YOUR 2014–2015 TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS SEASON DEAR DONORS, SUBSCRIBERS, AND PATRONS, After 30 years in the performing arts, I’ve learned one thing for sure:
CREATIVE PEOPLE CAN’T BE STOPPED.
In fact, most are compelled to create, and in the performing arts the result is live performance. No one in Austin delivers a more diverse and prestigious live performance experience than Texas Performing Arts! No matter what kind of performances you enjoy—music, dance, theatre, touring concerts, and Broadway shows—you can always SEE IT LIVE HERE! Highlights of this season include first-ever TPA performances by pioneering a cappella ensemble, the Swingle Singers and a performance project featuring Stewart Copeland, drummer for the band The Police, and Texas-based pianist Jon Kimura Parker. Returning to Texas Performing Arts are dance favorites Martha Graham Dance Company and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, command performances by spectacular organist Cameron Carpenter, and the incomparable Max Raabe and his Palast Orchester. This season, Texas Performing Arts will also feature several performances that commemorate important anniversaries of World War I and World War II. With so many veterans in the region, we look forward to presenting live programming that honors their service. Our 2014–2015 Lexus Broadway in Austin series features Tony Award-winning Best Musical ONCE, the enchanting tale of a Dublin street musician written by Glen Hansard; plus so many fan favorites like DIRTY DANCING, EVITA, and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, you’ll want to attend them all! 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, 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 AND provides you with a VIP experience like no other in Austin. Enjoy our spectacular season of live performances 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.
the 2014–2015 texas performing arts season
M a rt h a gr a h a m da nce co mpan y; ph oto : Jo h n De an e
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Basetrack
Ariel Quartet
9/11–9/13 | McCullough Theatre | 8 PM
11/5 | McCullough Theatre | 8 PM
Jordi Savall with Hespèrion XXI 2/17 | Bates Recital Hall | 8 PM
Haochen Zhang, piano
Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio
ONCE
9/17 | McCullough Theatre | 8 PM
11/7 | McCullough Theatre | 8 PM
2/24–3/1 | Bass Concert Hall Lexus Broadway in Austin performance
Storm Large, singer/songwriter 9/20 | McCullough Theatre | 8 PM
Bill Cosby 9/21 | Bass Concert Hall | 3 & 6:30 PM
Martha Graham Dance Company 9/25 | Bass Concert Hall | 8 PM
DIRTY DANCING 11/11–11/16 | Bass Concert Hall
Venice Baroque Orchestra with Avi Avital, mandolin
Lexus Broadway in Austin performance
3/5 | Bates Recital Hall | 8 PM
Apolloʼs Fire: Monteverdi Vespers
Stewart Copeland & Jon Kimura Parker
11/11 | Bates Recital Hall | 7 PM
3/6 | Bass Concert Hall | 8 PM
Cameron Carpenter, organ
S PERCUSSION
11/13 | McCullough Theatre | 7 PM
3/11 & 3/12 | McCullough Theatre | 8 PM
Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer
the Sarajevo Haggadah
JERSEY BOYS
9/27 | Bass Concert Hall | 8 PM
11/19 & 20 | McCullough Theatre | 8 PM
3/24–3/29 | Bass Concert Hall Lexus Broadway in Austin performance
Sphinx Virtuosi 10/2 | Bass Concert Hall | 8 PM
the world at war the ut symphony orchestra
The Big Picture Featuring David Krakauer
12/3 | Bass Concert Hall | 8 PM
3/26 & 3/27 | McCullough Theatre | 7 PM
Max Raabe & Palast Orchester
Disney’s BEAUTY and THE BEAST
EVITA
10/7–10/12 | Bass Concert Hall
12/9–12/14 | Bass Concert Hall
Lexus Broadway in Austin performance
Lexus Broadway in Austin performance
4/6 | Bass Concert Hall | 8 PM
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet with Jon Nakamatsu
MAMMA MIA! 1/20–1/25 | Bass Concert Hall
El Pasado es un Animal Grotesco
10/9 | Bates Recital Hall | 7 PM
Lexus Broadway in Austin performance
4/10–4/12 | venue to be announced
No Place to Go written by ethan lipton
Jeff “Tain” Watts with UT Jazz Orchestra
1/23 & 1/24 | McCullough Theatre | 7 PM
4/11 | Bates Recital Hall | 7:30 PM
Laurie Anderson and the Kronos Quartet
Hubbard Street Dance chicago
10/14 | Bass Concert Hall | 8 PM
1/29 | Bass Concert Hall | 8 PM
how little you are world premiere by nico muhly
A Streetcar Named Desire 10/10–10/19 | oscar g. brockett theatre
4/18 | Bass Concert Hall | 8 PM
Swingle Singers
RAIN: a tribute to the beatles
ANNIE
10/19 | Bass Concert Hall | 7 PM
2/6 & 2/7 | Bass Concert Hall
4/21–4/26 | Bass Concert Hall
Lexus Broadway in Austin performance
Lexus Broadway in Austin performance
Ph oto s : T e ru K u wayam a
“An artistic approach can speak to the heart and the soul in ways that speaking to the head does not.” R e t i r e d A r m y C h a p l a i n ( COL ) Dav i d F o r de n
WORLD PREMIERE BASETRACK is made possible with funding by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Theater Project, with lead funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This performance is supported in part by the Topfer Endowment for Performing Arts Production.
Presented in Partnership with the department of theatre & dance
Basetrack
En Garde Productions, Producer Anne Hamburger, Executive Creative Producer & En Garde Productions President Edward Bilous, Co-Producer & Conceiver Teru Kuwayama, Basetrack.org Conceiver Sarah Benson, Director Michelle DiBucci, Composer & Musical Director Jason Grote, Adaptor
September 11–13 | mccullough theatre | 8 PM Texas Performing Arts is proud to present the world premiere of Basetrack, a multimedia experience that delves into the human cost of war. Journalist Teru Kuwayama launched a website and Facebook page that enabled military families to communicate with their loved ones in Afghanistan. The photographs and videos posted set into motion a social media effort that attracted over 5 million hits. Produced by the innovative theatre company En Garde
Productions, Basetrack takes actual text from these sites and pairs it with interviews with Marines filmed while in the theater of war to create an educational, moving, and inspirational theatrical work for all ages. Directed by Sarah Benson, the production shares the stories of those stationed abroad and their families as they struggle to cope with separation and the uncertainties of war. It combines a rotating cast of actors with a lush symphonic score by Michelle DiBucci and text adapted by Jason Grote.
