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BIOGRAPHYSinger-composer MOIRA SMILEY is based in Los

Angeles and performs and writes an extraordinary range of

vocal music. Recently, she premiered the critically acclaimed

Ukrainian-based Rusalka with the women’s vocal ensemble

KITKA; re-opened the Getty Villa performing the Sorceress

in Henry Purcell’s Opera Dido and Aeneas; recorded a solo

album Rua, a compilation of Irish, Appalachian songs; and

toured with Goin’ South Band and the Irish band Molly’s

Revenge.

Smiley was born in Vermont and graduated from

Indiana University (IU) with a degree in Early Music Vocal

Performance. While at IU, Smiley toured with her vocal

quartet VIDA, singing a cappella Folk songs. VIDA went

on to record three albums of traditional and original songs,

performed at prestigious venues such as Lincoln Center, and

UCLA Live, and was featured in Billboard magazine. Smiley

writes music for choral groups worldwide, dance and theater

ensembles, and film. She won the Lester Horton Award for

“Outstanding Achievement in Music for Dance” along with

presents

MOIRA SMILEY & VOCO

MOIRA SMILEYJOHN BALLINGER • JESSICA BASTA • JESSICA CATRON • CHRISTINE ENNS

Thursday, March 6, 2008, 7:30 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission.A question-and-answer session will immediately follow this performance.

The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

the composers for TRIP Dance Theatre’s Synergy at Ford

Amphitheatre. She has received several grants for her Bartok

Sings project creating new vocal music around the piano

miniatures of composer Béla Bartók. Smiley’s neo-traditional

hymn Stand in That River is popular around the world.

MOIRA SMILEY & VOCO fuses a new sound

with voices, banjo, cello, and percussion that is rooted in

traditional song. A vibrant, fast-rising force on the Folk

music scene, the group brings percussive movement and

warm wit to festivals across the United States and Canada.

Founded in 2006, the group was chosen to represent FAR-

West at Folk Alliance ’07. National a capella champions in

2007, VOCO has been touring and performing music from

its CD Blink at the Kate Wolf Festival, California WorldFest,

WorldOne Festival, Lotus Festival, The Getty Center, and

the San Luis Mozart Festival The ensemble performs an

amazing spectrum of music that it describes as “post-Folk,

improvisation-built songs, ballads, vocal symphonies, and

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presents

CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER

DAVID FINCkEL AND WU HAN, ARTISTIC DIRECTORS

INON BARNATAN, PIANOSTEPHEN TAYLOR, OBOE

DAVID SHIFRIN, CLARINETPETER KOLKAY, BASSOON

STEWART ROSE, HORN

MUSIC FOR WINDS

Friday, March 7, 2008, 8:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission.The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

Please hold your applause until after all movements of a work have been performed, and do not applaud between movements. Thank you for your cooperation.

As a courtesy to the performers and your fellow patrons, please mute all cellular phones, pagers, and watch alarms prior to the start of the performance.

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PROGRAM

Quintet in E-flat Major for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Ludwig van Beethoven

and Horn, Op. 16 (1770-1827)

Grave – Allegro ma non troppo

Andante cantabile

Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo

Barnatan, Taylor, Shifrin, Kolkay, and Rose

Divertissement for Oboe, Clarinet, and Bassoon Jean Françaix

Prélude: Moderato –Più vivo, poco portamento, (1912-1997)

animato – Tempo I

Allegretto assai

Elégie: Grave

Scherzo

Taylor, Shifrin, and Kolkay

INTERMISSION

Trio for Piano, Oboe, and Bassoon Francis Poulenc

Lent – Presto (1899-1963)

Andante con moto

Rondo: Très vif

Barnatan, Taylor, and Kolkay

Quintet in E-flat Major for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

and Horn, K. 452 (1756-1791)

Largo – Allegro moderato

Larghetto

Rhondo: Allegretto

Barnatan, Taylor, Shifrin, Kolkay, and Rose

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s touring program is made

possible in part by the Lila Acheson and DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund.

Opus 3 Artists

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BIOGRAPHIESThe CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN

CENTER (CMS) is one of 12 constituents of Lincoln

Center for the Performing Arts, the largest performing

arts complex in the world. Along with other constituents

such as the New York Philharmonic, New York City Ballet,

Lincoln Center Theater, and The Metropolitan Opera, the

CMS’ home base is Alice Tully Hall at the Lincoln Center.

Through its performance, education, and recording activities,

it draws more people to Chamber music than any other

organization of its kind.

As plans for Lincoln Center for the Performing

Arts were in the final stages in 1965, the distinguished

American composer and president of

Lincoln Center, William Schuman,

conceived of an organization dedicated

to performing the finest Chamber

music. This association, to be housed

in its own specially designed recital

hall, would take its place among the

finest Ballet, Symphonic, and Opera

companies at Lincoln Center. Pianist

Charles Wadsworth became the center’s

artistic director. Under the inspiring

leadership of patron Alice Tully, the

plan was brought to fruition. On September 11, 1969, Alice

Tully Hall opened with CMS’ first performance, beginning a

new era for Chamber music in the United States. In 2004,

CMS appointed cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han as

artistic directors. They succeeded Wadsworth (1969-1989),

Fred Sherry (1989-1993), and David Shifrin (1993-2004).

CMS’ annual activities include a full season of concerts

and activities, national and international tours, nationally

televised broadcasts on Live From Lincoln Center, and regular

appearances on National Public Radio’s Performance Today.

Besides its ability to regularly program a variety of

Chamber works, CMS’ achievements include innovative

projects such as collaborations with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie

Zane Dance Company and Jazz at Lincoln Center; thematic

“series within a series,” such as two Musical Evolutions

examinations; and the highly successful Great Day in New

York, which brought together New York composers in all

musical genres for a festival in collaboration with Merkin

Concert Hall.

CMS’ discography ranges from Johann Sebastian Bach

to Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, and includes critically acclaimed

recordings of Antonin Dvořák, Ludwig van Beethoven,

and William Walton. Fi Magazine named CMS’ recording

of Bach’s Complete Brandenburg Concertos “one of the best

recordings of the year” in 1996. The ensemble’s recent

releases include Felix Mendelssohn – Sextet, Op. 110 &

Octet, Op. 20 and the Grammy-nominated The Complete

Chamber Music of Claude Debussy, both on the Delos label.

