Governors State University OPUS Open Portal to University Scholarship Center for Performing Arts Memorabilia Center for Performing Arts 2-25-1996 Tokyo String Quartet with Pinchas Zukerman Center for Performing Arts Follow this and additional works at: http://opus.govst.edu/cpa_memorabilia Recommended Citation Center for Performing Arts, "Tokyo String Quartet with Pinchas Zukerman" (1996). Center for Performing Arts Memorabilia. Book 76. http://opus.govst.edu/cpa_memorabilia/76 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for Performing Arts at OPUS Open Portal to University Scholarship. It has been accepted for inclusion in Center for Performing Arts Memorabilia by an authorized administrator of OPUS Open Portal to University Scholarship. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Tof^o String Quartet witfi Qinchas Zultgrman ^February 25,1996 1:30 p. m. THE CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY AT GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY From the President THE CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY Now that you've walked through our doors to The Center for Arts and GO VERNORS STA TE UNIVERSITY Technology, let me welcome you to Governors State University, the fastest growing public university in Illinois. GSU--a jewel in the south metropolitan region—has just gotten better with the addition of this new, beautiful 1,200 STEERING COMMITTEE seat theatre. Its opening is the zenith of many years of dedication and effort by members of the Governors State University Foundation, the GSU staff, community supporters and the State of Illinois government, encouraged by Board President, Karen Reid Senator Aldo De Angelis. The Center offers us many opportunities to come together and enjoy a wide variety of entertainment and educational experiences in a magnificent venue. Betty Jean Besterfield Thomas Carlstead In addition to the fine entertainment offered live, we can broadcast worldwide Senator Aldo DeAngelis through our satelitte hook-up. We welcome corporations to host global meetings here, and the performances and programs planned for The Center Comptroller Loleta Didrickson can be beamed to schools and community groups throughout the south William Dodd metropolitan region. Charles Gaskill With all these options, we hope you come back soon. Thank you for coming Kathleen Field Orr and do enjoy the program. Anthony Pasquinelli Paula Wolff Donald Pizza President, Governors State University From the Chair ADMINISTRA TIVE COMMITTEE On behalf of the board of directors, I welcome you to Priemere Season of our marvelous, new Center for Arts and Technology which is indeed the James Alexander "crown jewel" of theatres on Chicago's Southland. Richard S. Kordos In celebrating this very special season, I would like to pay tribute to the Karen Reid hundreds of generous donors who gave so willingly over the years to make this Center a reality. Because of them, our community has a state-of-the-art Marie O'Connor facility which will play host to a myriad of high quality arts and Paula Wolff entertainment programs which will delight us for years to come. The Center will be a place like no other. Future generations will have the Constance Zonka opportunity to gather here for the finest of performing arts, popular attractions, and educational activities. The Center's programming promises to appeal to audiences of all ages as well as a variety of tastes. Central to the success of The Center are our patrons, supporters, and friends and I look forward to seeing all of you at the outstanding programs planned for this inaugural season and for many seasons thereafter. Karen Reid Chair, The Center Board of Directors and Opening Qata 'Benefit Conors Premiere Season CekBrity Ctub Members Founders Club Super-Star Dr. and Mrs. William H. Dodd Mr. and Mrs. George Arquilla, Jr Craig Duchossois Beverly Bank Corporation Ms. Jerri Greer Daniel R. Schuh Pasquinelli Construction Moshen and Kiyoko Shakerin Robert A. Schmitz Mr. and Mrs. James T. Reid Star Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Thrall David R. Barr Mr. Wayne Whalen and Dr. Paula Wolff Robert and Marietta Darnall Modern Drop Forge Company/Greg Heim John B. Kralovec, Esq. Stephen Seder Patrons Club Performer Mr. and Mrs. Hal Carlstead David B. Colmar John and Patti Flanagan Century Steel Corporation Bernard and Margaret Hincks The Honorable Aldo and Mrs. DeAngelis John Kumicich Dr. and Ms. Mel Muchnik The Honorable Loleta and Mr. Didrickson Anthony J. Pasquinelli Mr. and Mrs. Don Ransford Dober Chemical Corporation Joan Rosenblatt Heritage Olympia Bank Ted and Kay Schafer Ms. June Staackmann Federal Signal Corporation /Bimba Manufacturing Len and Kate Walburg Graycor Inc. Chorus Richard S. Kordos Mr. Henry Altman Jean and George Bernstein Pasquinelli Construction Mr. and Mrs. Shervin Freed Walter G. Glascoff III The Donald Pizza Family Harris Bank - Frankfort Mr. Robert Rutkowski, South Suburban Hospital Judith Janes Dr. John and Patricia Magon Scariano, Kula, Ellch, and Himes Lynda and Alan