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s we approach the midway point of the 2018-19 Season, the performances for January and February have some unique highlights for our audience members. The following provides insight on the 11 concerts between now and March 1: Skerryvore are twice winners of Scotland’s Traditional Music Live Act of the Year Award. Parsons Dance Company is anchored in a desire that engages audiences with the joy of dance through David Parsons’ belief of having fun through the art form. Béla Fleck’s current Grammy® count is 15, with 30 nominations in more categories than any other instrumentalist in Grammy history. And, Abigail Washburn who was named a TED Fellow in 2012, was recently named the first US-China Fellow at Vanderbilt University. Joshua Bell was the focus of a Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post story in 2007, centering on him performing incognito in a Washington, D.C. metro station that sparked an ongoing conversation regarding artistic reception and context. The Temptations and The Four Tops were part of the first AfricanAmerican-owned record label to reach widespread national acclaim and part of a movement where Black popular music would never again be dismissed as a minority taste aesthetically or commercially. Cashore Marionettes’ Joseph Cashore has a Pew Fellowship for Performance Art based on artistic accomplishment and received a Henson Foundation Grant to promote puppetry to adult audiences. PRISM features performances that encompass Chamber Winds, Symphonic Band, jazz ensembles and, of course, the Marching Chiefs in a fantastic, fresh effort that’s not to be missed! Farruquito was immersed in the purest form of flamenco founded by his grandfather, “El Farruco,” one of the greatest dancers in the history of flamenco. John Williams became the Boston Pops conductor in 1980 as the most highly acclaimed composer in Hollywood. Today, with 51 Academy Award nominations, he is the most-nominated living person in Academy history. His work through film scores has led to 24 Grammys, 4 Golden Globes and 5 Oscars. Julian Bliss began playing the clarinet at the age of 4, and The Julian Bliss Septet started out exploring the music of Benny Goodman—a passion of Julian’s since the age of 7—and showcases some of the best tunes of this era with authenticity and a modern twist. James Taylor captures the essence of Tom Rush when he says, “Tom was not only one of my early heroes, but also one of my main influences.” We look forward to sharing these performances with you. Thank you,
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Florida State University John Thrasher, President Opening Nights Staff Michael Blachly Director Caroline Poole Director of Development Bethany Atwell Assistant Director Lori Elliott Marketing & Communications Manager
Joshua Bell
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The Temptations & the Four Tops
21
Cashore Marionettes
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Calla MacNamara Education & Engagement Manager Amanda Hartsfield Multimedia Design Specialist University Communications, Creative Services Rodney Johnson Assistant Director of Creative Services University Communications, Creative Services
Opening Nights Development Council
Skerryvore
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Parsons Dance Company
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BĂŠla Fleck & Abigail Washburn
Carl Deutch
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Gus Corbella, Chair Michael Obrecht, Chair-elect Ruth Akers
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Teresa Atkins Lauren Bacon
PRISM
Farruquito
Sara Bayliss
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Brandi Brown Kimberly Criser Eric Friall
The Boston Pops on Tour
Heather Mitchell Nan Nagy Ron Sachs
Tom Rush
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The Julian Bliss Septet
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Susan Stratton Erin VanSickle Brian Wolfe
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Ruby Diamond Concert Hall
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Skerryvore
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folk, traditional, rock, pop
“The most promising young band in Scotland today.” — Mick MacNeil, Simple Minds Twice winners of Scotland’s Traditional Music ‘Live Act of the Year’ Award (2016 & 2011), Skerryvore have been on a meteoric journey that has taken them from the remote Isle of Tiree on to International tours that have included performances in New York City’s Central Park; The Ryder Cup, Louisville; and the Shanghai Expo, China. Skerryvore kicked off 2018 with an astounding performance in front of 12,000 revelers at Inverness Hogmanay celebrations and released their latest album, EVO, in June. EVO is a mix of songs and tunes that typically migrate from ‘big blast’ numbers to heartfelt, reflective tracks. It includes the previously released single “Live Forever” and their latest release, “Take My Hand.” “Live Forever” provided the soundtrack for the Scottish tourism promotional campaign ‘Wild About Argyll’ and hit No.1 in the iTunes World Music chart. Continued on page 35
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2 P.M. (Sensory Friendly) 7:30 P.M. LOCATION
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Parsons Dance Company Parsons Dance is a New York City-based contemporary American dance company, internationally renowned for its energized, athletic ensemble work. Founded in 1985 by Artistic Director David Parsons and Tony Award-winning lighting designer Howell Binkley, the company has toured to more than 447 cities, 30 countries, and 5 continents and has appeared at such notable venues as The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Sydney Opera House, Maison de la Danse, Teatro La Fenice, and Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro. Parsons Dance performs works selected form the vast and varied repertory of more than 75 works created by David Parsons. In addition, established choreographers like Trey McIntyre and Robert Battle are invited to re-stage works from the American canon on its dancers. And, through its newly launched GenerationNOW Fellowship, the company offers commissions to young American choreographers whom Parsons mentors through the creative process. Continued on page 37
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Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn Echo in the Valley
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn, “the king and queen of the banjo” (Paste Magazine), have a musical partnership like no other. Béla Fleck is a 15-time Grammy® Award winner who has taken the instrument across multiple genres, and Abigail Washburn a singersongwriter and clawhammer banjo player who re-radicalized it by combining it with Far East culture and sounds. The two met at a square dance, began collaborating musically and eventually fell in love. Continued on page 43
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Joshua Bell
Sam Haywood, piano With a career spanning more than 30 years as a soloist, chamber musician, recording artist, conductor, and music education advocate, Joshua Bell is one of the most celebrated violinists today. A Sony Classical artist, Bell has recorded more than 40 albums garnering Grammy, Mercury, Gramophone, and Echo Klassik awards. Named the Music Director of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields in 2011, he is the only person to hold this post since Sir Neville Marriner formed the orchestra in 1958. Continued on page 43
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The Temptations & The Four Tops
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R&B, Motown
For more than 50 years, The Temptations have prospered, propelling popular music with their series of smash hits and sold-out performances throughout the world. Beyond the fabulous singing, The Temps became known for smooth stepping and flawless presentations. The Temptations Walk became a staple of American style—flair, flash and class. Millions of fans saw The Temptations as their cultural heroes. With some of Motown’s longest-running chart toppers, including 24 Top 40 pop hits, The Four Tops were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. In Rolling Stone’s 2004 article “The Immortals—The Greatest Artists Of All Time,” Smokey Robinson remembered: “They were the best in my neighborhood in Detroit when I was growing up [and] The Four Tops will always be one of the biggest and the best groups ever. Their music is forever.” Continued on page 45
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In Life in Motion, Joseph Cashore presents his collection of marionette masterworks. Characters of depth, integrity, and humanity are portrayed unlike anything else in theater today. This performance is a series of scenes taken from everyday life and set to beautiful music by composers such as Beethoven, Vivaldi, Strauss, and Copland. Through a combination of virtuoso manipulation, humor, pathos, classic music and poetic insight, The Cashore Marionettes take the audience on a journey that celebrates the richness of life. Life in Motion is a powerful, entertaining, surprising, theatrically satisfying, one-of-akind evening for more mature audiences. Saturday’s family friendly matinee, Simple Gifts, is a series of touching portrayals and poignant scenes from everyday life set to stunning music. Through a combination of virtuoso manipulation, beautiful music, theatrical illusion, and artistic insight, the original vignettes presented in Simple Gifts provide an entertaining and sensitive vision of what it is to be human. The performance explores a range of emotions with characters and actions that are amazingly convincing.
