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HALAU O KEKUHI April 21, 2018
TRIO CÉLESTE CELEBRATES 5 YEARS OF CHAMBER MUSIC | OC April 29, 2018
KAWIKA KAHIAPO AND NATHAN AWEAU May 23, 2018
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WELCOME IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE BARCLAY.
A very successful season has almost come to a close, and I recall with delight the many enriching performances we have experienced. This is the last program book of Irvine Barclay Theatre’s 28th season and the artists exemplify the eclectic diversity for which the theatre is known. We are indebted to all who help us maintain this unique community resource: our staff and our Board of Directors; our public partners—the City of Irvine and UCI; and you, the audience. I especially want to thank our season sponsor, City National Bank, for its enthusiastic support. Please check out page 15 of this program book to see the three exciting music events that we’ve just added to our upcoming season: Billy Bob Thornton & The Boxmasters; Side Deal; and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. We will be rolling out additional events for 2018–2019 soon. So, please check our website often for another season of exceptional array of artists.
Jerry Mandel, Ph.D. President, Irvine Barclay Theatre
Board of Directors CHAIR Ken Rohl Founder ROHL LLC Ramona Agrela Associate Chancellor University of California, Irvine Francisco J. Ayala Professor and National Medal of Science Laureate University of California, Irvine Stephen Barker Dean, Claire Trevor School of the Arts University of California, Irvine
Karen Cahill Community Leader
Michelle Grettenberg Deputy City Manager City of Irvine Jennifer Klein Community Leader
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William Parker Professor Emeritus Physics and Astronomy University of California, Irvine Penelope Parmes Parmes Law, Inc.
Gary Singer Senior Advisor RSI Holding LLC Julia Stannard Vice President/Private Banker City National Bank
Greg Rohl ROHL VP of Marketing ROHL LLC
Lynn O’Hearn Wagner Community Leader
Lynn Schott Councilmember City of Irvine
HONORARY Donald P. Wagner Mayor City of Irvine
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Howard Gillman, Ph.D. Chancellor University of California, Irvine
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HALAU O KEKUHI Sponsored by:
The Richard & Elizabeth Steele Fund Trisha Steele April 21, 2018 | Cheng Hall This performance will include a 15-minute intermission. Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach Resort and Spa
An anonymous fund of the
Orange County Community Foundation These activities are supported, in part, with funds provided by the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF), the California Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.
HALAU O KEKUHI LOEA HULA (Master Adept in Hula and Hula Traditions) Nalani Kanakaʻole
KUMU HULA (Hula Instructor) Huihui Kanahele-Mossman
ʻOLAPA (Dancers) Mahina Patterson Kuhaʻo Zane Mahealani Lono Kahele Joaquin Lanihuli Kanahele Makakapu Ioane Kainoa Thornton Ama Lilly
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PROGRAM ACT I: NA KAUA MO‘O Our native ancestral responsibility is to participate in nature. We use chants and stories as instruction for this participation. One of those well-known and timeless stories explains the existence of our volcanic islands and the verdant growth that flourishes as a result. This epic is about Pele (pehleh), our volcano entity, and her sister Hiiakaikapoliopele (Hee-ee-ahkah-ee-kah-poh-lee-oh-pehleh), the entity of life and growth that follows the cooling lava. Although the epic itself follows the journey of our heroine, Hiʻiaka, the younger sister of Pele, in a generously long and telling narrative, this performance takes a portion of the story and then thoroughly animates that portion through hula.
The purpose of this journey is to fetch Lohiau (loh-hee-ah-oo), Pele’s dream lover, whom she has left behind on the island of Kauai. The word “journey” presumes a traveler. In this case, Hiʻiaka, the traveler and heroine of our tale, faces many challenges and obstacles. In following the pattern of indigenous mythology, these challenges and obstacles force our heroine to bring forth her latent strength and knowledge in order to continue this journey. This performance displays a portion of the odyssey in which Hiʻiaka faces the Moʻo (Moh-oh), the water demons, on the north point of the island of Hawaiʻi, before jumping to the next island of Maui. These Moʻo are intent on destroying Hiʻiaka and her campaign forward. Hiʻiaka destroys each Mo’o as she continues northward, ensuring safe passage for the next traveler. You will see the conversations, confrontations and eventually battle stances and formations in this performance, such as Hiʻiaka would have implemented in battle before continuing her journey. Please enjoy this depiction of our Hiʻiaka, her remarkable feats of battle and her ability to overcome obstacles.
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ACT II: ʻAIHAʻA: THE CORE DANCES Our Hālau, or hula school, has adhered to certain standards of dance for all students entering the Hālau. The dances that describe the volcanic energy feeding our island play a major role in standardizing our style of dancing. These dances display the foundation and origins of the style and stature of our hula since its inception.
ACT III: PAHU This hula vignette includes dances that were passed down to us from well-schooled hula masters. They are accompanied by the pahu (drum), the traditional musical instrument found in Hawaiʻi. The pahu was traditionally used in our temples to replicate the beat of the land. Please enjoy the discipline and symmetry of our Hula Pahu.
ACT IV: MELE WAʻA Generations have arrived on these island shores, originating from points unknown. Our ancestors were the first people that traveled over hundreds of miles of open ocean using stars, oceanographic phenomenon and winds and clouds in order to navigate their way to Hawaiʻi. They sailed the Earth’s oceans long before Columbus and the invention of the sextant. This set of dances honors our navigators, the waʻa (sailing canoe) experts and their teachers, for retrieving our ancestors’ maritime knowledge that brought us to Hawaiʻi’s shores.
HALAU O KEKUHI AND THE EDITH KANAKA‘OLE FOUNDATION Hālau o Kekuhi is a hālau hula (classical dance company), whose leadership and cultural heritage has been passed down through eight generations. Hālau o Kekuhi is celebrated for its mastery of the ʻaihaʻa (eye-hah-ah) style of hula (dance) and oli (chant). The ʻaihaʻa, a low-postured, vigorous style of dance, characteristic of the Hawai`i Islands, is inspired by the eruptive volcano goddess Pele and her sister goddess, Hi’iaka. Hālau o Kekuhi has earned local, state, national and international recognition.
