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OCTOBER 16 – NOVEMBER 7

FLORIDA'S PREMIER LIVE

PRESENTED BY

GREAT PERFORMANCES CREATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC MUSIC OF THE AMERICAS AND BEYOND

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FLORIDA'S PREMIER LIVE MUSIC FESTIVAL

WELCOME TO THE Shelton G. Berg 32nd ANNUAL FESTIVAL MIAMI! AS SOUTH FLORIDA’S ONLY Welcome to the 32nd annual Festival Miami, presented by UHealth – the University CANCER CENTER OF EXCELLENCE, of Miami Health System, and the Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music. NO ONE IS MORE PREPARED Festival Miami is renowned for bringing together hundreds of guest, faculty, and student artists in a month-long cultural celebration that is like no other. invite you to select several to attend, as we truly put our heart and soul into creating TO FIGHT YOUR CANCER. a unique festival experience for you!

I know you join me in thanking UHealth for its generous partnership, which ensures that residents of Coral Gables and surrounding communities are able to enjoy an incredible array of uplifting concerts by world-class artists so close to home.

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center earns South Florida’s first and only Cancer Center This is an exciting time for UHealth and for Coral Gables as we near completion of of Excellence award. At Sylvester, we are passionate about fighting cancer, all day, every the new UHealth at Coral Gables in the Lennar Foundation Medical Center. Located day. The State of Florida’s Cancer Center of Excellence designation recognizes our more than at the corner of Ponce de Leon Boulevard and Dickinson Drive, this specially 250 cancer specialists and the work they do hand in hand with researchers at the University designed outpatient facility will provide convenient access to the world renowned of Miami to discover, develop and deliver the most effective ways to prevent, detect, treat experts at the University of Miami. Opening in late 2016, UHealth at Coral Gables and cure your cancer. The award – based on measured success in delivering quality cancer will provide primary care, extended hours/no appointment needed and specialized care to patients – lets everyone know that Sylvester is a destination for precision cancer care care for a broad spectrum of health needs including cancer, eye, women’s health, sports medicine, spine, heart, memory disorders, dermatology and more. backed by innovative research. To learn more, visit sylvester.org. I envision a day when we will all gather together to enjoy lively music at the grand opening of UHealth at Coral Gables in the Lennar Foundation Medical Center. Until then, please enjoy Festival Miami and the camaraderie of sharing great music in the company of neighbors and friends.

Sincerely,

Shelton G. Berg Dean, Frost School of Music MIAMI | CORAL SPRINGS | DEERFIELD BEACH | | KENDALL | PLANTATION | CORAL GABLES COMING 2016 Patricia L. Frost Professor of Music

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FLORIDA'S PREMIER LIVE MUSIC FESTIVAL 1 Welcome from Dean Shelton G. Berg ¡ o 4 Calendar of Events BIENVENIDOS AL 32 FESTIVAL 6 Festival Miami Staff/Ticket Information Shelton G. Berg ANUAL MIAMI! 7 Letter from UM President Julio Frenk Bienvenidos al 32.o Festival Miami anual, presentado por UHealth, el Sistema de Salud de la Universidad de Miami, y la Escuela de Música Phillip y Patricia Frost. 8 Letter from Florida Governor Rick Scott Festival Miami es reconocido por reunir a cientos de artistas invitados, docentes y estudiantes de música en una celebración cultural como ninguna que se 9 Letter from Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez extiende durante todo un mes. Los invito a seleccionar varios conciertos a los que desee asistir, ya que realmente hemos puesto todo nuestro empeño para crear la experiencia de un festival único para usted. 10 Letter from City of Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado

Sé que se unirán a mí para agradecer a UHealth por su generoso compromiso, que 11 Letter from Coral Gables Mayor Jim Cason asegura que los residentes de Coral Gables y de las comunidades vecinas puedan disfrutar de una increíble variedad de conciertos inspiradores a cargo de artistas de talla mundial muy cerca de casa. 12 Letter from UM Miller School Dean Pascal J. Goldschmidt Estos son tiempos emocionantes para UHealth y para Coral Gables, ya que estamos a punto de completar la construcción del nuevo edificio de UHealth en Coral 15 Programs Gables, en el Centro Médico Lennar Foundation. Ubicado en la esquina de Ponce de Leon Boulevard y Dickinson Drive, este complejo diseñado especialmente para pacientes ambulatorios proporcionará fácil acceso a los expertos de renombre 36 Artist Biographies internacional de la Universidad de Miami. Con una apertura planificada para finales de 2016, UHealth at Coral Gables proporcionará atención primaria, horario de 58 Community Outreach atención extendido/sin cita previa y atención especializada para una amplia gama de condiciones médicas, entre ellas, cáncer, visión, salud de la mujer, medicina deportiva, columna vertebral, medicina cardíaca, trastornos de la memoria, 59 On Scene at Festival Miami 2014 dermatología y más.

Ya estoy imaginándome el día en que nos reuniremos todos juntos para disfrutar 60 Sponsors de música en vivo y celebrar la gran inauguración de UHealth at Coral Gables en el Centro Médico Lennar Foundation. Hasta entonces, disfruten de Festival Miami y de la camaradería de compartir excelente música en la compañía de vecinos y 62 Grant Sponsors amigos.

Atentamente,

Shelton G. Berg Decano, Escuela Frost de Música Profesor de Música Patricia L. Frost CALENDAR OF EVENTS ORDER TODAY! OCTOBER 16 – NOVEMBER 7 305.284.4940 • festivalmiami.com 4 | FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 | 5

GREAT PERFORMANCES 13 | October | Tuesday 14 | Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | October | Friday 17 | Saturday MASTER CLASSES OPENING NIGHT RAQUEL SOFÍA Several Festival Miami artists will be the CREATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC FROST SYMPHONY NEW LATIN ARTIST following master classes or AMERICAN VISIONS Spotify 2015 “Artist Q&A with students. All are MUSIC OF THE AMERICAS Featuring Pianist to Watch” free and open to the public; Simone Dinnerstein no ticket required! Thomas Sleeper, conductor JAZZ AND BEYOND John Easterlin Friday, October 23, 2015 18 | Sunday 19 | Monday 20 | Tuesday 21 | Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | Friday 24 | Saturday 1:25 p.m. CHARLES CASTLEMAN NASHVILLE ALL-STARS GONZALO RUBALCABA NATALIA LAFOURCADE JOHN EASTERLIN Weeks Center for Recording VIRTUOSO REIMAGINED SING GREATEST HITS WITH FROST CONCERT LATIN AMERICAN SINGS BROADWAY AND and Performance, Clarke Unaccompanied Solo ’ New Takes Songs Made Famous by JAZZ BAND POP SENSATION FAVORITES Recital Hall Works by Bach, on Beloved Classics Garth Brooks, Afro Blue Meets Multi-Latin Grammy What a Character! Piazzolla, and Ysaÿe Featuring Creative and Cu-Bop and Post-Bop Award Winner 4 p.m. American Music Students Featuring Craig Carothers, John Daversa, director Guitar Quartet Tony Arata, Dave Berg, and Sunday, October 25, 2015 Annie Mosher 11:00 a.m. Weeks Center for Recording and Performance, Clarke 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Recital Hall LOS ANGELES SYLVAN STREET CHAMBER MUSIC CYRILLE AIMÉE BEN FOLDS HALLOWEEN AT GUITAR QUARTET HIGH-WATTAGE TREASURES—RICHARD FABULOUS FRENCH WITH FROST SCHOOL’S HOGWARTS AND BEYOND! Cyrille Aimée NEW RENAISSANCE TOUR TODD, JOEL SMIRNOFF, JAZZ VOCALIST Family Concert with Frost Wednesday, October 28, 2015 Grammy-Winning Artists Fantastic Funkafied Ride CHRISTOPHER O’RILEY With Frost Studio Jazz INSTITUTE ORCHESTRA Symphony Orchestra 4:00 p.m. 4 p.m. Jay C. Rees, bass/leader Music by Brahms, Band and JV1 Ensemble Ben Folds Orchestral Costumes are encouraged! Weeks Center for Recording Messiaen, and More Kate Reid, JV1 director Experience 3 p.m. and Performance, Clarke Stephen Guerra, Jr., Scott Flavin, conductor director Recital Hall Joey DeFrancesco 1 | November 2 3 4 5 6 |FESTIVAL MIAMI RECOMMENDS 7 |CLOSING NIGHT Tuesday, November 3, 2015 11:00 a.m. BLACK VIOLIN FROST WIND ENSEMBLE JOEY DEFRANCESCO BOSTON BRASS FREDA PAYNE JAZZ ROOTS: MOVIE UM Gusman Concert Hall CLASSICAL HIP-HOP DUO GREAT AMERICAN MASTER JAZZ ORGANIST PRESENTS “AND THE AND HER BAND OF GOLD MUSIC OF SPIKE LEE AND SIX DECADES OF Named One of the Hottest MASTERS Singin’ and Swingin’ NOMINEES ARE…” Sultry Jazz Singer Shines TERENCE BLANCHARD CHART-TOPPING HITS Bands at SXSW! Music by Bernstein, Joey DeFrancesco tears it Hits from Broadway Shelly Berg, Frost School’s Henry Frost Studio Jazz Band “Kev Marcus” Sylvester, Grantham, and Ticheli on his Hammond B3 to the Big Screen Mancini Institute Stephen Guerra, Jr., violin; “Will B” Baptiste, Robert Carnochan, Orchestra director viola/vocals conductor; Esther Jane 8 p.m. at Arsht Center Featuring John Mills 4 p.m. Hardenbergh, soprano; Tickets: arshtcenter.org and Elmer Hopper Aaron Tindall,

Please note: All events take place at 8 p.m. in UM Gusman Concert Hall, located at 1314 Miller Drive, Ticket fees apply to walk-ups, online, mail, and phone orders. Coral Gables, FL, unless otherwise noted. Ticket fees are automatically applied upon purchase, regardless of payment All artists, dates, programs, prices, locations, and times are subject to change without notice. method and point of purchase. FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 | 7 MANAGEMENT STAFF FESTIVAL MIAMI 6 | FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015

Frost School of Music Dean, Festival Miami Executive Director . . Shelton G. Berg Director of Events, Festival Miami Producer ...... Marianne Mijares Director of Operations and Concert Halls ...... William Dillon Director of Recording Services ...... Paul Griffith Director of Keyboard Services ...... Paul Bruno Events Planner ...... René Mark Events Support Staff...... Jeanette Castro Communications Coordinator ...... Kimberly Engelhardt University Communications and Marketing ...... Todd Ellenberg, Meredith Camel, Julia Berg, Scott Fricker, Kevin Corrales, Angie Villanueva Artistic Committee ...... Shelton Berg, Robert Carnochan, John Daversa, Scott Flavin, Santiago Rodriguez, Stephen Guerra Jr., Alan Johnson, Karen Kennedy, Charles Mason, Kate Reid, Reynaldo Sanchez, Richard Todd, Thomas Sleeper

TO PURCHASE TICKETS

Online: festivalmiami.com Box Office Hours: Phone: 305-284-4940 Box office hours at Gusman Hall are Phone lines are open Monday through Friday, 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. Monday through Friday 9 a.m. – 9 p.m., and one hour prior to event start Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. at specified concert location. Forms of Payment: Debit and Credit Cards (Visa, Master Card, Discover, American Express) only.

Please indicate special seating requirements when purchasing your tickets. $4 per ticket fee applied on all purchases.

NO REFUNDS/ NO EXCHANGES For more information, please visit our website at festivalmiami.com. The taking of photographs and use of audio or video recorders during a performance is strictly prohibited unless pre-authorized with media credentials. Please silence cell phones and any other electronic devices before entering the hall. Please refrain from texting or using illuminated devices during performances. Latecomers will be seated at the first break in through the top entrance of the hall.

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CARLOS A. GIMENEZ MAYOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY

2015

Greetings!

As Mayor of Miami-Dade County and on behalf of our 2.6 million residents, it is my pleasure to welcome everyone gathered for the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music 32nd Annual Festival Miami.