Ph oto : B e al ov e ga
“Zhang impressed with depth of musical understanding and subtle expressive nuance...at the competition’s end, he was the musician I’d walk across town to hear.” T h e Da l l a s M o r n i n g N e ws
September 17 | McCullough Theatre | 8 PM In 2009, Haochen Zhang became the youngest and the first Chinese competitor to be co-awarded the prestigious Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Gold Medal at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Since his win, the 22 year-old has captivated audiences in the United States, Europe, and Asia with a unique combination of deep musical sensitivity, fearless imagination, and spectacular virtuosity. His 2012 performance with the Shanghai Quartet in McCullough Theatre was stunning. Don’t miss this opportunity to experience Zhang in solo recital!
Presented in Partnership with the asian american cultural center and the butler school of music
Haochen Zhang, piano
“Storm Large delivers each song with an unwavering, exhilarating intensity and passion that pierces the air with a controlled recklessness sure to send shivers down your spine throughout this beautiful storm of a show.” E d i n b u rg h F est i va l M ag a z i n e ( U K )
Storm Large Singer, actor, author, and playwright Storm Large is a unique talent whose charms and remarkable voice are quickly creating a buzz within the performing arts world. As the singer in the band Pink Martini, a finalist in the reality show Rock Star Supernova, and as a critically acclaimed performer, Storm Large has taken her voice from rock clubs along
the west coast to the Carnegie Hall stage, performing with The Detroit Symphony. For this performance, Storm brings her band for an evening of American songbook classics, Broadway tearjerkers, and rock anthems with a fierce emotional commitment and a wicked sense of humor. Storm is a powerhouse not to be missed!
Presented in Partnership with kut
September 20 | McCullough Theatre | 8 PM
Bill Cosby September 21 | Bass Concert Hall | 3 & 6:30 PM Texas Performing Arts welcomes back one of Americaʼs most beloved comedians of all time for an evening of insightful comedy. Bill Cosby has captivated generations of fans with his comedy routines, iconic albums, and bestselling books such as Fatherhood. Perhaps Cosby’s greatest contribution to American entertainment and culture is The Cosby Show, about a close-knit, upper middle class black family that transcended age, gender, and cultural barriers. Cosby has received the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
“He is Everyman and also his own man… a witty American humorist in complete touch with the source of his material: himself.” T h e n e w Yo r k t i m e s
Photo : Er inn Ch alene Cosby
Ph otos : joh n de a n e , court e sy o f t h e libr ary o f co ngr e s s
This performance is supported in part by the Topfer Endowment for Performing Arts Production and the National Dance Project.
“Graham’s choreography remains a true, living American document.” T h e Ne w Yo r k T i mes
Martha Graham Dance Company
September 25 | Bass Concert Hall | 8 PM Texas Performing Arts is thrilled to welcome back the iconic Martha Graham Dance Company performing a program of signature and new works. Since its founding by Ms. Graham in 1926, the company has been a leader in the development of contemporary dance. Today’s company continues to foster Graham’s spirit of ingenuity, presenting masterpieces by Graham and her contemporaries, alongside newly commissioned works by artists inspired by Graham’s legacy.
Graham’s Appalachian Spring is a snapshot of an exciting moment in dance history. The work premiered in 1944 and featured a score by Aaron Copland that earned him a Pulitzer Prize; Graham danced the lead, opposite Merce Cunningham. The program also features Echo, a new work by choreographer Andonis Foniadakis as part of the company’s Myth and Transformation project, which explores how artists transform iconic stories to make contemporary statements.
Presented in partnership with the department of theatre & dance
Janet Eilber, artistic director
Appalachian Spring Echo
Chris Thile, mandolin Edgar Meyer, bass
September 27 | Bass Concert Hall | 8 PM traditional musical boundaries. Edgar Meyer’s stature in the music world is unlike any other. Hailed by the The New Yorker as “the most remarkable virtuoso in the relatively unchronicled history of his instrument,” Meyer’s unparalleled technique and musicianship in combination with his gift for composition have brought him to the forefront of the field. Chris Thile has forever changed
the world’s understanding of the capacity of the mandolin. For over 15 years, Thile played in the wildly popular band Nickel Creek, with which he released three albums, sold two million records, and was awarded a Grammy in 2002. His band Punch Brothers “achieved that most rare of musical feats—to create something genuinely new.” (New York Daily News)
Presented in Partnership with kutx
Über musicians Chris Thile, of Punch Brothers, and Edgar Meyer, are no strangers to Texas Performing Arts, having performed separately in past seasons. These two MacArthur Fellows have collaborated on several critically acclaimed projects and the duo’s next recording of original material will be released in 2014. They join forces for a remarkable evening that reaches far beyond
Ph oto : M ich ae l W il so n
Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer
“A top-notch ensemble... tightly woven sound and palpable zest.” C h i c ag o S u n -T i mes
Sphinx VirtUosi
with the Catalyst Quartet October 2 | Bass Concert Hall | 8 PM The Sphinx Virtuosi (formerly Sphinx Chamber Orchestra) is a conductorless ensemble comprised of alumni from the Sphinx Competition for young Black and Latino string players. The New York Times described their performance as “first-rate in every way” and the ensemble to have “produced a more beautiful, precise, and carefully shaped sound than some fully professional orchestras that come through Carnegie Hall in the course of the year.”
Presented in partnership with KLRU’s Hispanic Heritage Month Programming and the butler school of music string project
Inspired by Sphinx’s overarching mission, the Sphinx Virtuosi works to advance diversity in classical music while engaging young and new audiences through performances of varied repertoire. They perform masterpieces by Bach, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, and Mozart, alongside the more seldom presented work by composers of color, including Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, George Walker, Michael Abels, and Astor Piazzolla.
