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Numerous Performances Still Ahead

s the 2018–19 Season concludes, I, again, extend my appreciation for your attendance, input and overall support of Opening Nights.

During March and April the performances represent a broad spectrum of performing arts genres, including comedy, classical recital, world music, slack key and gypsy guitar, spoken word, Americana, bluegrass and pop. Some artists yet to come are highly recognizable, such as Michael Feinstein, Jimmy Webb, David Sedaris and Rosanne Cash and others are highly-acclaimed, emerging artists such as Makana, Taylor Tomlinson, Molly Tuttle, Gina Chavez and DakhaBrakha. Whichever you choose to attend, you won’t be disappointed with the quality and caliber of the performers. The artists are at the top of their respective areas. Among the upcoming events is the Chain of Parks Art Festival Event, which we are able to offer because of the generous endowment gift provided by Kelly and Laurie Dozier. I’m pleased to provide details on the Keynote Speaker, Joe Hutto. Joe has a long history in the Tallahassee community and is a nationally recognized artist in photography, painting and bronze sculpture. Further, Joe is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and author. His presentation, which opens the Chain of Parks Art Festival weekend, will be one artist’s perspective on the personal challenges that it takes to prepare for, and sustain, a life as an artist. I look forward to seeing you at our March or April events. Sincerely,

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CONTENTS 13 Florida State University John Thrasher, President Opening Nights Staff Michael Blachly Director Bethany Atwell Assistant Director Lori Elliott Marketing & Communications Manager 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

Jimmy Webb

Nate Bargatze

Matt Haimovitz

Opening Nights Development Council Gus Corbella, Chair Michael Obrecht, Chair-elect Ruth Akers Lauren Bacon Sara Bayliss Brandi Brown Kimberly Criser

Nan Nagy Ron Sachs Susan Stratton

The Second City

Joe Hutto

David Sedaris

Rosanne Cash & Band

Erin VanSickle Brian Wolfe

Taylor Tomlinson

The Michael Feinstein Trio

Lulo Reinhardt & Daniel Stelter

Photo by Steph Mackinnon

Molly Tuttle

Gina Chavez

Photo by Gregg Cestar

Eric Friall Heather Mitchell

Teresa Atkins

Makana

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March

4&5 7:30 P.M. LOCATION

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singer-songwriter, hawaiiana

Photo by Lexi Mackenzie

Makana Described as “dazzling” by The New York Times, Makana is an internationally acclaimed guitarist, singer, composer and activist who is widely known for lending his musical talent for social change. His guitar playing has been featured on three Grammynominated albums, including the soundtrack of the Academy-Award winning film The Descendants. A protégé of the Hawaiian slack key guitar legends, including Bobby Moderow Jr. and the late master Uncle Sonny Chillingworth, Makana has dedicated his life to perpetuating as well as evolving this traditional Hawaiian art form. Slack key or Ki Ho’alu, which is nearly 200 years old and indigenous to Hawai’i, was created by ‘ohana (families) on the different islands as a very personal folk music expression of their beautiful surroundings and way of life. Continued on page 43

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WEDNESDAY

March

7:30 P.M. LOCATION

Richard G. Fallon Theatre TICKETS

$20 | students $10

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comedy

Photo by Todd Rosenberg

Taylor Tomlinson Taylor Tomlinson has been featured on Netflix, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Conan, MTV’s Safe Word, Comedy Central’s Adam Devine’s House Party, was a Top 10 Finalist on season 9 of NBC’s Last Comic Standing, and was recently honored by Variety Magazine at the Montreal “Just for Laughs Comedy Festival” as a “Top 10 Comic to Watch.” She co-hosts “The Self-Helpless Podcast” and can currently be seen on the first season of Netflix’s stand-up series The Lineup. Taylor started doing stand up at 16 years old and has been letting it slowly ruin her life ever since. She is one of the country’s youngest touring headliners, delighting audiences coast-to-coast with her sharp crowdwork, biting wit, and wonderfully self-deprecating point of view.

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TUESDAY

March

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Ruby Diamond Concert Hall TICKETS

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cabaret, jazz

The Michael Feinstein Trio

Shaken & Stirred – Classic Songs Reimagined Take one part sensational vocals and one part piano stylings of one of the most celebrated classical musicians of our time—five time Grammy® Award-nominated Michael Feinstein—mix them together with reimagined arrangements of standards and modern classics that are chilled, shaken and stirred into an unforgettable evening. Michael Feinstein has built a dazzling career bringing the music of the Great American songbook to the world. His Emmy nominated PBS-TV specials, his acclaimed NPR series and concerts spanning the globe and his work as an educator and archivist all define Feinstein as one of the most important musical forces of our time.

