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THE WOMEN WHO SCORE SOUNDTRACKS LIVE

Friday, August 19, 2016 8:00 PM Grand Performances Plaza 350 South Grand Avenue Downtown Grand Performances and The Alliance for Women

In Association with The Film Music Society and White Bear PR Last year, Grand Performances found itself in a remarkable position. Following talks with the Alliance for Women Film Composers, we decided that an evening devoted to music Present composed by women would be an exciting addition to our summer series.

We were quite surprised to hear that this was going to be the very The Women Who first time that a program devoted to female-composed film, tv and music would be presented. It also is the first time for Score much of this music to be heard live with a magnificent orchestra and chorus. Soundtracks Live Grand Performances is honored to have THE WOMEN WHO SCORE : Featuring the music of SOUNDTRACKS LIVE Lesley Barber, Wendy Blackstone, Kathryn Bostic, as part of our 30th Anniversary Season. Jessica Curry, Miriam Cutler, Sharon Farber, Germaine Franco, Lili Haydn, , As a free presenter, this event could only take place with , Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, substantial support. Both GP and the Alliance are grateful for all Heather McIntosh, & , the assistance for this significant performance. We look forward Julia Newmann, Starr Parodi, Rachel Portman, to future opportunities to share more of this music with audiences Ritmanis, Nan Schwartz, , near and far. and Diane Warren

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Program “Safely Home” from Youth Advocate Programs–Troubled Teens and Family Reunification and From Me To You album (2011) Welcome Music and lyrics by Kathryn Bostic Michael Alexander For orchestra, featuring vocals by the at the Executive Director, Grand Performances

“ of the Night” from In the Heat of the Night (1994, television) Host Music composed by Nan Schwartz Gail Eichenthal For orchestra, featuring Twillie on vocals, Journalist and Executive Producer at Classical KUSC Dan Fornero on , and Tim May on guitar Conducted by the composer

Musical Selections Conducted by Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum (except where noted) Presented by Rebecca Walker Award-winning writer and one of Time Magazine’s 50 Future Leaders of America Overture Main Title from : Mask of the Phantasm (1993) Music composed by Shirley Walker Main Title from Stockholm, Pennsylvania (2015) Orchestral arrangement by Larry Rench and Music composed by Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum For orchestra and chorus For orchestra

Bones Orchestral Suite (2008-2016) The Protectors Music composed by Julia Newmann Presented by Dawn Hudson Orchestra arrangement by Cody Westheimer Chief Executive Officer of the For orchestra Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences

Main Title from The Cider House Rules (1999) “Plymouth Chorale” / ”Lee’s Theme” from Manchester by Music composed by Rachel Portman the Sea (2016) For orchestra, featuring Mike Lang on piano Music composed by Lesley Barber For orchestra and chorus 6 7

The Heroes The Icons Presented by Victoria Alonso Presented by Gail Eichenthal award-winning Executive Vice President and Producer Suite from Ethel (2012) Music composed by Miriam Cutler Suite from Warner Bros. Animation Superhero Themes For orchestra Justice League Main Title (2001), Mystery of the Batwoman Main Title (2003), and Supergirl Theme from : The Animated Series (1996) “The Joy of the Waters” from The Festival of Music composed by Lolita Ritmanis the Masters (2015) For orchestra Music composed by Starr Parodi Conducted by the composer For orchestra Conducted by the composer

“The Emperor’s Assistant” from Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016, immersive reality ) “Til It Happens To You” from The Hunting Ground (2015) Music composed by Germaine Franco Music by Diane Warren, and For orchestra, featuring Karen Han on erhu Lyrics by Lady Gaga Conducted by the composer For orchestra, featuring vocals by the composer at the piano

“The End of All Things” from Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture (2015, video game) Music composed by Jessica Curry Presented by Margaret Garcia For orchestra and chorus, featuring Julie Gigante on violin Critically acclaimed Los Angeles-based artist, muralist and educator Girl Bros. Suite (Music from , Carnivale, Touch and Heroes) (2006-2014) “The Flight of Redemption” from Children of the Fall (2016), Music composed by Wendy Melvoin When Nietzsche Wept (2007) and The Dove and Lisa Coleman Flyer (2013) For orchestra Music composed by Sharon Farber For orchestra, featuring Navid Kandelousi on kamancheh and Sirvan Manhoubi on oud Intermission Conducted by the composer 8

Main Title from Compliance (2012) Meet Music composed by Heather McIntosh For orchestra, featuring the composer on cello THE