The blossoming career of pianist INON BARNATAN

takes him to some of the most important music centers and

festivals worldwide. In addition to making his New York

recital debut at Carnegie Hall, he has

appeared at The Metropolitan Museum

of Art, Salla Verdi, the Royal Festival

Hall, Wigmore Hall, the Musikverein,

the Louvre, Shanghai’s Arts Theater,

and the Rising Stars series of the

Ravinia and Gilmore festivals. This

season, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw

will present a three-concert project,

conceived and organized by Barnatan,

featuring the solo, Chamber, and song

output of Franz Schubert’s last year. The

project will feature Barnatan along with the Belcea Quartet,

baritone Christopher Maltman, and pianist Jonathan Biss.

His orchestral appearances include performances with

the Houston Symphony, Israel Philharmonic, Jerusalem

Symphony, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre de

la Suisse Romande, and the Shanghai Symphony. He has

appeared at festivals in the United States and Europe with

the Jerusalem String Quartet, Cho-Liang Lin, Miriam Fried,

Gary Hoffman, and Liza Ferschtman. His debut CD of

piano works by Schubert was released in 2006. Barnatan is a

member of Chamber Music Society Two.

STEPHEN TAYLOR is one of the most sought-

after oboists in the country. He holds the Mrs. John D.

Rockefeller III solo oboe chair at The Chamber Music

Society of Lincoln Center. Taylor is solo oboe with New

York Woodwind Quintet, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, St. Luke’s

Chamber Ensemble (where he is co-director of Chamber

music), American Composers Orchestra, New England Bach

Festival Orchestra, and the Contemporary music group

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Speculum Musicae, and co-principal oboe with Orpheus

Chamber Orchestra. He appears regularly as soloist and

Chamber musician at Spoleto, Caramoor, Aldeburgh,

Bravo! Vail Valley, Music from Angel Fire, Chamber Music

Northwest, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Aspen Music

Festival, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, and Schleswig-

Holstein. Among his more than 200 recordings are Johann

Sebastian Bach arias with Itzhak Perlman and Kathleen

Battle, Bach’s Oboe d’Amore Concerto, Wolfgang Amadeus

Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, premiere recordings of the

Wolpe Oboe Quartet, works of André Previn, and Elliott

Carter’s Oboe Quartet, for which he received a Grammy

nomination. He has premiered many of Carter’s works

including A Mirror on Which to Dwell, Syringa, Tempo e

Tempi, Trilogy for Oboe and Harp, and A 6 Letter Letter.

Taylor trained under Lois Wann and Robert Bloom at the

Juilliard School, where he is a faculty member, as well as

with the Yale School of Music, SUNY Stony Brook, SUNY

Purchase, and the Manhattan School of Music. He plays a

rare Caldwell model Lorée oboe.

An Avery Fisher Prize winner, clarinetist DAVID

SHIFRIN is in constant demand as an orchestral soloist,

recitalist, and Chamber musician. This season he celebrates

his 19th

year as an Artist of the Chamber Music Society.

From 1992 to 2004 he served as artistic director, inaugurating

the CMS Two program and the annual Brandenburg

concerto concerts. Presently in his 27th year as artistic

director of Chamber Music Northwest in Portland, Oregon,

he has collaborated with the Guarneri, Tokyo, and Emerson

string quartets and is a member of the Kavafian-Schub-

Shifrin Trio. This season he will perform in Beijing as soloist

with the orchestra of the Central Conservatory. Previous

seasons include engagements with the Chamber Orchestra

of Philadelphia, Fort Worth Symphony, Detroit Symphony,

and orchestras in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. His recordings

have received three Grammy Award nominations and his

performance of Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto with the Mostly

Mozart Festival Orchestra was named “Record of the Year”

by Stereo Review. He has released two CDs of Lalo Schifrin’s

compositions, one of which was nominated for a Latin

Grammy Award. At home with the work of Contemporary

composers such as John Adams, Joan Tower, Bruce Adolphe,

Ezra Laderman, John Corigliano, and Bright Sheng, he

recently commissioned a clarinet concerto from Ellen Taaffe

Zwilich, which he premiered with the Buffalo Philharmonic.

Shifrin is the recipient of a Solo Recitalist Fellowship from

the National Endowment for the Arts.

Bassoonist PETER KOLKAY has already amassed

an impressive list of accolades in his performing career. He

was the first bassoonist to win first prize at the Concert

Artists Guild International Competition, and an Avery

Fisher Career Grant, and the first on his instrument to

become a member of Chamber Music Society Two. His

upcoming concerts include an appearance with the Colonial

Symphony in Harold Meltzer’s Likes and Unlikes, which

was commissioned for Kolkay by the Concert Artists

Guild. He has been presented by Chicago’s Dame Myra

Hess Memorial Concert Series and New York’s Symphony

Space and is a member of the IRIS Chamber Orchestra. An

avid performer of Contemporary Chamber music, he has

recently given the New York premieres of Paul Moravec’s

Andy Warhol Sez and Russell Platt’s Quintet for Bassoon

and Strings. As the recipient of the Carlos Surinach Prize,

awarded for dedication to American music, he premiered The

Dark Hours, a work written for him by Judah Adashi. He

is an advocate of Elliott Carter’s music, having included a

world premiere (Retracing for solo bassoon) and a New York

premiere (Au Quai for bassoon and viola) on his New York

recital debut program at Weill Recital Hall. An assistant

professor at the University of South Carolina, Kolkay holds

degrees from Lawrence University, the Eastman School of

Music, and Yale University.

The New York Times has noted hornist STEWART

ROSE for his “remarkable virtuosity, agility and fluency,

and his ability to retain the horn’s cheery rusticity.” He will

be the soloist in the world premiere of Charles Wuorinen’s

Synaxis at Carnegie Hall with the Orpheus Chamber

Orchestra, where he is a member. A native of New York

City, he has been principal horn of the Orchestra of St.