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Farruquito Farruquito, heir to the most renowned Gypsy flamenco dynasty, is “the greatest flamenco dancer of this new century” (The New York Times). Farruquito made his first international stage appearance on Broadway in New York City at the age of 4 alongside his grandfather, “El Farruco,” and spent his formative years immersed in the legendary Farruco school. He has created and directed over 15 works since the age of 11, and has not only been hailed by critics and audiences alike for his prodigious artistry, but also for his incredible personality, profound poetry and captivating beauty. As the principal inheritor of the greatest Gypsy flamenco bloodline, Farruquito has made it his life’s mission to share the purest form of flamenco on stages all around the world while further broadening his influence by collaborating with the most paramount film directors, conductors and artists of our time. Continued on page 51
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The Julian Bliss Septet
A Tribute to Benny Goodman “...captures the vibrant joy of a simple unadorned melody played with feeling and conviction.” — Critical Jazz Gracing the stages of Ronnie Scott’s legendary jazz club to the Wigmore Hall in London, Bermuda Jazz Festival, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw and Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Julian Bliss Septet has shared their uplifting, classy, humorous shows and exceptional musicianship around the world since their formation in 2010. Recreating the exciting sound of swing from the 30’s and 40’s, Julian Bliss leads his sextet through some of the great tunes of the swing era, staying true to the authentic feel but adding a modern twist. Julian became enamored with the performances of Benny Goodman at the age of 7, and in 2010 decided to form a group to perform Goodman’s music. The album A Tribute to Benny Goodman was recorded in 2011 and released on Signum Records in June 2012 to critical acclaim from both jazz and classical reviewers.
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SCOTT WOOD
A bagpiper and whistle player from Erskine, Scotland, Scott was a finalist in the “2013 BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year” competition. Primarily from a traditional piping background, Scott played with the Strathclyde Police Pipe Band and was Pipe Sergeant of the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland Senior Band and Pipe Major of their respective Development Band.
Skerryvore create a unique fusion of folk, traditional, rock and Americana that represents all the different personalities and upbringings of the eight band members who hail from different regions of Scotland. Photo by Kris Kesiak
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in South Ayrshire where his violin tutor
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Fiddle Orchestra, first introduced him to fiddle
Wallace Galbraith, founder of the Ayrshire
The band includes Tiree island brothers Daniel Gillespie (accordion) and Martin Gillespie (whistles & accordion), Fraser West (drums & vocals), Alec Dalglish (lead vocals & guitar), Craig Espie (fiddles), Alan Scobie (keyboards), Jodie Bremaneson (bass) and recent addition Scott Wood (bagpipes).
music. After a brief spell as a guitarist in a local
ALEC DALGLISH
In addition to performing with Skerryvore,
Alec was brought up in Livingston, West Lothian where he began his musical education playing euphonium under the instruction of Mark Traynor. These lessons along with watching his father sing and play guitar at many house parties sparked an interest in music and he began learning how to play the guitar at the age of 14. There was much to be learned from stealing the records and CDs from his parents’ collection, forging a great love for classic pop, rock and folk music of the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s, which would later become a huge influence on his songwriting. Alec was named “Frankie Miller Songwriter of the Year” at the first Scottish New Music Awards and finds the songwriting and recording process the most enjoyable, rewarding and exciting part of his career.
CRAIG ESPIE
Craig (AKA – ‘The Angry Fiddler’) grew up
ceilidh band and a very short spell studying Product Design Engineering at Strathclyde
University, Craig decided to embark on a career as a musician and began fiddle lessons
under the tutelage of one of the country’s best known performers, Alistair McCulloch.
Craig can usually be found on the laptop
working as a graphic/web designer and has produced work for a large number of wellknown brands including Skerryvore, Oban
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DANIEL GILLESPIE
Raised on the island of Tiree, Daniel was one of many youngsters fortunate to be taught accordion by the legendary Gordon Connell alongside his brother Martin and friend Angus MacPhail (Skipinnish). On leaving Tiree, Daniel chose initially to pursue a career in sports that led him to being a youth coach for Glasgow Rangers for four years before he made the commitment to music full time in 2007. Daniel is also a co-founder and director of the multi-award winning Tiree Music Festival as well as Argyll’s largest live music event, Oban Live.
Scott is also involved in the Scottish Christian music scene and performs regularly with Steph MacLeod and friends, incorporating modern Celtic music within the Worship setting. He also runs Oak Ridge Studios from his house, producing, recording, and mixing music for other artists. Scott has worked with acts such as Anxo Lorenzo, Project SMOK, Assynt, Gnoss, Skipinnish, Josie Duncan, Pablo Lafunete, The Alyn Cosker Group, Hannah Rarity, Christy Scott and many more.
MARTIN GILLESPIE
Hailing from the island of Tiree, Martin followed in his brother’s footsteps learning accordion under Gordon Connell. Music wasn’t Martin’s initial career choice. He opted for sports for a short period and then plumbing before going on to study music at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland for three years. As well as being a full-time member of Skerryvore, Martin is a co-founder of Oban Live and part of the team for Tiree Music festival, managing all things financial. He can often be found at the bar, in the gym or lying in the sun!
JODIE BREMANESON
Raised in rural Aberdeenshire, Jodie discovered the bass in his mid-teens and soon became involved in the North East music scene before developing his passion at the University of Strathclyde, earning a BA in Music Performance and Composition. In demand as a bassist across many musical genres, he has performed and recorded with such acts as hip hop artist Kobi Onyame, Neil Primrose (Travis), Unoma Okudo, Jill Jackson, Ted McKenna (Sensational Alex Harvey Band), Federation of The Disco Pimp, Mark OPENINGNIGHTS.FSU.EDU | 35
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Angels (Let It Shine) and more. Work in the folk scene includes Sharon Shannon, We Banjo 3, Skippinish as well as composing and arranging as part of Modhan prior to joining Skerryvore in 2014.
After coming second in the Emergenza Worldwide “battle of the bands”, LEXXI toured internationally before splitting up in late 2005. Fraser now concentrates on being the drummer in Skerryvore.
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ALAN SCOBIE
Alan is from Ayrshire Scotland, and began playing piano at age 11. After many years performing in the corporate field and always with a keen interest in recording, the opportunity came up to take over the former Wet Wet Wet studio ‘pet sounds’ in Glasgow. Alan ran the studio commercially for 10 years and during that time signed several publishing deals in both Sweden and Nashville as a songwriter in his own right. After moving recording studios in 2008, Skerryvore came to record the Dougie McLean song ‘Caledonia’. The working relationship established during that session led to being asked to produce the Skerryvore album, and after the subsequent album launch, Alan joined Skerryvore full time in 2010, continuing to produce all subsequent albums.
