The Kitchen Presents Alicia Hall Moran and Gordon Voidwell December 4 and 5, 2009 8pm Curated by Rashida Bumbray Alicia Hall Moran’s The Motown Project Alicia Hall Moran vocals, artistic direction Tarus Mateen, bass guitar Thomas Flippin, classical guitar Clare Bathé, vocals Kaoru Watanabe, Japanese taiko drums “Mash-up” concept and arrangements by Alicia Hall Moran - INTERMISSION - Gordon Voidwell Will “Gordon Voidwell” Johnson, vocals/keys Guillermo Brown, zen drum/keys/vocals Tecla Esposito, synthesizers/vocals Kassa Overall, drums/electronics/vocals Friday night dancers: Shirley Johnson and Natalya Davis Saturday night dancers: Emily Doubilet and Ashlynn Manning Music + Lyrics: Will “Gordon Voidwell” Johnson Concept + Aesthetics: Will “Gordon Voidwell” Johnson, Teddy Bergman and the Woodshed Collective Video Imagery + Visuals: Will “Gordon Voidwell” Johnson and Luca Mainini Costume Design: Tecla Esposito, Guillermo Brown, Kassa Overall, Gordon Voidwell Music programs at The Kitchen are made possible with generous support from the Amphion Foundation, the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, and with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. About Alicia Hall Moran’s The Motown Project THE KITCHEN GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS, FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATIONS AND I Was Made To Love Him (Stevie Wonder) GOVERNMENT AGENCIES FOR THEIR SUPPORT as of 3/18/2009 Words and Music by Stevie Wonder/Lula Mae Hardaway, Sylvia Moy/Henry Cosby $1,000+ continued $250+ Patricia Lizarraga Laura Ruth Abel I Hear a Symphony (The Supremes) Annette C. Merle-Smith Thomas & Kamala Buckner Serena & John Moon David Fanger & Martin Wechsler Words and Music by Edward Holland/Lamont Dozier/Brian Holland The NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Spencer Finch Preservation through the office of State Senator Gisela & David Gamper Thomas K. Duane Laurel Gitlin Heat Wave (Martha Reeves & The Vandellas) Words and Music by Edward Holland/ Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van Bruggen David Gordon & Valda Setterfield Anne & William Palmer TR Henigson Lamont Dozier/Brian Holland Stacey & Douglas Polley Rene Hofstede Elisa Port Dave McKenzie Nancy & Fred Poses Brian Kish Do You Know Where You’re Going To? (Diana Ross) from the soundtrack Yancey Richardson Gregory R. Miller Beth Rudin DeWoody Gifford Miller “Mahogany” Words by Gerry Goffin & Music by Michael Masser Lexy Schmertz Nusbaum & John Nusbaum David Moodey Debra & Dennis Scholl Michael Rengers Jonathan Schorr Frederieke Sanders Taylor Signed, Sealed Delivered I’m Yours (Stevie Wonder) Words and Music by Stevie Lea Simonds Isabelle Sajous Eugene Singer Joan & Lawrence Sorkin Wonder/Syreeta Wright/Lee Garrett/Lula Mae Hardaway Lisa Singer Moran & Charles Moran Suzanne Vielmetter Stephen Soba Gail & Biddle Worthington Annaliese Soros L’Amour est un oiseau rebelle from the opera “Carmen” Hilary & Robert Steinman Pat Steir & Joost Elffers $100+ Libretto by Henri Meilhac/Ludovic Halévy & Music by Georges Bizet Target Edward Albee Sofia & James von Moltke Oliver Allen Younghee Kim-Wait & Jarett Wait Charles Atlas Cruisin’ (Smokey Robinson) Micki Wesson Elizabeth Beer Words and Music by William “Smokey” Robinson/Marvin Tarplin Lois Bianchi $500+ Jonathan Binstock Alicia Bliffeld Dierdre Barry Steve Bodow Flow My Tears Mei Mei Berssenbrugge & Richard Tuttle Eric Bogosian & Jo Bonney Marianne Boesky Anney Bonney Words and Music by John Dowland Louise Bourgeois Damon Brandt Transcription by David Nadal Robert Bresnan JK Brown & Eric Deifenbach Kristin & Francis Casale Kathleen & Henry Chalfant Constance & Fuller Cowles Judith Church Brad Greenwood Jesse Cunningham Please Mr. Postman (The Marvelettes) Susan Hancock William J. Dacey Words and Music by Robert Bateman/Georgia Dobbins/William Garrett/Freddie Fredricka Hunter Susan Allen Harris Steve & Wendy Langman Heimbinder Family Foundation Gorman/Brian Holland Galerie Lelong Pablo Helguera Leila Hadley Luce Nicole Fix Raymond T. & Maryanne Lyons Jason John You Keep Me Holding On (The Supremes) Dave McKenzie Robert Longo Sara Meltzer Christopher James McIntyre Words and Music by Edward Holland/Lamont Dozier/Brian Holland Astrid & Cristian SabellaRosa Brian Moon Edwin Schlossberg Timothy Quigley Stephanie Schumann Ira Resnick Voi che sapete from the opera “Le Nozze di Figaro” Walter Sudol & Steven Johnson Jane Richards Oakleigh Thorne Peter Snyder Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte/Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Joseph Varet Martin & Phyllis Van Dyne Carolyn Zakrevsky Robert Viducich Christine Zehner Laura Zampa I Heard it Through the Grapevine (Marvin Gaye) Lori Zeltser and Len Berman Words and Music by Norman J. Whitfield/Barrett Strong Shotgun (Junior Walker & The All Stars) Words and Music by Autry DeWalt The Kitchen benefits from Materials