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Hālau o Kekuhi is the center of cultural knowledge of the Edith Kanaka‘ole Foundation and the primary fundraising entity of its higher education scholarship program. Hālau O Kekuhi Edith Kanaka‘ole Foundation www.edithkanakaolefoundation.org/halau-o-kekuhi/ Artist Representation: Pasifika Artists Network Karen A. Fischer, President 661 Kilihau St, Wailuku HI 96793 1-808-283-7007, karen@pasifika-artists.com www.pasifika-artists.com
CELEBRATING A LIFE OF GIVING
Elizabeth Steele
Earlier this year, Irvine Barclay Theatre lost one of its most generous and loyal friends, Orange County philanthropist Elizabeth (Betty) Steele. Betty and her husband, Richard, were among the region’s most magnanimous philanthropists and were beloved for their selfless and impactful giving. With the assistance of the Steele family, the Barclay has established itself as southern California’s premier showcase for Hawaiian music and has built a reputation as one of the nation’s premier presenters of contemporary dance.
A beautiful Hawaiian proverb expresses our gratitude for the enduring support of the Steele family: E lei kau, e lei ho’oilo i ke aloha – “Love is worn like a lei through the summers and the winters, for love is everlasting.” Betty’s legacy lives on through the Richard and Elizabeth Steele Fund and her daughters, Trisha, Elizabeth (Libby) and Anne.
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TRIO CÉLESTE CELEBRATES 5 YEARS OF CHAMBER MUSIC | OC Sponsored by: Ken & Helene Rohl
April 29, 2018 | Cheng Hall This performance will include a 15-minute intermission.
This Gala is presented in loving memory of Irv Weinstein. TRIO CÉLESTE Iryna Krechkovsky Violin
Ross Gasworth Cello
Kevin Kwan Loucks
Piano
SPECIAL GUESTS Samuel Chen Violin
Ai Nihira
CHAMBER MUSIC | OC YOUNG ARTISTS Luchi Jiang Violin
(Young Artist Alumna)
April Kim Violin
(Young Artist Alumna)
Megan Martono Violin
Leo Matsuoka Violin
Brandon Chong Viola
Violin
Reina Cho
Viola
Brandon Shin
Michelle Gasworth Luis Zambrano Viola
Chia-Ling Chien
Cello Cello
Cello
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PROGRAM
“Meditation” from the Opera Thaïs
Jules Massenet
(1842–1912)
The Krechkovsky/Loucks Duo Iryna Krechkovsky, violin; Kevin Kwan Loucks, piano
Trio Élégiaque, No. 1 in G minor
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Trio Céleste Iryna Krechkovsky, violin; Ross Gasworth, cello; Kevin Kwan Loucks, piano
Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47 I. II. III. IV.
(1873–1943)
Robert Schumann
(1810–1856)
Sostenuto assai – Allegro ma non troppo Scherzo: Molto vivace – Trio I – Trio II Andante cantabile Finale: Vivace
Trio Céleste Iryna Krechkovsky, violin; Ross Gasworth, cello; Kevin Kwan Loucks, piano Michelle Gasworth, viola
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Concerto Grosso for Piano Trio and String Octet
Paul Dooley
Co-commissioned by Trio Céleste and Chamber Music | OC for their 2017 Carnegie Hall debut
I. II. III.
(b. 1983)
Trio Céleste Iryna Krechkovsky, violin; Ross Gasworth, cello; Kevin Kwan Loucks, piano
Leo Matsuoka, violin; April Kim, violin; Megan Martono, violin; Luchi Jiang, violin; Michelle Gasworth, viola; Brandon Chong, viola; Reina Cho, cello; Brandon Shin, cello
Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11 I. Prelude II. Scherzo
Dmitri Shostakovich
(1906–1975)
Chamber Music | OC Camerata Iryna Krechkovsky, violin; Leo Matsuoka, violin; Samuel Chen, violin; Ai Nihira, violin; Michelle Gasworth, viola; Luis Zambrano, viola; Chia-Ling Chien, cello; Ross Gasworth, cello
String Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20 IV. Presto
Felix Mendelssohn
(1809–1847)
Chamber Music | OC Camerata Iryna Krechkovsky, violin; Ai Nihira, violin; Samuel Chen, violin; Leo Matsuoka, violin; Michelle Gasworth, viola; Luis Zambrano, viola; Ross Gasworth, cello; Chia-Ling Chien, cello
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PROGRAM NOTES Paul Dooley: Concerto Grosso for Piano Trio and String Octet Concerto Grosso (2017) was commissioned by Trio Céleste and Chamber Music | OC for their Carnegie Hall debut in April 2017. I first met Trio Céleste member Kevin Kwan Loucks when I was a freshman at Santa Rosa High School in northern California. Kevin was two years ahead of me, and he quickly became a mentor and a dear friend. I was so honored to write this Concerto Grosso for him and his outstanding colleagues. My composition is inspired by the late sixteenth century concerti grossi of Arcangelo Corelli and Alessandro Scarlatti. I play off these composers’ finely tuned counterpoint and musical forms. A violin, cello and piano take on the role of the concertino (the soloists), and the accompanying ripieno (the orchestra) is comprised of eight individual string parts for violins, violas and cellos. The Concerto Grosso contains three contrasting character pieces featuring driving Baroque fugatos, romantic dialogues between the violin and cello, and mischievous piano dances. — Paul Dooley Additional notes will be announced on stage by the performers during the concert.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS CHAMBER MUSIC |OC Launched in 2012 by pianist Dr. Kevin Kwan Loucks and violinist Dr. Iryna Krechkovsky, Chamber Music | OC has established itself as one of the most dynamic classical music organizations in the country dedicated to advancing the art of chamber music through performance, education and community outreach.
