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2013-2014 SEASON
YOUR 2013-2014
TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS SEASON Dear TPA donors, subscribers, and patrons, It is my great pleasure to present Texas Performing Arts’ 2013-2014 Season. We’ve worked hard to put together an exciting and diverse series of performances designed to entertain, enlighten, and challenge our audiences. Highlights of this season include first-ever TPA performances by the legendary singer and Tony Award-winner Barbara Cook, a joint performance of a new work by performance artist Laurie Anderson and the Kronos Quartet, and a gala performance by the world-renowned Cleveland Orchestra as part of the Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists which will be hosted by the Butler School of Music in Spring 2014. Our 2013-2014 Broadway in Austin series is also full of firsts, including Tony Award-winning productions of THE BOOK OF MORMON, WAR HORSE, AMERICAN IDIOT, and MEMPHIS. I can say without hesitation that this is one of our most exciting Broadway seasons ever! With such a remarkable season, I can think of no better time to become a Texas Performing Arts subscriber. Subscribers receive many subscriber-only benefits, including 20% off ticket prices -- our biggest discount ever -- preferred seating, free ticket exchanges, a subscriber hotline (512.471.4454) and the first opportunity to purchase tickets to one Broadway show. I hope you will also consider adding a Texas Inner Circle membership or Student Ticket Fund donation to your season subscription. Your membership donation makes programs like $10 student tickets, student employment, free youth performances, and many other campus and community engagement programs possible. Enjoy our spectacular season and thank you in advance for your continued support of Texas Performing Arts. Warmest regards,
Kathy Panoff Director and Associate Dean
For more information on our season and to subscribe, please visit texasperformingarts.org or call 512.471.4454.
Charles 0. Anderson Photo by: Gabriel Bienczycki
the 2013 – 2014 texas performing arts season
Ina Garten 9/12 | 8 PM | Bass Concert hall
Mariza 11/4 | 8 PM | Bass Concert hall
The Cleveland Orchestra 3/2 | 7 PM | Long Center
Piazzolla Project 9/18 | 8 PM | Bass Concert hall stage
CHICAGO 11/19 - 11/24 | Bass Concert hall Broadway in Austin performance
Barbara Cook 9/19 | 8 PM | Bass Concert hall stage
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
Brooklyn Rider 3/19 & 26 | 8 PM mccullough theatre
Soweto Gospel Choir 3/23 | 7 PM | Bass Concert hall
11/21 & 22 | 7 PM mccullough theatre
Vincent Mantsoe and Dance Theatre X 9/20 | 8 PM | mccullough theatre
Mark Morris Dance Group
UT Symphony Orchestra with Miró Quartet
Katia and Marielle Labèque
12/4 | 8 PM | Bass Concert hall
4/4 | 8 PM | Bass Concert hall
Danú
Cyro Baptista
12/5 | 8 PM | Bass Concert hall
4/9 | 8 PM | Bass Concert hall
MEMPHIS
Motionhouse
9/26 & 27 | 8 PM | Bass Concert Hall
THE BOOK OF MORMON 10/1 - 10/13 | bass c0ncert hall
12/10 - 12/15 | Bass Concert hall
Broadway in Austin performance
Broadway in Austin performance
Dial M for Murder
AMERICAN IDIOT
10/4 – 10/13 | B. Iden Payne Theatre
Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet
1/14 - 1/19 | Bass Concert hall
Joshua Redman with UT Jazz Orchestra
Broadway in Austin performance
4/12 | 7:30 PM | bates recital hall
Christian McBride Big Band
Mozart Requiem Undead
10/16 | 8 PM | bass c0ncert hall
1/21 | 8 PM | Bass Concert hall
AnDa Union
The Jasper String Quartet
10/17 | 8 PM | bass c0ncert hall
4/11 | 8 PM | Bass Concert hall
4/16 | venue to be announced
Bobby McFerrin 4/24 | 8 PM | Bass Concert hall
1/30 | 8 PM | mccullough theatre
Menahem Pressler with the Miró Quartet
The National Theatre of Scotland
WAR HORSE
10/18 | 8 PM | bates recital hall
2/11 - 2/15 | Bass Concert hall
Broadway in Austin performance
Yamato
WICKED
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10/23 | 8 PM | bass c0ncert hall
2/19 - 3/9 | Bass Concert hall Broadway in Austin performance
Lar Lubovitch Dance Company
Menuhin Competition Opening Concert
10/30 | 8 PM | Bass Concert hall
2/21 | 8 PM | Long Center
5/6- 5/11 | Bass Concert hall
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ina garten
the barefoot contessa
To open the 2013-2014 Season, Texas Performing Arts invites you to enjoy an evening with best-selling cookbook author and Emmy-winning host of Barefoot Contessa, Ina Garten. Texas Monthly’s own Patricia Sharpe will join Ms. Garten in what promises to be a lively and insightful conversation about food. After the opening of an East Hampton store and a series of phenomenally successful cookbooks, the Food Network approached Garten to do a cooking show based on her love of entertaining. That was eleven years ago and her Emmy-winning cooking show, Barefoot Contessa, is now one of the highest rated shows on Food Network.
