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From the Executive Director & ISU President Dear Friends, Welcome to the 47th annual Performing Arts Series at Stephens. We are so pleased to have you join us. Since 1969, generations of audience goers have been star-struck by a long list of entertainers who have defined the quality of entertainment you expect to see on our stage. We continue the tradition with a performance for everyone this season. World-class music ensembles, Broadway shows, comedy, dance and acclaimed performers are all at home at Iowa State University and all under one roof. In the age of 24/7 entertainment from countless delivery systems, we thank you for making the performing arts important in your life and to the lives of others. According to the State of Iowa Official Public Register, the arts are a major force in Iowa’s economic development. Over $140 million is generated each year in the state, creating jobs that serve nearly two million Iowans. There has always been a need for audiences and performers to connect in the same space and it is energizing to see our community so passionate and supportive of our Performing Arts Series. As you leave this performance, ask yourself, What took you by surprise? What about the performance inspired and motivated you? What made you stretch creatively? We hope you share your experience with others and come back for more!
Steven Leath President Iowa State University
Tammy Koolbeck Executive Director Iowa State Center
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Helpful Hints for Your Experience In Case of an Emergency Doctors, parents or guests expecting phone calls are advised to leave their seat location (located on ticket) with the appropriate parties and with the Guest Services Desk, which is located in the main floor lobby. The emergency telephone number during performances is 515-294-2313. Finding Your Seat / Late Seating Seating begins 30 minutes prior to curtain time. Late seating is subject to the discretion of the staff and according to the artist’s contract. Cell Phones and Electronic Devises Audio or visual recording devices and all photography are prohibited during performances. Please turn off all cell phones, beepers, video games and other electronic devices prior to the performance. All electronic devices are to be disabled during the performance. Photography Presence at this performance will constitute your consent and agreement to be photographed and/or recorded in connection with the advertisement and promotion of the Performing Arts Series and Stephens Auditorium, in any and all media now and known hereinafter devised, in perpetuity. Parking Stephens Auditorium has convenient parking in lots adjacent to the building. Lots A-1 and B-3 are reserved for Performing Arts Fund Donors who contribute $300 or more. Parking for mobility-impaired guests is available in Lot F located west of Stephens Auditorium.
Smoking Smoking is prohibited in Stephens Auditorium and on the surrounding grounds. Accessibility Features Wheelchair seating and special seating for the hearing and visually impaired is available. • Accessible parking adjacent to the theater • Accessible restrooms Headphones with infrared listening devises are available for use at no charge at the Guest Services Desk. American Sign Language interpretation may be arranged up to one month in advance of performances. • Guide and service dogs are welcome with advance notice. Please notify the Ticket Office in advance at 515-294-2479 if you have any special requests or concerns regarding accommodations. We are pleased to assist you with your needs. Gift Certificates Gift Certificates may be purchased in any amount and are valid for all events held at Stephens Auditorium and Fisher Theater. You may purchase Gift Certificates by phone or in person at the Ticket Office, Monday-Friday, 10 am - 4 pm. ATM An ATM is located on the ground floor.
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Ways to Enhance your Experience Make the Most of Your Experience With These Special Opportunities Before, During and After the Show. When you think of Stephens Auditorium, we hope you think of it not just as a venue for seeing the performing arts, but also as a place where you are engaged as an active participant in the arts. The following events will enhance your visit and make each experience more fulfilling. Free Previews in the Celebrity Café: Engaging presentations offered by experts, ISU faculty members or members of the professional touring group provide unique insights before each performance. Previews are free for ticket holders and occur 30 minutes before curtain time. You’ll find the Celebrity Café on the ground floor, on the north side of the auditorium.
Overture Dinner: We offer a pre-concert meal prior to our classical programming. The buffet is held in the Scheman Building and includes two entrees, dessert, beverages and cash bar. With an informative presentation about the evening’s concert, it is a great way to make it a fun evening with like-minded arts supporters. Master Classes: In master classes, artists will meet with groups of students, usually from Iowa State University and other area schools, and share their knowledge and insight as professional performers. In some cases, the artists will even provide a class for the entire community.
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Educational Experiences for Youth Youth Matinee Series Parents and educators know that helping a student develop creativity and imagination is one of the most important things they can do. Helping to complete the education formula, our Youth Matinee Series energizes, engages and enhances the overall learning process for students through the magic and wonder of live performing arts produced by professional touring artists.These performances enrich students’ lives and illustrate the dynamic relationship between literature, social studies, history, science, math, world cultures and the performing arts. The Youth Matinee Series is underwritten by the Martha-Ellen Tye Performing Arts Institute endowment.
