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Friday Evening, March 29, 2013, at 8:00

Lindsay Mendez & Marco Paguia

Clark Sommers , Bass Thomas A. Crane , Drums

This evening’s program is approximately 75 minutes long and will be performed without intermission.

Major support for Lincoln Center’s American Songbook is provided by Fisher Brothers, In Memory of Richard L. Fisher; and Amy & Joseph Perella. Additional corporate support is provided by Bank of America and PVH Corp. Wine generously donated by William Hill Estate Winery, Official Wine of Lincoln Center. This performance is made possible in part by the Josie Robertson Fund for Lincoln Center. Steinway Piano Please make certain your cellular phone, Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse pager, or watch alarm is switched off. 03-29 Mendez:GP 3/18/13 12:12 PM Page 2

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Additional support for Lincoln Center’s American Upcoming American Songbook Events in the Songbook is provided by The DuBose and Dorothy Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse : Heyward Memorial Fund, The Shubert Foundation, TopPatch, Inc. , Jill and Irwin Cohen, The G & A Saturday Evening, March 30, at 8:00 Foundation, Inc., Great Performers Circle, Meow Meow Chairman’s Council, and Friends of Lincoln Center. Friday Evening, April 5, at 8:00 Public support is provided by the New York State Cristin Milioti Council on the Arts. Saturday Evening, April 6, at 8:00 Artist catering is provided by Zabar’s and Green Sneakers, for Baritone, String Quartet, Zabars.com . Empty Chair, and Piano Ricky Ian Gordon , Composer MetLife is the National Sponsor of Lincoln Center . Jesse Blumberg , Baritone Voxare String Quartet Movado is an Official Sponsor of Lincoln Center . Friday Evening, April 19, at 8:00 United Airlines is the Official Airline of Lincoln Kerrigan & Lowdermilk Center . Featuring Michael Arden , Nikki M. James , Carrie Manolakos , Josh Young , and more WABC-TV is the Official Broadcast Partner of Lincoln Center . Saturday Evening, April 20, at 8:00 Ben Sollee William Hill Estate Winery is the Official Wine of Lincoln Center . Note: All performances have limited availability.

The Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse is located at 165 West 65th Street, Tenth Floor.

For tickets, call (212) 721-6500 or visit AmericanSongbook.org. Call the Lincoln Center Info Request Line at (212) 875-5766 or visit AmericanSongbook.org for complete program information.

We would like to remind you that the sound of coughing and rustling paper might distract the performers and your fellow audience members.

In consideration of the performing artists and members of the audience, those who must leave before the end of the performance are asked to do so between pieces. The taking of photographs and the use of recording equipment are not allowed in the building. 03-29 Mendez:GP 3/18/13 12:12 PM Page 3

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Y Birdland, Feinstein’s, the Kennedy Center, R C I the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Hartford R E Symphony Orchestra, Merkin Concert Hall, & Marco Paguia Orange County Performing Arts Center, and Lindsay Mendez and Marco Paguia met in (Le) Poisson Rouge. She is a member of the 2010 while working on the Broadway pro - League of Broadway Super Friends, a five- duction of . An opportu - person band that sings to benefit organiza - nity to collaborate presented itself, and the tions in need. For more information, please two quickly found musical chemistry and visit LindsayMendez.net. formed a band. Amid their busy careers, Ms. Mendez and Mr. Paguia continue to Marco Paguia is a pianist, music director, work together and test the limits of what a and composer sought after for his versatile vocalist and acoustic piano duo can be. music-making. A -area native, Mr. They have performed all over the city at Paguia graduated from Northwestern venues such as Birdland, Joe’s Pub, University and made his way to New York Feinstein’s, and (Le ) Poisson Rouge. The City to pursue a career in music. He com - duo has just wrapped up work on a debut posed the film scores to Resolve and album, set for release later this spring. Ms. Remember , as well as the music for the Mendez and Mr. Paguia are thrilled to be play How to Act Around Cops (New York making their American Songbook solo con - and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals). As a cert debuts at the Kaplan Penthouse. Visit pianist Mr. Paguia was a finalist for the their website at LMandMP.com. American Pianists Association’s Cole Porter Fellow in Jazz, and he performed Lindsay Mendez is a singer and actor who with the Marco Paguia Trio at Indy Jazz has been seen and heard both on and off the Fest. Mr. Paguia released a recording with Broadway stage. She hails from Norwalk, his Trio entitled Small Hours. Recently, he California, and is a music and theater gradu - has been working as a music director and ate of the Orange County School of the Arts. arranger for theater in New York. He was She most recently starred to critical the pianist for the Broadway productions of acclaim as Rose Fenny in Second Stage Dirty Rotten Scoundrels , Women on the Theatre ’s world premiere production of Verge of a Nervous Breakdown , and The Dogfight , directed by . Prior to Addams Family. Highlights of his music- that, she was seen in the 2011 Broadway directing career include Disney’s On the revival of at Circle in the Square, Record and Everyday Rapture on Broad- and in the Tony-nominated Everyday Rap- way, and he is music supervisor and ture starring . Other arranger for the Tony Award–winning pro - notable theater credits include duction of Peter and the Starcatcher. (2007 Broadway revival), The Marvelous 03-29 Mendez:GP 3/18/13 12:12 PM Page 4

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of which won the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2009. When not on the road with Elling, Mr. Sommers enjoys playing with his own group, Ba(SH), as well as ’s Spring, Geof Bradfield’s African Flowers ensemble, Chicago Yestet, Spin Clark Sommers Quartet, and many other musicians.