As always, the multitalented Garten‌was frank, funny, and dedicated to real home cooking rather than flash-in-the-pan tricks. The Seattle Times Photo by: Quentin Bacon
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SEPTEMBER 12 BASS CONCERT HALL 8 PM
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a conversation with Patricia Sharpe, Executive Editor/Food Writer Texas Monthly
La Camorra & Escalandrum
SEPTEMBER 18 BASS CONCERT HALL STAGE 8 PM U.S. Premiere 2013 marks the 21st anniversary of the passing of Astor Piazzolla, the great Argentine composer who innovated and renewed the tango tradition. As a tribute, two of the most celebrated young ensembles gather on the Bass Concert Hall stage to honor their great “maestro”. For this U.S. premiere, all seating will be on the stage and close to the artists!
Their [La Camorra] Piazzolla sounded like it was supervised by Piazzolla himself. Diario El País The sextet [Escalandrum], commanded by his [Piazzolla’s] grandson looks to make a mark of its own, one that sounds like the reinvention of Argentine jazz. La Nación
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PiazzoLla Project:
The evening’s most compelling performance was Ms. Cook’s ‘Here’s to Life.’ To hear this indestructible woman, who is now 83, muse, ‘I had my share, I drank my fill/ And even though I’m satisfied, I’m hungry still’ in a voice that has lowered without shedding any of its luster was to receive lines of personal scripture torn from the soul. The New York Times, Carnegie Hall Gala 2011
SEPTEMBER 19 BASS CONCERT HALL STAGE 8 PM One of Broadway’s all-time greatest voices brings her trio to the Bass Concert Hall stage for an intimate cabaret performance! Winner of virtually every theatrical award, Barbara Cook’s silvery soprano, purity of tone, and warm presence have delighted audiences around the world for more than 50 years. A 2011 Kennedy Center Honoree, Ms. Cook recently returned to the Broadway stage after a 23-year absence and was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in the musical Sondheim on Sondheim.
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Photo by: Mike Martin
Very Limited Seating
>> Presented in partnership with the Butler School of Music >>
Barbara Cook
Vincent Mantsoe, choreographer
Dance Theatre X
Charles O. Anderson, artistic director
Photos by: Pascale Beroujon, Gabriel Bienczycki
Vincent Mantsoe
>> Presented by Texas Performing Arts and the Department of Theatre and Dance >>
Association Noa Company
Opera for Fools
Choreography by Vincent Mantsoe AND
Restless Natives
(a special preview performance) Choreography by Charles O. Anderson featuring Ursula Rucker with Dance Theatre X
SEPTEMBER 20 McCullough Theatre 8 PM Texas Performing Arts and the UT Department of Theatre and Dance present two of today’s most distinguished choreographers in an exciting evening of dance. Vincent Mantsoe is one of post-apartheid South Africa’s leading choreographers. His French based company, Association Noa Company Vincent Mantsoe, creates contemporary African work that represents a true global culture of both dancers and disciplines. Mantsoe’s piece Opera for Fools probes the center of the South African shebeen lifestyle during Apartheid, discovering what makes
people enjoy their daily lives and enables them to forgive, but not forget. Choreographer, dancer, and University Associate Professor Charles O. Anderson is artistic director of Dance Theatre X, a Philadelphia based afro-contemporary dance theatre company that was selected among the “25 to Watch” by Dance Magazine. Anderson presents a preview of his newest work, Restless Natives, a piece inspired by the writings of James Baldwin featuring an original poetry score by critically-acclaimed performance poet Ursula Rucker.
MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP Mark Morris, artistic director
Mozart Dances FEATURING The Knights
Photos by: Stephanie Berger, Nathan Russell, Sarah Marcus
>> Presented in partnership with KUT and the Butler School of Music >>
Colin Fowler, piano Anton Nel, piano
Anton Nel
Colin Fowler
SEPTEMBER 26 & 27 BASS CONCERT HALL 8 PM These performances are made possible by a generous grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and donors like you. For over 30 years, the Brooklyn-based Mark Morris Dance Group has enthralled audiences with its amazing technical expertise, unique artistry, and its signature use of live music. Pianists Anton Nel and Colin Fowler, and progressive New York orchestra The Knights join MMDG for two performances of Morris’ celebrated eveninglength piece Mozart Dances.
Proclaimed “one of the greatest living choreographers” by The New Yorker, Mark Morris has had a profound impact on the dance world with a singular ability to combine beautiful music, graceful movement, and delicious wit. Set to two Mozart piano concertos and the double piano sonata, and danced against a backdrop of visuals by British painter Howard Hodgkin, The New York Times called Mozart Dances “a masterpiece, a triumph...and one of Mr. Morris’ greatest achievements.”
OCTOBER 1 - 13, 2013 BASS CONCERT HALL
Dial M for Murder
october 4-13 b. Iden Payne Theatre Set in 1950s London, Tony Wendice concocts a plot to murder his wealthy wife Margot. When the scheme goes awry, he devises a sinister backup plan to get her out of the picture for good. A cat-and-mouse waiting game made famous by Alfred Hitchcock’s hit film, Knott’s classic tale continues to be one of the most popular thrillers for stage and screen.