FRASER WEST
Fraser started his musical career at the age of 5, performing on stage with Newland Concert Brass junior band at a concert in Bathgate. From there he took up lessons on the cornet and trumpet and continued them all the way to 6th year at high school. Throughout his school years, he performed in the school wind and jazz ensembles and also the West Lothian regional ensembles on both trumpet and drums. These groups allowed Fraser to travel to Germany, France and America, igniting the spark for touring life. When he was 16 and on a family holiday on Tiree, he was asked to tutor drums at the Tiree Feis. During this summer, Fraser and Daniel began to perform together and the foundations of Skerryvore were formed. Fraser attended the University of Strathclyde, studying a BA in Applied Music, with drums being his first instrument. During this time he joined Glasgow-based rock band LEXXI.
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PROGRAM Programs and casting subject to change. WOLFGANG (2005) Choreography by David Parsons Lighting by Michael Mazzola and Howell Binkley Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Costumes by David Murin Zoey Anderson, Justus Whitfield, Deidre Rogan, Shawn Lesniak, Henry Steele, Katie Garcia or Sasha Alvarez Wolfgang was originally commissioned by and created for the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet. HAND DANCE (2003) Choreography by David Parsons Lighting Design by Howell Binkley Musical arrangement by Kenji Bunch Costume Concept by David Parsons FIVE DANCERS MA MAISON (2008) Choreography by Trey McIntyre Lighting by Travis C. Richardson Music by Preservation Hall Jazz Band Costumes by Jeanne Button Staged for Parsons Dance by Chanel DaSilva Zoey Anderson, Justus Whitfield, Deidre Rogan, Shawn Lesniak, Henry Steele, Joan Rodriguez, Katie Garcia, Sasha Alvarez Ma Maison was commissioned by the New Orleans Ballet Association for Trey McIntyre Project, with additional underwriting provided by the Ann and Joseph Heil Charitable Trust of Milwaukee, WI and Peter and Debbie Wachtell of Boise, Idaho.
MICROBURST (2018) Choreography by David Parsons Music Composed by Avirodh Sharma - Tabla Lighting by Howell Binkley Costumes by Barbara Delo Zoey Anderson, Justus Whitfield, Deidre Rogan, Shawn Lesniak The original score for Microburst was commissioned by Parsons Dance. CAUGHT (1982) Choreography by David Parsons Lighting Concept by David Parsons Lighting Design by Howell Binkley Music by Robert Fripp, “Let the Power Fall” Costume Design by Judy Wirkula Zoey Anderson or Henry Steele Caught is maintained in the active repertory of Parsons Dance through generous support from the Jim and Linda Ellis Foundation. Please be advised that strobe lights will be used during this piece. WHIRLAWAY (2014) Choreography by David Parsons Lighting by Howell Binkley Music by Alan Toussaint Music by Allen Toussaint & The Allen Toussaint Orchestra Assistant Choreography by Natalie Lomonte Costumes by Keiko Voltaire Zoey Anderson, Justus Whitfield, Deidre Rogan, Shawn Lesniak, Henry Steele, Joan Rodriguez, Katie Garcia or Sasha Alvarez Whirlaway was commissioned by the New Orleans Ballet Association with generous support from Kerry Clayton and Paige Royer, with, additional support provided by the Parsons Dance Board of Directors. - END OF PROGRAM -
Ma Maison has been re-staged on Parsons Dance in 2018 with private commissioning funds from Nancy and Stephen Einhorn, and with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Artistic Director David Parsons, who, for more than 30 years, has combined his choreographic gifts and talent for training highly skilled dancers with a real passion for the art form. DAVID PARSONS (Artistic Director/Co Founder) has enjoyed a remarkable career as a director, choreographer, performer, master teacher and producer. Raised in Kansas City, Parsons made it to New York at the age of 17 when he received a scholarship to the Alvin Ailey School. After Ailey, he became an understudy with the Paul Taylor Dance Company and then joined the company as a principal dancer. He stayed for eight years. During summers, he toured with MOMIX; he appeared with Mikhail Baryshnikov and Mark Morris in the first White Oak tour; and he launched his choreographic career by setting work on the Taylor Company and on the National Ballet of Canada, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Batsheva Dance Company, and the Paris Opera Ballet. After leaving the Taylor company, Parsons was a guest artist with New York City Ballet for four years before his artistic prowess led him to undertake such diverse projects as choreographing Aida at Arena di Verona and producing and co-choreographing María de Buenos Aires at the Skirball Center, as well as creating the choreography for Fool’s Fire, a 1992 film directed by Julie Taymor. Perhaps one of his most thrilling assignments was choreographing and directing the dance elements for Times Square 2000, the 24-hour festivities in Times Square celebrating the turn of the Millennium. Parsons continues his involvement in diverse projects, with his most recent gig taking him to Japan, where he choreographed A Knight’s Tale, a new musical theater work directed by John Caird, who
David Parsons
previously directed the Broadway and West End productions of Les Misérables and London National Theatre’s production of Candide. Staged at Tokyo’s iconic Imperial Theatre from July 25 through August 29, 2018, the work featured Japanese pop stars in leading roles. In addition to the more than 75 works that he has created for Parsons Dance, Parsons has received commissions from American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the American Dance Festival, Jacob’s Pillow, the Spoleto Festival, and Het Muziektheater in Amsterdam, among dozens of others. Heralded by The New York Times as “one of the great movers of modern dance,” Parsons has received many accolades throughout his career, including three Choreography Fellowship Grants from the National Endowment of the Arts; the American Choreography Award; the Dance Magazine Award; a Howard Gilman Fellowship, and the Dance Masters of America Annual Award. In May 2018, he received the Capezio Award, one of the most prestigious awards in dance. HOWELL BINKLEY (Resident Lighting Designer/Co-Founder) is the proud cofounder of Parsons Dance for which he has designed more than 70 pieces. His Broadway designs include: Come From Away (2017 Tony nomination), Allegiance, After Midnight (2014 Tony nomination), How to Succeed… (2011 Tony nomination), West Side Story (2009 Tony nomination), Gypsy starring Patti LuPone, In The Heights (2008 Tony nomination), Avenue Q, The Full Monty, Parade, Kiss Of The Spider Woman (1993 Tony nomination). He has made extensive regional and dance works for Alvin Ailey, American Ballet Theatre, Hubbard Street, and The Joffrey Ballet’s Billboards. He is a five-time Helen Hayes Award recipient and received the 1993 Sir Laurence Olivier Award and the Canadian Dora Award for Kiss of The Spider Woman. Howell also received the 2006 Henry Hewes Design Award; the 2006 Outer Critics Circle Award; and the 2006 Tony Award for Jersey Boys. In addition, he won both the 2017 Tony Award and the 2018 Sir Laurence Olivier Award for the lighting design of Hamilton. ZOEY ANDERSON (Dancer) was born and raised in Utah, where she trained in contemporary, ballet, jazz and ballroom dance
at Center Stage. She was the ballroom national smooth champion in 2010. Zoey graduated cum laude from Marymount Manhattan College in 2015 with a BFA in Ballet under the direction of Katie Langan. She has performed works by Dwight Rhoden, Lar Lubovitch and Aszure Barton, among others. In 2013, Zoey performed with Nikolais Louis in the Yang Liping International Dance Festival in Kunming China. Other credits include the Broadway premiere gala of On The Town, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Dancing With The Stars webisodes, and Macy’s Passport Tour with P. Diddy. Zoey was nominated for the Outstanding Performer Bessie Award for her sustained achievement in Parsons Dance. Zoey joined the company in 2015. JUSTUS WHITFIELD (Dancer) is from Las Vegas, Nevada, and trained in ballet, modern, and jazz at Las Vegas Academy of the Arts. He performed with Las Vegas Contemporary Dance Theater in 2014 under the direction of Bernard Gaddis. In 2016, Justus graduated with a BA in dance from Point Park University, where he performed works by various choreographers including George Balanchine, Troy Powell, and Garfield Lemonius. Justus joined Parsons Dance in 2016. DEIDRE ROGAN (Dancer) began her dance training in Fort Myers, FL at Gulfshore Ballet, under the direction of Melinda Roy and Roberto Munoz. Deidre has worked with such choreographers as Judith Jamison, Milton Myers, Matthew Rushing, Hope Boykin, Ronald K. Brown, and Cheryl Copeland. She performed as a United States Arts Ambassador for President Barack Obama during the Opening Ceremony of the 2016 Hannover Messe. She is a three-time recipient of the BIG ARTS awards scholarship and a National Young Arts award scholarship. Deidre graduated with honors from the Ailey/ Fordham BFA Program in Dance and was a member of Ailey II from 2014–16. She was an understudy with Parsons Dance for the 2016– 17 season before joining the company in the fall of 2017. SHAWN LESNIAK (Dancer) began dancing at the age of seven in East Haven, Connecticut. At his hometown dance studio, Shawn trained in various styles of dance including ballet, jazz, and tap. After dancing competitively for ten OPENINGNIGHTS.FSU.EDU | 39
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and Arts and Hammerstep NYC at Mana Contemporary. Sasha is also an active member of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America and has shared her passion for dance by volunteering at her home club in Tampa. Sasha joined Parsons Dance in 2018.