Luke’s since 1983 and of the New York City Opera Orchestra

since 1989. He has also performed on numerous occasions as

guest principal horn with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra,

the New York Philharmonic, and the St. Paul Chamber

Orchestra, and as guest musician with the Ensemble

Wien-Berlin and the MET Chamber Ensemble. He has

appeared at the Marlboro, Tanglewood, Mostly Mozart,

Spoleto, Edinburgh, and Eastern Shore festivals. Rose has

made more than 100 recordings of Chamber music and

orchestral literature for the BMG, SONY Classical, Deutsche

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BIOGRAPHYA Chicago native born in 1935, RAMSEY LEWIS

represents the great musical diversity for which the Windy

City is noted. He began taking piano lessons at the age

of 4 and soon after he began learning basic piano-concert

repertoires.

Although Lewis was exposed to Jazz by listening to

records his father played at home, he had no experience

playing Jazz. Lewis was 15 when a church musician, Wallace

Burton, asked him to join his Jazz band, The Cleffs. Burton

coached and helped the young musician learn the language

of Jazz. The seven-piece group provided Lewis’ first real

presents

AN EVENING WITH THE RAMSEY LEWIS TRIO

RAMSEY LEWIS, PIANOLARRY GRAY, BASS

LEON JOYCE, JR., DRUMS

Saturday, March 8, 2008, 8:00 PM


experience performing Jazz music. The emerging Ramsey

Lewis Trio featured some members of The Cleffs – Lewis on

piano, Eldee Young on bass, and Redd Holt on drums – after

other members of the group deployed for the Korean War.

Since the formation of his trio, Lewis has recorded

nearly 80 albums and CDs. Both as a member of the Ramsey

Lewis Trio and as a solo performer, Lewis has earned Grammy

Awards for “Best Instrumental Jazz Performance – Small

Group or Soloist With Small Group” for The In Crowd (the

Ramsey Lewis Trio - 1965); “Best R&B Group Performance,

Vocal or Instrumental” for Hold It Right There (Lewis - 1966);

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and “Best R&B Instrumental Performance” for Hang on

Sloopy (Lewis - 1973).

In addition to recording albums and performing live,

Lewis hosts WNUA-FM Chicago’s weekday morning drive-

time radio show, The Ramsey Lewis Morning Show, for which

he was awarded Radio & Records’ 1999 and 2000 “Personality

of the Year Award.” In January 2007, the show began

syndicating nationwide. He also hosts the syndicated Legends

of Jazz With Ramsey Lewis, a two-hour radio program that airs

in more than 75 cities throughout the United States.

In 2003 Lewis teamed with Larry Rosen, founder

and former president of GRP Records, and entrepreneur

Lee Rosenberg to form LRSmedia, an independent music

entertainment company that creates and produces branded

entertainment properties for distribution across broadcast,

live, and recorded media. Along with PBS station WTTW-

Chicago, LRSmedia has co-produced a series of 13 Legends

of Jazz programs, making it the first time in 40 years that Jazz

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BIOGRAPHYThe GIPSY KINGS’ spell is undeniable; its mystique,

indisputable. What began as a band of two brothers who

performed on the streets of Cannes, France, has evolved into

a first-rate group that flavors Flamenco with Western Pop and

Latin tempos. Rolling Stone magazine described the seven-

member troupe’s intoxicating sound as “a boundless realm

where Spanish Flamenco and Romany rhapsody meet Salsa

Funk, by way of Morocco and the

Middle East, and where hot-blooded

passion reigns supreme.”

In 1987 Gipsy Kings released

the blockbuster Bamboleo, from its

self-titled debut album. The troupe

has had a long-time presence on

Billboard’s World Music and Latin

charts with sizzling hits such as

Volare, Djobi Djoba, and the romantic

ballad Un Amor. To date, the group

has sold more than 13 million albums

worldwide, and its fervent guitar-playing and impassioned

vocals have become the trademarks of the Rumba Flamenca

tradition.

Gipsy Kings has also seduced Hollywood with its

magic and mystery. Director Peter Weir chose the band’s Sin

Ella for the soundtrack to his 1993 drama Fearless. Oscar

winners Ethan Coen and Joel Coen (also known as The

Coen Brothers) used the group’s blazing version of Hotel

California in their 1998 crime comedy The Big Lebowski.

Pierce Brosnan’s 1989 romance thriller The Heist and Vanessa

Williams’ 1998 musical romance Dance With Me also featured

Gipsy Kings’ music. The 1996 PBS documentary Tierra

presents

GIPSY kINGSFriday, March 14, 2008, 8:00 PM



Gitana, which explored the band’s rich roots and colorful

heritage in Flamenco music, provided an evocative glimpse

into the vanishing lifestyle and vibrant traditions of the

gypsy culture, further adding to Gipsy Kings’ mystique and

allure.

The ensemble has continued to dominate the charts

with instrumentals, dance gems, and moving ballads from

its string of Gold albums, including

Mosaïque, Allegria, Este Mundo, Gipsy

Kings Live, Tierra Gitana, and Cantos

de Amor. Its infectious Love & Liberté

was nominated for a 1995 Grammy

for “Best World Music Album,” and

the 1995 Platinum compilation The

Best of the Gipsy Kings dominated the

music charts for more than a year, a

feat almost unheard of for a group that

does not record in English.

In an effort to bring its music

closer to Flamenco’s origins, Gipsy Kings recorded its 2004

Grammy-nominated acoustics Roots album without electric

instruments or a drum set. What resulted was an enchanting

and bittersweet album deemed a “treasure” by Billboard,

prompting People magazine to proclaim: “Way beyond the

strictures of language, these 16 songs will resonate with

anyone who loves heartfelt, meticulously performed music.”

In 2006, the group continued its epic musical journey

with the release of Pasajero. The 14-track album, produced

by Phillipe Eidel, built on the musical style established on

Roots and added the fiery Latin American flavors that long

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BIOGRAPHIES Born and raised in Brooklyn, JULIUS LA ROSA

began his professional music career in the Navy, where

he spent his final months singing with the United States

Navy Band in Washington, D.C. It was there that he was

discovered by Arthur Godfrey. After hearing La Rosa sing,

Godfrey approached him and said, “Young man, when you

get out, come see me. You’ve got a job.” From 1951 to 1953,

La Rosa was a member of the television series Arthur Godfrey

and His Friends. This led to performances at prestigious

venues such as Carnegie Hall, Philadelphia’s Academy of

Music, and the famed nightclub Rainbow and Stars.