Finale from Love Walked In (1997) WOMEN Music composed by Wendy Blackstone For orchestra WHO

The Dreamers SCORE Presented by Butterscotch Internationally celebrated performing artist and composer Lesley Barber Composer Lesley Barber creates music for film, television and other media. She isa “Powers of 5” from Place Between Places album (2008) multi-instrumentalist, producer, conduc- Music composed by Lili Haydn tor and orchestrator with a focus on hybrid For orchestra, featuring vocals and violin by the Composer scores, combining her signature lush orch- estration and unusual instrumentation with electronica and ever-evolving incorporation “Earth” from The Woman Astronaut album (2015) of various styles. She is best known for her Music composed by Penka Kouneva scores for You Can Count On Me, Mans- For orchestra, featuring Lili Haydn on violin field Park, the Sundance hit documentary Conducted by the composer How To Change The World and the upcoming Manchester by the Sea. Lesley is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Suite from Underground (2016) Music and Lyrics by Laura Karpman Wendy Blackstone and Dedicated to film scoring from age 18, Wendy For orchestra and chorus, featuring vocalists Raphael was CAA’s first woman film composer client Saadiq, Butterscotch, Carmen Twillie and Taura Stinson and has scored more than 120 . She has worked with many respected directors the likes of Juan Campanella, , Susan Seidelman and Spike Lee. Among her film credits areLove Walked in, New Jer- sey Drive, Dutch Master, the upcoming Lost in Florence, and the TV pilot-turned-film short Dear Diary (Executive Producer Spielberg noting her music “took the show from a 3 to a 9”). Her television credits include five primetime series, among them Profiler and Maybe It’s Me. 10 11 Kathryn Bostic Sharon Farber Composer, vocalist and pianist Kathryn Bos- Versatile three-time Emmy nominee Sharon tic is known for her work in film, TV and live Farber scores for film, television and concert. theater. She is a recipient of many fellow- Among her film credits are When Nietzsche ships and awards including the prestigious Wept, Children of the Fall, The Dove Flyer, 2015 Sundance Time Warner Fellowship as Honor Diaries, and two upcoming features: well as Sundance Fellowships for narrative Mata Hari: Her True Story and The Dark feature and documentary film scoring. She is Return of Time. She has composed concert one of four women (out of a list of 104) who works for the Los Angeles Master Chorale, made the shortlist for Best the Israeli Chamber Orchestra, the Culver Original Score for the 2013 Academy Awards. City Symphony, and the iPalpiti Artists Inter- In addition to her work in film, Bostic has written for Broadway, most notably national, among others. Her work Bestemming: Concerto for Cello, Or- collaborating with the award-winning playwright August Wilson. chestra and Narrator is scheduled for performances internationally.

Jessica Curry Germaine Franco Jessica is an internationally acclaimed Composing for film, television and interactive BAFTA-winning composer of contempo- media, Germaine Franco has worked along- rary classical music and is co-founder of side composers John Powell, , renowned games company The Chinese , and Room. She often writes for unusual spaces, on 35 blockbuster films. She is a Black Reel and her work has been performed in such Award nominee for her score to Dope, which diverse and high-profile venues as The Old premiered at Cannes. Among her many Vic Tunnels, Sydney House, MOMI works are Shovel Buddies for Awesome- , The Royal Opera House and Dur- ness Films, DreamPlace’s Kung Fu Panda ham Cathedral. The Washington Post has Chinese New Year immersive reality ride for described her music as “stupendous” and The Guardian recently praised DreamWorks Animation, and the Hispanic Heritage Awards for The White her “gorgeous orchestral score” for Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture. House. She is a music branch member of the Motion Picture Academy.