HENRY STEELE (Dancer) was born and raised in Wollongong, NSW, Australia. He was a competitive gymnast for eight years, and a national gold medalist for three years. During his final years as a gymnast, he began making the transition to dance. In 2016, Henry graduated from Point Park University with a BFA in Modern and Jazz dance. At Point Park, he performed works by choreographers such as Lar Lubovitch, Mark Morris, Ronin Koresh, and Troy Powell. He has danced professionally with Owen/ Cox Dance Group, Texture Contemporary Ballet, and toured internationally with The Bad Boys of Ballet. Henry joined Parsons Dance in 2017.
KATIE GARCIA (Dancer) was born and raised in Miami and trained in ballet, jazz, tap, modern, contemporary, hip-hop, Latin, ballroom and flamenco. After graduating from New World School of the Arts, she continued her training at The Juilliard School, where she performed works by Paul Taylor, Merce Cunningham, Ohad Naharin, José Limón, Richard Alston, Johannes Wieland, Matthew Neenan, Zvi Gotheiner, and Loni Landon. Service and community outreach is an integral part of her life and artistic journey, and in 2016, she traveled to Botswana to teach dance and movement therapy classes to children. A recipient of the Irene Diamond and Edith Rosenhouse-Baehr scholarship, Katie graduated from Juilliard in 2017. Since then, she has danced for WHITE WAVE, under the direction of Young Soon Kim, and has been employed as a flybarre instructor. Katie joined Parsons Dance in 2018.
JOAN RODRIGUEZ (Dancer) was born in La Habana, Cuba. He graduated from the Escuela Nacional de Arte with the “Best Graduate of the Year” award. His professional career began with the dance company DanzAbierta, and he later joined Malpaso Dance Company, where he danced for three years, and worked with choreographers such as Trey McIntyre, Osnel Delgado and Ronald K. Brown. Joan moved from Cuba to Arizona in 2016 where he focused on creating, teaching and performing. In the US, he has worked with award winning dance artists such as Mary Fitzgerald and Liz Lerman, has been Guest Artist in Residence for numerous Universities and Arts Centers, and his choreography on students has received awards in several national level competitions. Joan joined Parsons Dance in 2018. SASHA ALVAREZ (Dancer) is from Tampa and began her formal dance training at the age of fifteen with Next Generation Ballet at the Patel Conservatory under the direction of Peter Stark and Ivonne Lemus. In 2017, she graduated from Point Park University, where she studied under Rubén Graciani. Ms. Alvarez has performed works by such prominent choreographers as George Balanchine, Emery LeCrone, Septime Webre, Garfield Lemonius, Brian Enos, Ronin Koresh and James Gregg. Professionally, she has danced with Helen Simoneau Danse at NYU Center for Ballet
TREY MCINTYRE (Choreographer) is a choreographer, filmmaker, writer, and photographer. Born in Wichita, Kansas, he trained at North Carolina School of the Arts and Houston Ballet Academy. McIntyre spent 13 years as choreographic associate to Houston Ballet, a position that was created especially for him. He has also created works for American Ballet Theatre, Pennsylvania Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, New York City Ballet, Queensland Ballet, and Stuttgart Ballet to name a few. In 2005, he founded his own dance company, Trey McIntyre Project, which lauded both critically and as a new model of an arts organization. In 2014, he transitioned the company to focus on photography and video projects. He continues to choreograph worldwide and is working on two books of photography, a Patreon site (patreon.com/treymcintyre), as well as a documentary entitled Gravity Hero. McIntyre has received numerous awards and is a United States Artists Fellow. AVIRODH SHARMA (Composer), one of the nation’s leading tabla players, was born in Trinidad and trained in tabla playing by his
parents, Dr. Ravideen and Bharati Ramsamooj, founders of New York City’s East Indian Music Academy. A multifaceted artist, Sharma is also a composer and producer of films, fashion shows, radio, documentaries, and television commercials. He has been featured on TV Asia, STARZ NETWORK, NPR Radio, and NY Daily News and has worked with such artists as Riverdance’s Patrick Mangan, David Murry, Karsh Kale, and Sterling Campbell, and many others. Internationally acclaimed, Sharma’s performances have captivated audiences in Italy, Switzerland, Nepal, India, Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana and the United States. It’s an honor to collaborate with Parsons Dance. REBECCA JOSUE (General Manager) joined Parsons Dance in 2010 as the Company Manager and Stage Manager, and has been lucky enough to tour with the company both nationally and internationally for the past five seasons. Rebecca became the General Manager for the 2013–2014 season and continues to tour as well. Before joining Parsons Dance, Rebecca was a freelance company manager, stage manager, producer, theater administrator, and director. She has worked at New York Stage and Film, Mabou Mines, The Public Theater, New World Stages, La Mama, and the Under the Radar Festival among other places in company management, production management, stage management, and in Development. Parsons Dance gratefully acknowledges the following for their support: The Cowles Charitable Trust, Howard Gilman Foundation, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, The SHS Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Theater Development Fund, and generous individual donors. Parsons Dance is supported, in part, by public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
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Echo in the Valley is the followup to Béla and Abigail’s acclaimed, self-titled debut that earned the 2016 Grammy for Best Folk Album. This time around, they had strict rules for recording: all sounds had to be created by them, the only instruments used were banjos (they have seven between them, ranging from a ukulele to an upright bass banjo), and they must be able to perform every recorded song live. Photo by Jim McGuire
Sollee and Casey Driessen and informally at a pickin’ party here, a benefit there, or occasionally popping up in each other’s solo shows. Fans of tradition-tweaking acoustic fare eagerly anticipated that Béla & Abigail would begin making music together as a duo. Fleck has the virtuosic, jazz-to-classical ingenuity of an iconic instrumentalist and composer with bluegrass roots. His collaborations range from his ground-breaking standard-setting ensemble Béla Fleck and the Flecktones to a staggeringly broad array of musical experiments. From writing concertos for full symphony orchestra, exploring the banjo’s African roots, to jazz duos with Chick Corea, many tout that Béla Fleck is the world’s premier banjo player.
