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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, Nick Kendall, violin Ranaan Meyer,

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”...... /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 “ 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 “Amazing Grace”...... Traditional/Arranged by Tf3 “With orWithout You” “UFO”...... Coldplay/Arranged by HackmanandTf3 “Thunder Stomp”...... Meyer/Arranged by Tf3 “Taszo Tango”...... Kendall/Arranged by Moose “Sundays”...... Meyer/Arranged by Hackman “Stronger Projectors/Arranged“Stillness istheMove”...... Dirty by Hackman andTf3 “Shenandoah”...... Traditional/Arranged by Tf3 “Round About”...... Kendall/Arranged by Moose “Queen ofVoodoo”...... Meyer/Kendall/Arranged by Moose Kendall “Quail Hollow”...... “Philly Phunk”...... Meyer/Arranged by Tf3 classical musicfrom Johann Sebastian Bach,JohannesBrahms, and mon mixofvirtuosity andshowmanship, theAmericantrio performs and infectiously, any traditional genre classification. With anuncom- “Nick” Kendall, anddoublebassist Ranaan Meyer—defies, happily Time for Three—violinist Zachary “Zach”DePue, violinist Nicolas “Time for Three isthefuture ofmusic.” – SirSimonRattle TIM “Wyoming 307”...... Meyer/Arranged by Tf3 E F

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Neilson Barnard beyond; gives world premieres by Pulitzer Prize winners William Bol- com and ; 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 ’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 , Indianapolis folk-pop sister duo Lily & Madeleine, and others.

Since the trio musicians were students together at ’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 Three is “Chaconne in Winter,” one of the trio’s concert favorites. It’s perhaps the ultimate Tf3 mash-up, with Bach’s totemic “Chaconne” melded with Bon Iver’s “Calgary” in an by Steve Hackman, a friend and collaborator of the group from the Curtis Institute.

The album represents an eclectic, but natural, mix. “Like most young people in America now, the three of us grew up listening to all kinds of music—’90s hip-hop, grunge, bluegrass—and we’ve always played a wide variety of music,” Kendall said. “We’re part of a new generation of classically trained musicians who approach diverse styles from the same heartfelt place. We hear and feel it all in a similar way, as just music.”

De Pue, Kendall, and Meyer started playing together at the Curtis Institute. The two violinists discovered a mutual love for fiddling in the bluegrass and country traditions. Meyer introduced them to his roots in jazz and improvised music. After experiments and jam sessions, the musical friendships evolved into Time for Three. “The instruments we play are almost incidental—it’s the musical personalities and the unique synergy we have together that make Tf3 what it is,” Du Pue said. “Nick and I have different approaches on the violin, but after fourteen years of playing together, our styles and energies comple- ment one another in a way that’s magical, really. I think Ranaan is reinventing the double bass, paying particular attention to quality of sound. But we have great chemistry with or without our instruments, onstage or off. It’s always fun to be a part of this.”

Tf3 gained instant attention, in 2003, when lightning caused a power failure during a concert by The . While techni- cians worked to restore the lights, Meyer and De Pue, who were both performing as orchestra members, performed an impromptu jam ses- sion that included such folk-inflected works as “Jerusalem’s Ridge,” “Ragtime Annie,” and “The Orange Blossom Special.” It was decid- edly different music from the scheduled symphony program, but the crowd went wild. The trio has since performed more than a thousand engagements as diverse as the music it plays—from featured soloists on The Philadelphia Orchestra’s subscription series and residencies at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., to former Philly maestro Christoph Eschenbach’s birthday concert at Germany’s Schleswig- Holstein Festival and a private concert on the aircraft carrier Intrepid.

Tf3 independently released its first album, Three Fervent Travelers (E1), in 2010. It debuted in the top ten on the charts of Billboard, Amazon, and iTunes, and it remained in the top ten of the Billboard Crossover Chart for more than ten months. That release followed two self-produced CDs, which sold more than 20,000 copies. In 2011, Tf3 raised more than $20,000 from its fans in one week through a Kick- starter campaign to finance its first professionally produced music video. The result was “Stronger,” which became a YouTube sensation and established the trio as leaders in the fight against bullying. The musicians partnered with PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Cen- ter to bring their message to schools across the country through resi- dencies, workshops, and the media.

Tf3 has embarked on a major commissioning program to expand its unique repertoire for symphony orchestras. The first fruit of the program was Concerto 4-3 by Pulitzer winner Higdon. In 2008, the trio premiered the work in six performances with The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eschenbach. The group has since performed it dozens of times across the country to acclaim, including with the Fort Worth Symphony (documented on a 2012 recording released by the orchestra) and a 2013 performance with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. In 2010, Tf3 premiered Travels in Time for Three by Chris Brubeck, a work co-commissioned by the Boston Pops, Colorado Music Festival, and eight other organizations. The next work in the series was Games and Challenges by Bolcom, commissioned by the Indianapolis and Grand Rapids symphony orchestras. The trio premiered the piece in 2013. Tf3 is working on a commission by the Sun Valley Summer Symphony in which it will write and perform a 55-minute piece with orchestra to premiere in August 2015 in Sun Val- ley, Idaho.

In 2009, Tf3 inaugurated an ambitious three-year residency with the Indianapolis Symphony, a groundbreaking project in which the trio not only got involved in the community but also curated a successful “Happy Hour” series of concerts with the orchestra. The project gen- erated media attention and heightened the orchestra’s profile, espe- cially among the younger demographic, making the three musicians household names in Indianapolis. Thrilled with the residency’s success, the Indianapolis Symphony in 2012 extended and expanded the trio’s contract. The group now spends fourteen weeks each season with the orchestra doing everything from programming, arranging, and per- forming concerts to conducting education, fundraising, and commu- nity outreach. Tf3’s residency with the symphony received an Indiana Innovation Award in 2013.

