PROGRAM: IMANI WINDS APRIL 26 / 2:30 PM BING CONCERT HALL

ARTISTS PROGRAM Valerie Coleman, flute There will be an opening act performance curated by Stanford graduate student Toyin Spellman-Diaz, oboe Jeremy Hsu. Mariam Adam, clarinet Jeff Scott, French horn Felix Mendelssohn, arr. F. Gabler: Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream Monica Ellis, bassoon Samuel Barber: Summer Music Imani Winds records for E1 Music and Koch International Classics. Paquito D’Rivera: Aires tropicales For more information, visit www.imaniwinds.com. Alborada Follow Imani Winds on Facebook, Twitter, and Son YouTube. Habanera Alliance Artist Management Vals Venezolano 98B Long Highway, Little Compton, RI 02837 Afro Contradanza INTERMISSION

Miles Davis, arr. Frank Morelli: So What

Afro-Cuban Concerto Afro Vocalise Danza

Traditional, arr. Gene Kavadlo: Klezmer Dances Khosidl Freylekh

PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Please be considerate of others and turn off all phones, pagers, and watch alarms, and unwrap all lozenges prior to the performance. Photography and recording of any kind are not permitted. Thank you.

50 STANFORD LIVE MAGAZINE APRIL 2015 IMANI WINDS Coleman and Jeff Scott, commissions, and Imani Winds enjoys frequent national More than North America’s premier wind new arrangements like Jonathan Russell’s exposure in all forms of media, including quintet, Imani Winds has established itself pared down version of The Rite of Spring, National Public Radio’s All Things Considered as one of the most successful chamber which was released on EMI in celebration of and Tiny Desk Concerts, American Public music ensembles in the United States. Since the 100th anniversary of the work’s premiere. Media’s Saint Paul Sunday and Performance 1997, the Grammy-nominated quintet has Today, and Public Radio International’s taken a unique path, carving out a distinct The group continues its Legacy The World, as well as frequent coverage in presence in the classical music world with Commissioning Project (LCP), through major music magazines and newspapers, its dynamic playing, culturally poignant which the ensemble is commissioning, including the New York Times and Wall Street programming, adventurous collaborations, premiering, and touring new works for Journal. The group maintains an ongoing and inspirational outreach programs. With woodwind quintet written by established relationship with SiriusXM and has been two member-composers and an unwavering and emerging composers of diverse musical featured multiple times on various channels. commitment to commissioning new works, backgrounds. The LCP kicked off in 2008 the group continues to enrich the wind quintet with world premieres by Alvin Singleton and The group’s excellence and influence have repertoire while offering superb performances Roberto Sierra. Since then, projects have been recognized with numerous awards, that are both thrilling and life affirming. included works by Jason Moran, Stefon including the 2007 ASCAP Award, the 2002 Harris, Danilo Pérez, Mohammed Fairouz, CMA/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Imani Winds’ touring schedule has taken and Shaheen. The group’s fifth album on E1 Programming, and the CMA/WQXR the ensemble across the globe. At home, Music—entitled Terra Incognita after Wayne Award for the ensemble’s self-released debut the group has performed in the nation’s Shorter’s piece written for the group, his first- recording, Umoja. At the 2001 Concert major concert venues, including Carnegie ever composition for another ensemble—is a Artists Guild Competition, Imani Winds Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, and celebration of the LCP with new works written was selected as the first-ever Educational Walt Disney Concert Hall, to name a few. for Imani Winds by Shorter, Moran, and Residency Ensemble, in recognition The group is frequently engaged by the D’Rivera. Imani Winds made its Naxos debut of the quintet’s tremendous musical premier chamber music series in Boston, San performing the LCP-commissioned work abilities and innovative programming. Francisco, Portland, Philadelphia, and New Jebel Lebnan by Fairouz on the composer’s York and has also played virtually every major spring 2013 release, Native Informant. Imani Winds’ commitment to education university performing arts series. Festivals runs deep. The group participates in include Chamber Music Northwest, the Through commissions and performances, residencies throughout the United States, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, La Jolla the quintet regularly collaborates with artists giving master classes to thousands of Music Society’s SummerFest, the Virginia ranging from Yo-Yo Ma to Shorter. The students each year. In the summer of Arts Festival, Bravo! Vail, and Ravinia Festival. group went on to perform extensively with 2010, the ensemble launched its annual In recent seasons, the group has traveled Shorter at major European festivals like Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival. extensively internationally, with tours in the North Sea Jazz Festival and in North The program, set on the Juilliard campus, China, Singapore, Brazil, and throughout America at venues such as Carnegie and Walt brings together young instrumentalists Europe. Highlights from 2012–13 include Disney Concert Halls. Shorter’s acclaimed from across North America and beyond debuts at La Folle Journée in Nantes, 2013 release on Blue Note, Without a Net, for an intense week of music exploration. France, and in London’s Wigmore Hall. prominently features Imani Winds. The group’s Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Imani Winds has five releases on E1 Music, The wide range of programs offered by Imani residency culminated in a recital in New York’s including the group’s 2006 Grammy Award– Winds demonstrates the group’s versatility and Alice Tully Hall with renowned clarinetist, nominated recording entitled The Classical expressive range. From Felix Mendelssohn, saxophonist, and composer D’Rivera. The Underground. The ensemble has also Jean Françaix, György Ligeti, and Luciano ensemble has also worked with luminaries recorded for Naxos, Blue Note, and EMI.• Berio to Astor Piazzolla, Elliott Carter, and such as bandoneon master Daniel Binelli, the John Harbison and to the unexpected ranks Brubeck brothers, clarinetist David Shifrin, and of Paquito D’Rivera and Simon Shaheen, pianists Gilbert Kalish and Shai Wosner. Imani Imani Winds actively seeks to engage new Winds’ ambitious project Josephine Baker: A music and new voices with the modern Life of Le Jazz Hot! brought chanteuse René classical idiom. This includes new works and Marie with group members to New York, arrangements by ensemble members Valerie San Francisco, Los Angeles, and St. Louis.

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