Continued from pg. 17
Washburn has the earthy sophistication of a postmodern, old-time singer-songwriter who has drawn critical acclaim for her solo albums. She has done fascinating work in folk musical diplomacy in China, presented an original theatrical production, and has contributed to singular side groups Uncle Earl and The WuForce. In addition to being named a TED Fellow in 2012, Abigail was recently named the first US-China Fellow at Vanderbilt University, in addition to Carolina Performing Arts/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s DisTil Fellow for 2018-2020.
Over the years they played together most visibly in the Sparrow Quartet alongside Ben
On stage, Fleck & Washburn will perform pieces from their Grammy-winning self-titled
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debut as well as their new record, Echo in the Valley (Rounder 2017). With one eye on using the banjo to showcase America’s rich heritage and the other pulling the noble instrument from its most familiar arena into new and unique realms, Béla & Abigail meet in the mean, head-on, to present music that feels wildly innovative and familiar at the same time. Whether at home, on stage or on record, their deep bond, combined with the way their distinct musical personalities and banjo styles interact, makes theirs a picking partnership unlike any other on the planet.
Joshua Bell Continued from pg. 19
Fall 2018 performances included the seasonopenings of the National Symphony Orchestra with Gianandrea Noseda and Cincinnati Symphony with Louis Langrée, performances with the Hong Kong Philharmonic under Jaap van Zweden, Baltimore Symphony with Cristian Măcelaru, Deutsches SymphonieOrchester, Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, and Stockholm Philharmonic. A highlight is the live film concert with the New York Philharmonic of the Academy Award-winning film score for The Red Violin in commemoration of the film’s 20th anniversary. In Spring 2019, Bell tours worldwide with the Academy and his North American and OPENINGNIGHTS.FSU.EDU | 43
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European recital tours with pianist Sam Haywood. Another highlight will be a firstever tour with friends pianist Jeremy Denk and cellist Steven Isserlis to 10 cities in North America, including New York. He also appears with the Czech Philharmonic under Christoph Eschenbach, Israel Philharmonic under Gianandrea Noseda, Camerata Salzburg with Andrew Manze, Pittsburgh Symphony under Manfred Honeck, the Munich Philharmonic, Santa Cecilia Orchestra, Seattle Symphony— including The Man with the Violin children’s film concert—and a play/conduct with the Houston Symphony. Bell’s recording with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields of Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy and G Minor Concerto was released in June 2018. Previous CDs include an album featuring Nicholas Maw’s Violin Concerto, for which Bell received a Grammy® award. Convinced of the value of music as a diplomatic and educational tool, Bell participated in President Obama’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities’ first cultural mission to Cuba. He is also involved in Turnaround Arts, another project implemented by the committee and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which provides arts education to low-performing elementary and middle schools. Bell performs on the 1713 Huberman Stradivarius violin. Joshua Bell appears by arrangement with Park Avenue Artists (parkavenueartists.com) and Primo Artists (promoartists.com).
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Sam Haywood has performed to critical acclaim in many of the world’s major concert halls. The Washington Post hailed his “dazzling, evocative playing” and “lyrical sensitivity” and The New York Times acclaimed his “passionate flair and sparkling clarity.” He embraces a wide spectrum of the piano repertoire and is equally at home as a soloist, chamber musician or with accompanying Lieder. He has had a regular duo partnership with Joshua Bell since 2010 and often performs with cellist Steven Isserlis. He has recorded two solo albums for Hyperion, one featuring the piano music of Julius Isserlis (grandfather of Steven Isserlis) and the other Charles Villiers Stanford’s preludes. His enthusiasm for period instruments led to a recording on Chopin’s own Pleyel piano. In 2013 Haywood co-founded Solent Music Festival in the U.K. The annual Lymingtonbased festival features highly varied programs by internationally renowned artists with projects in the local community. Artists have included the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Alina Ibragimova, Mark Padmore and the Endellion Quartet. Haywood was mentored by David Hartigan, Paul Badura-Skoda and Maria Curcio. Following his early success in the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition, the Royal Philharmonic Society awarded him the Julius Isserlis Scholarship. He studied both at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna and at the Royal Academy of Music in London, of which he is an Associate (ARAM).
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Haywood has written a children’s opera and is regularly involved in family concerts, workshops and master classes. He is on the roster of Musical Orbit, the online teaching website and his invention ‘memorystars®’ can significantly reduce the time needed to memorize a music score.
The Temptations & The Four Tops Continued from pg. 21
THE TEMPTATIONS
The history of The Temptations is the history of contemporary American pop. An essential component of the original Motown machine, that amazing engine invented by Berry Gordy, The Temps began their musical life in Detroit in the early sixties. It wasn’t until 1964, however, that the Smokey Robinson writtenand-produced “The Way You Do the Things You Do” turned the guys into stars. An avalanche of hits followed, many of which...”My Girl,” for instance...attained immortality. “It’s Growing,” “Since I Lost My Baby;,” “Get Ready,” “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg,” “Beauty Is only Skin Deep,” “I Wish It Would Rain”...the hits kept on coming. The classic lineup was Otis Williams, Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams, Eddie Kendricks and
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The Temps got serious. They changed their tone, dress and music. Producer Norman
Whitfield led the way. His Temptations hits, many featuring Dennis Edwards who had
replaced David Ruffin, burned with intensity.
“Runaway Child,” “Cloud Nine,” “I Can’t Get Next to You,” “Papa Was a Rolling Stone,” and “Psychedelic Shack” still smolder.
Other stellar singers—Richard Street, Ali-Ollie
Woodson, Theo Peoples—joined, adding their luster to the group’s growing fame.
No matter the change in personnel, The
Temptations remained true to their tradition.
They survived the whims of fashion, whether disco or techno, and stuck to their guns. “Great singing,” says Otis, “will always prevail.”
In the eighties, The Temps prevailed with smashes like the Otis Williams’ penned “Treat Her Like A Lady.”
Then in the nineties, another Temptation
explosion: It began with their appearance on
Motown 25 in 1983 and continued with the
NBC mini-series that chronicled the group’s history, a ratings triumph over two nights in prime time. An Emmy Award followed.
ourselves. We’re about singing straight-up soul. It’s a style that will live on forever.”
“The Temps have always been known for
great lead singers”, says Williams. “Today we have four of the greatest leads in the proud history of the group.”
history, no matter how glorious that history might be, reinvention is the name of the game.” “When I tell people we are God’s group,” says Otis, a remarkably modest man, “I don’t mean it arrogantly. It’s just that we have been tested
The soaring voice of Philadelphia-born and
time and again and keep coming back. We
in the business.
singers—Paul Williams, David Ruffin, Eddie
-raised Ron Tyson, perhaps the best high tenor
Terry Weeks grew up in Alabama and spent
eight years in the Air Force before his chance encounter with Otis. After an A Cappella audition on a Hollywood street corner, Otis
was so impressed with Weeks that he brought him into The Temptation family.