…Original and remarkably good theatre – quiet in style but tingling with excitement underneath. The New York Times
Photo by: Josh Rasmussen
>> Presented BY the Department of Theatre and Dance >>
by Frederick Knott
LANDFALL by Laurie Anderson for Kronos Quartet
Photo by: Jay Blakesberg
>> Presented in partnership with the Department of Art and Art History and the Visual Arts Center >>
A riveting, gorgeous, new multimedia work…Dreamlike, to be sure, and almost ritualistic…The effect was stunning — and proof, if any were needed, that Anderson continues to be one of the most engaging and forward-looking artists around. The Washington Post
OCTOBER 16 bass concert hall 8 PM Texas Premiere This performance is made possible by a generous grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and donors like you. Laurie Anderson returns to Texas Performing Arts in performance with the Kronos Quartet. This, their first-ever collaboration, features a new evening-length work that combines their distinct, yet highly compatible musical styles. Composed by Laurie Anderson and co-commissioned by
Texas Performing Arts, Landfall offers a riveting interplay between text and music. Landfall was commissioned by Texas Performing Arts at The University of Texas at Austin; Adelaide Festival, Australia; Barbican, London; Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland, College Park; Peak Performances @ Montclair State (NJ); Perth International Arts Festival, Australia; and Stanford Live, Stanford University. Additional project support was provided to the Kronos Performing Arts Association by the National Endowment for the Arts.
The band’s dynamic sound had the audience enthralled…The final song, ‘Galloping Horses,’ evoked a frenzied stampede that sent concertgoers stumbling, crazed and uplifted, out into the night. The Wesleyan Argus
>> Presented in Partnership with KLRU and the asian american cultural center >>
anda union
october 17 bass concert hall 8 PM In 2011, Inner Mongolia’s music and cultural sensation AnDa Union made their Texas debut on the Bass Concert Hall stage to an enthusiastic audience. Part of a musical movement that finds inspiration in old and forgotten songs, this vibrant young group of musicians and singers draw from a repertoire of enchanting music that all but disappeared during China’s tumultuous
recent past. Holding on to the essence of Mongolian music while creating a form of new music, they perform with indigenous instruments – the morin khuur (horse head fiddle), the maodun chaoer (a three-holed flute), Mongolian versions of the lute, and the mouth harp – combining different traditions and styles of music from all over Inner and Outer Mongolia.
MenahempianoPressler with the Miró Quartet
Photos by: Alain Barker, Nathan Russell
Miró Quartet
>> Presented in partnership with the Butler School of Music Piano Studio >>
Menahem Pressler’s joyous pianism - technically faultless, stylistically impeccable, emotionally irrepressible - is from another age and is a virtually forgotten sensibility. Los Angeles Times
october 18 bates recital hall 8 PM Legendary pianist Menahem Pressler joins the world-renowned Miró Quartet for an exceptional evening of chamber music. Menahem Pressler, founding member and pianist of the Beaux Arts Trio, is among the world’s most distinguished and honored musicians, with a career that spans over five decades. Now in his 88th year, he continues to captivate audiences
while maintaining a dedicated and robust teaching career. Hailed by The New York Times as possessing “explosive vigor and technical finesse,” the dynamic Miró Quartet is the Faculty String Quartet-in residence at the Butler School of Music. Their honors include a 2005 Cleveland Quartet Award, as well as being awarded the coveted Avery Fisher Career Grant.
Yamato ROJYOH – The Beat on the Road
october 23 bass concert hall 8 PM “Pure energy meets spiritual high” (The Scotsman) best describes this performance that is infused with the idea that the drumbeat, like the heartbeat, is the very pulse of life. Performing on a mind-altering array of Japan’s traditional Wadaiko drums, the men and women of Yamato deliver a heart-pounding spectacle of athleticism, precision, and exhilarating musical expertise. Selling out all over the planet, Yamato is, according to The London Telegraph, “Simply breathtaking.”
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Photo by: Hiroshi Seo
>> Presented in partnership with the Asian American Cultural Center >>
20th Anniversary Tour
In an era when politics, personal narrative, and post-modern irony overwhelm so much contemporary dance, the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company is the real thing. The Washington Post
Lar Lubovitch Dance Company Crisis Variations
Photo by: Paula Lobo
>> Presented in partnership with the Butler School of Music and the Department of Theatre and Dance >>
Lar Lubovitch, artistic director Yevgeniy Sharlat, composer with Faculty Chamber Ensemble Ransom Wilson, conductor
october 30 bass concert hall 8 PM Nominated for Tony, Emmy, and Grammy awards, Lar Lubovitch has been cited by The New York Times as “one of the ten best choreographers in the world,” and his New York–based dance company has been called a “national treasure” by Variety. The company will be joined by a special faculty chamber ensemble in a performance of Lubovitch’s 2011 Crisis Variations, which features a score by Assistant Professor of Composition, Yevgeniy Sharlat.
When Mariza sings, time stands still. BBC Radio 3
>> Presented in Partnership with KLRU >>
MARIZA NOVEMBER 4 BASS CONCERT HALL 8 PM Texas Performing Arts welcomes Latin Grammy Award-winning singer Mariza, recognized the world over as the queen of fado - the rich and emotionally textured musical tradition from Portugal. With multiple platinum-selling albums to her credit, Mariza’s stunning repertoire pays deep respect to tradition while pushing the sublimely beautiful folk music into intriguing directions. Don’t miss this opportunity to experience the singer that Rolling Stone calls, “as commanding as any pop singer today.”
