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01-19 LaChanze:GP 1/11/12 12:09 PM Page 1 Thursday Evening, January 19, 2012, at 8:30 LaChanze Jason Howland , Music Director and Piano Marc Copely , Guitar Chris Lightcap , Bass Clint de Ganon , Drums Steven Kroon , Percussion This evening’s program is approximately 75 minutes long and will be performed without intermission. Major support for Lincoln Center’s American Songbook is provided by Fisher Brothers, In Memory of Richard L. Fisher; and Amy & Joseph Perella. Additional corporate support is provided by Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Wine generously donated by William Hill Estate Winery, Official Wine of Lincoln Center. This performance is made possible in part by the Josie Robertson Fund for Lincoln Center. Steinway Piano Please make certain your cellular phone, pager, or watch alarm is switched off. The Allen Room, Frederick P. Rose Hall Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center 01-19 LaChanze:GP 1/11/12 12:09 PM Page 2 Lincoln Center Additional support for American Songbook is Upcoming American Songbook Events provided by The DuBose and Dorothy Heyward in The Allen Room : Memorial Fund, Logicworks, The Shubert Foundation, Jill and Irwin Cohen, The G & A Friday, January 20, at 8:30 Foundation, Inc., Great Performers Circle, Ozomatli Chairman’s Council, and Friends of Lincoln Center. Saturday, January 21, at 8:30 and 10:30 Public support is provided by the New York State Michael Cerveris: An Idea of South Council on the Arts. Wednesday, February 1, at 8:30 Artist hospitality is provided by Zabar’s and Keren Ann Zabars.com . Thursday, February 2, at 8:30 MetLife is the National Sponsor of Lincoln Center . Thurston Moore First Republic Bank is the Official Sponsor of the Friday, February 3, at 8:30 Fashion Lincoln Center Online Experience. Hello, Gorgeous! Leslie Kritzer Sings Jule Styne Movado is an Official Sponsor of Lincoln Center . Saturday, February 4, at 8:30 and 10:30 Gavin Creel & Stephen Oremus United Airlines is the Official Airline of Lincoln Center . Wednesday, February 8, at 8:30 Bill Callahan WABC-TV is the Official Broadcast Partner of Lincoln Center . Thursday, February 9, at 8:30 tUnE-yArDs William Hill Estate Winery is the Official Wine of Lincoln Center . Friday, February 10, at 8:30 Sunday, February 12, at 6:30 Elaine Paige Saturday, February 11, at 8:30 and 10:30 Laura Benanti The Allen Room is located in Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center. For tickets, call (212) 721-6500 or visit AmericanSongbook.org. Call the Lincoln Center Info Request Line at (212) 875-5766 or visit AmericanSongbook.org for complete program information. We would like to remind you that the sound of coughing and rustling paper might distract the performers and your fellow audience members. In consideration of the performing artists and members of the audience, those who must leave before the end of the performance are asked to do so between pieces, not during the performance. The taking of photographs and the use of recording equipment are not allowed in the building. 01-19 LaChanze:GP 1/11/12 12:09 PM Page 3 Lincoln Center Meet the Artists Jason Howland Jason Howland (music director and piano) is an Emmy Award–winning conductor and N I H composer, as well as a Tony and Grammy- C R nominated producer and arranger. He is the E T E composer of the Broadway musical Little P LaChanze Women , and he composed the score for LaChanze, named for her grandmother, the Off-Broadway hit Blessing in Disguise . was born in St. Augustine, Florida, and Mr. Howland conceived and composed the grew up in Connecticut. She studied drama Christmas event Handel’s Messiah Rocks: at Morgan State University for two years A Joyful Noise , a symphonic-rock concert before transferring to the University of the based on the classical oratorio, which was Arts in Philadelphia to major in theater and recorded with Keith Lockhart and the dance. After moving to New York, she Boston Pops for PBS. He also wrote the studied with vocal coach Mark Truitte and score for the new webisode series The acting coach Allen Savage. Broadroom , created by Candace Bushnell. Her theater credits include The Color Mr. Howland has been a musical director, Purple (Tony Award), The Wiz , Once on arranger, and conductor on Broadway for This Island (Tony and Drama Desk nomina - more than 15 years. He has served as musi - tions), Ragtime , Company , Uptown…It ’s cal director and conductor for Broadway’s Hot !, Dessa Rose (Obie Award and Drama Bonnie & Clyde , Wonderland , Jekyll & Desk nomination), The Bubbly Black Girl Hyde , Les Misérables , Taboo , and Bono and Sheds Her Chameleon Skin (Drama Desk the Edge’s Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark . nomination), Inked Baby , From the Miss- He was musical supervisor for Broadway’s issippi Delta , and Spunk . The Scarlet Pimpernel and The Civil War . She has appeared in the films The Help , He has appeared as a guest conductor with Breaking Upwards , Confessions of a the Florida Orchestra and the Atlanta, New Shopaholic , Disney’s Hercules , For Love or Jersey, and Memphis symphony orches - Money , and Leap of Faith . Her television tras, and he has conducted in concert for credits include Lucy (CBS TV movie), Law & such notables as Ray Charles, Natalie Cole, Order: SVU , Sex and the City , New York Brandy, BeBe and CeCe Winans, Carl Undercover , The Cosby Show , and Handel’s Anderson, and LaChanze, among others. Messiah Rocks with Keith Lockhart and the He has worked as a composer, arranger, Boston Pops for PBS . conductor, and producer on a number of recording projects, including the Grammy- LaChanze is married to Derek Fordjour, and nominated cast album of Jekyll & Hyde . He they are the proud parents of Langston is a graduate of Williams College with an Fordjour, Celia Gooding, and Zaya Gooding. honors degree in music composition, and is She resides in Westchester, New York. the proud parent of Nina and Noah. 01-19 LaChanze:GP 1/11/12 12:09 PM Page 4 Lincoln Center Marc Copely graduating from Williams in 1993 with the school’s Hutchinson Fellowship, he moved Marc Copely (guitar) is a New York to his current home, New York City. City–based guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer. He has toured and recorded with diverse artists such as Billy Squier, Bill He established his career as a freelance Withers, James Cotton, and Linda Eder, bassist, eventually performing with Marc and has opened for B.B. King, Coldplay, Ribot, Craig Taborn, Mark Turner, Tomasz and the Eagles, joined by Keith Urban and Sta n´ko, Regina Carter, Chris Potter, Paul the Dixie Chicks. He has appeared on Motian, Wynton Marsalis, John Scofield, Dancing with the Stars and The American Dave Liebman, Paquito D’Rivera, Sheila Music Awards with Enrique Iglesias, and Jordan, James Carter, Butch Morris, Ben coproduced an American Idol track as well Monder, and Tom Harrell. Mr. Lightcap’s as the debut solo album for Constantine playing is featured on more than 50 record - Maroulis, Rock of Ages . ings, with such artists as Regina Carter, Craig Taborn, the Swell Season, the Matt As a songwriter, Mr. Copely’s songs have Wilson Quartet, Joe Morris, Dianne been heard on Late Night with David Reeves, Tom Harrell, Marc Ribot, Anthony Letterman , The Tonight Show with Jay Coleman, and Steven Bernstein. Leno , Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Brothers and Sisters , Grey's Anatomy , In 1998 he assembled his own group, Pawn Stars , and Hell on Wheels . Most which went on to record Lay-Up (2000), recently he was seen in the movie New Bigmouth (2003), and Deluxe (2010). His Year’s Eve , appearing as a member of the latest release was featured on more than fictitious band Jensen with Jon Bon Jovi. 20 year-end “best of” lists for 2010, includ - ing NPR and JazzTimes . In addition to Mr. Copely has released two solo albums, numerous U.S. appearances, his group, Limited Lifetime Guarantee (RCA) and Harp Bigmouth, has performed at major festivals & Plow , which received an Editor’s Pick in in the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, and Guitar Player magazine. He is currently Scotland. In 2011 Mr. Lightcap received a signed to Universal/Decca UK as a member commission and performance grant from of the new country-rock band the High South. the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and Chamber Music America. Bigmouth will Chris Lightcap perform this new work at the 2012 Earshot Bassist and composer Chris Lightcap Jazz Festival in Seattle. (bass) has collaborated with a wide range Clint de Ganon of artists and produced three critically acclaimed albums of original music. Born Clint de Ganon (drums) was six years old and raised in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, he when he began drum lessons in his home - started out on violin at nine and as a town of Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. teenager made the switch to electric and Before finishing high school, he was upright bass. He studied classical perfor - tutored by Mel Lewis, performed for Buddy mance, improvisation, and composition at Rich and Elvin Jones, and was awarded a Williams College and Wesleyan University. pair of drumsticks by Gene Krupa himself. During this period his teachers included Robert Suderburg, Alvin Lucier, Bill Dixon, It wasn’t long before Mr. de Ganon became Milt Hinton, and Ed Blackwell. Upon one of the most sought-after drummers in 01-19 LaChanze:GP 1/11/12 12:09 PM Page 5 Lincoln Center New York City. To date, he has played on and affirm the creative mastery of more than 1,000 recordings and 75 differ - America’s songwriters from their emer - ent tours.
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