Photos : Nan melv ille
October 7–12 | Bass Concert Hall Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, the smash hit Broadway musical, is returning to Austin! Based on the Academy Award®winning animated feature film, this eye-popping spectacle
has won the hearts of over 35 million people worldwide. This classic musical love story is filled with unforgettable characters, lavish sets and costumes, and dazzling production numbers
including “Be Our Guest” and the beloved title song. Experience the romance and enchantment of Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at Bass Concert Hall!
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h il ary m aiberger a s belle and t he c a st of disne y ’s be au t y and t he be a st; photo : Joan M arcus
Washington Post
Ph otos : Pet e r Adamik , Ch r ist i an St e in e r
“It is rare to hear man perfectly integrated with music—when the two are so inextricably linked that distinctions between them are rendered meaningless.”
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
October 9 | Bates Recital Hall | 7 PM Texas Performing Arts welcomes back the ensemble that has virtually redefined the sound of the classic wind quintet, the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet. For this performance, the quintet is joined by Van Cliburn Gold Medal-winning pianist Jon Nakamatsu. Founded in 1988, during the era of Herbert von Karajan, the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet is the first permanently established wind quintet in the famous orchestraʼs rich tradition of chamber music. The ensemble’s stellar reputation has led to collaborations with
such legendary conductors as Leonard Bernstein, Bernard Haitink, Riccardo Muti, James Levine, and Daniel Barenboim. Since his dramatic 1997 Van Cliburn Gold Medal triumph, Jon Nakamatsuʼs brilliant but unassuming musicianship and eclectic repertoire have made him a clear favorite throughout the world both on the concert circuit and in the recording studio. “Jon Nakamatsu plays with the calm assurance that comes of having both a solid technique and a gentle, introspective, interpretive spirit.” (The New York Times)
Presented in Partnership with kmfa and the butler school of music
with Jon Nakamatsu, piano
Presented BY the department of theatre & dance
A streetcar named desire
By Tennessee Williams October 10–19 | Oscar G. Brockett Theatre In the sultry streets of New Orleans, passions flair and cultures collide in Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece. Blanche DuBois, a fading relic of the Old South, searches for refuge at her sister’s home, only to collide with reality in the form of Stanley Kowalski, her brutish brother-in-law. Provocative and lyrical, A Streetcar Named Desire is a commanding landmark drama by one of the great voices of the American Theatre.
Photo : L aw r ence Pe art
Photo s : t im k nox , jay bl ak e sbe rg
Presented in Partnership with the department of art & art history, the visual arts center, and the humanities institute at the unversity of texas at austin
TEXAS PREMIERE This performance is made possible by a generous grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and donors like you.
Landfall
by Laurie Anderson for the Kronos Quartet October 14 | Bass Concert Hall | 8 PM After last year’s unfortunate cancellation, Laurie Anderson returns to Texas Performing Arts in performance with the Kronos Quartet to perform their collaborative piece Landfall together for the final time. 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.
“Eager and apposite collaborators, both are fascinated by language, whether literal or compositional, and concerned with situating music within broader artistic and cultural contexts.” T h e N e w Yo r k T i m e s
Landfall was commissioned by Texas Performing Arts, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland, College Park; Adelaide Festival, Australia; The Barbican Centre, London; The Office of Arts and Cultural Programming, Montclair State University, 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.
Ph otos : Ben edet ta Pi t sch e ide r , M amun Hum ayun
Swingle Singers
Ward Swingle, founder
“A contemporary classic, ever fresh, ever powerful, ever provocative.” C h i c ag o Tr i b u n e
For half a century, the Swingle Singers have pushed the boundaries of what the human voice can achieve. Their vocal agility and blend, combined with captivating showmanship, have thrilled generations of audiences around the globe. In 1963, American-born Ward Swingle assembled a group of Parisian session singers to sing some of Bach’s keyboard music. Five decades on from their pioneering, Grammy-winning debut album, today’s Swingle Singers are an international a cappella phenomenon. Called “never less than dazzling” by The Washington Post, these seven young and versatile voices deliver folk ballads, funk jams, and fugues with equal precision and passion.
Presented in partnership with KUT and the butler school of music
October 19 | Bass Concert Hall | 7 PM
Ph oto : Sav e r io T rugli a
CLEVELAND QUARTET AWARD WINNER
Ariel Quartet
November 5 | mccullough theatre | 8 PM Recently honored with the prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award, the Ariel Quartet is characterized by its youth, brilliant playing, and soulful interpretations. Serving as the quartet-in-residence at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music since 2012, the quartet has quickly earned a glowing international reputation. Originally formed in Israel, the Ariel Quartet moved to the United States in 2004 to study at the New England Conservatory’s Professional String Quartet Training Program. In 2006, the quartet won the grand prize at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition; in 2007, they won third prize at the Banff International String Quartet Competition.
“playing with exceptional boldness and confidence—a blazing, larger than-life performance that seemed to celebrate the triumph of the human spirit, even from the depths of chaos.” Wa s h i n gt o n P o st
Presented in partnership with Chamber Music America’s Cleveland Quartet Award and KMFA
Alexandra Kazovsky, violin Gershon Gerchikov, violin Jan GrüniNg, viola Amit Even-Tov, cello
T h e Ne w Yo r k T i mes
Dr. Lonnie smith trio Dr. Lonnie Smith, Hammond B-3 organ Jonathan Kreisberg, guitar Jamire Williams, drums
November 7 | mccullough theatre | 8 PM Master of the Hammond B-3 organ for more than five decades, Dr. Lonnie Smith is an unparalleled musician, composer, performer, and recording artist. He has been featured on more than 70 albums and has recorded and performed with a virtual “Who’s Who” of the greatest jazz, blues, and R&B giants in the industry. Always ahead of the curve, his unpredictable, insatiable musical taste illustrates that no genre is safe. He has recorded everything from covers of the Beatles, the Stylistics and the Eurythmics, to tribute albums of Jimi Hendrix, John Coltrane, and Beck.