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March

14 7:30 P.M.

LOCATION

Opperman Music Hall TICKETS

$35 | students $17

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Lulo Reinhardt & Daniel Stelter

GENRE

gypsy swing

Lulo Reinhardt and Daniel Stelter are famed solo guitarists throughout Europe who have gone on to even greater success as a duo. Whether playing a scorching lead or a cool rhythm, they bring new life to classics from Lulo’s great uncle, Django Reinhardt, to Duke Ellington. Each is a riveting soloist with a wide variety of styles and influences that extend from Argentina to Cuba and back to their German Gypsy roots. This outstanding duo released the record, Live in der Stadtkirche, in 2016, which instantly became “Record of the Month” in the German NDR Jazz Charts. Continued on page 45

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March

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country, pop

Jimmy Webb

The Glen Campbell Years Legendary songwriter Jimmy Webb has had chart-topping hits in a unique range of genres, from country to pop to disco, with songs including “Worst That Could Happen,” “Up, Up and Away” and “MacArthur Park.” But perhaps the most enduring partnership out of all those memorable songs is his musical brotherhood with Glen Campbell. Their mutual admiration and sincere affection for one another yielded a solid friendship, more than 100 recordings and timeless chart-topping hits including “By The Time I get to Phoenix,” “Wichita Lineman,” “Galveston,” “Where’s the Playground, Susie,” and “Honey Come Back” among others. Continued on page 45

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FRIDAY

March

29 7:30 P.M. LOCATION

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comedy

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Nate Bargatze Stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze is attracting national and international attention because of his clean and relatable comedy. His half-hour Netflix Special on The Standups premiered in 2017 to rave reviews and his debut album, Yelled at By a Clown, reached #1 on the iTunes Comedy Charts and remained on Billboard’s “Top Ten Comedy Charts” for weeks. He has appeared numerous times on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Conan and @midnight. He toured with Chris Rock on his 2017 “Total Blackout Tour” and was part of Jimmy Fallon’s “Clean Cut Comedy Tour.” Nate regularly performs at Bonnaroo, SXSW, Oddball Comedy Festival, Sasquatch, Clusterfest, and the JFL Montreal Comedy Festival, where he’s received critical acclaim for years. He has been featured as one of Esquire’s ‘Best New Comedians’ by Jim Gaffigan, Marc Maron’s ‘Comedians to Watch’ in Rolling Stone, Variety’s “10 Comics to Watch,” and as #1 on Vulture’s ‘50 Comedians You Should Know’ in 2015.

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SUNDAY

March

31 2:00 P.M.

LOCATION

Temple Israel TICKETS

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classical

Matt Haimovitz

The Bach Suites: A Moveable Feast “Ferociously talented cellist who brings his megawatt sound and uncommon expressive gifts to a vast variety of styles.” — The New York Times Matt Haimovitz has inspired classical music lovers and countless new listeners by bringing his artistry to concert halls and clubs, outdoor festivals and intimate coffee houses—any place where passionate music can be heard. He brings a fresh ear to familiar repertoire, champions new music, and initiates groundbreaking collaborations, as well as creates innovative recording projects. Continued on page 47

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FINE &

Performing Arts AT TALLAHASSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

ART EXHIBIT: MARK FLETCHER, FINE ARTIST AND POET

CAPITAL CITY BAND OF TCC: SPRINGTIME TALLAHASSEE CONCERT

Jan. 10 – Feb. 14

April 6 | Time-TBD

Monday – Friday 12:30 – 4:30 p.m.

Downtown Tallahassee

TCC Fine Art Gallery

ART EXHIBIT: REMEMBERING PARADISE PARK, BRUCE MOZERT Feb. 21 – March 28 Monday – Friday 12:30 – 4:30 p.m. TCC Fine Art Gallery

THEATRE TCC! PRESENTS: SPRING AWAKENING April 4 – 6 | 8 p.m. April 12 – 13 | 8 p.m. April 14 | 2 p.m. Turner Auditorium

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bluegrass

Molly Tuttle “Her songs ... much like her demeanor, tend to have an inward-looking elegance to them; they’re the outward expressions of a searching mind and a longtime dedication to cultivating her craft.” — NPR’s Jewly Hight At only 25 Molly Tuttle has made history. She won “Guitar Player of the Year” from the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) in 2017 and 2018, making history as the first woman to be nominated for the honor much less winning it. Other accolades in 2018 include: Americana Music Association naming her “Instrumentalist of the Year” and Folk Alliance International awarding her “Song of the Year” for “You Didn’t Call My Name” during its International Folk Music Awards.

