WELCOME
A MESSAGE FROM THE ACTING CHANCELLOR
RALPH J. HEXTER
UC DAVIS ACTING CHANCELLOR
We understand that artistic expression and the enjoyment and passion it engenders is essential.
“Art,” the author and social activist Thomas Merton said, “enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” At UC Davis, we have spent decades celebrating a diverse presentation and appreciation of the arts because we understand that artistic expression and the enjoyment and passion it engenders is essential not only to a well-rounded education but also to a satisfying and well-lived life. Looking through the program for the 2016-17 Mondavi Center season, one cannot help but be struck by the range and quality of artistic offerings. There truly is something wonderful for everyone in our community and region to enjoy. You might choose to spend an evening with George Takei, who mixes wry wit and wisdom as he reflects on the amazing journey that is his life. Perhaps you’ll want to settle into your seats and be transported to another world by the virtuoso brilliance of violinists Itzhak Perlman and Joshua Bell. There is music for lovers of jazz and multiple classical genres, including Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, the Alexander String Quartet and the Rising Stars of Opera with members of the San Francisco Opera Adler Fellows and our own UC Davis Symphony Orchestra. If your musical preferences run more to funk, we have a true pioneer in the genre, Maceo Parker, with The Jones Family Singers, to get your feet tapping and your souls soaring. The Mondavi Center will also be hosting cutting-edge comedians, thoughtprovoking lecturers, extraordinary dancers and authors and the provocative L.A. Theatre Works production of Judgment at Nuremberg, a unique live radio theaterstyle performance that will be sure to make us reflect on the human condition. The great dancer and choreographer Twyla Tharp once said, “Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.” At UC Davis this season, we can experience inspiring performances from around the world right here in Davis thanks to the outstanding work of our Mondavi Center staff and because of your support. Some of my most enjoyable experiences on campus have been as an enchanted member of the Mondavi Center audience. I am confident that you, too, will be captivated and inspired as so many have been over the center’s first 14 seasons. On behalf of the entire UC Davis community, thank you for being a part of the performing arts on our campus. Please enjoy whatever shows you’ve chosen and we hope to see you again very soon.
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A MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ROBERT AND MARGRIT
MONDAVI CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
DON ROTH, Ph.D. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
As the Pitzer Center and the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art open this fall, they will, along with the Mondavi Center, bring to fruition a long-held dream of building a great arts complex at UC Davis. Many visionaries have been involved in making this dream a reality. One of those visionaries was our dear friend Margrit Mondavi, who passed away in early September. Margrit was a buoyant and joyous person, who thrived around the arts and artists, and whose generosity helped create both the Mondavi Center and the Manetti Shrem Museum. The Mondavi Center just won’t be the same without Margrit’s shining presence in the hall. (See my longer remembrance of Margrit on page 32.) In 1984, UC Davis commissioned a study for a Cultural Center, to consist of a 1,700 seat Great Hall (Jackson Hall has 1,801); a 400 seat concert hall (the Pitzer Center’s capacity) and a 10,000 square foot gallery (Manetti Shrem will be 44,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor space) with an adjacent sculpture garden (the Margrit Mondavi Art Garden). These plans languished until Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef’s 1994 inaugural convocation. Against the advice of many, Chancellor Vanderhoef announced his intention to build a Center for the Performing Arts which would be “the point of convergence where the achievements of the university are celebrated, new ideas debated… and the treasures of the world’s literary and performing traditions are given life.” By 2002, the Mondavi Center opened; and now in 2016, the complete vision is in place with the Pitzer Center and Manetti Shrem Museum.
One vital part of the arts center was not originally envisioned: the flexible Studio Theatre. Campus Planner Bob Segar, a prime mover in realizing the Mondavi Center, notes that faculty member Jenelle Reinelt advocated to transform what was to be a symphony rehearsal room into a multi-use performance space, creating access for student and faculty work and for more cutting edge and intimate productions. Today, this wonderful space, now named for Larry and Rosalie Vanderhoef, hosts the Alexander String Quartet series, week-long Studio Jazz runs, as well as most of our Visions programs which present the classic and contemporary in new and unusual ways. As we open this season we are excited to welcome our new arts neighbors and grateful to the prescient planners and the generous philanthropists who have brought into being a dream for the “convergence” of the arts on the UC Davis campus and in the Sacramento region.
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SCIENCE FRIDAY with host IRA FLATOW A Speakers Series Event Saturday, September 24, 2016 • 8PM Jackson Hall SPONSORED BY:
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SCIENCE FRIDAY Covering the outer reaches of space to the tiniest microbes in our bodies, Science Friday is the source for entertaining and educational stories about science, technology and other cool stuff. Science Friday has for the past 25 years introduced top scientists to public radio listeners, and reminded them how much fun it is to learn something new. But it’s much more than just a radio show. Science Friday produces award-winning digital videos, original web articles, and educational resources for teachers and informal educators. As founder Ira Flatow likes to say, Science Friday is “brain fun, for curious people.” All of the work is independently produced by the Science Friday Initiative, a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the public’s access to science and scientific information. Public Radio International (PRI) distributes the radio show, which you can catch on nearly 400 public radio stations across the U.S.
IRA FLATOW Award-winning science correspondent and TV journalist Ira Flatow is the host of Science Friday, bringing radio and internet listeners worldwide a lively, informative discussion on science, technology, health, space and the environment. Flatow is also founder and president of the Science Friday Initiative, a non-profit company dedicated to creating radio, TV and internet projects that make science “user-friendly.” 8 MONDAVIART S.ORG
Flatow’s interest in things scientific began in boyhood—he almost burned down his mother’s bathroom trying to recreate a biology class experiment. “I was the proverbial kid who spent hours in the basement experimenting with electronic gizmos, and then entering them in high school science fairs,” Flatow says. Mixing his passion for science with a tendency toward being a bit of a ham, Flatow describes his work as the challenge “to make science and technology a topic for discussion around the dinner table.” He has shared that enthusiasm with public radio listeners for more than 35 years. As a reporter and then news director at WBFO-FM/ Buffalo, New York, Flatow began reporting at the station while studying for his engineering degree at State University of New York in Buffalo. As NPR’s science correspondent from 1971 to 1986, Flatow found himself reporting from the Kennedy Space Center, Three Mile Island, Antarctica and the South Pole. In one memorable NPR report, Flatow took former All Things Considered host Susan Stamberg into a closet to crunch Wint-O-Green Lifesavers, proving they spark in the dark. Flatow has numerous television credits including six years as host and writer for the Emmy award-winning Newton’s Apple on PBS, science reporter for CBS This Morning, and has hosted the PBS series Big Ideas, produced by WNET in New York. He wrote, produced, and hosted Transistorized!, a documentary about the history of the transistor, which aired on PBS. He has co-starred twice on the CBS hit series The Big Bang Theory. Flatow has also
SCIENCE FRIDAY WITH IRA FLATOW hosted numerous science-related webcasts for Discovery Online, The Great Planet Debate and the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Flatow’s recent honors include: the Isaac Asimov Award (2012); the Nierenberg Prize (2010); Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering, membership (2008); National Science Teachers Association Faraday Science Communicator Award (2007); the National Science Board Public Service Award (2005); World Economic Forum Media Fellowship (2005); AAAS Journalism award (2000); Brady
Washburn Award (2000); and the Carl Sagan Award (1999). He is a member of the National Association of Science Writers, AFTRA and the Screen Actors Guild. His most recent book is entitled Present At The Future: From Evolution to Nanotechnology, Candid and Controversial Conversations On Science and Nature (HarperCollins). His hobbies include tennis, golf, gardening (especially orchids) and electronic gadgets. He loves the theater. A native of New York, Flatow now lives in Connecticut.
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SCIENCE FRIDAY WITH HOST IRA FLATOW Ira Flatow launched his weekly Science Friday program on NPR back in October 1991—which is to say Science Friday will celebrate its 25th anniversary next month. The show is now carried by over 370 NPR affiliates and is heard by 1.5 million listeners weekly. One advantage of on-air longevity is the opportunity to revisit an interesting topic and see how things have changed. Back in 1994, when online news was just beginning, Flatow hosted a Science Friday discussion of “The Future of Newspapers,” with guests including Bill Mitchell, then the director of electronic publishing at the San Jose Mercury News. Flatow revisited the topic in May 2016—with Mitchell returning as guest—and contrasted recorded content from 1994 with a reappraisal from the present day. Some predictions made in 1994 did not pan out. The popularity of newspapers’ print editions declined faster than anyone in the industry predicted at that time. And no one really predicted the rise of social media like Facebook and Twitter. It all made for a fascinating Science Friday segment (still available for listening online). UC Davis has become a fertile source of expert guests for Science Friday—including Mike Gil, National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy (talking about the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency – DARPA – in March 2016), Susan Handy, Director of the National Center for Sustainable Transportation (talking about self-driving cars in January 2016) and Garen Wintemute, Director of the Violence Prevention Research Program at the UC Davis School of Medicine (talking about gun violence in December 2015). Novelist and longtime Davis resident Kim Stanley Robinson, whose meticulouslyresearched books explore future trends, has been on the program several times. Robinson told me “What I would say about Ira is he’s quick. Quick-witted, thus funny, which is great, but also very quick to see what is interesting and important in whatever you’re there to discuss, then leading you along that line of inquiry. You have to be on your toes when you talk to him on his show, because he pushes beyond whatever you might have prepared to get to some further ramifications that you might not have thought of. That makes it surprising, and a lot of fun.”
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016 • 8PM
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JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER The mission of Jazz at Lincoln Center is to entertain, enrich and expand a global community for jazz through performance, education and advocacy. With the world-renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) and guest artists spanning genres and generations, Jazz at Lincoln Center produces thousands of performance, education, and broadcast events each season in its home in New York City and around the world, for people of all ages. Education is a major part of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s mission. These programs include the celebrated Jazz for Young People™ family concert series, the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival, the Jazz for Young People™ Curriculum, educational residencies, workshops and concerts for students and adults worldwide. 10 MONDAVIART S.ORG
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Jazz at Lincoln Center, NPR Music and WBGO have partnered to create the next generation of jazz programming in public radio: Jazz Night in America. The series showcases today’s vital jazz scene while also underscoring the genre’s storied history. Hosted by bassist Christian McBride, the program features hand-picked performances from across the country, woven with the colorful stories of the artists behind them. Jazz Night in America and Jazz at Lincoln Center’s radio archive can be found at jazz.org/radio. Jazz at Lincoln Center also regularly premieres works commissioned from a variety of composers including Benny Carter, Joe Henderson, Benny Golson, Jimmy Heath, Wayne Shorter, Sam Rivers, Joe Lovano, Chico O’Farrill, Freddie Hubbard, Charles McPherson, Marcus Roberts, Geri Allen, Eric Reed, Wallace Roney and Christian McBride, as well as from current and former JLCO members Wynton Marsalis, Wycliffe Gordon, Ted Nash, Victor Goines, Sherman Irby, Chris Crenshaw, and Carlos Henriquez. Jazz at Lincoln Center is led by Chairman Robert J. Appel, Managing and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis and Executive Director Greg Scholl.