La Rosa’s recording career included popular songs

such as Anywhere I Wander; Eh, Cumpari; and Domani.

presents

THAT’S ITALIAN!A BIG BAND MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANZA

starring

JULIUS LA ROSAPETE BARBUTTIDICk CONTINO

FRANkIE RANDALL

with

THE HARRY JAMES TRIBUTE ORCHESTRA

conducted by

VINNIE FALCONE (FRANK SINATRA’S CONDUCTOR)

Sunday, March 16, 2008, 3:00 PM


Audiences and critics admire his talent, with The New York

Times stating, “His singing is very direct and unpretentious

he can wrap his voice tenaciously around a melody line and

bring out the best in it. He is certainly an equal partner to

the song lyric.”

Musician and comedian PETE BARBUTTI was a

founding member of the musical-comedy-vocal quartet The

Millionaires. The group toured the country for six years,

settling in Chicago, then Las Vegas, where it quickly became

a favorite on the Las Vegas strip. After two years in Las

Vegas, the group disbanded and Barbutti started working as a

standup comic in Washington D.C.

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During this period, Steve Allen saw a locally produced

videotape of Barbutti and booked him as a regular on his

popular late-night television show. One of those shows

was seen by Nat King Cole, who signed on Barbutti for

an extended concert tour. Next came performances on

Godfrey’s famous radio show and a regular spot on The Garry

Moore Show.

Barbutti continues to be in demand, performing

frequently in Las Vegas and throughout the country. He

conducts a comedy workshop in Las Vegas, in which he

tutors young comics in the art of working in concert and

on television. Barbutti has received numerous awards,

including “Entertainer of the Year” in Las Vegas and Atlantic

City, an “Artistic Achievement Award” from the American

Federation of Musicians, and a “Most Valuable Player Award”

from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.

As a high school student in Fresno, DICK CONTINO

led a double life as a football player and an accomplished

accordion player. After graduation, Contino chose to pursue

music and his family decided to move to Los Angeles. Just

prior to moving, he was introduced to a talent scout for

Horace Heidt’s The Original Youth Opportunity Program and

auditioned for the show. Contino was selected as one of four

contestants to appear on the initial Philip Morris broadcast,

and he won the $5,000 Grand Prize.

Today, Contino is recognized as a legendary virtuoso

of the accordion. Although best known for his million

sellers Lady of Spain, Granada, and Tico Tico, he is also

an accomplished vocalist. Contino is the subject of Dick

Contino’s Blues, a book by famed screenwriter James Ellroy

(L.A. Confidential), and Accordion Man by Bob Boye.

FRANKIE RANDALL, a “Casino Legends Hall of

Fame Inductee” and recipient of a star on Palm Spring’s

Walk of Stars, is an entertainer, vocalist, and a Classical

and Jazz pianist, arranger, conductor, and composer. Born

in Clifton, New Jersey, as Frank Joseph Lisbona, Randall

became a “professional” musician at the age of 13, which led

to a booking at the popular New York hot spot Jilly’s. That’s

where a life-changing event – a meeting with Frank Sinatra

took place. Sinatra helped Randall obtain a recording

contract with RCA, which led to numerous television

appearances, including a regular role on The Dean Martin

Summer Show.

Randall continued to perform in top cabaret venues

throughout the world. In 1982 he was asked to appear at

the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City for

a four-week engagement. Hotel developer Steve Wynn

was impressed, and offered Randall a contract to perform

at the hotel for as long as he wished. In 1983, Wynn asked

Randall to become the hotel’s entertainment director, where

he played an integral part in the Golden Nugget achieving

top status in Atlantic City. He later became vice president

of Bally’s hotel and casino while continuing his musical

performances.

In 1991, Randall resigned from Bally’s to return full

time to his musical career. Shortly thereafter, Allen asked

him to record a compilation of never-recorded Allen

originals. The CD, Frankie Randall Sings Steve Allen, was

released on USA Records.

Radio station WRDR in Atlantic City asked Randall

to record a CD for its audience. Unforgettable included five

of Randall’s original compositions and musical offerings from

Ivory Blackwood and Al Alberts. Other Randall recordings

include Frankie Randall Sings and Swings, Frankie Randall at It

Again, Words and Music, Let’s Make Christmas Everyday, and

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presents

NOCHE FLAMENCADIRECTOR AND PRODUCER

Martín Santangelo

Soledad Barrio

FEATURED GUESTS

Juan Ogalla

and

Antonio Rodríguez

CANTAORES

Manuel Gago • Emilio Florido

GUITARISTS

Miguel Pérez • Eugenio Iglesias

These performances are made possible in part with support by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Noche Flamenca is proudly sponsored by La Bella Strings and Intrend International.

All Choreography by Martín Santangelo and Company members

Original Music by Miguel Pérez and Eugenio Iglesias

Vocal arrangements by Manuel Gago and Emilio Florido

Artistic Director and Producer: Martín Santangelo

Lighting Design by Mark London

Costume Designer for La Mujer del Mar: Olive Wong

Technical Director: Leo Janks

Company Manager: Carlos Pérez Vega

Representation: Laura Colby, Director, Elsie Management



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PROGRAMLA MUJER DEL MAR

Based on the play by Henrik IbsenThe Company

Choreography by Martín Santangelo and the Company

La Mujer Del Mar was made possible by the Doris Duke Fund for Dance of the National Dance Project, a program administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts with funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, The Ford Foundation,

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, JP Morgan Chase Foundation, and MetLife Foundation.

SOLO DE CANTEEmilio Florido or Manuel Gago

TANGOSSoledad Barrio and Juan Ogalla

SOLEA POR BULERIASPerformed and Choreographed by Antonio Rodríguez

INTERMISSION

FARRUCAPerformed and Choreographed by Juan Ogalla

SOLO DE GUITARRAMiguel Pérez or Eugenio Iglesias

SOLEAPerformed and Choreographed by Soledad Barrio

ESTA NOCHE NO ES MI DÍAThe Company

Choreography by Martín Santangelo

This piece was created in memory of the singer Antonio Vizarraga, a founding member of Noche Flamenca who recently passed away. We miss you dearly Antonio.

