2020 JANUARY–FEBRUARY INSIDE The legacy of jazz composer ARTS PERFORMING James Reese Europe, Rhiannon Giddens on the roots of Americana MAGAZINE music, dance legend Yang Liping, and more 1 M2_StanfordLive_Magazine_Season8_Jan-Feb_Cover_121819-fixed.indd 1 12/18/19 2:11 PM CONTENTS Stanford Live Staff p—5 & Sponsors Welcome p—6 Upcoming Events p—8–14 Campus Partners p—15 Scene & Heard p—16–17 Behind the Scenes p—33 The Radical Inclusiveness of Membership p—34–35 Stanford Live & Bing p—36–37 Rhiannon Giddens Concert Hall Donors By Randy Lewis, Calendar p—38 Copyright 2019. Los Angeles Times. Used with Permission. Plan Your Visit p—39 Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi change the conversation around the origins of folk and Americana. p —18 Featurette Infographic Featurette Get to Know Iconic Dancer and How Manual Cinema Creates At Stanford’s New Hospital, Art and Choreographer Yang Liping Live Shadow Puppet Shows Nature Aim to Benefit Healing Liping’s Rite of Spring will be A look behind the scenes of Stanford Health Care, Stanford Live’s presented at Stanford Live in February. Manual Cinema’s multimedia theater season sponsor, discusses the link performance No Blue Memories - between art and wellness. p—23 The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks. p—26 p—24 Infographic Featurette The History of Back to Back Theater The Legacy of James Reese Europe For the past 30 years, the innovative and the Harlem Hellfighters Australian theater company has An interview with Jason Moran on his continued to address politics and performance honoring the World War I disability in performance. era ragtime band p—28 p—30 3 Untitled-3 1 12/11/19 12:46 PM January/February 2020 | Volume 12, No. 3 STAFF SEASON SPONSOR Chris Lorway Executive Director Bryan Alderman Assistant Director of Development Karim Baer Associate Director for Campus Engagement and Public Programs Dawn Bercow Development Events Manager FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT PARTNERS Rory Brown Operations Manager Diana Burnell Assistant Ticket Office Manager Kelsey Carman Marketing Manager Vanessa Chung Artist Liaison & Executive Assistant Robert DeArmond CORPORATE PARTNERS Web Developer Laura Evans Director of Music Programs, Engagement and Education Ben Frandzel Institutional Gifts and Community Engagement Officer Elisa Gomez-Hird HR & Administrative Associate IN-KIND PARTNERS PAUL HEPPNER President Katie Haemmerle Communications Manager MIKE HATHAWAY Senior Vice President Danielle Kisner KAJSA PUCKETT Vice President, Stage Technician Sales & Marketing Maurice Nounou GENAY GENEREUX Accounting & Associate Director of Ticketing and System Operations Office Manager Nick Oldham Production Audio Engineer & A/V Manager SUSAN PETERSON Vice President, Production Egan O’Rourke JENNIFER SUGDEN Assistant Production Production Manager Manager Kimberly Pross ANA ALVIRA, STEVIE VAN BRONKHORST Director of Operations and Production MEDIA PARTNERS Production Artists and Graphic Designers Jeremy Ramsaur Lighting Manager Sales MARILYN KALLINS, TERRI REED Nicola Rees Director of Development San Francisco/Bay Area Account Executives Toni Rivera BRIEANNA HANSEN, SHERRI JARVEY, Stanford Live’s 2019–20 season is generously supported Operations Coordinator ANN MANNING Seattle Area by Helen and Peter Bing. 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Camille Blake, 4 by Drew Dir, 5 by Jeff Busby; Page 15: Photo 1 by Ajamu, 2 by Michael Spencer, 3 by Jennifer Manna; Page Reproduction without written permission is prohibited. 16–17: Photo 1 & 8 by Michael Spencer, 2 by Joel Simon, 3, 6 & 7 by Jess Yeung, 4 by Allie Foraker, 5 by Harrison Truong; Page 18–22: Photos 1, 3, 4 & 5 by Karen Cox, 2 courtesy of Creative Commons; Page 23: Photos courtesy of artist and Sadler’s Wells; Pages 24-25: Photo 1 by Nolis Anderson, 2 Courtesy of Manual Cinema, 3, 5 & 6 by Julia Miller, 4 by Paul Joseph; Pages 26-27: Photos courtesy of Stanford Health Care; Pages 28–29: Photo 1, 4, 5, 6 & 8 by Jeff Busby, 2 Courtesy of Geelong Performing Arts Centre, 3 by Nurith Wagner-Strauss, 7 courtesy of Back to Back Theatre; Page 30-32: Photos 1 by Camille Blake, 2 Courtesy of International Music Network; Page 33: Photos courtesy of Quinteto Latino; Pages 34–35: Photos by Joel Simon. 