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CHRISTOPHER O’RILEY, PIANO

Wednesday, April 29, 2009, 7:30 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

Please hold your until after all movements of a work have been performed, and do not applaud between movements. Thank you for your cooperation.

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4 PROGRAM

Images, Book I Claude Debussy Reflets dans l’eau (1862-1918) Hommage a Rameau Mouvement

Piano Sonata No. 32 in c minor, Op. 111 Ludwig van Beethoven Maestoso: Allegro con brio ed appassionato (1770-1827) Arietta: Adagio molto, semplice e cantabile

INTERMISSION Images, Book II Claude Debussy Cloches a travers les feuilles Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut Poissons d’or

Piano Sonata No. 21, Op. 53, Waldstein Ludwig van Beethoven Allegro con brio Introduzione. Adagio molto – attacca Rondo. Allegretto moderato

BIOGRAPHy From his groundbreaking transcriptions of Rock group turned heads in the music world when he tackled the English Radiohead to his unforgettable interpretations of new and Alternative-Rock band Radiohead’s True Love Waits. Com- old repertoire, pianist CHRISTOPHER O’RILEY has mercial and critical acclaim quickly followed, with The redefined the possibilities of Classical music. The Austin Chronicle proclaiming that the lends “scholarly Times cited him for his “rhythmic concentration, virtuosity credence to the argument that Radiohead’s music echoes well and high-speed finger work and beauty of tone.” The paper beyond Rock’s limited purview, and into the realm of serious said that O’Riley “showed not only that he is a pianist and art.” The CD earned a thumbs-up from maga- musician of skill, intelligence and stylistic awareness but also zine, which also cheered O’Riley’s Second Grace: The Music that he has strong convictions about the pieces he plays and of Nick Drake, describing the piano mastery as “daydream the ability to project them to his listeners.” beautiful.” An interpreter and arranger of some of the most im- O’Riley, who has performed with the portant contemporary of our time, O’Riley has Philharmonic, the Minnesota Orchestra, and the Pittsburgh taken his unique vision to symphonic settings and traditional Symphony, boasts a long list of distinctions and awards. A Classical music venues, as well as to radio listeners, college recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant, he also won an students, and even nightclubs. Andrew Wolf Memorial Chamber Music Prize and was a The host of National Public Radio’s popular From the finalist at the 1981 Van Cliburn Competition. n Top (a show that showcases young musical talents), O’Riley

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THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE or The Slave of Duty

Artistic Director ALBERT BERGERET Libretto by SIR WILLIAM S. GILBERT Music by SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN First performed at the Theatre, New York, New York, December 31, 1879 Stage Direction: ALBERT BERGERET Choreography: BILL FABRIS Music Director: ALBERT BERGERET Assistant Music Director: ANDREA STRYKER-RODDA Scenic Design: LOU ANNE GILLELAND Costume Design: GAIL J. WOFFORD Lighting Design: SALLY SMALL Production Stage Manager: DAVID SIGAFOOSE* Assistant Stage Manager: ANNETTE DIELI Conducted by ALBERT BERGERET with the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players Orchestra

CAST Major-General Stanley..………………………………...... ………...... ….STEPHEN QUINT* The Pirate King…………………………………………..……...... …..…DAVID WANNEN* Samuel (His Lieutenant)…...... ……………………………...... …DAVID MACALUSO* Frederic (The Pirate Apprentice)……………………………...... …..COLM FITZMAURICE Sergeant of Police………………………………....……..…...... ….DAVID AUXIER* (Major-General Stanley’s Wards) Mabel…………………………...... ………….....…...... ……MICHELE McCONNELL* Edith……………………………………...... …...... …...... …ERIKA PERSON* Kate…………………………………….....…...... …...... …MELISSA ATTEBURY* Isabel…………………………………….....…...... ……ROBIN MAHON* Ruth (Pirate Maid-of-All-Work)…………….………….....…...... ANGELA SMITH*

Ensemble of Pirates, Police, and Major-General Stanley’s Wards LOUIS DALL’AVA*, MICHAEL GALANTE, AMY HELFER*, BETINA HERSHEY*, ALAN HILL*, LYNELLE JOHNSON*, DUANE McDEVITT*, REBECCA O’SULLIVAN*, MONIQUE PELLETIER*, CHRIS-IAN SANCHEZ*, PAUL SIGRIST*, SARAH CALDWELL SMITH*, WILLIAM WHITEFIELD* Dance Captain: DAVID AUXIER* *Members of Actors’ Equity Association

Friday, May 1, 2009, 8:00 PM Saturday, May 2, 2009, 8:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

6 SYNOPSIS

When Frederic was still a little boy, his nurse Ruth was told to apprentice him to become a pilot. She heard the word incorrectly and apprenticed him to a band of pirates instead. She remained with them as a maid-of-all-work. Although Frederic loathed the trade to which he had thus been bound, he dutifully served. As the curtain rises, his indenture is up and he announces his intention to leave the band and devote himself to the elimination of piracy. He urges the pirates to join him in embracing a more lawful calling, but they refuse. Ruth, however, wishes to become his wife. Having seen but few women during his pirate life at sea, Frederic hesitates to accept a woman so much older than him, but he finally consents to take her.

Just then, a group of girls (Major-General Stanley’s wards) happens upon the scene. Frederic sees their beauty and Ruth’s plainness so he renounces her. Mabel takes a particular interest in Frederic, and he in her. The other girls are seized by the pirates and threatened with immediate marriage. When Major-General Stanley arrives, he dissuades the pirates only by a ruse: He tells them that he is an orphan and plays on their sympathies so that he and his wards are set free.

In the ensuing days and nights, this lie troubles the Major-General’s conscience. He sits brooding over it at night in a ruined chapel. He is consoled by his wards’ sympathy and Frederic’s plan of immediately leading a band of police against the pirates. The police are reluctant, but Frederic is still enthusiastic.

Meanwhile, the Pirate King and Ruth seek out Frederic with surprising news. They have discovered that his indenture was in effect until his 21st birthday, and – as he was born in a Leap Year on February 29 – he has really had only five birthdays. Bound by his strong sense of duty, he immediately rejoins the pirates and tells them of Major-General Stanley’s deception. The Pirate King and Ruth storm off, threatening revenge, and Frederic sadly bids Mabel farewell.

