2018 Savannah Music Festival Brochure by Savannah Music Festival

SAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVAL March 29 â&#x20AC;&#x201C;April 14, 2018

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We invite you to join us for the 29th edition of the Savannah Music Festival. Our annual festival is like no other, as we present a 17-day slate of musical arts events throughout our city’s unparalleled historic district. Whether they are elegant presentations from longstanding musical traditions, distinctive film or theatrical productions, or popular or folk idioms whose functions are dancing and pure entertainment, our organization wants to connect you with some of the most exciting, distinguished and original artists in our time. This season is our most ambitious to date due to the addition of two new festival venues that are completely distinct from one another: Yamacraw Center for the Performing Arts and Trustees’ Garden. The former is the first-ever concert hall built in downtown Savannah, which we will use for several of our distinctive recitals and chamber music concerts, including three original programs with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Daniel Hope (pages 4, 8 & 12). The latter is a historic, outdoor location where we will conclude this year’s festival with our largest-ever production (pages 50–51), headlined by Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit and the Tedeschi Trucks Band (pictured here). Artists from every continent are represented in our festival, this year coming from Argentina, Mali, England, Cuba, Portugal, Switzerland, Mexico, India, Greece, South Africa, Australia, Canada, Spain, Japan, Brazil, Israel, France, Trinidad, Germany, South Korea and Ireland. They are mixed with jazz, bluegrass, blues, classical, gospel, country, old-time and a variety of Americana styles.

Our 2018 festival includes several special commissions, premieres, debuts and double bills. Of particular note are: a 50th anniversary celebration of Savannahbased Benedetto Guitars (page 6); two films featuring original scores performed live by the composers (pages 11 & 15); the premiere of a commissioned work by trumpeter/ composer Etienne Charles (page 16); a celebration of trumpet masters Louis Armstrong and Lee Morgan (page 19); a live multi-media stage presentation by Tavis Smiley and pianist Marcus Roberts commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (page 34); an original production by singer/ composer Moira Smiley featuring new works and arrangements (page 36); and the southern debut of Manual Cinema, an extraordinary group that combines handmade shadow puppetry, cinematic techniques and innovative music (page 26). You might notice an increasing number of references to Acoustic Music Seminar, Swing Central Jazz and other SMF music education programs (pages 56–58) within concert descriptions. Past students are becoming exceptional performers! Please explore the following pages and see for yourself why the Savannah Music Festival is a one-of-a-kind event. We invite you to join us in our wonderfully unique city and experience the many reasons that we cherish the musical arts. Rob Gibson Executive & Artistic Director

Thursday, March 29 at 12:30 pm Charles H. Morris Center $30

Thursday, March 29 at 6:15 pm Yamacraw Center for the Performing Arts $62, 52

Pat Martino Quintet

Zurich Chamber Orchestra program

Pat Martino emerged from the jazz-rich Philadelphia music scene in 1961 and established himself over the subsequent 50 years as one of the most prolific jazz guitarists of all time. An innovative player known for his advanced knowledge of jazz theory, he has played with Richard “Groove” Holmes, Jack McDuff, Gene Ammons, Chick Corea, Bobby Hutcherson, Joey DeFrancesco and Stanley Clark, among many others. An aneurysm in 1980 left Martino with no recollection of his musical career or ability to play the guitar. After a remarkable recovery, however, and through the study of his own past recordings, he managed to reverse his memory loss and return to form on his instrument. Don’t miss Martino’s SMF debut as he kicks off the 2018 festival with a lunchtime set.

Daniel Hope, Music Director Benny Kim, Daria Zappa Matesic and Simos Papanas, soloists VIVALDI Concerto No. 10 for 4 Violins in B minor, RV 580 VIVALDI Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons), Opus 8, Nos. 1-4 SCHUBERT String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810, “Death and the Maiden,” arr. for orchestra Daniel Hope, violin Benny Kim, violin Daria Zappa Matesic, violin Simos Papanas, violin Zurich Chamber Orchestra

Pat Martino is also performing as part of Benedetto Guitars 50th Anniversary on Thursday, March 29 at 8 pm at the Lucas Theatre for the Arts. See page 6 for more info. S AVA N N A H M U S I C F E S T I VA L

At the start of SMF’s 29th season, the Mr. & Mrs. Curtis G. Anderson Associate Artistic Director Daniel Hope commemorates his 15th year at the festival with three original concerts with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra. Hope also serves as the Zurich Chamber Orchestra’s Music Director, and recently recorded Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with them on his 2017 Echo Klassikwinning album, For Seasons. Founded in 1945, the Zurich Chamber Orchestra is now one of the leading ensembles of its kind, and Hope is the first instrumentalist in their rich history to lead them in place of a conductor. The centerpiece of their SMF debut features four violinists performing Vivaldi’s Concerto No. 10. This is the first in a series of three programs featuring Daniel Hope and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra. See pages 8 and 12 for Programs II and III.

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Thursday, March 29 at 7:30 pm North Garden Assembly Room at Ships of the Sea Museum $40

Rhonda Vincent & The Rage / Claire Lynch Band Two pioneering women of bluegrass come together to kick off SMF 2018 in the North Garden Assembly Room! Seven-time IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) “Female Vocalist of the Year” Rhonda Vincent was born into bluegrass music, first performing in the late 1960s at age 5 alongside her family members in the Sally Mountain Show. Her family’s band toured extensively throughout the 1970s and 1980s, with Vincent’s solo career launching in 1985. After a brief foray into mainstream country, she returned to her bluegrass roots two decades ago, and has been one of the most celebrated entertainers in the genre ever since. Rhonda Vincent & The Rage consists of Vincent on mandolin and lead vocals, Hunter Berry on fiddle, Brent Burke on dobro, Aaron McDaris on banjo, Josh Williams on guitar and Mickey Harris on bass. Claire Lynch established herself as an exceptional talent as lead vocalist for the Front Porch String Band beginning in the 1970s. Over her career, she has won six IBMA awards and been nominated for three Grammys. Dolly Parton praises her as having “one of the sweetest, purest and best lead voices in the music business.” This is the Claire Lynch Band’s debut appearance at SMF. The band, which has been in existence for more than a decade, features Lynch, joined by Bryan McDowell on fiddle, mandolinist Jarrod Walker and bassist Mark Schatz.

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Thursday, March 29 at 8 pm Lucas Theatre for the Arts $80 (Gold), 62, 52, 42, 32

Benedetto Guitars 50th Anniversary Featuring Pat Martino, Howard Alden, Romero Lubambo, Chico Pinheiro and “King” Solomon Hicks Savannah’s own Benedetto Guitars rounds out its fifth decade in 2018, continuing to produce some of the world’s most coveted archtop jazz guitars. For this one-time-only production, a full spectrum of Benedetto players takes the stage, including jazz star Howard Alden, Brazilians Romero Lubambo and Chico Pinheiro, and SMF debuts by jazz master Pat Martino (see page 4) and young bluesman “King” Solomon Hicks. See masterful displays of Benedetto instruments across blues and jazz styles in intimate solo, duet and full-band configurations!

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Friday, March 30 at 12:30 pm Charles H. Morris Center $30

Derek Gripper, guitar South African acoustic guitarist Derek Gripper executes kora repertoire brilliantly, and is equally adored by classical guitar aficionados and Malian musicians. His rendering of the kora on a six-string guitar is uncanny, presenting an unbound sensitivity to the nuances of the emblematic Malian instrument with staggering technical abilities. Don’t miss this rare US appearance by a truly innovative solo instrumentalist!

“IT’S HARD TO IMAGINE A MORE IMPRESSIVE AND PASSIONATE RENDERING OF MALIAN MUSIC ON CLASSICAL GUITAR.” AFROPOP WORLDWIDE

Friday, March 30 at 5:30 and 8:30 pm Charles H. Morris Center $40

Derek Gripper / Trio Da Kali The members of Trio Da Kali (Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté, Lassana Diabaté and Mamadou Kouyaté) are outstanding musicians from the Mandé culture of southern Mali, each coming from a long line of distinguished griots. Combining voice, balafon and bass ngoni, the widelyacclaimed trio enlivens and elaborates upon an innately soulful ancient repertoire. Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté is the niece of singer/bandleader Kassé Mady Diabaté, who performed at SMF in 2016, and her powerful voice is often compared to that of Mahalia Jackson. Songlines Magazine writes: “These three brilliant musicians give a new voice to timeless sounds.” South African guitarist Derek Gripper (see above) shares this only-in-Savannah bill. savannahmusicfestival.org | box office 912.525.5050

Friday, March 30 at 6:15 pm Yamacraw Center for the Performing Arts $62, 52

Zurich Chamber Orchestra program

Daniel Hope, Music Director Kristian Bezuidenhout, piano MOZART Divertimento in F Major, K. 138 FLETCHER Concerto for Violin and Orchestra MOZART Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major, K. 271, “Jeunehomme” MOZART Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201 Daniel Hope, violin Kristian Bezuidenhout, piano Zurich Chamber Orchestra

This mostly Mozart program features celebrated keyboardist Kristian Bezuidenhout, one of the world’s leading interpreters of Mozart’s music, whose last appearance in Savannah was in 2012. Bezuidenhout performs Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9 in this program. This second performance in the Zurich Chamber Orchestra’s 2018 residency also features a new Alan Fletcher composition that was cocommissioned by SMF, the Zurich Chamber Orchestra and San Francisco’s New Century Chamber Orchestra, who premiered the work on September 21, 2017 under Daniel Hope’s direction.

This is the second in a series of three programs featuring Daniel Hope and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra. See pages 4 and 12 for Programs I and III.

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Friday, March 30 at 7:30 pm Lucas Theatre for the Arts $80 (Gold), 62, 52, 42, 32

Mission Temple Fireworks Revival: Paul Thorn and the Blind Boys of Alabama Born out of his old-school gospel recording project entitled Mission Temple Fireworks Revival, Paul Thorn emphatically attests that this concert will be “like taking a six pack to church!” The former boxer and son of a preacher has often touched on spiritual themes in his songs, while also penning tunes about strippers, pimps and others on the fringes of society. Thorn and his versatile, veteran band played SMF’s 2016 kickoff concert at Ships of the Sea, and also during that season’s festival on a bill with Marc Broussard. The Blind Boys of Alabama last appeared at SMF in 2008. In the seven decades since they first began singing together, the Blind Boys’ music has not only endured, but thrived, helping both to define the sound of the American south and to push it forward into the 21st century.

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Friday, March 30 at 8:30 pm North Garden Assembly Room at Ships of the Sea Museum $30

Margaret Glaspy / Juana Molina Songwriter and guitarist Margaret Glaspy has “a knack for sending shivers down any spine” (WNYC). In her SMF debut, Glaspy performs her fiercely raw guitar-driven pop songs with guitarist Julian Lage (see page 32). Throughout her relatively young career, the 27-year-old California native has been based in New York City, having performed with artists ranging from Rachel Yamagata to Del McCoury and Wilco. Margaret Glaspy constantly expands on her diverse influences, saying that “Joni Mitchell’s Blue set the bar in my mind that I’m always striving for.” Juana Molina is a beguiling Argentinian artist whose music combines elements of folk, ambient and electronica, attracting praise from admirers in all corners. Her father, revered tango singer and composer Horacio Molina, gave her guitar lessons from the age of 5. Her mother, actress Chunchuna Villafañe, is a committed music lover who introduced her to the secrets of her extensive record collection. Having toured over the past two decades throughout the US, Japan and Europe, her live performances combine loops, effects created on-the-fly and deft acoustic guitar playing. Spin describes Molina’s music as “a slippery soundtrack for the subconscious.”