Mogilner Judy Pudlewski Star Newspapers Tony and Barbara Romanovich Jim and Bonnie Wilkes James Rubens Mr. and Mrs. D. Sieron John arid Mary Tomaszewski Joe and Marguerite Vieha Dr. Leon Zalewski THE CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY CekBrity CtuB MemBe It will take more than ticket sales to make our premiere season and future seasons at The Center successful. The annual support of individuals, Premiere Season organizations, and businesses is also critical to assuring that each season at The Center provides a special entertainment experience for the Chicago southland. Your support will ensure that, for years to come, we can attract BEVERLY BANK diverse, top-quality performers to The Center. Sponsor Celebrity Club Membership Levels and Benefits *A11 Celebrity Club members will receive first notice of next years season and will have the first opportunity to order ticketsl Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Chorus Member: $50 - $99 • Name listing in every Center performance program for the entire season. LEXUS OF ORLAND PARK Performer Member: $100 - $249 Sponsor • All of the above plus... • Invitation to our "meet the celebrity" reception immediately following select performances. 42nd Street Star Member: $250 - $499 • All of the above plus... Anonymous Sponsor • Invitation to our annual celebrity Club Members Luncheon on The Center's Stage with a sneak preview of next season Super-Star Member: $500 and above Grants Have Been Provided By • All of the above plus... • Two complimentary tickets to a performance of your choice The Illinois Arts Council The Chicago Southland Convention and Visitors Bureau Matching Gifts: If you work for one of the many companies that offer matching gifts, you can double the value of your contribution to The Center. The Chicago Community Trust Simply pick up the appropriate matching gift form from your company's personnel or community relations office, fill in the information requested, and send it along with your gift to The Center. Matching gifts are an important source of support. Acknowledgments Endo wment Fund Kurt Saphir Pianos The Center Endowment Fund has been established to help insure that this Aramark Premiere Season—and each season to come—will have the financial support to maintain the high level of quality and diverse programming to which The Center is committed. $2.00 from every ticket sold to our attractions will be PEPSI-COLA allocated to this important fund. It is a start, but a successful Endowment The Official Soft Drink of The Center Fund will need additional contributions to help us meet our commitment. We know you will respond in any way you can—because it is important. The Center for Arts and Technology From the Executive Director, Richard Kordos at Governors State University Richard S. Kordos, Executive Director As you sit waiting for the lights to dim and the show to begin, presents think back a few years to the first time you became aware of the idea and heard the excitement about building a performing arts Tokyo String Quartet center here, in the south suburbs of Chicago — perhaps in your backyard. You may have thought it was a great idea, but would Peter Oundjian, violin it ever happen? And if so, when? Kikuei Ikeda, violin Kazuhide Isomura, viola Now, before the lights dim, look around you at the walls, the Sadao Harada, cello seats, the carpet, the lights, the speakers, the drapes — see the With special thanks to first violinist AndrewDawes for his guest appearances colors, feel the comfort, hear the sounds of the people sitting during Mr. Oundjian's 1995-1996 sabbatical. nearby. Look at their faces, sense the excitement. The "great idea" has actually happened. PTNCHAS ZUKERMAN, violin and viola Program And as the lights are beginning to dim and the show is about to Sunday, February 25, 1996 begin, if you were one of those visionaries who, so many years ago, said "yes" to the idea and even dug deep into your SCHUBERT String Trio in B-Flat Major, D. 471 pocketbook and said "count me in" --then, with a great deal of Zukerman, Isomura, Harada pride and with a certain sense of ownership, sit back, smile, and BARTOK Violin Duos be ever so proud of what you are about to see. You made it Teasing Song (Scherzando) - #26 Ruthenian Kolomejka (Allegro) - #35 happen. Congratulations! Sorrow (Lento, Poco Rubato) - #28 Prelude and Canon (Lento-Allegro Molto) - #37 Rumanian Whirling Dance (Allegro) - #38 Serbian Dance ( Allegro Molto) - #39 Walachian Dance (Comedo) - #40 Arabian Song (Allegro) - #42 The Center Staff Zukerman, Ikeda Executive Director Richard S. Kordos NEIKRUG String Quintet Lento - Piu Fluido Theatre Manager Melissa Vickery-Bareford Adagio Sales Director Dawn Leader Fluido Technical Director Bruce Holland Intermission Sound Director Steve Carlin Theatre Secretary Kathleen Scheuerman BEETHOVEN Violin Quintet in C Major, Op. 29 "Storm Quintet" House Manager James Jackson Allegro moderate Director of Public Affairs Constance Zonka Adagio molto espressivo Scherzo: Allegro Consultants Marie E.