The University of Miami is a vital part of the Miami-Dade tradition and, as our county continues to grow its involvement in cultural events, we look to institutions such as the Frost School of Music to provide innovative programming that celebrates our community’s diversity. I am grateful to the University of Miami for providing students with a highly inspiring education and for enriching our community with vibrant cultural offerings.

Miami-Dade County is home to people from over 156 countries who communicate in more than 64 different languages. Diversity is one of the hallmarks that defines us. We draw strength from our diversity and are very much the better for it. If you are visiting, I encourage you to take advantage of our world-class beaches, hotels, restaurants, shopping, attractions, arts and culture, sports, and recreation.

I wish all of the organizers and attendees every success and an enjoyable experience.

Sincerely,

Carlos A. Gimenez Mayor

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OPENING NIGHT FROST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA—PIANIST SIMONE DINNERSTEIN American Visions: Works by Hovhaness, Hanson and Lasser

SIMONE DINNERSTEIN, piano FROST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA THOMAS SLEEPER, conductor, director of orchestral activities

HOWARD HANSON Symphony No. 5 “Sinfonia (1896-1981) Sacra,” Op. 43

ALAN HOVHANESS And God Created Great (1911-2000) Whales, Op. 229, No. 1

— INTERMISSION —

PHILIP LASSER The Circle and the Child: (b. 1963) Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Florida Premiere I. Poco Allegro II. Chorale and Child III. Circles

SIMONE DINNERSTEIN, piano

Sponsored by MUSIC OF THE AMERICAS GREAT PERFORMANCES SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 AT 8:00 P.M. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18 AT 4:00 P.M. 16 | FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 | 17

CHARLES CASTLEMAN—VIOLIN VIRTUOSO RAQUEL SOFÍA—NEW SONY MUSIC LATIN ARTIST Unaccompanied Solo Works by Bach, Piazzolla and Ysaÿe

Spotify 2015 “Artist to Watch” CHARLES CASTLEMAN, violin With special guest Scott Flavin, violin RAQUEL SOFÍA, vocals TAYLOR BYRD, guitar BRIAN LANG, drums J.S. BACH “Chaconne” from Violin Partita (1685-1750) No. 2 in D Minor

LOUIS SPOHR Duo for Two in D Major, “Raquel Sofía, B.M. ’09, is the breath of fresh air that Latin pop needs,” (1784-1859) Op. 67, No. 2 says megastar Juanes. This concert showcases her appealing jazz-infused I. Allegro II. Larghetto vocals and accessible sonic style. “One of those rare artists who comes along III. Rondo: Vivace only once in a generation,” says Grammy-winning producer George Noriega, B.M. ’95. “A bonafide future star,” says NPR. A 2015 Latin Grammy Award SCOTT FLAVIN, assisting artist, violin nominee! — INTERMISSION —

Selections to be announced from the stage. DAVID FINKO Lamentations of Jeremiah (b. 1936) I. Adagio fanatico (fanatical singing of believers in ancient Jerusalem) II. Andante con moto, rubato (agitated speech and gestures of Jeremiah) III. Allegro capriccioso (gaming child in ancient Jerusalem) IV. Adagio doloroso (tears of Jeremiah) Sponsored in part by V. Andante con moto, rubato-Allegro capriccioso (martyrdom, entreaty, ecstatic prayer of Jeremiah) VI. Adagio (tears of Jeremiah)

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA Tango Étude No. 2 (from 6 Tango Études) (1921-1992) Tango Étude No. 3 (from 6 Tango Études)

EUGÈNE YSAŸE Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 27 (“Ballade”) (1858-1931)

Sponsored in part by CREATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC CREATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20 AT 8:00 P.M. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21 AT 8:00 P.M. 18 | FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 | 19

JOHNNY MERCER REIMAGINED NASHVILLE ALL-STARS—SING THEIR GREATEST HITS Songwriters’ New Takes on Beloved Classics Songs Made Famous by Garth Brooks, Keith Urban, and Trisha Yearwood

CREATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC STUDENTS CRAIG CAROTHERS, singer-, host REY SANCHEZ, faculty host TONY ARATA, singer-songwriter DAVE BERG, singer-songwriter ANNIE MOSHER, singer-songwriter

Songwriters and performers from the Frost School’s Creative American Music Program take a fresh spin on classic songs by Johnny Mercer and Top Nashville singer-songwriters (Craig Carothers, Tony Arata, Dave Berg, An- showcase new songs inspired by his brilliant writing. Mercer penned over 1,000 nie Mosher) present a down-to-earth concert “in the round.” They’ll also share songs, such as “Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive,” “Autumn Leaves,” “Come Rain or amusing behind-the-scenes stories and recent releases. Come Shine,” “Days of Wine and Roses,” “Hooray for Hollywood,” “,” “My Shining Hour,” “One for My Baby,” “Skylark,” and “,” to Artists who have recorded music by these great songwriters: , name a few. Garth Brooks, Jimmy Buffet, , Emmylou Harris, Jewel, Patty Loveless, , Delbert McClinton, Reba McEntire, Alan Parsons, Peter, Paul & Mary, Bonnie Raitt, , , , Selections to be announced from the stage. Keith Urban, Don Williams, and Trisha Yearwood.

Selections to be announced from the stage.

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GONZALO RUBALCABA—WITH FROST CONCERT JAZZ BAND NATALIA LAFOURCADE—LATIN AMERICAN POP SENSATION Afro Blue Meets Cu-Bop and Post-Bop Multi-Latin Grammy Award Winner Shines

GONZALO RUBALCABA, piano NATALIA LAFOURCADE, vocals SVET STOYANOV, percussion GUSTAVO GUERRERO, cuatro, vocals CARLOS BENAVIDES, guitar, vocals FROST CONCERT JAZZ BAND JOHN DAVERSA, director

A three-time Latin Grammy winner and double Grammy nominee, Natalia Cuban-born pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Bulgarian-born percussionist Svet Lafourcade is one of the most important singer-songwriters of her generation. Stoyanov, and American-born jazz trumpeter and bandleader John Daversa Originally from , The New York Times describes her as a “soaring and present an energizing program with the Frost Concert Jazz Band, plus strings! resilient free spirit.” Her latest , Hasta la Raíz (“to the root”), was inspired by “connecting with oneself and connecting with the universe...finding your roots The artists will perform selections from the list below, order to be announced from and connecting with Mexico, singing with your soul and connecting hearts.” the stage. All compositions by Gonzalo Rubalcaba. A beautiful showcase for her fresh and evocative voice, the album debuted Faro (arr. J. Buckley) at No. 1 on the Mexican sales charts and was nominated for a 2015 Latin Oshun (arr. V. Halkosalmi) Grammy Award. Paseo con Fula (arr. V. Nikolov) Quasar (arr. M. Bischoff) Sin Punto (arr. M. Schiller) Selections to be announced from the stage. Volcan Durmiente (arr. M. Schiller)

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Presented in collaboration with Sony Music Latin GREAT PERFORMANCES GREAT PERFORMANCES SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24 AT 8:00 P.M. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25 AT 4:00 P.M. 22 | FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 | 23 JOHN EASTERLIN SINGS—BROADWAY AND OPERA FAVORITES LOS ANGELES GUITAR QUARTET—NEW RENAISSANCE TOUR What a Character! Grammy Award-Winning Artists

JOHN EASTERLIN, , Frost Distinguished Alumnus 2015 JOHN DEARMAN, guitar MITCHELL CIRKER, piano MATTHEW GREIF, guitar With special guest Shelly Berg, piano WILLIAM KANENGISER, guitar SCOTT TENNANT, guitar

The artists will perform selections from the list below, order to be announced from the stage. Selections from Music From the Time of Cervantes (arr. W. Kanengiser) ANONYMOUS Jácaras The Lord is My Light (Frances Allitsen) ANTONIO MARTÍN Y COLL El Villano Dream Valley (Roger Quilter) ANTONIO MARTÍN Y COLL Diferéncias Sobre Las Folias “If We Were in Love” from Yes, Giorgio JUAN ARAÑES Chacona (“La Vida Bona”) ANONYMOUS Romance de Calaynos y de Alburqurque (/) JUAN DEL ENCINA Oy Comamos y bebamos “Stranger in Paradise” from (Robert Wright/) Behold Your God (Dan Burgess) IAN KROUSE Music in Four Sharps “Till You Came Into My Life” from Jekyll and Hyde (Frank Wildhorn/) (after John Dowland’s “Frog Galliard”) “And This is My Beloved” from Kismet (Robert Wright/George Forrest) CHET ATKINS Blue Ocean Echo / Country Gentleman DWEEZIL ZAPPA Marmux Buhdarduz “It Must Be So” from Candide (Leonard Bernstein) Letter from Home (arr. M. Small) “Sam Johnson’s Colored Cake Walk” from Harrigan ‘n Hart GERÓNIMO GIMÉNEZ El Baile de Luis Alonso (arr. P. Romero) (Edward Harrigan/Dave Braham) “A Little Bit of Good” from Chicago (/) — INTERMISSION — “The Ice Cream Sextet” from Street Scene (Kurt Weill/Langston Hughes) Cumba-Quín “Pirelli’s Contest” from Sweeney Todd () Tanzmeister’s “Ariette” from () CLAUDE DEBUSSY La soirée dans Grenade (“Evening in Granada”) (arr. J. Smith) “Frisch zum Kampfe” from Die Entführung aus dem Serail (W.A. Mozart) MANUEL DE FALLA El Amor Brujo (“Spell-bound Love”) (arr. W. Kanengiser) Mesieur Triquet’s “Couplet” from Eugene Onegin (P.I. Tchaikovsky) Introducción y escena (“Introduction and scene”) En la cueva – La noche (“In the cave”) “The Witch’s Ride” from Hansel and Gretel (Engelbert Humperdinck) Canción del amor dolido (“Song of suffering love”) David’s “Monologue” from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg El aparecido – Danza del terror (“The apparition – dance of terror”) (Richard Wagner) El círculo mágico (“The magic circle”) A media noche (”At midnight”) “The Shabby Peasant’s Aria” from Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Danza ritual del fuego (“Ritual fire dance”) (arr. I. Krouse) (Dmitri Shostakovich) Escena (“Scene”) “Herod’s Jewel Aria” from (Richard Strauss) Canción del fuego fatuo (“Song of the will-o’-the-wisp) (arr. S. Tennant) “Dein ist mein ganzes Herz” from The Land of Smiles (Franz Lehár) Pantomima (“Pantomime”) Danza del juego del amor (“Dance of the game of love”) Las campanas del amanecer (The bells of sunrise”) Sponsored by Sponsored in part by Presented in collaboration with the Florida Guitar Foundation and Frost School of Music Classical Guitar Program JAZZ AND BEYOND GREAT PERFORMANCES TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27 AT 8:00 P.M. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28 AT 8:00 P.M. 24 | FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 | 25

SYLVAN STREET—HIGH WATTAGE JAZZ FUSION CHAMBER MUSIC TREASURES— Fantastic Funkafied Ride RICHARD TODD, JOEL SMIRNOFF, CHRISTOPHER O’RILEY JAY REES, bass, leader Music by Brahms, Messiaen and More KELLAND THOMAS, saxophone CHAD SHOOPMAN, RICHARD TODD, horn KENNY SMUKAL, trumpet JOEL SMIRNOFF, violin FRANK BROWNE, guitar CHRISTOPHER O’RILEY, piano ANDREW HIX, drums, vocals EVAN REES, piano/keyboards MICHAEL FALTIN, percussion JOHANNES BRAHMS Three Intermezzi for Piano, Op. 117 DOUGLAS McCULLOUGH, guest percussion (1833-1897) Intermezzo, Op. 117, No. 1 in E-flat Major Intermezzo, Op. 117, No. 2 in B-flat minor Intermezzo, Op. 117, No. 3 in C-sharp minor Fasten your seat belt for this high wattage jazz fusion ensemble performing an innova- CHRISTOPHER O’RILEY, piano tive collection of original jazz material composed by band leader and Frost School of Music professor Jay Rees, saxophonist Kelland Thomas, and pianist Evan Rees. GUNTHER SCHULLER Excerpts from Duologue for violin (1925-2015) and piano Selections include an eclectic variety of works from the group’s three critically ac- claimed on Summit Records; The Perfect Leaf (2009), Here In America (2011), JOEL SMIRNOFF, violin CHRISTOPHER O’RILEY, piano and their newly released CD Feedback Loop (2015). Sylvan Street’s -infused sound features surging bass grooves, powerful drums, tight horns, electrifying guitar OLIVIER MESSIAEN Appel Interstellaire licks, and exciting keyboards, inspired by jazz, popular music, standards, rock and roll, (1908-1992) (“Interstellar Call”) Latin rhythms, urban techno beats, jump swing, and . from Des canyons aux étoiles... (“From the canyons to the stars...”) For this concert, they’ll perform new tunes and reprise many fan favorites. RICHARD TODD, horn