When Mabel tells the police of this change, they comment on their unfortunate lot, and then decide to hide. The pirates storm the chapel, seize Major-General Stanley, and easily defeat the unarmed policemen. However, when requested to yield “in Queen Victoria’s name,” they do so at once. Ruth reveals that these apparently lawless pirates are “all noblemen who have gone wrong.” Major-General Stanley pardons all of them and allows them to marry his wards.

7 MUSICAL NUMBERS

OVERTURE ACT I

Pour, O Pour the Pirate Sherry (Opening Chorus and Solo) …...……...... Pirates and Samuel When Frederic Was a Little Lad (Solo) ……………....…...... …….…………………….. Ruth Oh, Better Far to Live and Die (Solo and Chorus) …………..……...… Pirate King and Pirates Oh, False One, You Have Deceived Me (Recitative and Duet) .…...…..…… Frederic and Ruth Climbing Over Rocky Mountain (Chorus and Solos) ……....….…..……. Girls, Edith, and Kate Stop, Ladies, Pray! (Recitative and Chorus) ……….….....….. Frederic, Edith, Kate, and Girls Oh, Is There Not One Maiden Breast (Solos and Chorus) ...... …..... Frederic, Mabel, and Girls Poor Wandering One! (Solo and Chorus) ……………...……….....………….. Mabel and Girls What Ought We to Do (Solos and Chorus) ……………….....…….…… Edith, Kate, and Girls How Beautifully Blue the Sky (Chattering Chorus and Duet) ..…..... Girls, Mabel, and Frederic Stay, We Must Not Lose Our Senses (Recitative and Chorus)…...... Frederic, Girls, and Pirates Hold, Monsters! (Recitative and Chorus) .... Mabel, Samuel, Major-General, Girls, and Pirates I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General (Solo and Chorus) ………………………………………………………..…….. Major-General, Girls, and Pirates Oh, Men of Dark and Dismal Fate (Finale of Act I) …………………...……………. Ensemble

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ACT II

Oh, Dry the Glistening Tear (Opening Chorus and Solo) ……………...…….. Girls and Mabel Then, Frederic, Let Your Escort Lion-Hearted (Recitative) ….....… Major-General and Frederic When the Foeman Bares His Steel (Solos and Chorus) ……………………………… Sergeant, Mabel, Edith, Kate, Major-General, Police, and Girls Now for the Pirates’ Lair! (Recitative) ……...... ………..….. Frederic, Pirate King, and Ruth When You Had Left Our Pirate Fold (Solos, Trio, and Chant) .... Ruth, Frederic, and Pirate King Away, Away! My Heart’s on Fire (Trio) …………...... …...… Ruth, Pirate King, and Frederic All Is Prepared (Recitative) ………………….………………………...... Mabel and Frederic Stay, Frederic, Stay! (Duet) …………………………….…...... ………….. Mabel and Frederic No, I Am Brave! (Recitative, Solo, and Chorus) …….……….… Mabel, Sergeant, and Police When a Felon’s Not Engaged in His Employment (Solo and Chorus) …...... Sergeant and Police A Rollicking Band of Pirates We (Chorus and Solo) ……....…...... Pirates, Sergeant, and Police With Cat-Like Tread, Upon Our Prey We Steal (Chorus and Solo) ... Pirates, Police, andSamuel Hush, Hush! Not a Word (Recitative, Chorus, and Solo) ...... ………………...... ……Frederic, Pirates, Police, and Major-General Sighing Softly to the River (Ballad and Finale of Act II)…...... … Major-General and Ensemble

8 BIOGRAPHies MELISSA ATTEBURY (Kate) is in her fifth season Opera and Virginia Opera, and sang with Indianapolis Opera with NYGASP. Her Gilbert & Sullivan roles include Phoebe, and Pittsburgh Opera. He made his European debut in Paris Kate, and Melissa (NYGASP), and Lelia (Anchorage as Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), toured Germany as Tony (West Opera). Attebury’s other roles include Carmen, Dorabella, Side Story), and performed in concert in Pontevedra, Spain. Susanna, Stephano, Papagena, and Nellie. Attebury also For more information, visit www.colmfitzmaurice.com. performed as Rosalia in West Side Story at with MICHAEL GALANTE (Ensemble) has been with the New York Philharmonic. She made her Avery Fisher NYGASP since 1987. He has performed the entire Gilbert Hall debut as a soloist in Mozart’s Vienna with NYGASP. For & Sullivan canon with NYGASP. Galante’s other theater more information, visit www.melissaattebury.com. credits include Flute (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Fenton DAVID AUXIER (Sergeant of Police and Dance (The Merry Wives of Windsor), Lennie (Of Mice and Men), Captain) has been with NYGASP since 1992. His favorite and Moonface (). Galante won the 2008-2009 Gilbert & Sullivan roles include Sergeant of Police (The Isaac Asimov Award. Pirates of Penzance), the Grand Vizier (The Rose of Persia), AMY HELFER’s (Ensemble) NYGASP credits include Pooh-Bah (The Mikado), and Walter (G&S À la Carte, Kate (), Tessa U/S (The Gondoliers), for which he also wrote the book). Auxier choreographed Melissa U/S (Princess Ida), H.M.S. Pinafore, and The Mikado. and performed in Ziegfeld’s Midnight Frolic of 2008 and Helfer’s regional credits include Hansel (Hansel and Gretel) made his debut. He directed and with the Boston Lyric Opera, Stéphano (Roméo et Juliette), wrote NYGASP’s hit revue I’ve Got a Little Twist. For more Cherubino (The Marriage of Figaro), Zita and La Ciesca information, visit www.davidauxier.com. (Gianni Schicchi), Annio (La Clemenza di Tito), Oberto LOUIS DALL’AVA (Klutzy Cop and Ensemble) (Alcina), Kathy (Company), and Tiger Lily (Peter Pan). Helfer has performed 24 principal Gilbert & Sullivan roles, 17 of is a proud new member of Actors’ Equity Association. She those with NYGASP. Dall’Ava’s NYGASP credits include has a master’s degree in music from Boston University and a Pooh-Bah (The Mikado), Don Alhambra del Bolero (The bachelor of music degree from Oberlin Conservatory. Gondoliers), Klutzy Cop and The Pirate King (The Pirates BETINA HERSHEY (Ensemble) has been with of Penzance), and Dick Deadeye (H.M.S. Pinafore). His NYGASP since 2002. On tour and at City Center, Hershey other credits include Pooh-Bah with Mobile Opera and has performed as Isabel (The Pirates of Penzance) and Fleta The Sorg Opera House. Dall’Ava’s directing credits include (Iolanthe), and sang in the chorus in H.M.S. Pinafore. Her The Theatre at Monmouth, Opera Naples, and Opera other credits include Meg (The Phantom of the Opera national Northeast. He received the 2005-2006 Isaac Asimov Award tour), Anybodys (West Side Story, La Scala), Jackie (Pump for “Artistic Achievement.” Dall’Ava’s other roles include Boys and Dinettes), and Luisa (The Fantasticks). For more three international tours as Charles and the Comte de information, visit www.betinahershey.com. Chagny (The Phantom of the Opera), Luther Billis (South ALAN HILL (Ensemble) is in his 25th season with Pacific), Olin Britt (The Music Man), and Alfred Doolittle NYGASP and is the winner of the 2004-2005 Isaac Asimov (My Fair Lady). In 2000, Dall’Ava was named “Best Actor in Award. Hill was seen as Alexander Throttlebottom in a Musical” by Bravo Pix for his portrayal of Fagin in Oliver! NYGASP’s Of Thee I Sing, Samuel in The Pirates of Penzance, with Commonwealth Opera. The Notary in The Grand Duke, Foreman in Trial by Jury, COLM FITZMAURICE (Frederic) joined NYGASP Lord Dramaleigh in Utopia Limited, and Annibale in The in 2006 and his credits include Frederic (The Pirates of Gondoliers. Penzance), Hilarion (Princess Ida), and Ralph Rackstraw LYNELLE JOHNSON (Ensemble) has been with (H.M.S. Pinafore). Fitzmaurice was most recently seen as NYGASP since 1998. Johnson entertained active military Strephon (Iolanthe) with Light Opera Works and and veterans as Miss USO in 2004 and 2005. She was the Frederic with Kentucky Opera. He played Henry in Midnight lead soprano for the concert series Sing for Your Angel with Milwaukee’s Skylight Opera, starred with Dayton Supper at Merkin Hall and recently played Louise in Lanford