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U.S. and around the world, including live broadcasts on XM Satellite Radio and PBS stations nationwide. The Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Higher Ground Benefit Concert raised funds for the Higher Ground Relief Fund that was established by Jazz at Lincoln Center, and administered through the Baton Rouge Area Foundation to benefit the musicians, music industry-related enterprises and other individuals and entities who were impacted by Hurricane Katrina. The band is also featured on the Higher Ground Benefit Concert CD that was released on Blue Note Records following the concert. In 2015, Jazz at Lincoln Center announced the launch of Blue Engine Records, a new platform to make its vast archive of recorded concerts available to jazz audiences everywhere. The label is dedicated to releasing new studio and live recordings as well as archival recordings from past Jazz at Lincoln Center performances, and its first record— Live in Cuba, recorded on a historic 2010 trip to Havana by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis—was released in October 2015. Blue Engine’s second offering— Carlos Henriquez’s The Bronx Pyramid—was released in September, and Big Band Holidays
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The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO), comprising 15 of the finest jazz soloists and ensemble players today, has been the Jazz at Lincoln Center resident orchestra since 1988. Featured in all aspects of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s programming, this remarkably versatile orchestra performs and leads educational events in New York, across the U.S. and around the globe with an ever-expanding roster of guest artists. Under Music Director Wynton Marsalis, the JLCO performs a vast repertoire, from rare historic compositions to Jazz at Lincoln Center-commissioned works. Over the last few years, the JLCO has performed collaborations with many of the world’s leading symphony orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, the Russian National Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Boston, Chicago and London Symphony Orchestras, the Orchestra Esperimentale in São Paolo, Brazil and others. In 2006, the JLCO collaborated with Ghanaian drum collective Odadaa!, led by Yacub Addy, to perform Congo Square, a composition Marsalis and Addy co-wrote and dedicated to Marsalis’ native New Orleans. The JLCO performed Marsalis’ Swing Symphony with the Berliner Philharmoniker in Berlin and with the New York Philharmonic in 2010 and with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 2011. Concerts by the JLCO have aired in the encoreartsprograms.com 11
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS from the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis arrived in stores in October. The most recent release is The Abyssinian Mass, a Wynton Marsalis composition featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Damien Sneed, 70-piece Gospel Choir Chorale Le Chateau, and special guest Reverend Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III. To date, 14 other recordings featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis have been released and internationally distributed:
Vitoria Suite (2010); Portrait in Seven Shades (2010); Congo Square (2007); Don’t Be Afraid... The Music of Charles Mingus (2005); A Love Supreme (2005); All Rise (2002); Big Train (1999); Sweet Release & Ghost Story (1999); Live in Swing City (1999); Jump Start and Jazz (1997); Blood on the Fields (1997); They Came to Swing (1994); The Fire of the Fundamentals (1993); and Portraits by Ellington (1992).
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WYNTON MARSALIS (music director, trumpet) is the Managing and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Marsalis began his classical training on trumpet at age 12 and soon began playing in local bands of diverse genres. He entered The Juilliard School at age 17 and joined Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Marsalis made his recording debut as a leader in 1982, and has since recorded more than 70 jazz and classical albums, which have garnered him nine Grammy Awards. In 1983, he became the first and only artist to win both classical and jazz Grammy Awards in the same year; he repeated this feat in 1984. In 1997, Marsalis became the first jazz artist to be awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize in music for his oratorio Blood on the Fields, which was commissioned by Jazz at Lincoln Center. In 1999, he released eight new recordings in his unprecedented Swinging into the 21st series, and premiered several new compositions, including the ballet Them Twos, a collaboration with the New York City Ballet. That same year, he premiered the monumental work All Rise, commissioned and performed by the New York Philharmonic along with the JLCO and the Morgan State University Choir. Recorded on September 14 and 15, 2001 in Los Angeles in the tense days following 9/11, All Rise features the JLCO along with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Morgan State University Choir, the Paul Smith Singers and the Northridge Singers. In 2004, he released The Magic Hour, his first of six albums on Blue Note records. He followed up his Blue Note debut with Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson, the companion soundtrack recording to Ken Burns’ PBS documentary of the great AfricanAmerican boxer. To mark the 200th Anniversary of Harlem’s historical Abyssinian Baptist Church in 2008, Marsalis composed a full mass for choir and jazz orchestra. The piece premiered at Jazz at Lincoln Center and followed with performances at the celebrated church. Marsalis composed his second symphony, Blues Symphony, which was premiered in 2009 by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and in 2010 by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Marsalis is also an internationally respected teacher and spokesman for music education, and has received honorary doctorates from dozens of universities and colleges
throughout the U.S. He conducts educational programs for students of all ages and hosts the popular Jazz for Young People™ concerts produced by Jazz at Lincoln Center. Marsalis has also written and is the host of the video series “Marsalis on Music” and the radio series Making the Music. He has also written six books. In 2001, Marsalis was appointed Messenger of Peace by Kofi Annan, former SecretaryGeneral of the United Nations; he has also been designated cultural ambassador to the United States of America by the U.S. State Department through their CultureConnect program. In 2009, Marsalis was awarded France’s Legion of Honor, the highest honor bestowed by the French government.
RYAN KISOR (trumpet) was born in Sioux City, Iowa, and began playing trumpet at age 4. In 1990, he won first prize at the Thelonious Monk Institute’s first annual Louis Armstrong Trumpet Competition. Kisor enrolled in Manhattan School of Music in 1991 where he studied with trumpeter Lew Soloff. He has performed and/or recorded with the Mingus Big Band, the Gil Evans Orchestra, Horace Silver, Gerry Mulligan and Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, the Philip Morris Jazz All-Stars, and others. In addition to being an active sideman, Kisor has recorded several albums as a leader, including Battle Cry (1997), The Usual Suspects (1998) and Point of Arrival (2000). He has been a member of the JLCO since 1994.
KENNY RAMPTON (trumpet) released his debut solo CD Moon Over Babylon in 2013. He is also the trumpet voice for the popular PBS TV series Sesame Street. In 2010, Rampton performed with The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra at the Edinburgh International Festival, and was the featured soloist on the Miles Davis/Gil Evans classic version of “Porgy and Bess.” In addition to leading his own groups, Rampton has been a regular member of The Mingus Big Band/ Orchestra/Dynasty, Mingus Epitaph, George Gruntz’ Concert Jazz Band, Chico O’Farrill’s Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, Bebo Valdez’ Latin Jazz All-Stars and The Manhattan Jazz Orchestra. He spent much of the 1990s touring the world with The Ray Charles
Orchestra, The Jimmy McGriff Quartet, legendary jazz drummer Panama Francis (and the Savoy Sultans), as well as jazz greats Jon Hendricks, Lionel Hampton and Illinois Jacquet. Some of Rampton’s Broadway credits include Anything Goes, Finian’s Rainbow, The Wiz, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Young Frankenstein and The Color Purple. He joined the JLCO in 2010.
MARCUS PRINTUP (trumpet) was born and raised in Conyers, Georgia. His first musical experiences were hearing the fiery gospel music his parents sang in church. While attending the University of North Florida on a music scholarship, he won the International Trumpet Guild Jazz Trumpet competition. In 1991, Printup’s life changed when he met his mentor, the great pianist Marcus Roberts, who introduced him to Wynton Marsalis. This led to Printup’s induction into the JLCO in 1993. Printup has recorded with Betty Carter, Dianne Reeves, Eric Reed, Madeline Peyroux, Ted Nash, Cyrus Chestnut, Wycliffe Gordon and Roberts among others. He has recorded several records as a leader—his most recent recordings being Homage (2012) and Desire (2013) featuring Riza Printup on the harp. He made a big screen appearance in the movie Playing by Heart (1999) and recorded on the film’s soundtrack. Printup is an in-demand clinician teaching middle schools, high schools, and colleges across the U.S. and teaches privately at the prestigious Mannes New School of Music.
VINCENT GARDNER (trombone) was born in Chicago and raised in Hampton, Virginia. After singing, playing piano, violin, saxophone and French horn at an early age, he decided on the trombone at age 12. He attended Florida A&M University and the University of North Florida. After graduating from college, he moved to Brooklyn, completed a world tour with Lauryn Hill in 2000 and then joined the JLCO. Gardner has taught at The Juilliard School, Florida State University, Michigan State University and at The New School. He is currently the Director of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Youth Orchestra. In 2009, he was commissioned by Jazz at Lincoln Center to write The Jesse B. Semple encoreartsprograms.com 13
Suite, a 60-minute suite inspired by the short stories of Langston Hughes. He has performed with The Duke Ellington Orchestra, Bobby McFerrin, Harry Connick, Jr., The Saturday Night Live Band, Chaka Khan, A Tribe Called Quest and many others. Gardner was chosen as the #1 Rising Star Trombonist in the 2014 DownBeat Critics Poll.
CHRIS CRENSHAW (trombone) was born in Thomson, Georgia. Since birth, he has been driven by and surrounded by music. When he started playing piano at age 3, his teachers and fellow students noticed his aptitude for the instrument. This love for piano led to his first gig with Echoes of Joy, his father Casper’s gospel quartet group. He started playing the trombone at 11, receiving honors and awards along the way, and received his Bachelor’s degree with honors in Jazz Performance from Valdosta State University in 2005. He was awarded Most Outstanding Student in the VSU Music Department and College of Arts. In 2007, Crenshaw received his Master’s degree in Jazz Studies from The Juilliard School. He has appeared as a sideman on fellow JLCO trumpeter Marcus Printup’s Ballads All Night and on Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton Play the Blues. In 2006, Crenshaw joined the JLCO and in 2012 he composed God’s Trombones, a spiritually-focused work which was premiered by the JLCO.
ELLIOT MASON (trombone) was born in England and began trumpet lessons at age 4 with his father, switching his focus to trombone at age 7. At age 11, he was performing in various venues, concentrating on jazz and improvisation. At 16, Mason received a full-tuition scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music. He has won several awards including the Daily Telegraph Young Jazz Soloist (under 25) Award, the prestigious Frank Rosolino Award, the International Trombone Association’s Under 29 Jazz Trombone competition and Berklee’s Slide Hampton Award. He moved to New York City after graduation, and in 2008 Mason joined Northwestern University’s faculty as the jazz trombone instructor. Mason has performed with Count Basie Orchestra, the Mingus Big Band, the Maria Schneider Orchestra and the Maynard Ferguson Big Bop 14 MONDAVIART S.ORG
Nouveau. A member of the JLCO since 2006, Mason also continues to co-lead the Mason Brothers Quintet with his brother. The Mason Brothers released their debut album, Two Sides, One Story in 2011.
