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Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival
Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival By Julianna Sonnik The History Behind the Ragtime Festival Scott Joplin - pianist, composer, came to Sedalia, studied at George R. Smith College, known as the King of Ragtime -Music with a syncopated beat, dance, satirical, political, & comical lyrics Maple Leaf Club - controversial, shut down by the city in 1899 Maple Leaf Rag (1899) - 76,000 copies sold in the first 6 months of being published -Memorial concerts after his death in 1959, 1960 by Bob Darch Success from the Screen -Ragtime featured in the 1973 movie “The Sting” -Made Joplin’s “The Entertainer” and other music popular -First Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival in 1974, 1975, then took a break until 1983 -1983 Scott Joplin U.S. postage stamp -TV show possibilities -Sedalia realized they were culturally important, had way to entice their town to companies The Festival Today -38 festivals since 1974 -Up to 3,000 visitors & performers a year, from all over the world -2019: 31 states, 4 countries (Brazil, U.K., Japan, Sweden, & more) -Free & paid concerts, symposiums, Ragtime Footsteps Tour, ragtime cakewalk dance, donor party, vintage costume contest, after-hours jam sessions -Highly trained solo pianists, bands, orchestras, choirs, & more Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival -Downtown, Liberty Center, State Fairgrounds, Hotel Bothwell ballroom, & several other venues -Scott Joplin International Ragtime Foundation, Ragtime store, website -2020 Theme: Women of Ragtime, May 27-30 -Accessible to people with disabilities -Goals include educating locals about their town’s culture, history, growing the festival, bringing in younger visitors Impact on Sedalia & America -2019 Local Impact: $110,335 -Budget: $101,000 (grants, ticket sales, donations) -Target Market: 50+ (56% 50-64 years) -Advertising: billboards, ads, newsletter, social media -Educational Programs: Ragtime Kids, artist-in-residence program, school visits -Ragtime’s trademark syncopated beat influenced modern America’s music- hip-hop, reggae, & more. -
Premieres on the Cover People
PDL_REGISTRATION_210x297_2017_Mise en page 1 01.06.17 10:52 Page1 Premieres 18 Bertaud, Valastro, Bouché, BE PART OF Paul FRANÇOIS FARGUE weighs up four new THIS UNIQUE ballets by four Paris Opera dancers EXPERIENCE! 22 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas MIKE DIXON considers Daniel de Andrade's take on John Boyne's wartime novel 34 Swan Lake DEBORAH WEISS on Krzysztof Pastor's new production that marries a slice of history with Reece Clarke. Photo: Emma Kauldhar the traditional story P RIX 38 Ballet of Difference On the Cover ALISON KENT appraises Richard Siegal's new 56 venture and catches other highlights at Dance INTERNATIONAL BALLET COMPETITION 2017 in Munich 10 Ashton JAN. 28 TH – FEB. 4TH, 2018 AMANDA JENNINGS reviews The Royal DE Ballet's last programme in London this Whipped Cream 42 season AMANDA JENNINGS savours the New York premiere of ABT's sweet confection People L A U S ANNE 58 Dangerous Liaisons ROBERT PENMAN reviews Cathy Marston's 16 Zenaida's Farewell new ballet in Copenhagen MIKE DIXON catches the live relay from the Royal Opera House 66 Odessa/The Decalogue TRINA MANNINO considers world premieres 28 Reece Clarke by Alexei Ratmansky and Justin Peck EMMA KAULDHAR meets up with The Royal Ballet’s Scottish first artist dancing 70 Preljocaj & Pite principal roles MIKE DIXON appraises Scottish Ballet's bill at Sadler's Wells 49 Bethany Kingsley-Garner GERARD DAVIS catches up with the Consort and Dream in Oakland 84 Scottish Ballet principal dancer CARLA ESCODA catches a world premiere and Graham Lustig’s take on the Bard’s play 69 Obituary Sergei Vikharev remembered 6 ENTRE NOUS Passing on the Flame: 83 AUDITIONS AND JOBS 78 Luca Masala 101 WHAT’S ON AMANDA JENNINGS meets the REGISTRATION DEADLINE contents 106 PEOPLE PAGE director of Academie de Danse Princesse Grace in Monaco Front cover: The Royal Ballet - Zenaida Yanowsky and Roberto Bolle in Ashton's Marguerite and Armand. -
Maple Leaf Rag