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Martha-Ellen Tye Performing Arts Institute The Martha-Ellen Tye Performing Arts Institute was established through a generous endowment by long-time Marshalltown resident, the late Martha-Ellen Tye. It brings a unique blend of arts experiences to students of all ages through matinee performances, teaching activities in schools, demonstrations and workshops. Now in its 16th year, the program has served more than 200,000 students in grades PreK-12 from across the state of Iowa. Mrs. Tye believed strongly in the power and importance of arts education and vigorously supported programs that develop the “whole person — body, mind and spirit.” The Youth Matinee Series is underwritten by this endowment, which allows us to keep the price at $4.
To learn more about these performances, contact Sara Compton, Outreach Coordinator, at 515-294-7389, e-mail scompton@iastate.edu, or visit www.center.iastate.edu.
Martha-Ellen Tye Performing Arts Institute • For Pre-Kindergarten–Grade 12
2015–2016 Youth Matinee Series I SUSANNE AM JACK GERVAY HARRIET TUBMAN AND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
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Take a blustery brass lineup, layer it over a rhythm section led by a stride-piano virtuoso in the Fats Waller vein, and tie the whole thing together with a one-of-the-boys frontwoman with a voice from another era, and you have the Hot Sardines. (We haven’t even told you about the tap dancer yet.) It’s a great American success story worthy of the cinema. A born-and-bred NYC actor meets a Parisian-born writer at an open jazz jam over a noodle shop in Manhattan, and from there the Hot Sardines were born. Bandleader Evan “Bibs” Palazzo and lead singer Miz Elizabeth combine with the Sardine ensemble of powerhouse musicians – and their very own tap dancer – to play “hot jazz” as it was in the era when live music was king…with a little glamour, a little grit, and a lot of passion. Even while giving voice to the history-defining jazz of the 1920s, ’30s, and ’40s, the Hot Sardines’ vibrant performances bridge generations and captivate 21st century audiences. Forbes Magazine calls them “one of the best jazz bands in NYC today.” The brainchild of Bibs and Miz Elizabeth, the Sardine sound fuses musical influences from New York, Paris, and New Orleans that were nurtured from the Prohibition era through the Great Depression, WWII and beyond. “Greats like Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Django Reinhardt, Count Basie, Fred Astaire, Mamie Smith, Billie Holiday, the Andrews Sisters, Ray Charles and a full-on melting pot of musicians both iconic and obscure have influenced our style and song interpretation,” says Miz Elizabeth, who helps fuel the Sardine mission to transform songs from another era into pop music for this century. Bibs shares that passion, and together they carefully manage the delicate balance of showcasing old songs – some of them nearly a century old – without being an “old-timey band.” Says Evan, “We don’t treat this music with kid gloves, or place it on a pedestal to preserve and adore…we just play it…as if these songs were written this morning, for today’s generation.” The dramatically diverse age range among the Hot Sardines’ fan base reflects their success
the HOT SARDINES at making the classics relevant to current audiences, and Vanity Fair applauds their “unique repertoire, and a sound and style that are distinctly their own.” In October 2014, their debut self-titled album on the Decca/Universal Music Classics label will launch in the U.S. and internationally, and features a collection of both early jazz classics and original Sardine compositions. Producer Eli Wolf (Norah Jones, Al Green, Elvis Costello & the Roots) of the Sardines’ album for Decca/ UMC has deep respect for the Hot Sardines’ musicianship and performance style, applauding their “reverence for the jazz age, balanced with a playful nod to the present.” The album launch marks a defining moment in the Sardines’ evolution, which started as a slow burn fueled by a shared passion for music from another era, and escalated as the band’s performances ignited the same passion in audiences all over the world. The irony of the Hot Sardines’ success is rooted in its origins: it was started by two nonmusicians who never set out to form a band.