9 Wilson’s The Great Nebula in Orion in New York. For more toured with the late in Camelot. McDevitt is a information, visit www.lynellejohnson.com. board member with Skyline Theatre Company and is a proud DAVID MACALUSO (Samuel) has been with member of Actors’ Equity Association. NYGASP since 2003. Macaluso’s Gilbert & Sullivan roles REBECCA O’SULLIVAN (Ensemble) has been include Ko-Ko, Sir Joe, Grosvenor, Pish-Tush, and Scaphio. with NYGASP since 2004. Her credits include Iolanthe, Macaluso performed as Sir Joe and Buttercup in H.M.S. The Pirates of Penzance, Princess Ida, The Mikado, H.M.S. Pinafore (Vortex Theater). Macaluso’s other credits include Pinafore, Ruddigore, and The Rose of Persia. O’Sullivan Off-Broadway (NBS!), Molina (Kiss of the Spider Woman), has performed at Maine State Music Theatre, Allenberry Che (Evita), Seymour (The Little Shop of Horrors), Rooster Playhouse, and Bucks County Playhouse. Her favorite roles (Annie), Finch & Frump (H2$), Frankie and Sparky include Tuptim (The King and I), Leisl (The Sound of Music), (Forever Plaid), Frank (The Rocky Horror Picture Show), Chava (Fiddler on the Roof), and Belladova (The Phantom of and Motel (Fiddler on the Roof). Macaluso graduated from the Opera). O’Sullivan graduated from Boston Conservatory. the School of Music and is a proud member of MONIQUE PELLETIER (Ensemble) has been with Actors’ Equity Association. NYGASP since 2002. Her credits include H.M.S. Pinafore, ROBIN MAHON’s (Isabel) NYGASP credits Trial by Jury, The Yeomen of the Guard, Patience, The Pirates include The Gondoliers, The Yeomen of the Guard, Iolanthe of Penzance, The Mikado, Princess Ida, and The Rose of Persia. (choreographer), The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance, Pelletier’s regional credits include Pitti-Sing (The Mikado), Ruddigore, Trial by Jury, and H.M.S. Pinafore. Mahon’s other Phoebe (The Yeomen of the Guard), Tessa (The Gondoliers), credits include Paganini (Euro Operetta Productions), Two Ruth (The Pirates of Penzance), Flora (La Traviata), to Tango (Central Dance Theater), Holiday Fanfare (Omaha Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro), Lola (Cavalleria Rusticana), Symphony), Oklahoma! (Ash Lawn-Highland Summer Second Lady (The Magic Flute), Principessa (Suor Angelica), Festival), Natchez Opera Festival, Liederkranz Opera Hansel (Hansel and Gretel), and Mercedes (Carmen). Love Theatre, and the New York City Opera National Company. and thanks to John. MICHELE McCONNELL (Mabel) has been with ERIKA PERSON (Edith) has been with NYGASP NYGASP since 1999. Her signature roles include Josephine, since 2004. Her roles include Phoebe (The Yeomen of the Yum-Yum, Mabel, and Patience. She has performed in Guard), Iolanthe (Iolanthe), Edith (The Pirates of Penzance), Beauty and the Beast (Las Vegas and ) and Camelot Pitti-Sing (The Mikado), and Cousin Hebe (H.M.S. (national tour with the late Robert Goulet). McConnell’s Pinafore). Person’s regional credits include Adalgisa (Norma), theater credits include Westchester , Sesto (La Clemenza di Tito), Mercedes (Carmen), Meg DiCapo Opera, Gateway Playhouse, Allenberry Playhouse, (Falstaff), Third Lady (The Magic Flute), Flora (La Traviata), Totem Pole Playhouse, Mobile Opera, and Sacramento Zulma (L’Italiana in Algeri), La Ciesca (Gianni Schicchi), Music Circus. She has numerous recordings for Hal Leonard Martha Jefferson (1776), and Sarah (). For and Boosey & Hawkes Publications via Aire Born recording more information, visit www.erikaperson.com. studios. McConnell is a board member with the Skyline STEPHEN QUINT (Major-General Stanley) grew Theatre Company. She is married to Duane McDevitt up in Maine and majored in French horn at the New (also with NYGASP) and is a proud member of Actors’ England Conservatory. Due to a major illness and surgery, Equity Association. For more information, visit www. his orchestral career took another direction. The result duaneandmichele.com. was a singing career as a Gilbert & Sullivan expert. He has DUANE McDEVITT (Ensemble) has been with performed the Gilbert & Sullivan comedy “patter” roles in NYGASP since 1997. His favorite roles include The Pirate 13 Operas with the Anchorage Opera, Boston Academy King, Colonel Calverley, and Sergeant Meryll. McDevitt of Music, Mobile Opera, New York Grand Opera, Skylight has worked with San Diego Opera, Opera Pacific, Opera Opera, and the International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival in Delaware, , Actors Theatre of Indiana, Buxton, England. Quint has given hundreds of performances Sacramento Music Circus, and Westchester Broadway with the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players. In 2002, he Theatre. He has been a soloist at Carnegie Hall and has won the Isaac Asimov Award. NYGASP has been Quint’s