for the Arts, a program of the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs/NYC Department of Sanitation. Alicia Hall Moran is a vocalist and composer known for her adventurous performances in opera, art song, cabaret and jazz. With music degrees from Barnard College/Columbia University and the Manhattan School of Music, she has trained with opera stars and classical greats: Shirley Verrett, Adele Addison, The Kitchen's continued vitality depends on the generosity of its contributors, whose donations are 100% tax- Betty Allen, Hilda Harris and Martina Arroyo. She also draws inspiration from her deductible. Please call Jess Dang at 212-255-5793 x 10 to discuss the benefits of becoming a donor or to ancestor Hall Johnson, the legendary choral director, composer and preserver of establish a corporate match for your contribution. All checks can be sent to the Negro Spiritual. Her compositions and improvisation can be heard on Attn: Kitchen Contributions, 512 West 19th Street, NYC 10011 THE KITCHEN GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE Jason Moran’s albums Same Mother and Milestone, on Blue Note Records. FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS, FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATIONS AND She has contributed to and performed in commissions for the Philadelphia Art GOVERNMENT AGENCIES FOR THEIR SUPPORT as of 3/18/2009 Museum (Live: Time by Jason Moran) and the Walker Art Center (The Bandwagon’s $40,000+ $5,000+ continued Milestone). Other performances include: Rough Crossings at Symphony Space, Cristina Enriquez-Bocobo Mia Jung & Scott M. Lawin Charlotte & Bill Ford Donald Mullen a collaborative work with historian/filmmaker Simon Schama; The Revival for Sukey Cáceres Novogratz & Mike Novogratz Cortney & Bob Novogratz Performa07 with painter Adam Pendleton; and Pendleton’s three scenes for The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Pro Helvetia The New York City Council The NYC Department of Cultural Affairs ArtistSpace. In Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company’s Chapel/Chapter, which New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency through the Office of Council Speaker The New York State Music Fund Christine Quinn won a Bessie for Musical Collaboration, Hall Moran’s singing garnered a New York Melissa Schiff Soros & Robert Soros Joelle & Jonathan Resnick Times rave. The Starry Night Fund of the Tides Foundation Pamela & Arthur Sanders The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Sotheby's Mila & Thomas Tuttle Under the Radar Festival 2008 Hall Moran’s composition The Field was recently selected and choreographed Illya Szilak & Chris Vroom $20,000+ Franny Heller Zorn & Richard Zorn by Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet in San Francisco as part of a suite of work Chris Ahearn & Marla Mayer commissioned of Jason Moran. Other recent work includes helping create vocals Altria Group, Inc. Carnegie Corporation of New York $2,500+ for artist Joan Jonas’ Reading Dante for Performa09 and Pendleton’s reprisal of Etant donnés: The French-American Fund for the Shelley Fox Aarons & Philip Aarons three scenes for Franklin Furnace. Next, she will perform in the soprano role of Performing Arts Alexandra Ackerman The Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust Charlotte & David Ackert Bach Cantata 129 in Connecticut. The Greenwall Foundation The Amphion Foundation IAC/InterActiveCorp Axe-Houghton Foundation The GRAMMY Foundation ® Alejandro Carosso Clare Bathé, veteran vocalist, brings decades of experience from Broadway stages The Mertz Gilmore Foundation The Cowles Charitable Trust The National Endowment for the Arts The Danielson Foundation to magical solo performances throughout Europe and The Americas. Ms. Bathé The Overbrook Foundation Alison and David Cody The James E. Robison Foundation Elizabeth Dee Gallery has performed with notable legends such as Lena Horne, Lionel Hampton, and Melanie Shorin & Greg S. Feldman The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation Julio Iglesias. “Having known Alicia for most of her life, I am honored to add this Jennifer & Jonathan Allan Soros Andrea & Marc Glimcher Robert W. Wilson The Harkness Foundation for Dance performance to my list of most memorable musical moments.” Douglas Hand & Katie Zorn Hand The Jerome Robbins Foundation $10,000+ Allison & Warren Kanders Thomas Flippin is an award-winning American classical guitarist, composer, and American Center Foundation Dorothy Lichtenstein Jackie Reses & Matt Apfel Chris Mahan recent graduate of the Yale School of Music. His teachers include renowned Kyra Tirana Barry & David Barry Barbara & Howard Morse Bloomberg The NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and classical guitarists Denis Azabagic and Benjamin Verdery. He has performed Joan and Joseph Cullman Family Foundation Historic Preservation through the