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ow do you help drama Drama professors Douglas- students at the Claire Scott Goheen and Phil Thomp- Trevor School of the Arts son were the scenic designer Hmake the transition from the and vocal coach, respectively. university stage to the profes- Music Professor Christopher sional stage? One of the ways Dobrian provided the original is through the Field Station music, and Michael K. Hooker, Theatre, a program recently new drama professor, created initiated by Drama Depart- the sound design. Richard Bre- ment Chair Robert Cohen. stoff, assistant drama profes- Although the The program is something of a labor sor, joined the mostly student department’s campus productions and of love for Cohen who has long wanted cast in the role of Leonardo da Vinci. curriculum emphasize a professional a theater off campus that would provide The FST, by all accounts, has been a environment, it is the added step valuable collaborative opportunities for long time coming. Cohen first proposed provided by the Field Station Theatre both students and faculty. Besides using the notion of an all-University-of-Cali- (FST) that can give student actors some of his own research grants to fund fornia “field station” theater in 1966. greater insight into what to expect the FST, he recruited School professors Cohen envisioned it as “a practicum/ after graduation. The premise is to help stage its first show. Machiavelli: research outpost—comparable to UC simple: stage professional produc- The Art of Terror, which Cohen wrote, had Santa Barbara’s Channel Islands Field tions at established professional the- a critically acclaimed run at the Hayworth Station—where various UC campuses Machiavelli Richard Brestoff in aters using students, faculty and alumni. Theatre in Los Angeles through August. continued on page 2 Photo: Robert Cohen

New Faculty Arrive with Diverse Talents

he Claire Trevor School of the Arts Gates has enjoyed a stellar danc- for Disney theme parks in Hong Kong, faculty has grown by six, with new ing career. She was the lead dancer Tokyo and Paris. Hooker has pioneered professors in all departments. with the Joffrey Ballet from 1983 to the development of sound design T The Dance Department welcomed 1995 and with the Frankfurt Ballet from programs at the University of Cincinnati assistant professors Molly Lynch and 2000 to 2004. She now choreographs and the Institute of the Arts. Jodie Gates. Lynch is the former artistic works for distinguished companies like The Music Department is delighted director of Ballet Pacifica, Orange Coun- the Ballet and the Paris to welcome Hossein Omoumi as Mas- ty’s only professional ballet company. She Opera Ballet. After moving to Laguna eeh Professor in Persian Performing was director from 1988 to 2003. Lynch, Beach about two years ago, Gates Arts, and Michael Dessen, a well- who studied with Ballet Pacifica Founder founded the Laguna Dance Festival, known composer and performer. Lila Zali, is credited with turning the com- a fall program that includes perfor- Omoumi comes to UCI from the pany into a well-respected professional mances, dance workshops and films. -based Haft Dastgah Associa- Professor tion, which he founded to preserve the Michael K. classical Persian music tradition. In Hooker has addition to teaching classical Persian joined the music at the University of Washington Drama Depart- in Seattle, UCLA and the University ment. Hooker of Paris-Sorbonne, Omoumi has has impressive performed in U.S., France, Turkey, professional Greece, Denmark, and Molly Lynch Jodie Gates Michael Hooker Hossein Omoumi credentials, England. He is an accomplished player troupe known for staging new works. having been the Senior Media Designer of the ney, the Persian reed flute, and Lynch received her BA and MFA in Dance for Walt Disney Imagineering. He helped has numerous CDs to his credit. at UCI in 1979 and 1981, respectively. create sound design and audio systems continued on page 2 Voices -- Arts Patrons Speak Out When I visit my son in Washington, DC and his friends The arts add the color to the black and white palette are discussing where their children might go to college, if of everyday life—the talented students and faculty at the UCIArts Quarterly they are interested in dance, I say UCI. UCI has the best Claire Trevor School of the Arts wield the brushes with October, 2006, No. 18 dance department in the country. The important thing about tremendous skill, imagination and enthusiasm. I’ve found Claire Trevor School of the Arts attending a major university and majoring in a field of art, is my UCI arts’ experiences to be thoroughly enriching! Dean: Nohema Fernández Managing Editor: Wendy Day-Brown that the student will also receive a liberal education. I have ~Suzanne Fromkin Copy Editor & Writer: Mark Chalon Smith supported a dance student at UCI for a number of years and Contributors: Scottie Hinkey, Catlin feel that they enter the professional world not only as good Moore, Jacquie Sisemore artists but also as educated citizens who will contribute to Staff Photographer: Jacquie Sisemore their community and the world. ~Elizabeth Stahr Design: Rob Sexton S Voices , From the Dean s desk Dear friends,