10 principal source of best friends for 20 years. For more NYGASP since 2004. Wannen’s favorite NYGASP roles information, visit zombiemikado.com. include Strephon (Iolanthe), Sultan (The Rose of Persia), CHRIS-IAN SANCHEZ (Ensemble) has been with Wilfred (The Yeomen of the Guard), Arac (Princess Ida), NYGASP since 2004. His credits include H.M.S. Pinafore, and The Mikado (The Mikado). His tour credits include The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance, Princess Ida, and Trial by Beauty and the Beast (Beast U/S) and Camelot with the late Jury. Sanchez’s other credits include Passing It On (Coconut Robert Goulet (Lancelot U/S). Wannen’s regional credits Grove Playhouse with ), Thuy in Miss Saigon include Ruddigore (Old Adam) and (Tommy). The (Virginia Music Theatre, Carousel Dinner Theatre, and Philadephia Inquirer nominated Wannen for “Best Featured Surflight Theatre), Mereb in Aida, Judah in Joseph and the Actor” in Camelot. He performed in the opening cast of I’ve Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Roger in Grease, Tommy Got a Little Twist, an intimate Gilbert & Sullivan revue. Keeler in Annie Get Your Gun (Surflight Theatre), and James Wannen would like to send his love to his new wife, Jamé. the Elder in Jesus Christ Superstar (Kansas City Starlight WILLIAM WHITEFIELD (Ensemble) has been Theatre). Sanchez recently performed in Broadway Backwards with NYGASP since 1997. His credits include The Pirates at the American Airlines Theatre. of Penzance, The Mikado, The Gondoliers, Princess Ida, Trial PAUL SIGRIST (Ensemble) has been with NYGASP by Jury, The Yeomen of the Guard, Ruddigore, and H.M.S. since 1991. Sigrist played Bill Bobstay the Boatswain in Pinafore. Whitefield’s other theater credits include The the 2007 Drama Desk nominated H.M.S. Pinafore (Vortex Presidents starring Rich Little (, TheatreFest, Theater Company). His roles include Major-General Stanley Paris Theatre, Las Vegas), The Student Prince and Rags (Paper in The Pirates of Penzance; Physician-in-Chief in The Rose of Mill Playhouse), and Shenandoah (Goodspeed Opera House). Persia; Sergeant of Marines in H.M.S. Pinafore; Dr. Fiddle, Whitefield also appeared in The Presidents on PBS. He is the D.D. in The Emerald Isle; and Oswald in Haddon Hall. Last composer for Ray Bradbury’s The Day It Rained Forever and year Sigrist directed The Pirates of Penzance for Lake George substitutes occasionally for the group Village People. Opera’s camp students. ALBERT BERGERET (Artistic Director, Music ANGELA SMITH’s (Ruth) NYGASP credits include Director, and General Manager) is a career-long Gilbert & The Duchess (The Gondoliers), Dame Carruthers (The Sullivan specialist who has performed, staged, conducted, Yeomen of the Guard), Dancing Sunbeam (The Rose of Persia), and designed every Opera in the repertoire for more than 40 Little Buttercup (H.M.S. Pinafore), Katisha (The Mikado), years. Bergeret directed Gilbert & Sullivan productions for and the Queen of the Fairies (Iolanthe). Smith also performs university students and residency programs for elementary with the NYGASP Wand’ring Minstrels. Her other credits schools. He has been hailed as “the leading custodian of include Lake George Opera, Light Opera of New York, the the Gilbert & Sullivan classics” by New York magazine, Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, Pine Mountain Music and his work as stage and musical director has been widely Festival, South Carolina Opera, Opera Delaware, Caramoor acclaimed in New York and on tour throughout the Eastern Opera, and Liederkranz Opera. United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Bergeret SARAH CALDWELL SMITH’s (Ensemble) founded NYGASP in 1974 and has served as artistic director NYGASP credits include Mabel (The Pirates of Penzance), and general manager since. He conducted and staged all 13 Gianetta U/S (The Gondoliers), and H.M.S. Pinafore. Gilbert & Sullivan works and George Gershwin’s Of Thee Smith performed in Off-Broadway’s Music in the Air (City I Sing. Bergeret has conducted programs with the Buffalo Center Encores!). Her regional credits include Papagena Philharmonic, Orchestra , Northwest Indiana (Die Zauberflöte), Phyllis (Iolanthe), Barbarina (Le Nozze di Symphony, and the Erie Philharmonic. Bergeret also has Figaro), Lucy (The Telephone), and Atalanta (Xerxes). Smith conducted and directed , Steve Allen, John graduated from the Manhattan School of Music with a Astin, Pat Carroll, Noel Harrison, John Rubenstein, Louis master’s degree in music. She also received bachelor’s degrees Quilico, Lando Bartolini, and John Reed with NYGASP. from Tufts University and New England Conservatory. Smith ANNETTE DIELI (Assistant Stage Manager and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. Wardrobe) holds a bachelor of fine arts degree in theater DAVID WANNEN (The Pirate King) has been with from the University of Connecticut. Dieli’s credits include