TRIO CÉLESTE Hailed as “a first-class ensemble” (Orange County Register), “unfailingly stylish” (The Strad), “technically dazzling” (Long Beach Gazette), “flawless” (New York Concert Review) and “the epitome of what chamber musicians should be” (Palm Beach Daily News), Trio Céleste has firmly established itself as one of the most dynamic chamber music ensembles on the classical music scene today. The 2017/2018 season highlights include recital debuts at the Chicago Cultural Center, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, New York’s Carnegie Hall, Seoul Art Center in South Korea, and the world premiere of Paul Dooley’s Concerto Grosso for Piano Trio and Strings co-commissioned by Trio Céleste and Chamber Music | OC. Winners of the prestigious Beverly Hills Auditions, the ensemble has performed hundreds of recitals worldwide and has appeared in masterclasses, entrepreneurship seminars and performance residencies at some of the nation’s top academic institutions and centers for arts and culture. Their debut album on the Navona label debuted at No. 5 on the iTunes Best-Selling New Releases chart and at No. 20 on Amazon’s Chamber Music Albums. In 2014, the ensemble was selected from over 500 applicants as artists-in-residence at the Grand Canyon National Park.
Canadian Iryna Krechkovsky is a prize-winning violinist with an international career in solo, chamber and orchestral performances. Celebrated for her tone, emotionality and precision, she has performed in venues from Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York, to The American Church in Paris, Seoul Arts Center in South Korea, and Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto; and was featured on National Public Radio, KABC-TV Los Angeles, the Public Broadcasting Service, and most recently, as a speaker at TEDxChapmanU. She has performed as soloist with the Lviv Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, the Toronto Sinfonietta, the Seoul National Virtuosi, the California Chamber Orchestra, the Warren Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Canadian Academy Chamber Orchestra. She is a founding member of the award-winning Trio Céleste and is vice president of Chamber Music | OC, one of the most dynamic classical music organizations in the country. Born in Ukraine, Krechkovsky holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Stony Brook University, where she was recently awarded the distinguished 40 Under Forty Alumni Award. She was mentored by David and Linda Cerone, Philip Setzer, Philippe Graffin and Pamela Frank. Krechkovsky performs on a 2007 violin by Ryan Soltis and Samuel Zygmuntowicz.
Cellist Ross Gasworth began playing cello at age three and earned his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music under Richard Aaron and Stephen Geber. Ross has performed with the Los Angeles, San Diego, Houston, Fort Worth, and New World Symphonies, and as principal cellist with the Waco and Miami Symphonies. In 2011, Ross was selected from thousands of international auditions as principal cellist of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra directed by Michael Tilson-Thomas in Sydney, Australia. Festival appearances include the Artosphere, Kneisel Hall, Aspen, Pacific Music Festivals, and Google Zeitgeist Conference. He has performed as a soloist with the Rochester Symphony, Birmingham-Bloomfield Symphony, California Chamber Orchestra, Michigan Youth Arts Festival Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra and UCI Symphony Orchestra. Ross is the cellist of Trio Céleste, ensemble-in-residence at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, and at Chamber Music | OC. He also serves as Vice President of Community Engagement at Chamber Music | OC, and as co-director of the Trio Céleste Summer Chamber Music Festival at UC Irvine and the Chamber Music Camp at the Adler Center in Libertyville, Illinois. Ross regularly records for major motion pictures and albums at Capitol Records, Sony, Fox and Warner Brothers Studios.
Pianist Kevin Kwan Loucks enjoys a multifaceted career as an international concert artist, educator and arts entrepreneur. He has been described as “impeccable” (La Presse, Montréal), “a shining talent” (Völser Zeitung, Italy), “a pianist of exhilarating polish, unity and engagement” (Orange County Register, California), and, in 2015, was named one of Orange County’s most influential people by OC Weekly. He has earned ovations from Weill Recital Hall and Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, to Prösels Castle in Italy,
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The Kennedy Center, Kumho Art Hall and Seoul Arts Center in South Korea, Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall and the Lichtenstein Palace in Prague. He is a founding member of the award-winning Trio Céleste and is president of Chamber Music | OC, one of the most dynamic classical music organizations in the country. A Korean-American adoptee and graduate of The Juilliard School in New York City, Loucks holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Stony Brook University, where he was recently awarded the distinguished 40 Under Forty Alumni Award. In 2017, Loucks earned an Executive Master of Business Administration from the Argyros School of Business and Economics at Chapman University and completed his Executive Education at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.
SPECIAL GUESTS Violist Michelle Gasworth regularly records for TV and movie soundtracks, performs with various ensembles and on notable chamber music series. She is currently the director of community outreach at Chamber Music | OC, a member of Definiens, and the classical music program coordinator at the Orange County Children’s Therapeutic Arts Center. Michelle has performed with the Santa Barbara Symphony, Long Beach Opera and Dallas Opera and has served as principal violist for the Riverside County Philharmonic, Waco Symphony Orchestra and Abilene Philharmonic. Michelle is the co-founder of the Adler Center Chamber Music Camp. Festival appearances include the Artosphere Festival Orchestra, Vietnam Connection Music Festival, Cedar Valley Chamber Music Festival and the Grand Canyon National Park. She earned a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in viola performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music. Violinist Samuel Chen can be heard in various concert series and orchestras such as the Mendocino Festival Orchestra and the National Festival Orchestra. Although born in California, Samuel spent most of his childhood in Taiwan. He received his bachelor’s degrees in business economics and violin performance from the University of California, Irvine, and a master’s degree in violin performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He was a recipient of the Marjorie and Robert Rawlins Scholarship at UCI and the San Francisco Conservatory Scholarship; and was a Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Arts Finalist. His principal teachers are Haroutune Bedelian, Ian Swensen and Catherine van Hoesen. Samuel now resides in Irvine, California and dedicates most of his time to working with young musicians. He hopes to share his passion for music with the younger generation through teaching. Violinist Ai Nihira received her bachelor’s degree and Artist Diploma from the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) under the tutelage of William Preucil and Stephen Rose, and a master’s degree from the Yale School of Music under Peter Oundjian. As a chamber musician, she has performed as part of the Taos School of Music, Pacific Music Festival Quartet program, CIM Intensive Quartet Seminar and CityMusic Cleveland chamber music series. She has served as concertmaster and principal of the Pacific Music Festival 12 | IRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE
Orchestra, Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, Music Academy of the West Orchestra, Yale School of Music Orchestra, CIM Orchestra and CityMusic Cleveland. She has made solo appearances with the National Repertory Orchestra, CIM Orchestra and Orquesta Sinfonica Uncuyo. She was born in Tokyo, Japan, and started the violin at the age of four in Seattle, Washington, with Mihoko Hirata. She later moved to Los Angeles, California, where she studied with Margaret Shimizu, Richard Schwabe and Henry Gronnier at the Colburn School of Performing Arts. Ms. Nihira has been an acting section violinist with the San Diego Symphony since 2014. She will be joining the first violin section of the Pacific Symphony in summer 2018.
