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Northgate Mall Seattle, WA ©2016 Encore Media Group. Reproduction without written permission is prohibited. 2 ENCORE STAGES EAP 1_6 V template.indd 1 9/20/16 11:26 AM Dialogue Encore Stages in conversation Founder Ray Carlsen with recipients and Director Miriam Shames. Photo courtesy of the Carlsen Cello Foundation Playing and studying the cello can be The Carlsen Cello Foundation is a expensive. Base model cellos can cost non-profit organization that has $2,000 or more, and terrific “student” cellos can cost another $10,000 to $15,000. The loaned instruments to young cellists Carlsen Cello Foundation provides a fine for nearly twenty years. instrument while a recipient is actively studying, giving serious and deserving students the opportunity to practice and perform on a cello that matches the quality of their study and growing talent. We recently sat down with Miriam Shames, the Miriam Shames is the Foundation’s Foundation’s director, to discuss cello acquisitions, director. With a Master’s Degree from Juilliard in Cello Performance, Shames is the best pieces for cello and how you can help put no stranger to the expenses involved with a cello in a child’s hand. the cello, nor the beauty the instrument can bring. While being involved in the Foundation, she also works with cello students in her Seattle studio and has performed with such groups as the Pacific Northwest Ballet and the Northwest Sinfonietta. Who is Carlsen? Ray Carlsen is a Seattle dermatologist who started taking cello lessons as an adult beginner in the early 1990s. He immediately encoreartsseattle.com 3 became interested in going to auctions in London and New York and collecting Produced in association with American Conservatory Theater and Shakespeare Theatre Company older, mostly European, cellos. Over the next two decades, through his own purchases and some donated cellos, his collection grew to its present – approximately 100 cellos that are loaned out to students. It’s a remarkable feat and a remarkable treasure in today’s world. Why the Foundation? Besides being a player himself, Dr. Carlsen, like so many, was drawn to the particularly beautiful and human sound of the cello. He also soon realized that an advancing student needed a cello beyond what was available through rentals, the price of which is prohibitive. The cello is enjoying a beloved place in the music BY MIKE world today, evidenced by its huge BARLETT popularity among younger students, directed by DAVID MUSE adult beginners, its use in so many genres and its draw with audiences. SEASON SPONSOR OPENS NOVEMBER 11 Any notable cellists that have used a SEATTLEREP.ORG | 206.443.2222 Carlsen Cello? Joshua Roman, the former principal cellist of the Seattle Symphony; Julie Albers, principal cellist of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; recent winner of a Boston Symphony audition, Oliver Aldort; and many more who are currently studying at major conservatories in the US and Canada. Where do you get the cellos? The cellos are purchased or donated. They are often restored in Seattle, and then maintained, by Rafael Carrabba of Rafael Carrabba Violins. He is a world- NOW SERVING BRUNCH renowned restorer of the most beautiful and rare string instruments. 10am-3pm Friday-Sunday What is your favorite piece of cello music? My usual answer is “whatever I’m listening to right now.” But, of course, there are the Bach Cello Suites and the 820 Pine St. Seattle, Washington Schubert “Cello” Quintet in C Major. 