Juana Molina also performs a live score to the silent 1934 movie “The Goddess.” See opposite page for more information. S AVA N N A H M U S I C F E S T I VA L

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Saturday, March 31 at 12:30 pm Charles H. Morris Center $30

Saturday, March 31 at 3 pm Trustees Theater $30

Trio Da Kali

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A special lunchtime performance by this esteemed trio from Mali. See page 7 for more information about Trio Da Kali.

Live Score by Juana Molina

“The Goddess” (1934) Buenos Aires’ Juana Molina (see opposite page) performs her original score for the 1934 Chinese silent film “The Goddess.” Written, directed and designed by the 27-year-old Wu Yonggang, this is the kind of film that demands a rewriting of the film history books. “The Goddess” was restored by the China Film Archive from the only known surviving print of the work. It features Chinese cinema superstar Ruan Lingyu in a Garbo-

esque performance as she plays a single mother driven into prostitution (the title is a euphemism) to pay for her young son’s schooling. Free of moralism and melodrama, expressively composed and lit and very naturalistically acted, this is a film of startling modernity featuring an original score performed live by Argentinian composer Juana Molina.

The 2018 season of the Savannah Music Festival features several film screenings. See page 15 for information about BiRDMAN LiVE with Antonio Sanchez and page 35 for Daniel Hope’s “Terezín: Refuge in Music.”

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Saturday, March 31 at 3 pm Yamacraw Center for the Performing Arts $62, 52

Zurich Chamber Orchestra program iii Daniel Hope, Music Director Sebastian Knauer, piano Marcus Roberts Trio This one-time-only concert with Daniel Hope and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra features two SMF favorites, Sebastian Knauer and the Marcus Roberts Trio. Knauer plays works from his 2017 Echo Klassik-winning album, ÜberBach, a collection of compositions by the Munichbased composer Arash Safaian on themes by Johann Sebastian Bach. In the second half of the program, the Zurich Chamber Orchestra is joined by the Marcus Roberts Trio in performances of Paul Bateman’s stunning arrangements of music by George Gershwin and Kurt Weill. Daniel Hope, violin Sebastian Knauer, piano Marcus Roberts, piano Rodney Jordan, bass Jason Marsalis, vibraphone, drums Zurich Chamber Orchestra

This is the third in a series of three programs featuring Daniel Hope and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra. See pages 4 and 8 for Programs I and II.

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Saturday, March 31 at 7 pm Lucas Theatre for the Arts $80 (Gold), 62, 52, 42, 32

Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn launched their duo project in 2013 after the birth of their son, deciding that the best way to be together regularly would be to play together more often. Their debut album won a Grammy Award for Best Folk Album, following a highly-praised tour including a Sunday afternoon performance to a packed Lucas Theatre during SMF 2014. This time around, the mission is to take their double banjo combination of three finger and clawhammer styles “to the next level and find things to do together that we had not done before,” according to Fleck. Audiences can expect an engaging concert that is simultaneously familiar and wildly innovative.

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Saturday, March 31 at 8:30 pm North Garden Assembly Room at Ships of the Sea Museum $30

Saturday, March 31 at 8:30 pm Charles H. Morris Center $40

John Moreland / Aaron Lee Tasjan

António Zambujo

This double bill pairs two up-and-coming Americana singer-songwriters in their Savannah debuts.

Fans of fado music will love internationally acclaimed Portuguese guitarist and fado singer António Zambujo, who won the Amália Rodrigues Foundation prize for Best Male Fado Singer as a young man. Born in Beja, Portugal, Zambujo grew up listening to the Cante Alentejano of Southern Portugal and fell in love with fado greats Amália Rodrigues, Maria Teresa de Noronha, Alfredo Marceneiro and João Ferreira Rosa. Zambujo has toured extensively in Europe and South America, including numerous sold-out concerts in Paris, Rio de Janeiro and London. This concert with his six-piece group marks his Savannah debut.

Oklahoma native John Moreland is an original songwriter whose focus on love and transformation have earned significant accolades and allowed him to create great Americana-tinged rock ‘n’ roll. With his band in tow and a sound influenced by Steve Earle and Townes Van Zandt, Moreland’s music is described by Rolling Stone as building on his “acoustic balladry with country shuffles, straightforward rockers and garage-blues barnburners.”

punk to alt-country. He won the award for Outstanding Guitarist at the Essentially Ellington Competition at Jazz at Lincoln Center as a teenager, and has since been the guitarist for glam-rock innovators the New York Dolls, Southern rock band Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ and British roots rockers Alberta Cross. Leading his own group, Tasjan’s versatility is evident as he covers territory that includes dreamy ‘70s-era country rock, rollicking honky-tonk and introspective acoustic folk.

Nashville-based Aaron Lee Tasjan has a musical background ranging from jazz to

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Sunday, April 1 at 3 pm Lucas Theatre for the Arts $30

Sunday, April 1 at 5 pm Trinity United Methodist Church $57

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Daniel Hope’s Air: A Baroque Journey

BiRDMAN LiVE with Antonio Sanchez

ORTIZ Ricercata segunda HANDEL Sarabande HWV 437, arr. Fourés FALCONIERI La suave melodia VON WESTHOFF Imitazione delle campane

Winner for Best Picture at the 2015 Academy Awards, “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” is given new life as percussionist Antonio Sanchez performs his original score for the film. An “innovative, spot on score” according to The Wall Street Journal, Sanchez’s arrangement for drums propels star Michael Keaton through his celebrated performance as a washed-up action star fighting for a career resurgence on Broadway. Woven sensitively into the narrative, Sanchez’s drum set transforms into an intriguing character in and of itself.

MATTEIS Diverse bizzarrie sopra la Veccia Sarabanda o pur Ciaccona VIVALDI Sonate for 2 Violins, “La Follia” FALCONIERI Passacaglia à 3 VON WESTHOFF La guerra così nominata di sua maestà Greensleeves (trad.) LECLAIR Le Tambourin UCCELLINI Aria Sopra la Bergamasca MATTEIS Ground after the Scotch Humour VON WESTHOFF Imitazione del liuto FALCONIERI Ciaccona BACH Air

From its creation in the mid-16th century, the modern violin has had an extraordinary and tempestuous history. Arguably its greatest development came during the Baroque era, which this concert will trace through the works of the period’s most unique composers and virtuoso violinists, while illuminating the diversity of the era’s repertoire and the cultural exchanges that took place. This program blends the simplest and at times most primitive forms of dance music with the most sophisticated and revolutionary compositions of the day, culminating in a work by Bach, “whose music remains more modern today than that of anyone else,” according to Hope. Daniel Hope, violin Simos Papanas, violin Nicola Mosca, cello Emanuele Forni, lute Naoki Kitaya, harpsichord

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Sunday, April 1 at 3:30 and 7 pm Charles H. Morris Center $40

Find out more about this unique program during a free Q&A session featuring Etienne Charles and Quentin Baxter between performances at Charles H. Morris Center at at 6 pm.

Gullah Roots: Etienne Charles / Ranky Tanky In this one-time-only double bill, Trinidadian-American trumpeter Etienne Charles premieres “Gullah Roots,” an SMF-commissioned work that explores the Afro-Caribbean connections to Gullah music and the Gullah connections to American music. Charles has exhibited both an authentic preservation of the music of his native culture of Trinidad as a composer and bandleader, while broadening our scope of understanding through the collaborative sound of American jazz as it meets new colors, new textures and new motifs across the world. His new work was written especially for this occasion and his illustrious sextet. “Ranky Tanky” translates loosely as “Work It,” or “Get Funky.” South Carolina natives Quentin Baxter, Kevin Hamilton, Charlton Singleton and Clay Ross first came together in 1998 to form a seminal Charleston jazz quartet. Now, united by years apart and a deeper understanding of home, they are joined by celebrated low-country vocalist Quiana Parler to revive a “Heartland of American Music” born in their own backyards. Ranky Tanky performs the timeless music of Gullah culture born in the southeastern Sea Island region of the United States. From playful game songs to ecstatic shouts, from heartbreaking spirituals to delicate lullabies, the musical roots of Charleston are “rank” and fertile ground from which these contemporary artists are grateful to have grown. S AVA N N A H M U S I C F E S T I VA L

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Monday, April 2 at 12:30 pm Charles H. Morris Center $30

Monday, April 2 at 6:15 pm Trinity United Methodist Church $57

Sullivan Fortner, piano

Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano

A native of New Orleans, Sullivan Fortner was praised as a virtuoso jazz pianist well before he finished high school. He won the 2015 Cole Porter Fellowship from the American Pianists Association, as well as the 2016 Lincoln Center Award for Emerging Artists, and has spent recent years playing with jazz artists as varied as Cécile McLorin Salvant, Fred Hersch and Roy Hargrove, among many others. This solo performance—one of six appearances in his debut season at SMF—highlights Sullivan Fortner’s musical versatility and knowledge of jazz piano across the ages.

MOZART Sonata No. 7 in C Major, K. 309 Rondo in A minor, K. 511 Adagio in B minor, K. 540 Sonata No. 4 in E-flat Major, K. 282 Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K. 457

“ABOVE ALL, BEZUIDENHOUT KNOWS HOW TO MAKE A FORTEPIANO SING.” THE GUARDIAN (UK)

Kristian Bezuidenhout has recorded the complete keyboard music of Mozart and Mendelssohn, much of it since his last SMF visit in 2012. A regular guest with the world’s leading ensembles including the Freiburger Barockorchester (with whom he recorded the Mozart Piano Concertos), Les Arts Florissants, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Orchestre des Champs Elysées, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester, Bezuidenhout has guest-directed (from the keyboard) the English Concert, Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Tafelmusik and Collegium Vocale, and has performed with Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Frans Brüggen, Trevor Pinnock, Isabelle Faust, Alina Ibragimova, Anne Sofie von Otter and Mark Padmore. He returns with an all-Mozart recital performed on the instrument Mozart himself would have played.

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Monday, April 2 at 7:30 pm Lucas Theatre for the Arts $80 (Gold), 62, 52, 42, 32

Diego El Cigala Diego El Cigala is arguably Spain’s most brilliant and innovative flamenco singer performing today. A two-time Latin Grammy Award winner, El Cigala has collaborated with a “who’s who” of Spanish musicians. The New York Times once ranked an El Cigala show as the city’s best concert in all categories of pop, rock and jazz that year, noting “a séance that continually changed form and mood according to the whim of El Cigala, the great Gitano singer—a mile of charisma with a soul-scarring voice—and his band, as they played their own sort of traditional flamenco that brushed against jazz and tango.”

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Tuesday, April 3 at 12:30 pm Charles H. Morris Center $30

Tuesday, April 3 at 5:30 and 8:30 pm Charles H. Morris Center $40

Chris Pattishall, piano

Trumpet Masters: Celebrating Louis Armstrong & Lee Morgan

Recently named by Wynton Marsalis as one of the top five jazz musicians under 30 to watch, Chris Pattishall is quickly generating a powerful presence in the jazz world. Combining an impressive technique with patient sensitivity, Pattishall embodies a music that is intelligent, soulful and joyous. He has toured internationally as a leader and sideman, recently presenting original music as well as distinctive interpretations of the music of Nat “King” Cole, Fletcher Henderson and Mary Lou Williams.