Our Claire Trevor School of the Arts community is brimming with talent, energy and enthusiasm. This was an amazingly busy and productive summer as faculty and students spread through the U.S. and abroad taking part in festivals, joining touring theater companies, exploring art in other countries and developing new artwork. The Medici Scholars traveled to the East Coast, Great Britain, France and Romania to participate in workshops, develop exhibitions and perform in international master classes; interdisciplinary groups of faculty and students collaborated in theatrical pieces making their debut in Italy, Romania and Poland; other faculty performed in South America, the Far East and Europe; and both students and alumni exhibited their work in major art centers. After such a busy summer, fall never disappoints. A talented group of new faculty and students join our ranks and everyone gathers together with the momentum that quickly starts driving activity for the year. With a new Assistant Dean (Ramona Agrela) to oversee our operations and a new Director of Development (Ryan Marsh), we have a finely tuned ensemble ready to expand both our international connections and community partnerships. Nohema Fernández We are committed to making the arts vibrant in our community. Our ongoing partnerships—including those with the Orange County High School for the Arts, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, county elementary schools and our community’s excellent performing and visual art organizations—enrich our lives and those who we serve, particularly our students. Irvine Mayor Beth Krom, who was the Keynote Speaker at our 2006 Commencement ceremonies, inspired our graduates with thoughts of the adventures that lie ahead. Indeed! We invite you to visit us often and enjoy the many public events we present during the year. As we begin the 2006-2007 academic year, we look forward to the future and our rich partnerships.

Nohema Fernández Photo: Chappell Graduation Images

Irvine Mayor Beth Krom addresses class of 2006

Drama’s Field Station Debuts in Los Angeles continued from page 1 could collaborate in forming a summer point of the FST is to give the Drama truly entry-level for all, including me.” theatre.” He imagined a program “where Department a professional arm in the Goheen, a frequent Cohen collabora- selected faculty and city of Los Angeles, to provide entry-level tor, agrees, adding that it also fills a alumni could perform acting, design and stage management— gap in drama’s curriculum. “There is in the ‘field’ that and some day perhaps directing—oppor- considerable precedent for this idea in professional theater tunities for graduating students and other top-tier graduate theater programs normally flourishes: a alumni in the city and to create a venue across the country,” he says. “We need downtown metro- to showcase UCI productions in a more look no further than UC San Diego and politan district.” metropolitan setting,” Cohen explains. its La Jolla Playhouse. And there are However, “Students will learn how to work many others to be found nationally.” Cohen says, other without university-level budgets, He continues, “FST will not only pro- campuses could permanent staff assistance, office vide a rewarding off-campus ‘laboratory’ not be persuaded support, scenery and costume shops and for our own professional students and to participate and all the security features that university faculty, but will hugely increase public his plan slipped theater properly enjoys. They will visibility of the School in general and into hibernation. see their fellow alums, students and the Department of Drama, particularly.” Until now. professors alike mopping the floors, Cohen says that he plans to have He thinks building the sets, writing the publicity two FST productions next year with the benefits will brochures, managing the concessions more to come in succeeding years. soon be obvious. and probably handing out the programs “I’ve got the energy and the means “Well, the when the audience enters. It will be to do this. Now is the time.” Christopher Marshall (left) as Machiavelli, Jeff Takacs as Cesare Borgia Photo: Robert Cohen New Faculty Arrive with Diverse Talents continued from page 1 Assistant Pro- Dessen is featured on recordings by vari- museums and galleries. Her work has fessor Dessen is ous artists, including Yusef Lateef and been shown at the 2006 Whitney a trombonist and Anthony Davis. Dessen studied with both Biennial at the Whitney Museum of composer whose Lateef and Davis, as well as musician American Art in , the music is influenced by George Lewis. He taught at Hampshire Armand Hammer Museum of Art and African-American and College, Amherst College, UC San Diego Cultural Center in Los Angeles and European-American and the University of . the Fowler Museum of Cultural His- traditions. He com- Assistant Professor Monica Majoli tory at UCLA, among others. She Michael Dessen Monica Majoli poses primarily for his has joined the Studio Art Department. has lectured at several universities, own ensembles and for the collectively- Majoli’s “fetishistic” paintings have including UC Berkeley, Yale University run Cosmologic quartet. As a performer, appeared in dozens of exhibitions in and the San Francisco Art Institute.