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Miz Elizabeth, who grew up living in several countries including France, Canada, and the Ivory Coast, sports a Masters Degree in Media and Communications from the London School of Economics and spent her pre-Sardine life as a writer. With numerous bylines and writing credits to her name – including penning the quirky guidebook “New England’s Favorite Seafood Shacks” for The Countryman Press, and co-founding the NYC-on-a-shoestring daily newsletter the skint – Miz Eliz never sang a note outside of her own bathroom shower, aside from the requisite high school musical. However, throughout her tenure as an editor at a travel website, she grew increasingly dissatisfied with her choice of career path and sought solace in nurturing her lifelong passion for music as a hobby. She made the rounds on the jazz circuit in NYC, approaching bands after shows and asking for the chance to sing with them, even just at rehearsals. “It was depressing,” she recalls, “because everyone would immediately ask me where I’ve sung before, and with whom,
and even worse…what instrument I play, and when I had nothing to offer but passion and an untrained voice, I got politely laughed at and turned away.” But her fiery spirit and resourceful nature wouldn’t be cowed. In fact, the constant rejection ultimately sent her straight to acehardware.com, where she ordered a trusty Dubl-Handi washboard and drew upon her naturally percussive ear and inspiration from jug bands to become a “legit musician”…albeit self-taught, and with a little help from YouTube videos. She then both placed and answered ads on Craigslist, hoping to connect with others who shared her love of early jazz and blues and wouldn’t scoff at her lack of experience. Evan, meanwhile, was speeding toward the same destiny in a different way. Born and raised in NYC, with stints living in the Berkshires of MA, Evan started playing piano by ear at age 3 and has flirted with amateur musicianship his whole life. His love of performing began in his early education in Waldorf Schools and led him to major in theater and musical theater at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Upon returning to NYC with his soon-tobe wife Jennifer, he became a working actor earning his living doing theater, commercials, and production work on films. However, like Miz Eliz, Evan continued to be seduced by his passion for traditional jazz, band leading, and his love of playing stride-jazz piano whenever he got the chance. Without his knowledge, his wife placed an ad on Craigslist for him, seeking others looking to start a traditional jazz band. Says Evan, “It was pretty hilarious, getting responses to an ad I never placed…but so exciting to start discovering people who wanted to get together and jam.” Early on in the process, he met a jazz guitarist and they got together every once in a while to play just for the fun of it. But it wasn’t enough for Evan, who recalls that “it was enjoyable, but not life-changing…so I just kept placing ads inviting people to join us and answering other ads to see who else was out there in the community.” And then came the fateful day in 2007 when Evan and Elizabeth both answered the same
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Craigslist ad for an open jazz jam at an ad hoc rehearsal space in midtown Manhattan. Miz Eliz, who slipped out of her company holiday party at AOL Time Warner to be there, says that, “when Bibs and I met, it was like an instant musical connection,” adding that, “we started trading stories of songs and singers we loved while growing up, naming our biggest influences and trying out tunes together…and it was like everyone else in the room just faded away while we geeked out.” Evan knew the match was made in heaven when Miz Eliz asked him if he knew any Fats Waller. “I just started playing ‘Your Feet’s Too Big’ on the piano,” he says, “and Elizabeth just joined in like we’d been singing that duet together for decades, which was pretty magical because it looked like no one else around us even knew that song.” With both of them still working at their day jobs, and neither one dreaming of ever becoming a professional musician, they started getting together every couple of months to play music for their own enjoyment…until one day on a lark, they decided to take their piano-washboard-vocal show to an open-mic night at Banjo Jim’s in the East Village. And fate – which had already started moving the Sardine pieces into place on the chessboard – stepped in that day again by sending Evan and Miz Eliz a tap dancer. Edwin “Fast Eddy” Francisco had stopped by Evan’s house on an errand for a friend, and started tap dancing along while they were rehearsing…and just like that – the “percussion section” of tapand-washboard was born. Slowly the band began to take shape. Naming the band was easy, recalls Miz Eliz, who says that, “we knew we wanted the word ‘hot’ in the name, to reflect the type of jazz we played, and so we literally just paired different words with hot to find a name that was fun, unusual, and memorable.” Thanks to a tin of sardines in hot sauce Miz Eliz found at the local grocery store, the name fell into place in a snap. Over the first few years of the band’s evolution, Miz Eliz recalls that “it was like the universe started sending the perfect Sardine-style performers into our orbit… guys who were deeply trained, accomplished musicians from hallowed institutions like Juilliard, Berklee, and NYU Jazz, but who weren’t afraid to – as we call it – get a little dirty and gritty with early American jazz.” In time, the core Sardine cast of characters expanded to include Jason Prover (trumpet), Alex Raderman (percussion), Nick Myers (clarinet/saxophone),
