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2020-2021 Masters Artist Series Flyer ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION 2 020 2 021 STEPHANIE J. BLOCK (MT, ‘90) TRAVIS WALL DANTE BASCO (MT, ‘93) JOHN MICHAEL HIGGINS Tony Award-winning actress, recognized Emmy Award-winning dancer, Actor, dancer, and producer best known Classically trained actor and voice as one of the most versatile voices in choreographer, and instructor; best for his roles as Rufio in Hook, Zuko in actor; best known for his roles in musical theatre; most celebrated for her known for his work on the television Avatar: The Last Airbender, and Jake Long Christopher Guest’s mockumentaries roles in The Cher Show and Wicked series So You Think You Can Dance in American Dragon: Jake Long and Pitch Perfect DAVID PASQUESI CLAYTON CAMERON MISTY COPELAND JUDY STAKEE Actor, comedian, and writer for the stage, Master drummer, writer, composer, and Trailblazing ballerina, actress, author, World-renowned artist development film, and television; most famously producer; has performed and recorded and activist; first-ever Black female to specialist; has developed and managed recognized for his roles in Veep, with music legends such as Sammy be promoted to principal dancer at Grammy Award winner Sheryl Crow, Groundhog Day, and Angels & Demons Davis Jr., Tony Bennett, and Stevie Wonder American Ballet Theatre (ABT) Katy Perry, and Jewel DARNELL ABRAHAM DOLORA ZAJICK ANGEL BLUE THOMAS LANG Award-winning Broadway actor; Internationally acclaimed Verdi mezzo- Acclaimed soprano, recognized as one Regarded as one of the world’s greatest currently playing George Washington soprano; appeared in opera and concert of the best singers in her generation; drummers; has headlined every major in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton in with prominent conductors, including regular BBC presenter and has drum festival; owns the drum and the And Peggy National Tour James Levine and Anthony Pappano performed in over 35 countries music-based school Nine Beats USA TIM WYNN (IM, ‘88) KEVIN WILLMOTT NEW YORK GILBERT & RUTH E. CARTER Award-winning composer for films, Academy Award-winning screenwriter SULLIVAN PLAYERS Renowned costume designer; first television, documentaries, and video and director known for work focusing on Repertory theatre company that Black person to win the Academy Award games; notable works include Black issues, including Ninth Street, performs the comic operas of Gilbert for Best Costume Design for her work To Save A Life, XCOM2, Mech-X4, C.S.A.: The Confederate States of and Sullivan annually in New York City in Marvel Studios’ Black Panther and Supernatural America, Bunker Hill, and BlacKkKlansman and throughout North America ANNA DEAVERE SMITH FREDERIC CHIU ANNA TREBUNSKAYA MATTHEW R. KAY Tony Award and Pulitzer Classical concert pianist and Yamaha World-famous ballroom and Latin Acclaimed author of Not Light, But Fire: Prize-nominated playwright, actress, artist; founded a holistic approach to dancer, choreographer, actress, and How to Lead Meaningful Race teacher, humanitarian, and author; piano playing that has been presented TV personality; most widely Conversations in the Classroom; notable works include Fires in the at the most acclaimed institutions, recognized for her nine-year role on Founder and Executive Director of Mirror and Twilight: Los Angeles including The Juilliard School Dancing with the Stars Philly Slam League GRACE MCLEAN (MT, ‘02) RICK MESSINA (MT, ‘95) MATTHEW CAMPBELL ERIC WHITACRE Acclaimed Broadway actress and Casting director for Netflix, Amazon, LAURENZA Renowned conductor, speaker, and one singer; creator of the award-winning Apple+, and feature films, including Fine jewelry designer, sculptor, and of the most popular and frequently original musical In The Green; Writer in Sony’s Jumanji: Welcome to the painter whose pieces have been displayed performed composers in the world; Residence at Lincoln Center Theater Jungle and Disney’s Tomorrowland worldwide in exhibitions and luxury stores graduate of The Juilliard School DERRICK ASHONG LUCIA BRAWLEY NANCIE STERN BEN MCLANE Producer, musician, and entrepreneur Celebrated actress, producer, Music publishing and licensing expert; Highly credited music and known for working with major figures and writer; regular contributor to President and Owner of Music entertainment lawyer; has represented such as Oprah Winfrey and Steven Huffington Post and CNN.com; former Resources, Inc. who has worked with several award-winning artists, including Spielberg; Founder and CEO of AMP political organizer for the Obama recording artists such as 50 Cent, the Dixie Chicks, the Eagles, Cher, Global Technologies presidential campaigns The Black Eyed Peas, and Snoop Dog and Alicia Keys ACADEMIC SPEAKERS DENNIS KIM BENJAMIN SMOLEN RICHARD BAUSCH MUKUNDH PANDIAN Globally renowned concertmaster Principal Flute for Award-winning and widely Global Business Development and for Pacific Symphony; has spent Pacific Symphony; has recorded acknowledged novelist and Strategy Manager at Northrop over a decade leading orchestras with some of the world’s most short story author whose works Grumman; expert in aircraft in the United States, Europe, celebrated composers, such as have been featured in The New engineering, design, and and Asia John Williams Yorker, Esquire, and Harpers international aerospace THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING SPONSORS AND PARTNERS FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT. CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY | IRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE | OCSA BLACK STUDENT UNION | PACIFIC SYMPHONY | PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUNTY | THE MUSIC CENTER.
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