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CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AT PENN STATE ONSTAGE Chris O’Donovan Vanessa Briceno-Scherzer Vanessa Today’s performance is sponsored by Benson and Christine Lichtig William Rabinowitz COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL The Community Advisory Council is dedicated to strengthening the relationship between the Center for the Performing Arts and the community. Council members participate in a range of activities in support of this objective. Nancy VanLandingham, chair Bonnie Marshall Lam Hood, vice chair Pieter Ouwehand Melinda Stearns Judy Albrecht Lillian Upcraft William Asbury Pat Williams Lynn Sidehamer Brown Nina Woskob Philip Burlingame Deb Latta student representatives Eileen Leibowitz Brittany Banik Ellie Lewis Stephanie Corcino Christine Lichtig Jesse Scott Mary Ellen Litzinger CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AT PENN STATE presents TIME FOR THREE Zach De Pue, violin Nick Kendall, violin Ranaan Meyer, double bass 7:30 p.m. Thursday, February 26, 2015 Schwab Auditorium The program will be announced from the stage. The concert is presented without an intermission. This concert is a component of the Center for the Performing Arts Classical Music Project. With support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the project provides opportunities to engage students, faculty, and the community with classical music artists and programs. Marica Tacconi, Penn State professor of musicology, and Carrie Jackson, Penn State associate professor of German and linguistics, provide faculty leadership for the curriculum and academic components of the project. sponsors Benson and Christine Lichtig William Rabinowitz media sponsor WPSU The Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. PROGRAM Time for Three (Tf3) will perform works from the list below and will announce the selections from the stage. “Amazing Grace”............................................................Traditional/Arranged by Tf3 “Ashokan Farewell”....................................................... Jay Ungar/Arranged by Tf3 “Bach Double”.......................................Johann Sebastian Bach/Arranged by Tf3 “Banjo Love”.......Ranaan Meyer/Steve Hackman/Nick Kendall/Zach De Pue “Blackbird”.................................John Lennon/Paul McCartney/Arranged by Tf3 “Bradford Commission”.........................................................Kendall/De Pue/Meyer “Chaconne in Winter”................................Bach/Arranged by Hackman and Tf3 “Czardas”....................................................................Vittorio Monti/Arranged by Tf3 “Danny Boy”....Traditional/Arranged by Meyer/Rob Moose/Lily & Madeleine “Don Don”..................................................................................Meyer/Arranged by Tf3 “Ecuador”...................................................................................Meyer/Arranged by Tf3 “Firework”............................................Katy Perry/Arranged by Hackman and Tf3 “Forget About It”....................................................................Meyer/Arranged by Tf3 “Fox Down”...............................................................................Meyer/Arranged by Tf3 “Hallelujah”.............................................................Leonard Cohen/Arranged by Tf3 “Happy Day”....................................................................Kendall/Arranged by Moose “Hide and Seek”.......................................................Imogen Heap/Arranged by Tf3 “Hungarian Dance No. 5”.............................Johannes Brahms/Arranged by Tf3 “The Hymn”................................................................................Kendall/De Pue/Meyer “In the Dressing Room”...........................Meyer/Arranged by Meyer and Moose “Jazz Riff”.....................................................................................................................Meyer “Jerusalem’s Ridge”.....................................................Bill Monroe/Arranged by Tf3 “Kissing in the Tree”...........................................Meyer/Hackman/Kendall/De Pue “Little Lion Man”...................Mumford & Sons/Arranged by Hackman and Tf3 “Mohawk”...................................................................................Meyer/Arranged by Tf3 “Norwegian Wood”.........Lennon/McCartney/Arranged by Hackman and Tf3 “Of Time and Three Rivers”................................................Meyer/Arranged by Tf3 “Orange Blossom Special” .................................Charlie Rouse/Arranged by Tf3 “Ogden”.....................................Meyer/Arranged by Meyer/Josh Fobare/Kendall “Philly Phunk”...........................................................................Meyer/Arranged