SHERMAN IRBY (alto and soprano saxophones, flute, clarinet) was born and raised in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He found his musical calling at age 12 and in high school he played and recorded with gospel immortal James Cleveland. He graduated from Clark Atlanta University with a B.A. in music education and in 1994 moved to New York City and recorded his first two albums, Full Circle (1996) and Big Mama’s Biscuits (1998) on Blue Note. In 1995, Irby toured the U.S. and the Caribbean with the Boys Choir of Harlem, and joined the JLCO for a two-year stint. During that tenure he also recorded and toured with Marcus Roberts, and was part of Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead Program and Roy Hargrove’s ensemble. From 2003–2011, Irby was the regional director for JazzMasters Workshop and he has served as artist-in-residence for Jazz Camp West and an instructor for Monterey Jazz Festival Band Camp. Since rejoining the JLCO, Irby has arranged much of the JLCO’s music, and he has been commissioned to compose new works, including Twilight Sounds, and his Dante-inspired ballet, Inferno.
TED NASH (alto and soprano saxophones, flute, clarinet) enjoys an extraordinary career as a performer, conductor, composer, arranger and educator. Born in Los Angeles into a musical family (his father, Dick Nash, and uncle, the late Ted Nash, were both well-known jazz and studio musicians), Nash blossomed early. Nash has that uncanny ability to mix freedom with accessibility, blues with intellect and risktaking with clarity. His group Odeon has often been cited as a creative focus of jazz. Many of Nash’s recordings have received critical acclaim, and have appeared on the “best-of” lists in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Village Voice and The Boston Globe. His recordings, The Mancini Project and Sidewalk Meeting, have been placed on several “best-ofdecade” lists. His album Portrait in Seven Shades was recorded by the JLCO and was released in 2010. The album is the first composition
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS released by the JLCO featuring original music by a band member other than bandleader Wynton Marsalis. Nash’s latest album, Chakra, was released in 2013, and the JLCO recently premiered his commissioned work, Presidential Suite, in 2014.
VICTOR GOINES (tenor and soprano saxophones, clarinet, bass clarinet) is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana. He has been a member of the JLCO and the Wynton Marsalis Septet since 1993, touring throughout the world and recording over 20 albums. As a leader, Goines has recorded seven albums including his latest releases, Pastels of Ballads and Blues (2007) and Love Dance (2007) on Criss Cross Records, and Twilight (2012) on Rosemary Joseph Records. A gifted composer, Goines has more than 50 original works to his credit, including 2014’s Crescent City, premiered by the JLCO. He has recorded and/or performed with many noted jazz and popular artists including Ahmad Jamal, Ruth Brown, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Dizzy Gillespie, Lenny Kravitz, Branford Marsalis, Ellis Marsalis, Dianne Reeves, Willie Nelson, Marcus Roberts, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder and a host of others. Currently, he is the Director of Jazz Studies/ Professor of Music at Northwestern University. He received a Bachelor of Music degree from Loyola University and a Master of Music degree from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Band, Wycliffe Gordon, Marcus Roberts, Wynton Marsalis Quintet, Isaac Hayes and many others. Blanding lived in Israel for four years and had a major impact on the music scene while touring the country with his own ensemble and with U.S. artists such as Louis Hayes, Eric Reed, Vanessa Rubin and others. He taught music in several Israeli schools and opened his own private school in Tel Aviv. During this period, Newsweek International called him a “Jazz Ambassador to Israel.”
PAUL NEDZELA (baritone and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet) has become one of today’s top baritone saxophone players. He has played with many renowned artists and ensembles, including Wess Anderson, George Benson, The Birdland Big Band, Bill Charlap, Chick
WALTER BLANDING (tenor and soprano saxophones, clarinet) was born into a musical family in Cleveland, Ohio, and began playing the saxophone at age 6. In 1981, he moved with his family to New York City and by age 16, he was performing regularly with his parents at the Village Gate. Blanding attended LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts and earned a B.F.A from The New School for Social Research. His 1991 debut release, Tough Young Tenors, was acclaimed as one of the best jazz albums of the year. He has been a member of the JLCO since 1998 and has performed, toured, and/or recorded with his own groups and with such renowned artists as the Cab Calloway Orchestra, Roy Hargrove, Hilton Ruiz, Count Basie Orchestra, Illinois Jacquet Big encoreartsprograms.com 15
Corea, Paquito D’Rivera, Michael Feinstein, Benny Golson, Wycliffe Gordon, Roy Haynes, Christian McBride, Eric Reed, Dianne Reeves, Herlin Riley, Maria Schneider, Frank Sinatra Jr., The Temptations, The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Reginald Veal and Max Weinberg. Nedzela has performed in Twyla Tharp’s Broadway show, Come Fly Away, and in major festivals around the world. He has studied with some of the foremost baritone
saxophonists in the world, including Joe Temperley, Gary Smulyan and Roger Rosenberg. Nedzela graduated with honors from McGill University in Montreal with a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics. A recipient of the Samuel L. Jackson Scholarship Award, he continued his musical studies at The Juilliard School and graduated with a Master of Music degree.
DAN NIMMER (piano) was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. With prodigious technique and an innate sense of swing, his playing often recalls that of his own heroes Oscar Peterson, Wynton Kelly, Erroll Garner and Art Tatum. As a young man, Nimmer’s family inherited a piano and he started playing by ear. He studied classical piano and eventually became interested in jazz. At the same time, he began playing gigs around Milwaukee. Upon graduation from high school, Nimmer left Milwaukee to study music at Northern Illinois University. Working a lot in the Chicago scene, Nimmer decided to leave school and make the big move to New York City. A year after moving to New York City, he became a member of the JLCO and the Wynton Marsalis Quintet. Nimmer has worked with Norah Jones, Willie Nelson, Dianne Reeves, George Benson, Frank Wess, Clark Terry, Tom Jones, Benny Golson, Lewis Nash, Peter Washington, Ed Thigpen, Wess “Warmdaddy” Anderson, Fareed Haque and many more. He has released four of his own albums on the Venus label (Japan).
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was born in the Bronx, New York. He studied music at a young age, played guitar through junior high school and took up the bass while enrolled in The Juilliard School’s Music Advancement Program. He entered LaGuardia High School of Music & Arts and Performing Arts and was involved with the LaGuardia Concert Jazz Ensemble, which went on to win first place in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival in 1996. In 1998, Henriquez joined the Wynton Marsalis Septet and the JLCO, touring the world and featured on more than 25 albums. Henriquez has performed with artists including Chucho Valdés, Paco De Lucía, Tito Puente, the Marsalis Family, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Lenny Kravitz, Marc Anthony and many others. He has been a member of the music faculty at Northwestern University School of Music since 2008, and was music director of the JLCO’s cultural exchange with the Cuban Institute of Music with Chucho Valdés in 2010.
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS ALI JACKSON (drums) developed his talent on drums at an early age and, in 1998, was the recipient of Michigan’s prestigious Artserv Emerging Artist award. After earning an undergraduate degree in Music Composition at the New School University for Contemporary Music, he studied under Elvin Jones and Max Roach. He has performed and recorded with artists including Wynton Marsalis, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Aretha Franklin, George Benson, Harry Connick, Jr., KRS-1, Marcus Roberts, Joshua Redman, Vinx, Seito Kinen Orchestra conductor Seiji Ozawa, Diana Krall and the New York City Ballet. Jackson is also featured on the Wynton Marsalis Quartet recordings The Magic Hour (Blue Note, 2004) and From the Plantation to the Penitentiary. Jackson collaborated with jazz greats Cyrus Chestnut, Reginald Veal and James Carter on Gold Sounds (2005) transforming songs by indie alternative rock band Pavement into unique virtuosic interpretations. He has been a member of the JLCO since 2005. Jackson currently performs with the Wynton Marsalis Quintet, Horns in the Hood and leads the Ali Jackson Quartet.
FURTHER LISTENING by Jeff Hudson
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER WITH WYNTON MARSALIS We all know Wynton Marsalis loves the trumpet. He’s recorded many albums playing that instrument, mostly jazz, but also blues and classical, to say nothing of a Christmas Jazz Jam (2009), Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles (2011) and The Spiritual Side of Wynton Marsalis (2013). Marsalis is also a prolific composer. So you might assume that when he decided to write his first concerto for soloist and orchestra, it would be a trumpet concerto. Surprise! Marsalis wrote a violin concerto. “I always liked the violin, and I liked fiddle tunes,” Marsalis told the Los Angeles Times in July. “I knew growing up that there were many Afro-American slaves who played fiddles, so I learned how to play fiddle tunes and improvise them on my horn. I needed to know that language.” When Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti learned that Marsalis liked her instrument, she extended a challenge: “‘If you love the violin so much, why don’t you write something for it?” Eventually, he did. At first, they talked about a solo violin piece. Eventually it became a piece for violin and orchestra. Marsalis consulted Benedetti regarding what she could do on her instrument. She consulted with him about American fiddle music that she wasn’t especially familiar with. The process took about 12 years. The Marsalis Violin Concerto in D was premiered by the London Symphony Orchestra in November 2015. The first American performances came in July 2016, by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (at their summer home in Ravinia) and the Los Angeles Philharmonic (at the Hollywood Bowl). It’s an American piece. “I’m a jazz musician,” Marsalis said. “When it comes to American music—New Orleans music, blues music, music that is in the Anglo-Celtic tradition, AfroAmerican music—that’s what I know, that’s what I love, that’s where I’m comfortable and that’s what I’m about.” According to the Chicago Tribune, “The first movement incorporates a lullaby, a nightmare and feelings of serenity and recollection. The second is a circus-like Rondo Burlesque, with ragtime elements. This leads to a slow blues movement. The finale is an unabashedly wild hootenanny.” You’ll hear Marsalis tonight (though not his Violin Concerto). And if you want to check out Benedetti, she’s coming to the Mondavi Center on February 25 with the Venice Baroque Orchestra. Benedetti will play the ubiquitous Vivaldi Four Seasons. But perhaps she’ll play a solo passage from the Marsalis concerto as an encore. JEFF HUDSON CONTRIBUTES COVERAGE OF THE PERFORMING ARTS TO CAPITAL PUBLIC RADIO, THE DAVIS ENTERPRISE, AND SACRAMENTO NEWS AND REVIEW.