Maple Leaf Rag Scott Joplin Unlike many Afro-American children in Born: ? 1867 the 1880s who did not get an education, Died: April 1, 1917 Scott attended Lincoln High School in Sedalia, Missouri, and later went to According to the United States George R. Smith College for several census taken in July of 1870, years. Throughout his life, Joplin Scott Joplin was probably born believed in the importance of education in later 1867 or early 1868. No and instructed young musicians one is really sure where he was whenever he could. born either. It was probably in northeast Texas, although Texas Although he composed several marches, wasn’t yet a state at that time. some waltzes and an opera called Treemonisha, Scott Joplin is best known Joplin was a self-taught for his “rags.” Ragtime is a style of musician whose father was a music that has a syncopated melody in laborer and former slave; his which the accents are on the off beats, mother cleaned houses. The on top of a steady, march-like accompa- second of six children, Scott niment. It originated in the Afro- was always surrounded with American community, and became a music. His father played the dance craze that was enjoyed by dancers violin while his mother sang or of all races. Joplin loved this music, and strummed the banjo. Scott often produced over 40 piano “rags” during joined in on the violin, the his lifetime. Ragtime music helped kick piano or by singing himself. He off the American jazz age, growing into first taught himself how to play Dixieland jazz, the blues, swing, bebop the piano by practicing in the and eventually rock ‘n roll. -
MAHLERFEST XXXIV the RETURN Decadence & Debauchery | Premieres Mahler’S Fifth Symphony | 1920S: ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
August 24–28, 2021 Boulder, CO Kenneth Woods Artistic Director SAVE THE DATE MAHLERFEST XXXV May 17–22, 2022 * Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C Minor Boulder Concert Chorale Stacey Rishoi Mezzo-soprano April Fredrick Soprano Richard Wagner Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), Act One Stacey Rishoi Mezzo-soprano Brennen Guillory Tenor Matthew Sharp Bass-baritone * All programming and artists subject to change KENNETH WOODS Mahler’s First | Mahler’s Musical Heirs Symphony | Mahler and Beethoven MAHLERFEST.ORG MAHLERFEST XXXIV THE RETURN Decadence & Debauchery | Premieres Mahler’s Fifth Symphony | 1920s: ARTISTIC DIRECTOR 1 MAHLERFEST XXXIV FESTIVAL WEEK TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 7 PM | Chamber Concert | Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut Street Page 6 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 4 PM | Jason Starr Films | Boedecker Theater, Dairy Arts Center Page 9 THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 4 PM | Chamber Concert | The Academy, 970 Aurora Avenue Page 10 FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 8 PM | Chamber Orchestra Concert | Boulder Bandshell, 1212 Canyon Boulevard Page 13 SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 9:30 AM–3:30 PM | Symposium | License No. 1 (under the Hotel Boulderado) Page 16 SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 7 PM | Orchestral Concert Festival Finale | Macky Auditorium, CU Boulder Page 17 Pre-concert Lecture by Kenneth Woods at 6 PM ALL WEEK | Open Rehearsals, Dinners, and Other Events See full schedule online PRESIDENT’S GREETING elcome to MahlerFest XXXIV – What a year it’s been! We are back and looking to the future with great excitement and hope. I would like to thank our dedicated and gifted MahlerFest orchestra and festival musicians, our generous supporters, and our wonderful audience. I also want to acknowledge the immense contributions of Executive Director Ethan Hecht and Maestro Kenneth Woods that not only make this festival Wpossible but also facilitate its evolution. -
1. Charles Ives's Four Ragtime Dances and “True American Music”