11 Hartford Stage (backstage crew), Bronx Opera (props and costume assistant), artistic director of her touring puppet company, and wardrobe for NYGASP at . Recently, Dieli was the visual arts director for the children’s art camp at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. DAVID SIGAFOOSE (Stage Manager and Technical Director) has been working in theater for more than 25 years. In 1980, Sigafoose first worked with NYGASP as master electrician in The Mikado. He then became the master electrician for H.M.S. Pinafore (1981 and 1982), Trial by Jury (1982), and The Gondoliers (1983). He was also lighting designer, assistant lighting designer, and assistant stage manager for various NYGASP productions between 1982 and 1985. Since Sigafoose’s 2000 return to NYGASP, he has been technical director, stage manager, and assistant stage manager for all NYGASP productions at City Center and on tour. This is Sigafoose’s 28th year with NYGASP. SALLY SMALL (Lighting Designer) started with NYGASP in 1980 and has designed lighting for the entire Gilbert & Sullivan repertoire. She has also designed lighting for Connecticut Grand Opera; Connecticut Opera Association; New Jersey State Opera; New England Lyric Operetta; Mississippi Opera; New York Lyric Opera; American Ballet Academy; and other Opera, Ballet, and Off- Broadway companies. GAIL J. WOFFORD (Costume Designer and Co-Founder of NYGASP) holds a master’s of arts degree in theater arts from Texas Tech University. As resident costume designer, Wofford designed and constructed costumes for The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance, H.M.S. Pinafore, The Yeomen of the Guard, Iolanthe, and Trial by Jury. She was the costume coordinator for New Jersey State Opera for 12 years and head of wardrobe for the New York Grand Opera. Wofford has executed projects for WNET, Channel 13, Dreamgirls national tour, and the film Mission Apollo, and has worked with numerous Opera companies throughout the United States. n

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12 presents CELTIC SPRING

Sunday, May 3, 2009, 3:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

BIOGRAPhy What sets CELTIC SPRING apart from other family includes numerous original compositions, which range in groups is its dual expertise in music and dance. The group expression from lyrical beauty to dance-tempo exuberance. includes six siblings – all classically trained violinists – from Expressive vocals and the champion Irish dancers’ the Wood family, who play the fiddle and Step-dance while graceful agility, precise choreography, and intricate footwork backed by their mother on the keyboard and their father on have earned Celtic Spring international recognition percussion. At the age of 4, each sibling learned Irish Step- and honors. In 2002, the ensemble won the World dancing and fiddle-playing from esteemed figures, including Championships of Performing Arts in Hollywood. In 2007, Natalie MacMaster, Alasdair Fraser, Martin Hayes, and Liz the family was a finalist on the popular NBC program Carroll. America’s Got Talent. The group has been featured on The Often referred to as the Von Trapp family of Irish Today Show; the Steve Harvey Show; and Good Morning music, Celtic Spring has been showered with admiration America, which praised Celtic Spring as “an amazing family” for its dynamic performances. The family has delighted that gives an “incredible performance.” and inspired enthusiastic crowds across the United States, The members of the Wood family include fiddlers and Canada, Australia, and Europe performing an exciting Step dancers Elizabeth, Patrick, Maire, and Aidan; fiddler- combination of reels, jigs, and hornpipes. While the band’s vocalist-Step dancer Deirdre; fiddler-Step dancer Sean, who music is firmly grounded in traditions of its ancestors – with also plays the octave mandolin and octave fiddle; mother- roots tracing to Ireland, Scotland, and Nova Scotia – Celtic keyboard master Mary; and patriarch Greg, who handles Spring has developed a unique style and a repertoire that percussion and the traditional Irish drum, the bodhran. n

13 presents

ROBERT KAPILOW’s WHAT MAKES IT GREAT? TRIO IN B-FLAT MAJOR, OP. 97 (ARCHDUKE) LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

With PANTOUM TRIO ROBERT EDWARD THIES, PIANO TEREZA STANISLAV, VIOLIN CÉCILIA TSAN, CELLO

Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 7:30 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

14 PROGRAM

Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97(Archduke) Ludwig van Beethoven Allegro moderato (1770-1827) Scherzo-Allegro Andante cantabile ma pèro con moto Allegro moderato

BIOGRAPHIES For more than 15 years, ROBERT KAPILOW has Angeles area through performances on some of the most brought the joy and wonders of Classical music – and un- prestigious series in the Western United States, including the raveled some of its mysteries – to audiences of all ages and DaCamera Society, Cedar City Music Arts, LACMA live!, backgrounds. Characterized by his unique ability to create an and the South Bay Chamber Music Society. The musicians “aha” moment for his audiences and collaborators, whatever chose the name Pantoum as an homage to Maurice Ravel’s their level of musical sophistication or naiveté, Kapilow’s masterpiece. Ravel’s Trio is one of the greatest works for this work brings music into people’s lives – opening new ears to instrumentation, a piece of exotic colorations, emotional musical experiences and helping people to listen actively depths, and athletic virtuosity. rather than just hear. The Pantoum Trio performs a varied repertoire that in- Kapilow’s range of activities is impressively broad, cludes pieces by Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz including his What Makes It Great? presentations, his family Schubert, Johannes Brahms, Arvo Pärt, Arnold Schoenberg, compositions and FamilyMusik events, and his Citypieces. The and Ravel. A highly praised 2006 West Coast premiere of reach of his interactive events and activities is wide, both Gernot Wolfgang’s Jazz and Cocktails led to a recording for geographically and culturally. From Native American tribal Albany Records later that year. In 2008, the trio performed communities in Montana and inner-city high school students the Los Angeles premiere of Schoenberg’s masterpiece Verk- in Louisiana to wine-tasters in the Napa Valley; and from lärte Nacht arranged for piano trio by Eduard Steuermann. tots barely out of diapers to musicologists hailed from Ivy The musicians have each performed in Carnegie Hall, League programs, his audiences are diverse and unexpected, the Library of Congress, The Kennedy Center, Théâtre but invariably rapt and keen to come back for more. Kap- National de l’Opéra, the Centre Georges-Pompidou, Palacio ilow’s popularity and appeal are reflected in notable invita- de Bellas Artes, the Hermitage Museum, and Théâtre des tions and achievements. He appeared on NBC’s Today Show Champs-Elysées. The musicians’ appearances include per- in conversation with then-host Katie Couric; he presented formances with the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic, Mexico a special What Makes It Great? event for broadcast on PBS’ City Philharmonic, Auckland Philharmonia, and the Calgary Live From in January 2008; and he has writ- Philharmonic. ten a book, All You Have to Do Is Listen, which was published The Pantoum Trio’s individual prizes include a 1995 by the new alliance between Wiley and Lincoln Center. A Gold Medal Prize at the Second International Prokofiev documentary film, Summer Sun, Winter Moon, named after Competition in St. Petersburg, Russia; Second Prize in the Kapilow’s choral and symphonic work of the same title, will 2004 Banff International String Quartet Competition; and trace the process of that work. top prizes in the 2003 Concert Artists Guild Competition, Since its inception in 2005, the PANTOUM TRIO Barcelona International Competition, and the Florence has cultivated a loyal and supportive audience in the Los International Competition. n