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Latin pop

Gina Chavez “Chavez’s voice is perfectly suited to reflect all of those experiences and to take us to places where we dare to let our emotional guards down.” — NPR’s Felix Contreras Gina Chavez is blending the sounds of the Americas with tension and grace. A 10-time Austin Music Award winner, Chavez and her band are touring her new EP Lightbeam, which was released in September 2018. The five-song collection is a departure for Chavez who is known for her signature style of bilingual Latin folk-pop. The 2015 Austin Musician of the Year traded her acoustic guitar for the smooth tones of a Gibson hollow body, and called upon producer Dwight A. Baker (MISSIO, Alpha Rev, The Wind and The Wave, Josh Abbott Band) to lay down five soulful and diverse songs that expand her previous work yet boast the same lively and sophisticated spirit that her fans have grown to love. Continued on page 49

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yMusic “One of the groups that has really helped to shape the future of classical music.” — NPR’s Fred Child yMusic is a group of six New York City instrumentalists flourishing in the overlap between pop and classical. The sextet strives to bring a classical chamber music aesthetic to venues outside the traditional concert hall. Their virtuosic execution and unique configuration (string trio, flute, clarinet, and trumpet) has caught the attention of highprofile collaborators—from Ben Folds to Bill T. Jones to Paul Simon. Continued on page 49

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DakhaBrakha “Ukrainian folk drone Björkpunk quartet DakhaBrakha went into Bonnaroo as unknowns but ended up with one of the most receptive crowds of the weekend.” — Rolling Stone A music quartet from Kiev, Ukraine, DakhaBrakha reflects the fundamental elements of sound and soul—Ukrainian “ethno chaos”—to create a world of unexpected new music. DakhaBrakha was created in 2004 at the Kyiv Center of Contemporary Art “DAKH” by the avant-garde theatre director, Vladyslav Troitskyi, and given the name that means “give/take” in the old Ukrainian language. Theatre work has left its mark on the band performances – their shows are always staged with a strong visual element. Continued on page 51

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The Second City has been laughing at love and its infinite scroll of side effects for decades. In the world-famous comedy company’s latest laughter-inducing undertaking, “It’s Not You, It’s Me,” the Second City takes shots at heartbreak, missed connections and the mire of human relationships. Your friends, your parents, even your blind date will find something achingly familiar to laugh at, thanks to comedy’s newest generation of writers and performers...who all fit squarely into the “it’s complicated” category! Since opening its doors 1959, The Second City has grown to become the world’s premier comedy club, theater and school of improvisation, entertaining 1 million theatergoers annually. Alumni of The Second City’s resident stages, touring companies, and theatrical divisions across Chicago and Toronto include some of the biggest names in entertainment, including Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray and more.

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The Nature of Art Joe will talk on the motivating force that seems to perpetually define the most significant expressions of our humanity, sharing his perspectives regarding the biological foundation of the aesthetic experience and the development of a mysterious driving force that appears to be peculiar to our species. The Natural History of art is an organic reflection of the most remarkable and perhaps the most significant aspect of our Human Nature. Joe Hutto is an nationally-recognized artist in photography, painting and bronze sculpture as well as an Emmy award-winning filmmaker and author of several internationally-recognized books. His writing, scientific research, photography and artwork have been featured in numerous regional and national publications, including the Smithsonian and New Yorker. He has worked as a professional archaeologist, and as a curator and conservator for the Museum of Florida History. For many years he was a field biologist for the State of Wyoming, studying Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep and mule deer. A life-long professional musician, Hutto has recorded and appeared on stage with multiple Grammy® Award-winning artists. He grew up in Tallahassee, is a graduate of Florida State University, and is now, again, a full-time resident of the Capital City.