Luis Zambrano is a third year double major in psychology and viola performance at the University of California, Irvine, where he studies under Jerzy Kosmala. An avid chamber musician, his mentors include Nina Scolnik, Sarah Koo, Li-Mei Liang and Yoko Matsuda. Luis began his viola studies at the age of 16 at the Colburn School under Michael McLean, with whom he also studied music theory and orchestration. Since 2012, Luis has directed and orchestrated for his own mariachi ensemble, Mariachi Nuevo Amanecer de Luis Zambrano. They perform throughout Los Angeles with highlights including performances at John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, The Hollywood Bowl and The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. He has also performed with well-known artists such as Espinoza Paz, Jenni Rivera, Lucero and Fernando Allende. Luis and his ensemble are currently working on their first album, Soy Bilingue.
Cellist Chia-Ling Chien has been the associate principal cello with the San Diego Symphony since 2009. Chia-Ling was born in Taipei, Taiwan, and began playing the piano at the age of six, and cello at the age of nine. Chia-Ling made her first public cello performance at the age of ten. At the age of 12, she won first place at the National Taipei Youth Cello Competition. Her awards include: four years as first prize winner in the Taipei Cello Competition; second prize at the National Taiwan Cello Competition; second prize at the International Taipei Chopin Piano Competition; the Best Bach Performance Prize for Strings at the Corpus Christi International Competition; winner of the Cleveland Institute of Music Concerto Competition; the Ellis A. Feiman Memorial Award in Cello; the Anna Sosenko Trust Foundation Award; and a Colburn Foundation instrument sponsorship. ChiaLing has performed throughout the United States and Asia. Her festival appearances include the Pacific Music Festival; Blossom Music Festival; Aspen Music Festival and School; Sarasota Music Festival; Perlman Music Program; La Jolla SummerFest. She has collaborated over the years with many world-renowned musicians, including Gil Shaham, Itzhak Perlman, Vadim Repin, Augustin Hadelich. Chia-Ling is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she received both Bachelor and Master of Music degree. Her principal teachers are Desmond Hoebig and Stephen Geber.
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KAWIKA KAHIAPO AND NATHAN AWEAU May 23, 2018 | Cheng Hall This performance will include a 15-minute intermission.
Sponsored by:
The Richard & Elizabeth Steele Fund Trisha Steele
Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach Resort and Spa
KAWIKA KAHIAPO Guitar and Vocals NATHAN AWEAU Guitar and Vocals
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KAWIKA KAHIAPO Although now living on beautiful Waimanalo, Kawika grew up in the small town of Kane`ohe on the windward side of O`ahu. One cannot think about the windward side without images of the breathtaking Ko`olau mountain range, lush, green valleys and the magnificent ocean views. Born to Samuel (Uncle Sam) and Josephine (Aunty Jo) Kahiapo, Kawika is the 5th of 6 children. Kawika’s interest in music began at an early age, when, inspired by his father, he spent many hours alone in his room “jamming.” Some of his fondest memories are of their “garage” jam sessions, when “Pops” Gabby Pahinui would show up with his guitar and bottle of vodka. This is what inspired Kawika’s passion for ki ho`alu (slack-key guitar).
At the age of 17, Kawika entered the professional music scene, joining Chucky Boy Chock and O`ahu Brand, then Palani Vaughan. Over the years, Kawika has contributed his musical talent to more than 84 recording projects and has collaborated or performed with artists such as Jack Johnson, Kaukahi, Palani Vaughan Melveen Leed, Brother Noland, Leon and Malia, Kawehi Lindsey, among many others. As a studio musician, he has also offered his guitar stylings to enhance jingles and theme songs for radio and television ads. Kawika’s first solo recording project, ALANA, emerged in 1996 and continues to captivate many with its soothing combination of contemporary and traditional Hawaiian tunes, along with ki ho`alu. Through the years, hālau hula have been dancing to the music of this recording, as well as his second solo release, One Heart, One Voice, which was released in 2000. Kawika was then a member of Kaukahi, who, in 2007, were honored with three Na Hōkū Hanohano Awards (Hawaiian Grammy): Group of the Year; Song of the Year for Kawika’s “Life in These Islands”; and Kawika’s son, Dalen Kahiapo, and Todd Schlosser of Worldsound, were presented the award for CD graphics. Kawika was honored as the 2007 Na Hōkū Hanohano Slack Key Artist of the Year.
Kawika was featured on the Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Volume 2, which won a Grammy Award for Best Hawaiian Music Album in 2010. In 2015, he had the unique distinction of winning Na Hōkū Hanohano Awards for two separate albums. His all slack key, mostly instrumental CD, Ho’omaluhia, won Slack Key Album of the Year; and his CD, Ku’u ‘Aina Aloha, which features his song titled “Waimanalo” was awarded Island Music Album of the Year. In 2015, Kawika released Kawaiola: Living Water, a compilation of original, traditional and Hawaiian inspirational music.
Besides being a recording artist and an ordained minister, Kawika is also on the board of the North Shore Community Land Trust and the Kokua Hawai’i Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports environmental education in the schools and communities of Hawai’i. Serving God and others are a priority and is reflected in Kawika’s lifestyle and music. “Love for the islands, it’s people, `ohana, and Ke Akua (God), are what inspires me, while staying committed to perpetuating ‘true’ Hawaiian music, the culture, and the art of ki-ho`alu.” 14 | IRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE
Kawika married his high school sweetheart, Laurie Yano. They have been blessed with five children and two grandsons.