JOHANNES BRAHMS Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano in Selections to be announced from the stage. E-flat Major, Op. 40 Edited by Gunther Schuller Andante Scherzo (Allegro) Adagio mesto Presented in collaboration with Allegro con brio Frost Band of the Hour RICHARD TODD, horn JOEL SMIRNOFF, violin CHRISTOPHER O’RILEY, piano

City of Coral Gables performance JAZZ AND BEYOND CREATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29 AT 8:00 P.M. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30 AT 8:00 P.M. 26 | FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 | 27

CYRILLE AIMÉE—FABULOUS FRENCH JAZZ VOCALIST BEN FOLDS—WITH HENRY MANCINI INSTITUTE ORCHESTRA With Frost Studio Jazz Band and JV1 Ensemble Featuring Ben Folds’ Concerto for Piano and Orchestra

CYRILLE AIMÉE, vocals BEN FOLDS, piano FROST STUDIO JAZZ BAND HENRY MANCINI INSTITUTE ORCHESTRA STEPHEN GUERRA, JR., director SCOTT FLAVIN, resident conductor FROST JAZZ VOCAL 1 ENSEMBLE KATE REID, director Mothership for orchestra and (b. 1977) French jazz vocalist Cyrille Aimée blends standards with Gypsy swing, bossa nova, and charming stage presence. Aimée was the winner of the 2012 Jazz ARVO PÄRT Fratres for string orchestra and percussion (b. 1935) Competition, a finalist in the 2010 Thelonious Jazz Competition, and winner of the 2007 Montreux Jazz Festival Vocal Competition. She joins the Frost Studio Jazz JOHN WILLIAMS “Escapades” from Band and Jazz Vocal 1 Ensemble, both 2015 DownBeat Collegiate Award winners. (b. 1932) Catch Me If You Can for and orchestra

Repertoire will be chosen from: Featuring HMI Fellows NATHAN MENSINK, alto saxophone I Mean You (Thelonious Monk) TYSON VOIGT, vibraphone Just The Two Of Us (Bill Withers) Smile (/John Turner/Geoffrey Parsons) — INTERMISSION — Old Devil Moon (Burton Lane/E.Y. Harburg) Mean To Me (Fred Ahlert/Roy Turk) BEN FOLDS Ben Folds Overture (b. 1966) (arr. William Longo, HMI Fellow) Caravan (Juan Tizol/) La Vie en Rose (Édith Piaf/Louis Guglielmi) BEN FOLDS Concerto for Piano I Wish You Love/Que reste-t-il de nos amours? and Orchestra (Léo Chauliac/Charles Trenet) Movement 1 Yardbird Suite (Charlie Parker) Movement 2 Bamboo Shoots (Sam Anning) Movement 3 Nuit Blanche (Cyrille Aimée) BEN FOLDS, piano

Featuring new by students Neil Carson, William Longo, and Alexandra Manfredo, alumna Sherrine Mostin and faculty member Stephen Guerra, Jr.

Selections to be announced from the stage. Sponsored by

Sponsored by LOUIS LEIBOWITZ CHARITABLE TRUST GREAT PERFORMANCES GREAT PERFORMANCES SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 AT 3:00 P.M. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 AT 4:00 P.M. 28 | FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 | 29

HALLOWEEN AT HOGWARTS AND BEYOND! BLACK VIOLIN—CLASSICAL HIP-HOP DUO Family Concert with Orchestra Named One of the Hottest Bands at SXSW!

FROST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA KEVIN “KEV MARCUS” SYLVESTER, violin ALEXANDER MAGALONG, associate conductor WILNER “WIL B” BAPTISTE, viola, vocals

JOHN WILLIAMS Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (b. 1932) (Children’s Suite for Orchestra) (arr. Hunsberger) Black Violin, an exhilarating violin/viola hip-hop duo, wows audiences with their I. Hedwig’s Flight unique take on classical music. Their newest recording, Stereotypes, on the II. Hogwarts Forever Universal Music Classics label, incorporates their many musical influences from III. Voldemort classic, R&B, and soul to rock and beyond. IV. Nimbus 2000 V. Fluffy and His Harp VI. Quidditch Songs to be selected from: VII. Family Portrait VIII. Diagon Alley Stereotypes IX. Harry’s Wondrous World Invisible Another Chance CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS Danse Macabre Addiction (1835-1921) Shaker MODEST MUSSORGSKY Night on Bald Mountain Walk On By (1839-1881) Revision by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1886) Day Magic Losing Control Runnin

All songs composed by Black Violin except “Walk on By” by and . “Shaker” is a variation on “Simple Gifts.”

Selections to be announced from the stage.

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Presented in collaboration with Universal Music U @ Frost GREAT PERFORMANCES JAZZ AND BEYOND MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2 AT 8:00 P.M. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3 AT 8:00 P.M. 30 | FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 | 31

FROST WIND ENSEMBLE—GREAT AMERICAN MASTERS JOEY DEFRANCESCO—MASTER JAZZ ORGANIST Music by Bernstein, Grantham, Ticheli and More Singin’ and Swingin’

ESTHER JANE HARDENBERGH, soprano JOEY DEFRANCESCO, organ, trumpet, vocals AARON TINDALL, tuba , guitar JASON BROWN, drums FROST WIND ENSEMBLE ROBERT CARNOCHAN, conductor, director of wind band activities TIMOTHY SHADE, guest conductor Master jazz organist Joey DeFrancesco tears it up on his Hammond B3 in the great tradi- LEONARD BERNSTEIN Profanation tion of the incredible . A crowd favorite at festivals worldwide, you’ll soon (1918–1990) from Symphony No. 1: Jeremiah (arr. Bencruscuitto) become a fan of his swinging style and remarkable originality.

FRANK TICHELI From Songs of Love and Life (b. 1958) II. First Lesson III. A Prayer for Marriage Selections to be announced from the stage. ESTHER JANE HARDENBERGH, soprano

DONALD GRANTHAM Tuba Concerto (b. 1947) I. Fiery and Bold Sponsored by II. Languid and Expressive III. Boisterous! Tiny Parham in memoriam

AARON TINDALL, tuba

— INTERMISSION —

KEVIN PUTS Network (b. 1972) TIMOTHY SHADE, conductor

LEONARD BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story (arr. Lavender)

HENRY FILLMORE Rolling Thunder (1881-1956)

City of Coral Gables performance GREAT PERFORMANCES JAZZ AND BEYOND WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 AT 8:00 P.M. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5 AT 8:00 P.M. 32 | FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 | 33

BOSTON BRASS—AND THE NOMINEES ARE… FREDA PAYNE—AND HER BAND OF GOLD Hits from Broadway to the Big Screen Sultry Jazz Singer Shines

JOSE SIBAJA, trumpet DOMINGO PAGLIUCA, JEFF CONNER, trumpet SAM PILAFIAN, tuba FREDA PAYNE, vocals CHRIS CASTELLANOS, horn SHELLY BERG, piano CHUCK BERGERON, bass STEPHEN RUCKER, drums JOAQUIN TURINA Danza Fantástica (arr. Castellanos) (1882-1949)

MANUEL DE FALLA Ritual Fire Dance (arr. Sibaja) Freda Payne performs her classic R&B hit “Band of Gold,” plus selections from her (1876-1946) latest jazz-infused album Come Back to Me Love, and selections from her popular Tribute Show. J.S. BACH Wachet Auf (arr. Sibaja) (1685-1750) Little Fugue in G Minor (arr. Pilafian) Repertoire will be chosen from: ARTHUR PRYOR Blue Bells of Scotland (arr. Pilafian) (1870-1942) The Best is Yet to Come (/Carolyn Leigh) Haven’t We Met (Ruth Batchelor/Kenny Rankin) ÁSTOR PIAZZOLLA Milonga del Ángel (arr. Castellanos) You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To (Cole Porter) (1921-1992) (arr. Sibaja) Verano Porteño Alfie (Burt Bacharach/Hal David) GIOVANNI GABRIELI Sonata Pian’ e Forte (for double brass choir) (If You Can’t Sing It) You’ll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini) (c. 1557-1612) (Sam Caslow) With the Stamps Brass Quintet Sweet Brown (Bernie/Pinkard/Casey) LASSE BJERKNAES-JACOBSEN, trumpet The Midnight Sun (/Sonny Burke) SAMUEL EXLINE, trumpet You Don’t Know (Gretchen Valade/Tom Robinson) JOSHUA SCHWARTZ, horn Fifty Percent (Goldenberg/Bergman) CHRISTOPHER JONES, trombone AIDAN ZIMMERMANN, tuba Save Your Love for Me (Buddy Johnson) I Should Have Told Him (Gretchen Valade/Tom Robinson) — INTERMISSION — (I’d Rather Drink) Muddy Water (Eddie Miller) St. Louis Blues (W.C. Handy) “And the Nominees Are…” vote for your favorite movie opener, movie How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) (Holland/Dozier/Holland) theme, etc. by ballot in the lobby during intermission! Majority Rules! Boston Brass will Band Of Gold (Ronald Dunbar/Edythe Wayne) play one selection from each theme.

Best Opener Best Ballad Best Broadway Moment “William Tell” Overture “Lullabye” () “Maria” from West Side Story Selections and order to be announced from the stage. (The Lone Ranger) “I Remember Clifford” (Golson) “76 ” from The Music Man 20th Century Fox Fanfare “Stardust” (Carmichael/Parish) “Summertime” from Porgy and Bess Superman Opening Credits Best Crooner: Las Vegas Style Best Closer Sponsored in part by Best Movie Theme “Sway” - (Michael Bublé) “Malaguena” (Lecuona) The Green Hornet “Fly Me to the Moon” - “Bugle Call Rag” (Flight of the Bumblebee) “I’ve Gotta Be Me” - Sammy Davis, Jr. ( Orchestra) Three Amigos () “Caravan” (Duke Ellington Orchestra) Silverado () JAZZ AND BEYOND CREATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6 AT 8:00 P.M. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 AT 8:00 P.M. 34 | FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 | 35

FESTIVAL MIAMI RECOMMENDS THE MILLS BROTHERS— SIX DECADES OF CHART-TOPPING HITS MOVIE MUSIC OF SPIKE LEE AND TERENCE BLANCHARD— Featuring John Mills and Elmer Hopper HENRY MANCINI INSTITUTE ORCHESTRA JOHN MILLS, vocals Jazz Roots 2015-2016 Season Opener at Adrienne Arsht Center ELMER HOPPER, vocals

DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER, vocals FROST STUDIO JAZZ BAND MAYSA, vocals STEPHEN GUERRA, JR., director LIZZ WRIGHT, vocals Plus special guests TERENCE BLANCHARD QUINTET RODDY SMITH, guitar TERENCE BLANCHARD, , trumpet SHELLY BERG, piano TIM SMITH, bass HENRY MANCINI INSTITUTE ORCHESTRA VON ROTZ, drums SCOTT FLAVIN, resident conductor