5 “Look at what’s happening in this world. Every day there’s something exciting or disturbing to write about. With all that’s going on, how could I stop?” Gwendolyn Brooks Happy New Year! January marks the From the opposite side of the globe, we dawn of a new year and a new de- welcome Yang Liping and her thrilling cade—a time to reflect back on the past take on Rite of Spring, which makes its as we chart a course for the future. A US debut at Stanford after sold out century ago, poet Gwendolyn Brooks performances in Australia, Europe, was a child living on the South Side of and Asia. In August, members of the Chicago. Her experiences in both seg- Stanford Live Advisory Council had regated and integrated schools shaped the opportunity to catch its European WELCOME a prolific writing career that focused on premiere at the Edinburgh Internation- issues of race and community. This win- al Festival and were blown away by its ter, Manual Cinema returns to Bing with scale and beauty. It’s definitely not to its signature take on her life and work. be missed! Shortly following Brooks’ birth, band- We look forward to seeing you this leader James Reese Europe returned winter. to America after years of entertaining troops and civilians across France with Chris Lorway his acclaimed ensemble, the Harlem Executive Director Hellfighters. His life was tragically cut short just as he was establishing himself as one of the pioneers of a new Black American sound—one that would lay the groundwork for the great jazz bands that would follow. As part of his Stanford Live residency, composer and musician Jason Moran pays homage to Europe and another of his heroes, Dr. Martin Luther King Junior (whose biopic Selma was scored by Moran). 6 EVENTS CLASSICAL THEATER VOCAL Kronos Quartet Manual Cinema Jason Danieley The 60s, The Years That No Blue Memories – Changed America The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks WHEN: VENUE: WHEN: VENUE: WHEN: VENUE: WEDNESDAY, BING FRIDAY & BING SATURDAY, BING STUDIO JANUARY 15, CONCERT SATURDAY, CONCERT JANUARY 18, 7:30 PM HALL JANUARY 17 HALL 7:00 & 9:00 PM & 18, 7:30 PM The groundbreaking Kronos The multimedia shadow In an evening of loving and Quartet performs composer puppetry masters of Manual remembering, critically Zachary James Watkins’ Cinema are back with a acclaimed Broadway star Peace Be Till, a work inspired work about the celebrated and concert performer Jason by Mahalia Jackson’s Pulitzer Prize–winning Danieley shares stories and advice that changed Rev. Chicago poet Gwendolyn songs filtered through jazz Dr. Martin Luther King Brooks (1917–2000), known and Broadway standards. UPCOMING Jr.’s March on Washington for Annie Allen and A Street in speech. The concert includes Bronzeville. more music from a decade that altered the nation. KEY AMPLIFICATION AUDIENCE INTERACTION 8 CLASSICAL Sundays with the St. Lawrence Beethoven and Adams WHEN: VENUE: Palo Alto’s best SUNDAY, BING JANUARY 19, CONCERT 2:30 PM HALL address. Located steps from downtown Palo Alto and University Avenue and just blocks from Stanford, Webster House offers you world- A cultural cornerstone class community living. of Stanford, the world- acclaimed St. Lawrence Webster House makes it easy for you to stay String Quartet continues its fabled partnership with the connected to the vibrancy of Palo Alto while University. In honor of 250 enjoying convenient services and security for years of Beethoven, they the future. perform a selection of pieces from the legendary composer as well as John Adams’ Explore your options and learn more about Second String Quartet. Webster House. For information, or to schedule a visit, call 650.838.4004. covia.org/webster-house 401 Webster St, Palo Alto, CA 94301 A not-for-profit community owned and operated by Covia. License No. 435202504 COA# 328 EVENTS JAZZ FILM CONTEMPORARY MUSIC James Reese Europe Selma Laurie Anderson and the Absence of Ruin Film with Live Score, featuring The Art of Falling Jason Moran, Marvin Sewell, Jason Moran & and orchestra conducted by the Harlem Hellfighters WHEN: VENUE: Sarah Hicks WEDNESDAY, BING JANUARY 29, CONCERT WHEN: VENUE: WHEN: VENUE: 7:30 PM HALL WEDNESDAY, BING