NATHAN AWEAU
Nathan Aweau was born into a musical family. His early years consisted of piano lessons, learning the guitar and ukulele and singing. He subsequently moved on to the saxophone, believing it to be his lifetime passion. In college, he played bass in a jazz ensemble and percussion in the wind symphony. Realizing his passion for the electric bass, he decided it would be his main instrument. Nathan started his professional career while still in college, accompanying such artists as Gabe Baltazar, Henry Kapono, Loyal Garner and Nohelani Cypriano, to name a few. He was a member of the Na Hōkū Hanohano (Hawaiian Grammy) Award-winning group Ka’eo and the award-winning group The Ali’i’s. He also did a 16-year stint as bass player and back-up singer with the legendary Don Ho. In 2002, Nathan’s album E Apo Mai earned three Na Hōkū Hanohano Awards: Male Vocalist of the Year; Song of the Year; and Contemporary Hawaiian Album of the Year. In 2005, Bass Etude, featuring the electric bass, won the Na Hōkū Hanohano for Jazz Album of the Year.
From 2003 to 2010, Nathan was the principle singer of the group Hapa, with leader Barry Flanagan. In 2005, Hapa released Maui, which won four Na Hōkū Hanohano Awards, including the coveted Album of the Year prize. That same year, Nathan was again honored with the Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award as Male Vocalist of the Year for Hawaii Classic Series – Vintage; and the following year won Male Vocalist of the Year for Hawaii Classic Series – Hula, making him the only Hawaiian vocalist to win this award three times. In December 2008, Nathan released his long awaited follow up to E Apo Mai, called Kane’ohe. This solo CD celebrates Nathan’s home on O’ahu. He wrote all 12 songs, plays all the instruments and sings all the vocals, showcasing his incredible talents — rich harmonies, beautiful voice, and deep spirit. In 2013, he received a Na Hōkū Hanohano Award for Island Music Album of the Year for ‘Io; and for Song of the Year for “Uhiwai.”
“I’ve learned to play many instruments and singing came second nature to me, but when asked, ‘what is my favorite instrument,’ without a doubt it would be the bass guitar... There’s no other feeling like holding down a groove with a good drummer or taking off on a solo.”
Artist Representation: Jim Marabotto Mehe’ula Music Productions P. O. Box 894001 Temecula, CA 92589 www.meheulamusic.com
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Saturday, May 26, 2018, 8pm Irvine Barclay Theatre
BROOKLYN RIDER Johnny Gandelsman, violin Colin Jacobsen, violin Nicholas Cords, viola Michael Nicolas, cello
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KAYHAN KALHOR kamancheh
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Mathias Kunzli, percussion A Mirror For A Prince Busalik Golestan A Walking Fire
COLIN JACOBSEN (b. 1978)
String Quartet No. 7
Beloved, do not let me be discouraged
PHILIP GLASS (b. 1937) COLIN JACOBSEN
— INTERMISSION — Persian kamancheh improvisation
KAYHAN KALHOR (b. 1963)
Silent City
KAYHAN KALHOR Arr. Ljova (b. 1978)
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JACOBSEN: A MIRROR FOR A PRINCE I have had a love affair with Persian classical and folk music ever since meeting kamancheh virtuoso and composer Kayhan Kalhor. There's something in this music that seems to speak to an epic sense of time and history, but is always grounded in an intensely personal and poetic state of mind. A Mirror for a Prince refers to conduct manuals created for rulers that constructed models of kings to emulate or avoid (Machiavelli wrote perhaps the most famous western version, Il Principe...). The first two pieces in the suite are from a collection of 16th and 17th Century music from the Ottoman court, which apparently contained quite a number of Persian musicians, as, according to Kayhan and some other authorities, the renown of Persian musicians had spread to Istanbul. In fact, the word Ajam, (an Arabic/Turkish scale whose western equivalent is Major and Persian is Rast Panjgah) was used in Ottoman music culture to describe not just the scale, but referred to “Old Iran” and its musicians. Kayhan shared with me the melodic skeleton for these pieces, which were reconstructed (much as a Jordi Savall will do with old European music) by an Iranian musician and scholar named Arash Mohafez. So, in a certain sense, there's a big game of telephone over the centuries going on here, as Mohafez himself says that his aim wasn't purely to attempt playing these melodies as they were done in the Ottoman/Safavid era, but to bring them to life using his own taste and modern Persian music values. In turn, I had to use the resonance and rich sonorities of five string players and percussion to make choices about how these melodies could sound in yet another context. One interesting feature is that they are often in lengthy rhythmic cycles (in the case of Busalik, 48 beats). This is because they evolved out of sophisticated poetic forms, and it's beautiful to hear how this rhyming scheme plays itself out melodically and rhythmically. A Walking Fire, (the third piece in the suite) is a movement from a suite of pieces of the same name I wrote originally for Brooklyn Rider. The title comes from a line of poetry by the 13th century Sufi mystic Rumi, in which he is praising his friend and mentor Shamsi-Tabrizi, saying that he is a living embodiment of love, literally "a walking fire." — Colin Jacobsen GLASS: STRING QUARTET NO. 7 Philip Glass is perhaps most widely known for his dramatic scores to such iconic films as The Hours, Kundun, Mishima, and Koyaanisqatsi, as well as for his operatic works, namely Einstein on the Beach and Satyagraha. Having recorded the composer’s then complete works for string quartet (Orange Mountain Music, 2011*), we found that the broad and pervasive appeal of his musical language coupled with our desire to expand the traditional boundaries of the string quartet helped to foster a deep sense of connection to this music. From the very first notes of IRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE | 17
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our rehearsal process, we felt an affinity to the glowing sonorities and the way the music coaxed us towards a truly collective spirit as a quartet. The openness of the music and the ability of these quartets to be both of their time and curiously “unstuck” from time caused us to draw connections to other familiar sounds such as the urban mechanization of Brooklyn to the drone infused textures of Persian music and beyond; all of this made the music more deeply rooted in our collective 'Brooklyn Rider' experience. The expansive single movement of the Seventh String Quartet (2014), almost Bach-ian in the clarity of its expression, represents his very latest contribution to the genre, and was premiered as a collaboration between the Nederlands Dance Theater and the Kronos Quartet with choreography by Paul Lightfoot and Sol Léon. —Nicholas Cords (*Please look for a new recording by Brooklyn Rider of the Sixth and Seventh string quartets of Philip Glass on Orange Mountain Music.)