Featuring Alphonso Horne & Chris Pattishall Septet with Brianna Thomas / Terell Stafford Quintet Louis Armstrong, the revolutionary trumpet player and entertainer, is one of the most recognizable icons of jazz. When musicians such as Earl Hines, Ella Fitzgerald and Jack Teagarden played duets with Armstrong, their careers took dramatic upswings. Grammy-nominated trumpeter Alphonso Horne and rising star pianist Chris Pattishall lead a program featuring the young soulful vocalist Brianna Thomas, reimagining some of the greatest duets in Armstrong’s career. This young all-star ensemble also includes trombonist Corey Wilcox, clarinetist Joe Goldberg, saxophonist Ricardo Pascal, bassist Raviv Markovitz and drummer Bryan Carter.

“Lee Morgan was a total genius,” is how trumpeter Terell Stafford puts it. “The trumpet was merely a vehicle to express who he was. There was rasp, there was grit, there was personality, there was sass. Exactly who he was as a person was inside of his sound and that’s what I love about it.” For the second half of this SMF original production, the Terell Stafford Quintet celebrates the music of Morgan, an innovative hard bop trumpet player from Philadelphia, whose life was cut short in his early 30s. Stafford’s quintet consists of Tim Warfield on saxophone, Bruce Barth on piano, David Wong on bass and Billy Williams on drums.

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Tuesday, April 3 at 6:15 pm Trinity United Methodist Church $57

Stile Antico Working without a conductor, the 12 members of Stile Antico have thrilled audiences throughout Europe and North America with their fresh, vibrant and moving performances of Renaissance polyphony. The ensemble’s bestselling recordings have earned accolades including the Gramophone Award for Early Music, Diapason d’or de l’année, Edison Klassiek Award and the German Record Critics' Award, and two Grammy nominations. Stile Antico’s SMF debut in 2011 was reviewed by NPR Music, who commented: “Despite the rich details, this Stile Antico concert is one of those performances in which you can leave the scholarship aside and just float in an ocean of unearthly sound.” In this SMF appearance, the ensemble presents Tenebrae Responsories, a set of 18 motets for a cappella voice written by late Renaissance Spanish composer Tomás Luis de Victoria.

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Wednesday, April 4 at 12:30 pm Charles H. Morris Center $30

Wednesday, April 4 at 6:15 pm Trinity United Methodist Church $57

Hawktail

Marc-André Hamelin, piano

Hawktail is a collection of four of the most exciting young artists in acoustic music: Brittany Haas on fiddle, Dominick Leslie on mandolin, Jordan Tice on guitar and Paul Kowert on bass. The group is an extension of the trio Haas Kowert Tice, who first performed at SMF 2016, and whose three members participated in the inaugural Acoustic Music Seminar (see page 58) in 2012. The members of Hawktail are involved in a variety of notable outfits including Dave Rawlings Machine, Punch Brothers, Crooked Still and A Prairie Home Companion, among others. Together, they have created a unique instrumental group, offering music that sparks the imagination and emboldens the spirit.

LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No. 13 in A minor, S. 244/13 “Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude” from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S. 173 Fantasy and Fugue on the Theme B-A-C-H, S. 529/2 FEINBERG Sonata No. 4 in E-flat minor, Opus 6 DEBUSSY Images, Book I GODOWSKY Wine, Women and Song from 3 Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Johann Strauss II

Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin is renowned for his unrivaled blend of musicianship and virtuosity in the great works of the established repertoire, as well as for his intrepid exploration of the rarities of the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. A frequent recitalist for Chicago Symphony Presents, The Cliburn, Montreal Pro Musica, Music Toronto, Washington Performing Arts, Boston Celebrity Series, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, San Francisco Performances, Wigmore Hall in London, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the Salzburg Mozarteum, Hamelin returns for his second SMF recital with another dazzling program. He is the recipient of a lifetime achievement award from the German Record Critics Association.

“MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN RANKS AMONG THE SMALL HANDFUL OF PERFORMERS IN EVERY GENERATION WHOSE ABILITIES DEFY THE IMAGINATION.” THE TORONTO STAR

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Wednesday, April 4 at 7:30 pm Lucas Theatre for the Arts $80 (Gold), 62, 52, 42, 32

Maria Schneider Orchestra Composer and bandleader Maria Schneider’s music blurs the lines between genres, making her list of commissioners and collaborators quite varied, stretching from Jazz at Lincoln Center to the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra to David Bowie. The New York Times calls Schneider a “composer and orchestrator of penetrating insight,” and NPR deems her “a national treasure.” Her orchestra is a 17-member collective made up of many of the finest musicians in jazz today. The recipient of five Grammy Awards and 12 nominations, Schneider and her orchestra have performed at festivals and concert halls worldwide. Don’t miss this Savannah debut!

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Thursday, April 5 at 12:30 pm Charles H. Morris Center $30

Thursday, April 5 at 6 and 9 pm Charles H. Morris Center $40

Thursday, April 5 from 4 to 7 pm Rousakis Plaza Free

Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio

Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio / Sullivan Fortner Trio

Swing Central Jazz: Jazz on the River

An authentic master and guru of the Hammond B-3 for more than five decades, Dr. Lonnie Smith is a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master who is still progressing as an artist at age 73. Due to his wide-ranging musical taste, Dr. Lonnie Smith has covered everything from John Coltrane to Jimi Hendrix to Beck, with interpretations involving foottapping grooves, sophisticated harmonic voicings and indelible melodicism. His trio includes guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg and drummer Johnathan Blake. JazzTimes recently wrote: “Just when you think you’ve heard everything that organ jazz has to offer, Dr. Lonnie Smith evolves.”

This double bill connects a B-3 master and elder statesman of jazz with one of the most exciting young piano trios in the idiom. See left for more information about the Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio and page 17 for Sullivan Fortner.

This free open-air showcase features performances by 12 of the country’s most talented high school jazz orchestras, showcasing their passion for big band jazz as part of Swing Central Jazz.

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Now in its 12th year, Swing Central Jazz brings more than 300 high school students from across the country to Savannah to work with some of the nation’s finest jazz performers and educators, under the direction of SMF Associate Artistic Director Marcus Roberts. For more information, see page 57.

Thursday, April 5 at 6:15 pm Yamacraw Center for the Performing Arts $62, 52

Zukerman Trio BEETHOVEN Allegretto in B-flat Major, WoO 39 DVOŘÁK Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Opus 90, “Dumky” SCHUBERT Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat Major, Opus 99, D. 898 Pinchas Zukerman, violin Amanda Forsyth, cello Angela Cheng, piano

The Zukerman Trio consists of violinist Pinchas Zukerman, cellist Amanda Forsyth and pianist Angela Cheng, and was officially founded in 2013 to perform trio repertoire including works by Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Dvořák and Shostakovich. The ensemble has appeared in Japan, China, Australia, Spain, Italy, France, Hungary, South Africa, Turkey, Russia and throughout the United States. Australia’s classical music and arts magazine Limelight writes: “With Pinchas Zukerman’s matchless musicianship and charisma at its core, this is a trio made in heaven. Amanda Forsyth brings passion and formidable technique as a cellist, and pianist Angela Cheng is the dream accompanist who lives every note.”

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Thursday, April 5 at 7 pm North Garden Assembly Room at Ships of the Sea Museum $40

Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives Marty Stuart last performed at SMF in 2008 in an acoustic duo show with Travis Tritt, following his 2007 festival debut with his secret weapon: the Fabulous Superlatives. Group of the Year at the 2017 Americana Awards, Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives “constitute one of the most adept and consistently exciting working units in country” according to The Wall Street Journal. Made up of guitarist Kenny Vaughan, drummer Harry Stinson and new member, bassist Chris Scruggs, the Superlatives are an extension of Stuart himself. The five-time Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, instrumentalist and collector/historian has played alongside the masters, from Johnny Cash to Lester Flatt, who discovered him. A worldwide ambassador for Nashville, Bakersfield and points in between, Stuart continues to perform keenly relevant and real country music that honors its rich legacy while advancing it into the future.

“...ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING LINKS TO TRADITIONAL COUNTRY, ROOTS MUSIC, AND THE GENERATION OF GREATS LIKE GEORGE JONES AND HANK WILLIAMS.” ROLLING STONE

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Thursday, April 5 at 8:30 pm Lucas Theatre for the Arts $35

Manual Cinema: Lula del Ray Manual Cinema is a performance collective, design studio and film/video production company founded in 2010 by Drew Dir, Sarah Fornace, Ben Kauffman, Julia Miller and Kyle Vegter. Manual Cinema combines handmade shadow puppetry, cinematic techniques and innovative sound and music to create immersive stories for stage and screen. Using vintage overhead projectors, multiple screens, puppets, actors, live feed cameras, multi-channel sound design and a live music ensemble, Manual Cinema transforms the experience of attending the cinema and imbues it with liveliness, ingenuity and theatricality. Set in the mid-century American Southwest and inspired by the music of Hank Williams, Roy Orbison and Patsy Cline, Lula del Ray is a mythic reinvention of the classic coming-of-age story.

“DREAMY IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD… A SPECTRAL PARADE OF FANTASTICAL IMAGES.” THE NEW YORK TIMES

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Friday, April 6 at 12:30 pm Charles H. Morris Center $30

Friday, April 6 at 6:15 pm Yamacraw Center for the Performing Arts $62, 52

Sullivan Fortner Trio

Zukerman Trio with Daniel Hope & Friends

A lunchtime set featuring the American Pianists Association’s 2015 Cole Porter Fellowship recipient Sullivan Fortner and his trio. See page 17 for more information.

BRAHMS Piano Quintet in F minor, Opus 34 SCHUBERT String Quintet in C Major, D. 956 Daniel Hope, violin Pinchas Zukerman, violin CarlaMaria Rodrigues, viola Amanda Forsyth, cello Eric Kim, cello Angela Cheng, piano

“THEIR COMBINATION OF OUTSIZED STRING SOUND, EXCITING ENSEMBLE PRECISION, AND COMPELLING INTERPRETATION PUTS THEM AT THE HEAD OF THE PIANO TRIO DIVISION IN THE CHAMBER MUSIC MAJOR LEAGUE.”

As a 10-year-old boy, Daniel Hope grew up admiring the extraordinary artistry and virtuosity of one of the world’s most esteemed string players, Pinchas Zukerman. This event marks their first performance together, and it combines the Zukerman Trio (see page 24) and other friends of Hope for a one-timeonly concert. Zukerman’s honors include the National Medal of Arts (presented by President Reagan in 1983), the Isaac Stern Award for Artistic Excellence and an honorary doctorate from Brown University. His recordings have received 21 Grammy nominations and two Grammy wins. He was the subject of Nupen’s “Pinchas Zukerman: Here to Make Music” documentary of 1974, where he plays the “Dushkin” Guarnerius del Gesù violin of 1742.