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The Music of Miles Davis and Original Compositions A Jackson Hall Jazz Series Event Friday, October 14, 2016 • 8PM Jackson Hall SPONSORED BY
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SFJAZZ COLLECTIVE The SFJAZZ Collective is an all-star awardwinning jazz ensemble comprising eight of the finest performers/composers at work in jazz today. Launched in 2004 by SFJAZZ in San Francisco, the SFJAZZ Collective has become one of the most exciting and acclaimed groups on the jazz scene. The award-winning SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco is the Collective’s home base and the current octet is a burnished international ensemble. Each year, the SFJAZZ Collective creates and performs eight new works and eight new arrangements of tunes by an honored artist. Past honorees include Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Thelonious Monk, Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner, Horace Silver, Stevie Wonder and Chick Corea. For their 2016-17 season, the Collective will perform new arrangements of the music of jazz innovator Miles Davis and new compositions. In addition to its outstanding line-up with a leaderless format, the SFJAZZ Collective has also been praised for the innovative approach to repertoire. Through the pioneering approach of simultaneously honoring jazz’s recent history while championing the music’s up-to-the-minute directions, the Collective embodies SFJAZZ’s commitment to jazz as a
living, ever-relevant art form. As soloists, composers, and bandleaders, the SFJAZZ Collective represents what’s happening now in jazz. They also demonstrate that jazz has truly become an international language. Hailing from Ohio, Baltimore, Miami, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and New Zealand, the Collective’s multi-cultural lineup mirrors the explosion of jazz talent around the globe. However, the jazz community only reached its current state by maintaining its traditions while simultaneously embracing innovation. This, too, is the essence of the SFJAZZ Collective. These exceptional artists come together in the name of jazz as a constantly evolving, quintessentially modern music. The idea for the Collective arose from discussions between SFJAZZ’s founder and executive artistic director Randall Kline and saxophonist and founding Collective member Joshua Redman. While deeply respectful of jazz’s origins and early traditions, SFJAZZ was concerned that the modern side of jazz, from roughly the mid-20th-century to the present day, was often overlooked in the public eye in comparison with the music of jazz’s socalled “Golden Age.” Both Kline and Redman were eager to showcase, in a manner that would resonate with jazz aficionados and
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MIGUEL ZENÓN (alto saxophone) is a multiple Grammy nominee and Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellow. Widely considered one of the most groundbreaking and influential saxophonists of his generation, he has developed a unique voice as a composer and as a conceptualist, concentrating his efforts on perfecting a fine mix between Latin American folkloric music and jazz. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Zenón has released seven recordings as a leader including Oye!!! Live In Puerto Rico (2013) and the Grammynominated Alma Adentro (2011). As a sideman, he has worked with jazz luminaries such as Charlie Haden, The Mingus Big Band, David Sánchez, Bobby Hutcherson, Fred Hersch, Kenny Werner and Steve Coleman. Zenón has given hundreds of lectures and masterclasses at institutions all over the world and is a permanent faculty member at New England Conservatory of Music. In 2011, he founded Caravana Cultural, a program which presents free Jazz concerts in rural areas of Puerto Rico.
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DAVID SÁNCHEZ (tenor saxophone) is a Puerto Rican virtuoso who, since his early exposure with Dizzy Gillespie’s United Nations Orchestra, has become a one of the most celebrated instrumentalists in jazz. He has recorded nine albums as a leader and won a Latin Grammy Award for his 2004 orchestral session, Coral. The five-time Grammy nominee has performed with a roster of greats including Charlie Haden, Eddie Palmieri, Roy Haynes, Tom Harrell and countless others. Sánchez has an impressive résumé as an educator, conducting masterclasses, workshops and residencies at the world’s top universities and
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SEAN JONES (trumpet) is a remarkable composer, trumpeter, educator and activist for whom the pursuit of jazz is a most serious endeavor. Deeply influenced by his immersion in gospel music in the church as a youth, Jones had an epiphany at the age of 19 while he was a student at Youngstown State University: his first hearing of John Coltrane’s masterpiece A Love Supreme. After receiving his Masters Degree from Rutgers University, Jones was a member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) as lead trumpeter until 2010. Jones started touring and performing regularly with his own ensembles and began his longtime relationship with Mack Avenue Records, for whom he has just released his seventh recording. Shortly after joining the JLCO, Jones began teaching at Duquesne University in his adopted hometown of Pittsburgh, where he is currently Associate Professor of Jazz. In 2012, he also became Professor of Trumpet at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. In addition, he presents masterclasses and clinics annually around the world and serves as Artistic Director of both the Pittsburgh and Cleveland Jazz Orchestras.
ROBIN EUBANKS (trombone) is a fivetime “Trombonist of the Year” in the DownBeat Critics Poll and is the premier jazz trombonist of his generation. In addition to leading his own groups, EB3 and Mental Images, Eubanks has performed and composed on Grammywinning recordings with Dave Holland and Michael Brecker. He has worked with music legends Art Blakey, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones and the Rolling Stones, to name a few. The native Philadelphian is the recipient of composition grants from Chamber Music America and ASCAP. He is a sought-after educator and is now a tenured professor of trombone at the renowned Oberlin Conservatory and Adjunct Professor at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts.
WARREN WOLF (vibraphone) is a multiinstrumentalist from Baltimore, Maryland. From the age of 3, Wolf has been trained on the vibraphone, marimba, drums and piano. He attended the Peabody Preparatory studying classical music with former Baltimore Symphony Orchestra member Leo LePage. After graduating from Baltimore School for the Arts in June of 1997, where he studied with current Baltimore Symphony Orchestra member John Locke, Wolf enrolled at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he studied with Caribbean Jazz Vibraphonist Dave Samuels. After graduating, Wolf became an active musician on the Boston local scene and became an instructor of percussion at Berklee. Wolf is currently the drummer of choice for alto saxophonist Tia Fuller, who tours with internationally renowned pop star Beyonce Knowles, and is a member of the Donal Fox Group. Wolf has several recordings as a leader and was recently signed to Mack Avenue Records. The upcoming release of Warren Wolf, the eponymous debut album, will make it as apparent to jazz fans as it already is to jazz insiders that the vibraphonist is the next major voice on his instrument.
EDWARD SIMON (piano) was born in the coastal town of Punta Cardón, Venezuela, where he grew up in a family of musicians. Settling in New York City in 1989, he played with numerous jazz masters, including Herbie Mann, Paquito D’Rivera, Bobby Hutcherson, Bobby Watson, Terence Blanchard and Don Byron. He has produced 10 critically acclaimed albums as a leader, including two New York Times top 10 jazz records of the year: Edward Simon and Simplicitas. In July 2010, Simon was named a Guggenheim Fellow, and his latest trio CD with bassist John Patitucci and drummer Brian Blade, Live in New York at Jazz Standard, has recently been released.
own critically acclaimed CDs as a leader, Catch of the Day (2007) and The Unquiet (2002), he has recorded as a sideman on nearly 70 other discs and has performed with the likes of Joe Lovano, Nicholas Payton, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Gary Bartz, Kenny Werner, Nnenna Freelon, Madeleine Peyroux, Brian Blade, John Scofield and Guillermo Klein. In addition to the Collective, Penman works with the supergroup James Farm, which includes founding Collective saxophonist Joshua Redman, pianist Aaron Parks and drummer Eric Harland.
OBED CALVAIRE (drums) is a native of Miami and is of Haitian descent. He is a graduate with both a master’s and bachelor’s degree in music from one of America’s premier private music conservatories in the nation, Manhattan School of Music. He received his bachelor’s degree in 2003, completing the undergraduate degree requirements in three years and receiving his master’s in 2005. Calvaire has performed and recorded with artists such as Wynton Marsalis, Seal, Eddie Palmeri, Vanessa Williams, Mark Murphy, David Foster, Mary J. Blige, Stefon Harris, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Music Soulchild, Nellie McKay, Yellow Jackets, Joshua Redman, Steve Turre and Lizz Wright to name a few. He has also performed with large ensembles such as the Village Vanguard Orchestra, Metropole Orchestra, the Mingus Big Band, Roy Hargrove Big Band and the Bob Mintzer Big Band. Currently, Calvaire can be found playing with Peter Cincotti, Richard Bona, Monty Alexander, Sean Jones, Yosvany Terry, The Clayton Brothers Quintet and Mike Stern among others.
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an evening with GEORGE TAKEI Where No Story Has Gone Before A Speaker Series Event Saturday, October 15, 2016 • 8PM Jackson Hall SPONSORED BY:
Question and Answer Session Moderated by: Scott Syphax, Chief Executive Officer of The Nehemiah Companies; host and co-executive producer of Studio Sacramento, on PBS affiliate KVIE.
GEORGE TAKEI Best known for playing Sulu on the original Star Trek television series and six movies that followed, George Takei is unlikely social media royalty. Unofficially dubbed the “King of Facebook,” he counts 5.5 million fans in his online empire—including Trekkies, Howard Stern listeners, and the LGBTQ community— who all devour his quirky mix of kitten jokes, Star Trek references, heartfelt messages and sci-fi/fantasy memes. An outspoken advocate for LGBTQ rights, Takei has used his unmistakable baritone in several satiric PSAs, including one in response to Tennessee’s infamous “Don’t Say Gay” bill that encourages viewers to say, “It’s OK to be Takei.” His current projects include the recently published books Oh Myyy! There Goes the Internet and Lions and Tigers and Bears: The Internet Strikes Back. Takei has more than 40 feature films and hundreds of television guest-starring roles to his credit and was the topic of To Be Takei, a documentary on the actor’s life and career directed by Jennifer M. Kroot which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2014. He is host of Takei’s Take, a YouTube series produced by AARP that explores the world of technology, trends, current events and pop culture. Along with Tony Award winner Lea Salonga and actor-singer-songwriter Telly Leung, Takei co-starred in the musical Allegiance
(music and lyrics by Jay Kuo, book by Jay Kuo, Lorenzo Thione and Marc Acito), an epic story of love, family and heroism drawn from his experience of growing up in Japanese American internment camps during World War II. Allegiance’s world premiere was at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego in 2012 and was followed by a Broadway run. Takei is also an in-demand vocal artist. Among his credits are a shared Grammy Award nomination with Leonard Nimoy for Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home in the “Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording” category; The Missing Scarf, a 2013 animated short film directed by Eoin Duffy shortlisted for the 86th Academy Awards; The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, a PBS series directed by Ken Burns; George Lucas’ cartoon version of Star Wars: The Clone Wars; Walt Disney Pictures’ Mulan and Mulan II; Star Trek audio novel recordings; Fox Television’s The Simpsons and Futurama; Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time; and numerous voice-overs and narrations. Takei and actor-comedian Margaret Cho provide the narration for the 2006 Peabody Award-winning Crossing East, a radio documentary series produced by Dmae Roberts that traces the history of Asian American immigration to the United States. Takei has also been a guest narrator with numerous North American symphony orchestras. encoreartsprograms.com 23
GEORGE TAKEI A community activist, Takei serves as chair of the council of governors of East West Players, the nation’s foremost Asian Pacific American theater. He is chairman emeritus of the board of trustees of the Japanese American National Museum and a past member of the advisory committee of the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program. In 2007, an asteroid was named in Takei’s honor. The name “7307 Takei” was approved by the International Astronomical Union’s Committee on Small Body Nomenclature. 7307 Takei is located between Mars and Jupiter and is approximately five miles in diameter.