and Evan Crane (upright bass/sousaphone). And in 2011, after playing mostly small venues and free gigs for friends, an unexpected break landed in their lap. “We got an anonymous email inquiry in late June from someone seeking a jazz band that performs songs in French for a last minute gig on the upcoming Bastille Day, and we sent song samples and whatever rag-tag video clips we had on hand,” says Evan. “Little did we know, the gig was Midsummer Night’s Swing at Lincoln Center…and we got it.” After bringing the house down for the 6,000+ music lovers in the audience that day, the Sardines earned an instant fan base in NYC, and more high profile gigs started rolling in. The marriage of early-American jazz with the mischievous twist of French culture is a reflection of Bibs’ and Miz Elizabeth’s musical partnership. Parisian-born Miz Eliz sings eloquently and effortlessly in both French and English – and sometimes in Mandarin, just for fun (“Chinatown, My Chinatown” –Jerome/ Schwartz, 1910) – and also writes original songs in both languages. The Hot Sardines have sold out 15 straight shows during their residency at New York’s famed Joe’s Pub, and showcased their versatility by performing to eager, hungry audiences at venues as diverse as the ultra-swank Top of the Standard (Boom Boom Room), the internationally-known Montreal Jazz Festival, the playfully-naughty underground speakeasy experience Shanghai Mermaid, and Symphony Hall in Boston, where they recently performed to sold out audiences in collaboration with the Boston Pops. Both Evan and Miz Elizabeth attribute the Sardines’ accessible and arresting style to the more modern cultural influences that enrich the core early-jazz foundation that originally brought them together. Says Evan, “Nothing is sacred…everything from The Muppets to Bugs Bunny and from Harry Connick, Jr. to James Brown and Louis Prima has infiltrated our music and the way we interpret and perform songs.” www.hotsardines.com
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In Person: Ticket Office (open through intermission for all shows) Give today to begin experiencing the many benefits of being a Performing Arts Fund/AIOFA donor. Please join us today. Visit center.iastate.edu/support.
Ames International Orchestra Festival Association (AIOFA) You can designate your gift to support the orchestras at Stephens Auditorium.
Contact Patti Cotter, Development & Sponsorship Manager, at 515-294-1238 or via e-mail at pcotter@iastate.edu.
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Dedicated Volunteers Iowa State University Performing Arts Council
A university committee comprised of Iowa State University faculty, staff and students, as well as Ames community members, the Performing Arts Council advises the Iowa State Center on programming for the Performing Arts Series at Stephens Auditorium. Tanya Anderson – Community Tyler Bainter – Music Student Janice Baker – Faculty Sara Compton – Iowa State Center Staff Patti Cotter – Iowa State Center Staff Jane Cox – Faculty Brian Davidson – Community Cinian Zheng-Durbin – Community Homer Gartz – Community Debra Gibson – Faculty Mike Golemo – Faculty Sarah Jablon – Graduate Assistant Sam Johnson – Music Student Nancy Marion – Community Patricia Miller – Faculty Matt Nelson – AIOFA Vahid Noroozi – Graduate Assistant Madeline Olsem – Music Student Alex Ortberg – Music Student Angela Ossian – Iowa State Center Staff Melissa Patrick – Community Bret Pugh – Community Sulagna Sarkar – Graduate and Professional Student Senate Phillip Sears – Music Student Hannah Skalbeck – Music Student Alissa Stoehr – Graduate Assistant Education
Partners in the Arts Ames International Orchestra Festival Association Board of Directors 2015-2016 Peter Reilly, President
Special thanks to the following supporters for their unwavering loyalty and crucial support. Their generosity enables us to bring the world’s finest performing artists to Iowa.
Major Sponsor
Karl Gwiasda, Vice President David Stephenson, Treasurer Dario Zaffarano, Secretary Jim Beckwith Jacob Harrison
Major Show Sponsors
David Hoffman Aaron Fultz
Bullets over Broadway
Beauty & the Beast
Noelle Fultz Dave Millard Matt Nelson Wendy Nutini Bion Pierson Kevin Schilling Suzy Shierholz
Hospitality Sponsor
Donor Lounge and Reception Sponsor
Celtic Nights
Youth Matinee Show Sponsor The Very Hungry Caterpillar
James Tener
The Stephens Street Team
The Stephens Street Team unites the Iowa State Center and ISU by celebrating the importance of the arts in our lives. Its mission is to promote the arts to ISU students through unique marketing efforts and special events. The Stephens Street Team will plan events and lead marketing activities and develop creative ways to reach out to the student body at ISU about the incredible, affordable and accessible events at the Iowa State Center. Activities may include planning on-campus promotional events or philanthropic events that relate to shows, assisting with performance day events, sidewalk chalking, flyer distribution, presentations to campus organizations about our Performing Arts Series and more!
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Ames International Orchestra Festival Association (AIOFA) and Ames Commission on the Arts (COTA) proudly support the Iowa State Symphony (Youth Matinee Series Concert), Chamber Orchestra Kremlin and Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra concerts.
The Fab Four This presentation is supported by the Arts Midwest Touring Fund, a program of Arts Midwest that is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional contributions from the Iowa Arts Council and General Mills Foundation.
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