UCIArts Quarterly, Fall 2006 p In the Spotlight Professor Philip Thompson was the dialect coach of this Holocaust- David Brodbeck, Music Chair, gaveFaculty an invited paper entitled Czech Music in Liberal themed play, performed in four Vienna: Language Controversy, National Property, and the Rhetoric of Deutschtum at languages (English, German, Yid- the 14th International Conference on Nineteenth-Century Music held at the University dish and Hebrew), and the cast of Manchester, England (July 4-7). consisted of alumnus Martin Swoverland, undergraduate √ Miles Coolidge, Christa Mathis and gradu- professor of studio ate students Laura Simms art, had a solo and Adrian Alita. Doctoral exhibition at the students Greg Ungar, Adam Los Angeles gallery, Bryx and Cipriana Petre also ACME, June 3 - July participated in the production, 8. The show included as stage manager, assistant the photographic stage manager and tour coor- series, Fire Hazards, dinator, respectively. Graduate four individual lighting MFA student Sara photographs, and a Broadhead managed the mural-sized photo- lighting on the tour. ® graphic work entitled Accident Investigation Site. This piece (an edition of 3) was just purchased by the Darryl Taylor, Assistant Professor of Music, performed at the Songs Across the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City for its permanent collection. Americas Festival in Conway, AK (May 15-20). In June, he starred as Aladdin in the Hot Springs Music Festival’s production of Cole Porter’s Aladdin in Hot Springs, AK. Music Professor Christopher Dobrian’s composition Cycles Interrupted for soprano, tenor saxophone, piano, and live computer sampling was premiered at the Live Sampling Festival in Greenville, SC (May 19). On June 7, he presented a co-authored article, Musical Expression with New Computer Interfaces at the conference, New Sophomore music major Glenn EllingtonStudents participated in the 2006 Salzburg Summer Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) held at the Institut de Recherche et Coordi- Festival in . nation Acoustique-Musique (IRCAM) in Paris, France. In March, sophomore music major Chantelle Foulks took first place in the Stockton ® Dance Professor Jennifer Fisher received Opera Guild competition, winning a $2,500 prize. the prestigious de la Torre Bueno Prize, awarded annually for the year’s most distin- Being, a modern dance piece choreographed by Jae Young, second-year graduate guished book of dance scholarship, for her student in dance, was selected to be performed at the American College Dance book, Nutcracker Nation: How an Old World Festival (ADCFA) at California State University, Sacramento, March 15-18. Ballet Became a Christmas Tradition in the New Students in Studio Art Chair Bruce Yonemoto’s Career Development class organized World. The award was presented at the 2006 and curated the exhibition GLITCH (June 9-July 1) at the Los Angeles County Museum conference of the Society of Dance History of Art (LACMA). Glitch is an hour-long video screening of eighteen artists’ new work Scholars at the Banff Centre for the Arts in that utilizes and exploits video’s inherent “glitchy” nature. This exhibition was curated Alberta, Canada (June 15-18). by Studio Art majors Dan Bayles, Douglas Green, Anna Kim, Lara Odell, Gina Israel “El” Gabriel, Lecturer in Dance, Osterloh, Marco Rios, Eusebio Travis Sevilla, Jeff Sheng, Kristine Thompson premiered his ballet, Pari Ti, March 4 at the Theatre Aguinaldo, in Manila, Philippines. and Gordon Winiemko. The work was performed by the Miriam Ballet Company. June through August, Gabriel Of the 30 UCI students participating in the 2006 New York Music Satellite Program, taught workshops and master classes in Colorado, Alaska, California and Mexico. nine left New York with jobs. Recruited for the national tour of The Producers are † The Men in Blaque, directed by Professor Joseph Huszti, won two silver medals dance majors Erika Odegard (dance captain), Lauren Kadel (understudy to the (Men’s Chamber Choirs character Ulla) and Julia Goretsky (character role). Briel Pomerantz (dance) will and Musica Sacrae) at intern at the Williamstown Theatre Festival; Samantha Berman (dance/drama) joins the World Choir Games the Colorado Springs Melodrama; drama majors Sarah Skaer and Andrea Spier in Xiamen, China in July. are on board for Chamber Theatre Company touring shows; Ben McLain (music) will Four hundred choirs from play Hugo in the International Korean Tour of Bye, Bye Birdie; and Erin Rauch (drama) 80 countries participated joins the performers at the theme park, Hershey Park, PA. in the largest choral competition in the world. The UCI ensemble was Richard Chagnon (MFA Music 1989)Alumni has been appointed director of Choral Organi- one of only three choirs zations at San Diego State University. invited to present a solo concert. Concerts were ® caryn morse desai (MFA Drama 1990), is managing director also performed in Beijing and . of the International City Theatre, now in its twenty-first year. ICT is Long Beach, CA’s resident professional theater company and Studio Art Professor Catherine Lord’s book, The Summer of Her Baldness: a Cancer has won the Best Diversity Practices Award from the Long Beach Improvisation (2004), has been translated into French as L’Eté de sa calvitié: Une Chamber of Commerce. Improvisation du Cancer by Editions L’Une Bevue. In May, the book was the subject of a two-day symposium at the Maison de l’Europe, organized by the Ecole Lacanienne Kori Newkirk, (MFA Studio Art 1997) was selected to participate in the 2006 Whit- de Psychanalyse. ney Biennial which opened in March at the Whitney Museum, New York City.