JACOBSEN: BELOVED, DO NOT LET ME BE DISCOURAGED The title of Beloved, do not let me be discouraged comes from a line of 16th century Turkish poetry by Fuzuli and is taken from his version of the legendary tale of Layli and Magnun, a story about ill-fated lovers that has many obvious parallels to Romeo and Juliet. To be magnun is literally to be crazy for love, and we first learned about this widely popular story in the Middle East and beyond during our trip to Iran. In our ears, Persian music expresses a deep desire to lose oneself in love. With a performer like Kayhan, this desire is communicated vividly, even to someone completely unfamiliar with the tradition. Additionally, the piece has links to the troubadours of 14th century Italy. The idea of medieval courtly love was a central theme of the music and poetry of the troubadours, and the very idea of this sort of ennobling love was influenced by early Arabic literature. During the 14th century, Persia and Italy enjoyed strong connections through trade in luxury goods, architecture, art and metalwork. One of our early impressions of Kayhan’s instrument was that it seemed to evoke the sound world of Europe before the advent of the modern family of string instruments when the voices of early string instruments such as the rebec, the Renaissance fiddle and the lira da braccio were more humanistic, natural and intimate. Colin, the composer of Beloved, describes the process of pulling together the material as follows: Much inspiration for this piece came from working within that creative cauldron, the Silk Road Ensemble, with Alim Qasimov, the great Azeri Mugham singer, on a chamber version of Hajibeyov’s opera, Layla and
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Majnun. There was a melodic fragment that caught my ear, and after working with it for a while it developed into the rhythmic piece that forms the second half of Beloved, do not let me be discouraged. This represents the feverish longing of the lover for his or her beloved and the divine inspiration that the mere thought of him or her brings. At the same time that I was working on this Layla and Majnun-inspired piece, I stumbled across the genre of sacred songs called Laude which were sung in the vernacular in 14th century Italy. There was a striking similarity of devotional feeling characterized by joyful praise and ecstatic penitence between these Laude and the Layla and Majnun theme. Apparently, the genre is related to the music of the troubadours of France and Spain in the earlier Middle Ages whose music in turn may be related to the Middle Eastern idealization of a beloved. One particular Laude, “Plangiamo,” gave me the proverbial goose bumps on first hearing. It happened to be in the same mode as the rhythmic piece I had already written but was in a free, improvised and rhetorical style that I thought would make a great introduction to Beloved, do not let me be discouraged if some thought were given to a specific arrangement for our ensemble. This “Plangiamo” is the kind of melody that reveals more and more of itself each time it’s heard, much the way a beloved, divine or human, can give one an endless feeling of wonder. —Nicholas Cords KALHOR: SILENT CITY When we performed Silent City a few years ago in Berkeley, California, we were deeply moved when a small group of audience members from New Orleans found us afterwards and, nearly in tears, told us that the piece had acted as a balm for their harrowing experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina. Though the piece was sparked by the destruction of Hallabjah in Kurdistan Iraq, it was always intended to serve as a universal testament to fallen cities and civilizations. But even more central to Silent City is the idea that life always returns, sprouting anew out of the empty landscape. Commissioned through the Silk Road Project in conjunction with a Harvard University course entitled “First Nights,” the piece allowed us to develop Kayhan’s ideas amongst ourselves and through the collective ear and life experience of the class itself. The variety of observations and personal anecdotes in response to our musical ideas was truly inspiring and allowed two things to happen: It gave us a greater awareness of the emotional content encoded in the music and it inspired our sense of the piece as an open dialogue between performers and audience members. The musical narrative itself unfolds in reverse-time. The opening
BROOKLYN RIDER Hailed as “the future of chamber music” (Strings), Brooklyn Rider offers eclectic repertoire in gripping performances that continue to attract legions of fans and draw rave reviews from classical, world, and rock critics alike. Brooklyn Rider celebrated its tenth anniversary with the groundbreaking multi- disciplinary project Brooklyn Rider Almanac, for which it recorded and toured 15 specially commissioned works, each inspired by a different artistic muse. Last season, Brooklyn Rider released an album with Anne Sofie von Otter entitled So Many Things on Naïve Records, including music by Colin Jacobsen, Caroline Shaw, John Adams, Nico Muhly, Björk, Sting, Kate Bush and Elvis Costello, among others. Together they toured material from the album and more in the U.S. and Europe, including stops at Carnegie Hall and the Opernhaus Zurich. After performances together at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Massachusetts, the quartet toured the U.S. with choreographer Brian Brooks and former New York City Ballet prima ballerina Wendy Whelan, performing Some of a Thousand Words. Using music from composers John Luther Adams, Tyondai Braxton, Philip Glass, Evan Ziporyn, and a new composition from Brooklyn Rider's Colin Jacobsen, the intimate series of duets and solos featuring Brooks and Whelan foregrounds the live onstage music of the quartet as a dynamic and central creative component. Brooklyn Rider released
Spontaneous Symbols in the fall of 2017. Other recent recording projects include 2016’s The Fiction Issue with music by Gabriel Kahane, 2013’s A Walking Fire on Mercury Classics and The Impostor with Béla Fleck on Deutsche Grammophon/Mercury Classics, plus 2011’s much-praised Brooklyn Rider Plays Philip Glass on the composer’s Orange Mountain Music label. Violinist Johnny Gandelsman launched In A Circle Records in 2008 with the release of Brooklyn Rider's eclectic debut recording, Passport, followed by Dominant Curve in 2010, and Seven Steps in 2012. A long-standing relationship between Brooklyn Rider and Iranian kamancheh player Kayhan Kalhor resulted in the much-praised 2008 recording, Silent City. www.brooklynrider.com facebook.com/BklynRider twitter.com/Brooklyn_Rider KAYHAN KALHOR, KAMANCHEH Three-time GRAMMY nominee Kayhan Kalhor is an internationally acclaimed virtuoso on the kamancheh, whothrough his many musical collaborations has been instrumental in popularizing Persian music in the West and is a creative force in today’s music scene. His performances of traditional Persian music and multiple collaborations have attracted audiences around the globe. He has studied the music of Iran’s many regions, in particular those of Khorason and Kordestan, and has toured the world as a soloist with various ensembles and orchestras including the New York Philharmonic and the Orchestre National de Lyon. He is co-founder of the renowned ensembles Dastan, Ghazal: Persian & Indian Improvisations and Masters of Persian Music. Kayhan Kalhor has composed works for Iran’s most renowned vocalists Mohammad Reza Shajarian and Shahram Nazeri and has also performed and recorded with Iran’s greatest instrumentalists. He has composed music for television and film and was most recently featured on the soundtrack of Francis Ford Copolla’s Youth Without Youth in a score that he collaborated on with Osvaldo Golijov. In 2004, Kayhan was invited by American composer John Adams to give a solo recital at Carnegie Hall as part of his Perspectives Series and in the same year he appeared on a double bill at Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival, sharing the program with the Festival Orchestra performing the Mozart Requiem. Kayhan is a member of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silkroad Ensemble and his compositions appear on several of the Ensemble’s albums.