Ph oto : m ar k sh e ldo n
Presented in Partnership with kutx’s sunday jazz, the john l. warfield center for african & african american studies, and the butler school of music
“[Dr. Smith] shapes his solos...with a beautiful sense of long-form design, as if he can see the whole thing plotted out in front of him.”
jose f brow n a n d a m a n da leigh co bb ; Ph oto : dav id sch e in m an n
November 11–16 | bass concert hall DIRTY DANCING - THE CLASSIC STORY ON STAGE is a record-breaking live theatre sensation, exploding with heartpounding music, passionate romance and sensational dancing. London’s Sunday Express says, “This crowd-pleasing stage adaptation hits the jackpot!” Featuring the hit songs, “Hungry Eyes,” “Hey Baby,” “Do You Love Me?” and the heart stopping “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life.” You’ll have the time of your life!
Ph otos : Sally B row n, Ro ge r M a st ro i an n i
Apollo’s Fire & Apollo’s singers
Monteverdi Vespers of 1610
Jeannette Sorrell, CONDUCTOR
Apollo’s Fire: The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra is a popular and critically acclaimed period instrument ensemble, specializing in early music. Named for the Greek god of music and fun, and led by award-winning harpsichordist and conductor Jeannette Sorrell, the early music ensemble exudes stylish energy, imagination, and virtuosity. Apollo’s Fire’s signature piece Monteverdi Vespers features 7 vocal soloists, the renowned professional chamber choir Apollo’s Singers, and an orchestra of gleaming period instruments including theorbos and sackbuts. This classic choral masterpiece by Monteverdi (1567–1643) forged a dramatic and vivid new musical style that evoked the struggle between the archaic and the revolutionary.
“The entire account [of Monteverdi’s Vespers] was an Apollo’s Fire triumph. In [sorrell’s] hands, the glory of Monteverdi’s accomplishment couldn’t have been more radiant or moving.” T h e Pl a i n De a l er
Presented in partnership with KMFA and the Butler School of Music
November 11 | Bates Recital Hall | 7 PM
“No other musician of Carpenter’s generation has more adeptly fused shrewd showmanship, dazzling technique and profound thinking about his instrument and his place in the musical cosmos.” S a n F r a n c i s c o C h ro n i c l e
Cameron carpenter, organ November 13 | mccullough theatre | 7 PM Cameron Carpenter is “one of the rare musicians who changes the game of his instrument—he is a smasher of cultural and classical music taboos” (Los Angeles Times). This maverick organist—who blends brilliant playing technique with the heart of a rock star— returns to Texas Performing Arts to perform on his visionary new International Touring Organ. A virtuoso composer-performer unique among keyboardists, Cameron’s approach to the organ is shifting the stereotypes of organists and organ music while generating a level of acclaim, exposure, and controversy unprecedented for an organist. His repertoire—from the complete works of J. S. Bach and César Franck, to his hundreds of transcriptions of non-organ works, his original compositions, and his collaborations with jazz and pop artists—is perhaps the largest and most diverse of any organist. He is the first organist nominated for a Grammy Award for a solo album.
Presented in Partnership with the butler school of music
Photo : HEIKO LASCHIT ZK I
Photo : jose de v r ie s
“The Haggadah in its journey suffered transformations, which makes it even more special by giving it a richer history that reflects its passage through different cultures”
Texas Performing Arts and the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies present
The Sarajevo Haggadah: Music of the Book
Merima Kljuco, composer, accordion Seth Knopp, piano Bart Woodstrup, video
M er i m a K l j u č o
November 19 & 20 | mccullough theatre | 8 PM
The Sarajevo Haggadah performance was commissioned by the Foundation for Jewish Cultureʼs New Jewish Culture Network, a league of North American performing arts presenters committed to the creation and touring of innovative projects, and developed in residence at The Yellow Barn. The New Jewish Culture Network has received major support from the Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation. Additional support is provided by the Anne Abramson Foundation, the Arnow Family Fund and other donors.
Texas Performing Arts and the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies present The Sarajevo Haggadah: Music of the Book, composed by Bosnian-born accordionist and composer Merima Ključo. Inspired by the musical traditions of Spain, Italy, Austria, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ključo collaborated with artist Bart Woodstrup, and Seth Knopp, classical pianist and founding member of the Naumburg Award-winning Peabody Trio. The evening traces the incredible journey of this most treasured manuscript–smuggled from Spain during the Inquisition, hidden from Nazis during
World War II by a Muslim librarian, saved from the ravages of the 1992 Bosnian War, and eventually restored to the National Museum in Sarajevo. Despite the manuscript’s Jewish origins, this universal story of resilience will resonate with all audiences. Merima Ključo performs internationally as a recitalist and has been guest soloist with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Holland Symphonia, and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. She has participated in a number of festivals including the St. Magnus Festival in Scotland, the City of London Festival, the Gaudeamus Festival in Amsterdam, and the Gubaidulina Festival.
C aroline Bow m an a s ‘E va PerÓn’ and Josh Young a s ‘ Che’ in t h e Tour ing C a st of EVITA , Ph oto : R ich ar d T e r min e
December 9–14 | Bass Concert Hall Eva Perón used her beauty and charisma to rise meteorically from the slums of Argentina to the presidential mansion as First Lady. Adored by her people as a champion for the poor, she became one of the most powerful women in the world—while her greed, outsized ambition and fragile health made her one of the most tragic. EVITA tells Eva’s passionate and unforgettable true story, and features some of theater’s most beautiful songs, including “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina,” “Another Suitcase in Another Hall” and “High Flying, Adored.” Don’t miss the stunning new production of EVITA, directed by MICHAEL GRANDAGE and choreographed by ROB ASHFORD, that NBC New York calls “THE HOTTEST TICKET IN TOWN!”
Ph oto : dan ie l c ava zo s
“The initial, stirring blast of power and the intricate, sinewy passages proved the talents of the young [UT Symphony] Orchestra.”