15 presents MINGUS BIG BAND

Friday, May 8, 2009, 8:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

BIOGRAPHY MINGUS BIG BAND captures “the best parts of musicianship, energy and consistency.” the Mingus legacy: the muscle, the affection for history, Mingus Big Band performed to enthusiastic crowds the willingness to take chances, the guts, and soulfulness,” weekly at the New York hotspot Fez from 1991 to 2004. praised . Under the direction of Mingus’ The ensemble followed up with a four-year residency at widow, Sue Mingus, the ensemble performs original music the city’s famed Iridium Jazz Club and now plays at Jazz as well as the acclaimed works of the Jazz maestro who died Standard, which has been named “Best Jazz Club” by New in 1979. York magazine. The band performs extensively in the United Nominated for a Grammy for “Best Large Jazz States and Europe. Daily Variety said Mingus Big Band’s Ensemble Album” for Live in Tokyo at the Blue Note, the enduring appeal lies heavily in the touring personnel, which 14-piece Mingus Big Band captures “a spirited blend of the is “constantly shifting, [and] bringing in fresh approaches.” lush harmonies and boisterous Blues sections, interwoven Besides Live in Tokyo at the Blue Note, five other ensemble passages and sudden tempo shifts that made the Mingus Big Band have earned Grammy nominations, late bassist Charles Mingus one of the most challenging including Gunslinging Birds, Live in Time, Blues & Politics, and celebrated artists in Jazz,” praised the . Tonight at Noon, and I Am Three. This CCPA performance Other critics and fans agreed, including The Washington will include full re-creations of the acclaimed albums Mingus Post, which hailed the group’s “remarkable high standard of Ah Um and Blues & Roots. n

16 presents LOS ANGELES GUITAR QUARTET WILLIAM KANENGISER JOHN DEARMAN SCOTT TENNANT MATTHEW GREIF

Saturday, May 9, 2009, 8:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

17

PROGRAM

Overture to Il Barbiere de Siviglia Giacomo Rossini (1792-1868) arranged by John Dearman

Music from the Time of Cervantes arranged by William Kanengiser Jácaras Anonymous (17th century) Diferencias Sobre Guárdame las Vacas Luys de Narváez (1500-1555/1560) El Villano Antonio Martín y Coll (d. 1733) La Tricotea Samartín Alonso (16th century) Al Villano se La Dan Anonymous (17th century) Fantasia Que Contrahaze La Harpa Alonso Mudarra (1510-1580) en la Manera de Ludovico Rodrigo Martinez Anonymous (16th century) Romanesca Diego Ortiz (1510-1570) Romance de Alburqurque Anonymous (16th century) Canarios Antonio Martín y Coll Tan Buen Ganadico Juan de Encina (1468-1529/1530) Tres Morillas M’enamoran en Jaen Anonymous (16th century) De la Dulce Mi Enemiga Gabriel Mena (d. 1528) Chacona (La Vida Bona) Juan Arañez (a. 1624) Con Pavor Recordó el Moro Luys Milan (1500-1560) Oy Comamos Juan de Encina

INTERMISSION

18 Images of Brazil De Sábado pra Dominguinhos Hermeto Pascoal (b. 1936) arranged by William Kanengiser O Morro Não tem vez Antonio Carlos Jobim (1924-1994) arranged by M. Alves Samba Novo Baden Powell (1937-2000) arranged by M. Tardelli A Lenda do Cabodo Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) arranged by S. Assad A Furiosa Paulo Bellinati (b. 1950) Dedicated to LAGQ

Did You See the Moon Last Night? Matthew Dunne (b. 1959)

Four American Classics The Black Horse Troop John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) arranged by A. York Jumpin’ at the Woodside William “Count” Basie (1904-1984) arranged by A. York Shenandoah Traditional arranged by A. York Hoe-Down from Rodeo Aaron Copland (1900-1990) arranged by G. Nestor Program subject to change LAGQ records for Telarc International • LAGQ uses Neumann microphones • www.lagq.com The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet is managed by Frank Salomon Associates, Manager:Barrie Steinberg 121 W. 27th Street, Suite 703, New York, New York 10001-6262, www.franksalomon.com

BIOGRAPHy LOS ANGELES GUITAR QUARTET “has set an Department, which commissioned a tour through Mexico. It enviable standard for the range of repertoire, the craftsman- was the beginning of a professional ensemble that has earned ship of the playing and the entertainment potential of a international acclaim. four-acoustic-guitar ensemble,” observed the Los Angeles LAGQ includes founding members John Dearman, Times. that the group has successfully raised the bar William Kanengiser, and Scott Tennant, and their longtime for the Classical-guitar medium lies in its Grammy-winning friend, Matthew Greif. Combined, their expertise spans album LAGQ’s Guitar Heroes, the Grammy-nominated numerous genres, including Samba, Bluegrass, Classical, and LAGQ: Latin, and the highly acclaimed LAGQ Spin. In the Flamenco. With more than a dozen recordings over the last quartet’s LAGQ Brazil! collection, the ensemble explores two decades, the foursome has established itself with a signa- South-American musical styles and their connections with ture fusion of World music and contemporary styles that have American music and Classical traditions. made the LAGQ sound popular around the world. The New LAGQ was formed in 1980 in a class at the University York Times hailed, “This is a repertory in which barriers be- of Southern (USC) in Los Angeles. The USC tween Classical, Jazz and Pop have long been abandoned, and School of Music asked the quartet to perform outreach con- in most of these works elements of Classical structure, Jazz certs in neighboring schools. The young group turned many harmonies and distinctively syncopated Brazilian rhythms are heads, attracting the attention of the L.A. Cultural Affairs tightly intertwined.” n