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Friday, April 6 at 6:30 pm Lucas Theatre for the Arts $65 (Gold), 55, 45, 35, 25

Friday, April 6 at 10 pm Charles H. Morris Center $40

Swing Central Jazz Finale: Stomping the Blues

Late Night Jazz Jam

“THE BLUES ARE SYNONYMOUS WITH LOW SPIRITS. BLUES MUSIC IS NOT… NOT ONLY IS ITS EXPRESS PURPOSE TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL GOOD, WHICH IS TO SAY IN HIGH SPIRITS, BUT IN THE PROCESS OF DOING SO IT IS ACTUALLY EXPECTED TO GENERATE A DISPOSITION THAT IS BOTH ELEGANTLY PLAYFUL AND HEROIC IN ITS NONCHALANCE.” ALBERT MURRAY, FROM STOMPING THE BLUES

Following performances by the top three finalist bands at Swing Central Jazz (see page 57) vying for the Jean Elizabeth Faircloth Award, this original production showcases how the blues has served as the foundation of jazz since its inception in New Orleans over 100 years ago. Featuring a stirring collection of great blues compositions by W.C. Handy, Jelly Roll Morton, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Miles Davis and John Coltrane, this concert will illuminate

how everything comes out in blues music: joy, pain, struggle and affirmation with absolute elegance. The concert will be led by SMF Associate Artistic Director Marcus Roberts and features a cast of more than 15 musicians including Wycliffe Gordon, Rodney Whitaker, Terell Stafford and Jason Marsalis.

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Modeled loosely on the after-hours jam at Minton’s Playhouse in New York City that ran in the 1940s and early 1950s, our annual Late Night Jazz Jam session has become one of the most popular events in our festival. It’s where some of the finest jazz musicians on the planet can flex their muscle and might based upon their musical knowledge, and try to outdo one another and prove themselves best. Replete with heavyweights performing recognizable jazz standards, this year’s edition will be led by the remarkable bassist Rodney Jordan and feature an assortment of titans such as Stephen Riley, Terell Stafford, Sullivan Fortner, Wycliffe Gordon, Marcus Roberts and another dozen jazz masters. This is one of the hottest tickets at the Morris Center, and is sure to sell out fast!

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Friday, April 6 at 7 pm North Garden Assembly Room at Ships of the Sea Museum $40

Lúnasa with Tim O’Brien Lúnasa and Tim O’Brien join forces to embark on a transatlantic journey, exploring the interplay and mutual influences at the heart of American and Irish traditional music. Described by the Associated Press as “the hottest Irish acoustic group on the planet,” Lúnasa returns to make their third SMF appearance in the past dozen years. The ensemble features all-Ireland champions like fiddler Seán Smyth, flute and whistle master Kevin Crawford, bassist Trevor Hutchinson, Uilleann pipe wizard Cillian Vallely and guitarist Ed Boyd. Grammy-winning singer-songwriter-instrumentalist Tim O’Brien has performed at SMF leading his own quartet, in a duo project with Darrell Scott and with his celebrated bluegrass band Hot Rize, in addition to working with young string players in SMF’s Acoustic Music Seminar (see page 58) in 2014. A West Virginia native, O’Brien became a lifelong devotee of old-time and bluegrass music after seeing Doc Watson on TV as a child. One of the most original voices in American music today, O’Brien’s songs have been recorded by the likes of Garth Brooks, the Dixie Chicks and other Nashville stars. Joining Lúnasa with his songwriting skills, O’Brien can fully display the rich connections between Appalachian music and its updated Irish ancestry.

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Saturday, April 7 at 2 pm Trustees Theater $72, 62, 52, 42

Audra McDonald Audra McDonald is unparalleled in the breadth and versatility of her artistry as both a singer and an actress. The winner of a record-breaking six Tony Awards, two Grammy Awards and an Emmy Award, she was named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2015 and received a 2015 National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama. Raised in Fresno, California, the Juilliard-trained soprano is equally at home on Broadway and opera stages as she is in roles on film and television. This is her second SMF appearance, following a Trustees Theater performance from a decade ago.

“AUDRA MCDONALD IS A ONE-OF-A-KIND MUSICAL SUPER-TALENT… AS A SINGER SHE IS AN IRREPLACEABLE RESOURCE.” THE NEW YORK TIMES

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Saturday, April 7 at 4 and 8 pm North Garden Assembly Room at Ships of the Sea Museum $40

Lee Fields & The Expressions / The James Hunter Six Expect to be moved to dance at this real-deal soul and R&B double bill! Lee Fields & The Expressions first performed at SMF to a sold-out closing night crowd at Ships of the Sea in 2013. Since the late ‘60s, the North Carolina native has toured and played with Kool & the Gang, Sammy Gordon and the HipHuggers, O.V. Wright, Darrell Banks and Little Royal. In recent years he has come into his own, fronting the Truth & Soul Records house band, The Expressions. NPR recently commented that “the older Fields becomes, the closer he gets to perfecting the sound of soul that he grew up with as a young man.” James Hunter made his SMF debut in 2011 on a co-bill with the late Allen Toussaint, playing a raucous opening set for the sold-out crowd at the Trustees Theater. Since then he has continued touring around the world, earning a reputation as a soul powerhouse. Hunter is heralded for his talents both as a live performer and songwriter, with The New Yorker describing his “tight, taut compositions” as “rooted in American soul music without being bound to it.”

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Saturday, April 7 at 6 and 9 pm Charles H. Morris Center $40

Bill Frisell Trio / Julian Lage Trio This only-in-Savannah double bill pairs two generations of virtuoso electric guitarists. Whether sonically reinventing chamber strings music or applying electric improvisation to bluegrass and early rock, guitar pioneer Bill Frisell keeps on making music that could only be his. Few musicians have managed to be both as deeply reverent to their source music and profoundly personal in their approach. Last appearing at SMF in 2010, Frisell continues his eclectic and original path with a trio featuring bassist Thomas Morgan and drummer Rudy Royston. Frisell has collaborated with jazz greats Dave Holland & Elvin Jones and Ron Carter & Paul Motian, and was recognized as one of America’s 21 most vital and productive performing artists by the Doris Duke Foundation. Julian Lage has long been heralded for his ability as an acoustic guitarist. As a guitar prodigy, his early genius was captured in the 1997 Oscar-nominated documentary, “Jules at 8.” As an adult, he has more than fulfilled the promise of his early talents, expanding as a bandleader, composer and passionate educator. As Assistant Director of SMF’s Acoustic Music Seminar (see page 58), Lage has performed at SMF in a variety of formats: solo on a co-bill with Martin Taylor; in duet with guitarist Chris Eldridge and with bassist Jorge Roeder; in trio with Mark O’Connor’s Hot Swing Trio; and with ensembles in the annual Stringband Spectacular. The New Yorker says: “He is in the highest category of improvising musicians, those who can enact thoughts and impulses as they receive them.”

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Saturday, April 7 at 7 pm Lucas Theatre for the Arts $85 (Gold), 72, 62, 52, 42

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Robert Spano, Music Director Robert McDuffie, violin KURTH May Cause Dizziness BERNSTEIN Serenade (after Plato’s “Symposium”) BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Opus 55, “Eroica” In their 13th consecutive SMF performance, the world-renowned Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) returns to the Lucas stage under maestro Robert Spano. In this performance, Georgia native violinist Robert McDuffie continues the ASO’s season-wide celebration of the music of Leonard Bernstein in a performance of the “Serenade.” The concert opens with the effervescent “May Cause Dizziness” by the ASO’s own Michael Kurth, and concludes with Beethoven’s “Eroica” Symphony, a majestic essay on freedom composed in 1803.

“MCDUFFIE HAS A BRILLIANT TECHNIQUE AS WELL AS SPONTANEOUS AND CLEARLY DELINEATED EMOTION.” DIE WELT (GERMANY)

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Sunday, April 8 at 3 pm Temple Mickve Israel $25

Sunday, April 8 at 5 pm Temple Mickve Israel $57

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Daniel Hope & Friends: Balkan Roots

“Terezín: Refuge in Music” Featuring Daniel Hope & Anne Sofie von Otter Daniel Hope has devoted more than 15 years to the intensive study and preservation of music by composers who were murdered by the Nazis. Many of them were imprisoned in the Terezín (Theresienstadt) concentration camp. Following a prizewinning album release with mezzosoprano Anne Sofie von Otter featuring this music, as well as giving concert tours, lectures and seminars sharing this musical history with the world, Hope helped to produce this documentary film. It is, in a sense, a continuation of the journey. The film tells the story of Alice Herz-Sommer and Coco Schumann, two extraordinary musicians from very different musical worlds, both of whom survived Terezín.

BARTÓK Romanian Dances RAVEL Kaddish ALBÉNIZ España, Opus 165 VLADIGEROV Vardar Bulgarian Rhapsody, Opus 16 CONSTANTINIDES Dodecanesian Suite KREISLER Liebesfreud VLADIGEROV Song from “Bulgarian Suite” Opus 21 KITTEL A Compass in the Tempest Other traditional songs will be announced from the stage Daniel Hope, violin Benny Kim, violin Jeremy Kittel, violin Simos Papanas, violin Lawrence Power, viola CarlaMaria Rodrigues, viola Eric Kim, cello Keith Robinson, cello Rodney Jordan, bass Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano Jason Marsalis, percussion

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Daniel Hope’s friend and colleague, violinist Simos Papanas, conceived this exotic one-time only program combining both fine art and folk music traditions from Eastern Europe and the Balkans. Featuring works by renowned European composers and lesser known Bulgarian and Greek composers in the first half, the second half showcases classic Balkan/ Middle Eastern and later traditional masterworks of the early 20th century including some from multicultural Izmir (Smyrna). Arranged by Papanas for a gathering of musicians from several styles, this program should be perfectly suited to the spiritual atmosphere of Mickve Israel.

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Sunday, April 8 at 4 and 7 pm Charles H. Morris Center $40

The Voice is a Traveler: Moira Smiley / Anna & Elizabeth This originally-conceived program by singer/composer Moira Smiley features musical artists and styles from across the globe. In her Savannah debut, Smiley performs new works in which she blends her voice and instrumental prowess with interpretations of songs from Eastern European, Appalachian and shape-note traditions. She’s joined on stage by Seamus Egan, Kyle Sanna, Valentina Kvasova, Anna Roberts-Gevalt, Elizabeth LaPrelle, Ali Dineen, Jayme Stone, Joe Phillips, Sumaia Jackson and Philip Mayer. Smiley’s voice can be heard on feature films, BBC and PBS television programs, NPR and more than 60 albums. Smiley has toured with Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project (see page 38), the groundbreaking Irish-American band Solas and Billy Child’s “Re-Imagining Laura Nyro.” She has sung in arenas, cathedrals, kitchens, on back porches, sound stages, glaciers and underground with the likes of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, The Royal Shakespeare Company, Darrell Scott & Tim O’Brien and The Lyric String Quartet. Fans of old-time music will be stunned by the authenticity of Anna & Elizabeth, who present a show like no other. The spartan simplicity of their voices and acoustic instruments are supplemented with percussion, pump organ, woodwinds, field recordings, film projections and crankies: illustrated, hand-cranked scrolls depicting songs and stories as they are performed. With a shared love of Appalachian music, they stand at the vanguard of tradition and the avant-garde, with innovative arrangements and breathtaking harmonies. NPR Music recently summed up their performance by saying: “They brought many of us to tears with some of the most yearning harmonies we’ve heard at Tiny Desk.”