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David Sedaris With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America’s preeminent humor writers. He is the master of satire and one of today’s most observant writers addressing the human condition. Calypso, his latest collection of essays, is a New York Times best-seller, and a Washington Post Best Book of the Year. The audiobook of Calypso has been nominated for a 2019 Grammy in the Best Spoken Word Album category. Continued on page 53

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Rosanne Cash & Band She Remembers Everything

Rosanne Cash is on tour with She Remembers Everything, a poetic, lush and soulful collection of songs that reckon with a flawed and complex world. She Remembers Everything follows Rosanne’s triple-Grammy® winning 2014 album The River & the Thread and marks a return to more personal songwriting after a trio of albums that explored her southern roots and family heritage. In the wake of the latest tsunami of survivor stories, Cash has embraced women’s narratives in this powerful material. Continued on page 53

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Makana Continued from pg. 13

It is characterized by “slacking” the strings to open chords, thus freeing the hands to alter the sound whilst self-accompanying with a triad of alternating bass patterns, faux rhythms and sweet melodies evocative of island atmospheres. Think “three guitars in one!” Makana’s captivating and wide-ranging performance style has led him to share the stage with Jason Mraz, Joe Walsh, and Jack Johnson, and to open for music legends Sting, Carlos Santana and Elvis Costello. Makana has performed in venues ranging from Asian and European opera houses to The White House. In 2011, at the apex of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement, Makana’s song “We Are The Many” went viral on YouTube garnering

more than half a million views and was coined the “Occupy Anthem” by Rolling Stone magazine. Born and raised in Hawai’i, Makana grew up on the shores of Waikiki amid the diversity of legends such as Don Ho and Bruno Mars. Makana—whose name means “a gift given freely”—began singing when he was 7 years old, took up ‘ukulele at 9 and began learning the ancient art of slack key at 11. By 14 he was performing professionally, and before long, playing five nights a week. He earned a reputation as the youngest virtuoso of slack key and his reputation spread like molten volcanic lava throughout the islands. The focus of Makana’s art is to celebrate the beauty of tradition while exploring new, relevant perceptions, sounds and themes; he has created his own style of “slack-rock.” In

his music he often honors his forebearers—the vintage Hawaiian music legends and the rock poet idols of the 60s—paying homage to the kupuna (elders) who carry within their Beings the cultural wisdom passed down through generations.

The Michael Feinstein Trio Continued from pg. 17

Feinstein boasts multiplatinum-selling recordings and his live concerts have spanned the globe, including iconic venues such as The White House, Buckingham Palace, Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall and the Sydney Opera House. Feinstein founded the Great American Songbook Foundation in 2007. The Foundation works to preserve and elevate America’s rich musical legacy by curating physical artifacts of its creators and performers; offering programs for the public and research opportunities for scholars, historians and performers; and providing educational opportunities for student musicians, including the annual high school Songbook Academy®. He is the Principal Pops Conductor for the Pasadena Symphony, making his conducting debut to celebrated critical acclaim. Feinstein also serves as Artistic Director of the Palladium Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, Indiana, Artistic Director for Carnegie Hall’s “Standard Time with Michael Feinstein” in conjunction with ASCAP and is the director of the Jazz and Popular Song Series at New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center. “Feinstein’s at the Nikko,” his nightclub in San Francisco’s Nikko Hotel has presented the top talents of pop and jazz since 2013. He debuted at “Feinstein’s/54 Below,” his new club in New York in late 2015. His first venue in New York, “Feinstein’s at the Regency,” featured major entertainers such as Rosemary Clooney, Glen Campbell, Barbara Cook, Diahann Carroll, Jane Krakowski, Lea Michele, Cyndi Lauper, Jason Mraz and Alan Cumming from 1999 to 2012.

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his album with songwriting icon Jimmy Webb, Only One Life – The Songs of Jimmy Webb, was named one of “10 Best CDs of the Year” by USA Today. Born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, Feinstein started playing piano by ear at 5 years old. After high school graduation, he moved to Los Angeles. The widow of legendary concert pianist-actor Oscar Levant introduced him to Ira Gershwin in July 1977. Feinstein became Gershwin’s assistant for six years, which earned him access to numerous unpublished Gershwin songs, many of which he has since performed and recorded. Gershwin’s influence provided a solid base upon which Feinstein evolved into a captivating performer, composer and arranger of his own original music.

Lulo Reinhardt & Daniel Stetter Continued from pg. 19

LULO REINHARDT Lulo Reinhardt is a third-generation Gypsy Jazz guitar master from Germany. His great uncle Django Reinhardt left behind an indelible musical legacy, introducing and defining a passionate style of Gypsy Jazz guitar that was astonishing in the 1930s and is still revered and emulated today. Lulo has retained the incredible Reinhardt soul, speed and dexterity with an updated repertoire. He is a spontaneous and spirited musician whose curiosity took him to southern