For information on Noche Flamenca and to join our mailing list,please visit www.nocheflamenca.com

The Company would like to thank the staff of the New England Foundation for the Arts and the hubsites of the National Dance

Project for supporting the creation of La Mujer del Mar.

I became drawn to The Lady From The Sea and all of Henrik Ibsen’s plays because I feel a similarity between the messages in

his plays and the reason Flamenco exists. This message or theme is the defense of individuality, and the individual’s need to act upon it.

This action develops our consciousness, questions society’s ideals, and propels us to open our voices and souls to break with the false and

repressive ideals within the society we live in. The intense “cry” or “scream” that lies dormant and develops inside of many of Ibsen’s

characters, reminds me again and again of the intense and savage expression of flamenco song, dance, and music. George Bernard Shaw

sums it up as simply as the morals of Ibsen’s plays “illustrate his thesis that the real slavery of today is slavery to the ideals of virtue…”

- Martín Santangelo

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BIOGRAPHIESUnder the direction of Martín Santangelo, the award-

winning NOCHE FLAMENCA has become Spain’s most

successful touring company. Formed in 1993 by Santangelo

and his New York Dance and Performance (Bessie) award-

winning wife, Soledad Barrio, the company regularly tours

worldwide. Performance highlights in North America

include Berkeley’s Cal Performances, Jacob’s Pillow Dance

Festival, the Ravinia Festival, the American Dance Festival,

Wolf Trap, and the Hollywood Bowl. Internationally, the

company has appeared on stages in Australia, New Zealand,

Greece, and Egypt. With annual

seasons in New York City

and Buenos Aires, and return

engagements at theaters all over

the world, the company has a

dedicated global audience.

Hailed by critics for

its transcendent and deeply

emotional performances, Noche

Flamenca is recognized as

the most authentic Flamenco

touring company in the field

today. Santangelo has successfully brought to the stage

the essence, purity, and integrity of one of the world’s most

complex and mysterious art forms without the use of tricks or

gimmicks. All aspects of Flamenco dance, song, and music

are interrelated and given equal weight in the presentations

of Noche Flamenca, creating a true communal spirit within

the company – the very heart and soul of Flamenco. In

support of its mission to educate and enlighten audiences

about Flamenco, the company offers extensive residency

programs that reach out to people of all ages. With company

members based in Spain, Noche Flamenca is registered in the

United States as a non-profit organization with its office and

representation based in New York City. Noche Flamenca’s

artistic integrity has been recognized with awards from the

National Dance Project (2006) and the Lucille Lortel Award

for “Special Theatrical Experience” (2003).

MARTÍN SANTANGELO (Artistic Director), a

native New Yorker, was inspired to train in the form of

Flamenco and moved to Madrid, Spain, in 1992. He studied

with Ciro, Paco Romero, El Guito, Manolete, and Alejandro

Granados. As a Flamenco dancer, he performed throughout

Spain, Japan, North America, and South America, appearing

with Maria Benitez’s Teatro Flamenco, the Lincoln Center

Festival of the Arts, Paco Romero’s Ballet Espanol, and Maria

Magdalena. He also appeared in Julie Taymor’s Juan Darien

at Lincoln Center. Santangelo choreographed and performed

in Eduardo Machado’s Deep Song, directed by Lynne Taylor-

Corbett, and choreographed Romeo and Juliet for the Denver

Theater Center. He has directed and choreographed Bodas

de Sangre, The Lower Depths, La Celestina, A Streetcar Named

Desire, and productions in Spain and Buenos Aires. In

2000 Santangelo was nominated for CalArts/Alpert Awards

in the Arts. He is married to

Soledad Barrio and they have two

daughters, Gabriela and Stella.

SOLEDAD BARRIO

(Dancer) was born in Madrid,

Spain. She has appeared as soloist

with Manuela Vargas, Blanca del

Rey, Luisillo, El Guito, Manolete,

Cristobal Reyes, El Toleo, Ballet

Espanol de Paco Romero, and

Festival Flamenco. Barrio has

performed throughout Europe,

Japan, North America, and South America with Alejandro

Granados, Isabel Bayón, Jesus Torres, Miguel Pérez, Manolo

Marin, Javier Barón, Merce Esmeralda, Rafael Campallo,

and Belén Maya. She has won awards from more than 12

countries worldwide for her excellence in dance and was

awarded a New York Dance and Performance Award (Bessie)

for “Outstanding Creative Achievement” in 2001. Barrio is

a founding member of Noche Flamenca.

JUAN OGALLA (Dancer) was born in Cádiz,

Spain, and started as a professional at the age of 15. He

was a member of the Company Manuel Morao, Ballet de

Cristina Hoyos, Manuela Carrasco, and Company of Maria

Pages. Ogalla has participated in Festival Internacional de

Mont de Marssans, Festival de Música y Danza de Granada,

Festival Flamenco de Mahón, and Festival Querencias en

Ceret. He has performed in the tablaos (flamenco bars) Casa

Patas, El Arenal, and Los Gallos; in theaters throughout

Europe, Japan, North America, and Spain as a soloist;

Festival de Jerez; and Paris Opera. He is currently working

on a production with Manuela Ríos and Arcángel. This is

Ogalla’s third season with Noche Flamenca.


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ANTONIO RODRÍGUEZ (Dancer), otherwise

known as “El Chupete,” was born in 1974 in Osuna,

Spain, and began dancing at an early age in the Flamenco

festivals, fairs, and peñas of Andalucía, Spain. His dance

training was not obtained in school, but alongside the

professional singers and dancers that served as his guide.

He debuted professionally in El Cordobés de Barcelona,

which is considered one of the finest Flamenco tablaos of

Spain. Rodríguez has performed with the National Ballet

of Spain and has shared the stage with Carmen Ledesma in

the National Opera of Tokyo. He has also choreographed

for Yoko Komatsubara. Rodríguez has toured extensively as

a featured soloist in Italy, Germany, Holland, Brazil, Japan,

Mexico, and New York. He continues to dance in tablaos in

Sevilla and Granada, Spain. This is his fourth season with

Noche Flamenca.