SCOTT SYPHAX is the Emmy Awardwinning executive producer, head writer, and host of the California Capital Region’s program of record, Studio Sacramento, discussing the issues and events that shape our region, our state and our nation. In his day job, Syphax is the Chief Executive Officer of The Nehemiah Companies - a Sacramento based, national economic development, social enterprise and real estate development corporation focused on empowering low-wealth communities. Syphax serves on the boards of Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, Norcal Mutual Insurance Company, Medicus Insurance Company, FD Insurance Company, Valley Vision, the Bay Area Council, American Leadership Forum, as well as the Mondavi Center’s Advisory Board.
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THE PASSING ZONE
The Passing Zone Saves the World A Marvels Series Event Sunday, October 16, 2016 • 3PM Jackson Hall SPONSORED BY:
THE PASSING ZONE SAVES THE WORLD Can the world be saved through laughter and daring feats of strength such as juggling chainsaws, catching fire and defying gravity? It can’t hurt to try, so that’s exactly what The Passing Zone is going to do. With The Passing Zone Saves the World, Jon Wee and Owen Morse put the world’s troubles on their shoulders, and attempt to save us all! But how? By temporarily suspending gravity. By turning chainsaws into dance partners rather than tools for wiping out rainforests. Through infectious laughter, not infectious disease. Are they superheroes? Or are they just a couple of talented guys who will make you forget your troubles and laugh until your face hurts? Either way, the world becomes a better place while these two are on stage. So whether your favorite part will be the stun gun, the chainsaws, the superhero capes or the ping pong balls—there’s nothing more important than saving the world!
THE PASSING ZONE Owen Morse and Jon Wee met in 1986 at a juggling convention and instantly knew they were destined to be a team—but they decided to graduate from college first. They did, but rather than pursue careers in Economics and Psychology, they lit some torches and started throwing stuff into the
air. Two weeks after their first performance together they won the Silver Medal at the International Jugglers’ Association Teams Competition. The next year they won the Gold. That recognition earned an invitation to appear at the renowned Comedy and Magic Club in Los Angeles, where on their first night they were approached by The Tonight Show talent scout and booked for their first national television appearance in 1990. Johnny Carson enjoyed them so much they were asked back less than a year later. Their first feature film followed, The Addams Family Movie, where Wee and Morse doubled for Gomez (Raul Julia) and Uncle Fester (Christopher Lloyd) in the climactic Mamushka dagger-passing scene. More recently, they appeared in the award-winning comedy documentary, The Aristocrats. The Passing Zone’s first London appearance was in the Royal Variety Performance at the Dominion Theatre, performing for Prince Charles and sharing the bill with Tony Bennett and Riverdance. They were finalists on Season 1 of NBC’s America’s Got Talent where they lost one million dollars to an 11-year-old. This year, they returned to the show in Season 11 in an attempt to win the million dollar prize. Wee and Morse are known as much for their comedy as their juggling skills. They were featured twice on the gala stage at the Just for encoreartsprograms.com 25
THE PASSING ZONE Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal and have opened for comedians George Carlin, Bob Newhart, Penn & Teller and others. Television appearances have included Comic Strip Live, An Evening at The Improv, MADtv, Penn & Teller’s Sin City Spectacular, Steve Harvey’s Big Time and regular returns to NBC’s Today. They were also commentators on ESPN for their coverage of the World Juggling Federation competitions as well as guest performers at The White House. The Passing Zone has been awarded five Guinness World Records and 18 Gold Medals from the International Juggler’s Association. They were recently presented with that organization’s Award of Excellence, for “excellence in the art of juggling through professional performance,” which is the most prestigious award in juggling, given to only 13 acts worldwide since the organization’s inception. Wee and Morse reside in the greater Los Angeles area, where, when they are not throwing things, they spend as much time as possible with their families, and still manage to squeeze in hang gliding, surfing, mountain biking and Guitar Hero, although not all at the same time.
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MACEO PARKER with THE JONES FAMILY SINGERS An American Heritage Series Event
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MACEO PARKER
Friday, October 28, 2016 • 8PM
Bishop Fred A. Jones, Sr. patriarch, vocals
While most saxophone players have followed in the footsteps of jazz legends like Charlie Parker and John Coltrane, Maceo Parker has consistently marched to a different tune. Since his earliest days, he has gravitated to the more rhythmic and soulful end of the spectrum, following figures like Louis Jordan, Ray Charles and James Brown—all of whom were innovators, each pushing their respective sound and style to the point of becoming something entirely new. It was Parker’s recurring stints in Brown’s band, in fact, that not only produced some of the most enduring entries in the vast canon of American soul music, but also sowed the seeds of the funk revolution of the 1970s. In hindsight, Parker has been as innovative as the people whom he cites as his own influences. Born in Kinston, North Carolina, in 1943, Parker picked up the saxophone during his pre-teen years and played in a band with his brothers. One of his earliest influences was Ray Charles, who by the late 1950s had already become a monumental figure in the burgeoning blues-and-jazz hybrid that had come to be known as rhythm and blues. Parker still remembers coming home from school with his brothers one day and hearing “What’d I Say” on the radio for the first time: “Man, we almost tore that place all to pieces
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First Lady Sarah Jones matriarch, vocals Alexis Jones lead vocals Theresa Jones vocals Velma Davis vocals Ernestine Ray vocals Sabrina Freeman vocals Fred Jones, Jr. guitar, vocals, musical director Ezra Bryant guitar Kenneth Freeman bass Brodrick LaFleur drums Maceo Parker’s band will be introduced from the stage.
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MACEO PARKER with THE JONES FAMILY SINGERS because we couldn’t believe it. I’ll never forget that day. It was like Christmas morning and New Year’s morning combined.” He adds: “I got into Ray at a very early age. I’d listen to him sing and I’d try to equate that with playing the saxophone…He was always the cat for me.” Parker joined James Brown’s band in 1964, originally as a baritone player. He came as part of a package deal when Brown hired his brother, drummer Melvin Parker, but the sax player quickly established himself as a valuable member of the team. The first sides he cut with Brown, “I Feel Good” and “Out of Sight,” became some of the most famous of Brown’s canon. When St. Clair Pinkney, Brown’s regular tenor player, took ill for a couple of weeks, Parker took over. After Pinckney returned, the two sax men alternated between tenor and baritone, until Parker became the full-time tenor player. Parker’s first tenor outing on vinyl was Brown’s classic “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag.” Onstage, Parker served as the perfect foil to the Godfather of Soul—punctuating the frontman’s incendiary vocals and mesmerizing stage choreography with horn blasts that were equal parts melody and percussion. At the height of their collaborative powers, it was difficult to tell where the genius of one ended and the other began. Parker left Brown’s band in 1970 to launch his own outfit, Maceo & All the King’s Men, but reconnected with Brown three years later— switching to alto sax and laying down horn tracks for Brown’s “Cold Sweat,” “Lickin’ Stick” and “Mother Popcorn.” Parker released his first solo record, Us People, in 1974, followed a year later by Funky Music Machine. Throughout the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, he was a featured player with George Clinton’s ParliamentFunkadelic and Bootsy Collins’ Rubber Band. After a brief hiatus, he returned to James Brown until the latter’s incarceration at the end of the 1980s. At this point Parker’s solo career began developing into what we are familiar with today. A steady stream of records followed, beginning in 1990 with his first album in this solo period, Roots Revisited, which set the benchmark by remaining number one on the jazz charts for over 10 weeks. It was the seminal Life on Planet Groove in 1992 that brought Parker to the attention of younger, college-aged audiences and gave him a strong following throughout the world. Some of Parker’s more recent solo projects include Funk Overload (1998), Made By Maceo (2003) and School’s In (2005). He joined the Heads Up International label with the 2008 release of Roots & Grooves, a two-disc set
that positioned him front and center with Germany’s WDR Big Band, arguably the hottest jazz orchestra on the European continent. Roots & Grooves is equal parts Ray Charles tribute and a showcase for some of Parker’s own classic material. In 2011, Parker reunited with the WDR Big Band at the Leverkusener Jazz Festival in Germany. The performance included fully orchestrated arrangements of soul classics by American icons like James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin and more. Nine of the songs from the festival set are captured on Soul Classics, Parker’s CD released in 2012. Without question, Parker’s body of work over the past four decades stands on its own merits, yet he sees the music as part of an even greater message. “At all my concerts, I try to say ‘love’ as many times as I can,” he says. “I think if we all use that word as much as we possibly can, the idea will flourish, and all that other negative stuff will diminish. So I’m definitely going to do what I think is my part by just showing the spirit of love throughout the world as much as I can.”
THE JONES FAMILY SINGERS Consisting in part of five sisters, two brothers and their father, The Jones Family Singers have been tearing up churches and festivals for over two decades. But they had never before made a studio album that displays the depth of their pure musical gifts quite like The Spirit Speaks, recorded to analog tape at Jim Eno’s Public Hi-Fi studio in Austin, Texas, and released in April 2014. The Wall Street Journal declared the group “Modern practitioners of a long musical tradition…infusing their joyful, reverent songs with elements of vintage soul and R&B.” Yep, it’s gospel music—but fans of Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings and Vintage Trouble will also find a hip-shaking and spiritually uplifting workout at the core. “The three-generation gospel collective’s high-energy performances are the living embodiment of the indelible connection between the black church and its rock and soul offspring” noted the Austin Chronicle. “It was all joyful praise, brilliantly timed with one crescendo after another” boasted The New York Times, while both Rolling Stone and NPR called them “a must see act” at SXSW in 2014. The Jones Family Singers received a standing ovation at Lincoln Center the summer of 2014, and showcased at New York City’s globalFEST and The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC in January 2015. These stand-out performances were followed up with domestic and international appearances at the Newport Folk Festival, Playboy Jazz
Festival, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, a two-week tour of Russia and more. Impressed by the band’s fervor onstage and humility off, Austin filmmaker Alan Berg (“Outside Industry: The Story of SXSW”) decided in 2012 to make a documentary that explored the triumphs and tribulations of this working gospel band. The artistry he witnessed onstage along with the compelling family dynamic came to fruition at film festivals in 2015 where Berg’s The Jones Family Will Make A Way was first screened. Besides churches, nightclubs, concert series and music festivals, they’ve also brought their powerful musical ministry to prisons, interfaith events and community celebrations.