Spain in search of flamenco roots and to South America, exploring various musical styles of Latin Jazz. By 2002, he was ready to take his place as a bandleader, founding the Lulo Reinhardt Project. They recorded the highly acclaimed Project No. 1 in 2002, and Project No. 2 in 2005, reflecting his passion for Latin music. In 2007, Saga Instruments of San Francisco, Calif., made the first Lulo Reinhardt Model Gitane 310, modeled on the classic Gypsy guitars. This inspired Lulo to compose more Swing material, which he combined with Latin music, prompting him to change the name of his group to the Lulo Reinhardt Latin Swing Project. They recorded their first CD in 2008. In the beginning, he played in Europe with an all-German band but later spent considerable time in Australia, forming a new band of German and Australian musicians. They have recorded several CDs, and toured internationally. Lulo has performed on multiple tours as a soloist with International Guitar Night between 2009 and 2016, in the United States, Canada, the U.K. and Germany. He was the artistic director, host and performing guitarist for the 2017 and 2018 International Guitar Night tours.

DANIEL STELTER Daniel Stelter’s unique guitar style has made him a landmark musician in Germany’s jazz scene. His sound encompasses jazz, pop and classical music. Daniel’s passion for music started early. He began playing the classical guitar at the age of 8, and was soon introduced to jazz, rock and pop music by his older brothers. As a teenager he spent hours meticulously listening and playing to tunes from records and tapes. He won acclaim at contests like “Jugend musiziert“ and “Jugend jazzt.“ By 17, Daniel was a member of the Federal Youth Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Peter Herbolzheimer. During that time, he toured through Southeast Europe and recorded a CD. After his graduation he studied jazz guitar with Norbert Scholly at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz but has never lost track of the classical guitar.

Lulo Reinhardt

He has published several guitar pieces as a solo artist, which are somewhere between classical music, jazz and folklore, and can be heard on

Daniel Stelter Photo by Simon Zimbardo

the ZYX sampler “World of Acoustic Guitars.” Daniel formed a quartet with Ulf Kleiner (piano), Tommy Baldu (drums) and Michael Pauker (bass), which has already released three records: Homebrew Songs (2009), Krikelkrakel (2012) and Little Planets (2015). The quartet’s sound is a symbiosis of classical guitar with a touch of electronic music, a soundscape of cool beats, and a well-balanced dose of funk and soul. He is a permanent member of the RingsgwandlBand, frequently touring through Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and a permanent member of the band cast for the German TVshow Sing meinen Song hosted by Xavier Naidoo on the private channel VOX. In 2016, Daniel was requested as guitar player for the NDR-BigBand, accompanying jazz legend Al Jarreau on his tour through Europe, staging at Vienna’s Konzerthaus, Olympia in Paris, Opera Garnier in Monte Carlo, Paradiso in Amsterdam, Performing Arts Center in Kristiansand, Alte Oper in Frankfurt, Philharmonie in Berlin and Kongresshaus in Zürich.

Jimmy Webb Continued from pg. 21

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to each other but also encompasses the emotions and experiences that the songs they produced together mean to their fans. A very personal performance, Webb pays homage to his friend and collaborator by including virtual duets, new music videos, and stories of how these iconic songs came to be. Webb’s moving and often humorous account offers a rare window into the process by which

In April 2019, Webb releases his latest work,

a CD titled SlipCover, where he shares his piano playing and arrangements of what he considers the finest compositions of the era. As a

respected connoisseur of songs, Webb

decidedly selected songs written by The Rolling Stones, Randy Newman, Billy Joel and Paul McCartney.

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songs become radio hits. Webb shares the genesis of the duo’s Grammywinning collaborations. Personal video and photos from Webb’s private collection and

Rachmaninoff, and Prokofiev, along with new arrangements of Russian-themed music from Paul McCartney to Pussy Riot. In 2016, he released Overtures to Bach, six new commissions that anticipate and reflect each of the cello suites, by Philip Glass, Du Yun, Vijay Iyer, Roberto Sierra, David Sanford, and Luna Pearl Woolf. Both albums were among the credits for David Frost, for his 2016 Grammy win for Best Classical Producer.

Matt Haimovitz

Overtures to Bach is often heard in conjunction with Haimovitz’s “A Moveable Feast” performances—a series of pop-up events in

from other friends, mostly never-before-seen,

Continued from pg. 25

bring back decades of shared musical memories.

Haimovitz’ recording career encompasses more

concert performance. The solo cello recital is

release Meeting of the Spirits was nominated

concert hall. He has been performing “A

The evening will be peppered with many surprises that demonstrate the singular talents of these two pop icons and the indelible mark their symbiotic craftsmanship made on American music and all over the world.

