mar. 27- Family Series: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, 3 p.m.

Mar. 28- Schooltime Program: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, 10 a.m. & 12 p.m.

April Apr. 1- Art Gallery Opening Reception – James Matson Sabbatical Exhibition, 6 p.m.

Apr. 1- Encore Series: Club Swing, 8 p.m (Dinner Option) Apr. 6- Schooltime Program: Stuart Little, 10 a.m. & 12 p.m.

Apr. 8- WLC Theatre Production: J.B., 8 p.m.

Apr. 9- WLC Theatre Production: J.B., 8 p.m.

Apr. 10- WLC Theatre Production: J.B., 3 p.m.

Apr. 14- WLC Theatre Production: J.B., 8 p.m.

Apr. 15- WLC Theatre Production: J.B., 8 p.m.

Apr. 16- WLC Theatre Production: J.B., 8 p.m.

Apr. 29- WLC Choral Concert, 8 p.m.

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