Alan Terricciano, Chair of Dance, received the Arts Orange County Award for Out- Matthew Potterton (MFA Music 1999) led the Modesto High School Concert Choir standing Individual Artist (March 23.) He has also received the UCI Academic Senate’s to the Sweepstakes Award at the choral competition in Anaheim, CA in April. Pot- 2006-07 Distinguished Mid-Career Faculty Award for Service, to be awarded this fall terton will direct the University Choir at The University of Colorado at Boulder as he as part of the Academic Senate Distinguished Lecture Series. takes residency for the doctoral degree in choral conducting.

After a three-day campus run in May, UCI’s Transversal Theatre Company toured the James Slowiak (MFA Drama 1988), Professor of Theater and artistic director of the world premiere of Professor Bryan Reynold’s play, Railroad, to two cities in Roma- New World Performance Laboratory, recently received the Outstanding Teacher and nia: Cluj, where it was performed at the National Romanian Theatre (May 30), and Researcher Award from the University of Akron (Ohio). Sibiu, at the famed Sibiu International Theatre Festival (June 1). The production was Joann Yarrow (MFA Drama 2000) is the newly appointed artistic director of Prome- directed by Professor Robert Cohen and designed by Professors Douglas-Scott teo Theater of Miami, one of the nation’s leading Hispanic theater companies. Goheen (scenery), Lonnie Alcaraz (lighting) and Michael K. Hooker (sound).