ABOUT JIMMY WEBB Jimmy Webb’s numerous accolades include the prestigious Ivor Novella International Award (2012) and the Academy of Country Music’s Poet Award (2016). Webb was named in the top 50 of Rolling Stone’s 2015 “100

Greatest Songwriters of All Time.” He received his first gold record at the age of 18 and was the youngest inductee into the “Songwriters Hall of Fame.” He is the only artist to ever receive Grammy® Awards for music, lyrics, and orchestration.

than 20 years of award-winning work. His for a Grammy® for Best Classical Crossover

Album and won a Grammy for Best Producer

unconventional locations—followed by a his trademark, both inside and outside the Moveable Feast” around the globe.

of the Year (Classical).

ABOUT HAIMOVITZ

Three of his albums have been nominated for

Born in Israel, Haimovitz has also been honored

a traversal of the Beethoven Sonatas and

the Grand Prix du Disque (1991), the Diapason

instruments with Christopher O’Riley, was an

receive the prestigious Premio Internazionale

Beethoven albums of recent times, at

Haimovitz made his debut in 1984, at the age

Juno Awards and a fourth, Beethoven, Period,

with the Avery Fisher Career Grant (1986),

Variations for Piano and Cello on period

d’Or (1991) and he is the first cellist ever to

Editor’s Choice and one of the top-10

“Accademia Musicale Chigiana” (1999).

Gramophone Magazine.

of 13, as soloist with Zubin Mehta and the

In fall 2017, Haimovitz released a new album,

Israel Philharmonic. At 17 he made his first

Christopher O’Riley. Troika is an all-Russian

Symphony

Troika, with his longtime duo partner, pianist

recording with James Levine and the Chicago

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Webb’s first book, Tunesmith: Inside the Art of Songwriting, is considered a “bible” among professional musicians and college students.

He has time and again paved the way for songwriters in the ever-changing media landscape, pioneering commercial use of pop songs (“Up, Up and Away” as the centerpiece of the 1970 Trans World Airlines campaign) and spearheading the ongoing effort to preserve the rights of songwriters and their intellectual property rights in the world of free downloads with his ongoing work for nearly 20 years on the board of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). In October 2016 Webb premiered his first classical piece, “Nocturne for Piano and Orchestra (Nocturne for ‘Lefty’).”

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He studied at the Collegiate School in New York and at the Juilliard School, in the final class of Leonard Rose, after which he continued his cello studies with Ronald Leonard and Yo-Yo Ma. In 1996, he received a B.A. magna cum laude with highest honors from Harvard University. In addition to his relentless touring schedule,

With all of this recognition, it might be easy

from Texas to Uzbekistan and Venezuela to

length album. In between tours, she has been

Her bilingual album, Up.Rooted, released in

to forget that Tuttle has yet to release a fullhard at work in the studio crafting her eagerly-

anticipated debut album with producer/ engineer Ryan Hewitt (Avett Brothers, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lumineers), which will be released in early 2019 on Compass Records.

of Music in Montreal.

Gina Chavez

He plays a Venetian cello, made in 1710 by

Continued from pg. 29

Matteo Gofriller.

Lightbeam is about the journey and hardships she

and her wife have undergone to be able to

Molly Tuttle Continued from pg. 27

The 2017 release of her debut EP Rise further introduced Molly to a roots music audience

who had already enthusiastically embraced and elevated her. Molly has been performing on such prestigious

publicly express their love for each other as

Considered and her Tiny Desk concert made NPR’s “Top 15” of 2015. Chavez’s

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“Lightbeam was born from a life with the woman I love,” Gina Chavez said. “But really,

yMusic

it’s a love letter to all those who fall into that

Continued from pg. 31

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yMusic, “six contemporary classical polymaths

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Festival, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival,

Chavez and her band recently completed a

Folk Festival.

charts following a feature on NPR’s All Things

Catholic Latino women.

stages as Celtic Connections, Mariposa Folk Americana Music Festival, and Philadelphia

2015, topped the Amazon and Latin iTunes

“Siete-D,” won the grand prize in the

he mentors an award-winning studio of young cellists at McGill University’s Schulich School

Saudi Arabia.