The artists will perform selections from the list below, Jazz Roots and Festival Miami co-present a celebration of the movies of Spike Lee at the Adrienne Arsht Center, with memorable scores by multi-Grammy-winning order to be announced from the stage. trumpeter/composer Terence Blanchard, who composed the music for all of Lee’s Yellow Bird (Alan and Marilyn Bergman/Luboff) films, from Malcolm X to Inside Man. The evening features a montage of classic Paper Doll (J. Black) scenes from Spike Lee movies performed by Blanchard and his quintet, the Frost Basin Street Blues (Williams/Miller/Teagarden) School’s Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra, plus three-time Grammy and Tony Be My Life’s Companion (Hilliard/De Lugg) winner Dee Dee Bridgewater, vocalist Maysa, who performed on the Bye Bye Blackbird (Henderson/Dixon) for Spike Lee’s film Jungle Fever, and Lizz Wright, an acclaimed composer and jazz, Cab Driver (C. Parks) neo-soul, and gospel stylist. Don’t Blame Me (McHugh/Fields) Nevertheless (I’m in Love With You) (Ruby/Kalmar) Tickets can only be purchased at www.arshtcenter.org. Only You (And You Alone) (B. Ram) Opus 1 (Oliver/Garris) Still…There’s You (J. Mills) Twilight Time (B. Ram/Dunn/A. Nevins/M. Nevins) (Up a) Lazy River (Carmichael/Arodin) You Always Hurt the One You Love (Roberts/Fisher) You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You (Morgan/Stock/Cavanaugh)

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CYRILLE AIMÉE DAVE BERG Vocalist Cyrille Aimée has been called “a revelation” by the New York Daily News, Singer-songwriter Dave Berg has composed some of the biggest country hits of the and The New York Times called her major label release, It’s a Good Day, “a bravura past five years, including the No. 1 hits “Somebody” by Reba McEntire; “If You’re Going turn.” Aimée’s vocals caught the attention of Stephen Sondheim, who cast her in an Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)” and “These Are My People” by Rodney Encores Special Presentation starring Bernadette Peters at ’s City Center Atkins; and “Moments” by . In 2007 his co-written song “Stupid Boy,” in November 2013. recorded by Keith Urban, earned a Grammy for Best Country Vocal Performance. Berg has received Songwriter of the Year honors from American Society of , As a child in , Aimée would sneak out of her bedroom to wander into nearby Authors and Publishers; Billboard; and Nashville Songwriters Association gypsy encampments for the annual Django Reinhardt Festival. She fell in love with the International. music and way of life, and years later she would travel across Europe singing on street corners with musician friends. On one such trip, she found herself at the Montreux Jazz His latest songwriting activity includes “Wine after Whiskey,” which appears on Carrie Festival, where she won first prize in the vocal competition, which financed her first Underwood’s latest album, Blown Away, and “While He Still Knows Who I Am,” which album. Kenny Chesney recorded for Welcome to the Fishbowl. Aimée was a finalist for theStar Academy, a French version of . However, Berg has recently signed a worldwide co-publishing agreement with Los Angeles and when she learned she would have to sing what she was told, her gypsy spirit rebelled, New York-based Downtown Music Publishing. Not Quite So Alone, Berg’s upcoming and she left the competition. She now tours the world with her band and in a duo with full-length album, will be released by Downtown imprint Mercer Street Records. Brazilian guitarist Diego Figueiredo. SHELTON G. BERG TONY ARATA Pianist Shelton G. “Shelly” Berg is widely acclaimed for his innovative approaches Singer-songwriter Tony Arata has worked with the top stars in today, to performance, composition, and pedagogy. Berg has worked with top music including Garth Brooks, Suzy Bogguss, Trisha Yearwood, and Emmylou Harris. Arata’s industry professionals worldwide and orchestrated music for television, motion “The Dance” won Song of the Year at The Academy of Country Music, receiving a pictures, and major . He has conducted and directed orchestras at Country Music Association and a Grammy nomination, plus a Most Performed Song venues including the White House, Hollywood Bowl, Royal Albert Hall, and the nod in Radio and Records magazine. Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. Born in Savannah, Georgia, Arata began performing his songs in local bands in In 2014 Berg received two Grammy Award nominations for Best college. After he moved to Nashville, his soulful style got the attention of people like Accompanying Vocalist(s) for “What a Wonderful World” and for Allen Reynolds and Garth Brooks, who to date has recorded seven of Arata’s songs. co-producer on Gloria Estefan: The Standards. He previously earned a Grammy nomination for his arrangement “Out There” on Lorraine Feather’s Tales of the Arata had Top 5 records with “Here I Am” for Patty Loveless, “I’m Holding My Own” Unusual. Berg’s album Blackbird reached No. 1 in U.S. jazz radio. He recently for Lee Roy Parnell, and “Dreaming With My Eyes Open” for Clay Walker. Artists who recorded Rhapsody in Blue with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the solo have recorded his songs include Bonnie Raitt, Delbert McClinton, Don Williams, Reba album The Nearness of You. Other projects include ’s Grammy McEntire, and Hal Ketchum, among others. In 1984 Arata recorded for Noble Vision Award-winning Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You) and Latin Grammy-winning Records, charting two singles on the charts. In 2000 he released A Time for Love. Way Back Then and to date has three solo albums featuring new songs, covers, and guest appearances by many of Nashville’s finest musicians, like Brooks, Loveless, and Berg is Dean and Patricia L. Frost Professor of Music at the University of Miami Parnell. Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music. He was previously McCoy/Sample Professor of Jazz Studies at USC Thornton School of Music and past president of the International Association for Jazz Education. ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES 38 | FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 | 39

CHUCK BERGERON BOSTON BRASS Jazz bassist Chuck Bergeron is a lecturer in the Department of Studio Music and Jazz For 27 years, Boston Brass has presented exciting classical arrangements, jazz at the Frost School of Music, where he is also the faculty mentor for the Stamps Jazz standards, and the best brass quintet repertoire with humor, bridging formality with Quintet. Bergeron teaches jazz history, conducts big bands and small jazz ensembles, an evening of boisterous fun. Boston Brass regularly performs with orchestras, bands, and is an active clinician at schools throughout the country. He is one of the most jazz bands, and many other ensembles. They perform throughout the world and have prolific and innovative musicians working in the field of jazz. Equally versatile on given master classes at institutions like Frost School of Music, Eastman School of the acoustic and electric bass, his unique compositional style and approach to Music, The Juilliard School, Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, Peabody improvisation reflect a wide variety of musical influences. Conservatory of Music, University of North Texas, Royal Academy of Music in London, and Mahidol University in Bangkok. Born and raised in New Orleans, he earned a B.M. from Loyola University and an M.M. in Jazz Studies from the University of Miami. He then moved to New York, where he Boston Brass has been featured at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, World resided for 12 years while touring, performing, and recording with such jazz luminaries Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, Music Educators National as Joe Williams, Stan Getz, Randy Brecker, Steve Gadd, , John Fedchock, Conference, American Bandmaster Association Conference, The American Band Dave Weckl, and many others—plus the big bands of Woody Herman and Buddy College, Western International Band Clinic, and the Texas Bandmasters Association Rich. Never relinquishing his focus on performing, Bergeron balances his educational Convention. endeavors with a continual schedule of touring, performing, and recording. Boston Brass has appeared on The CBS Early Show and NPR’s Performance Today. The group’s latest recording, Latin Nights, is a collection of the great classical and jazz works by Latin musicians, featuring Steve Gadd and Talita Real. Boston Brass’s BLACK VIOLIN other recordings include Ya Gotta Try (featuring music by Horace Silver, Chick Corea, Classically trained, genre-busting act Black Violin, featuring violinist Wilner “Wil B” and Dizzy Gillespie) and Within Earshot (featuring works by Shostakovich, Ginastera, Baptiste and violist Kevin “Kev Marcus” Sylvester, meld highbrow and pop culture, Dvorak, Liszt, and more). Brandenburg and breakdown. After playing South Florida hip-hop studios, the duo returned to their classical roots, fusing the two traditions in their groundbreaking collaboration. ROBERT M. CARNOCHAN Named after an album by African-American jazz violinist Stuff Smith, Black Violin plays Robert M. Carnochan is director of wind ensemble activities, conductor of the Frost over 200 shows a year worldwide, in countries like Dubai, Prague, and South Africa. Wind Ensemble, and professor of music at the Frost School of Music. He holds degrees They have performed for the troops in and the President’s Inaugural Ball. They’ve from Towson University (B.S. ), the University of Colorado at Boulder appeared on Broadway at the legendary Harlem Apollo Theatre, the 2004 Billboard (M.M. conducting), and The University of Texas at Austin (D.M.A. conducting). A Awards with , VH1’s Unplugged, three Super Bowls, and the U.S. Open with Maryland native, Carnochan’s career began as director of bands at Dundalk High . Individually and together, Black Violin has collaborated with Diddy, School, and he has since held appointments at Stephen F. Austin State University, , 50 Cent, Tom Petty, Aerosmith, , the Eagles, and more. Northeastern Oklahoma State University, the University of Colorado at Boulder, and most recently The University of Texas at Austin. Black Violin’s new album, Stereotypes, was just released on Universal Music Classics. Their previous album, Classically Trained, followed a 2007 self-titled debut on Di- Throughout his career, Carnochan has collaborated with and received praise Versatile Music Group label. In television, they adapted the finale of Puccini’sMadame from a number of leading composers, including Steven Bryant, , Butterfly for an episode of CSI: New York. Having met in high school orchestra, Black Michael Daugherty, Donald Grantham, Daniel Kellogg, David T. Little, John Mackey, Violin is committed to school appearances, stressing the importance for youth to David Maslanka, James Mobberly, Carter Pann, Joel Puckett, Kevin Puts, Gunther realize their potential through arts education. Schuller, Frank Ticheli, and Dan Welcher. He also invests much time commissioning and performing works of the next generation of talented composers such David Biedenbender, Viet Cuong, Paul Dooley, Ian Dicke, Aaron Perrine, and Zack Stanton. He is active as a guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator throughout the , and has conducted concerts in London, , Austria, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Singapore. His recording of Donald Grantham’s Tuba Concerto, with soloist Charles Villarrubia, was recently released and is available for download from iTunes. ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES 40 | FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 | 41