19 presents ALISON BROWN QUARTET ALISON BROWN, and GUITAR , FIDDLE, MANDOLIN, PERCUSSION, and VOCALS JOHN R. BURR, PIANO GARRY WEST, BASS LARRY ATAMANUIK, DRUMS

Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 7:30 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

BIOGRAPHY ALISON BROWN achieved an international reputa- Harvard degrees in history and literature, then a master of tion as a banjo player by pushing the instrument out of its business administration degree at the University of Califor- familiar Appalachian settings and into new musical territory. nia, Los Angeles. That led to two years in the finance depart- With a unique voice on a relatively unexplored instrument, ment of Smith Barney in San Francisco. she composed and played her way into the hearts of fans of Brown took a hiatus from her job to compose and Jazz-hued acoustic music. The Boston Globe record, and in 1990 she released her solo debut proclaimed, “Brown’s sweet, fluid Jazz fusions album Simple Pleasures to wide acclaim. It are as sophisticated as they are beguiling.” earned her a Grammy nomination, a loyal fan Her original musical formula – an base, and solid standing in the . invigorating mix of Bluegrass, Jazz, and Folk More successful albums followed, including tunes – has earned Brown numerous acco- the Grammy-nominated Stolen Moments, lades and awards, including a Grammy for the which The Boston Globe hailed as “technically song Leaving Cottondale from the Fair Weather awesome” and “melodically seductive.” Out of album. Brown was the first woman honored the Blue inspired USA Today to proclaim it “a by the International Associa- fluid, captivating album blending Bluegrass, tion as “Banjo Player of the Year” in 1991, the Jazz, and Latin influences into an astonishing genre’s highest distinction for an instrumen- new sound. … A true groundbreaker.” talist. Along with her husband, musician Garry West, Brown Brown started playing the banjo at a young age and by runs , which has been praised by Billboard 12 she was performing and touring professionally. She won magazine as “one of the greatest independent labels of the the Canadian National Banjo Championship when she was last decade.” For more information, visit www.compass 14 years old. Her music career took a detour as she pursued records.com. n

20 presents THE GRASCALS and Friday, May 15, 2009, 8:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

BIOGRAPHies In 2005, the International Bluegrass Music Association and the duo Brooks & Dunn. (IBMA) named THE GRASCALS the “Emerging Artist of The names and faces of the NITTY GRITTY DIRT the Year” and chose the band’s Me and John and Paul as “Song BAND may have changed over the years, but one thing of the Year.” The six-piece ensemble, formed in 2003 by a is constant: its gift for recording solid hits, including Mr. group of established Bluegrass musicians, recorded its debut Bojangles, Fishin’ in the Dark, and Baby’s Got a Hold on Me. album, The Grascals, to widespread acclaim and was invited The Country-Folk-Rock band has won Grammy Awards for by Country music icon Dolly Parton to open her tour. The the songs Earl’s Breakdown and The Valley Road and the Gold Grascals, who won the IBMA’s “Entertainer of the Year” record Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume Two, which also Award in 2006 and 2007, “knows how to get the most out garnered a Country Music Association Award for “Album of of the tunes, throwing down lively banjo, fiddle, mandolin the Year.” and unabashedly down-home harmonies,” noted The Dallas Founded in the mid-1960s in Long Beach, California, Morning News. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band climbed the music charts with an The Grascals’ trademark blend – traditional Bluegrass impressive string of hits that included the Top 10 Country and classic Country with more modern elements, delivered song Dance Little Jean and the No. One singles Long Hard Road with vocal and instrumental intensity and virtuosity – has and . While the band has explored the earned the band Grammy nominations for The Grascals and traditional acoustic genre and mainstream Country music, it Long List of Heartaches albums. The group’s latest CD, Keep has always stayed true to its signature sound: pure Americana. on Walkin’, debuted at No. One on the Billboard Bluegrass Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is perhaps best known for its chart. The Associated Press said the album “deepens The 1972 and 1989 collections Will the Circle Be Unbroken, projects Grascals’ trademark blend of Bluegrass roots and hard- that united generations of Country music legends in the same Country themes. … [It] shows how strong this tight-knit studio. The band’s impact on the music realm literally made combo sounds when building a repertoire of their own.” historic international headlines in 1977 when it became the The Grascals, whose name is a spin-off on the Little first American band selected by the Soviet Union to tour Rascals comedy group, includes vocalists-guitarists Terry there. Eldredge and Jamie Johnson, fiddler Jeremy Abshire, banjo Nitty Gritty Dirt Band consists of guitarist-vocalist Jeff player Aaron McDaris, mandolin maestro Danny Roberts, Hanna; keyboardist-accordionist-vocalist Bob Carpenter; and bassist-vocalist Terry Smith. The Grascals has shared the drummer-singer-harmonica player Jimmie Fadden; and John stage with some of Country music’s biggest names, including McEuen, a master of the guitar, banjo, fiddle, and mandolin. Dierks Bentley, Patty Loveless, Kenny Rogers, Vince Gill, The band’s Speed of Life CD is scheduled to be released soon. n

21 presents THE and Friday, May 22, 2009, 8:00 PM Saturday, May 23, 2009, 8:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