Starring
john o'hurley
from " Dancing with the Stars"
& "Seinfeld"
The cast of Broadway’s Tony Award-winning hit musical CHICAGO. Photo by: Paul Kolnik
NOVEMBER 19-24 BASS CONCERT HALL A true New York City institution, CHICAGO has everything that makes Broadway great: a universal tale of fame, fortune and all that jazz; one show-stopping-song after another; and the most astonishing dancing you’ve ever seen. Whether you’re looking for your
first Broadway musical, whether you’ve seen the Academy Award®-winning film and want to experience the show live on stage or whether you’ve seen it before and want to recapture the magic, CHICAGO always delivers.
2013
NOVEMBER 21 & 22 McCullough Theatre 7 PM Renowned for its “dry wit and wry humor” (The Independent), The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain is a group of all-singing, all-strumming musicians. Formed in 1995, the ensemble has become a national institution, giving thousands of sold-out concerts across the world. Photo by: Nigel Barklie
>> Presented in partnership with KDRP and Austin Classical Guitar Society >>
the ukulele orchestra of great britain
In concert, The Ukulele Orchestra offers a funny, virtuosic, twanging, awesome, foot-stomping evening. Jumping from Tchaikovsky to Nirvana via Otis Redding and Spaghetti Western soundtracks, the Orchestra takes the audience on an eclectic musical adventure.
For sheer fun and outright daffiness tied to first-rate musicality and comic timing, few concerts this year matched this ensemble’s performance. The New York Times
WORLD PREMIERE BY KEVIN PUTS
Miró Quartet
Daniel Ching, violin William FedkenhEuer, violin John Largess, viola Joshua Gindele, cello
The University of Texas Symphony Orchestra
Photos by: Nathan Russell, Amitava Sarkar
>> Presented in partnership with the Butler School of Music >>
Gerhardt Zimmermann, conductor
Kevin Puts
Gerhardt Zimmermann
december 4 bass concert hall 8 PM The Miró Quartet and The University of Texas Symphony Orchestra present a program featuring the world premiere of a piece written for string quartet and chamber orchestra by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts. Puts, a former Butler School of Music faculty member and long-time colleague of the Miró Quartet, composed the work as part of a year-long celebration of the centennial of The University of Texas School of Music. Returning to Bass Concert Hall after a triumphant centennial performance of Stravinksy’s Le Sacre du Printemps with
the Joffrey Ballet, The University of Texas Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of maestro Gerhardt Zimmermann, will also perform the Shostakovich Symphony No. 5. This world premiere was commissioned for the Miró Quartet and chamber orchestra by Texas Performing Arts at The University of Texas at Austin, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Society, City Music Cleveland, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, and the Naples Philharmonic. Additional support was provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and donors like you.
Danú Christmas in Ireland:
December 5 BASS CONCERT HALL 8 PM One of the most acclaimed ensembles of traditional music in Ireland, Danú brings a heartwarming and high-energy Celtic Christmas celebration to Bass Concert Hall.
Photo by: John D. Kelly
>> Presented in partnership with KUTX’s Across the Water >>
An Nollaig in Éirinn
Direct from County Waterford in Ireland, this spirited band is known for its authentic interpretations, ebullient performances, and jaw-dropping talent. For more than a decade, Danú has been performing for a growing base of fans worldwide. The entire family will enjoy this spectacular holiday concert featuring traditional Irish songs.
A vibrant mix of virtuosity, energy, and empathy.
The Washington Post
december 10-15 bass concert hall From the underground dance clubs of 1950s Memphis, Tennessee, comes a hot new Broadway musical that bursts off the stage with explosive dancing, irresistible songs and a thrilling tale of fame and forbidden love. Inspired by actual events, MEMPHIS is about a radio DJ who wants
to change the world and a club singer who is ready for her big break. Winner of four 2010 Tony Awards® including Best Musical, MEMPHIS features a Tony®-winning original score with music by Bon Jovi’s founding member David Bryan.
ADWAY musical
BRO the groundbreaking
The company of AMERICAN IDIOT. Photo by: Litwin
january 14–19 bass concert hall The New York Times calls AMERICAN IDIOT “thrilling and emotionally charged, as moving as anything on Broadway!” Based on Green Day’s groundbreaking rock opera of the same name, this daring new musical tells the story of three lifelong
friends, forced to choose between their dreams and the safety of suburbia, and features the smash hits “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” “Holiday” and “21 Guns.” AMERICAN IDIOT contains adult content and strong language.
>> Presented in partnership with KUTX >>
The bassist-as-bandleader is a fairly rare thing, with the torch being passed over the years from Charles Mingus to Ron Carter … and now to Philadelphia-born Christian McBride. NPR’s All Things Considered
christian mcbride big band january 21 bass concert hall 8 PM Winner of the 2012 Grammy Award for Best Large Ensemble Jazz Album, renowned bassist, composer, and bandleader Christian McBride brings his top-shelf Big Band to the Bass Concert Hall stage for an evening of extraordinary music. Christian McBride’s appearances on more than 300 albums include sessions by many of the most illustrious figures in
jazz, including Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, and Pat Metheny, as well as collaborations with artists as diverse as Kathleen Battle, Billy Joel, and Sting. Aside from his own ensembles, McBride has been the linchpin of various all-star projects, including John McLaughlin and Chick Corea’s Five Peace Band.
january 30 McCullough Theatre 8 PM
Photo by: Meriah Mozingo
the jasper string quartet
>> Presented in partnership with Chamber Music America’s Cleveland Quartet Award >>
Winner of the prestigious 2012 Cleveland Quartet Award, the Jasper String Quartet has been hailed as “sonically delightful and expressively compelling” (The Strad) and “powerful” (The New York Times). Audiences around the world have been wowed by the Jasper’s electrifying performances, and its penchant for new music has helped establish their reputation as a groundbreaking group. The Jaspers are the Ensemble-in-Residence at Classic Chamber Concerts in Naples, Florida.