Presented in partnership with Austin Public Library-Austin History Center, Briscoe Center for American History, and the Butler School of Music
Au st i n C h ro n i c l e
The World at War
the university of texas symphony orchestra
Gerhardt Zimmermann, conductor David Small, baritone December 3 | bass concert hall | 8 PM Join us for an evening of reflection and renewal as The World at War commemorates both the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I and the 75th anniversary of the start of World War II through music, images, and words. The UT Symphony Orchestra will perform repertoire that includes a Texas Performing Arts commissioned work by faculty composer Donald Grantham. This orchestral setting of Mark Twain’s “The War Prayer” was
originally written by Grantham for baritone and piano and will feature UT faculty baritone David Small. The orchestra will also perform Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 6, written at the start of World War II. The World at War will feature projections commissioned by Texas Performing Arts and designed specifically for this performance, and our lobbies will showcase an exhibition of World War I photos.
January 20–25 | Bass Concert Hall MAMMA MIA! is the ultimate feel-good show that has audiences coming back again and again to relive the thrill. Now it’s your turn to have the time of your life at this smash-hit musical that combines ABBA’s greatest hits, including “Dancing Queen,” “S.O.S.,” “Super Trouper,” “Take A Chance on Me” and “The Winner Takes It All,” with an enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship. Whether it’s your first visit or your fourteenth, see the show that has the whole world coming back for more, because every time feels like the first time at MAMMA MIA!.
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chr is st e v ens and chel se a w illi ams of t he M AMM A MIA ! NORTH AMERICAN TOUR CAST; Photo : K EVIN THOM AS GARCIA
Presented in partnership with KUT
Photo : He at her Phelp s -Lip ton
TEXAS PREMIERE
No Place to Go
Written by Ethan Lipton Directed by Leigh Silverman Music composed and performed by Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra January 23 & 24 | mccullough theatre | 7 PM The company where heʼs worked for the past ten years is moving to another planet, and cabaret singer and playwright Ethan Lipton doesnʼt want to go. Part love letter to his co-workers, part query to the universe, part protest to his company and country, No Place to Go delivers a hilarious, irreverent and personal musical ode to the unemployed. Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra performs this 2012 OBIE Award-winning theatrical song cycle steeped in musical traditions including jazz, cabaret, blues, folk, country, and lounge. No Place to Go is the first work commissioned by Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater, NYC.
“This is a show for anyone who has stayed up nights worrying that life might go into freefall— IMMENSELY APPEALING.” B e n B r a n t l e y, T h e Ne w Yo r k T i mes
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Glenn Edgerton, artistic director
January 29 | Bass Concert Hall | 8 PM Among the world’s top contemporary dance companies and a global cultural ambassador, Hubbard Street Dance demonstrates fluency in a wide range of techniques and forms, and deep comprehension of abstract artistry and emotional nuance. Celebrating its 37th season, the company is critically acclaimed for its exuberant and innovative repertoire featuring works by master American and international choreographers. For this engagement, the company will perform a mixed repertory of four works by Jiří Kylián, celebrated international artist and former director of Nederlands Dans Theater in The Hague. The program includes Sarabande (1990), for an all-male ensemble and set to Bach’s second partita for solo violin with electronically manipulated live vocals; and Falling Angels (1989), for a cast of eight women and set to part one of Steve Reich’s phased-percussion composition, Drumming.
“A near-perfect storm of movement, music and choreography.” L o s A n g e l es T i mes
Presented in Partnership with klru and the department of theatre & dance
Photo : todd rosenberg photogr aph y
Ph oto : C yll avo n T ie de m an n
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February 6 & 7 | Bass Concert Hall RAIN: A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES is a live multi-media spectacular that takes you on a musical journey through the life and times of the world’s most celebrated band. Going further than before, this expanded RAIN adds even more hits that you know and love from the vast anthology of Beatles classics
such as “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” “Hard Day’s Night,” “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” “Let It Be,” “Come Together” and “Hey Jude.” This stunning concert event takes you back in time with the legendary foursome delivering a note-fornote theatrical event that is the next best thing to the Beatles.
“Early music has its purists and pedants, its scholars and heretics. Jordi Savall is one of its great souls. A gentle, unassuming, and learned presence, [he] has for decades been taking listeners on vibrant, thematically cohesive journeys.”
Hespèrion XXI
Jordi Savall, music director
ISTANBUL; The music from the Ottoman Empire in dialogue with the Armenian, Greek and Sephardic traditions
February 17 | bates recital hall | 8 PM Legendary early-music icon and viola da gamba virtuoso Jordi Savall returns to Texas Performing Arts, along with musicians of Hespèrion XXI from Turkey, Israel, Greece, Morocco, Spain, and Armenia, for a breathtaking musical exploration of intermingling cultural influences in 17thcentury Istanbul. The famed
city at the crossroads of Europe and Asia was home to a diverse population where Sephardic Jewish and Armenian traditions met with those of the Ottoman rulers, and music knew no bounds. Jordi Savall is one of the most multifariously gifted musicians of his generation. His
career as a concert performer, teacher, researcher, and creator of new projects, both musical and cultural, make him one of the principal architects of the current revaluation of historical music. He co-founded the ensembles Hespèrion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Le Concert des Nations and has recorded over 170 CDs.
Presented in Partnership with kmfa and the butler school of music
T h e B o st o n G l o b e
February 24–March 1 | Bass Concert Hall Winner of eight 2012 Tony Awards including BEST MUSICAL, ONCE is a truly original Broadway experience. Featuring an impressive ensemble of actor/musicians who play their own instruments onstage, ONCE tells the enchanting tale of a Dublin street musician who’s about to give up on his dream when a beautiful young woman takes a sudden interest in his haunting love songs. As the chemistry between them grows, his music soars to powerful new heights... but their unlikely connection turns out to be deeper and more complex than your everyday romance. Emotionally captivating and theatrically breathtaking, ONCE draws you in from the very first note and never lets go. It’s an unforgettable story about going for your dreams...not living in fear...and the power of music to connect all of us.
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This performance is supported in part by the Topfer Endowment for Performing Arts Production.