BISHOP FRED A. JONES Bishop Fred A. Jones, Sr. Th.D. is pastor/ founder of the Mt. Zion Pentecostal Holiness Church of Markham, Texas and is CEO of Family-Styled Records, which is family-owned and operated. Bishop Jones is married to Lady Sarah Jones and together they have six girls and two boys, hence The Jones Family Singers. Bishop Jones has a Bachelor, Masters and Doctoral Degree in Theology and an AAA in Audio/Video Curriculum. Licensed as an International Evangelist in the Church of God in Christ (COGIC), he is well traveled and loves preaching and singing.
SARAH M. JONES First Lady Sarah M. Jones is the wife of Bishop Fred Allen Jones, Sr. and the mother of six girls and two boys. She handles the product management and uniform design for the group and also serves as First Lady and Overseer of the Women’s Work at the Mt. Zion Pentecostal Holiness Church of Markham, Texas. Sister Jones loves gospel music as well as plenty of traveling. She loves the Lord and is a very powerful Bible teacher in her own right. She wholeheartedly supports her husband and her family whether at home or on the road.
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MACEO PARKER with THE JONES FAMILY SINGERS ALEXIS JONES Alexis Jones is the baby daughter of Bishop Fred A. Jones, Sr. and First Lady Sarah Jones and is the lead singer of the group. Her father has always told her to “marry a microphone!” She is the mother of Stevion Bakari Roberts (who is becoming an avid drummer at a young age), loves singing and drumming and is also a professional beautician. Jones enjoys traveling, shopping, concerting and above all, meeting and making new fans and friends. She has performed with Evelyn Turrentine Agee and Andre Tate from The Williams Brothers. Jones is also on the Praise and Worship Team at the Mt. Zion Pentecostal Holiness Church.
THERESA PATRELLE JONES Theresa Patrelle Jones aka “Lady T” sings baritone in the group. Born in Houston, Texas, she is a walking miracle and living testimony; the Lord has brought her from death’s door three times. She received certification as an Administrative Assistant in 2002 from The Bradford School of Business in Houston and presently works at First Baptist Child Development Center in Bay City, Texas, as well as being Bishop Jones’ personal secretary. Currently single with no kids, her hobbies include traveling, working on the computer, and running the sound and video equipment at the church. She loves the Lord with her whole heart.
VELMA DAVIS Velma “Mice” Davis sings first and second soprano in the group and is a mother of three girls: Gabrielle, Jaila and Jeslyn. A graduate of the Art Institute of Houston with an Associate of Applied Arts Degree in the music curriculum, she resides in Bay City, Texas, and is co-founder of Family-Styled Records. She is single and enjoys singing, traveling and spending time with her girls and family. Davis attends and plays keyboards at the Mt. Zion Pentecostal Holiness Church (pastored by her dad) and taught most of her siblings how to play the drums. She is also the music teacher at the First Baptist Church Child Development Center in Bay City, Texas.
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ERNESTINE RAY Ernestine Ray is the oldest daughter of Bishop Fred A. and Lady Sarah Jones and sings alto in the group. She is married to Arthur Ray and is the Director of The First Baptist Church Child Development Center of Bay City, Texas. Ray has been with the group since its inception and has been a strong supporter in every way. She serves as Church Secretary where her father pastors in Markham, Texas, and is a praise and worship leader as well. Her passion is ministering locally and abroad to people of all races, creeds and colors and making new friends. She also loves to coordinate weddings and other functions in her spare time.
SABRINA FREEMAN Sabrina Freeman is the next to oldest daughter of Bishop Fred A. and Lady Sarah Jones and sings top vocal in the group. She is the proud mother of three beautiful children: Ian, Crystal and Brandon. Freeman loves the Lord and looks forward to seeing you when The Jones Family Singers come to your town.
FRED ALLEN JONES, JR. Fred Allen Jones, Jr. is the youngest son of Bishop Fred A. and First Lady Sarah Jones and is the Minister of Music in the church his father pastors in Markham, Texas, Minister of Music for the Enterprise Baptist Church and a staff musician for New Hope Baptist Church, both of Bay City, Texas. He serves as Chief Engineer of FamilyStyled Records. He has successfully recorded The Jones Family Singers, Natasha R. Bates, Disciples of Christ, Ashley Pete, Alexis D. Jones, Bishop Fred A. Jones, Sr. and many others. Jones plays lead and bass guitars, keyboards and drums in the group and has performed with renowned artists such as The Sensational Williams Bros of Mississippi, The Williams Singers of Indianapolis and many more.
EZRA BRYANT Ezra Bryant is an accomplished musician and producer who has toured and recorded with numerous notable, world renowned artists in Gospel and R&B including The Mighty Clouds of Joy, Chrisette Michele and Lil’ Flip. He got his start with the Huntsville, Texas, based quartet, The Wonderful Harmonizers, in which he is the lead guitarist and musical director. He has performed and recorded with The Jones Family Singers since the late 1990s. Bryant’s interests besides music and production are exotic cars and traveling around the world.
KENNETH JONES Kenneth Jones is the oldest son of Bishop Fred A. and Lady Sarah Jones and resides in Bay City, Texas. Jones plays bass for the group as well as guitar and keyboard. He is married to Zelma Baldwin Freeman and together they have eight kids. He served the Matagorda Country for several years through his owned-and-operated business Slap Yo Mama Smokehouse. Jones’ goal is to reach the lost through the music ministry of The Jones Family Singers and to travel the globe spreading good cheer.
BRODRICK LAFLEUR Brodrick L. LaFleur, Sr. is the youngest of five kids. He’s a staff drummer at Canaan Baptist Church in Houston, Texas. He’s the drummer of The Jones Family Singers and also is hired to play for other various groups. Outside being a drummer, Brodrick enjoys driving trucks, cutting hair, cooking and most of all, spending time with his kids.
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REMEMBERING
MARGRIT MONDAVI “THERE IS SO MUCH BEAUTY IN THE WORLD, IF WE LOOK FOR IT, SO MUCH .” —Margrit Biever Mondavi
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argrit Mondavi worked throughout her life to make sure that the beauty the arts bring would be present in the lives of many. By creating a pioneering series of performances at the Robert Mondavi Winery, by giving generously to support the building of the Mondavi Center and the Manetti Shrem Museum, and in her life as an artist and a friend of artists—Margrit brought beauty to all who knew her and many who didn’t. As we gather here in the Mondavi Center I think of how Margrit exemplified the spirit of this place—a spirit of imagination, of inquiry, of exploration and of humanity. As UC Davis Acting Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter said, Margrit “was a true visionary ... She left such a positive lasting impression on UC Davis—one that will be remembered for hundreds of years to come.” (UC Davis has created a wonderful tribute to Margrit on its website which presents in full her life and accomplishments.) In leading this center which carries her name, I have been privileged to see Margrit’s humanity in action, to witness her kindness and empathy in interacting with close friends as well as with strangers who came up to her to express their admiration. To join Margrit for lunch was not only to experience a sense of the good life in the food and wine, but a unique hand painted menu of her own lovely
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design. (The photo below is from one such holiday lunch in 2013). Being with her at concerts in the Mondavi Center or backstage as she visited with Yo-Yo Ma or Charles Dutoit or the Buena Vista Social Club (speaking perfect French and Spanish in the process) was to experience pure Margrit, pure joie de vivre. To travel with her, as I did when we were “scouting” Ballet Preljocaj’s Blanche Neige was to be in the presence of a real “trouper”. Our travel party—Associate Director Jeremy Ganter, then Dean Jessie Ann Owens and my spouse, music faculty Jolán Friedhoff—consisted of folks all decades younger than Margrit. But she was our energetic and fearless leader, finding a bookstore open in Orleans France on a bleak New Year’s weekend, scoping out the best place to dine (Michelin Guide firmly in hand) and walking across miles of icy cobblestones
to get there. Most wonderful of all, despite the gloom of Joan of Arc’s hometown, was to see the joy on Margrit’s face as she experienced that amazing dance piece. That joy, steeped in Margrit’s great good taste and knowledge of the arts, confirmed that Blanche Neige indeed would be the center of the Mondavi Gala. The Robert Mondavi Institute and the Mondavi Center through that Gala honored Robert and Margrit Mondavi’s legacy to create what Margrit called “a wonderful, wonderful village of the things that we love: wine, food and the arts” at UC Davis. Margrit embodied the joy of living her life—a joy that was especially visible when she was around art and artists. She helped make the Mondavi Center possible because she knew how deep in our core as human beings, art is embedded. It is wonderful when philanthropy and passion are linked as they were in Margrit and the arts she loved and supported. Raise a glass with us to remember Margrit Mondavi, who expressed the best qualities we all strive for: kindness and humor, creativity and empathy, generosity and joy. For me, hers was a model of a life well-lived to which we all can only aspire. Margrit, we miss you greatly.
Mondavi Center Executive Director Don Roth, Margrit Mondavi, Shrem Museum Director Rachel Teagle and Robert Mondavi Institute Executive Director Clare-Hasler Lewis.
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THE ARTISTIC VENTURES FUND ENSURING THE MONDAVI CENTER’S VISION OF EXCELLENCE AND CREATIVITY During the Mondavi Center’s 10th Anniversary Season (2012-13), a special fund was established to help ensure the future of MC’s innovative programming and community impact. This Artistic Ventures Fund (AVF) functions as a quasi-endowment fund, providing the stability of an endowment but the flexibility to provide resources for exceptional projects, when needed.
AVF supports the Mondavi Center in four types of projects: Great Company: engaging some of the world’s greatest artists and companies whose fees stretch beyond the reach of our normal income streams.
Inviting Innovation: partnering with leading artists to invest in innovative work and groundbreaking formats, a critical part of MC’s charge to explore new and unusual directions in the arts.
Reaching Out with Residency: creating residencies with major dance, music and theater companies and artists.
Opening the Arts to All: The AVF helps to underwrite the cost of special arts projects which can be offered free or at very low cost to the public.
Since 2012, with assistance from the AVF, we were able to hold the ground-breaking survey by Stewart Goodyear of all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas in one day (13-14); an extended educational residency by the iconic New Orleans’ musicians Delfeayo and Ellis Marsalis (14-15); the Orlando Consort’s live performance of their new soundtrack for the silent movie masterpiece The Passion of Joan of Arc (15-16), and more. This season, the AVF will help support the Bruckner Orchester Linz, the “India in the Artist’s Eye” season-long festival, and Corin Courtyard Concerts (the pre-performance outdoor concerts that are free to the public). As we plan for a second St. Louis Symphony residency in 2018, replete with outreach activities on campus and in the community, we can be confident of artistic success because of support from the AVF.