Bassist, composer, and educator Clark Sommers (bass) has toured and performed extensively around the world. He has had the privilege of performing with , Darrell Grant, Brian Blade, Ernie Watts, Bennie Maupin, Von Freeman, Ira Sullivan, Frank Wess, Charles McPherson, Thomas A. Crane Peter Bernstein, Lin Halliday, Dana Hall, Drummer/composer Thomas A. Crane Marco Paguia, Jodie Christian, Maurice (drums) has been touring and performing Brown, Bobby Broom, Jeff Parker, Ron with various groups since he arrived in Perrillo, Geof Bradfield, Michael Weiss, New York City from his hometown of St. George Fludas, Kevin Mahogany, Eden Louis, Missouri, to attend the New School. Atwood, Ted Sirota’s Rebel Souls, the At the New School, Mr. Crane studied with Mighty Blue Kings , and the Chicago Jazz drummers Billy Hart, Joe Chambers, and Orchestra. For ten years Mr. Sommers has Andrew Cyrille, as well as with bassist also been a member of the Dan Cray Trio, Mark Dresser. He has toured internationally which has produced four recordings. and throughout the U.S. with the Mingus Big Band, Jeremy Pelt’s Creation, the Greg He completed his undergraduate degree in Osby Five, Yaron Herman, and David jazz studies and world music at California Binney , among others. While living in New Institute of the Arts, where he studied with York, he has performed regularly with Bob bass masters Charlie Haden and Darek Belden, Joe Lovano, Ben Monder, Becca Oles. While living in Los Angeles, Mr. Stevens, David Liebman, Kurt Rosen- Sommers performed with Wadada Leo winkel, Mark Turner, Tony Malaby, Aaron Smith, Vinny Golia, Charlie Haden’s Lib- Parks, Logan Richardson, and many others. eration Music Orchestra, Joe La Barbera, He currently appears regularly with Logan the Los Angeles Jazz Quartet, Kris Tiner, Richardson’s Shift , the Aaron Parks Trio, and Larry Koonse. In June 2007 he Pete Robbins’s Silent Z, and his own received an honorable mention at the ensemble, Be an Astronaut . Mr. Crane also International Society of Bassists conven - has a solo project entitled doubleberg . tion. He continues to seek expansion of his craft by pursuing classical studies with American Songbook masters such as David Grossman of the In 1998, Lincoln Center launched American New York Philharmonic. Songbook, dedicated to the celebration of popular American song. Designed to high - Mr. Sommers is proud to be at home in the light and affirm the creative mastery of bass chair with vocalist Kurt Elling, with America’s songwriters from their emer - whom he tours the globe. Thus far he has gence at the turn of the 19th century up been privileged to play on two Grammy- through the present, American Songbook nominated recordings with the band, one spans all styles and genres , from the 03-29 Mendez:GP 3/18/13 12:12 PM Page 5

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form’s early roots in Tin Pan Alley and campus. A presenter of more than 3,000 Broadway to the eclecticism of today’s free and ticketed events, performances, singer-songwriters. American Songbook tours, and educational activities annually, also showcases the outstanding interpreters LCPA offers 15 programs, series, and fes - of popular song, including established and tivals including American Songbook , Great emerging concert, cabaret, theater, and Performers , Lincoln Center Festival , songwriter performers. American Songbook Lincoln Center Out of Doors , Midsummer presentations include major concert pro - Night Swing , the Mostly Mozart Festival , grams in venues around Lincoln Center. and the White Light Festival, as well as the Emmy Award –winning Live From Lincoln Lincoln Center for the Center , which airs nationally on PBS. As Performing Arts, Inc. manager of the Lincoln Center campus, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts LCPA provides support and services for (LCPA) serves three primary roles: presenter the Lincoln Center complex and the 11 res - of artistic programming, national leader in ident organizations. In addition, LCPA led a arts and education and community rela - $1.2 billion campus renovation, completed tions, and manager of the Lincoln Center in October 2012.

Lincoln Center Programming Department Jane Moss, Ehrenkranz Artistic Director Hanako Yamaguchi, Director, Music Programming Jon Nakagawa, Director, Contemporary Programming Lisa Takemoto, Production Manager Bill Bragin, Director, Public Programming Charles Cermele, Producer, Contemporary Programming Kate Monaghan, Associate Director, Programming Jill Sternheimer, Producer, Public Programming Mauricio Lomelin, Associate Producer, Contemporary Programming Nicole Cotton, Production Coordinator Regina Grande, Assistant to the Artistic Director Julia Lin, Programming Associate Ann Crews Melton, Programming Publications Editor John Ng, Programming Assistant

For American Songbook Matt Berman, Lighting Design Scott Stauffer, Sound Design Kyle Moore, Sound Engineer