UCIArts Box Office (949) 824-2787, www.arts.uci.edu p Development Directions Ryan Marsh Steps into Development Role t gives us great pleasure to announce the appointment of in regional outreach efforts. “I am thrilled to be joining a Ryan Marsh as Director of Development for the Claire Trevor school with such a wonderful reputation, a talented faculty School of the Arts. Ryan comes to us most recently from and a very professional staff,” says Marsh. “The thing that IUtah State University in Logan, where he held a number of key excites me most about my job is pairing people’s passions development positions. Ryan is an accomplished fundraiser and interests with a way they can make a real difference. and a dedicated professional. He has successfully raised When you can match an opportunity for support with some- funds for Utah State, as well as representing the university thing that someone truly cares about, it’s pure magic.” Ryan Marsh Photo: Donna Barry A lu m ni Profile – Glenn K aino From Studio Art to the Web and More he term “driving force” only touches on 1993 Studio Art the arts and beyond. When teaching New Genres, a course graduate Glenn Kaino’s do-it-yourself personality. “I was emphasizing digital arts, at USC, Kaino would routinely pose very interactive in the Studio Art department,” says a question to students: “’How can T Kaino. “The environ- we create relevant things that have ment itself was meaning – how does anything become conducive towards meaningful?’” That would lead to cultivating a spirit asking what it means to be an artist of accomplishment and what an artist can accomplish where you felt things in our society, Kaino says. were achievable.” In order to help build a healthy Indeed. Kaino foundation for up-and-coming has achieved the artists, Kaino merged his efforts reputation of a with three of his peers to create creative dynamo Deep River, a “not-for-profit, who micro-manages and not not-for-profit” exhibi- his various careers, tion space in Los Angeles that which compromise boasted the warning “No art Self Portraits by Glenn Kaino an active exhibi- critics allowed” on its front tion schedule and have included helping to run Napster, door. “In the art world,” Kaino explains, “col- the online music service. He explains the motivation lectors, curators, and critics have much more influence for such tireless endeavors as the product of a cre- than the artists in what art gets shown, and made, and Medici Scholars’ ative mind, “Just refuse to be boring – at all costs.” supported. We wanted to work away from that critical Inspirational Journeys Ask him about his work as an artist, and Kaino will system of validation. We launched a lot of careers.” Expanding their creativity across the globe reveal the depths of his passion that unmistakably serves Until recently, Kaino was the chief creative officer at 2006 Medici Scholars participated in as the core of his success. When reminded of his featured Napster, where he helped decide the company’s musi- enriching summer opportunities. pieces at the influential 2004 Orange County Museum cal choices, art design and production. Kaino’s hand in the Esther Chang, Music of Art and Whitney Biennial shows, he explains, “My company began in his UCI days when he started a company Paris Piano Program resulting artwork has taken several different forms: called Pressplay. After several projects for major compa- David Kelley, Studio Art some are large-scale, like the one at OCMA and the nies like Disney and Fox, Pressplay became Napster. Curie in the Mines piece at the Whitney, and some are more intimate.” “It’s really awesome how Napster has evolved,” Lara Odell, Studio Art Kaino clearly relishes the challenge of being innovative in Kaino says. “I’m happy to have been a part of it.” Exhibition at Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Arts Gallery, Buffalo, NY Allison Knight, Drama European Musical Aesthetic Program Sponsorship Program Begins at Claire Trevor Krystal Matsuyama, Dance Alvin Ailey Summer Intensive School he school has officially launched its corporate sponsorship program this sum- Cipriana Petre, Drama Research on Theatricality of mer. We have the good fortune to have TJerry Mandel, former President of the Orange Communism in Romania Anna Kim, Studio Art County Performing Arts Center, serving as Rising from the Rubble: Serial Resilience #1 the Senior Advisor to the School’s external Meghan Brown, Drama relations team to establish this new initiative. Duke in Drama Program There are a variety of levels of sponsorships Vincent Tycer, Drama available to corporations to increase their visibility in the community while demonstrat- Director of Marketing and Community Relations Wendy Day-Brown (left) discusses plans for the Assistant Director of The Falls at the new sponsorship initiative with Jerry Mandel and Assistant Development Director Ariel Korn. Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, MN ing their support for the arts in Orange County. Photo: Jacqueline Sisemore Gina Osterloh, Studio Art Exhibition at Queen’s Nails Annex Gallery, San Francisco Yuliya Minina, Music School of Performance Mastery, You Can Make A Difference! Kiev, Ukraine Corporate sponsorships are available in every area of the arts. Karyn Lawrence, Drama Duke in London Drama Program Mainstage Musical: $25,000; Jazz Series: five concerts $10,000. Kate Hers, Studio Art Drama Mainstage Series: $15,000 three Are you looking for a dynamic sponsorship Trans-National Aesthetics: UFO-lab productions; opportunity to increase your marketing exposure Katie Rooney, Dance Intern at Broadway Dance Center, NYC Dance Series: four concerts $15,000; to art patrons and college-age students in For more information on the Medici Studio Art: professional exhibition $15,000; Orange County? If so, contact Ryan Marsh at Scholars program, call (949) 824-8792 Symphony Series: four concerts $25,000; (949) 824-8750 to discuss these opportunities.

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