Larry Braggs is passionate, powerful and very spiritual. These are also the amazing attributes
of the voice of this two-time Grammynominated artist. Cut from the same cloth as some of the world’s greatest vocalists, Larry
has one of the most notable voices in the
business. With a vocal range of over three octaves and a command of the stage like no
other, Larry has become one of the most electrifying entertainers on tour. This has
have suffered the death of so many legendary Kendricks, Melvin Franklin. Others like Dennis Edwards, Richard Street, Ali-Ollie Woodson and Theo Peoples have left, and yet our unity is tighter, our sound brighter and our popularity greater. Someone has watched over this group. Someone has protected our integrity. Someone has said—just go on singing and it’ll get better.” And so The Temptations go on... and on... and on...
THE FOUR TOPS
The quartet, originally called the Four Aims, made their first single for Chess in 1956, and spent seven years on the road and in nightclubs,
singing pop, blues, Broadway, but mostly jazz—four-part harmony jazz. When Motown’s
Then came a series of acclaimed records:
gained him the respect and praise of peers and
for two nights. Nominated for 5 Emmys,
Willie Greene is a Bass vocalist who was born
signed them without an audition to be the
Lovers Only, a collection of love standards,
Willie first saw The Temptations on The Lloyd
label. That proved short-lived, and Stubbs’
The Things you do” and “Get Ready,” “Even
harmonies of Fakir, Benson and Payton started
a ‘Temptation Forever!’ Throughout my career
writing-producing trio Holland-Dozier-
of recording and performing with Lyle Lovett,
Their first Motown hit, “Baby I Need Your
Berry Gordy Jr. found out they had hustled a
Temptations Miniseries,1998—Number 1 rated
fans all over the world.
including best miniseries and winner of 1. For
in Birmingham, Alabama. In the early sixties
marquee act for the company’s Workshop Jazz
Thaxton Show. They sang “The Way you do
powerhouse baritone lead and the exquisite
though I was just a child… I knew that I was
making one smash after another with the
I have had the honor, privilege and pleasure
Holland.
termed an instant classic by critics, remains
among the most cherished of all Temptations
recordings. Phoenix Rising, went through the roof, a platinum-plus mega-hit featuring
“Stay,” the Narada Michael Walden produced song that topped the charts. Ear Resistible,
nailed a Grammy and a legion of new fans.
Awesome, released in 2001 is The Temptations at their freshest, strongest and most appealing.
Reflections, was released in 2005, nominated for a Grammy and brought to the world The Temptations versions of some of Motown’s
greatest songs. Get Ready, this DVD was released in 2006—one of the largest selling
music DVDs ever. The Temptations Musical, a
2016 musical based on Otis Williams’s book and mini-series.
The current lineup consists of Otis Williams,
Ron Tyson, Terry Weeks, Larry Braggs and
Willie Greene Jr. “The more we change,” says veteran Ron Tyson, “the more we stay true to
Ry Cooder, Dolly Parton, John Fogerty and George Harrison (The Beatles). This
opportunity to become a part of the ‘Great Temptation Legacy’ is truly God’s greatest
musical gift to me! I would like to thank Mr. Otis Williams for his tenacity in keeping the
group together and granting me this opportunity!”
national “Tonight Show” appearance, he
Loving” in 1964, made them stars and their sixties track record on the label is indispensable to any retrospective of the decade. Their songs, soulful and bittersweet, were across-the-board successes. “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch),” a No. 1 R&B and Pop smash in 1965, is one of Motown’s longest-running chart toppers; it was quickly followed by a
“Our challenge,” says Williams, “is to live in
longtime favorite, “It’s The Same Old Song”
is filled with riches only a fool would discard.
peak was highlighted by a romantic trilogy:
As a Motowner, I grew up in the most
In The Shadows Of Love” (No. 2 R&B/No. 6
But we also understand that for a group with
pop)—an extraordinary run of instant H-D-H
the present while respecting the past. Our past
(No. 2 R&B/No. 5 pop). Their commercial
At the same time, we thrive on competition.
the No. 1 “Reach Out I’ll Be There,” “Standing
competitive musical atmosphere imaginable.
pop) and “Bernadette” (No. 3 R&B/No. 4
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classics. Other Tops hits from the decade
voicing the man-eating plant Audrey II in the
appearance of the marionette and everything
included “Ask The Lonely,” “Shake Me, Wake
film musical Little Shop Of Horrors, for which
to do with the quality of the movement.
Me (When It’s Over),” “Something About You,” “You Keep Running Away,” “7-Rooms Of Gloom” and their covers of “Walk Away Renee” and “If I Were A Carpenter.” The group was also extraordinarily popular in the U.K. After H-D-H split from Motown, producer Frank Wilson supervised the R&B Top 10 hits “It’s All In The Game” and “Still Water (Love)” at the start of the seventies. The Tops also teamed with Motown’s top girl group, the Supremes, post-Diana Ross. Billing themselves The Magnificent Seven for a series of albums, they hit with a cover of “River Deep Mountain High.” When Motown left Detroit in 1972 to move to Los Angeles, the steadfast Tops decided to stay at home, and with another label. They kept up a string of hits with ABC-Dunhill for
he sang the cult classic “Mean Green Mother From Outer Space.” In 1990, with 24 Top 40 pop hits to their credit, the Four Tops were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. Though they would no longer have hits on record, the group continued to be a hit in concert, touring incessantly, a towering testament to the enduring legacy of the Motown Sound they helped shape and define. Following Payton’s death in 1997, the group briefly worked as a
Shaft In Africa),” “Sweet Understanding Love,” “One Chain Don’t Make No Prison” (later covered by Santana), “Midnight Flower” and
became the lead singer and former Motown artist-producer Ronnie McNeir was enlisted to fill Payton’s spot. In 2005, when Benson died, Payton’s son Roquel replaced him.
Cashore Marionettes Continued from pg. 23
first marionette from clothespins, wood, string
hits in three consecutive decades. They also
alive. He quickly discovered that in order to have the fluid motion he sought, he would have to create his own control designs. For the next 19 years, while pursuing a career in oil painting, Mr. Cashore experimented with the construction of the marionettes and devised
breakthrough. He had always admired Ralph Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending and decided to make a puppet that would
convincingly “play” the violin solo notefor-note. “It seemed almost impossible to get the quality
In 1980 the group moved to Casablanca
making them one of the few groups to have
could sustain and extend that sensation of being
During the late 1980s Mr. Cashore had a
When Stubbs subsequently grew ill, Peoples
At the age of 11, Joseph Cashore created his
1 again, with “When She Was My Girl,”
thought he would try to make a puppet that
was recruited to restore the group to a quartet.
the disco perennial “Catfish.” Records. The following year they were at No.
the first marionette from his childhood and
entirely new control mechanisms.
The One I’ve Got),” a Top 5 hit; the Top 10 10’s “Are You Man Enough (from the movie
made his second marionette. He remembered
trio until Theo Peoples, a former Temptation,
the next few years: “Ain’t No Woman (Like “Keeper Of The Castle”; and the R&B Top
After graduation from college, Mr. Cashore
and a tin can. It was while playing with this
of movement that I wanted,” Mr. Cashore explains. “But once I began to solve the technical problems and gain subtle control of the marionette body, I saw that there was the possibility for greater depth of expression with the marionettes.” That puppet, Maestro Janos Zelinka, was the turning point in Mr. Cashore’s career and
puppet that he was startled by the sudden but
became the impetus for his present productions.
momentary sensation that the puppet was alive.