The National Theatre of Scotland:
The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart
Photo of 2012 cast by: Drew Farrell
>> Presented in partnership with Fusebox Festival >>
Created by David Greig and wils wilson Directed by Wils Wilson
T he five-person cast radiates authenticity even before the show officially begins, setting the laid-back mood as the audience files in with fiddles, pipes, and lyrics thick with their native brogue. The demanding performance that follows is a seamless team effort. Washingtonian
february 11–15 bass concert hall stage In recent seasons, The National Theatre of Scotland has sold out performances of Black Watch and Long Gone Lonesome. Last season, due to unforeseen circumstances, the company’s engagement of The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart was cancelled. But because of audience demand, the production returns this season with a week of performances.
Filled with magical moments, devilish encounters, and wittily wild karaoke, The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart is moving and amusing, with plot twists unfolding all around you. Don’t miss this intimate theatre experience where the performers and audience share the Bass Concert Hall stage! *Recommended for ages 14+ National Theatre of Scotland is core funded by the Scottish Government.
MENUHIN COMPETITION AUSTIN 2014
Founded in 1983 by famed violinist and conductor Yehudi Menuhin, the Menuhin Competition is the world’s leading international violin competition for players up to the age of 21. Held every two years in a different host city, the event combines a violin competition with a festival of concerts and events. In 2014, The University of Texas Butler School of Music hosts the first-ever competition in North America. Texas Performing Arts is proud to include the opening and gala performances of the Menuhin Competition as part of our 2013-2014 season.
Ilya Gringolts
The University of Texas Symphony Orchestra Gerhardt Zimmermann, music director and conductor Ilya Gringolts, violin Anton Nel, piano Olivier Charlier, violin
Photos by: Caroline Doutre, Nathan Russell
2014 Opening Concert
Anton Nel
>> Presented in partnership with the Butler School of Music >>
Menuhin competition
Olivier Charlier
february 21 long center for the performing arts, Dell HalL 8 PM The Menuhin Competition Austin 2014 kicks off its 10-day Festival with an opening concert featuring The University of Texas Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Gerhardt Zimmermann. For this program, the UTSO, one of the top university orchestras in the nation, performs the Mendelssohn Double Concerto for Violin and Piano with violinist Ilya Gringolts and faculty pianist Anton Nel. Both soloists are serving as jurors for the competition.
The program also features performances by violinist and juror Olivier Charlier, and the 2012 Menuhin Competition junior winner, Kevin Zhu. Program
Berlioz: Roman Carnival Mendelssohn: Double Concerto for Violin and Piano Waxman: Carmen Fantasy Schwantner: Someday Memories Dutilleux: Sur le mĂŞme accord Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite
Detailed information on thE Menuhin Competition can be found at www.menuhincompetition.org
Menuhin competition 2014 Gala Concert the cleveland orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero Arabella Steinbacher
Photos by: Roger Mastroianni, Sammy Hart
>> Presented in partnership with the Butler School of Music >>
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Arabella Steinbacher, violin
march 2 long center for the performing arts, dell hall 7 PM The Menuhin Competition Austin 2014 closes with a spectacular gala concert featuring The Cleveland Orchestra. Last appearing in Austin in 1976, The Cleveland Orchestra has become one of the most sought-after performing ensembles in the world and remains committed to the very highest standards of artistic excellence, creative programming, and community engagement.
This special gala program features performances by German violinist and juror Arabella Steinbacher and the 2014 Menuhin Competition junior and senior winners. Program
Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro Ravel: Tzigane Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
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Photo by: Joan Marcus
february 19 - march 9 BASS CONCERT HALL Back by “Popular” demand. Variety calls WICKED “a cultural phenomenon,” and when it last played Austin it broke box office records and sold out in record time. Winner of 35 major awards, including a Grammy and three Tony Awards, WICKED is “Broadway’s biggest blockbuster” (The
New York Times). Long before that girl from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two girls meet in the land of Oz. How these two grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good makes for “the most complete, and completely satisfying, new musical in a long time” (USA Today).
Photo by: Sarah Small
Brooklyn Rider
>> Presented in partnership with KUTX and the Butler School of Music >>
The dazzling... versatility that Brooklyn Rider exhibits is one of the wonders of contemporary music. The Los Angeles Times
march 19 & 26 McCullough Theatre 8 PM This performance is made possible by a generous grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and donors like you. Praised for its “stunningly imaginative” performances (Lucid Culture), the adventurous string quartet Brooklyn Rider combines a wildly eclectic repertoire with a gripping performance style that continues to attract legions of fans and draw critical acclaim from classical, world, and rock critics. At home in both clubs and concert halls, Brooklyn Rider’s relaxed on-stage demeanor demystifies contemporary classical music and invites everyone to participate.