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Monday, April 9 at 12:30 pm Charles H. Morris Center $30

American Brass Quintet Hailed by Newsweek as “the high priests of brass,” the American Brass Quintet is internationally recognized as one of the premier chamber music ensembles of our time, celebrated for peerless leadership in the brass world. As the 2013 recipient of Chamber Music America’s highest honor, the Richard J. Bogomolny National Service Award for significant and lasting contributions to the field, the quintet’s rich history includes performances around the globe, a discography of nearly 60 recordings and the premieres of more than 150 contemporary brass works. The quintet includes Kevin Cobb and Louis Hanzlik on trumpets, Eric Reed on French horn, Michael Powell on trombone and John D. Rojak on bass trombone.

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Monday, April 9 at 6:15 pm Yamacraw Center for the Performing Arts $82, 72

Murray Perahia, piano PROGRAM TBA IN EARLY 2018 In advance of Murray Perahia’s 2015 appearance at SMF, crowds lined the block outside of Trinity United Methodist Church on Telfair Square in anticipation of the celebrated pianist’s debut recital in Savannah. In the more than 40 years he has been performing on the concert stage, Perahia has become one of the most sought-after and cherished pianists of our time, performing in all of the major international music centers

and with every leading orchestra. He is the Principal Guest Conductor of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, with whom he has toured as conductor and pianist throughout the United States, Europe, Japan and Southeast Asia. Perahia is also an honorary fellow of the Royal Academy of Music, and he holds honorary doctorates from The Juilliard School, The University of Oxford, the Royal College of Music, The University of Leeds and Duke University.

“PERAHIA’S EXTRAORDINARY PIANISM IS A SACRAMENT OF PURIFICATION AND A KIND OF RETURN TO AN AGE OF PIANISTIC INNOCENCE.” LOS ANGELES TIMES

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Monday, April 9 at 5 and 8 pm Charles H. Morris Center $40

Tommy Emmanuel / Jayme Stone’s Folklife Australian-born and Nashville-based guitarist/singer Tommy Emmanuel is a widely-praised fingerstyle player who makes people say, “You’ve got to see him to believe him.” With six strings, 10 fingers and a whole lot of tricks, Emmanuel directs an orchestra of sound—one man exploring the bounds of what a single instrument can do in his energetic live performances. Emmanuel has worked with Eric Clapton, Doc Watson, Mark Knopfler and even Chet Atkins, who gave him the ultimate compliment by naming him a “Certified Guitar Player.” A recent Guitar World magazine review of an Emmanuel show in New York City reads: “His stage patter is just about as good as his guitar playing and so my time with Tommy zipped by. He massaged, manipulated and caressed more character out of a guitar than I’ve ever seen done before…. A truly entertaining show that made me walk out the door with a big smile on my face.” Jayme Stone’s Folklife follows the bends and bayous through the deep river of song and story. Evolving out of Stone’s Lomax Project, this gathering of versatile musicians blows the dust off of old songs and remakes them for modern ears. With spellbinding singing, virtuosic playing and captivating storytelling, their concerts are moving, inventive and participatory experiences. The ensemble includes Stone on banjo, singer Moira Smiley (see page 36) playing accordion, Sumaia Jackson on fiddle and Joe Phillips on bass. Audiences can expect a folk music tour through sea island spirituals, Creole calypsos and stomp-down Appalachian dance tunes.

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Tuesday, April 10 at 12:30 pm Charles H. Morris Center $30

Tuesday, April 10 at 6:15 pm Trinity United Methodist Church $57

American Brass Quintet

Daniel Hope & Friends: Brahms & Elgar

A second lunchtime performance by the renowned American Brass Quintet (see page 37).

“AMONG NORTH AMERICAN BRASS ENSEMBLES NONE IS MORE VENERABLE THAN THE AMERICAN BRASS QUINTET.” THE NEW YORK TIMES

BRAHMS Movement III, Scherzo from “F.A.E.” Sonata, WoO posth. 2 ELGAR Piano Quintet in A minor, Opus 84 ELGAR Salut d’amour, Opus 12, arr. for Piano Quintet BRAHMS String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Opus 36 Daniel Hope, violin Benny Kim, violin Simos Papanas, violin Lawrence Power, viola CarlaMaria Rodrigues, viola Eric Kim, cello Keith Robinson, cello Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano

Brahms is often considered by his contemporaries and by later writers as both a traditionalist and an innovator. Certainly Elgar felt this way, as he referenced Brahms as a major influence on his music. This lush and romantic program showcases two masterworks by each composer, including Brahms’ magisterial second string sextet, which illustrates his mastery of the art of counterpoint, and Elgar’s expansive piano quintet, a work that is full of highly expressive, authentically Elgarian tunes.

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Tuesday, April 10 at 7 pm Charles H. Morris Center $40

Mike Block & Sandeep Das / Kittel & Co. Mike Block is a pioneering multi-style cellist, singer, composer and educator, hailed by Yo-Yo Ma as the “ideal musician of the 21st century.” His last SMF appearance was in 2014, when he also worked as a clinician in the Acoustic Music Seminar (see page 58). In this special performance, Block welcomes his Silk Road Ensemble bandmate, tabla player Sandeep Das, for a duo set that The New York Times once reviewed as a “breathless duet… Half dance, half dare, it exemplified much of the interaction between the musicians, which turns any performance into a visual spectacle.” Bengali musician Das made his stage debut in India in 1986 at age 15 with sitar maestro Ravi Shankar, and has since become recognized as one of the world’s leading tabla maestros. Previously of the Grammy-winning Turtle Island Quartet, Jeremy Kittel has been a composer-arranger-collaborator for a range of artists including My Morning Jacket, Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble and Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn. He blazes through a Bach violin partita as easily as a Scottish reel, bringing the same intense focus and precision to both. Kittel & Co. features guitarist Quinn Bachand and Acoustic Music Seminar alumni Joshua Pinkham, cellist Nat Smith and Simon Chrisman on hammered dulcimer.

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Tuesday, April 10 at 7:30 pm Lucas Theatre for the Arts $85 (Gold), 67, 57, 47, 37

Rosanne Cash with John Leventhal Rosanne Cash’s exquisite performance at the Lucas Theatre for the Arts in 2015 included the entirety of The River & the Thread, a widely-acclaimed album that earned three Grammy Awards later that year. The celebrated singer-songwriter, author and essayist returns to SMF for a duo concert with John Leventhal, her husband, co-writer, producer, guitarist and the musical director for that memorable concert. Cash is a Creative Partner with Carnegie Hall, has served as Artist-inResidence at the Country Music Hall of Fame, was recently inducted into the Nashville Songwriter’s Hall of Fame and is the daughter of one of the most influential popular singers of the 20th century, Johnny Cash. The repertoire for this intimate duo concert will contain material spanning her entire career: 15 albums of extraordinary songs that include 21 top-40 hits and 11 chart-topping singles.

“A STORYTELLER OF EXCEPTIONAL GRACE AND GRIT.” THE BOSTON GLOBE

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Wednesday, April 11 at 12:30 pm Charles H. Morris Center $30

Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas The musical partnership between Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser and California cellist Natalie Haas runs the gamut from intimate chamber music to ecstatic fiddle tunes for dancing. For two decades, they have set the standard for a fiddle/cello duo in traditional music. Haas is a graduate of The Juilliard School, and has performed and recorded with a “who’s who” of the fiddle world including Mark O’Connor, Jeremy Kittel, Darol Anger, Hanneke Cassel and many more. Over his nearly 40year career of performing and recording, Fraser has a long list of awards, accolades and credits for radio, television and film.

Wednesday, April 11 at 5:30 and 8:30 pm Charles H. Morris Center $40

Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas / The Goodbye Girls The Goodbye Girls are an exciting new all-female quartet from Boston made up of young acoustic musicians from the US, Canada and Sweden. Formed out of a common love for old-time, traditional bluegrass and Swedish traditional music, the band is fronted by 2017 IBMA Guitarist of the Year Molly Tuttle, the first woman to ever win the award. Tuttle is also the lead vocalist, joined by Lena Jonsson (Lena Jonsson & Brittany Haas) on fiddle, Allison de Groot (Molsky’s Mountain Drifters) on banjo and Brittany Karlson on bass. With international tours and major festival appearances under their belt, The Goodbye Girls blend Swedish polskas with traditional bluegrass songs and raging oldtime dance tunes.

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Wednesday, April 11 at 7 pm Lucas Theatre for the Arts $80 (Gold), 62, 52, 42, 32

PIAF! The Show With more than a million tickets sold in more than 30 countries and glowing reviews worldwide, PIAF! The Show is a musical celebration of the life and music of storied French chanteuse Edith Piaf. Conceived and directed by the Nicebased theatrical maverick Gil Marsalla and starring Anne Carrere, a young French performer hailed as Edith Piaf ’s legitimate musical heiress, PIAF! The Show was inspired by the award-winning movie “La Vie En Rose.” In two 45-minute acts, the show narrates the rags-to-riches story of the Parisian singer’s career through her unforgettable songs, complemented by a visual tapestry of previously unreleased photographs and images of famous locations of the Edith Piaf era.

“ANNE CARRERE CAN MIRACULOUSLY CAPTURE PIAF’S SOUL AND ABLY REVIVE HER SPIRIT.” THE NEW YORK TIMES

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Thursday, April 12 at 12:30 pm Charles H. Morris Center $30

Thursday, April 12 at 6:15 pm Trinity United Methodist Church $52

The Goodbye Girls

Yekwon Sunwoo, piano

An encore lunchtime performance! See page 42 for more information on The Goodbye Girls.

SCHUBERT Four Impromptus, Opus 142, D. 935 STRAUSS “Ramble on the last love duet” from Der Rosenkavalier, arr. Grainger BRAHMS Sonata No. 2 in F-sharp minor, Opus 2 LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C-sharp minor, S. 244/12

“HE POSSESSES THE UNCANNY ABILITY TO MAINTAIN SOARING LYRICISM, HOLDING COUNTERPOINT AND ACCOMPANIMENT IN AN EXQUISITE BALANCE, LAYING THEM OUT CLEARLY USING WELL-DIFFERENTIATED TONES AND COLORS.”

Gold medalist of the 2017 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, 28-year-old pianist Yekwon Sunwoo has been hailed for “his total command over the instrument and its expressiveness” (San Francisco Examiner). A powerful and virtuosic performer, he also, in his own words, “strives to reach for the truth and pure beauty in music,” and hopes to convey those fundamental emotions to audiences. Born in Anyang, South Korea, Sunwoo studied at the Curtis Institute of Music, The Juilliard School, and most recently received his artist diploma at the Mannes School of Music under Richard Goode. The first Korean to win Cliburn Gold, Sunwoo launches his debut season this year with recital and orchestral appearances in major cities around the globe, including Savannah.