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scene is a whispered and sparse musical atmosphere, evoking a world in which a disaster has occurred, either through humanity’s own hands or by the destructive forces of nature. The echoes of distant voices return, slowly building in intensity toward an urgent climax and point of release. This substantial first portion of the piece is completely improvised, allowing us to collectively work within the mode to create a visceral sense of that barren world. We employ a variety of techniques including independent loops, call and response, echoes, and the intoning of openharmonies to reflect the slowly changing emotional landscape. A lamenting chant sings out afterwards on the kamancheh, employing a traditional melody from Turkey. This leads into a Kurdish melody that repeats itself above a densely shifting harmonic world, ultimately yielding to a joyful dance in 7/8 meter that vividly depicts life flowing back again. —Nicholas Cords
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MATHIAS MATHIAS KUNZLI, KUNZLI, DRUMS DRUMS & PERCUSSSION & PERCUSSSION Hailing Hailingfrom fromSwitzerland, Switzerland, multi-disciplined multi-disciplined drummer drummer andand percussionist percussionist Mathias Mathias Kunzli Kunzli currently currentlysplits splitshis histimetime between between LosLos Angeles Angeles andand NewNew York York City. City. He He cancan be be found found around around the the globe globe performing performing in in a variety a variety of styles, of styles, withwith artists artists andand bands bands of of many many genres. genres. Mathias Mathias has has beenbeen Regina Regina Spektor’s Spektor’s touring touring drummer drummer since since April April 2012. 2012. HisHis firstfirst shows shows withwith her her were were during during an an arena arena tour,tour, opening opening for for the the latelate TomTom Petty Petty andand the the Heartbreakers. Heartbreakers. Born Born in Switzerland in Switzerland in 1975, in 1975, Mathias Mathias started started to play to play drums drums at age at age thirteen thirteen andand soonsoon he got he got involved involved withwith several several local local rock, rock, poppop andand folkfolk groups groups andand becamethe becamethe drummer drummer for for the the Swiss Swiss Youth Youth JazzJazz Orchestra, Orchestra, a national a national group group thatthat toured toured Switzerland Switzerland andand Italy, Italy, for for fivefive consecutive consecutive years. years.
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UCI Symphony Orchestra Friday, June 8, 2018 Irvine Barclay Theatre
The final concert of the 2017/18 season will feature Duke Ellington’s Giggling Rapids and Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 104, “London.” The Symphony is also thrilled to present the world premiere of a newly composed jazz piano concerto by UCI Music professors Christopher Dobrian and Kei Akagi.
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The Allergan Foundation Roland and Jacquelynn Beverly Gartley Charitable Foundation Fund Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa Hyatt Regency Waikiki Resort and Spa New England Foundation for the Arts Salwa and Sabri Rizkalla Gary and Melanie Singer BRAVO BARCLAY BENEFACTOR $2,500 – $4,999
Andrei’s Conscious Cuisine and Cocktails Anonymous James and Dolores Kase Liza and Stuart Krassner
ENCORE CIRCLE ENTHUSIAST $250 – $999 Michele and Richard Africano Oscar R. Aguirre Richard Alexander Diane and Dennis Baker Robert and Delphi Ballinger BRAVO BARCLAY Lindy Balmer PATRON Richard Bergstrom $1,000 – $2,499 Scott and Cheryl Berry Douglas Bradley Stephen Biskar Clifford and Jennifer Cheng Ellen Breitman Susan De La Parra and Brien Amspoker Don and Debra Drysdale Carol and Les Elliott Roger du Plessis Gary Fabian and Deb Solon Frederic and Aviva Forster Bill and Marjorie Fleming Melissa and Michael Fox David and Janet Henze Mark A. Franzen Yvonne and Damien Jordan IBM Matching Grants Program Judy and Terry Jones Jack and Joy Kayajanian Dave and Peggy Kelleher Dr. Paul and Mrs. Ellen Lee The Lewis Family Charitable Gift Tracy Laulhere Kim Smith Lazarus Fund Vicki and Richard Lee Peter and Alexandra Neptune Leslie Levine Amy Opfell and Vladimir Lange Chunhong Li Bruce and Esmeralda Ogilvie Chiyo and Stanton Rowe PayPal Giving Fund Nancy Smith Yvette Pergola Judy and Wes Whitmore Dorcas Preston
Jerry and Whitney Mandel Mike Peak Linda I. Smith Foundation St. Matthew’s Montessori School Western States Arts Federation
Majid and Sohaila Zarrinkelk
Susan Rhodes and Goran Matijasevic Stephen M. Rochford Joel B. Rothman Deborah and Frank Rugani Diane Sagey Louise Schwennesen Hugh Stevenson and Jan Burns Diane Stovall Thomas and Marilyn Sutton Target Marilyn and Angelo Vassos Vendini, Inc. Kathy Vickers and Jeremy Freimund John and Judy Vinke Mary Watson-Bruce Charles and Marilyn Wright Kurt and Ellen Youngs