A Walking Fire: march 19
The intrepid quartet embarks on a guided expedition to three legendary musical centers. With stops in the Romanian village of Clejani, World War I era Budapest, and the fragrant Persian gardens of Esfahan, A Walking Fire celebrates the powerful creative alchemy that can often occur on unfamiliar soil.
Brooklyn Rider and Der Blaue Reiter: March 26
This program connects Brooklyn Rider with Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), a Munich-based artistic collective whose members included Kandinsky and Schoenberg, artists united by their quest to push their inherited traditions forward into new realms of expression.
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Soweto Gospel Choir march 23 BASS CONCERT HALL 7 PM After a stunning evening at Bass Concert Hall in 2010, the Soweto Gospel Choir returns to Austin for a command performance! This two-time Grammy Award-winning choir is heralded as one of the most exciting groups to emerge in world music in recent years. Through vibrant rhythm, movement, and its renowned vocal tapestry, the Choir performs a repertoire ranging from the traditional African gospel songs to an extraordinary new interpretation of Bob Dylan’s “I’ll Remember You.”
Photo by: Toni Rudov
>> Presented in partnership with KAZI >>
These absolutely thrilling singers need nothing but their voices to make dazzling music. Billboard
Their performance was a knockout! Katia and Marielle Labèque, the mop-maned French sisters who have made a specialty of the repertoire for back-to-back pianos, combining familiar fare with a dazzling rarity, delivered it all with a welcome blend of theatricality and affection. San Francisco Chronicle
Katia & Marielle
Labèque piano Duo
Photo by: Brigitte Lacombe
>> Presented in partnership with KLRU and KMFA >>
april 4 bass concert hall 8 PM Recognized by The New York Times as the “best piano duo in front of an audience today,” sisters Katia and Marielle Labèque are renowned for their ensemble of synchronicity and energy. Their musical ambitions started at an early age with their rendition of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue (one of the first gold records in classical music) and have since developed a stunning career. The Bass Concert Hall program will feature works by Philip Glass and George Gershwin, along with Leonard Bernstein’s Suite from West Side Story.
Cyro Baptista Banquet of the Spirits
Texas Performing Arts welcomes back the mad scientist of Brazilian percussion Cyro Baptista, this time with his Banquet of the Spirits Quartet. This adventurous ensemble delivers hypnotic percussion and multi-layered string wizardry, mixing far-flung sounds of the Jewish diaspora with Brazilian and Middle Eastern melodies to create “a diversity of sounds and colors that can’t be found anywhere else.” (All About Jazz)
Photo by: Eleonora Alberto
>> ArtesAméricas performance Presented in partnership with KUTX’s Horizontes, the Butler School of Music, and the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies >>
april 9 bass concert hall 8 PM
Since arriving in the United States in 1980 from his native Brazil, Baptista has emerged as one of the foremost percussionists in the world. His endless sonic curiosity and intense rhythmic drive have spurred collaborations with everyone from Herbie Hancock and John Zorn to Yo-Yo Ma and Paul Simon.
Motionhouse Scattered
april 11 bass concert hall 8 PM
Photo by: Chris Nash
One of the UK’s foremost dance theater companies, Motionhouse creates startling and passionate movement works, fusing images, action, and dynamism to surprise, challenge, and delight. Seven dancers perform on an infinity stage where movement and film integrate in a completely new and breathtaking way. Motionhouse brings their stunning water-inspired piece Scattered to the Bass Concert Hall stage. Performed on a huge curved floor, Scattered combines the company’s highly physical dance and mesmerizing aerial imagery to create an extraordinary theatrical experience.
Super athletic dancers, as dexterous in the air and with ropes as they are on the floor, this is a company that has long cornered the high impact end of the market. The Guardian
Joshua Redman saxophone
with the UT Jazz Orchestra Jeff Hellmer, director
>> Presented in partnership with the Butler School of Music Division of Jazz >>
It has become a rule of thumb that university Jazz ensembles keep getting better and better, and the UT Jazz Orchestra is certainly no exception to the rule. All About Jazz
april 12 bates Recital Hall 7:30 PM Hailed by the Boston Herald as “a jazz wunderkind,” saxophonist Joshua Redman joins the UT Jazz Orchestra as part of the Butler School of Music’s annual Longhorn Jazz Festival. Joshua Redman is one of the most recognizable jazz saxophonists, as famous for his masterful straight-ahead post-bop improvisations as he is for his explorations of groovebased idioms. Winner of the prestigious Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition for saxophone in 1991, Redman has played
alongside many jazz icons including Jack DeJohnette, Charlie Haden, Joe Lovano, Pat Metheny, and Clark Terry. Directed by Professor Jeff Hellmer, the UT Jazz Orchestra is the Butler School of Music’s premier jazz ensemble. The Jazz Orchestra has performed with such masters as Michael Brecker, Phil Woods, Bob Brookmeyer, Conrad Herwig, John Clayton, Maria Schneider, and Stefon Harris in recent years.