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Thursday, April 12 at 7 pm Lucas Theatre for the Arts $65 (Gold), 55, 45, 35, 25

A World of Strings: Toumani & Sidiki Diabaté / Mike Marshall & Jovino Santos Neto A one-time-only world music production featuring modern-day masters of stringed instruments. Described by The Guardian as “the finest Toumani collaboration since his classic work with Ali Farka Touré,” the fatherand-son musical partnership between Toumani and Sidiki Diabaté is a deeplyrooted dialogue conducted through the kora. Descended from a line of griots— custodians of the ancient oral traditions of West Africa’s Mandé people stretching back seven hundred years—the names Toumani and Sidiki are significant names in the annals of African music. Toumani Diabaté’s SMF 2009 appearance with the Béla Fleck Africa Project showed why he is recognized as a genius of African music and arguably the greatest living kora player. In this duo project, Toumani and Sidiki’s koras are played with ecstatic excitement and exquisite intimacy. Mike Marshall is a mandolinist of the highest order, equally at home performing the music of Bach, Brazilian choro and Bill Monroe. Since its origin in 2012, Marshall has been Director of Acoustic Music Seminar (see page 58), and has performed at SMF with a variety of projects. Marshall made his Carnegie Hall debut at age 20 with the David Grisman Quintet and Stéphane Grappelli, and has been at the forefront of new acoustic music ever since. This special production pairs Marshall with Jovino Santos Neto, a three-time Latin Grammy nominee, master pianist, composer and arranger, and one of the top Brazilian musicians working today.

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Thursday, April 12 at 8 pm North Garden Assembly Room at Ships of the Sea Museum $35

North Mississippi Allstars Founded in 1996 by brothers Luther and Cody Dickinson, the North Mississippi Allstars perform with an unstoppable energy, rhythmic reinvention and a potent message of positivity, family and hope. R.L. Burnside, one of the Dickinson brothers’ mentors, once said that “you can play the saddest song in the world, but if you do it with a smile on your face, you can make a whole roomful of people dance.” This performance follows their highly-praised SMF 2016 appearance with Charlie Musselwhite, and audience members can anticipate a festive set meant to keep the dance floor full and hopping!

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Friday, April 13 at 12:30 pm Charles H. Morris Center $30

Friday, April 13 at 6:15 pm Trinity United Methodist Church $57

Jovino Santos Neto, piano

Daniel Hope & Friends: Romantic Masterworks

This solo lunchtime performance by Jovino Santos Neto will show his creative blend of energetic grooves, deep harmonies and lyrical melodies, always inspired and informed by the richness and color of Brazilian music. His compositions include samba, choro, baião, xote, forró, marcha and many more styles, rooted in centuriesold musical tradition while pointing to new and adventurous harmonic languages. Over his career, Jovino Santos Neto has collaborated with musicians including his mentor Hermeto Pascoal, Bill Frisell, Paquito D’Rivera, Airto Moreira, Claudio Roditi, David Sanchez, Joe Locke, Marco Granados and many more.

MENDELSSOHN String Quintet No. 2 in B-flat Major, Opus 87 SCHUMANN Märchenbilder, Opus 113 HANDEL-HALVORSEN Passacaglia, arr. for violin/viola DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet No. 1 in A Major, Opus 5 Daniel Hope, violin Benny Kim, violin Simos Papanas, violin Lawrence Power, viola CarlaMaria Rodrigues, viola Keith Robinson, cello Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano

Together in Leipzig for a brief and brilliant time, Mendelssohn and Schumann reveled in the late 18th century “Celtic revival,” and formed the core of musicians and thinkers grappling with the sweeping changes of the 19th century musical landscape. This concert examines the connections and influences between four great 19th century masters and features one example each of their creative genius including Mendelssohn’s extraordinary String Quintet (written at age 16) and Dvořák’s first piano quintet. If there is a “Bach Double” for violin and viola— something fun, popular and compelling in duet form—it has to be the HandelHalvorsen “Passacaglia.” Don’t miss the final SMF 2018 concert by Daniel Hope & Friends!

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Friday, April 13 at 5 and 7:30 pm Charles H. Morris Center $40

Friday, April 13 at 8:30 pm North Garden Assembly Room at Ships of the Sea Museum $40

Classical Broadway

Latin Dance Party: Septeto Santiaguero

A Co-Production with Savannah VOICE Festival Experience your favorite Broadway classics in concert! In our fourth annual co-production, the Savannah Music Festival and Savannah VOICE Festival team up to deliver two performances of timeless musical theatre hits, unplugged and beautifully sung. Hear first-class singers perform some of the best of Broadway, from Rodgers and Hammerstein to today’s most popular show tunes. Savannah VOICE Festival cofounder Maria Zouves once again teams up with Broadway veteran Dan Gettinger to direct this lively show with special host, world-renowned baritone and mentor to many, Sherrill Milnes.

The five-stroke clave pattern will be in full effect as Septeto Santiaguero heats up the dance floor with their infectious groove. As the foremost son cubano ensemble, the Septeto originated at the famous Casa de la Trova night club in their hometown of Santiago de Cuba. The ensemble was founded in 1995 by tres guitar virtuoso Fernando Dewar, and has a lineup including three lead vocalists, trumpet, tres, guitar, bass and drums.

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Before winning the 2015 Latin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Album and sparking collaborations with salsa stars like José Alberto “El Canario” and Rubén Blades, the seven captivating performers honed their sound in nightclubs, cultivating an infectious calland-response style that continues to heat up dance floors wherever they perform.

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Friday, April 13 at 7:30 pm Lucas Theatre for the Arts $80 (Gold), 62, 52, 42, 32

Rhiannon Giddens Rhiannon Giddens is co-founder of the Grammy-winning stringband Carolina Chocolate Drops, who performed during the inaugural year of the Charles H. Morris Center in 2008. In her second festival appearance, Giddens played with her band to a packed house at Ships of the Sea during SMF 2016. Her career continues to soar as she recently was named a 2017 MacArthur Fellow (“Genius Grant”) for “reclaiming African-American contributions to folk and country music and bringing to light new connections between music from the past and the present.” In the summer of 2017, this Oberlin-trained opera singer, whose musical makeup consists of extensive folk music influences and deep knowledge of the black string band tradition, was the only artist invited to perform at both the Newport Folk Festival and the Newport Jazz Festival on consecutive weekends. She continues to elevate her artistry with fresh material, making this Lucas Theatre performance a must see!

“HER VOICE IS A PERPETUALLY SOULFUL MARVEL.” THE NEW YORK TIMES

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[Festival Finale ] saturday, april 14, 2018 noon until 11 pm

All-day, continuous live music on three stages Vendor marketplace featuring local & regional food & refreshments

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VIP access Amenities include:

General admission Amenities include:

$249.50 Block I*

Priority entrance lane Premium viewing areas Exclusive VIp tent and air-conditioned restrooms

$99.50 Block I*

all-day Access to all stages Access to all vendors (priced separately)

Free beer, wine, water & soft drinks plus Access to exclusive bar meal voucher and Official merchandise gift

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JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND GILLIAN WELCH MARC BROUSSARD BRENT COBB BRETT DENNEN SEPTETO SANTIAGUERO MIPSO SAMMY MILLER & THE CONGREGATION BETSAYDA MACHADO Y PARRANDA EL CLAVO VELVET CARAVAN WITH SPECIAL GUEST JESSICA ANN BEST STRINGBAND SPECTACULAR

* General admission and VIP tickets will be sold at each pricing block for a limited time, until that allotment is gone, at which time the next pricing block will take effect. There is no difference in the amenities of each block; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s simply an incentive to purchase sooner rather than later. Standard Savannah Music Festival ticket discounts and donor benefits do not apply. This event is rain or shine.

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C O R P O R AT E & G OV E R N M E N T S U P P O RT E R S

Corporate & Government Supporters FOUNDER

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*This program is supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. GCA also receives support from its partner agency—The National Endowment for the Arts. **The Savannah Music Festival is funded in part by a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and Georgia Council for the Arts.

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Concert Circle Contributors FOUNDER Bob Faircloth DIAMOND Mr. and Mrs. Curtis G. Anderson Dr. Bill Dickinson & Dr. Joe Ann Brandt Charles & Rosalie Morris Ron & Susan Whitaker PLATINUM David & Linda Bush Charles A. Frueauff Foundation Nancy & Larry Fuller Marla & Morris Geffen Dayle & Aaron Levy Walter Lynch & May Wall Tom & Ruth McMullin Wilson & Linda Fisk Morris Dave & Sylvaine Neises Thomas V. & Susan G. Reilly Shelby G. Schavoir Pamela & Peter Voss Anne P. West

GOLD Dorothea & Tim Coy Mr. & Mrs. Jerry McElreath Jackie & Stephen Rabinowitz Stephanie & Michael Reardon Gail & Paul Wickes SILVER Mr. Henry R. & Mrs. Leslie Lauer Berghoef Melissa & Kelly Bouchillon Byck-Rothschild Foundation George & Ann Hubbs Joan & Jim Hunter Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Jepson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Kleisner Kole Family Foundation Robert M. & Diane v.S. Levy Solomons Family The Chatham Foundation Mr. & Mrs. John L. Tucker Doug & Lamar Webb Susan Willetts & Alan Pritz

BRONZE Anonymous (2) Tak & Renee Argentinis Dr. M.M. Finn Friends of Savannah Music Festival Georgia Music Foundation Mr. Robert Hochstetler & Ms. Jill Kammermeyer Willard & Jean Holland Mrs. Toby W. Hollenberg Dr. David Lake & Dr. Linda Wright Richard K. Lane Kenneth & Nancy Larsen Mrs. Robert O. Levitt The Marjorie E. & B.H. Levy, Jr. Charitable Fund Inge & Mark Moore Mr. & Mrs. Hubert O’Bannon Tom & Diane Oxnard Roger & Rachel Page Elizabeth C. Peeples

Harold & Peggy Yellin

Don & Phyllis Powell Barbara Ruddy Dr. & Mrs. Andrew T. Sheils, Jr. Jacqueline & Ken Sirlin Marti & Austin Sullivan Sussman Family Rex & Dee Ann Templeton The Hodge Foundation Hart & Dee Williford

All sponsors, supporters and donors are listed by giving levels as of October 20, 2017.

Media Sponsors

BiRDMAN LiVE with Antonio Sanchez Sunday, April 1 at 3 pm Lucas Theatre for the Arts » see page 15

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SPONSORS & DONORS

SUPPORT THE SAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVAL

“THE FESTIVAL IS ARGUABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT OF ITS KIND IN THE SOUTHEAST. ITS DIVERSE PROGRAMMING, TOP-DRAWER MUSICIANS, RELAXED VIBE AND BUCOLIC SETTING MAKE IT A MUST FOR SERIOUS AND CASUAL MUSIC LOVERS ALIKE.” CHARLESTON POST & COURIER

Join us in furthering our mission! The Savannah Music Festival presents world-class celebrations of the musical arts by creating timeless and adventurous productions that stimulate arts education, foster economic growth and unite artists and audiences in Savannah. A non-profit performing arts organization now in its 29th season, SMF’s annual festival is Georgia’s largest musical arts event and one of the most distinctive cross-genre music festivals in the world. In addition to an array of musical performances that includes dance, film and narrative programs, SMF operates year-round to produce music education programs for local schools, professional development for teachers, a weekly public radio series and annual workshop and mentorship programs for aspiring young musicians in jazz and acoustic music. We rely on a generous community of supporters. Together, we inspire and create enduring experiences through live music in local classrooms and intimate venues throughout greater Savannah.