Mr. Cashore has been performing full time
This illusion had nothing to do with the
since 1990 all across North America, Europe
scored R&B Top 40s with the ballads “Tonight I’m Gonna Love You All Over” and “I Believe In You And Me,” the original version of the 1996 Whitney Houston smash. And The Tops were heard in the film Grease 2 with “Back To School Again.” By 1983, riding the wave of the company’s 25th anniversary celebration, The Tops were back with Motown and H-D-H. The reunion resulted in the R&B Top 40 hits “I Just Can’t Walk Away” and “Sexy Ways.” They signed with Arista later in the decade, and there they racked up their final solo Top 40 hit, “Indestructible,” which was the theme of the 1988 Summer Olympics. That year they also partnered with Aretha Franklin, a longtime friend from Detroit, for the Top 40 R&B “If Ever A Love There Was.” During this period, Stubbs stepped out and gained notoriety for
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the age of 4, on Broadway in New York City
alongside his grandfather in the hit show
Flamenco Puro. At the age of 11, he was featured in the film Flamenco, produced by the legendary
film director, Carlos Saura, that launched
Farruquito’s career and positioned him amongst
Mr. Cashore has been awarded the highest
the most elite flamenco artists of the world.
honor an American puppeteer can receive, a
That same year, together with the flamenco
UNIMA (Union Internationale de la Marionette) Citation of Excellence. UNIMA states that Citations are “awarded to shows that touch their audiences deeply; that totally engage, enchant and enthrall.”
legends in his family, he created and choreographed Bodas de Gloria. In 1992 he
had the honor of sharing the stage with his grandfather at the inauguration of the Paralympic Games of Barcelona.
When Farruquito was 15, his grandfather passed away, and Farruquito became the heir Artist is represented by: Baylin Artists Management Inc., 721 Hyde Park, Doylestown, PA 18902.
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Farruquito (Juan Manuel Fernández Montoya), is the son of flamenco singer Juan Fernández Flores “El Moreno” and dancer Rosario Montoya
year he created his first show, Raíces Flamencas
(Flamenco Roots), which not only distinguished
his mastery as a dancer but also gave him the prodigious flamenco line. Raíces Flamencas
debuted in the Royal Festival Hall in London and continued to tour with high acclaim around the world.
roots and demonstrating what he learned in
this profession: a fusion of singing, guitar, and dance at his highest level with the quest of creating something new every day. Farruquito returned to the United Stated for a coast-to-coast tour in 2016 and was hailed by The New York Times as “the greatest Flamenco Dancer of the Century.”
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For more than 130 seasons, the Boston Pops have been entertaining audiences in Boston and beyond. Boston Pops Conductor Keith
after his performance of La Len Varo at the
There have been 17 Pops conductors,
set foot in the Big Apple” (The New York Times)
the purest form of flamenco founded by his
In 2003, the Academy of Music in Spain
His first international stage appearance was at
created Improvisao, a show returning to his
Lockhart marks his 24th year at the helm of the
Flamenco Festival in the United States.
dancers in the history of flamenco.
Vuitton and Berlutti. In 2013, Farruquito
In 2001, he was named “the best artist to have
Manzano “La Farruca.” He was immersed in grandfather, “El Farruco,” one of the greatest
of this show with costumes designed by Louis
of the Farruco flamenco lineage. That same
opportunity to showcase the traditions of his
Farruquito
Flamenco (El Mundo) after a sold-out season
honored him for his lyrics on Dulce Canela in
orchestra. beginning with the German Adolf Neuendorff, who preceded Arthur Fiedler, the first American-born musician to lead the orchestra.
the María de Niña Pastori album and for his
zapateo accompaniment on the homage album
to Jeros. In the meantime, Farruquito continued to lead his dance academy located in Seville,
founded on the precepts of the Farruco school. The popularity of his following premiere, Alma
Vieja, at the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, lead to a wildly successful European Tour.
Due to tragic events in his personal life, Farruquito was absent from the performance
stage but returned in summer of 2008 with his new production Puro where fans and critics alike claimed “Farruquito has returned to his reign!” In 2010 he premiered Sonerías at the
Bienal de Flamenco of Seville where his audiences experienced the raw roots of Flamenco with a theatrical flair that they had never seen from him. Invited by the prestigious Farruquito who has made it his life’s mission to share the purest form of flamenco on stages all around the world has been called “the greatest flamenco dancer of this new century” by The New York Times.
fashion label, Louis Vuitton, Farruquito later starred in Mirror of Passion.
Farruquito triumphed in the premiere of Baile
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out. Recording now for Columbia, he toured
tirelessly with a five-man band, playing concerts across the country. Endless promotional tours, interviews, television
appearances and recording sessions added up
to five very successful but exhausting years, after which Tom decided to take a break and
“recharge” his creative side at his New Hampshire farm.
Rush returned with a splash in 1981, selling
out Boston’s prestigious Symphony Hall in advance. Time off had not only rekindled
Rush’s love of music, it had re-ignited music audiences’ love of Rush.
He instinctively knew that his listeners were interested in both the old and the new, and
set out to create a musical forum—like the John Williams, who was The Pops conductor from 1980 to 1993, has more than 50 Academy Award nominations, and has earned five Oscars and 22 Grammy awards. Photo by Stu Rosner
In his nearly 50-year tenure as Pops Conductor
major network national broadcast of the
(1930–1979), he established the Boston Pops
Fourth-of-July spectacular from the Esplanade,
as a national icon. When John Williams (1980–1993) succeeded
and the release of the Boston Pops’ first selfproduced and self-distributed recordings.
Arthur Fiedler in 1980, Williams was the most highly acclaimed composer in Hollywood, and today, with 50 Academy Award nominations, he is the most-nominated living person in Academy history. Mr. Williams continued the Boston Pops Orchestra’s prolific recording tradition with a series of best-selling recordings for the Philips and Sony Classical labels; broadened and updated the Pops repertoire; and entertained audiences with live orchestral accompaniment to film clips of memorable movie scenes, many of which featured iconic music from his own film scores. Having led nearly 1,800 Boston Pops concerts in his tenure, Keith Lockhart (1995-present) has created programs that intend to reach a broader, younger audience by presenting artists—both established performers and rising stars—from virtually every corner of the entertainment world, all the while maintaining the Pops’ appeal to its core audience. Mr. Lockhart has made 78 television shows, led 40 national and four overseas tours with the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, led the Pops at several high-profile sports events, and recorded 13 albums. His tenure has been
Club 47 of the early ’60s—to allow established artists and newcomers to share the same stage.
In 1982, he tried it out at Symphony Hall. The
show was such a hit it became an annual event,
growing to fill two, then three nights, and the Club 47 series was born.
Crafting concerts that combined well-known
artists such as Bonnie Raitt or Emmylou Harris
Tom Rush
with (then) unknowns like Alison Krauss or Mark O’ Connor, Rush took the show on the
Continued from pg. 31
road. From the ’80s to the present day, Club
Tom Rush began his musical career in the
rave reviews, and have been broadcast as
early ’60s playing the Boston-area clubs while a Harvard student. The Club 47 was the flagship of the coffee house fleet, and he was soon holding down a weekly spot there, learning from the legendary artists who came to play, honing his skills and growing into his talent. He had released two albums by the time he graduated. Rush displayed then, as he does today, an uncanny knack for finding wonderful songs, and writing his own—many of which have
47 events have filled the nation’s finest halls to national specials on PBS and NPR.