CRAIG CAROTHERS MITCHELL CIRKER Singer-songwriter Craig Carothers has released 15 albums as a recording artist, and Mitchell Cirker is a versatile New York musician who frequently performs at Merkin numerous other artists have recorded his songs, including Trisha Yearwood; Kathy and Weill Recital Halls. Through the Marilyn Horne Foundation, Cirker performed with Mattea; and Peter, Paul, and Mary. Performing Songwriter Magazine has hailed his soprano Monique McDonald in master classes and recitals throughout Louisiana, music as “the right mix of weary-eyed cynicism and helpless hearted romanticism.” and with baritone Nmon Ford. His collaboration with John Easterlin marks their third appearance together. Originally from Portland, Oregon, and now making his home in Nashville, Tennessee, Carothers is on the road over 100 days a year. His latest studio release is The As an opera and vocal music coach, Cirker prepared Anthony Davis’s opera Tania Vagabond. In addition to writing and touring, Carothers works regularly as a producer, for the American Music Theater Festival in Philadelphia, Richard Strauss’s Salome recording engineer, background singer, graphic designer, photographer, and booking with the Shreveport Opera, and Franz Schreker’s Der Ferne Klang with the American agent. Symphony Orchestra. As a pianist, Cirker celebrated Martin Luther King’s birthday performing music by living African-Americans, including Anthony Davis, George Walker, Supported by the NSAI, Fishtrap Writers Retreat, The Swannanoa Gathering, KODA, Tania Leon, and John Nicholas at Weill Recital Hall. On Walker’s 80th birthday, Cirker’s and Listening Room International, Carothers has conducted songwriting workshops all performance of Walker’s works with the New Jersey Chamber Music Society was around the U.S. and in Europe. As of 2013 he is a lecturer at the Frost School of Music, featured on CBS Sunday Morning. teaching a class on lyrics. In the Cirker Duo with his brother, percussionist Jason Cirker, he has commissioned new works and arrangements of chamber works for the medium, and performed at the CHARLES CASTLEMAN Barge in Brooklyn. The brothers performed and toured the country for five years with Laura Dean Dancers and Musicians, including three Joyce Theater seasons and five One of today’s most active violinists and pedagogues, Charles Castleman medaled American Dance Festival commissions. in both the International “Tchaikovsky” and “Brussels” competitions. As a Ford Foundation Concert Artist, Castleman commissioned David Amram’s , premiering it with the St. Louis Symphony under Leonard Slatkin. JOHN DAVERSA Castleman’s solo appearances with other orchestras include Philadelphia, Boston, Versatile musician John Daversa is an internationally respected trumpeter, composer, Chicago, Hong Kong, Moscow, New York, San Francisco, and Seoul. He regularly arranger, producer, bandleader, and educator. Daversa’s awards and recognition appears in solo recitals and with chamber ensembles like the Raphael Trio. He has include the Herb Alpert Award, the National Trumpet Competition, the ITG Jazz Soloist recorded the hardest violin repertoire, including six Solo Sonatas by Ysaÿe, Jenő Competition, and finalist in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition. Hubay’s eight Csardases for Violin and Orchestra, and ten virtuoso cameos by Pablo de Sarasate. Daversa has performed on The Today Show, Late Night with David Letterman, and The Oprah Winfrey Show, as well as at the Monterey Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Festival, Currently professor of violin at the Frost School of Music, Castleman has conducted and Playboy Jazz Festival. He has performed or recorded with Fiona Apple, Burt master classes throughout Europe, the U.S., Australia, , China, and more, and Bacharach, Michael Bublé, Joe Cocker, Andraé Crouch, Sheryl Crow, Dr. Dre, and the is founder of the prestigious Castleman Quartet Program, in its 47th year. He was Yellowjackets, among others. The John Daversa Big Band’s first album,Junk Wagon, previously professor of violin and department chair at the Eastman School of Music. He won Best in Show and Awards of Excellence in Creativity/Originality and Production in earned degrees from Harvard University, Curtis Institute of Music, and the University of The Global Music Awards. His album for BFM Jazz, Artful Joy, features Gretchen Parlato Pennsylvania, studying with Emanuel Ondricek and Ivan Galamian. and Bob Mintzer. Daversa is assistant professor of music and chair of the Department of Studio Music and Jazz at the Frost School of Music, conducting the Frost Concert Jazz Band. He has taught at State University, Northridge, and University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, and holds degrees from The University of California, Los Angeles; California Institute of the Arts; and USC Thornton. ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES 42 | FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 | 43

JOEY DEFRANCESCO JOHN EASTERLIN The Joey DeFrancesco Trio is renowned for delivering a hard-driving performance John Easterlin is one of international opera’s most compelling performers. A Grammy that swings straight ahead. In the lead, jazz organist, trumpeter, and vocalist Joey and Emmy Award winner, he makes regular appearances with America’s leading opera DeFrancesco is a three-time Grammy nominee and 10-time winner of the DownBeat houses, including the , , the Lyric Opera of Critics poll, along with countless other awards. Chicago, , and more. He performs at top festivals, including Ravinia, Tanglewood, Spoleto USA, and Saito Kinen Festival in Japan. The precocious DeFrancesco signed his first contract with at 17, releasing All of Me, then touring Europe the same year with Miles Davis’ band. Inspired He has worked with famous conductors, including Daniel Barenboim, Seiji Ozawa, Sir by Davis, DeFrancesco picked up the trumpet, and at 22, he formed the Free Spirits , Antonio Pappano, , Valery Gergiev, and Dennis Russell with John McLaughlin and Dennis Chambers. DeFrancesco has collaborated with greats Davies, as well as eminent stage directors like Diane Paulus, Richard Jones, Phelim like , David Sanborn, Arturo Sandoval, Benny Golson, , and McDermott, Francesca Zambello, and Robert Wilson. Most recently, he performed John Scofield. Andres in at Covent Garden, Monostatos in Julie Taymor’s at the Met, Nick the Bartender in Fanciulla del West with the Indianapolis Opera, Shuisky Drummer Jason Brown joined DeFrancesco in 2014, after studying with Billy Hart, then in Boris Godunov in Madrid, and Lenia for the North American premiere of Cavalli’s touring and recording with vocalist and composer Carmen Lundy. He has worked with Eliogabalo with the Gotham Chamber Opera. Pat Martino, Lizz Wright, Cedar Walton, Wayne Escoffery, and more. As a leader, Brown was featured with the Jazz Philharmonic Orchestra of St. Petersburg, and has toured He has also created numerous new roles, including talk show host Larry King in with his Quintet throughout the world. With a background in Gospel, Dan Wilson Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Anna Nicole; The Neurologist in Michael Nyman’s The Man decided to become a musician after hearing a record. He has since Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, directed by Bill T. Jones; and Andy Warhol for Philip appeared with jazz notables including Russell Malone, Les McCann, Christian McBride, Glass’s The Perfect American. He will be making his professional debut in Florida at Eric Marienthal and Dave Stryker. A passion for Brazilian music led him to study in Rio Festival Miami, returning to his alma mater to perform. He was named the 2015 Frost de Janeiro. Distinguished Alumnus.

SIMONE DINNERSTEIN SCOTT FLAVIN American pianist Simone Dinnerstein’s sensational recording of Bach’s Goldberg Violinist, composer, arranger and conductor Scott Flavin is a lecturer in the Frost Variations immediately ranked No. 1 on Billboard’s Classical Chart and was named School of Music’s Department of Instrumental Performance and also serves as to many “Best of 2007” lists, including The New York Times, The , artistic coordinator and resident conductor for the Frost School’s Henry Mancini and The New Yorker. She was bestselling instrumentalist on the 2011 U.S. Billboard Institute Orchestra. In addition, Flavin is a member of the Bergonzi String Quartet Classical Chart and was included in NPR’s 100 Favorite Songs across genres. and Pulse Chamber Music, and he often conducts the Frost Chamber Orchestra. He is concertmaster of the Florida Grand Opera and Miami Bach Society, and founder and Since her debut at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, Dinnerstein has performed at major music director of the Miami Mozarteum. He performs regularly throughout the world. venues including the Kennedy Center, Vienna Konzerthaus, Berlin Philharmonie, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Wigmore Hall, and with major orchestras including Flavin’s original works and arrangements have been heard on American Public Media’s Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Vienna Symphony, Staatskapelle Berlin, Royal Scottish radio program Performance Today and have been recorded by the Bergonzi String National Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and the Tokyo Symphony. Festival Quartet. His recordings include chamber music on the Naxos, M&W, and Centaur appearances include Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival, Aspen, Verbier, and the labels, and commercial recordings on Sony, EMI, and Warner Brothers, including Stuttgart Bach Festival. appearances on over a dozen Grammy Award-winning albums. He has recorded two solo albums, Great Violin Solos of the Opera and Ballet and The Complete Brahms Dinnerstein’s albums The Berlin Concert, Bach: A Strange Beauty, Something Almost Violin Sonatas. Flavin performs on a rare Italian violin made in 1780 by Tomaso Eberle. Being Said and Bach: Inventions & Sinfonias have topped the classical charts. Her Night with the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra unites classical, folk, and rock worlds. Dinnerstein’s newest album, Broadway-Lafayette, includes Ravel, Gershwin, and Philip Lasser’s The Circle and the Child, which was composed especially for her. Her teachers include Peter Serkin at The Juilliard School, Solomon Mikowsky at Manhattan School of Music, and Maria Curcio in London. ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES 44 | FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 | 45

BEN FOLDS FROST JAZZ VOCAL 1 ENSEMBLE Multi-platinum selling singer-songwriter and producer Ben Folds first found success The Frost Jazz Vocal 1 Ensemble, affectionately called JV1, and a smaller subset of JV1 as the leader of Ben Folds Five. His successful solo career includes multiple studio members called Extensions, studies and explores vocal jazz music ranging from the albums, music for film and TV, and numerous collaborations with artists from Sara styles of the ever-popular Manhattan Transfer, New York Voices, and Swingle Singers Bareilles to William Shatner. In 2012 Folds reunited with the Ben Folds Five, released a to contemporary new works by Frost faculty and students. Under the inspired direction new album and toured the world. In early 2013 they released their first live album. of acclaimed vocalist Kate Reid, associate professor and director of the Frost School of Music’s Jazz Vocal program, the Frost Jazz Vocal 1 Ensemble performs regularly in Folds’s acclaimed Concerto for Piano and Orchestra was premiered in Nashville South Florida, and has appeared at regional and national conferences such as the and has been performed with major symphonies across the nation, along with Jazz Education Network (JEN) conference. Alumni of the program enjoy active careers of his pop hits. This year, he will tour Europe, the Pacific Rim, and performing as soloists and in vocal groups, and directing vocal jazz ensembles Australia. He has also achieved critical acclaim as a judge on NBC’s The Sing-Off and worldwide. made cameo appearances in film and TV, including Comedy Central’sCommunity . Frost Jazz Vocal 1 Ensemble, Extensions, as well as individual student soloists and Folds owns and operates historic RCA Studio A in Nashville, which produced legendary vocal arrangers have earned numerous DownBeat student awards over the years, recording artists including Elvis Presley, Dolly Parton, , and the Beach including five in 2015. Recent guest artists include , Roseanna Vitro, and Boys. He serves on the Nashville Symphony’s Board of Directors. A member of the Gretchen Parlato. Artist Committee for Americans for The Arts, Folds is a leading advocate for music therapy and music education, exploring how music and art therapy can help our nation’s veterans. FROST STUDIO JAZZ BAND The Frost Studio Jazz Band, under the direction of Stephen Guerra, Jr., is an FROST CONCERT JAZZ BAND outstanding group of instrumentalists who perform classic big band repertoire as well as compositions and arrangements by their own members and preeminent The award-winning Frost Concert Jazz Band is renowned for its tight and energizing artists on the jazz scene today. They are the recipients of a DownBeat Graduate performances, outstanding soloists, and talented student composers and arrangers. College Outstanding Performance Award in the Large Ensemble category in 2015 They recently won the Monterey Next Generation Jazz Competition, earning them the and 2011, and they perform extensively throughout the South Florida region and at prestigious opportunity to perform at the 2014 Monterey Jazz Festival. Directed by major conferences and venues. Recent guest artists include pianist-composers Bruce John Daversa, acclaimed composer, trumpeter, assistant professor, and new chair Hornsby, Danilo Pérez, and Fred Sturm, bandoneonist Juan Pablo “JP” Jofre, and the of the Department of Studio Music and Jazz, the ensemble performs music ranging great jazz vocalist Patti Austin. The group often explores exciting new musical territory, from exciting new contemporary jazz works to swinging classics. The Frost Concert such as arrangements of Radiohead songs transformed for jazz band and the music of Jazz Band has been the University of Miami’s premiere large jazz ensemble for over European jazz composers Florian Ross, Lars Møller, and Bert Joris. 30 years. has numerous recordings to its credit, which showcase the long lineage of world-class talent; they will soon record a new album highlighting arrangements by its current members. The Frost Concert Jazz Band has earned numerous DownBeat student awards including being named Graduate College Winners in the Large Jazz Ensemble category in 2010 and 2007, and earning the Graduate College Outstanding Performance award in the Large Ensemble category in 2014 and 2006. Recent guest artists include Randy Brecker, Dave Liebman, Joe Lovano, Maria Schneider, Ira Sullivan, Jeff Hamilton, and John Clayton. ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES 46 | FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 | 47