Giving is easy, and all gifts are meaningful. Your support as a donor provides you with a fast track to festival tickets, invitations to exclusive parties and inside access to our programs. We offer a variety of convenient ways for our supporters to give: » ONLINE savannahmusicfestival.org/SupportUs » BY TEXT Text SMF to 444-999 » BY PHONE 912.234.3378 ext. 106 » BY MAIL 200 East St. Julian Street, Suite 601 Savannah, GA 31401 For more information about donor benefits and levels, contact the Development Department at 912.234.3378 ext. 106.

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SUPPORT THE SAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVAL

15th Annual Savannah Music Festival Golf Tournament Benefiting Savannah Music Festival Music Education Programs Monday, April 30, 2018 at The Ford Plantation, Richmond Hill, Georgia

Benefit House Concerts

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE! Commit by February 2, 2018 to maximize visibility opportunities before and during the 29th Savannah Music Festival, as well as the day of the golf tournament Visibility opportunities include*:

A limited number of spaces for foursomes are also available ($1,200 per team / $300 per individual player).

• Recognition in the 2018 rack card (12,000+ distributed) • Recognition in the 2018 program book (8,000+ distributed) • Complimentary advertising in 2018 program book • Recognition on full page golf tournament advertisement in program book

The proceeds from SMF’s annual golf tournament help support the growth of our three music education programs: Musical Explorers, Acoustic Music Seminar and Swing Central Jazz, which provide tuition-free music education and professional mentorship and training to more than 10,000 children and young adults each year.

• Recognition on signage at Charles H. Morris Center Lounge • Recognition on Savannah Music Festival website • Complimentary concert tickets during the festival • Invitations to exclusive donor and sponsor parties during the festival • Sponsorship-specific recognition during the golf tournament

Visit savannahmusicfestival.org/Golf for a full list of sponsorship opportunities and benefits or contact Kat Clark at 912.234.3378 ext. 106 or kat@savannahmusicfestival.org.

SMF gratefully acknowledges The Ford Plantation for its generous underwriting of this event.

Featuring Kittel & Co. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, JANUARY 18 AND 19, 2018 Experience a performance by Kittel & Co. up close at one of the 2018 Savannah Music Festival House Concerts, held at The Landings and The Ford Plantation. Fiddler/violinist/composer Jeremy Kittel was a member of the Turtle Island String Quartet for five years, and has worked with Mark O’Connor, Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile, My Morning Jacket and Paquito d’Rivera. He has been featured on Prairie Home Companion twice, and has been a guest artist with several symphony orchestras. Kittel is joined by Simon Chrisman on hammered dulcimer, Josh Pinkham on mandolin and Quinn Bachand on guitar. House concert admission is $200 per person, and includes heavy hors d’oeuvres and an open bar. Fifty percent of admission is a tax-deductible contribution, and all proceeds benefit SMF. For more information, call Megan Kerley at 912.234.3378 x107.

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Musical Explorers Developed in partnership with Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute, Musical Explorers is a comprehensive year-round music education program reaching over 10,000 K-2 students and more than 300 teachers each year in the greater Savannah area. Since the program’s inception in 2014, more than 600 teachers and nearly 25,000 students have taken a musical journey around the southeast and the world, learning about genres of music as diverse as zydeco, country, musical theatre, salsa and R&B. Through Musical Explorers, SMF is creating a new generation of musicians and music lovers all across the region!

”MY STUDENTS LOVE ALL OF THE MUSIC. IT DOESN’T MATTER WHETHER IT IS OPERA OR BLUEGRASS. I HAVE STUDENTS WHO WERE GOOGLING ‘MUSICAL EXPLORERS,’ ...THEY WERE LOOKING UP ARTISTS BECAUSE THEY WERE SO EXCITED!” DR. ANGELA CUYLER-HUNTER, SPENCER ELEMENTARY

2017-18 ARTISTS McIntosh County Shouters (ring shout) Rebecca Flaherty (opera) Eric Culberson (blues) Audrey Shakir (jazz) Carolyn Kendrick and Jake Howard (bluegrass) Huxsie Scott (African-American gospel and spirituals)

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Swing Central Jazz

APRIL 4–6, 2018

Twelve high school bands from across the country are selected for the opportunity to spend three days immersed in the world of swing and big band jazz. More than 300 high school students travel to Savannah to learn about improvisation, instrumental technique and big band repertoire from some of the world’s finest jazz performers and educators. Led by pianist/composer/educator and SMF Associate Artistic Director Marcus Roberts, this year’s clinicians include Wycliffe Gordon, Terell Stafford, Brianna Thomas and Alphonso Horne, among others. Swing Central Jazz culminates in an all-day competition and an evening finale performance at the Lucas Theatre for the Arts (see page 28).

“THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE AT SWING CENTRAL JAZZ IS SECOND TO NONE!”

For additional information, visit swingcentraljazz.org.

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MARC TOWNLEY, BYRON CENTER HIGH SCHOOL (BYRON CENTER, MI)

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Acoustic Music Seminar

APRIL 8–14, 2018

Sixteen young acoustic musicians are selected from a competitive, international pool of applicants for Acoustic Music Seminar (AMS), SMF’s unique artist development program. Led by SMF Associate Artistic Director Mike Marshall, AMS participants workshop their compositions and arrangements with clinicians Julian Lage, Mike Block and Moira Smiley and special guests Jayme Stone, The Goodbye Girls, Natalie Haas and Alasdair Fraser. AMS week ends with a finale performance entitled Stringband Spectacular on Saturday, April 14 (see pages 50–51), in which participants showcase their original work.

“AMS WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE THAT HELPED ME GROW AS A PERSON AND AS A MUSICIAN.” MOLLY TUTTLE (AMS 2012 AND 2013), 2017 IBMA GUITARIST OF THE YEAR

For additional information, visit savannahmusicfestival.org/ams.

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Savannah Music Festival Venues 1

Charles H. Morris Center 10 East Broad Street

The Charles H. Morris Center is SMF’s premier club-style venue. Flexible seating accommodates dance parties, concerts and cabaret performances. Craft beer, wine and beverage service is available. On-site parking is limited.

Johnny Mercer Theatre

Located at the Savannah Civic Center, the Johnny Mercer Theatre holds just over 2,500 patrons, making it SMF’s largest reserved seating venue. Beer, wine and non-alcoholic beverages are available in the lobby. On-site parking is available.

Lucas Theatre for the Arts 32 Abercorn Street

North Garden Assembly Room at Ships of the Sea Museum

Located on Telfair Square, Trinity United Methodist Church is SMF’s primary classical music venue. The sanctuary provides wonderful acoustics and plentiful sight lines. Parking is limited to cityoperated garages and on-street spaces.

115 East River Street Savannah’s breezy, cobblestone-lined River Street is home to Jazz on the River, featuring free open-air performances by the twelve high school big bands participating in the Swing Central Jazz competition. Parking is very limited.

10 East Broad Street

Trustees Theater 216 East Broughton Street

SCAD’s Trustees Theater is one of SMF’s primary performance halls, seating over 1,100 patrons. Non-alcoholic beverages and snacks are available in the lobby. Parking is limited to city-operated garages and onstreet spaces.

Wear layers to prepare for Savannah’s spring weather at this unique outdoor covered space. Craft beer, wine and nonalcoholic beverages are available at this venue. On-site parking is limited.

Rousakis Plaza

Trustees’ Garden On the east side of the historic district, Trustees’ Garden is the site of SMF’s all-day finale on April 14, 2018. Multiple stages, craft beer, wine, liquor and non-alcoholic beverages are available, along with a host of local food vendors.

41 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard

Trinity United Methodist Church 127 Barnard Street

The Lucas Theatre is one of SMF’s primary performance halls with seating for over 1,200 patrons. Beer, wine and non-alcoholic beverages are available in the lobby. Parking is limited to city-operated garages and onstreet spaces.

20 East Gordon Street

Located on Monterey Square, Temple Mickve Israel opened in 1878 and is Georgia’s oldest Jewish congregation. The Gothic Revival building seats 300 people. Parking is limited to on-street spaces.

301 West Oglethorpe Avenue

Temple Mickve Israel

Yamacraw Center for the Performing Arts 649 West Jones Street

The Yamacraw Center for the Performing Arts, located on the campus of Garrison School for the Arts, is a brand new state-ofthe-art performing arts center that seats almost 600 patrons. On-site parking is very limited.

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SAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVAL VENUES

P L A N YO U R STAY

Plan your stay 1

Andaz Savannah

14 Barnard Street 866.644.2842 | savannah.andaz.com With its artful decor, warm hospitality and prime downtown location, Andaz delights with new south sophistication. Sample sensational farm-to-table dining or sip a signature cocktail at Andaz’s 22 Square Restaurant and Lounge. An easy walk to SMF events.

The DeSoto

15 East Liberty Street 800.239.5118 | thedesotosavannah.com Overlooking Madison Square in the heart of Savannah’s Historic District, The DeSoto is a treasured landmark blending the elegance, history and charm of one of America’s oldest cities with a generous dash of modern Southern hospitality. Savor an imaginative cocktail at Edgar’s Proof & Provision and farm-fresh ingredients at 1540 Room.

The Hampton Inn Historic District

The Holiday Inn Express Historic District

Holiday Inn Savannah Historic District

520 West Bryan Street 888.465.4329 | holidayinn.com/savannahga Adjacent to the Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum, the Holiday Inn team is proud to offer a full-service experience for guests with amenities such as an on-site restaurant and bar, business center, free WiFi, fitness center, seasonal outdoor swimming pool and friendly concierge to help plan your visit in Savannah.

Kimpton Brice Hotel

601 East Bay Street 877.482.7423 | bricehotel.com The Brice is like any good Southern belle— beautiful and poised on the outside, a bit sassy and rebellious on the inside. Visit this Savannah boutique hotel, centrally located in the historic district, just a cobblestone’s throw away from the Charles H. Morris Center.

201 East Bay Street 912.231.9700 | savannahlodging.com The Hampton Inn Historic District features traditional Savannah style and an unmatched location, just steps away from all SMF venues. Ask about specials offered exclusively to SMF patrons.

317 East Broad Street 912.257.4050 | luckysavannah.com Lucky Savannah offers Savannah’s largest selection of vacation rentals and incredible guest service, making it a great lodging value. Discover Savannah not as a tourist, but as a traveler with Lucky Savannah’s many downtown properties ranging from quaint carriage apartments to six-bedroom mansions.

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Savannah Marriott Riverfront

100 General McIntosh Boulevard 912.233.7722 | savannahmarriott.com Immerse yourself in Southern hospitality at the newly-renovated Savannah Marriott Riverfront. With a covenient location on the water and easy walking distance to the Charles H. Morris Center and Trustees’ Garden, our hotel is also connected to River Street via the Riverwalk.

Planters Inn

29 Abercorn Street 800.554.1187 | plantersinnsavannah.com The Planters Inn on Reynolds Square, in the heart of Savannah’s Historic District, is a 200-year-old boutique hotel offering a thoroughly modern hotel experience. Planters Inn is the perfect choice for your Savannah Music Festival lodging needs. Use discount code SAVMUSIC18 when booking.

Lucky Savannah Vacation Rentals

199 East Bay Street 912.231.9000 | savannahlodging.com The Holiday Inn Express is an awardwinning contemporary hotel located just steps away from all SMF venues. Ask about specials offered exclusively to SMF patrons.