In 1999, Columbia/Legacy released a Tom Rush retrospective album that covers his
recorded musical history from 1962 to the present, including tracks recorded for Columbia, Elektra, Prestige and his independent years. Entitled The Very Best of Tom Rush: No Regrets, the 17-track compilation
includes as a bonus, a brand new Tom Rush
composition, “River Song,” which features vocal contributions from Grammy winners
become classics re-interpreted by new
Shawn Colvin and Marc Cohn.
generations. (It is testimony to the universality
A live CD, Trolling for Owls released in 2003
of his appeal that his songs have been folk hits, country hits, heavy metal and rap hits.) Signed by Elektra in 1965, Rush made three albums for them, culminating in The Circle Game,
which, according to Rolling Stones, ushered in the singer/songwriter era.
marked by a dramatic increase in touring, the
In the early ’70s, folk turned to folk-rock, and
orchestra’s first Grammy nominations, the first
Rush, ever adaptable, saw more room to stretch
and published by Tom’s NIGHTLIGHT RECORDINGS, captures Tom’s complete
performance and includes, for the first time, some of the spoken stories that have endeared him to audiences.
How I Play (some of) My Favorite Songs, a DVD released in 2005 by Homespun Tapes, shows
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(22-year old Downbeat Magazine-featured saxophonist); and Monica Rizzio (Cape Cod
In 2009, Tom recorded his first studio CD in
singer-songwriter, who performs with the
produced by Tom’s long-time friend Jim
Today, Tom Rush lives in Massachusetts when
35 years in Nashville. What I Know was
group “Tripping Lily.”) Again, to rave reviews.
Rooney and includes original Tom Rush
he’s not touring. His voice has grown even
material, as well as harmonies by Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Bramlett and Nanci Griffith.
In 2012, he began a revival of his Club 47®
richer and more melodic, and his music, like a fine wine, has matured and ripened in the blending of traditional and modern influences.
shows at Boston’s Symphony Hall. Tom Rush:
He’s written a number of new songs. He’s
Bromberg, Jonathan Edwards and Buskin &
him for: writing and playing … passionately,
50 Years of Music, featured old friends David
Batteau, and new friends like Dom Flemons of the Carolina Chocolate Drops. The show was streamed live and has been released as a DVD.
doing what he loves, and what audiences love tenderly… knitting together the musical traditions and talents of our times. Julian Bliss Photo by Ben Wright
He followed up with a sold-out show at Symphony Hall in 2013 with the Kweskin Jug
Band, Maria Muldaur, Geoff Muldaur and Bill
Keith, Patty Larkin, Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion.
On Dec. 28, 2014, his show featured Red
The Julian Bliss Septet Continued from pg. 33
and depth of his artistry are reflected in the diversity and distinction of his work. In recital and chamber music he has played at most of the world’s leading festivals and venues including Gstaad, Mecklenburg Vorpommern, Verbier, Wigmore Hall (London) and Lincoln
Molly, a folk trio consisting of Laurie
Born in the UK, Julian started playing the clarinet age 4, continuing on to study in the
Center (New York).
Gardner (vocals, guitar, Dobro, lap steel guitar),
United States at the University of Indiana and
As soloist, he has appeared with a wide range
MacAllister (vocals, guitar, banjo), Abbie
and Molly Venter (vocals, guitar); Grace Kelly
in Germany under Sabine Meyer. The breadth
of international orchestras, from the Sao Paolo Symphony, Chamber Orchestra of Paris, and Auckland Philharmonia, to the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Handpicked by one of the finest clarinetists of
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our day, Julian Bliss, the Septet perform shows that combine over 200 years of musical heritage with and incredible command of Western classical and jazz music. The band explores the inspirational music of Benny Goodman, showcasing some of the best tunes of this era, inspiring authenticity with a modern twist. For live performances, Julian Bliss offers an unbiased point of view about the work of Benny Goodman, talking the audience through the music and sharing anecdotes and stories about Goodman’s life, all delivered with humor.
JULIAN BLISS SEPTET Julian Bliss Clarinet Martin Shaw Trumpet Lewis Wright Vibraphone Neal Thornton Piano Colin Oxley Guitar Tim Thornton Bass Ed Richardson Kit
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Tallahassee is a city of artistic expression and we support Opening Nights as a shining example of creativity in our community.
The purpose of “Opening Nights in Class” is to educate, illuminate and inspire. Opening Nights at Florida State University is committed to providing our campus and the Big Bend area with educational and engaging opportunities so that students and residents can enjoy cultural activities. Our series of educational programs provide once-in-a-lifetime experiences through school performances, master classes and workshops with world-renowned performers at no charge to participants. Through the generous contribution of these supporters, Opening Nights is able to expand its educational offerings during the 2018-19 Season.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
Parsons Dance Company Parsons Dance Company is
coming to Tallahassee to offer hands-on, skill-based, sequential
Cashore Marionettes
Cashore Marionettes’ creator Joseph Cashore will host a workshop with TCC stagecraft, math and science students. Students will learn the engineering and art involved in creating marionettes by making their own puppets. FSU and FAMU professors will also join this workshop so they can take lessons learned back to their classrooms.
Julian Bliss Septet
Julian Bliss will work with FSU clarinet students of College of Music faculty members Deborah Bish and Jonathan Holden in a master class. Bliss has performed both as a soloist and as a chamber musician and will share his professional experiences with the students along with advice on improving their technique.
arts learning experiences that will help a variety of students develop cutting-edge aesthetic and cognitive techniques for modern dance. Members of the dance company will visit Gretchen Everhart School to work with special needs students over the course of three workshops. With the help of the Florida Autism Center along with grant funding from the Council On Culture & Arts, these students of all ages and abilities will receive specialized training in the art of dance. The company will also host a master class with FSU and FAMU dance majors, showing them dance practices unique to sensory-friendly performances. “I realized that there was a real need for programming specifically
tailored for the ASD [Autism Sensory Disorder] community. For this
particular population, the arts are a powerful tool for self-expression and communication...my goal is to provide opportunities for more people to experience the wonders of dance.” - David Parsons
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Opening Nights in Class is striving to expand arts programming to more students in Leon County and the surrounding areas. If you have any questions about how you, your school, students or community group can be involved, please contact Calla MacNamara at cmacnamara@fsu.edu or 850-644-2469.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
Florida State University’s Opening Nights partners with the Florida Center for Reading Research to develop educational materials for K-12 students that enhance learning beyond the performance. Created and designed for each individual performance and grade appropriate, these original resources use evidence-based educational strategies that complement and enrich traditional literacy curriculum. This collaborative partnership is enriching students and educators learning experience by inspiring creativity and achievement through the performing arts.
The Florida Center for Reading Research is a multidisciplinary research center at Florida State University that explores all aspects of reading research—basic research into literacy-related skills for typically developing readers and those who struggle, studies of effective prevention and intervention, and psychometric work on formative assessment. For more information, please contact Nathan Archer at narcher@fcrr.org. OPENINGNIGHTS.FSU.EDU | 59
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