206.946.9720 How can someone help? TheCarlile.com The Foundation accepts tax deductible @thecarlileroom contributions, as well as donations of cellos. < 4 ENCORE STAGES Jessica Lang Dance / Nov 10-12 2016-2017 Imani Winds / Nov 15 Jonathan Biss / Dec 10 SEASON Mark O’Connor / Dec 15 JACK Quartet / Jan 10 Louis Lortie / Jan 11 Escher Quartet / Feb 1 KODO / Feb 3- 4 Benjamin Grosvenor / Feb 14 Step Afrika! / Feb 16-18 Dobet Gnahoré / Mar 2 Tafelmusik / Mar 11 Shen Wei Dance Arts / Mar 16-18 La Compagnie Hervé Koubi / Apr 13-15 Yefim Bronfman / Apr 18 Emerson String Quartet / Apr 21 Emel Mathlouthi / May 13 Kirill Gerstein / May 16 Les Ballets Trockadero / May 18-20 206-543-4880 / MEANYCENTER.ORG MEANY CENTER ADVISORY BOARD Kathleen Wright, President WELCOME to Dave Stone, Vice President MEANY CENTER Kurt Kolb, Strategist Linda Linford Allen Linda Armstrong Joel Baldwin, ArtsFund Board Intern Dear Friends: Ross Boozikee Manisha Chainani If you’re like me, you’ve been attending Luis Fernando Esteban performances at Meany Hall for many years and Davis B. Fox have been referring to us as “Meany.” Well, after more than 30 years as a cultural asset for our Brian Grant community and the University of Washington, Kyra Hokanson Gray we are just that: Meany Center for the Cathy Hughes Performing Arts. Yumi Iwasaki Sally Kincaid Our new name reflects the reality that the arts have always been at the center of cultural and Katherine Kruger, Student Board Member academic life — performances at Meany Center Craig Miller reflect and reinforce UW’s commitment to Chelsey Owen excellence, diversity and global discourse. Seema Pareek But we are also a place for ideas, education, Darcy Paschino collaboration and inspiration. Mina Person As a convener, our role extends beyond Donald Rupchock Meany Hall and takes us into Seattle schools Donald Swisher and community centers, inspires impromptu Rick Szeliski performances in dormitories and campus cafes, David Vaskevitch and encourages thematic collaborations with Gregory Wallace Schools at UW and fellow arts organizations in Jeannette Wing the broader community. Mark Worthington As President of Meany Center’s Advisory Board, I’d like to thank you for your interest and support. Ex-Officio Members We always appreciate hearing from you and Ana Mari Cauce, UW President hope you will let us know how you might like to Robert C. Stacey, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences be involved. I also encourage you to attend a Catherine Cole, Divisional Dean of the Arts performance from a series that is not familiar to you. I promise, you will be delighted and amazed. EMERITUS BOARD Gratefully yours, Cynthia Bayley / Thomas Bayley / Cathryn Booth-LaForce / JC Cannon / Elizabeth Cooper / Gail Erickson / Ruth Gerberding / Ernest Henley / Randy Kerr / Susan Knox / Matt Krashan, Emeritus Artistic Director / Sheila Edwards Lange / Frank Lau / Lois Rathvon / Dick Roth / Eric Rothchild / Jeff Seely / K. Freya Skarin / Rich Stillman / Lee Talner / Thomas Taylor / Ellen Wallach Kathleen Wright Ellsworth C. "Buster" Alvord, In memoriam President, Meany Center for the Performing Arts Betty Balcom, In memoriam Advisory Board Jerome Sanford, Sr. In memoriam A-2 UW WORLD SERIES World Dance Series generously supported by Glenn Kawasaki JESSICA LANG DANCE NOVEMBER 10–12, 2016 MEDIA SPONSOR ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & CHOREOGRAPHER JESSICA LANG EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GRETCHEN K. WILLIAMS Meany Center thanks the following Signature Sponsors for underwriting this evening's program DANCERS CLIFTON BROWN, PATRICK COKER, Linda and Tom Allen JULIE FIORENZA, JOHN HARNAGE, EVE JACOBS, Nancy D. Alvord Katharyn Alvord Gerlich KANA KIMURA, LAURA MEAD, MILAN MISKO, Sharon Gantz Bloome JAMMIE WALKER Stephen and Sylvia Burges Hellmut and Marcy Golde PRODUCTION MANAGER & LIGHTING SUPERVISOR Lynn and Brian Grant Family Hugues Hoppe and Sashi Raghupathy GARY ECHELMEYER Catherine and David Hughes Yumi Iwasaki and Anoop Gupta STAGE MANAGER Matthew and Christina Krashan DATHAN MANNING Chelsey Owen and Robert Harris Cecilia Paul and Harry Reinert Lois H. Rathvon Joseph Saitta Richard Szeliski and Lyn McCoy Ellen Wallach and Tom Darden George Wilson and Claire McClenny Photos by: Todd Rosenberg encoreartsseattle.com A-3 Program JESSICA LANG DANCE SOLO BACH (2008) Choreography: Jessica Lang Music: Johann Sebastian Bach Lighting Design: Nicole Pearce Costumes Design: Bradon McDonald Patrick Coker (November 10 & 11) Jammie Walker (November 12) Works from Bach The Six Sonatas & Partitas for Violin Solo; Lara St.