37076_u01.qxd 3/21/08 5:35 PM Page 17 1. Charles Ives’s Four Ragtime Dances and “True American Music” Someone is quoted as saying that “ragtime is the true American music.” Anyone will admit that it is one of the many true, natural, and, nowadays, conventional means of expression. It is an idiom, perhaps a “set or series of colloquialisms,” similar to those that have added through centuries and through natural means some beauty to all languages. Ragtime has its possibilities. But it does not “represent the American nation” any more than some fine old senators represent it. Perhaps we know it now as an ore before it has been refined into a product. It may be one of nature’s ways of giving art raw material. Time will throw its vices away and weld its virtues into the fabric of our music. It has its uses, as the cruet on the boarding-house table has, but to make a meal of tomato ketchup and horse-radish, to plant a whole farm with sunflowers, even to put a sunflower into every bouquet, would be calling nature something worse than a politician. charles ives, Essays Before a Sonata Today, more than a century after its introduction, the music of ragtime is often regarded with nostalgia as a quaint, polite, antiquated music, but when it burst on the national scene in the late 1890s, its catchy melodies and en- ergetic rhythms sparked both delight and controversy. One of the many fruits of African American musical innovation, this style of popular music captivated the nation through the World War I era with its distinctive, syn- copated rhythms that enlivened solo piano music, arrangements for bands and orchestras, ballroom numbers, and countless popular songs. -
Scott Joplin American Ragtime Pianist and Composer (1867 Or 1868 - 1917)
Scott Joplin American Ragtime Pianist and Composer (1867 or 1868 - 1917) Scott Joplin was born in Texarkana, Texas around 1868, and was one of six kids. Texas is the home of long horn steer, BBQ, and everything big! Both of Scott Joplin's parents were musicians. His father played the violin at parties in North Carolina and his mother sang and played the banjo. His parents gave Scott a basic musical education, and at seven years old he began teaching himself to play the piano while his mother cleaned houses. As a boy Joplin loved to play the piano and practiced every day after school. Several local teachers helped him, but most of his musical education was guided by Julius Weiss, a German music professor who had immigrated to Texas in the late 1860’s. It wasn't too long before Joplin was performing as a pianist and singing in a quartet with three boys that lived in his hometown of Texarkana. In the late 1880's Joplin left home to become a traveling musician. He found steady work in churches and saloons. In 1893, Joplin was invited to perform at the Chicago World's Fair. The fair was attended by twenty-seven million visitors. Joplin's ragtime music was popular with the visitors and by 1897 ragtime had become a national craze. In 1895 Joplin was given his first opportunity to publish his own compositions. Four years later he published, "Maple Leaf Rag." The song quickly grew in popularity and people began referring to Joplin as the "King of Ragtime." Joplin moved to St. -
News from Elmhurst Patron HRH the Duchess of Cornwall Summer 2014
News from Elmhurst Patron HRH The Duchess of Cornwall Summer 2014 Welcome... It seems like just yesterday that we celebrated the successes of last year and already we are preparing to welcome back the students for yet another great year. The summer period has been a time of great activity for the school, two hugely successful summer schools and the handover of the new boarding accommodation are just two highlights that spring to mind. Left to right, Peter Hawksworth, Robert Parker, Guest of Honour Gillian Lynne, Jessica Ward, Roy Shields; photo: Phil Hitchman On a personal note, this summer also saw my wedding to my long-term partner James Wheeler, hence the change of my name from Ward to work and energies of all staff and students in the creation of these. I feel Wheeler. I shall of course explain this to the students when term starts but very proud that our students show su ch great versatility in their dancing, wanted to share the name change with you. turning their hands to wonderful British choreography such as Ashton’s A Birthday Offering but equally able to get their teeth into challenging Having now completed four years at Elmhurst I continue to be incredibly steps set by William Forsythe in Second Detail ; this is admirable. proud of the students and staff, they are a credit to the school community. At Elmhurst we aim to be consistently outstanding in all that we do – Live, I would like to extend thanks to Birmingham Royal Ballet for continuing to Dance and Learn. It is of paramount importance to us to develop the whole be an inspiration to the students and for their ongoing support; we are person so that Elmhurst students are prepared for professional life beyond truly grateful. -
Concerto 'Still Life'