SpringHill Suites Savannah Historic District

150 Montgomery Street 912.629.5300 | springhillsavannah.com SpringHill Suites by Marriott is an allsuites hotel within walking distance to everything the Historic District has to offer. SpringHill Suites by Marriott offers free hot breakfast buffet and welcoming service.

Staybridge Suites

301 East Bay Street 912.721.9000 | bit.do/staybridge Located in the heart of historic downtown Savannah, Staybridge Suites offers amenities including full hot breakfast, wireless internet, kitchens in all guest rooms, complimentary guest laundry, 24-hour fitness and business center and evening receptions.

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How to Get Your Tickets ONLINE savannahmusicfestival.org 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Print-at-home option available.

BY PHONE Savannah Box Office 912.525.5050 Monday to Friday: 10 am to 5 pm

IN PERSON Savannah Box Office 216 East Broughton Street Monday to Friday: 10 am to 5 pm

Special Ticket Offers & Discounts Set your own festival schedule with an SMF sampler or let us help you do it with a speciallyconceived ticket bundle! For all discounts and bundle descriptions, visit savannahmusicfestival.org/2018deals. Please note: Standard discounts do not apply to Savannah Music Festival at Trustees’ Garden tickets.

PICK 5 SAMPLER Purchase tickets to 5 or more performances and receive a 10% discount! If purchasing over 5 performances, please call the box office to receive the discounted rate. PICK 10 SAMPLER Purchase tickets to ten or more performances and receive a 15% discount! If purchasing over 10 performances, please call the box office to receive the discounted rate. FESTIVAL EXPLORER BUNDLES Save when you choose from a variety of ticket bundles based on genre or date! SENIOR & MILITARY DISCOUNTS Patrons ages 65 and over and military personnel are eligible to receive a 10% discount on all single ticket purchases with valid ID in person at the Savannah Box Office. Limited to one ticket per person per performance.

AT THE DOOR One hour prior to showtime at the performance venue. Subject to availability.

Stay Social STUDENTS & EDUCATORS DISCOUNTS Students and educators are eligible to receive a 10% discount on all single ticket purchases with valid ID in person at the Savannah Box Office. Limited to one ticket per person per performance. RUSH TICKETS Discounted rush tickets are available to students, educators and SMF volunteers with a valid student or educator ID starting 30 minutes before showtime, on a first come, first served basis. Visit savannahmusicfestival. org/rush or follow us on Twitter for a list of eligible shows, updated weekly during the festival.

Follow us to receive the latest updates on artists, performances, ticket deals and giveaways. #SMF2018 allows you to go behind the scenes and share your festival experience with us! Facebook.com/ SavannahMusicFestival Twitter.com/ SavMusicFest Instagram.com/ SavannahMusicFestival Text SMF to 444-999 to receive updates and news.

GROUP RATES We offer special rates for groups of 15 or more. Call us at (912) 234-3378 ext. 111 to personalize your group experience!

ALL PROGRAMS, ARTISTS AND VENUES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. FEES Ticket prices are subject to additional service fees and handling charges. COME UNPLUGGED Thank you for leaving your recording devices at home and silencing your cell phones before all SMF concerts. For the enjoyment of all patrons, the photographing, videotaping and sound recording of any SMF performance is prohibited.

CANCELLATIONS & REFUNDS Savannah Music Festival does not refund tickets. Tickets can be exchanged or donated to the festival for resale. Exchanges are subject to availability and exchange fees. Tickets for donation must be received by the SMF office at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled performance. You will receive a tax-deductible donation receipt after the festival.

CHILDREN Children ages 3 and under do not need a ticket to any standard SMF concert as long as they do not require a seat. For April 14, 2018, at Trustees’ Garden, patrons age 5 and older require a ticket. ACCESSIBILITY All SMF venues are handicap accessible. Please call the box office to request accessible seating for shows at the Yamacraw Center, Lucas, Trustees and Johnny Mercer.

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HOUSE RULES While outside food and drink will not be permitted inside any SMF venue, it will be available for in-house purchase at select concerts. Smoking is not permitted at any SMF venue. LATE SEATING Late seating will take place during the first appropriate pause in the program at the discretion of house management.

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Board of Directors

Savannah Music Festival Staff

CHAIRMAN: Dave Neises VICE-CHAIRMAN: Stephen Rabinowitz SECRETARY: Harold Yellin (Past Chairman) TREASURER: Vicki McElreath

ARTISTIC & ADMINISTRATIVE Rob Gibson Executive & Artistic Director Daniel Hope Mr. & Mrs. Curtis G. Anderson Associate Artistic Director Marcus Roberts Associate Artistic Director Mike Marshall Associate Artistic Director Erin Tatum Director of Artist Relations

Melissa Bouchillon Christopher Cay Tim Coy Emily Dickinson Bob Faircloth (Chairman Emeritus) Marla Geffen John Haslam Holden Hayes Ted Kleisner Jeff Kole Dayle Levy Joe Marinelli (Ex-Officio) Ruth McMullin Thomas Oxnard, Jr. David Paddison Thomas Reilly Shelby Schavoir W. Rex Templeton, Jr. Trip Tollison (Ex-Officio) Pamela Voss Anne P. West Vincent West Ron Whitaker (Immediate Past Chairman) Gail Wickes

DEVELOPMENT Megan Kerley Development Director Kat Clark Development Associate

EDUCATION Jenny Woodruff Education Director Katie Griffith Education Associate FINANCE & HR Luella Sanders Chief Financial Officer MARKETING & PRODUCTION Ryan McMaken Marketing & Managing Director Larissa Thut Davidson Marketing & Graphic Design Manager Megan Harris Marketing & Patron Services Associate

MORE THAN 300 DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF EACH ANNUAL FESTIVAL. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, please visit savannahmusicfestival.org/volunteer to submit an interest form, or contact us at volunteers@ savannahmusicfestival.org or (912) 234-3378 ext 111. Thank you! ABOUT THE COVER The 2018 Savannah Music Festival poster illustration was created by French artist Thomas Danthony. Often narrative, Danthony’s work is characterized by a clever use of light in bold, graphic compositions. In his own words, Danthony describes the eye-catching design for SMF as representative of “a forest of trumpets spitting fire at night.” The official festival poster is available at savannahmusicfestival.org/smf-shop

PHOTO CREDITS Cover image by Thomas D’Anthony pg. 2–3 Tedeschi Trucks Band: courtesy of the artist pg. 4 Pat Martino: courtesy of Benedetto Guitars pg. 4 Daniel Hope: Tibor Bozi pg . 5 Rhonda Vincent & the Rage: courtesy of the artist, Claire Lynch Band: courtesy of the artist pg. 6 Benedetto 50th Anniversary: all images courtesy of Benedetto Guitars pg. 7 Derek Gripper: courtesy of the artist pg. 7 Trio Da Kali: courtesy of the artist pg. 8 Zurich Chamber Orchestra: Sandro Diener pg. 9 Mission Temple Fireworks Revival: courtesy of the artist pg. 10 Margaret Glaspy: courtesy of the artist pg. 10 Juana Molina: Alejandro Ros pg. 11 Trio Da Kali: courtesy of the artist pg. 11 The Goddess: Film still pg. 12 Sebastian Knauer: courtesy of the artist pg. 12 Marcus Roberts: Frank Stewart pg. 13 Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn: courtesy of the artist pg. 14 John Moreland: Pearl Rachinsky pg. 14 Aaron Lee Tasjan: courtesy of the artist pg. 14 António Zambujo: Rita Carmo pg. 15 BiRDMAN: promotional image pg. 15 Daniel Hope: Nicolas Zonvi pg. 16 Etienne Charles: Bailey Davidson pg. 16 Ranky Tanky: Reese Moore pg. 17 Sullivan Fortner: courtesy of the artist pg. 17 Kristian Bezuidenhout: Marco Borggreve pg. 18 Diego El Cigala: courtesy of the artist

pg. 19 Chris Pattishall: courtesy of the artist pg. 19 Alphonso Horne: Elizabeth Leitzell pg. 19 Terell Stafford: Frank Stewart pg. 20 Stile Antico: Marco Borggreve pg. 21 Hawktail: Elizabeth Leitzell pg. 21 Marc-André Hamelin: Canetty Clarke pg. 22 Maria Schneider Orchestra: Gulnara Khamatova pg. 23 Dr. Lonnie Smith: Mark Sheldon pg. 23 Jazz on the River: Elizabeth Leitzell pg. 24 Zukerman Trio: Cheryl Mazak pg. 25 Marty Stewart & His Fabulous Superlatives: Alysse Gafkjen pg. 26 Manual Cinema: Maren Celest pg. 27 Sullivan Fortner: courtesy of the artist pg. 27 Pinchas Zukerman: courtesy of the artist pg. 28 SCJ Finale: Ayano Hisa pg. 28 Late Night Jazz Jam: Ayano Hisa pg. 29 Lúnasa: courtesy of the artist pg. 29 Tim O’Brien: courtesy of the artist pg. 30 Audra McDonald: Autumn de Wilde pg. 31 Lee Fields: courtesy of the artist pg. 31 James Hunter Six: courtesy of the artist pg. 32 Bill Frisell: courtesy of the artist pg. 32 Julian Lage: courtesy of the artist pg. 33 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: Frank Stewart pg. 33 Robert McDuffie: courtesy of the artist pg. 34 Death of A King: courtesy of the artist pg. 35 Terezín: DVD cover pg. 35 Simos Papanas: courtesy of the artist

pg. 35 CarlaMaria Rodrigues: Elizabeth Leitzell pg. 36 Moira Smiley: courtesy of the artist pg. 36 Anna & Elizabeth: courtesy of the artist pg. 37 American Brass Quintet: Matt Dine pg. 37 Murray Perahia: Frank Stewart pg. 38 Tommy Emmanuel: courtesy of the artist pg. 38 Jayme Stone’s Folklife: courtesy of the artist pg. 39 American Brass Quintet: Matt Dine pg. 39 Simon Crawford-Phillips: Bailey Davidson pg. 40 Mike Block: Maria Camillo pg. 40 Sandeep Das: courtesy of the artist pg. 40 Jeremy Kittel: Corrina van Hamlin pg. 41 Rosanne Cash with John Leventhal: Frank Stewart pg. 42 Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas: Irene Young pg. 42 The Goodbye Girls: courtesy of the artist pg. 43 PIAF! The Show: courtesy of the artist pg. 44 The Goodbye Girls: courtesy of the artist pg. 44 Yekwon Sunwoo: courtesy of the artist pg. 45 Toumani & Sidiki Diabaté: Youri Lenquette pg. 45 Jovino Santos Neto: Daniel Sheehan pg. 45 Mike Marshall: Bailey Davidson pg. 46 North Mississippi Allstars: courtesy of the artist pg. 47 Jovino Santos Neto: Daniel Sheehan pg. 47 Lawrence Power: Frank Stewart pg. 48 Classical Broadway: Elizabeth Leitzell pg. 48 Septeto Santiaguero: courtesy of the artist pg. 49 Rhiannon Giddens: John Peets pg. 53 Antonio Sanchez: Bógar Adame Back cover ZKO: Thomas Entzeroth

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