Winterlude 2023: UTSA Lyric Theatre & Jazz Ensemble

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WINTERLUDE I NOVEMBER 27, 2023 7 : 3 0 P. M .

U T S A R E C I TA L H A L L

UTSA JAZZ ENSEMBLE Directed by Chris Villanueva

Winter Wonderland Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Christmas Time Is Here O Christmas Tree

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UTSA LYRIC THEATRE

CHLOE AND THE MAGICAL CHRISTMAS FOREST Music and Libretto by Jeremy Beck CAST Chloe Joey Councillor Grace Councillor Harold Solomon Jean Miss Lydia Mayor Stranger Townspeople:

Dancers

Alania Cordero Nicolas Andrés Garza Alyssa Moreno Blake Bailey Alexandra Sanchez Francheska Lugo Joshua Moncada Zoll Dylan Ramirez Stelly Jimenez Ethan Molter Matthew Pena Ashley Rodriguez Carlos Suttles Juliette Barrera  Joel Charmin  Alyssa Cooper  Kaden Cooper  Charlene Diaz  Adam Favella  Sage Herrera  Ariel Huerta  Nora Palma  Aurora Perez  Aaliyah Moore Andy S Kenya Johnson Melayah Espinosa Katie Harmon Suzanna Bridges Ashley Soto Drea Marquez Jimena Mendez Roxy Michael Olivares Valentin Renko

 Denotes Stafford Elementary School Student 5

 Denotes Stafford Elementary School Student Production Staff Director

William McCrary

Piano

Anna Hakobyan

Choreographer/Costumes

Michelle Pietri

Scenic Painting

Chris Rutz

Lighting

Chuck Drew

Projections

Ben Farrar

Light Board Operator

Jared Kellman-Medina

Wesley Penix

Recital Hall Manager

Rolando Ramon

Marketing Coordinator

Stafford Elementary Music

Jasmine Fernandez

Special Thanks Dr. Stacey Davis

Director – UTSA School of Music

Naomy Ybarra

Admin Services

Orit Eylon

President – Opera Guild of San Antonio

Gary Mabry

Past President – OGSA

Christopher Rodriguez

The Wonder Theatre

Susan Olson

Voice Area Chair

John Nix

Voice and Pedagogy

Jourdan Laine Howell

Voice and Lyric Theatre

Crystal Jarrell-Johnson

Voice and Diction

About the Composer 6

ABOUT THE COMPOSER Called “an original voice celebrating music” by MusicWeb International, Jeremy Called music “an original voice celebrating music” by MusicWeb International, Jeremy Beck’s has been described

by NewMusicBox as “rhythmically intricate, and Beck’s music NewMusicBox and mak[ing] nodshas to been the described past whilebysitting squarely as in “rhythmically the present.intricate, … Though mak[ing] nodsrigorous, to the past in pretense[.]” the present. … Though architecturally Beck while writes sitting clearly squarely and without architecturally rigorous, Beck writes clearly and without pretense[.]”

Based in Louisville, Kentucky, Beck’s music has been presented by New York City Based inAmerican Louisville,Composers Kentucky, Beck’s music the has Louisville been presented

by New City Opera, Orchestra, Orchestra, theYork Slovak Opera,Symphony American Orchestra, Composersthe Orchestra, the Louisville Orchestra, the Slovak Radio Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Iowa, Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Iowa, Portland (Maine) Symphony Orchestra, Center for Contemporary Opera, Peabody PortlandYale (Maine) Symphony Orchestra, forMusic, Contemporary Peabody Opera, Opera, the Dallas Festival ofCenter Modern IonSoundOpera, Project, Pacific Opera, Yale Opera, the Dallas Festival of Modern Music, IonSound Project, Pacific Serenades, and the Nevsky String Quartet, among others.

Serenades, and the Nevsky String Quartet, among others.

Jeremy Beck’s music has earned awards, grants, and honors from the Wellesley Jeremy Beck’s music hasOregon earned Bach awards, grants,the and honors fromChapter the Wellesley Composers Conference, Festival, Los Angeles of the Composers Conference, Oregon Bach Festival, the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Composers Forum, Millay Colony for the Arts, and the arts councils of American Composers Forum, Millay Colony for the Arts, and the arts councils of Iowa, California and Kentucky. Beck is a practicing attorney and a member of the Iowa, California andYork Kentucky.

Beck ison a practicing attorney and aproperty. member of the Kentucky and New bars focused the arts and intellectual Kentucky and New York bars focused on the arts and intellectual property.

Chloe and the Magical Christmas Forest, was commissioned in 1985 by TADA! Chloe Theater and the in Magical Christmas commissioned in 1985the byshow TADA! Youth New York, and isForest, a kind was of “hybrid musical” where is Youth Theater in New York, and is a kind of “hybrid musical” where the show is entirely sung; there is no spoken dialogue. This work may be performed by any entirely sung;ofthere no spoken dialogue. This work may be performed by any combination adultsisand/or children. combination of adults and/or children.

The Story THE STORY The Story Chloe and the Magical Christmas Forest is a musical fable. Christmas gifts appear Chloe and the Magical Forest is According a musical fable.

Christmas gifts appear in a magical forest onlyChristmas on Christmas Eve. to tradition, the townspeople in a magical forestfor only on Christmas to tradition, the townspeople gather presents each other andEve. thenAccording share them on Christmas morning. gather presents each other and then them on Christmas However, on thisfor particular Christmas Eve,share a Stranger appears.

The morning.

Stranger However, ontradition this particular Christmas Eve,townspeople a Stranger don’t appears.

The Stranger learns of the and wonders why the simply gather gifts learns of the tradition and wonders why the simply gather gifts for themselves, for that way each would gettownspeople exactly whatdon’t he or she wants.

The for themselves, for that way each would get he or she wants.

The townspeople become convinced this would beexactly a goodwhat change, until they discover townspeople convinced this would belearn a good change, until they discover that the forestbecome has yielded no presents.

They of their mistaken choice when that thethe forest has yielded no presents. learn their when one of townspeople (Chloe) decidesThey to stick withofthe oldmistaken tradition choice by gathering one (Chloe) decides to stick with the old tradition gathering gifts of forthe hertownspeople brother (Joey).

In the end, the townspeople agree that by in the future gifts brother In the townspeopleAagree in is theentirely future they for will her gather gifts (Joey). for others andend, not the for themselves. work that which they gather giftsoffor others opera, and notChloe for themselves.

A work which isForest entirely sung will in the tradition classical and the Magical Christmas is sung in thetotradition of classical opera, Chloe and Magical Christmas Forest of is designed be performed solely by children, by the adults, or by a combination designed to be performed solely by children, by adults, or by a combination of children and adults. children and adults.

Chloe and the Magical Christmas Forest is performed by special arrangement with Chloe and the Magical Christmas Forest is performed by special arrangement with the composer. the composer.

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