FROST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA STEPHEN GUERRA, JR. The Frost Symphony Orchestra (FSO), under the direction of Thomas Sleeper, maintains Stephen Guerra, Jr. is a jazz composition lecturer in the department of Studio Music an international reputation by performing the standard orchestral literature and and Jazz at the Frost School of Music. He is also the conductor of the Frost Studio Jazz expanding the repertoire with new works, commissions, and recordings. The orchestra Band, winning DownBeat student awards in 2010, 2011, and 2015. In addition, he maintains an active performance schedule, on campus and beyond. is the managing director of the Henry Mancini Institute. Guerra earned a B.A. from the University of New Hampshire in Saxophone Performance and an M.M. from the The Frost Symphony Orchestra has the distinction of performing with some of the most Eastman School of Music; he is currently pursuing a D.M.A. in Jazz Composition from celebrated conductors and soloists from around the world including Pierre Monteux, the Frost School of Music. Leopold Stokowski, Gregor Piatigorsky, Jascha Heifetz, Arthur Rubenstein, and many recent award-winning artists including Helmut Rilling, John Kimura Parker, Jennifer Koh, In high demand as a composer and arranger, Guerra was commissioned to write Michael Ludwig, Dale Underwood, Joshua Bell, and Edgar Meyer. American Record music for Dave Koz, Jorge Villamizar, Carmen Bradford, the Lakes Region Symphony Guide called the orchestra’s world premiere of Surinach’s Symphonic Melismas “The Orchestra, Greater Manchester Youth Symphony Orchestra, Henry Mancini Institute most auspicious premiere by the UM Symphony since 1956, when Andre Kostelanetz Orchestra, and the Air Force Band of the West, and he served as a composer‐in‐ conducted the premiere of William Schuman’s New England Triptych here.” residence throughout the U.S. through the Commission Project and the National Endowment for the Arts. The Frost Symphony Orchestra frequently records and now has several compact discs out on the Centaur, Cane and Albany labels with excellent reviews in Fanfare and Guerra has performed alongside many jazz greats, including Phil Woods, Al Grey, American Record Guide. Former members of the FSO hold positions in prestigious Snooky Young, Marshall Royal, John Faddis, and Jeff “Tain” Watts. He was a featured ensembles and serve as arts administrators, teachers, and conductors throughout the soloist on the Young Titan’s of Jazz 2003 release Live at Marihan’s and the world. Big Band release Louie and Clark Expedition 2. The Stephen Guerra Big Band released a critically acclaimed first album in 2009 titledNamesake . FROST WIND ENSEMBLE The Frost Wind Ensemble at the University of Miami is acclaimed and directed by ESTHER JANE HARDENBERGH conductor Robert Carnochan. It actively commissions and performs new music at Esther Jane Hardenbergh is associate professor and department chair of the concerts, conferences and festivals. South Florida Classical Review describes the Frost Department of Vocal Performance, and former director of the Salzburg program at the Wind Ensemble as “dazzling” and the New York Philharmonic’s principal trombonist Frost School of Music. She has toured professionally in the United States and Europe Joseph Alessi commends their “unmatched wind ensemble playing.” in opera, oratorio, and recital. She regularly performs as a soloist with orchestras, conducts master classes, and adjudicates. Her students perform on both classical and The Frost Wind Ensemble is composed of the University’s finest wind and percussion music theatre stages and have won competitions. players who receive ongoing opportunities to connect with leading musical minds of this time. The stellar ensemble has performed world premieres for such composers Hardenbergh made her Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall debut as winner of the 1999 as Charles Campbell, Michael Colgrass, Jennifer Higdon, David Maslanka, Clarke International Opera Singer Competition and is a respected interpreter of 19th century McAlister, James Syler, and Christopher Rouse and enjoyed engaging residencies with German Lieder and 20th century American Art Songs. Her operatic roles include notables John Corigliano, Michael Daugherty, Eric Whitacre, and more. Countess Almaviva (Le Nozze di Figaro), Micaela (Carmen), Donna Elvira and Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Marguerite (Faust), and Pamina (Die Zauberflöte). She holds The Frost Wind Ensemble’s five compact discs are available on the Albany and Naxos degrees from the University of Richmond (B.M., education), Boston University (M.M., labels. The first isUrban Requiem followed by Christina’s World, Blue, Ivy Green, voice-opera performance) and a doctorate in music and music education (Ed.D.), Reflections, and Wolf Rounds. Alumni of the Frost Wind Ensemble hold principal and specializing in vocal pedagogy from Teachers College, Columbia University. section positions in many professional symphony orchestras, wind ensembles and military bands, and serve as educators and conductors worldwide. ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES 48 | FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 | 49

NATALIA L AFOURCADE ALEXANDER MAGALONG Singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade is widely acclaimed in Latin America as one of Filipino-American conductor, violinist, and violist Alexander Magalong is associate the most important artists of her generation. In 2015 Lafourcade’s album Hasta la Raiz conductor of the Frost Symphony Orchestra in Miami. Magalong has conducted the debuted at No. 1 on the Mexican sales charts, remaining in the top five ever since. Pikes Peak Philharmonic, Alhambra Symphony, Broward Symphony, Broadmoor Pops Orchestra, and at many honor orchestras, festivals, music camps, youth orchestras, Lafourcade knew at an early age that she wanted to become an artist, and during her and educator conferences in Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Westminster, Jefferson childhood she studied painting, theater, and music, including flute, guitar, piano, County, and the Boulder Valley. saxophone, and voice. She was signed to Sony Music Mexico at the young age of 17. Her debut album went triple platinum, earning three Latin Grammy nominations and A passionate advocate for music education in the public schools, under Magalong’s one Grammy nomination. Since her debut, Lafourcade continues to garner critical direction his underprivileged high school developed four ability-based string acclaim, winning a Latin Grammy for Casa in 2006 and two Latin Grammys for Mujer orchestras. In 2011 they were selected to perform at the Colorado Music Educators Divina in 2013. Association conference. Magalong also served as Southern Governor for the Colorado All-State Orchestra board. Lafourcade kicked off her 2015-2016 touring in June for the first of three sold-out shows at the Teatro Metropolitan. She will tour extensively in Mexico, Latin America, the U.S., Magalong began studying violin at the age of 12, serving as concertmaster of the and Europe over the next 18 months in support of Hasta la Raiz. Colorado All-State String Orchestra, winning the 2000 Colorado Springs Youth Symphony Concerto Competition, and taking first place several times in the Pikes Peak Young Composers Competition. He began conducting at 14. He holds a degree from the LOS ANGELES GUITAR QUARTET University of Denver and is pursuing his Master of Music in conducting from the Frost School of Music. His string teachers include James Maurer, Susan Jensen, Deborah The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (LAGQ) features four extraordinary musicians who Falco, and Basil Vendryes. His conducting teachers include Thomas Sleeper, Neil bring a new energy to the concert stage in programs ranging from Bluegrass to Bach, Varon, and Lawrence Golan. consistently playing to sold-out houses worldwide. LAGQ’s Guitar Heroes album (Telarc), winner of a 2005 Grammy, is a brilliant follow-up to their Grammy-nominated LAGQ-Latin. HENRY MANCINI INSTITUTE ORCHESTRA LAGQ’s inventive, critically acclaimed transcriptions of concert masterworks provide The Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra at the Frost School of Music is a genre-blending a fresh look at the music of the past, while their interpretations of works from ensemble where aspiring elite students learn an array of music in real-world settings. contemporary and world-music realms break new ground. Programs including Latin, Mentored by HMI Orchestra’s artistic director , resident African, Far East, Irish, Folk, and American Classics transport listeners around the conductor Scott Flavin, HMI Orchestra plays traditional and contemporary classical world. music, pop, jazz, rock, hip-hop, Afro-Cuban, Latin, Asian, and more. LAGQ’s The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote collaboration with Firesign Theater Guest artists work with HMI Orchestra students in the classroom, concert stage, and veteran actor Philip Proctor delights audiences in words and music, and SHIKI: recording studio and in collaborations. HMI Orchestra’s previous guests have included Seasons of Japan, written for LAGQ and guitar orchestra by Shingo Fujii, connects Mark O’Connor, Arturo Sandoval, Bruce Hornsby, Steve Miller, Denyce Graves, Michael communities across the nation. Spin (Telarc, 2006) continues LAGQ’s explorations Feinstein, Patti Austin, Gloria Estefan, Jon Secada, Monica Mancini, and Take 6, to of jazz and contemporary music. LAGQ: (Telarc, 2007) with vocalist Luciana name a few. Souza was released to rave reviews. Their newest Telarc recording of the Rodrigo Concierto Andaluz and Sergio Assad’s Interchange climbed to top spot on the HMI Orchestra has three PBS specials: An Evening with , which earned Billboard charts. A live DVD of The Ingenious Gentleman: Don Quixote was released a Grammy nomination in the Best Surround Sound category; Gloria Estefan: The in 2012 on the Mel Bay label. Standards; and the CD/DVD Jazz and the Philharmonic, released on Okeh Records to critical acclaim. HMI Orchestra has appeared on HBO’s Unfair and Unbalanced with comedian Robert Klein, Pharrell Williams’s iamOther website; and George Benson’s album Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole. HMI Orchestra is the resident orchestra of the Larry Rosen JazzRoots series at the Adrienne Arsht Center. ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES 50 | FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 | 51

THE MILLS BROTHERS CHRISTOPHER O’RILEY For nearly a century, The Mills Brothers’ distinctive sound and parade of hits has Pianist Christopher O’Riley’s repertoire spans pre-baroque to arrangements of captivated audiences worldwide. Led by John Mills, this newest generation of The Radiohead, Pink Floyd, and Nirvana. As host of NPR’s From the Top, O’Riley actively Mills Brothers has toured the world with charismatic vocalist Elmer Hopper, a 21-year promotes tomorrow’s classical stars. An Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient, he has veteran with The Platters. performed with the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, National Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, and Academy of St. Martin, Honored with a Grammy for Lifetime Achievement, The Mills Brothers have sold tens of and performed Michael Daugherty’s Le Tombeau de Liberace with the St. Paul Chamber millions of recordings. From certifiable hits each year between 1935 and 1947, the hits Orchestra. kept coming through the late 1960s with “Cab Driver.” “Paper Doll” sold six million copies in its first release, and “Tiger Rag” was the first million-selling record by a O’Riley has also played such diverse venues as Istanbul Jazz Festival, Highline Ballroom, vocal group in the history of broadcast. Other smash-hit recordings like “Glow Worm” Knitting Factory, and South by Southwest. He tours with cellist Matt Haimovitz in and “Up the Lazy River” continued into the 1990s, when John and his father Donald Shuffle.Play.Listen; with Pablo Ziegler in Two to Tango; and in Out of My Hands, released Still…There’s You, a greatest hits compilation. Today The Mills Brothers’ announcing works from the stage. He has worked with conductors Alan Gilbert, Leonard harmonies are reaching a new generation in their recordings for the video game Mafia, Slatkin, Neeme Järvi, Marin Alsop, and more. He has collaborated with Yo-Yo Ma, The City of Lost Heaven. Bobby McFerrin, Midori, Béla Fleck, Joshua Bell, , Sir James Galway, Michael Feinstein, and many others. Nashville drummer and percussionist Ray Von Rotz has performed with artists including Boots Randolph, Engelbert Humperdinck, Chet Atkins, Tanya Tucker, Vicki O’Riley has recorded classical and modern masterworks for Sony Classical, RCA Red Lawrence, Jerry Lee Lewis, Lou Rawls, the Gatlin Brothers, and Tony Orlando. Nashville , and Harmonia Mundi. His most recent recording features Liszt’s transcriptions guitarist Roddy Smith has performed and recorded with artists including Johnny Cash, including Don Giovanni and Symphonie fantastique. His own compositions have been Roy Acuff, Joe Sample, , Willie Nelson, and Vince Gill. He leads the jazz/ performed at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, and other major venues. blues band Mr. Groove with his brother, Tim Smith, a bassist and producer who has appeared on top hits by Tom Jones, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Kris and Kristofferson. Tim Smith produces many of the big band series for Music Minus One/Pocket Songs, FREDA PAYNE recreating all of the big band music of Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald, Michael Freda Payne is that rare vocal artist who is stylistically beyond categorization. As iconic Bublé, and more. for her timeless beauty and stage appeal as she is for her artistic versatility, Payne remains among music’s brightest shining star survivors. She has always first and ANNIE MOSHER foremost been a jazz singer. In 1968, she signed with Invictus in , and a year later released her best-known Wild and witty, provocative and poignant, singer-songwriter Annie Mosher has been R&B smash hit “Band of Gold.” Her latest album, Come Back To Me Love, returns to recognized as winner of the Kerrville New Folk award. She was selected as the 2013 the big band and strings-laden classics from her mid-1960s beginnings and to her guest singer-songwriter for the ACLU Lifetime Achievement Awards and Bill of Rights hometown of Detroit. The album features her longtime favorites along with new songs Ceremony. Her song “Goldfish” was recently produced and recorded by British pop by Gretchen Valade and Tom Robinson, including the title track. icon and Beatles producer Alan Parsons. Payne has performed at the Apollo Theater in Harlem alongside Billy Eckstine, backed Mosher grew up in the northernmost part of rural Vermont, where she began writing by and His Orchestra, comedian Redd Foxx, and the dance team Coles songs as a child. She later traveled from the Texas hill country to the mountains of & Atkins. Duke Ellington composed “Blue Piano” just for her. More recently, she Wyoming, following the rodeo and writing music inspired by the people she met. has recorded and toured the with Cliff Richards and starred in Ella Mosher is a winner of the Texas Wildflower Music Festival, a regular at Nashville’s Fitzgerald First Lady of Song, earning rave reviews in The Washington Post. She is Bluebird Cafe, and a longtime member of the sassy Nashville-based group Girls with currently performing in countries such as New Zealand, Australia, and the United Guitars. She is featured regularly at events sponsored by the Nashville Songwriters Kingdom. Association International, as well as at clubs and festivals from The Cactus Cafe in Austin to Sundance beyond. ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES 52 | FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 | 53