Texas Performing Arts, Fusebox Festival, Golden Hornet Project, and Texas Choral Consort present
Mozart Requiem Undead Graham Reynolds and Peter Stopschinski, Artistic Directors Brent Baldwin, Music Director and Conductor Free Admission
april 16 venue to be announced Less than one year before Mozart died, he received a commission for a death mass from a mysterious stranger who intended to pass it off as his own composition. Mozart died penniless before he completed his final composition. To pay for his funeral, his widow had one of his students complete the work as we know it today: Mozart’s Requiem Mass. The exciting Mozart Requiem Undead project takes it back to square one. In this quirky and oversized collaboration, the masterwork is stripped back to what Mozart himself had on paper - the choral parts
and figured bass - and put in the hands of Austin’s Graham Reynolds and Peter Stopschinski who head a pack of luminary alt-classical composers from Texas and beyond in re-imagining a new completion for this masterpiece. Featured Composers
Glenn Kotche (Wilco) Gabriel Prokofiev DJ Spooky aka Paul Miller Adrian Quesada (Grupo Fantasma) Todd Reynolds (Bang on a Can) Peter Stopschinski Graham Reynolds
PERFORMANCE Details to be announced AT texasperformingarts.org
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Bobby McFerrin’s greatest gift to his audience may be changing them from spectators into celebrants and transforming a concert hall into a playground, a village center, a joyous space. The Los Angeles Times
april 24 bass concert hall 8 PM Ten-time Grammy Award-winner Bobby McFerrin has dazzled audiences all over the world, blurring the distinction between pop music and fine art, goofing around barefoot in the world’s finest concert halls, exploring uncharted vocal territory, collaborating with artists from Yo-Yo Ma and the Vienna Philharmonic to Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea. With his new project, spirityouall,
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Bobby brings it all back home, re-imagining Americana with beloved spirituals and original tunes, embracing bluegrass and the baroque, heartfelt lyrics and wordless melodies, joy and sorrow. Across genres, across boundaries, across generations, spirityouall raises the roof with joyful grooves.
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may 6-11 BASS CONCERT HALL “A Landmark Theater Event” –TIME Magazine. A heart-warming tale of loyalty and friendship, WAR HORSE is the winner of FIVE 2011 Tony Awards®. England, 1914. As World War One begins, Joey, young Albert’s beloved horse, is sold to the cavalry and shipped from England to
France. But Albert cannot forget Joey and, still not old enough to enlist, he embarks on a treacherous mission to find him and bring him home. At the heart of WARHORSE are astonishing life-sized puppets that bring to life breathing, galloping, charging horses strong enough for men to ride.
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2013-2014 Calendar
Theatre & Dance
introducing
new work the 2013-2014 subscription series takes stage Dial M for Murder
By Frederick Knott October 4-13, 2013 B. Iden Payne Theatre Set in 1950s London, Tony Wendice concocts a plot to murder his wealthy wife Margot. When the scheme goes awry, he devises a sinister backup plan to get her out of the picture for good. >> Part of the 2013-2014 Texas Performing Arts season \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
Our Country’s Good
By Timberlake Wertenbaker October 18-27, 2013 Oscar G. Brockett Theatre Royal Marines and convicts in an 18th century Australian penal colony work together to produce a comedic stage play. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
Dead Man’s Cell Phone By Sarah Ruhl February 14-23, 2014 Oscar G. Brockett Theatre
When a woman answers the cell phone of a recently deceased café patron, she holds on to the device to keep the man alive in a strange yet significant way. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
Kinesthetic Imperative
Artistic Directors David Justin and Holly Williams March 6-9, 2014 B. Iden Payne Theatre A showcase of unique and compelling dance work created by nationally renowned choreographers, including a leader of American avant-garde dance, Merce Cunningham. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
In the Heights
Music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda Book by Quiara Alegría Hudes April 9-20, 2014 B. Iden Payne Theatre This four-time Tony Award-winning musical shows life in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York amongst the tight-knit community of Dominican-American residents.
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Fall For Dance
Artistic Directors David Justin and Holly Williams November 15-24, 2013 B. Iden Payne Theatre Dance Repertory Theatre, the award-winning student dance company, presents new work by professional and student choreographers in Fall For Dance. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
The Fault
By Katie Bender December 3-7, 2013 Oscar G. Brockett Theatre A small ragged house stands perched on a fault, pressed between the redwoods and Pacific Ocean. The Davies family resides within, holding together and splitting apart. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
UTNT (UT New Theatre)
New plays by 3rd year M.F.A. Playwriting candidates Curated by Steven Dietz April 17-27, 2014 Lab Theatre UTNT presents newly developed work of emerging playwrights from the Department of Theatre and Dance and Michener Center for Writers. Now in its seventh season, many plays presented at UTNT have since been professionally produced across the country. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
Ears, Eyes + Feet
May 2-3, 2014 B. Iden Payne Theatre Collaborative works by student and faculty composers, choreographers and video artists from the Department of Theatre and Dance, the Department of Art and Art History, and the Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music.
For more information, visit jointhedrama.org All Titles, Artists, Venues and Dates are Subject to Change.