We would like to give special recognition to those who have supported AVF (found on the “Art of Giving” pages of this program). These champions have helped make this programming possible. To learn more about AVF and how you can become a part of this exciting endeavor, please contact Nancy Petrisko at npetrisko@ucdavis.edu or 530.754.5420.
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THE ART OF GIVING The Mondavi Center is deeply grateful for the generous contributions of our dedicated patrons whose gifts are a testament to the value of the performing arts in our lives. Annual donations to the Mondavi Center directly support our operating budget and
are an essential source of revenue. Please join us in thanking our loyal donors whose philanthropic support ensures our ability to bring great artists and speakers to our region and to provide nationally recognized arts education programs for students and teachers.
For more information on supporting the Mondavi Center, visit mondaviarts.org or call 530.754.5438.
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$300 - $599
Mitzi Aguirre Peter and Margaret Armstrong Carol Benedetti Jane D. Bennett
Robert Biggs and Diane Carlson Biggs Paul Braun John and Christine Bruhn Bruce and Mary Alice Carswell* Simon and Cindy Cherry Stuart and Denise Cohen In Memory of Jan Conroy Charles and Mary Anne Cooper Nicholas and Khin Cornes James Cothern Mr. and Mrs. David Covin Kim Dao Nguyen Larry Dashiell and Peggy Siddons Daniel and Moira Dykstra Micki and Les Faulkin Janet Feil Kerstin and David Feldman Helen Ford Lisa Foster and Tom Graham Edwin and Sevgi Friedrich* Nancy Gelbard and David Kalb Marvin and Joyce Goldman Larry and Bev Greene Dr. Paul and June Gulyassy Darrow and Gwen Haagensen Marylee Hardie Michael and Margaret Hoffman Jan and Herb Hoover Steve and Nancy Hopkins Mun Johl Don and Diane Johnston Mary Ann and Victor Jung Susan Kauzlarich and Peter Klavins Charles Kelso and Mary Reed Peter G. Kenner Robert Kingsley and Melissa Thorme Ruth Ann Kinsella* Darnell Lawrence Carol Ledbetter Stanley and Donna Levin Barbara Levine Mary Ann and Ernest Lewis Robert and Patricia Lufburrow Jeffrey and Helen Ma Bunkie Mangum Katherine F. Mawdsley* William and Nancy Myers Margaret Neu* Rebecca Newland Dr. Yvonne Otani Sally Ozonoff and Tom Richey John and Barbara Parker Henri and Dianne Pellissier Harriet Prato John and Alice Provost Evelyn and Otto Raabe Lawrence and Celia Rabinowitz Francis E. Resta David and Judy Reuben* Dr. Ron and Sara Ringen Tracy Rodgers and Richard Budenz Bob and Tamra Ruxin Saltzen Family John and Joyce Schaeuble James Smith Pieter Stroeve, Diane M. Barrett and Jodie Stroeve Tony and Beth Tanke Virginia and Butch Thresh Ramon and Karen Urbano Ann-Catrin Van Ph.D. Robert Vassar and Sandra Burgner Rita Waterman Charles White and Carrie Schucker Iris Yang and G. Richard Brown Janet and Wesley Yates Jane Yeun and Randall Lee Ronald M. Yoshiyama Hanni and George Zweifel And 6 donors who prefer to remain anonymous
MAINSTAGE CIRCLE
$100 - $299
Leal Abbott Mary Aften Michelle Agnew Susan Ahlquist Fritz Albrecht David and Penny Anderson Elinor Anklin and George Harsch Janice and Alex Ardans Debbie Arrington Charlotte Ballard and Robert Zeff Charles and Diane Bamforth Dawn Barlly Paul and Linda Baumann Jonathan and Mary Bayless Lynn Baysinger* Marion S. Becker Bee Happy Apiaries Lorna Belden and Milton Blackman Merry Benard Robert Bense and Sonya Lyons Bevowitz Family Dr. Robert and Sheila Beyer Roy and Joan Bibbens John and Katy Bill Roger and Dorothy Bourdon Jill and Mary Bowers Clyde and Ruth Bowman C and B Brandow Dan and Mildred Braunstein* M. Therese Brown* Valerie and David Brown Valerie Brown and Edward Shields Elizabeth and Alan Brownstein Mike and Marian Burnham Dr. Margaret Burns and Dr. Roy W. Bellhorn Meredith Burns William and Karolee Bush Robert and Elizabeth Bushnell John and Marguerite Callahan Peter Camarco John and Nancy Capitanio William and Pauline Caple James and Patty Carey Michael and Susan Carl Lynn D. Case Dorothy Chikasawa* Carol Christensen* Craig Clark and Mary Ann Reihman Ed and Jacqueline Clemens Linda Clevenger and Seth Brunner James W. Cline and Linda Cline Sheri and Ron Cole Marj Collins Steve and Janet Collins Terry Cook Larry and Sandy Corman Ann and Fred Costello Catherine Coupal* Victor Cozzalio and Lisa Heilman-Cozzalio Crandallicious Clan Tatiana Cullen Susan and Fitz-Roy Curry Nita A. Davidson Relly Davidson Judy and David Day Lynne de Bie* Fred Deneke and James Eastman Carol Dependahl-Ripperda Sabine Dickerson; Marietta Bernoco Joel and Linda Dobris Gwendolyn Doebbert and Richard Epstein Marjorie Dolcini* Katherine and Gordon Douglas Marlene and Ray Dunaway* Leslie A. Dunsworth Eliane Eisner
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THE ART OF GIVING Sidney England and Randy Beaton Carol Erickson and David Phillips Nancy and Don Erman Wallace Etterbeek Andrew D. and Eleanor E. Farrand* Michael and Ophelia Farrell Joshua Fenton and Lisa Baumeister Liz and Tim Fenton* Curt and Sue Ann Finley Kieran and Marty Fitzpatrick Dave and Donna Fletcher Glenn Fortini Louis J. Fox and Marnelle Gleason* Marion Franck and Robert Lew Elaine A. Franco Barbara and Edwin Frankel Anthony and Jorgina Freese Larry Friedman and Susan Orton Kerim and Josie Friedrich Myra A. Gable Anne Garbeff* Dr. Gordon and Renee Garcia Peggy Gerick Barbara Gladfelter Eleanor Glassburner Pat and Bob Gonzalez* Drs. Michael Goodman and Bonny Neyhart Douglas Gramlow Sandra and Jeffrey Granett Steve and Jacqueline Gray Stephen and Deirdre Greenholz Paul and Carol Grench John Griffing and Shelley Mydans Alex and Marilyn Groth Wesley and Ida Hackett* Bob and Jen Hagedorn Jane and Jim Hagedorn Frank Hamilton Katherine Hammer William and Sherry Hamre M. and P. Handley Jim and Laurie Hanschu Vera Harris The Hartwig-Lee Family Sally Harvey* Rand and Mary Herbert Paula Higashi and Fred Taugher
Larry and Elizabeth Hill Roberta Hill Bette Hinton and Robert Caulk Dr. Calvin Hirsch and Deborah Francis Frederick and Tieu-Bich Hodges Jorja Hoehn* Lorraine Hwang Dr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Jensen Karen Jetter Karen and Gary Johns* Michelle Johnston and Scott Arrants Warren and Donna Johnston Jonsson Family Andrew and Merry Joslin James and Nancy Joye Shari and Tim Karpin Peter James Kassel Anthony and Beth Katsaris Yasuo Kawamura Patricia Kelleher* Sharmon and Peter Kenyon Robert and Cathryn Kerr Leonard Keyes Jeannette Kieffer Larry Kimble and Louise Bettner Katy King-Goldberg and Lenny Goldberg Roger and Katharine Kingston Bob and Bobbie Kittredge Mary and John Klisiewicz* Alan and Sandra Kreeger Marcia and Kurt Kreith Sandra Kristensen Elizabeth and C.R. Kuehner Leslie Kurtz Marsha Lang Susan and Bruce Larock Sevim Larsen Peggy Leander* Iva and Charles Learned Steve and Nancy Lege Jeannette and Joel Lerman Evelyn Lewis Barbara Linderholm* David and Susan Link Motoko Lobue Mary Lowry
ARTISTIC VENTURES FUND
Melissa Lyans and Andreas Albrecht Ariane Lyons Ed and Sue MacDonald David and Alita Mackill Subhash Mahajan Karen Majewski Dr. Vartan Malian and Nova Ghermann Joseph and Mary Alice Marino Pam Marrone and Mick Rogers David and Martha Marsh J. A. Martin Harry Matthews and Lorraine Jensen Leslie Maulhardt Karen McCluskey Nora McGuinness* Tim and Linda McKenna Martin A. Medina and Laurie Perry Barry Melton Sharon Menke Beryl Michaels and John Bach Leslie Michaels and Susan Katt Lisa Miller Sue and Rex Miller Kei and Barbara Miyano Vicki and Paul Moering Ken and Elaine Moody Kate Morejohn* Margaret Morita James Morris Richard L. Morrison and Carolyn Langenkamp Marcie Mortensson Robert and Janet Mukai The Muller Family Robert and Susan Munn* Cathy Neuhauser and Jack Holmes Bill and Anna Rita Neuman Robert Nevraumont and Donna Curley Nevraumont* Patrice Norris and Tom Ahern A. Mobile Notary Jim and Sharon Oltjen Mary Jo Ormiston* Bob and Elizabeth Owens Mike and Carlene Ozonoff Michael Pach and Mary Wind
We applaud our Artistic Ventures Fund’s members, whose major gift commitments support artist engagement fees, innovative artist commissions, artist residencies and programs made available free to the public.