12-country tour as cultural ambassadors with the U.S. State Department, uniting audiences

who playfully overstep the boundaries of musical genres,” (The New Yorker) performs in concert halls, arenas and clubs around the

world. Founded in New York City in 2008,

yMusic believes in presenting excellent, emotionally communicative music, regardless

of style or idiom. They have inspired original OPENINGNIGHTS.FSU.EDU | 49

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yMusic, the New York City sextet flourishes in opportunities that overlap between pop and classical while striving to bring a classical chamber music aesthetic to venues outside the traditional concert hall.

works by some of today’s foremost composers,

Paul Simon, with whom the group recently

In March 2010, DakhaBrakha won the

including Nico Muhly, Missy Mazzoli and

appeared on Saturday Night Live.

prestigious Grand Prix prize named after S.

Andrew Norman. Recent season highlights include a collaborative album release with The Staves on Nonesuch Records, a studio session with Bruce Hornsby, and sold-out concerts at Pioneer Works with The Tallest Man on Earth. Additionally, the group embarked on an interdisciplinary residency at USC’s schools of music and dance, and returned to the Sarasota Music Festival to perform the festival’s first-ever commissioned work alongside its music director, Jeffrey Kahane. From May until September, yMusic was featured on Paul Simon’s Homeward Bound: The Farewell Tour, performing in arenas,

amphitheaters, and outdoor festivals across

Kuriokhin, in contemporary art.

BAND MEMBERS

DakhaBrakha

MARKO HALANEVYCH (vocals, arbuka, tabla, accordion)

Continued from pg. 33

After experimenting with Ukrainian folk music, the band has added rhythms of the surrounding world into their music, thus creating its bright, unique and unforgettable sound. They strive to help open up the potential of Ukrainian melodies and to bring it to the hearts and consciousness of the younger generation in Ukraine and the rest of the world.

Born in the village of Krushenivka, in the Vinnitskiy region, Marko is the only representative of the countryside in the band. He graduated from the faculty of the Ukrainian philology, but got into theatre, becoming an actor at the Centre of Contemporary Art “DAKH,” and then accidentally found himself working with the band. Marko creates the visual images of DakhaBrakha and also for the “DAKH” theatre where he continues to

the globe.

Accompanied by Indian, Arabic, African,

perform as an actor.

To date, yMusic has released three full-length

Australian,

IRYNA KOVALENKO (vocals, djembe,

Russian

and

traditional

solo albums: 2017’s First, 2014’s Balance

instrumentation, the quartet’s astonishingly

Out New York’s “#1 Classical Record of the

creates a transnational sound rooted in Ukrainian

repertoire, yMusic serves as a ready-made

and theatre, their musical spectrum is at first

Problems, and 2011’s Beautiful Mechanical, Time

powerful and uncompromising vocal range

Year.” In addition to performing their own

culture. At the crossroads of Ukrainian folklore

collaborative unit for bands and songwriters,

intimate then riotous, plumbing the depths of

bass drums, accordion, percussion, bugay, zgaleyka, piano) Ira has played Ukrainian ethnic music since her early childhood. She graduated from the faculty of folklore. Ira is responsible for the band’s “brass section,” as she easily gets the feel

and has lent its distinctive sound to dozens of

contemporary roots and rhythms, inspiring

of different musical instruments. She also

albums, most recently In The Blue Light by

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collaborated under the name “The Talent Family” and have written half-a-dozen plays,

which have been produced at La Mama, Lincoln Center, and The Drama Department in New York City. These plays include Stump the Host, Stitches, One Woman Shoe, which

received an Obie Award, Incident at Cobbler’s Knob, and The Book of Liz, which was

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Sedaris has been nominated for three Grammy® Awards for Best Spoken Word and Best Comedy Album. His latest audio recording of

new stories (recorded live) is “David Sedaris: Live for Your Listening Pleasure” (November

2009). A feature film adaptation of his story C.O.G. was released after a premiere at the

Sundance Film Festival (2013). Since 2011, he

can be heard annually on a series of live recordings on BBC Radio 4 entitled “Meet David Sedaris.”

As a companion piece to Theft By Finding, Jeffrey Jenkins published and edited an art

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2017). A second volume of his diaries is expected for summer 2019.

DakhaBrakha Photo by Kulikov

OLENA TSYBULSKA (vocals, bass drums, percussion, garmoshka) Lena is one of the specialists at the folklore department of the National University of Ukraine. When she has some time off, she works on preparing her Candidate’s dissertation about traditional Ukrainian wedding songs.

NINA GARENETSKA (vocals, cello, bass drum) Nina professionally studied folklore and is a self-taught cellist. She is the band’s most artistically open-minded member and is always up for collaborating with other musicians.