KATE REID STEPHEN RUCKER Acclaimed jazz singer and pianist Kate Reid is in demand as an artist, clinician, and Stephen Rucker (drumset, jazz percussion) is a lecturer and instructor in the adjudicator at jazz and choral festivals throughout the world. She has appeared with Department of Studio Music and Jazz at the Frost School of Music. He directs the such notables as , Grady Tate, Don Shelton, , , Tito Funk/Fusion Ensemble, which has won six Downbeat Student Awards; his Drumset Puente, and more. Improvisation class is one of the most unique programs in the country. Rucker has twice been voted “Best Jazz Performer” and “Most Versatile Artist” in South Florida Her latest album, The Love I’m In, features saxophonist Ernie Watts and pianist Otmaro polls. He recorded Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me with Gloria Estefan and performed for Ruis. Like her 2008 release Sentimental Mood, it has received extensive on many years with Ben Vereen, including appearances with Symphony and jazz stations throughout the U.S, Canada, and Europe. As a studio-session singer, Symphony. Reid’s recent film credits includeStar Trek into Darkness, Oz, The Great and Powerful, Epic, and Men in Black III, singing music by , and John Rucker was a member of the Bee Gees for more than 10 years and appeared with Powell. She recently provided a character’s jazz singing voice on CBS’s Vegas. She has the band on , The Oprah Winfrey Show, Rock and Roll Hall of recorded spots for T-Mobile and Suntory Whiskey, as well as backing vocals for artists Fame induction, and a Command Performance for the Queen of England. In 1997 he MUSE, X Japan, and Josh Groban. performed on a Bee Gees concert at the MGM Grand Las Vegas that was mastered as a live album that sold more than five million copies and led to an extended world tour. Reid is associate professor of jazz voice and program director for Jazz Vocal Rucker was a member of the Ross-Levine band, a groundbreaking jazz-fusion group, Performance at the Frost School of Music. She co-authored the GLEE Vocal Method and Randy Bernsen’s Ocean Sound Band. He performed or recorded with Paquito with producer/author Andy Waterman, published by Hal Leonard. Reid earned degrees D’Rivera, David Liebman, Jon Secada, and many others. from the Frost School of Music and from Western University.

GONZALO RUBALCABA REY SANCHEZ Rey Sanchez is associate dean for strategic initiatives and innovation at the Frost Gonzalo Rubalcaba, lecturer in the Department of Studio Music and Jazz, is a multi- School of Music, where he is an associate professor of music and also serves as the Grammy- and Latin Grammy-winning Cuban jazz pianist and composer. He began program director for the Bruce Hornsby Creative American Music Program. He is the studying classical piano and drums at age 8. He earned a degree in music composition immediate past chair of the Department of Music Media & Industry at Frost. He holds from Havana’s Institute of Fine Arts in l983 and played in clubs and music halls in degrees in composition and studio writing/production from the University of Miami. Havana. One of the most important and virtuosic Afro-Cuban jazz pianists on the scene today, he first garnered international jazz attention when Dizzy Gillespie discovered Sanchez is a professional guitarist with an extensive list of credits and was the long- him in 1985. Soon after he began appearing regularly at major jazz festivals like time musical director for Latin superstar Chayanne. He is a voting member of National Montreux and Montreal. Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Sanchez is actively involved in songwriting and record production, working with EMI Music Publishing, Sony BMG, Universal and Rubalcaba emigrated to the U.S. in 1993 and settled in South Florida in 1996. Today he others. He also authors educational guitar books for FJH Music Publishing. enjoys a balance of touring, recording, and teaching. His illustrious career has included recording with his own groups for several major labels, including 11 albums for Blue Note and with jazz luminaries Ignacio Berroa, Ron Carter, Chick Corea, Al Di Meola, Charlie Haden, David Sanchez, and many more. He has been nominated twice for Billboard’s Latin Jazz Album of the Year. ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES 54 | FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 | 55

THOMAS SLEEPER RAQUEL SOFÍA Conductor and composer Thomas Sleeper has hailed as “a conductor of persuasive Latin Grammy nominee, singer-songwriter Raquel Sofía is a Spotify “2015 Artist to fluency and fiery conviction” by The Miami Herald, and his music has been described Watch,” grossing over 3.6 million streams on Spotify in just six months, and over nine as “hauntingly mysterious,” “richly lyrical,” and “soaring.” An advocate for new music, million streams to date. Winner of the Rudy Perez Songwriting Award, Sofía’s first single, Sleeper has conducted premieres of works by composers Henry Brant, Carlos Surinach, “Agridulce,” was named one of Beats Music’s “Best of 2014 Pop” songs. Robert Xavier Rodriguez, and Roberto Sierra. As guest conductor in the U.S. and abroad, A digital phenomenon, Sofía’s first EP,Te Odio Los Sábados, has already received over he has appeared with orchestras, including Central Philharmonic Orchestra of China, San 7.6 million streams on Spotify. Her “Tiny Desk Concert” on NPR has more than 72,000 Juan () Symphony Orchestra, Ruse State Philharmonic, and the China-Wuhan views. She is the first Latin artist on “ DSCVR,” with over 100,000 views. Sofía’s big Symphony. break came singing backup for Juanes on MTV Unplugged. She then toured as opener Sleeper’s compositional output includes six , 13 concerti, three symphonies, four and backup singer with Juanes, appearing at the Latin Billboard Music Awards, Billboard orchestral song cycles, choral works with orchestra, three string quartets, numerous Music Awards, and Latin Grammys. She sang backup for Shakira at the 2014 American vocal and instrumental chamber works, and music for film. His compositions are widely Music Awards, The Tonight Show, and (United Kingdom). performed, and acclaimed in Fanfare, Gramophone, and The American Record Guide. Sofía recorded vocals for the Grammy-winning track “Ula Ula” by Illya Kuryaki & The His music for the documentary One Water, recorded by the Russian National Orchestra, Valderramas, featured in Target’s “Summer Up” campaign, and she wrote and performed has appeared in theaters and on television worldwide. on HBO’s 2015 Game Of Thrones Mix Tape. She is a graduate of the Frost School of He is professor of instrumental performance and program director of orchestral activities Music, where she held a Jon Secada Endowed Scholarship. at the Frost School of Music, where he also teaches instrumental conducting. He conducts the Frost Symphony Orchestra and Frost Opera Theater, and is music director for the Florida Youth Orchestra. STAMPS BRASS QUINTET The Stamps Brass Quintet features top young scholar-musicians performing standard and new brass quintet literature. Trumpeter Lasse Bjerknaes-Jacobsen holds multiple JOEL SMIRNOFF championships in the Oslo, Akershus, Norwegian Youth Music Championship. He Conductor, violinist, and pedagogue Joel Smirnoff received a 2011 Lifetime Grammy has performed with Nordic Brass Ensemble, His Majesty the King’s Guard, the Award for his work with the Juilliard String Quartet, performing as both second and first Norwegian National Youth Orchestra, and Berlin’s Die Deutsch-Skandinavische Jugend- violinist with the ensemble for 23 years in total. Philharmonie. Trumpeter Sam Exline has performed with the Boise Philharmonic After winning second place in the 1983 International American for Youth Orchestra, the Interlochen Philharmonic Orchestra, and was principal trumpet Violin, Smirnoff was awarded debuts on Carnegie Hall’s Emerging Artists series and Town of the All-Northwest Orchestra, MENC National Music Conference Orchestra and the Hall’s Midtown Masters series. In 1997, Smirnoff was soloist on the Berg Violin Concerto National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute. Trombonist Chris Jones has at Tanglewood, conducted by Bernard Haitink. He also recorded jazz solos on the performed with the Indiana Bandmasters Association All-State and Honor bands, Grammy-winning album Tony Bennett Sings Ellington Hot and Cool, and has been guest New World Youth Orchestra, Ball State University Honor Band, and Indiana Music soloist with Gunther Schuller and the American Jazz Orchestra, and the Billy Taylor Trio. Educators’ Association All-State Orchestra, winning gold medals at the ISSMA State Competition for trombone and . Joshua Schwartz was principal Encouraged by Seiji Ozawa, Smirnoff became a conductor, debuting with the San of the Florida Youth Orchestra, Greater Miami Youth Symphony, Miami Music Project Francisco Symphony, and conducting many orchestras since, including Saint Paul Honors Orchestra, featured soloist with the New World Symphony, and has appeared Chamber Orchestra, Phoenix Symphony, Louisiana Symphony, Chicago Philharmonic, with numerous Honors and All-County Bands. Tubist James Aidan Zimmermann was New World Symphony, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra and Basel Sinfonietta. He joined a finalist for the Houston Young Artist competition, and has performed in the Texas the Cleveland Institute of Music as president in 2008 and holds the Mary Elizabeth All-State, Tanglewood Young Artists Orchestra, Houston Youth Symphony, and the Callahan President’s Chair. He has served on the juries of the Naumburg and Indianapolis American Festival for the Arts. Violin Competitions, and received an Alumni Professional Achievement Award from the University of Chicago. ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES 56 | FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 | 57

SVETOSLAV R. STOYANOV AARON TINDALL Svet Stoyanov is associate professor of instrumental performance and program director Tubist and euphophonist Aaron Tindall has made his mark as prizewinner of many of percussion at the Frost School of Music. Praised by The New York Times for his international solo and chamber music competitions, through his soothing tone and “understated but unmistakable virtuosity” and a “winning combination of gentleness mastery of flexibility and articulation. Tindall was a two-time finalist in the prestigious and fluidity,” Bulgarian-born Stoyanov is a winner of the 2003 Concert Artists Guild Concert Artist Guild Competition, collaborates regularly with major orchestras worldwide, International Competition. and appears as a solo artist throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. His solo albums Songs of Ascent and This is My House have both garnered critical acclaim. He Stoyanov made his New York City debut at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall as a also performs on recordings including Simply Velvet and the Eufonix quartet albums End co-soloist, premiering the Philip Glass Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Game, Brink, and Nuclear Breakfast. Orchestra. He has performed as a soloist with the Chicago, Seattle, American Symphony Orchestras and The New York Pops, to name a few, and at prominent festivals Tindall studied under top musicians including Velvet Brown, Mel Culbertson, Warren worldwide. An active and passionate chamber musician, Stoyanov works with violinist Deck, and Steven Mead. He holds degrees in tuba performance and pedagogy from the Moni Simeonov (The SemiDuo project), a 2Piano/2Percussion ensemble (Hammer/ University of Colorado at Boulder, the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, and Klavier), and a contemporary music collaborative with flutist Claire Chase. Pennsylvania State University. Stoyanov’s album Percussive Counterpoint was released in 2009 to a great acclaim and Tindall is currently assistant professor of tuba and euphonium at the Frost School of features a transcription of Steve Reich’s Electric Counterpoint for marimba and vibes, and Music. He has served previously on the faculties of Ithaca College, Eastern Michigan a video performance of Thierry de Mey’s Musique de Tables, a theatrical “ballet” for three University, Penn State University, and the Conservatoire National de Region in France. He sets of hands. In addition to his diverse performance career, Stoyanov is actively involved is a Denis Wick-London artist and design specialist and a Buffet Group tuba/euphonium with educational outreach and presents numerous clinics and workshops. artist and clinician.