MANUEL GAGO (Singer) was born in Cádiz, Spain,

to a family of Flamenco singers. Gago began singing at the

age of 5 and by 14, he was singing in Flamenco festivals

with well-known singers such as Juan Villar, Charo Lobato,

and Rancapino. Later, he began singing for dancers Joaquín

Cortez, Sara Varas, Rafaela Carrasco, Guito, Manolete,

Javier Barón, Isabel Bayon, and Cristobal Reyes. Gago has

traveled the world, singing in Europe, Asia, South America,

and North America. This is his eighth season with Noche

Flamenca.

EMILIO FLORIDO (Singer) was born in Cádiz,

Spain. He began singing and working professionally as a

child in Jerez, Cádiz, and Sevilla, Spain. As a soloist, he has

accompanied dancers such as Adrián Galia, Luis Ortega,

Belén Maya, Yolanda Heredia, Rocio Molina, Manuela

Carroasco, and Miguel Ángel Espino. Florido has performed

with the companies of Cristina Hoyos, El ballet de Madrid,

and La Raza. He has toured extensively in Japan, South

America, and Europe. This is Florido’s sixth season with

Noche Flamenca.

MIGUEL PÉREZ (Guitarist) began his professional

career at 9 by his father’s side in Sevilla, Spain, playing in

Sevillian tabloas such as Los Gallos, El Patio Sevillano, and

El Flamenco de Tokio. He has accompanied renowned

figures such as Farucco, Manuela Carrasco, Arcangel,

Alejando Granados, El Guito, Rafaela Carrasco, Antonio

Canales, La Tona, Isabel Bayon, Trini Espana, Loli Flores,

Maria Jimenez, and Matilde Coral. Pérez has also performed

with the companies of Jose Greco, Manolo Soler, and Adrian

Galia and participated in Festival de Nîmes – the first guitar

festival in Nîmes, France. This is his eighth season with

Noche Flamenca.

EUGENIO IGLESIAS (Guitarist) began playing

professionally at a very young age and worked in all the

important tablaos in Sevilla, Spain. Iglesias began touring

with various companies and has accompanied many dancers

such as Antonio Canales, Farruco, Farruquito, El Guito, La

Tona, Javier Baron, Sara Varas, Manuela Carrasco, Israel

Galvan, Mario Maya, Angelita Vargas, and Alejandro

Granados. He also accompanied many great Flamenco

singers in Spain, including Lole Montoya, La Negra,

Chiquetete, La Susi, Carmen Montoya, Juan Villar, and El

Potito. Iglesias is currently working on his Flamenco show

as composer and songwriter. This is his third season with

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Bridal Showcase Saturday, April 19, 2008

11am–3pm

Featuring a tasting by Patina Catering, a couture fashion show,

and booths by expert wedding vendors.

$5 per person

Cerritos Performing Arts Center 12700 Center Court Drive., Cerritos

RSVP to Rosemay Vera [email protected] 714 540 0500, ext 113

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BIOGRAPHYIn AN EVENING WITH ROBERT CRAY, the

five-time Grammy-winning Bluesman Cray performs the hits

that have made him a household name. Few Blues acts have

managed to accomplish as much crossover success as Cray,

but his enticing blend of R&B, Blues, and Soul has delighted

an ever-expanding loyal fan base. Since transitioning into

the Pop mainstream with the Smoking Gun single from Strong

Persuader, Cray’s soulful sound has become a bridge between

Traditional and Contemporary Blues.

An ardent music lover and guitarist since his early

teens, Cray formed his own band in 1974. The group began

by performing in West Coast college towns. After a few years

of regional success, the band scored a contract with Mercury

Records in 1982, and Strong Persuader soon followed. The

record’s success boosted Cray’s status and name recognition,

leading to career-making gigs with A-list musicians such as

Grammy winners Eric Clapton, Tina Turner, the Eurythmics,

and B.B. King.

By the late ’80s, Cray and his band’s stature was on the

rise, with yet another Grammy triumph for Don’t Be Afraid

of the Dark, the “Best Contemporary Blues Recording” that

rocked the music charts. The next decade kept the group

busy, with a celebrated tour in Russia and a slew of smash

presents

AN EVENING WITH ROBERT CRAY


This performance will not include an intermission.The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

releases, including Midnight Stroll, I Was Warned, Shame +

a Sin, and Some Rainy Morning. In 1996 Cray picked up

another Grammy for his contribution on SRV Shuffle, a track

on the A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan album, which featured

various performers, including Clapton, King, Art Neville, Dr.

John, Bonnie Raitt, and Buddy Guy.

By the late ’90s, it was time to hit the road again. The

band packed its bags and toured the United States with King

and Europe with Clapton. It also toured New Zealand and

Australia. In 1999 Cray took home his fifth Grammy with

the “Best Contemporary Blues Album” Take Your Shoes Off.

The ensuing years brought a string of well-received releases,

including Time Will Tell and Shoulda Been Home, garnering

more applause for the group and further securing its role in

music history.

Cray’s longevity in the fickle Pop and Blues arenas is

largely attributed to his guitar prowess and bold Southern

Soul. The singer-songwriter’s talent and appeal have

also attracted Hollywood’s attention, leading to several

appearances on Saturday Night Live, Late Night With David

Letterman, The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson, and

1978’s Animal House, in which Cray plays a bassist in the

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BIOGRAPHIESSOPHIE B. HAWKINS emerged on the music

scene in 1992 with her debut album Tongues and Tails. The

Columbia Records release quickly reached Gold-selling status

and earned Hawkins a Grammy nomination for “Best New

Artist.” The single from the album Damn I Wish I Was Your

Lover became a Top Five hit. She followed with a second

Gold-selling album, Whaler, which featured the single As I

Lay Me Down. The song became a blockbuster hit, charting

on Billboard for a record-breaking 67 weeks.

Hawkins released Timbre in 1999, then negotiated

with Columbia Records to leave the label while retaining

ownership of the masters to the album. In 2001, she re-

released Timbre on her own Trumpet Swan imprint, with two

new tracks added.

Her 2004 release, Wilderness, became her most

ambitious project yet. Working out of her home studio near

Los Angeles, she wrote and laid down the album’s tracks on

a variety of instruments. In addition to guitar, cello, drums,

and keyboards, Wilderness featured an exotic collection of

percussion instrumentation that has fascinated Hawkins

since her studies with African drum legend Babatunde

Olatuni and her time at the Manhattan School of Music.