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2013-2014 Calendar
september Miró Quartet
Beethoven String Quartets Friday, 06 | 7:30 pm Saturday, 07 | 7:30 pm Sunday, 08 | 4 pm Friday, 20 | 7:30 pm Saturday, 21 | 7:30 pm Sunday, 22 | 4 pm Jessen Auditorium
Faculty Centennial showcase Sunday, 15 | 7:30 pm Bates Recital Hall
Wind Ensemble Jerry Junkin, conductor Sunday, 29 | 4 pm Bates Recital Hall
Symphony Orchestra
Gerhardt Zimmermann, conductor Monday, 30 | 7:30 pm Bates Recital Hall
october Jazz Orchestra Jeff Hellmer, director Friday, 04 | 7:30 pm Bates Recital Hall
Great Organ Series
Miró Quartet
Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Orchestra
Thursday, 31 | 7:30 pm Bates Recital Hall
november
Gerhardt Zimmermann, conductor Monday, 10 | 7:30 pm Bates Recital Hall
Gerhardt Zimmermann, conductor Monday, 31 | 7:30 pm Bates Recital Hall
Chamber Singers
Wind Ensemble
April
James Morrow, conductor Friday, 08 | 7:30 pm Bates Recital Hall
Jazz Orchestra Jeff Hellmer, director Friday, 15 | 7:30 pm Bates Recital Hall
Wind Ensemble Jerry Junkin, conductor Sunday, 24 | 4 pm Bates Recital Hall
december Holiday Choral Concert James Morrow, conductor Monday, 02 | 7:30 pm Bass Concert Hall
Miró Quartet Symphony Orchestra Gerhardt Zimmermann, conductor World Premiere by Kevin Puts
In partnership with Texas Performing Arts Wednesday, 04 | 8 pm Bass Concert Hall
Sunday, 13 | 4 pm Bates Recital Hall
January
Butler Opera Center
Friday, 17 | 7:30 pm Bates Recital Hall
World Premiere of Daron Hagen’s A Woman in Morocco
Robert DeSimone, director Kelly Kuo, conductor Friday, 25 | 7:30 pm Sunday, 27 | 7:30 pm Friday, Nov. 01 | 7:30 pm Sunday, Nov. 03 | 7:30 pm McCullough Theatre
Symphony Orchestra Gerhardt Zimmermann, conductor Wednesday, 30 | 7:30 pm Bates Recital Hall
Miró Quartet
February Great Organ Series
Jerry Junkin, conductor Wednesday, 12 | 7:30 pm Bates Recital Hall
Jazz Orchestra Jeff Hellmer, director Friday, 21 | 7:30 pm Hogg Auditorium
Menuhin competition Opening Concert Symphony Orchestra Gerhardt Zimmermann, conductor In partnership with Texas Performing Arts Friday, 21 | 8 pm Long Center, Dell Hall
Menuhin competition Junior finals concert Gerhardt Zimmermann, conductor Friday, 28 | 8 pm Bates Recital Hall
March Menuhin competition Closing gala concert cleveland orchestra Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor In partnership with Texas Performing Arts Sunday, 02 | 7 pm Long Center, Dell Hall
Sunday, 02 | 4 pm Bates Recital Hall
ut chamber orchestra copland and mexico appalachian spring
Butler Opera Center
Tuesday, 25 | 7:30 pm Bates Recital Hall
Musical Theatre Event
Robert DeSimone, director Kelly Kuo, conductor Friday, 07 | 7:30 pm Sunday, 09 | 7:30 pm McCullough Theatre
Chamber Singers James Morrow, conductor Friday, 11 | 7:30 pm Bates Recital Hall
joshua redman jazz orchestra 2014 longhorn jazz festival Jeff Hellmer, director In partnership with Texas Performing Arts Saturday, 12 | 7:30 pm Bates Recital Hall
Butler Opera Center giacomo puccini’s la bohÈme Robert DeSimone, director Kelly Kuo, conductor Friday, 25 | 7:30 pm Sunday, 27 | 7:30 pm Tuesday, 29 | 7:30 pm Friday, May 02 | 7:30 pm McCullough Theatre
Wind Ensemble Jerry Junkin, conductor Sunday, 27 | 4 pm Bates Recital Hall
Symphony Orchestra Gerhardt Zimmermann, conductor Wednesday, 30 | 7:30 pm Bates Recital Hall
May Miró Quartet Sunday, 04 | 4 pm Bates Recital Hall
Wind Ensemble Jerry Junkin, conductor Sunday, 30 | 4 pm Bates Recital Hall
All events are subject to change. Please visit music.utexas.edu/calendar for up-to-date information
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We are thrilled to announce the most AMAZING season of Broadway in Austin at Texas Performing Arts’ Bass Concert Hall. Among the incredible Broadway hits coming to Austin is THE BOOK OF MORMON, the multi-Tony Award®winning musical from the creators of South Park; Broadway’s razzle-dazzle smash, CHICAGO; the 2010 Tony Award®-winning Best Musical, MEMPHIS; Green Day’s groundbreaking rock opera, AMERICAN IDIOT; and the powerfully moving and imaginative Tony Award®-winning drama, WAR HORSE. Finally, as an add-on option to the season subscription package, WICKED flies back to Austin by “popular” demand! We count our Subscribers as our most valued patrons. As a Broadway in Austin Season Subscriber, your seats are reserved for you at the best prices. You will also enjoy benefits such as the opportunity to purchase additional seats and season specials before the general public, ticket exchange opportunities throughout the season, and much more. We are proud to present the best of Broadway in Austin, and appreciate your continued support. We look forward to seeing you at the theatre!
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THE BOOK OF MORMON First National Tour (c) Joan Marcus, 2013
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