Thursday matinee 28 September 2017 CONCERTO Music Dmitri Shostakovich; Choreography Kenneth MacMillan; Designs Jürgen Rose; Lighting John B. Read First movement Miki Mizutani, Lachlan Monaghan Second movement Yvette Knight, Yasuo Atsuji Third movement Yijing Zhang Three couples Karla Doorbar, Reina Fuchigami, Yaoqian Shang, Feargus Campbell, Tim Dutson, Edivaldo Souza da Silva with Artists of Birmingham Royal Ballet Solo piano Jonathan Higgins I N TERVA L ‘STILL LIFE’ AT THE PENGUIN CAFÉ Music Simon Jeffes; Choreography David Bintley; Designs Hayden Griffin; Lighting John B. Read AIR À DANSER The Great Auk Ruth Brill PRELUDE AND YODEL Utah Longhorn Ram Samara Downs with Iain Mackay LONG DISTANCE Texas Kangaroo Rat Tzu-Chao Chou THE ECSTASY OF DANCING FLEAS Humboldt’s Hog-nosed Skunk Flea Miki Mizutani Gabriel Anderson, Feargus Campbell, Brogan McKelvey, Valentin Olovyannikov, Hamish Scott WHITE MISCHIEF Southern Cape Zebra Edivaldo Souza da Silva Samara Downs, Rosanna Ely, Elisabetta Formento, Jade Heusen, Anna Monleon, Rachele Pizzillo, Alys Shee, Daria Stanciulescu NOW NOTHING Tyrone Singleton, Yijing Zhang, Amber Cook MUSIC BY NUMBERS (by Simon Jeffes and Geoffrey Richardson) Brazilian Woolly Monkey Kit Holder with Karla Doorbar, Reina Fuchigami Contralto Rebecca Duggan Royal Ballet Sinfonia Conductor Philip Ellis; Leader Robert Gibbs I N TERVA L ELITE SYNCOPATIONS Music Scott Joplin and others; Choreography Kenneth MacMillan; Design Ian Spurling; Lighting John B. Read 1. Sunflower Slow Drag The Company 2. Elite Syncopations The Company 3. The Cascades Reina Fuchigami, Alys Shee, Daria Stanciulescu 4. Hothouse Rag Feargus Campell, Chi Cao, Aitor Galende, Kit Holder 5. Calliope Rag Alys Shee 6. Ragtime Nightingales The Company 7. -
Assembly Parlynet Extract 24 May 2000 from Book 8
PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (HANSARD) LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY FIFTY-FOURTH PARLIAMENT FIRST SESSION 24 May 2000 (extract from Book 8) Internet: www.parliament.vic.gov.au/downloadhansard By authority of the Victorian Government Printer The Governor His Excellency the Honourable Sir JAMES AUGUSTINE GOBBO, AC The Lieutenant-Governor Professor ADRIENNE E. CLARKE, AO The Ministry Premier and Minister for Multicultural Affairs ....................... The Hon. S. P. Bracks, MP Deputy Premier, Minister for Health and Minister for Planning......... The Hon. J. W. Thwaites, MP Minister for Industrial Relations and Minister assisting the Minister for Workcover..................... The Hon. M. M. Gould, MLC Minister for Transport............................................ The Hon. P. Batchelor, MP Minister for Energy and Resources, Minister for Ports and Minister assisting the Minister for State and Regional Development. The Hon. C. C. Broad, MLC Minister for State and Regional Development and Treasurer............ The Hon. J. M. Brumby, MP Minister for Local Government, Minister for Workcover and Minister assisting the Minister for Transport regarding Roads........ The Hon. R. G. Cameron, MP Minister for Community Services.................................. The Hon. C. M. Campbell, MP Minister for Education and Minister for the Arts...................... The Hon. M. E. Delahunty, MP Minister for Environment and Conservation and Minister for Women’s Affairs................................... The Hon. S. M. Garbutt, MP Minister for Police and Emergency Services and Minister for Corrections........................................ The Hon. A. Haermeyer, MP Minister for Agriculture and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs............ The Hon. K. G. Hamilton, MP Attorney-General, Minister for Manufacturing Industry and Minister for Racing............................................ The Hon. R. J. Hulls, MP Minister for Post Compulsory Education, Training and Employment and Minister for Finance.......................................... -
Historic Jazz Piano Styles in Live Performance, 1900-1940