In 2006, Hawkins released her debut live album,

Bad Kitty Board Mix. Recorded in Seattle, the two-disc

set captured the true energy and essence of Hawkins as a

performer.

presents

SOPHIE B. HAWkINS

JANIS IAN

Wednesday, March 26, 2008, 8:00 PM

There will be a 20-minute intermission.The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

Born in 1951, Janis Eddy Fink, later known as JANIS

IAN, wrote her first song, Hair of Spun Gold, at the age of

12. She recorded it on her first album, Janis Ian, which

was released in 1967. The album also featured her first hit,

Society’s Child, which ignited controversy from coast to coast,

with its then taboo theme of interracial romance. The song

sparked the burning of a radio station and the firing of disc

jockeys who played it. In 2001, Society’s Child was inducted

into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

After recording three more albums during the next two

years for Verve Folkways, Ian took a break from recording.

She returned with Stars in 1974, featuring the song Jesse,

which later became a Top 10 hit for Roberta Flack.

In 1975, Ian’s first Platinum-selling release, Between the

Lines, was released. The album featured At Seventeen, which

earned Ian her first two Grammy Awards for “Album of the

Year” and “Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.” During

the next six years, she released an eclectic mix of six more

albums for CBS Records, including Aftertones, which was a

Top 20 Gold record in the United States and the highest-

selling album by a solo female performer in Japan’s history.

Ian released the Grammy-nominated Breaking Silence

in 1993, followed by Revenge, Hunger, God & the FBI, and

Billie’s Bones. In 2003, she released Janis Ian Live, Working

Without a Net, followed by a DVD in 2005, Live at Club Cafe.

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presents

SHIDARAHEART OF THE IMMORTAL MOUNTAIN

Welcome to our home, where forest cliffs touch heaven’s floor, gathering life

from the human, natural, and spirit worlds. We are glad you have come.

PERFORMERS

Chabo

Satoshi Owaki • Ryuichi Hasegawa • Yuka Hasegawa

Mitsumasa Miyazaki • Aya Sato • Nobuko Hayazaki

Megan Chao Smith • Akihiko Yoshida • Daisuke Inadome • Takayuki Kito

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Chabo

SOUND MANAGER LIGHTING DIRECTOR

Satoshi Owaki Fumiyo Inokuchi

TOUR MANAGER

Megan Chao Smith

ROAD MANAGER ASSISTANT ROAD MANAGER

Karen Falkenstrom Kristy Oshiro

TOUR ASSISTANT/INTERN

Sarah Anderson

TRANSLATORS

Megan Chao Smith • Fumiyo Inokuchi • Sarah Anderson

Shidara is exclusively represented in North America by California Artists Management

www.CalArtists.com



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PROGRAM

MURASAMENONEComposed by Chabo

The sounds of heavy rain in the forest.

KAZENOMICHIComposed by Chabo

Wind touches down among the grass and trees, rushing and darting through rice fields. All at once, the doorway to another world appears in its path. If we continue down this road, what will we find along the way?

OTODAMA Improvisation by Ryuichi Hasegawa

There is a spirit and soul in sound. Our senses, emotions, passion, and life exist in all sounds. Random sounds have little meaning, but if gathered and arranged they become music.

NIEBUCHI Composed by Chabo

Thousands of drops of water build to make a stream, and eventually a raging river. The surging torrent of water wears away

large boulders and carves out the mountains. In the same way that small raindrops combine to form a giant river, when the strengths of each person come together, an unbelievable power is formed.

INTERMISSION

TONBIComposed by Chabo

A small, hawk-like bird cuts through wind, aiming at prey, circling the big sky, coasting, and riding. In Japan, many tonbi circle the skies of Toei village. From their soaring perspective, the eyes of the tonbi reflect to us about human life.

KOGANENOKAZEComposed by Chabo

During the harvest season, the countryside is blanketed with fields of rice, ears, and stalks that turn a golden brown, swaying in

the gentle breeze. The ears of ripening rice dance in the wind, which itself seems to turn golden brown.

HONO KUNIComposed by Chabo

Our region was once called Hono Kuni, the land of grain. In this song, god-like massive boulders sit over a tiny human shrine lit with lanterns. Hono Kuni is about our home from ages past, pure swaying fields, and majestic natural landscape.

HANA MATSURI

Traditional Arrangement with Choreography by Chabo

Hana Matsuri, a local harvest festival designated as an important National Folk Cultural Property of Japan, is a religious ceremony where performances are actual prayers for good health, an abundant harvest, and harmonious communion of the

divine and human worlds. Please join us in the festival at the very heart of our art, philosophy, and life.

BIOGRAPHYDeep from within the mountains of Japan comes

SHIDARA. Blending top-notch skill, blinding energy,

and breakneck speed, its performances carry a deeper

spiritual purpose rooted in ancient times. Defying time

and place, the music captures earthy tones of long ago,

and thunders with new images of Japanese mountain

life. Members live and train at their mountain facility in

strictest traditional discipline. Deeply entwined in the

life of its village, Shidara has committed to preserving

the ancient dance festivals in its region. Performances

include a rendition of The Hana Matsuri Festival, a 730-

year-old harvest ritual deemed a Japanese National Folk

Cultural Property.

Since sweeping the Tokyo Taiko Championships in

2002 and enjoying the stage with Grammy and Golden

award winner Kitaro in 2003, Shidara now tours regularly

throughout Japan and Korea. The group has also given

acclaimed performances in Norway, Sweden, Martinique,

and Taipei. Thunderous standing ovations and popular

audience demand during the company’s U.S. debut has led

to regular North American tours since 2006. In Shidara’s

own words, “Through our performance we hope to bring

people together, joining hands in reciprocal support while

walking an essential path of mutual encouragement. This

was done at ancient festivals, where circles of human

harmony were created, born of a spirit of gratitude to the

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On StageAdvertising Opportunity

The Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts is now taking advertising space reservations for the On Stage program. Each issue of On Stage is distributed to some 15,000 patrons. Placing an advertisement in the program for the entire season provides an opportunity to reach more than 150,000 theater patrons.

For more information please call On StageAccount Executive Anna Jones at (562) 916-8510, extension 2520.