Ralph and Clairelee Leiser Bulkley John and Lois Crowe Richard and Joy Dorf
Anne Gray Barbara K. Jackson
Thank you to the following donors for their special program support:
YOUNG ARTISTS COMPETITION AND PROGRAM John and Lois Crowe Merrilee and Simon Engel
Mary B. Horton Barbara K. Jackson
Thomas Pavlakovich and Kathryn Demakopoulos Erin Peltzman Mr. Luis Perez-Grau and Michele Barefoot Ross and Karen Peters Ann Peterson and Marc Hoeschele Jane Plocher Chuck and Chris Powell Jerry and Bernice Pressler Deanna and William Pritchard Jan and Anne-Louise Radimsky Lawrence and Norma Rappaport Olga C. Raveling Sandi Redenbach* Catherine Reed Fred and Martha Rehrman* Eugene and Elizabeth Renkin Ralph and Judy Riggs* Richard Robbins Sue Robison John and Carol Rominger Richard and Evelyne Rominger Sharon and Elliott Rose* Linda Roth Cynthia Jo Ruff* Paul and Ida Ruffin Dagnes/Vernon Ruiz Hugh Safford Kirsten Salomon Terry Sandbek and Sharon Billings* Cindy Sato Carolyn Savino* Patsy Schiff Leon Schimmel and Annette Cody Dan Shadoan and Ann Lincoln Jackie Shelby and Russell Greve Barbara and Walter Sherwood Jeanie Sherwood Jo Anne S. Silber Bradford and Elizabeth Smith Roger and Freda Sornsen Curtis and Judy Spencer Dolores and Joseph Spencer William Stanglin Alan and Charlene Steen Miriam Steinberg and Ben Glovinsky Harriet Steiner and Miles Stern
Johanna Stek Deb and Jeff Stromberg Stewart and Ann Teal* Francie F. Teitelbaum Julie A. Theriault, PA-C, DFAAPA Henry and Sally Tollette Robert and Victoria Tousignant Allen and Heather Tryon James E. Turner Nancy Ulrich* Chris and Betsy van Kessel Diana Varcados Bart and Barbara Vaughn* Richard Vorpe and Evelyn Matteucci Carolyn Waggoner and Rolf Fecht Kim and James Waits Maxine Wakefield and William Reichert Carol L. Walden Vivian and Andrew Walker Andy and Judy Warburg Marny and Rick Wasserman Georgie Waugh Doug West Martha West Robert and Leslie Westergaard* Susan and Edward Wheeler Nancy and Richard White* Mrs. Jane Williams Jonathan and Trayce Williams Tom Wilson Janet G. Winterer Peggy Wygal* Timothy and Vicki Yearnshaw Jeffrey and Elaine Yee* Dorothy Yerxa and Michael Reinhart The Yetman Family Dr. Norman and Manda Yeung Sharon and Doyle Yoder Phillip and Iva Yoshimura Jiayi Young Verena Leu Young* Phyllis and Darrel Zerger* Tim and Sonya Zindel Dr. Mark and Wendy Zlotlow And 45 donors who prefer to remain anonymous *Friends of Mondavi Center
LEGACY CIRCLE
Thank you to our supporters who have remembered the Mondavi Center in their estate plans. These gifts make a difference for the future of performing arts and we are most grateful.
Wayne and Jacque Bartholomew Irving and Karen Broido Ralph and Clairelee Leiser Bulkley John and Lois Crowe Dotty Dixon Anne Gray Mary B. Horton Margaret Hoyt Barbara K. Jackson Roy and Edith Kanoff Robert and Barbara Leidigh
Yvonne LeMaitre Jerry and Marguerite Lewis Robert and Betty Liu Don McNary Verne Mendel Kay Resler Hal and Carol Sconyers Joe and Betty Tupin Lynn Upchurch Clive Watson and Joy Mench Anonymous
If you have already named the Mondavi Center in your own estate plans, we thank you. We would love to hear of your giving plans so that we may express our appreciation. If you are interested in learning about planned giving opportunities, please contact Nancy Petrisko, Director of Development (530.754.5420 or npetrisko@ucdavis.edu).
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BOARDS & COMMITTEES
MONDAVI CENTER ADVISORY BOARD The Mondavi Center Advisory Board is a support group of University Relations whose primary purpose is to provide assistance through fundraising, public outreach and other support for the mission of UC Davis and the Mondavi Center.
2016–17 ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS Tony Stone, Chair • Jim Bigelow • Camille Chan • John Crowe • Patti Donlon • Phyllis Farver • Janlynn Fleener • Anne Gray • Karen Karnopp • Hansen Kwok • Nancy Lawrence • Garry Maisel • Cliff Popejoy • Nancy Roe • Grace Rosenquist • Lawrence Shepard • Scott Syphax
EX OFFICIO Ralph J. Hexter, Acting Chancellor, UC Davis Ken Burtis, Acting Provost & Executive Vice Chancellor, UC Davis Susan Kaiser, Dean, Division of Humanities, Arts, & Cultural Studies, College of Letters & Sciences, UC Davis Don Roth, Executive Director, Mondavi Center, UC Davis Yevgeniy Gnedash, Chair, Arts & Lectures Administrative Advisory Committee Francie Lawyer, Chair, Friends of the Mondavi Center
THE ARTS & LECTURES ADMINISTRATIVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE is made up of
interested students, faculty and staff who attend performances, review programming opportunities and meet monthly with the director of the Mondavi Center. They provide advice and feedback for the Mondavi Center staff throughout the performance season.
2016–17 ADVISORY BOARD Yevgeniy Gnedash, Chair Trisha Barua Ian Koebner Marielle Berman Jaimie Lee Kriti Garg Victoria Nguyen Stephanie Hartfield Luna Qiu Greg Ortiz Jasmyn Tang Kenneth Beck Hannah Vahldick Jochen Ditterich Michelle Wang Carol Hess Amy Yip Petr Janata Yolanda Zhang Gina Werfel
THE FRIENDS OF MONDAVI CENTER is an active donor-based volunteer organization that supports activities of the Mondavi Center’s presenting program. Deeply committed to arts education, Friends volunteer their time and financial support for learning opportunities related to Mondavi Center performances. For information on becoming a Friend of Mondavi Center, email Jennifer Mast at: jmmast@ucdavis.edu or call 530.754.5431. 2016–17 FRIENDS EXECUTIVE BOARD Francie Lawyer, President Leslie Westergaard, Vice President Karen Broido, Secretary COMMITTEE CHAIRS: Wendy Chason, Friends Events Marge Dolcini, Gift Shop Barbara Linderholm, Membership Judy Fleenor, Mondavi Center Tours Verena Leu Young, School Matinee Support Lynne de Bie, School Matinee Ushers/ Front of House Liaison Lynette Ertel, School Outreach Marlene Freid, Audience Services and Volunteer Engagement Manager, Ex-Officio
OF MONDAVI CENTER IS AN ACTIVE DONOR-BASED VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS ACTIVITIES OF MONDAVI CENTER’S PRESENTING PROGRAM.
The Mondavi Center Gift Shop will be open to the public on Saturday, November 5, from 10am to 12pm noon for BRUNCH AND BROWSE, the Friends of Mondavi Center’s annual event launching the holiday shopping season. Friends will have loads of new merchandise and everyone is welcome, with no charge for parking.
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POLICIES & INFORMATION TICKET EXCHANGES • Tickets must be exchanged over the phone or in person at least one business day prior to the performance. (Closed Sundays) • Returned tickets will not scan valid at the door. • A $5 per ticket exchange fee may apply. • Tickets may not be exchanged or donated after the performance date. • For tickets exchanged for a higher priced ticket, the difference will be charged. The difference between a higher and lower priced exchanged ticket is not refundable. • Gift certificates will not be issued for returned tickets. • Event credit may be issued to subscribers and donors for all Mondavi Center Presenting Program events and expire June 30 of the current season. Credit is not transferable. • All exchanges are subject to availability. • All ticket sales are final for events presented by non-UC Davis promoters. • PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE. • NO REFUNDS.
PARKING You may purchase parking passes for individual Mondavi Center events for $9 per event at the parking lot or with your ticket order. Rates are subject to change. Parking passes that have been lost or stolen will not be replaced.
all available tickets. (Continuing education enrollees are not eligible.) Proof Requirements: School ID showing validity for the current academic year and/or copy of your transcript/report card/tuition bill receipt for the current academic year. Student discounts may not be available for events presented by non-UC Davis promoters.
YOUTH TICKETS (AGE 17 AND UNDER) Youth are eligible for a 50% discount on all available tickets. For events other than the Children’s Stage series, it is recommended for the enjoyment of all patrons that children under the age of 5 not attend. A ticket is required for admission of all children regardless of age. Any child attending a performance should be able to sit quietly through the performance.
PRIVACY POLICY The Mondavi Center collects information from patrons solely for the purpose of gaining necessary information to conduct business and serve our patrons efficiently. We sometimes share names and addresses with other nonprofit arts organizations. If you do not wish to be included in our email communications or postal mailings, or if you do not want us to share your name, please notify us via email, U.S. mail or telephone. Full Privacy Policy at mondaviarts.org.
GROUP DISCOUNTS
TOURS
Entertain friends, family, classmates or business associates and save! Groups of 10 or more qualify for a 10% discount off regular prices. Payment options with a deposit are available. Please call 530.754.4658.
Group tours of the Mondavi Center are free, but reservations are required. To schedule a tour call 530.754.5399 or email mctours@ucdavis.edu.
STUDENT TICKETS
The Mondavi Center is proud to be a fully accessible state-of-the-art public facility that meets or exceeds all state and federal ADA requirements. Patrons with special seating needs should notify the Mondavi Center Ticket Office at the time of ticket purchase to receive reasonable accommodation. The Mondavi Center may not be able to accommodate special needs brought to our attention at the performance. Seating spaces for wheelchair users and their companions are located at all levels and
UC Davis students are eligible for a 50% discount on all available tickets. Proof Requirements: School ID showing validity for the current academic year. Student ID numbers may also be used to verify enrollment. Non-UC Davis students age 18 and over, enrolled full-time for the current academic year at an accredited institution and matriculating towards a diploma or a degree are eligible for a 25% discount on
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ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PATRONS WITH DISABILITIES
prices for all performances. Requests for sign language interpreting, real-time captioning, Braille programs and other reasonable accommodations should be made with at least two weeks’ notice. The Mondavi Center may not be able to accommodate last-minute requests. Requests for these accommodations may be made when purchasing tickets at 530.754.2787 or TDD 530.754.5402.
BINOCULARS Binoculars are available for Jackson Hall. They may be checked out at no charge from the Patron Services Desk near the lobby elevators. The Mondavi Center requires an ID be held until the device is returned.
ASSISTIVE LISTENING DEVICES Assistive Listening Devices are available for Jackson Hall and the Vanderhoef Studio Theatre. Receivers that can be used with or without hearing aids may be checked out at no charge from the Patron Services Desk near the lobby elevators. The Mondavi Center requires an ID to be held at the Patron Services Desk until the device is returned.
ELEVATORS The Mondavi Center has two passenger elevators serving all levels. They are located at the north end of the Yocha Dehe Grand Lobby, near the restrooms and Patron Services Desk.
RESTROOMS All public restrooms are equipped with accessible sinks, stalls, babychanging stations and amenities. There are six public restrooms in the building: two on the Orchestra level, two on the Orchestra Terrace level and two on the Grand Tier level.
SERVICE ANIMALS Mondavi Center welcomes working service animals that are necessary to assist patrons with disabilities. Service animals must remain on a leash or harness at all times. Please contact the Mondavi Center Ticket Office if you intend to bring a service animal to an event so that appropriate seating can be reserved for you.
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