Denise Chilcote Deanna Choi Michael and Kate Clark Susie Clausen William Cline Joseph L. and Kathleen Y. Coleman Richard and Jewel Colfer Martin Cooper Anahid Crecelius Madeleine and Alan Crivaro Charles Davison Hilary Davis and Dr. Sandy Ratner Nancy Dewsbury Steve Dickler Michael and Kathy Dogali Maria Dona Joan M. Donahue Rad and Toni Dwyer Penny Emmons Peggie Fariss Roberta Fox Keri Fujii Ellen Fujikawa Peter and Anne Garrell Margaret Gates S. Glass Family Anneke Glore Ben and Sandie Goelman Kevin Gomez Janice Groh Paul and Nancy Groner Sanjiv and Geeta Grover Cary Hairabedian Carole S. Harrison Karl and Doretta Haushalter Barbara Helton David Herzlinger and Jeanne Spudick Richard and Sara Hess Dan and Nicole Honigman Anthony Houghton Robert Ingold Laurie Jacobsen Karen Kewell Jacoby Ken Janda Korey Jorgensen Gail Judd
Judy Kaufman and George Farkas Bruce Kerr and Ann Patterson Kerry Krisher Arthur S. Kroll Rosa Kwong Dr. and Mrs. John LaGourgue Martin G. Langer Hilary Lemansky Benjamin and Sunny Leos Neal Littlejohn Anne Llewellyn Joe Lowden Christian and Sharon Maas Robert D. and Pat MacDonald Cory Mann Pablo Martinez Natalia Martinez-Ware Christine A. Marx Colette Matsui Duane and Kathleen Mauzey Jaklyn Rae McClendon Michael and Susan McGuire Cindy and John McOwen Jodi Meade Lauri and Mike Mendenhall Tom Miller David Moehring Hiroko and Yoshiharu Moriwaki John and Marjorie Murray Roy and Gwen Nakabayashi Reiko and Mitsuhiko Nakano Julie Nakata Susan Naples Steven Nelson John Newlander Catherine Ngo Mike and Pat Noggle Huey Yann Ooi Lauren and Richard Packard Jeri Pauloski Danielle Peterson Peter and Ursula Piotrowski Christopher Pollick Judith Posnikoff Edward and Betty Quilligan Sarah Quinn Elaine Ramsay
Christopher and Lynne Ramsey Brad Rawlins Wallace Realini Claudia Redfern Dennis Repp Shane Reyna Cynthia Reynolds Joe Risser Theodore and Virginia Robins Francie Rope Keitha Russell Nancy Lee Ruyter Irene A Sakioka Jack and Katharine Schoellerman William and Jean Schultz Frances Segal Todd Seidner Tully Seymour Joyce Shadburn Lori Shapiro Megan Silveira Alison Singer Gilbert Singh John L. Smith and Mary Anne Anthony-Smith Dorothy J. Solinger Edward Spilsbury Rick Spleen William Spurgeon Arthur Strauss — Neonatal Associates, Long Beach, CA Ingrid Strayer Richard and Jane Sungaila Celia and Julio Taleisnik Keith Tate Cindy Thomas Earleen Thomas Johanna Tilley Gary and Peranza Topjon George and Abril Turner Tony and Nancy Vasek John Walker Anne Walthall Kim Waterson Diane Wick Richard and Barbara Wilkes George and Flo-Ree Woodruff
NATIONAL CHOREOGRAPHERS INITIATIVE
David and Beverly Carmichael Concierge Podiatry Newport Beach Bobbi Cox Sophia and Larry Cripe Bronwynn Daniels Diane Diefenderfer and David Hanlon Roger du Plessis Gale Edelberg and Bob Butnik Henry and Janet Eggers David Emmes and Paula Tomei Cliff Faulkner and Shigeru Yaji Roberta Fox Mary and Andrew Franklin Sandy and Don French Judith A. Gorski Gale A. Granger and Barbara S. Granger Dr. and Mrs. Denis Gray Dana Huff Chuck Johnston Dr. Burton L. Karson
Joanne and Dennis Keith Michael Kerr Robert Labaree and Gillian Finley Don and Grace Laffoon Dr. Martin G. Langer Kathryn Lynch and Robert McDonnell Molly Lynch and Alan Andrews Sharon McNalley Britt Meyer Nancy Meyer John Miller Ed Moen and Janek Schergen John and Marjorie Murray Mr. and Mrs. Mitsuhiko Nakano Carl Neisser Tom and Marilyn Nielsen Anne B. Nutt Marshall Parker John and Charlene Pasko James Penrod Janice and Richard Plastino
Dolly A. Platt, Ph.D Edward and Diana Putz Barbara Roberts Robinson Foundation Michelle Rohe Andrew Rose Geoffrey and Debbie Sampson Jack and Katy Schellerman Sally Anne and Don Sheridan Igal and Diane Silber Ann Sim Jackie Smiley Elizabeth Stahr Richard and Elizabeth Steele Fund Jennifer Szabo Karen and Gary Thorne Barbara and Jack Tingley Max and Peggy Weismair Mary Vensel White and T. Jason White William Gillespie Foundation
ENCORE CIRCLE SUPPORTER $100 – $249 Mahvash Ahangi Steven and Alexandria Allan Robert Allgeier AmazonSmile Foundation Debbie Aslanian Jim Aust Stuart Baron George and Linda Bauer Linda Berquist Richard H. Bigelow Michael and Margaret Bodeau Suzanne Boras Lupe Borboa Leia Bowers Bobby R. and Edith S. Brannon Scott Brinkerhoff Margaret and James Brumm Douglas T. Burch, Jr. Linda and Roland Bye James Byrne David Calica Luisa Cano Harold and Eleanor Carpenter Judith Cassedy-MacPherson Grace Chen Rita R. Chenoweth
As a partner in the annual National Choreographers Initiative, Irvine Barclay Theatre is also pleased to acknowledge all those who support this important contribution to American dance.
Betty B. and Roy Anderson David Anderson Betsy Andrews and Alex Moad Mrs. Alan V. Andrews Diane and Dennis Baker Ballet Barres West William H. Bardens Dr. Michael Bear Beau Corps Studio Helene Belisle Paul Blank Stacie Brandt Laurie and Bart Brown
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