SYLVAN STREET RICHARD TODD Bandleader, composer, and bassist Jay Rees formed the eight-piece jazz fusion band Richard Todd is associate professor of French horn at the Frost School of Music. From Sylvan Street in 2008 to perform his innovative collection of original jazz compositions. Carnegie Hall to the Hollywood Bowl, Todd has earned international acclaim as one of the Rees has appeared throughout the U.S., Canada, and Japan, performing with such finest horn soloists today. Gold medal winner of the 1980 Concours Internationale Toulon, notable jazz artists as Jimmy Cobb, Lenny White, Paul Horn, and Randy Sandke, and he is a Pro Musicis International Foundation Award winner and is continually expanding has toured with The Lettermen as bassist, musical director, and featured player on their the boundaries of the horn world. Renowned for his performances that “are simply album release Now and Then. startling in their dexterity” with “a heart-clutching sound,” he breaks down the barriers of music, being equally at home in all areas including classical and jazz. Rees has a diverse catalog of original music written for jazz, wind ensemble, concert bands, and athletic bands, commissioned and performed by major universities and Now residing in Miami, Todd maintains a rigorous coast-to-coast concert schedule, high schools nationwide. A native of Detroit, Rees worked in Los Angeles and Tucson including performances as principal horn with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. He before recently bringing his wealth of experience as conductor, composer, arranger, and has recorded on over 1,000 motion picture and has appeared and recorded performer to his position as professor of music at his alma mater, the Frost School of with such great performers as Sinatra, Streisand, and , and as a jazz artist with Music. Clark Terry, and Woody Herman. He recorded two albums with , What Headphones (jazz) and French Chamber Music (classical) and was personally Sylvan Street brings together the talents of trumpeter Chad Shoopman, a Powell selected by Gunther Schuller to record his Concerto No.1. He has also recorded solo Signature Trumpet artist who designed the “Shoop” lead mouthpiece for Warburton albums. Previously on the faculty at USC Thornton School of Music, and the Henry Mouthpieces; trumpeter Kenny Smukal, lead trumpet and jazz soloist with the United Mancini Institute, Todd is in constant demand as a lecturer, clinician, and festival artist, States Air Force “Airmen of Note;” saxophonist Kelland Thomas of the Firecracker Jazz and is a consultant for Hans Hoyer Horns, where he assists in the development of horn Band; Los Angeles guitarist and Frost School alum Frank Browne; Chicago drummer and and mouthpiece designs. vocalist Andrew Hix; pianist Evan Rees of the Miracles; and renowned ethno- percussionist Michael Faltin. Sylvan Street is a Summit Records recording artist whose appearance at Festival Miami coincides with the release of the band’s third album, Feedback Loop. Prior albums include The Perfect Leaf and Here in America, featuring the group’s hit “Free The Toronto Nine.” COMMUNITY OUTREACH ON SCENE EDUCATION & CULTURAL MISSION AT FESTIVAL MIAMI 2014 58 | FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 | 59

ommmunity outreach is an important facet of Festival When celebrity artists, generous philanthropists, and enthusiastic Miami’s educational and cultural mission. As part of Cits objective to make the arts and culture accessible concertgoers get together, the result is Festival Miami! to everyone, Festival Miami presents select events free of charge and offers free admission to several local school Look who joined us for the memorable moments last year. music groups, social service organizations, and senior citizen centers. Master classes with visiting artists are also free and open to the public. This season Broadway singer Fidelity Investments with Guitarists Rafael Padron, Rene Izquierdo, John Easterlin, Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, jazz singer Isaac Bustos, Federico Musgrove Cyrille Aimée, and jazz organist Joey DeFrancesco will hold master classes and speak to audiences. These enrichment Bass Extremes with UM students opportunities are an integral part of Festival Miami.

In addition, Festival Miami invites local high school music directors to bring their students for free to various concerts and master classes. Community service hours are available to students interested in volunteering as ushers for concerts. Festival Miami offers free and discounted tickets to University of Miami students. By presenting these unique opportunities, students not only enjoy Festival Miami’s wide array of concerts but also meet and greet the artists behind the music. Dean Berg and Bassist Steve Bailey, Festival Miami hopes to impact each student’s life as Distinguished Alumnus Award well as encourage senior citizens to attend more cultural events. Last year, the Miami Jewish Health System and a group of low-income seniors attended concerts at reduced rates. Festival Miami also gave over 800 free tickets to Arvida Middle, Southwood Middle, South Miami K8, South Miami Middle, Greater Miami Youth Symphony, Community Arts Program, Mays Conservatory, Leewood K8 Center, Miami Lighthouse for the Blind, Ronald Dawn Upshaw, center, with opera students and faculty McDonald House Charities of South Florida, City of Coral Gables residents and local area high schools. In addition, Festival Miami participates in two highly regarded programs of the Miami-Dade County Cultural Exchange. Through Culture Shock Miami, $5 Festival Miami concert tickets are available to students between 13 and 22 years of age. With the Golden Ticket program, seniors may attend select Festival Miami concerts free of charge. René Mark, Events Planner, Mercedes Benhamo of Bacardi USA, and Dean Berg Singer Fantine Festival Miami also donates tickets for silent auctions for charitable organizations, including History Preservation Association of Coral Gables, SunTrust with Gaby Moreno United Way, Junior League of Miami, Rocktoberfest. University of Miami School of Nursing, Arts and Business Council, Florida Festivals Events Association, and Women’s Fund Power of Purse Gala. The combination of a diverse concert lineup and educational opportunities scheduled throughout each season allows Festival Miami to engage community members across the age and economic spectrum. Nonprofit groups are invited to become part of Festival Miami’s outreach program. For more Free classical guitar master class information, please email [email protected]. Margarita and Rick Tonkinson of Tonkinson Financial with Dean Berg SPONSORS SPONSORS 2015 FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 FESTIVAL MIAMI 60 | FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 | 61

Festival Miami, the annual music festival of the UM Frost School of Music, opens the South Florida arts season, providing superior and diverse musical programming while expanding academic opportunities and cultural enrichment to visitors and residents alike. Festival Miami relies primarily on donations to underwrite its world-class concerts, master classes, and lectures. With your help, we can increase our outreach efforts by bringing music to at-risk youth, low-income seniors, and the South Florida community at large. Take advantage of the opportunity to inspire students and music-lovers alike. The following listing recognizes individuals, associations, corporations, foundations, and grants that have made gifts to Festival Miami this past year. With their generosity along with your ticket purchases, Festival Miami continues to inspire music lovers just like you Pascal J. Goldschmidt, Steven Moore Pete Carr Greg Allowe for years to come. For more information on sponsoring a future Festival Miami event, M.D. Executive Technical Director, Regional President Area General Manager please call 305-284-4940. Senior Vice President for North America Bacardi Provident Coconut Grove at Medical Affairs The Mutiny/PLS-Fisher Island Dean, UM Miller School Bang & Olufsen of Medicine CEO, University of Miami Health System PRESENTING SPONSOR ($100,000) UHealth UHealth—University of Miami Health System VISIONARY IMPRESARIO AFICIONADO BRAVO! ($25,000–$49,999) ($10,000–$24,999) ($5,000–$9,999) ($1,000–$4,999)

Department of State, Bacardi USA, Inc. Citizens Interested in Arts AroundTown Arts & Culture Magazine Division of Cultural Bang & Olufsen City of Coral Gables Affairs, the Florida Louis Leibowitz Charitable Trust Fidelity Investments Council on Arts and Community Newspapers Frost Band of the Hour Culture, and the Luden’s Throat Drops Funding Arts Network State of Florida Florida Guitar Foundation Miami-Dade County Department Suzanne R. and Dr. Lawrence of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural M. Fishman Lady Suzanna P. Tweed and Affairs Council Carlton Tweed Charitable Jessica Ginsberg EWM The Mutiny Hotel Foundation Realty International Univision Radio Dr. Thomas and Diane Star Heller in Memory Anne LeBlanc WDNA 88.9 FM of Daniel Neal Heller Miami Art Guide Kiss Country 99.9 FM SocialMiami.com PERFORMANCES EDUCATION COMMUNITY John S. and James L. Knight Foundation The Florida Guitar Foundation is a non-pro t organization 501(c)(3) dedicated to the Olga and David Melin awareness, education, promotion and appreciation of the classical guitar, an NBC 6 South Florida instrument of unsurpassed beauty and versatility. The Foundation sponsors public Sain Orr & Royak-DeForest performances by world-renowned artists and a cionados, and strives to create and Foundation support a guitar community open to teachers, students, performers, and the Sony Music Latin listening public. Tonkinson Financial, Inc. Whole Foods Coral Gables W W W . F L O R I D A G U I T A R F O U N D A T I O N . O R G Due to print deadlines, we regret that some sponsors or donors may be omitted. IT’S TIME TOFESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 | 63 GRANT SPONSORS JAM! 2015 FESTIVAL MIAMI MUSIC! 62 | FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 OUR FIFTH DANCE! ANNIVERSARY SEASON IS BETTER THAN EVER! Get ready for a great lineup this Festival Miami 2015 is made possible with the support of the following organizations: season including more Cabaret shows, our new INDIE FLICKS film THEATER! series and COMEDY SERIES, the return of BLACK CREEK NIGHTS and much more! TICKETS ON SALE NOW! The Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, OUTDOOR FESTIVALS! the Miami-Dade County Mayor and the Board of County FAMILY SHOWS! Commissioners

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Season highlights include: Phil Woods | Valeria Lynch Additional support is provided by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Citizens Visit our new website at Nilo Cruz | Casa Patas Interested in the Arts, Funding Arts Network, Louis Leibowitz Charitable Trust, the MiamiDadeCountyAuditorium.org Companhia Urbana de Dança Lady Suzanna P. Tweed and Carlton Tweed Charitable Foundation, The Sain Orr Royak and check out a colorful season of events Paloma San Basilio DeForest Steadman Foundation, United Way of Miami-Dade County, and corporate and that celebrates our vibrant community. Benise individual donors. For more information call 305.547.5414 2901 W Flagler St., Miami, FL 33135

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Making Art General in Miami Thank You Festival Miami Knight Foundation is proud to support and Festival Miami and its mission to engage South Floridians through the arts. Frost School of Music www.KnightArts.org for contributing to the cultural life of South Florida frost opera season ad 02.qxp 8/24/15 3:47 PM Page 1 66 | FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 FESTIVAL MIAMI 2015 | 67 FROST OPERA THEATER At the University of Miami Thanks to the University of Miami 2015— 16 Season Frost School of Music – Wall to Wall Frost Opera Theater Festival Miami Opera For All Festival Double Bill for another wonderful season! November ,  a.m.–  p.m. with the Frost Symphony Orchestra MozArtMostly @Opera Mavra Scenes in Concert by Igor Stravinsky November , :  p.m. Ainadamar (Fountain of Tears) Tickets €.‚ƒ.‚ music.miami.edu/concerts by Osvaldo Golijov Information €. ƒ.­‚ April  and ­, :  p.m.

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