Miriam Cutler Lili Haydn Emmy-nominated composer Miriam Cutler called her music “fiery and vir- has scored such award-winning films as tuosic.” George Clinton called her “the Jimi The Hunting Ground, Ethel, Lost in La Man- Hendrix of the violin.” Lili Haydn’s five criti- cha, Thin, Poster Girl, and Ghosts of Abu cally acclaimed records have been favorites Ghraib. She co-produced and scored the on radio, TV and film. She’s collaborated acclaimed One Lucky Elephant, and co-pro- with & , Roger Wa- duced Grammy-nominated live albums ters, and George Clinton’s for Joe Williams and Nina Simone. Miriam P- All Stars. With ten feature films and has served as a juror at Sundance and at documentaries to her scoring credit, a fel- the International Documentary Association lowship to Sundance, and numerous collab- Awards. She is a member of the Motion Picture Academy’s documentary orations with composers Hans Zimmer, , and Harry Greg- branch, and is on the board of the Society of Composers & Lyricists. son-Williams, Lili has found her genre-bending creative voice in scoring. 12 13 Laura Karpman Heather McIntosh This Emmy- and Grammy-award winning Heather began her career playing cello with composer has a vibrant career in film, tele- the bands of The Elephant 6 Collective and vision, video games, concert and theatre. with Gnaris Barkley and Lil Wayne. Among her many television credits are She was one of four women on the Acad- Underground (collaborating with Raphael emy shortlist of composers for Best Original Saadiq and ), Black Nativity, Score for her music in Craig Zobel’s Com- Spielberg’s Taken, Odyssey 5 and Masters pliance, and again with Zobel’s film, Z for of Science Fiction. Her several in- Zachariah. She recently scored J. Davis’ film clude the multimedia Ask Your Mama (text Manson Family Vacation and Linas Phillips’ by ) and Wilde Tales for Rainbow Time. Heather is an alum of the Gimmerglass. Laura is President of the Alliance for Women Film Compos- Sundance Music & Sound Design labs at Skywalker, a Sundance/Time ers and a Governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Warner Foundation Fellow and a member of the Academy class of 2016.

Penka Kouneva Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman Penka began in film and TV in 2000, co- Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman are Em- scoring with Steve Jablonksy for of my-winning composers and Grammy-win- Persia video games. She has released two ning musicians and songwriters whose ca- acclaimed orchestral albums: The Woman reers began in the 1980s’ band Prince & the Astronaut on Varese Sarabande and A War- Revolution. Their TV credits include Nurse rior’s Odyssey on Howlin’ Wolf. She is the Jackie, Heroes, Touch, Crossing Jordan, recipient of the Sundance Institute Compos- and Carnivale; and such films as Danger- ers Lab Fellowship and the Game Audio ous Minds, Food, and Something New. Network Guild Recognition Award. Penka They continue to collaborate with artists the is among the first women to be principal or- likes of , , Eric Clap- chestrator on studio blockbusters (Ninja Turtles 2, Elysium, Ender’s Game) ton, , and Grace Jones; and still perform together as a duo and with and top game franchises (, StarCraft II, Gears of War). the Revolution. They received the first ASCAP Shirley Walker Award.

Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum Julia Newmann Juilliard-trained Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum col- This USC Thornton School of Music gradu- laborates with radical filmmakers and inge- ate has garnered four ASCAP awards during nious musicians on scores that include Nikole her eight seasons co-scoring Fox’s hit show Beckwith’s Stockholm, Pennsylvania, Nancy Bones. She’s composed for such series as Kates’ Regarding Susan Sontag, Deepti The Finder; Medium, and recently a NatGeo Kakkar & Fahad Mustafa’s Powerless, Shir- International documentary, Asian Emmy ley Abraham & Amit Madheshiya’s The Cine- nominee Let Elephants Be Elephants. Julia ma Travelers, and Thabo Wolfaardt’s Joburg. orchestrated for on Her commissions include the Sym- Michael Clayton, The Great Debaters, and phony Chorus, Symphony, The Water Horse: Legends of the Deep. In and fellowships from Sundance. Her recent projects include producing and 2006, she and husband Cody Westheimer started New West Studios, a mixing Laura Karpman’s 2016 Grammy-winning album Ask Your Mama. music production company generating music for hundreds of projects. 14 15 Starr Parodi Nan Schwartz This Steinway recording artist is an award- Grammy winner and seven-time Emmy winning composer for film, television and nominee Nan Schwartz – born into the mu- concert, and the recipient of a RIAA Gold sic business – is a champion of melodic, Record. She has scored numerous TV se- harmony-rich music, and her unique com- ries including The Starter Wife, Transform- posing style has made its mark in film, tele- ers: Rescue Bots, and G.I. Joe: Renegades; vision, recordings and concert halls. She’s along with hundreds of trailers for such films scored numerous television series, including as The Last Samurai, several In the Heat of the Night. She’s arranged for films, The Peanuts Movie, Mission Impossi- the likes of Arturo Sandoval, Ray Charles, ble 2, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and Natalie Cole; and has orchestrated for X-Men 3, Dreamgirls, and A Night At The Museum. Her highly-anticipated , and , among others. She solo piano album The Heart of is set for release this month. currently composes for and appears live with her Latin jazz orchestra.