Tf3 has been seen and heard on various TV and radio broadcasts throughout the country, including numerous times on PBS, NPR, and CNN. The trio was featured in a documentary film about Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square directed by Robert Downey Sr., and the group recorded the soundtrack to the History Channel production The Span- ish-American War. Even with an ever-increasing performance and media schedule, Tf3 remains committed to reaching younger audiences by participating in educational residencies and outreach concerts, including annual visits to the late actor Paul Newman’s Hole in the Wall Gang Camp for children with terminal illnesses, weeklong residencies at the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall’s series of family concerts, and countless jam sessions and instances of impromptu music-making with students in university classrooms, coffeehouses, and elsewhere.

“To hear these three young guys is to be thankful that music was invented … ,” said Newman in summing up Time for Three’s cross-gen- erational appeal. “If I had been able to create a sound like these kids a few years back, I might have thought twice about going into acting!” www.tf3.com www.universalmusicclassics.com

ZACHARY “ZACH” DE PUE comes from a musical family. In addition to the De Pue Brothers Band, his father is a composer and professor emeritus of music com- position at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Born in Bowling Green, De Pue graduated in 2002 from the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with renowned violinists Ida Kavafian and Jaime Laredo. He was the recipient of a merit-based full-tuition scholarship and held the institute’s David H. Springman Memorial Fellowship.

Prior to entering Curtis, De Pue attended the Cleveland Insti- tute of Music. He made his solo debut with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra in 1994 and performed Time for Three’s Zach De Pue, as a soloist with the World Youth Nick Kendall, and Ranaan Meyer Symphony Orchestra in 1995. De Pue has performed at the Isaac Stern Music Workshop; the Angel Fire, La Jolla, and Sarasota music festivals; the Chautauqua Institu- tion; and Interlochen Arts Acad- emy. In 2007, he was appointed concertmaster of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. NICOLAS “NICK” KENDALL RANAAN MEYER studied at the Curtis Institute began his musical studies with of Music with the internation- the piano at age 4 but took up ally renowned violinist Victor the double bass at 11. He attended Danchenko. He maintains a strong the Manhattan School of Music interest in other musical instru- and graduated from the Cur- ments and genres and is an tis Institute of Music in 2003. enthusiastic teacher. He utilizes Beyond regular appearances elements from both classical and with ensembles such as the Min- nontraditional repertoires in his nesota Orchestra, the Baltimore popular workshops. Symphony Orchestra, and The Philadelphia Orchestra, Meyer is in Highlights of his career include demand as a composer. performances with Israel’s Jeru- salem Symphony, under conduc- He has created unique works for tor James Judd; an acclaimed Time for Three, other ensembles, Philadelphia recital debut under and for solo bass. Meyer com- the auspices of Astral Artistic pleted a commission, “My Zayda” Services; a quartet performance (for violin, piano, and double at Carnegie Hall; performances bass), for the Kingston Chamber as a member of the Astral Trio at Music Festival in Rhode Island. the Los Angeles Chamber Music Other completed commissions Festival and the Kimmel Cen- include a solo double bass piece ter’s Verizon Hall; and a guest for Network for New Music; a artist appearance on tour with double bass and harp duet; a the Metamorphosen Chamber set of pieces for Astral Artistic Orchestra. Services; and a Time for Three composition, “Of Time and Three Kendall debuted with the National Rivers,” for the Pittsburgh Sym- Symphony Orchestra and the St. phony Orchestra. The American Louis Symphony Orchestra as the Composers Forum expedited winner of the Young Artists Com- each commission. petitions. He has since performed in concert halls in Anchorage, Meyer, an accomplished jazz Alaska; Chapel Hill, North Caro- musician, has performed with lina; and in the cities of Chicago, Jane Monheit, Victor Lewis, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Louisville, Jason Moran, Mark O’Connor, Ari San Francisco, and Tokyo. Kend- Hoenig, Duane Eubanks, Mickey all is also a member of the East Roker, and others. At age 19, Coast Chamber Orchestra, often Meyer produced, directed, and called ECCO, and the Dryden performed in the first Washington String Quartet. Township Jazz Festival, which was broadcast live on Philadelphia’s WRTI.

An avid teacher, Meyer held adjunct double bass professor- ships at Princeton University and the University of Delaware. He spent several summers teaching Meyer is the founder of Project alongside Hal Robinson, principal Interactive, which culturally con- bass of The Philadelphia Orches- nects artistic possibilities in com- tra, at the Strings International munities. In 2008, he launched Music Festival in Bryn Mawr, Pa. Wabass, a double bass camp, with He has also taught at the Inter- Eric Larson of the Houston Sym- mountain Suzuki Camp in Sandy, phony and Hal Robinson. Utah, and at Mark O’Connor’s String Camp in San Diego.

CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AT PENN STATE Brussels Jazz Orchestra BJO’s Finest and Graphicology Belgium’s lone professional jazz big band co-performed the music for the Oscar-winning best picture, The Artist. In 2013, the orchestra celebrated its twentieth anniversary with BJO’s Finest–Live, a CD of songs composed and arranged by band members. The first set of the orchestra’s concert offers music inspired by that recording. Philip Paquet

After intermission, the band performs Graphicology, its collaboration with graphic novelist Philip Paquet. The writer selected existing stories and created two new ones for the project. Six composers penned an accompanying soundtrack. The stories were edited into original videos that are projected while the orchestra performs the soundtrack.

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