by Tf3 “Quail Hollow”........................................................................................................ Kendall “Queen of Voodoo”....................................... Meyer/Kendall/Arranged by Moose “Round About”...............................................................Kendall/Arranged by Moose “Amazing Grace”............................................................Traditional/Arranged by Tf3 “Shenandoah”..................................................................Traditional/Arranged by Tf3 “Stillness is the Move”..........Dirty Projectors/Arranged by Hackman and Tf3 “Stronger ” ....................... Kanye West/Arranged by Hackman/Moose and Tf3 “Sundays”......................................................................Meyer/Arranged by Hackman “Taszo Tango”................................................................ Kendall/Arranged by Moose “Thunder Stomp”....................................................................Meyer/Arranged by Tf3 “UFO”........................................................Coldplay/Arranged by Hackman and Tf3 “With or Without You” ...................................U2/Arranged by Hackman and Tf3 “Wyoming 307”........................................................................Meyer/Arranged by Tf3 Neilson Barnard TIME FOR THREE “Time for Three is the future of music.” – Sir Simon Rattle Time for Three—violinist Zachary “Zach” De Pue, violinist Nicolas “Nick” Kendall, and double bassist Ranaan Meyer—defies, happily and infectiously, any traditional genre classification. With an uncom- mon mix of virtuosity and showmanship, the American trio performs classical music from Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms, and beyond; gives world premieres by Pulitzer Prize winners William Bol- com and Jennifer Higdon; and plays originals and its own arrange- ments of everything from bluegrass and folk tunes to ingenious mash- ups of hits by the Beatles, Kanye West, Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake, and others. Time for Three, or Tf3 for short, has performed at venues ranging from Carnegie Hall and the famed jazz club Yoshi’s in San Francisco to European festivals, the BBC Proms, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, NFL games, the Indianapolis 500, and most recently on the hit ABC show Dancing with the Stars. The group’s YouTube bullying- prevention video, “Stronger,” has inspired students across the globe, eliciting features on CNN and the Huffington Post. Since 2009, Tf3 has had a hugely successful residency with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, helping to expand the orchestra’s audience with innovative outreach. The latest milestone for Tf3 was the June 2014 release of Time for Three, its debut on UMC. The album, with tracks co-produced by Bon Iver’s Rob Moose, showcases not only the trio’s melody-rich string weave but also its uncommon flair for collaboration. The group teamed with pop singer-songwriter Joshua Radin, jazz saxophone icon Branford Marsalis, Decca cello star Alisa Weilerstein, Hawaiian ukulele ace Jake Shimabukuro, Indianapolis folk-pop sister duo Lily & Madeleine, and others. Since the trio musicians were students together at Philadelphia’s Cur- tis Institute of Music, they have wowed media and fellow artists with their charismatic musicianship. “In person, the members of Time for Three come off as just three dudes in a band,” NPR noted. “But with their staggering technique and freewheeling genre-crossing, it’s hard not to be swept up in the force of their contagious energy.” The Wall Street Journal praised the trio’s rare blend of “spontaneity and preci- sion,” while the Indianapolis Examiner raved, “Demonstrating their ability to deeply connect with their audience in a most interactive way, they electrified a full-house crowd.” But perhaps no one has offered a more enthusiastic appraisal than the great Sir Simon Rattle, chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic. “Simply put, they’re a knockout! Three benevolent monsters—mon- sters of ability and technique surely. But also conveyers of an infec- tious joy that I find both touching and moving,” Rattle said. “I would recommend them not only for entertainment value, but also for anyone looking to see how all types of American music can develop when life and passion such as this are breathed into it.” Time for Three, the new album, sees the group explore the interac- tive possibilities of string instruments, projecting the trio’s onstage magnetism into pure aural allure. The recording also presents the collaborative essence of the group in the most organic fashion. The trio members have a personal connection to each of the guest art- ists. The centerpiece of Time for