Rachel Portman Shirley Walker English composer Rachel Portman is one Shirley Walker (1945-2006) is widely recog- of only two women to have won Academy nized as a pioneer for women composers Awards for their original film scores. She in film and fondly remembered as a mentor won for Emma (1996) and has since been to numerous younger composers. She won nominated twice more, for The Cider House two Emmys, for Batman: The Animated Se- Rules and Chocolat. Her more than 75 other ries and , and was nominat- features include The Vow, The Duchess, Oli- ed for seven others (for Space: Above and ver Twist, The Manchurian Candidate, Mona Beyond and animated series including Su- Lisa Smile, Beloved, The Joy Luck Club and perman and The Zeta Project). Her feature- Benny & Joon. She won an Emmy last year film scores included Memoirs of an Invisible for her score for the HBO television film Bessie. She has also composed Man, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, Escape From L.A., Willard and the an opera, The Little Prince, and a stage musical, Little House on the Prairie. first three Final Destination movies.

Lolita Ritmanis Diane Warren This AWFC founding member and ten-time Grammy winner and eight-time Oscar nomi- Emmy nominee won an Emmy for Batman nee Diane Warren is among the most suc- Beyond. As one third of Dynamic Music Part- cessful songwriters of our time. She has writ- ners (along with Michael McCuistion and ten hit songs for dozens of artists from Whitney ), Lolita has composed mu- Houston to Beyoncé. She has been ASCAP’s sic for Justice League, Spectacular Spider- Pop Songwriter of the Year five times. Her hits Man, , Batman: The Animated Se- include “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now,” “Be- ries, Superman: The Animated Series, The cause You Loved Me,” “Un-Break My Heart,” Killing Joke, and currently Marvel’s Avengers “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” and “There Assemble, along several long-form projects. You’ll Be.” “Til It Happens to You,” written with Lolita’s 2016 live symphonic film music performance calendar includes Lady Gaga for the documentary The Hunting Ground, is now the only song concerts in Krakow, Poland and Tenerife, Canary Islands. to have been nominated for an Oscar, a Grammy and an Emmy. 16 17 Orchestra Chorus Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, principal conductor Edie Lehmann Boddicker, vocal contractor

Violin Bass Trumpet Soprano Julie Gigante, Steve Dress Jon Lewis Sally Stevens Fletcher Sheridan concertmaster principal principal Suzanne Waters Nilo Acala Andrew Bulbrook Trey Henry Dan Fornero Elin Carlson Michael Lichtenauer Lisa Dondlinger Ian Walker Anna Schubert Arnold Livingston Geis Nina Evtuhov Kelci Hahn Jasper Randall Pam Gates Flute Steve Suminski Jessica Freedman Walt Harrah Jessica Guideri Geri Rotella principal Baraka Williams Daniel Chaney Ben Jacobson principal Julianne Gralle Joan Beal Ana Landauer Jenni Olson Charles Morillas /Bass Lisa Liu Alto Carmen Twillie Lorand Lokuszsta Jocelyn Scofield Michael Geiger Lucia Micarelli Laura Wickes Blake Cooper Laura Jackman Aaron Page Grace Oh principal Katharine Hoye Ed Zajac Alyssa Park John Yoakum Percussion Bobbi Page Dylan Gentile Sarah Thornblade MB Gordy Aubrey Buchanan Eric Bradley Shalini Vijayan principal Clydene Jackson Reid Bruton Vivian Wolf Stuart Clark Judy Chilnick Lynn Kowal principal Ken McGrath Edie Lehmann Boddicker Viola Juan Gallegos John Wakefield Alma Fernandez principal Piano Zach Dellinger Judy Farmer Mike Lang Carrie Holzman-Little principal Pam Jacobson Damian Montano Shawn Mann Harp Marcia Dickstein Aaron Oltman Laura Brenes Tina Wang, principal Cello assistant Danielle Ondarza Cecilia Tsan conductor principal Aija Mattson Giovanna Clayton Amy Sanchez Peter Rotter and Paula Hochhalter Ashley Olauson, Armen Ksajikian orchestra managers 18 19 Production Staff For Grand Performances

Artistic Director Production Manager Laura Karpman Ellen Monocroussos Stage Manager Producer Doug Lowry Marilee Bradford Assistant Stage Manager Terry Hashimoto Associate Producers Thomas Mikusz FOH Audio Engineer Chandler Poling Toby Tittle