Historic Jazz Piano Styles in Live Performance, 1900-1940 An Honors Recital (HONRS 499) by Mattnew A. Wilson Frank J. Puzzullo Ball State University Muncie, Indiana April 15, 1992 Graduation Date: May 2, 1992 -------- ---._--- ---"- \ "V,''''' • ",ISS This ~ecital is dedicated to the purpose 0: outlining the evolution of Jazz piano styles prior to about 1940. The empnasis is on tne niano as a solo instrument, a unique nositinn occu~ied by the piano since it can play both melody and accompaniment to its melody. T11e;)rogram notes are designed not to give a detailed analysis of each selection, but instead to nelp gUide the membe~s of tne audience in understanding the nistorical context, tne general stylistic traits of the pieces, a~l perhaps tne significance of particular key persons in the devel o~ment of Jazz piano styles. Tne selections themselves orogress chronologically, and they are carefully chosen to provide an in:eresting and varied program. The most important factor, noweve~, in considering whicn pieces to include is tne aCcurate representat1:m of tne various styles. The pieces C.hosen are tnose tnat seem to embody tne stylistic traits in the most easily perceived manner, because tne pur:l)()se ·of the recital is to demonstrate tnese early Jazz .Jiano styles to t11e aUdience. AI]. of tne nieces ryerformed are based on transcriptions of actual recordings. Sunflower Slow Drag -1901 • • • • • • • Scott Joplin (1868-1917) - Scott Hayden (1882-1915) With the emergence of ragtime comes the first genuinely American music. This new and unique music combines elements of brass band styles, European forms, and folk traditions. -
Project Faust
PUBLISHER FEARLESS DESIGNS, INC. March 2018 EDITOR KAY TULL MANAGING EDITOR AGGIE KEEFE CREATIVE DIRECTOR FROM THE DIRECTOR ................................................................... 4 JEFF TULL PROGRAM HE EYOND DESIGN T B ........................................................................ 7 KAY & JEFF TULL REQUIEM .......................................................................... 8 PROJECT FAUST .................................................................. 9 PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES ....................................................................... 21 AGGIE KEEFE ARTISTS OF THE COMPANY...................................................... 34 STAFF & SUPPORT ................................................................ 38 SALES MANAGER MICHELLE BAIR THEATRE SERVICES ..................................................................... 54 PRINTING CLARK & RIGGS PRINTING THEATRE INFORMATION The Kentucky Center (Whitney Hall, Bomhard Theater, Clark-Todd Hall, MeX Theater, 501 West Main Street; and Brown Theatre, 315 W. Broadway). Tickets: The Kentucky Center Box Office, 502.584.7777 or 1.800.775.7777. Reserve wheelchair seating or hearing devices at time of ticket purchase. © COPYRIGHT 2018 LOOK AROUND YOU RIGHT NOW. IF THE PEOPLE YOU SEE LOOK LIKE POTENTIAL FEARLESS DESIGNS, INC. CUSTOMERS AND CLIENTS, YOU SHOULD BE ADVERTISING IN OUR PROGRAM REPRODUCTION IN GUIDES! OUR ADVERTISERS NOT ONLY GET THE BENEFIT OF REACHING A LARGE, WHOLE OR PART CAPTIVE, AFFLUENT AND EDUCATED DEMOGRAPHIC, BUT THEY ALSO SUPPORT -
National Register of Historic Places
WPS Form 10-900 0MB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 8/66) Word Processor Format (Approved 10/87) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places - Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for individual properties or districts. See instructions in Guidelines for Completeing National Register Forms (National Register Bulletin 16). Complete each item by marking "X" in the appropriate box or by entering the requested information. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for Hnot applicable." For functions, styles, materials, and areas of significance, enter only the categories and subcategories listed in the instructions. For additional space use continuation sheets (Form 10-900a). Type all entries. Use letter quality printer in 12 pitch, using an 85-space line (left margin at 10; right margin at 95) as formatted here. Use only 25# or greater cotton content bond paper. 1. Name of Property_________________________________ Historic name: Joplin (Scott) Residence Other names/site number: Scott Joplin National Historic Landmark 2. Location Street & number: 2658 Delmar Boulevard not for publication City/town: St. Louis vicinity State: Missouri code: MO county: St. Louis code: 510 ZIP code: 63103 3. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property No. of Resources within Property: Contributing Noncontributing __ private X building(s) buildings __ public local __ district sites X public State __ site structures