Venice baroque orchestra
with avi avital, mandolin
March 5 | bates recital Hall | 8 PM
Founded in 1997 by Baroque scholar and harpsichordist Andrea Marcon, the Venice Baroque Orchestra is recognized as one of the premier ensembles devoted to period instrument performance. Committed to the rediscovery of 17th and 18th century masterpieces, the Orchestra performs either on instruments from the 18th century or modern copies. Recognized by The New York Times for his “exquisitely sensitive playing” and “stunning agility,” mandolinist Avi Avital, who recently performed at SXSW, is one of the world’s most exciting and entrepreneurial young musicians. He is deeply committed to building a fresh legacy for the mandolin through virtuosic performance and exciting new repertoire. “Avital was electrifying to watch and hear… [He] takes the listener to the brink of wildest expectation and then leaps over those boundaries.” (Boston Musical Intelligencer)
“The musicians [of the Venice Baroque Orchestra] attack their instruments with vigor, using all of the tools at their disposal to create a multisensory experience.” T h e N e w Yo r k T i m e s
Presented in Partnership with kmfa and the butler school of music
Step back into the 17th and 18th century for an evening of unparalleled early music performance as Grammy-nominated mandolinist Avi Avital joins the Venice Baroque Orchestra.
Stewart Copeland, drums Jon Kimura Parker, piano
Off the Score
March 6 | bass concert hall | 8 PM Texas Performing Arts presents an evening of chamber music for a new generation. Stewart Copeland, the artist who innovated the world of rock drumming with The Police, joins forces with internationally renowned pianist Jon Kimura Parker in a new cutting edge chamber music project that features Copeland’s compositions as well as standard classical repertoire including Parker’s brilliant suite based on Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. Instrumentation includes piano, violin, double bass, and drums/ percussion. Judd Miller, the extraordinary proponent of the EVI (Electronic Valve Instrument), adds a collage of brass, wind, and electronic sounds.
tewart Copeland has spent three decades in the forefront of contemporary music. His career includes the sale of more than 60 million records worldwide, and numerous awards, including five Grammys. Jon Kimura Parker has performed as guest soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Wolfgang Sawallisch in Carnegie Hall, toured Europe with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and André Previn, and shared the stage with Jessye Norman at Berlin’s Philharmonie. “Parker did not miss a beat, a theme, a gesture, a mood, or the general feeling of the Stravinsky masterwork. It was breathtaking.” (Utah Chronicle)
“Thunderous applause and the long standing ovation at the end left no doubt that Copeland had struck a chord.” San Diego Union Tribune
Presented in Partnership with kutx’s eklektikos and the butler school of music
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“One of the most colorful ensembles with Shara Worden, vocals around, and lately one Featuring a World Premiere by Steven Mackey & Shara Worden of the engines that March 11 | mccullough theatre | 8 PM drives New York’s new music world.”
with UT Percussion Ensemble
Tom Burritt, Director and Guest Vocals
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Featuring Drumming by Steve Reich
March 12 | mccullough theatre | 8 PM
Praised by The New Yorker for their “exhilarating blend of precision and anarchy, rigor and bedlam,” Sō’s adventurous spirit is written into the DNA passed down from compos-
WORLD PREMIERE
ers like John Cage and Steve Reich, as well as from pioneering ensembles like the Kronos Quartet and Nexus Percussion. Sō Percussion’s career now encompasses 13 albums, touring throughout the United States and around the world, a dizzying array of collaborative projects, several ambitious educational programs, and a steady output of their own music. Sō Percussion’s March 11 program includes the
world premiere of a Texas Performing Arts co-commissioned new work by Steven Mackey. It will feature guest vocalist Shara Worden, who is lead singer and songwriter for the experimental pop band My Brightest Diamond. The following evening, Sō Percussion performs Steve Reich’s 1971 breakthrough masterpiece Drumming, with the UT Percussion Ensemble directed by Tom Burritt, and guest singers.
Presented in partnership with the Butler School of Music
For over a decade, Sō Percussion has redefined the modern percussion ensemble as a flexible, omnivorous entity, pushing its voice to the forefront of American musical culture. They return to Texas Performing Arts with two distinct programs.
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March 24–29 | Bass Concert Hall JERSEY BOYS, is the Tony®, Grammy® and Olivier Awardwinning Best Musical about Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi. This is the story of how four bluecollar kids became one of the greatest successes in pop
music history. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sounds and sold 175 million records worldwide—all before they were 30! JERSEY BOYS features their hit songs “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Rag Doll,” “Oh What a Night” and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You.” “IT WILL RUN
FOR CENTURIES!” proclaims Time Magazine. The JERSEY BOYS creative team comprises two-time Tony Award®winning director Des McAnuff, book writers Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, composer Bob Gaudio, lyricist Bob Crewe and choreography by Sergio Trujillo.
Presented in partnership with the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies
The big picture
Featuring David Krakauer
David Krakauer, clarinet Rob Schwimmer, piano & keys Sara Caswell, violin Mark Helias, double-bass Sheryl Bailey, guitar John Hadfield, drums & percussion Projected original visuals by Light of Day & Cutting Room Films
March 26–27 | mccullough theatre | 7 PM Renowned clarinetist and cultural visionary David Krakauer presents his powerful new multi-media production, The Big Picture, exploring the inseparable relationship between music and movies. Bringing together an all-star cast of musicians, Krakauer’s new project presents otherworldly interpretations of the music found in a myriad of moviegoer’s favorites including Sophie’s Choice, Life is Beautiful, The Pianist, Radio Days, and more. Original films, created for the production, embrace Krakauer’s adventurous and individual spirit of self-discovery. David Krakauer is widely considered one of the greatest clarinetists on the planet and is nothing less than an American original, receiving praise internationally as a key innovator in modern klezmer as well as a major voice in classical music.
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“The Big Picture is a special kind of project. It’s a tour through Jewish history, and an exploration of how the movies show us the universality of our individual quests...I am privileged to be the tour guide for this incredible voyage.” Dav i d K r a k au e r
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“Raabe & Co. disarm and charm with impeccable glamour.”