Video Producer Audio Crew Tempe Hale Gaby Mark, Ernie Scarbrough, Masahiko Sunami, Daniel Talton and Betsy Gain Graphic Designer Patricia Luna Lighting Supervisor Ezra Donellan Marketing and Publicity White Bear PR Lighting Crew Vsev Krawczeniuk, Jacquie Adorni, Simon Knoweles Music Contractor Peter Rotter Music Services Stage and Facility Crew David Zibalese, Kerri Blasidell, Bernell Crawford, Music Librarian Alicia Garrity, Ezra Masse-Mahar and Jesse Ramos Catherine Grealish House Manager Catering Karina Alos-Fernandez Bernhard Mairinger’s BierBeisl Catering Grand Performances Staff Talent Coordinator Michael Alexander, Executive Director Debbie Luce Mark Baker, Director of Production Bria Chavez, Marketing Associate Volunteer Coordinators Jodi Feigenbaum, Development Associate Lynn Kowal Leigh Ann Hahn, Director of Programming Adryan Russ Zindy Landeros, Office Manager Christie Lesinski, Director of Development AWFC Concert Committee Katie Luna, Financial Administrator Kathyn Bostic, Marilee Bradford, Miriam Cutler, Laura Karpman, Nurit Smith, Deputy Director Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Thomas Mikusz and Chandler Poling 20 21 Thank You Our Supporters A very special thanks to the friends and colleagues who We are very grateful to our generous donors, who understood the volunteered their time to help this evening flow smoothly: significance of our concert and supported this evening’s performance. Melissa Axel Vivian Khor Victoria Ruggerio Alexandra Borden Emer Kinsella Ghiya Rushidat GOLD BMI Ann Carrick Leslie LaBarre Ted Sheridan The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency Briana Cash Natalie Mishkin Sally Stevens Dr. Harold and Molinda Karpman Evan Cunningham Michael Mollo Carrin Tanaka JoAnn Kane Music Alison Freebairn-Smith Kathy Moxham Tyler Traband Kraft-Engel Management James Jacoby Julia Othmer Sophia Trevor Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. Natasha Key Jerrica Patton Brenda Varda Tony Scudellari and Doug Dawson ... and to videographers and photographers Hans Zimmer Ron Grant and SILVER Sara Nesson Henry P. Adams for documenting tonight’s concert. The American Federation of Musicians, Local 47 APM Music Our deep gratitude goes to Berklee School of Music , One Callery Productions Mark Graham and the team at Evolution Music Partners The Film Music Society JoAnn Kane Music Services Peter Rotter Music Services SAG-AFTRA and especially to Sidley Austin LLP Penka Kouneva Twentieth Century Fox for the unending hours of music preparation. The Studios This concert would not have happened without you. Warner Bros. Entertainment

An added special thanks to... John Acosta, Jon Burlingame, Catherine BRONZE Grealish, Kim Roberts Hedgpeth, Bill Hughes, Suzie Katayama, A Muse Management Victoria Kirsch, Lynn Kowal, Larry Rench, Marisol Rhodes, Adryan AFM SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund Russ, Warren Sherk and Zeina White ASCAP Film Musicians Secondary Markets Fund MEDIA SPONSORS Fortress Talent Management CBS2 / KCAL9 Germaine Franco K-Mozart 1260 AM The Music Fund of Los Angeles KPCC Recording Musicians Association of Los Angeles KPFK Lolita Ritmanis This program was created and provided by The Film Music Society.

With the advent of sound pictures, movie music became a unique contribution to our cultural heritage. But during the final days of the studio system, countless film music recordings and manuscripts were destroyed by a shortsighted film industry, and those materials that did survive began falling prey to deterioration.

From this crisis came our passion for preservation so that new generations in years to come may enjoy this rich and enduring music.

Film Music preservation means more than saving manuscripts and recordings. It means saving the art form’s history, writings, photographs and spoken word. And it means breathing life into the legacy through live performance.

In celebration of THE WOMEN WHO SCORE SOUNDTRACKS LIVE and the composers, arrangers, musicians, singers, designers, staff and volunteers who made this a night to remember, The Film Music Society salutes Laura Karpman, The Alliance for Women Film Composers, Grand Performances and White Bear PR for helping to keep film and television music alive.

Shirley Walker conducting Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993) (Photograph by Dana Ross)

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