David Sedaris Continued from pg. 39

Beloved for his personal essays and short stories, David Sedaris is the author of Barrel Fever, Holidays on Ice, Naked, Me Talk Pretty

One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, and Theft By Finding: Diaries (1977-2002). He is the author of Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary, a collection of fables with

illustrations by Ian Falconer. Each of these books was an immediate bestseller. He was also the editor of Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules: An Anthology of Outstanding Stories. His pieces regularly appear in The New Yorker and have twice been included in “The Best American Essays.” There are over 10 million copies of his books in print and they have been translated into 25 languages. In 2018 he was awarded the Terry Southern Prize for Humor, as well as the Medal for Spoken Language from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He and his sister, Amy Sedaris, have

Rosanne Cash Continued from pg. 41

One of the country’s preeminent singer/

songwriters, Rosanne Cash has released 15 albums of extraordinary songs that have earned

4 Grammy Awards and 11 nominations as well as 21 “Top 40” hits, including 11 No. 1 singles.

Cash is also an author whose four books include

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of an American life you’ll likely ever read.” Her essays have appeared in The New York Times,

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and many more print and online publications. A new book, Bird On A Blade, blending the

images of acclaimed artist Dan Rizzie with strands of lyrics from a variety of Cash’s songs has just been published by UT Press.

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Arts. She was chosen as a Perspective Series artist at Carnegie Hall for the 2015-16 season, and curated a series of American roots music, including her own performance. She continues her association with Carnegie Hall as a Creative Partner for the 2018-19 season. She also served as 2015 Artist-in-Residence at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville and was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters’ Hall of Fame that same year. And for the 2017-2018 seasons she was a Resident Artistic Director at SFJAZZ. Cash was awarded with the Spirit of Americana: Free Speech Award and received an honorary doctorate degree from the Berklee College of Music in 2018.

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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 for students and residents so they can enjoy cultural activities. Our series of educational programs provides once-in-a-lifetime experiences through school performances, master classes and workshops with world-renowned performers. Through the generous contribution of these supporters, Opening Nights is able to expand its educational offerings during the 2018–19 Season.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS Makana - Walmart Series

Born and raised in Hawaii, singer-songwriter Makana is known worldwide for his mastery of the traditional “slack key” style of guitar playing. Through a donation from Walmart, Opening Nights In Class is able to have Makana provide arts educational programming to students from five schools in Leon, Jefferson, Gadsden and Wakulla counties. Makana will share his passion for Hawaii’s culture, history, language and natural landscape through song and storytelling to hundreds of students in the Big Bend area.

Matt Haimovitz - FSU Plate Cellist Matt Haimovitz will teach a master class for students of Gregory

Sauer, FSU College of Music Professor of Cello. A musician of the world, Haimovitz boasts acclaimed appearances on every major international concert stage. Daring and original, he is redefining the classical music experience through his series of public pop-up events. Haimovitz will play Bach’s cello suites and commissioned overtures in a series of pop-up events in unconventional locations around the FSU campus and the Tallahassee community. An event is planned for Friday afternoon, March 29 and two events are scheduled for Saturday, March 30. Follow Opening Nights on Facebook and Instagram for the locations and times for this musical variation on the concept of A Moveable Feast.

yMusic

By working with FSU professors and members of yMusic, Opening Nights is able to involve our artists as part of the students’ higher

education experience. yMusic and Evan A. Jones, Professor of Music Theory and Coordinator of the Music Theory and Composition area at FSU’s College of Music, will host a six-day residency in three separate visits over the course of a year. During yMusic’s time in Tallahassee, six FSU Music Composition students will create musical pieces and workshop their works in classroom and studio settings. yMusic will also host a free performance for students in Dohnányi Recital Hall on April 15th at 7:30 pm. This performance will feature the compositions written by the six selected FSU Composition students. yMusic has already visited the FSU campus twice to prepare for this performance and to enhance these students’ learning experience.

DakhaBrakha - AT&T Series Through the support of AT&T, Opening Nights is expanding its community outreach and educational programs to more high school students. Traveling all the way from Kiev, Ukraine, DakhaBrakha will perform a live performance for Lincoln High School students. DakhaBrakha will demonstrate the diverse musical traditions of other cultures through their unique style influenced by Indian, Arabic, African and Russian music.

The Second City - FSU Plate Students from the School of Theatre and the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship will come together for an afternoon to learn the art of improv with members from The Second City. Students will learn to think fast, say “yes” to everything, and employ humor and drama on the spot to create characters, scenes and even original songs. These skills can be practiced universally in our day-to-day lives, making it a valuable learning experience for actors and business entrepreneurs alike!