Max Raabe & Palast Orchester
Golden Age
Slick and nostalgic, yet unmistakably modern, Max Raabe & Palast Orchester returns to Texas Performing Arts with a new program! The ever-elegant, debonair Raabe and his 12-piece orchestra embody the tranquil days of 1920s and 30s Weimar Berlin in all its high style and musical glory. It’s all there—dance hall songs, couplets, Cuban rumbas, happy foxtrots, stylish tangos, and
tongue-in-cheek interpretations of pop favorites, as Raabe in his perfect tux captures the essence of the cabaret singer, the bel canto hero, the falsetto of ragtime, and the timbre of early pre-war jazz. Raabe, a born entertainer, introduces each tune by giving proper credit to the composers and period while keeping the audience rolling in the aisles with his signature deadpan humor.
Presented in Partnership with klru
April 6 | Bass Concert Hall | 8 PM
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“A movingly realized tapestry of human experience; the past may indeed be a grotesque animal, but Pensotti and his artfuL collaborators have it tamed and trained.” T i meO u t Ne w Yo r k
Presented in partnership with the Department of Theatre & Dance’s Performance as Public Practice Program
Presented by texas performing arts and fusebox festival
El Pasado es un Animal Grotesco (The Past is a Grotesque Animal)
Mariano Pensotti, writer, director
april 10–12 | venue to be announced
ArtesAméricas performance
FREE ADMISSION Performance details to be announced at texasperformingarts.org
In partnership with Fusebox Festival, Texas Performing Arts welcomes Mariano Pensotti, one of the leading playwrights and directors to emerge from Argentina’s vibrant theater scene, with his highly acclaimed El pasado es un animal grotesco (The Past is a Grotesque Animal). Taking place from 1999 to 2009, the piece is a funny yet moving portrait of a generation. It follows the lives of four twenty-something characters through a decade of economic and personal turmoil in which their dreams collapse and the world around them changes in unexpected ways.
As in many of Pensottiʼs pieces, the audiovisual elements are essential to the playʼs structure. The action cleverly unfolds on a revolving circular platform that both conveys time’s ceaseless march and divides the action into four spaces in which vital moments in the characters’ lives play out. Through the carefully controlled, fastpaced, overlapping story lines, characters and action, Pensotti illustrates how quickly and easily real life can transform into fiction and back again. Performed in Spanish with English subtitles.
Dublin Guitar Quartet
Texas Guitar Quartet
“All composers draw upon various musical styles. Very few are completely original. The challenge is to fashion the diverse influences into a distinctive voice. It is hard to describe what makes a composer’s voice authentic. But you know it when you hear it. Nico Muhly has a voice, a Muhly sound, and it came through.” T h e Ne w Yo r k T i mes
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Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
How Little You Are
for voices & guitars
Nico Muhly, composer Craig Hella Johnson, conductor Featuring CONSPIRARE
Craig Hella Johnson and Company of Voices
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
John Dearman • Matthew Greif • William Kanengiser • Scott Tennant
Dublin Guitar Quartet
Brian Bolger • Pat Brunnock • David Creevy • Tomas O'Durcain
Texas Guitar Quartet
Isaac Bustos • Jonathan Dotson • Alejan dro Montiel • Joseph Williams II
Texas Performing Arts is proud to present two of Austin’s most prominent arts organizations, Conspirare and Austin Classical Guitar, in an unprecedented performance collaboration of new work by Nico Muhly. This world premiere performance, written for voices and guitars, will be conducted by Craig Hella Johnson, Conspirare’s artistic director, and will feature three world-class guitar quartets engaged by Matthew Hinsley, executive director of Austin Classical Guitar. The program will also include performances with the Conspirare Youth Choir and Austin Classical Guitar Youth Orchestra. Nico Muhly has been described as “a leading light of contemporary classical music,” and is one of the most sought-after young composers in the new music world today. In this new work, How Little You Are, he uses music and text to capture the sense of hope, fear, and loneliness that defined the experience of Texas’ original settlers as they pursued the promise of a better life.
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WORLD PREMIERE Support for the commissioning of How Little You Are by Nico Muhly was provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation with support from Michael and Carol Fields, and Steve and Rebecca Guengerich.
Presented in partnership with Conspirare, Austin Classical Guitar, and kmfa
April 18 | Bass Concert Hall | 8 PM
Presented in partnership with the Butler School of Music division of jazz studies
Jeff “Tain” Watts, drums
with The UT Jazz Orchestra
Jeff Hellmer, Director
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“[Watts] sounds as if heʼs knocking down the formalized patterns of jazz drumming and starting from scratch.”
April 11 | bates recital Hall | 7:30 PM One of the most in-demand jazz drummers in the world, Jeff “Tain” Watts joins the UT Jazz Orchestra as part of the Butler School of Music’s annual Longhorn Jazz Festival. Jeff “Tain” Watts holds the unique distinction of being the only musician to appear on every Grammy Award-winning jazz record by both Wynton and Branford Marsalis. He has also worked with George Benson, Harry Connick Jr., and McCoy Tyner, and in the film and television industry as both a musician on the Tonight Show and as an actor in Spike Lee’s Mo′ Better Blues.
Directed by Professor Jeff Hellmer, the UT Jazz Orchestra is the Butler School of Music’s premier jazz ensemble, performing with such luminaries as Michael Brecker, Phil Woods, Bob Brookmeyer, Conrad Herwig, John Clayton, Maria Schneider, Stefon Harris, and Joshua Redman in recent years. The ensembleʼs eclectic repertoire features the original compositions of its members. “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)
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“SPECTACULAR ON EVERY COUNT.” Ne w s w ee k
“AN INTENSELY LIKABLE MUSICAL! IT HAS A RARE KIND OF GUTSY CHARM.” T h e Ne w Yo r k T i mes
April 21–26 | Bass Concert Hall Leapin’ Lizards! One of the world’s best-loved musicals is back in time-honored form. Directed by original lyricist and director Martin Charnin, this new production of ANNIE will be a classic incarnation of the beloved original. Featuring book and score by Tony Award®-winners Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin, ANNIE includes such unforgettable songs as “It’s the Hard Knock Life,” “Easy Street,” “I Don’t Need Anything But You,” plus the eternal anthem of optimism, “Tomorrow.”