BIOGRAPHies THE FOUR TOPS began as a band of high school Another favorite, THE TEMPTATIONS pals that performed at school parties and church socials, set the bar for vocal groups with an impressive avalanche progressing eventually to the small-club circuit. It quickly of hits, including The Way You Do the Things You Do, a song became a group that helped to shape and define the Motown penned and produced by that propelled momentum of the 1960s. the Grammy-winning group into worldwide fame. Known With the help of legendary Motown for its fine-tuned choreography and harmonious crooning, , who recognized the band’s talent for spinning The Temptations became one of the most revered male vocal Gospel with a Rock rhythm, the foursome shot to inter- groups of all time, able to tackle lush Pop and politically national stardom with a steady stream of hits that shook up charged Funk with equal aplomb and appeal. Pop and R&B charts, including I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar With a colorful repertoire that has embraced numerous Pie, Honey Bunch); It’s the Same Old Song; Baby, I Need Your genres over the last five decades – including Soul, R&B, Loving; Standing in the Shadows of Love; and Reach Out I’ll Be Doo-Wop, and Funk – the quintessential quintet has There, which became The Four Tops’ signature song. garnered an impressive list of honors. The Temptations was Even after the group left the Motown Records label, inducted into the in 1999. The The Four Tops maintained a constant presence on the music single Cloud Nine earned a 1968 Grammy for “Best Rhythm scene and charts with , Ain’t No Woman & Blues Performance,” and Papa Was a Rolling Stone won two (Like the One I’ve Got), and . The Grammys in 1972 for “Best R&B Vocal Performance” and Four Tops – which currently consists of original member “Best R&B Instrumental Performance.” The 2000 Grammy Abdul “Duke” Fakir, , Lewis “Ronnie” McNeir, for “Best Traditional R&B Vocal Album” went to the group’s and Lawrence Roquel Payton, Jr. – remains one of the most Ear-Resistible. The singles My Girl and Papa Was a Rolling successful Motown bands, celebrated for its gritty Gospel- Stone were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. R&B musical hybrid, which delights even the Pop and The Temptations today consists of , Terry Classic Rock audiences. Weeks, , Ron Tyson, and Bruce Williamson, In 1990, The Four Tops was inducted into the Rock performing timeless hits such as , Happy and Roll Hall of Fame. In 1997, the band received the People, I Can’t Get Next to You, My Girl, Get Ready, Ain’t Pioneer Award for Lifetime Achievement, and in 1999 it Too Proud to Beg, Ball of Confusion, and Just My Imagination earned a spot in the Vocal Group Hall of Fame. (Running Away With Me). n

22 presents BOWZER’S ULTIMATE DOO-WOP PARTY Featuring (Former Lead Singer of ), DANNY & THE JUNIORS, , KATHY YOUNG, and BOWZER & THE STINGRAYS

Tour Direction DAVID BELENZON MANAGEMENT, INC.

Friday, May 29, 2009, 8:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited. BIOGRAPHies With SONNY TURNER at its helm in the late ’60s, band’s No. One single He’s a Rebel. The ensemble helped The Platters rocked Pop charts with I Love You 1000 Times, redefine the girl-group style with raw songs like He Hit Me With This Ring, and Washed Ashore. The group, also known (And It Felt Like a Kiss) and Uptown. for the iconic hits and Smoke Gets in When she was 14, KATHY YOUNG was discovered Your Eyes, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in the audience of an L.A. teen dance program headed by in 1990. Turner and the band were inducted into the Vocal deejay and game-show host Wink Martindale. Weeks later, Group Hall of Fame in 1998. Turner received the “Lifetime she made a permanent mark on the music industry with the Excellence in Entertainment Award” in 2005. No. One song A Thousand Stars, which achieved Gold-record DANNY & THE JUNIORS won acclaim with a status. Young followed up with the singles Happy Birthday litany of hits, including Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay and the Blues and Magic Is the Night. dance classics Twistin’ USA and Pony Express. The group’s At BOWZER & THE STINGRAYS rounds out the the Hop swept five continents and soared to No. One on the party. Jon “Bowzer” Bauman, the former comedic vocalist U.S. Pop, Country, and R&B charts and earned a solid spot of the Doo-Wop band Sha Na Na, was a piano prodigy on Billboard’s “Hot 100” list. The ensemble was inducted into who attended the Juilliard School at age 12. At New York’s the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2003. prestigious Columbia College, Bauman and his classmates One of the most successful female groups of the 1960s, created the group Sha Na Na. Sha Na Na also became a No. THE CRYSTALS charmed audiences and critics with the One syndicated show aired in 32 countries. n timeless jewels , , and the

23 presents

Saturday, May 30, 2009, 8:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

BIOGRAPHY Since the release of his first solo album First Wish in of ’s hits. The tour lasted roughly two years and resulted 1995, Grammy-nominated CHRIS BOTTI has created a in more fans, exposure, and accolades for Botti. series of recordings that has made him virtually a genre-of- In Italia, Botti presents a stimulating blend of Jazz, Pop, one in the realm of Contemporary Jazz. While he is classified and Classical music inspired by the romance and beauty of as a Jazz performer, the trumpeter has indisputably garnered Italy, where he lived as a child. The songs on Italia are drawn the attention of Pop music aficionados and critics alike with from sources that range from Classical Opera to the sound- his lushly atmospheric music and thoughtful improvisations. tracks of Oscar-winning composer . The In 2004, his romantic Gold-selling album mix was so innovatively appealing that it earned a Grammy reached No. One on Billboard’s Top Jazz chart. The New York nomination for “Best Pop Instrumental Album” and drew Times hailed its tone and “seductive groove.” The Los Angeles praise from critics, including The Washington Post, which Times cites his “virtuosic trumpet work, his inventive melo- cited Italia’s “mood, atmosphere and evocation.” dy-making, [and] his engaging onstage presence.” Throughout the years, Botti has recorded and toured Botti’s follow-up album, To Love Again, which debuted with some of the music industry’s biggest names, including at No. 18 on Billboard’s Top 200 chart, featured the highly Grammy-winning Jazz vocalist Diana Krall, singers-song- acclaimed What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?, sung by writers and , and renowned film Pop icon Sting. Botti was introduced to a broader audience composer John Barry. when he opened for Sting’s Brand New Day tour, which pro- His recent CD, Chris Botti in Boston, features music vided him with the avenue to showcase his supple ornamen- icons such as Sting, Josh Groban, , and Yo-Yo tations and emotional colorations that underscored so many Ma. n

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27 Season 08/09 CERRITOS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

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