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College of Fine Arts
department of Theatre & Dance
2014/2015 Calendar
For more information, visit jointhedrama.org
presenting
September 10–14, 2014 Oscar G. Brockett Theatre
Created by Rude Mechs
A play about the ecstasy and excesses of performing, the dangers of public intimacy and the incompatibility of truth on stage and sanity in real life.
The Method Gun
The University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre and Dance Resident Theatre Company
Introducing The 2014/2015
Fame
SubscriptioN Series
Conceived and Developed by David De Silva Book by Jose Fernandez Lyrics by Jacques Levy Music by Steve Margoshes
Esperanza Rising
November 21–December 6, 2014 B. Iden Payne Theatre
Story by Pam Muñoz Ryan Adaptation by Lynne Alvarez October 3–12, 2014 B. Iden Payne Theatre Forced to flee from Mexico to California during the Great Depression, a young girl must overcome adversity and find unexpected inner strength.
A Streetcar Named Desire By Tennessee Williams October 10–19, 2014 Oscar G. Brockett Theatre In the sultry streets of New Orleans, passions flair and cultures collide as Blanche DuBois, a fading relic of the Old South, comes to the end of her line.
At New York Cityʼs legendary High School for Performing Arts, a group of dedicated students with stars in their eyes pursue their dreams for the stage.
The Blue Angel February 12–15, 2015 B. Iden Payne Theatre Set in 1930s Germany, this devised work presents the tragic transformation of a man from a respectable professor to a cabaret clown, and his descent into madness. This new work is created by Dominique Serrand, Steven Epp, Nathan Keepers and Christina Baldwin of The Moving Company, former members of the Tony Award-winning Theatre de la Jeune Lune.
Dance Repertory Theatre presents
MOVE! Part of the 2014–2015 Texas Performing Arts Season
March 6–14, 2015 Oscar G. Brockett Theatre A showcase of unique and compelling dance work created by nationally renowned choreographers and performed by the acclaimed student ensemble Dance Repertory Theatre.
The Cohen New Works Festival Presented by BROADWAY BANK April 13–17, 2015
Presenting over 30 new works to more than 7,000 attendees in five days The biennial performance event celebrating original works created by university students and faculty.
New Work Takes Stage Fall For Dance November 14–23, 2014 Oscar G. Brockett Theatre Dance Repertory Theatre, the award-winning student dance company, presents new work by professional and student choreographers in Fall For Dance.
UTNT (UT New Theatre) New plays by 3rd year M.F.A. Playwriting candidates Curated by Steven Dietz December 1–6, 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 eighth season, many plays presented at UTNT have since been professionally produced across the country.
Enter a Woman, Pretty EnougH By Diana Small March 27–April 3, 2015 Oscar G. Brockett Theatre Cora is on a field trip to historic gold rush town Colombia, California. When her best friend she’s expecting to see never appears, Cora finds herself on a new mining expedition: rough, wicked and bizarre.
Ears, Eyes + Feet May 8–9, 2015 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. All titles, venues and dates are subject to change.
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College of Fine Arts
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2014/2015 Calendar
september
Mariachi Ensemble
MARCH
Wind Ensemble
Zeke Castro, director Monday, 10 | 7:30 pm Recital Studio, MRH 2.608
Longhorn Jazz Band & Percussion Ensemble
Jerry Junkin, conductor Sunday, 28 | 4 pm Bates Recital Hall
Symphony Orchestra Gerhardt Zimmermann, conductor Monday, 29 | 7:30 pm Bates Recital Hall
OCTOBER New Music Ensemble Dan Welcher, conductor Wednesday, 01 | 7:30pm Bates Recital Hall
CLUTCH New Music by UT Composers Monday, 06 | 7:30 pm Recital Studio, MRH 2.608
bsom centennial celebration A Musical Collage Friday, 17 | 8 pm Bass Concert Hall
Butler Opera Center Robert DeSimone, director Kelly Kuo, conductor Friday, 24 | 7:30 pm Sunday, 26 | 4 pm Friday, 31 | 7:30 pm Sunday, Nov. 02 | 4 pm McCullough Theatre
NOVEMBER Percussion Ensemble Tom Burritt, conductor Tuesday, 04 | 7:30 pm Bates Recital Hall
Chamber Singers James Morrow, conductor Friday, 07 | 7:30pm Bates Recital Hall
Butler Opera Center Strauss Project with Collaborative Piano Studio Thursday, 13 | 7:30 pm Jessen Auditorium
Jazz Orchestra Jeff Hellmer, conductor Friday, 14 | 7:30 pm Bates Recital Hall
DECEMBER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA THE WORLD AT WAR Gerhardt Zimmermann, conductor David Small, baritone In partnership with Texas Performing Arts Wednesday, 03 | 8 pm Bass Concert Hall
JANUARY Miró Quartet Friday, 23 | 7:30 pm Bates Recital Hall
FEBRUARY Black History Month Concert Saturday, 07 | 7:30 pm Bates Recital Hall
Great Organ Series Sunday, 08 | 4 pm Bates Recital Hall
Tony Marinello, conductor Wednesday, 04 | 7:30 pm Bates Recital Hall
New Music Ensemble Dan Welcher, conductor Monday, 30 | 7:30 pm Bates Recital Hall
APRIL 2015 Longhorn Jazz Festival Jeff “Tain” Watts, drums Jazz Orchestra Jeff Hellmer, director In partnership with Texas Performing Arts Saturday, 11 | 7:30 pm Bates Recital Hall
Butler Opera Center Robert DeSimone, director Kelly Kuo, conductor Friday, 24 | 7:30 pm Sunday, 26 | 4 pm Friday, May 01 | 7:30 pm Sunday May, 03 | 4 pm McCullough Theatre
MAY Wind Ensemble Jerry Junkin, conductor Sunday, 03 | 4 pm Bates Recital Hall
Symphony Orchestra Gerhardt Zimmermann, conductor Monday, 04 | 7:30 pm Bates Recital Hall
WIND ENSEMBLE Circus Maximus by John Corigliano 10th Anniversary of World Premiere Jerry Junkin, conductor Friday, 20 | 7:30 pm Bass Concert Hall
For more information, visit music.utexas.edu/calendar All titles, venues and dates are subject to change.
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