THE ARTS AMBASSADORS is a group of 500 volunteer ushers comprised of working professionals, students, and active seniors from Cerritos and its neighboring communities, many of whom have volunteered with the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts since the inaugural season in 1993.

EACH YEAR the Ambassadors donate more than 20,000 hours in support of events at the CCPA and enjoy the opportunity to see many of the theater’s programs on a regular basis.

Earn a Starring Role as anARTS AMBASSADOR

To learn more please call House Manager Alan Strickland

at (562) 916-8510.

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presents

TAP KIDS

Saturday, March 29, 2008, 2:00 PM and 8:00 PMSunday, March 30, 2008, 3:00 PM


BIOGRAPHIESMICHAELA BASILIO is 19 years old and hails from

Wilmington, North Carolina. She started dancing at the age

of 6 and has won many prestigious awards, including fourth

place in the American Dance Idol competition in Orlando,

Florida. Basilio attends Parsons School of Design in New

York City where she studies fashion design and business. She

studies dance at Broadway Dance Center and Steps, teaches

Tap, and has choreographed award-winning Tap dances at

various studios.

BRITTANY PARKS is 18 years old and is from

Austin, Texas. She put on her first pair of Tap shoes when

she was 3. Parks was awarded the Encore Dance


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Competition For the Stars (DCS) “Performer of the Year”

honor and received special recognition from Capezio when

she attended Encore DCS Las Vegas Nationals. Parks has

received numerous scholarships and is pursuing a career on

Broadway.

LIZ PLOTT is originally from Ohio. She studied with

many Tap masters, including the late Buster Brown, Jimmy

Tate, Lynn Schwab, Shea Sullivan, and Lady Dianne Walker.

Plott’s competitive career has spanned a period of 13 years.

She has won more than 75 top overall junior and senior

soloists awards and numerous titles, including the 1996

“Junior Miss Dance of Ohio,” and has ranked in the top 10 in

the country. She is currently living in New York City where

she is pursuing her lifelong dream of dancing on Broadway.

Plott was featured in Prodigy at the Tropicana Casino and

Resort Atlantic City and danced in the national tours of

Scrooge: The Musical and Dream. She thanks her family and

friends for all of their support

SHANE RUTKOWSKI is a New Jersey native

who grew up competing around the country. In 2003 he

was awarded “Top Soloist” at the New Jersey State Dance

Championships and danced at the Elan Awards honoring

director Rob Marshall. While touring the world with Tap

Kids, Rutkowski appeared as the Ghost of Christmas Future

in Scrooge: The Musical and was a featured dancer and

model for M•A•C cosmetics’ dance line. He is a member

of the Modern dance company Veracity and can be seen

in Rachel Neville’s photographic exhibition, The Source.

Currently a resident of New York City, Rutkowski continues

to train in all genres of dance while teaching and judging

for National Dance Showcase. He is working on a degree in

communications and media at Fordham University.

CJ SALVADOR is 16 years old and resides in Spring

Grove, Illinois. He has been dancing Hip-Hop and Tap

since age 9. In 2005, Salvador was a featured Tap dancer in

Dance Spirit Magazine’s “20 Hot Tappers Under 20.” He has

received many awards and scholarships; is a member of the

student-directed Footprints Tap Ensemble at Talent Forum in

Libertyville, Illinois; and was chosen as an assistant rehearsal

director for the company this year. Salvador is a member of

Talent Forum’s Forum Jazz Dance Company, directed by Eddy

Ocampo and Richard Smith.

KILEIGH WILLIAMS is from Marion, Indiana. She

is 16 years old and has been with the company since age

11. Williams began dancing at the age of 3 and has studied

with many notable Tap teachers, including Jamie Douglas

Bragg. She plays volleyball, soccer, and track and loves to

snowboard. In 2004, Williams and three members of Tap

Kids performed in Prodigy at Tropicana Casino and Resorts

Atlantic City. She was featured in Young Dancer Magazine

in 2005. Recently she performed with the WNBA Indiana

Fever Inferno Dance Team, Hip-Hop squad. She is an honor

roll student at Marion High School and thanks her family

and community for their sacrifices and support so she can do

what she loves.

MICHAEL WILSON, 19 years old from Aurora,

Colorado, has been dancing for 11 years. Since he began

competing seven years ago, he has won many regional

titles and special awards. Wilson was an original member

of the Funky Beats Youth Tap Ensemble, which performed

throughout Colorado. He studies Jazz, Ballet, Tap, Hip-Hop,

and Lyrical dance in Los Angeles and has received awards for

his choreography.

MATT GERSHEN is 18 years old and has been

dancing since age 4. Currently he dances at Fancy Feet

Dance Studio in Charlotte, North Carolina. Recently,

he won his fourth National Dance Competition and

placed seventh in the American Dance Idol competition

in Orlando, Florida. In 2004, he was in the cast of Road

to Victory in Washington, D.C. Gershen has started

choreographing his own routines and hopes to continue

while he improves his Tap technique.

BIANCA REVELS has performed since the age of 3

and studies voice, Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Hip-Hop, Lyrical, and

African dance. She has earned more than 80 competitive

awards and scholarships, among them the Interlochen

Center for the Arts and American Ballet Theatre summer

intensive programs. Her stage credits include Reason for the

Season, When God Comes Down From Heaven, Cinderella,

The Wiz, Hold My Mule, the Broadway production of The

Harlem Nutcracker, and the lead vocal role in the Henry Ford

Community Center production of Grease. Her television

performances include The Jenny Jones Show for talented kids

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BIOGRAPHYARTURO SANDOVAL is fluent in at least four

musical languages. He can burn through an Afro-Cuban

groove, tear up a Bebop tune, soar over a Wolfgang Amadeus

Mozart concerto, and soothe listeners with a luscious ballad,

with equal power and grace. Granted political asylum in July

1990 and United States citizenship in 1999, Sandoval and

his family now call Miami, Florida, home.

A protégé of the legendary Jazz master Dizzy Gillespie,

Sandoval was born in Artemisa, a small town

on the outskirts of Havana, Cuba, on November

6, 1949. Sandoval began studying Classical

trumpet at the age of 12, but it didn’t take him

long to catch the excitement of the Jazz world.

He has since evolved into one of the world’s

most acknowledged guardians of Jazz trumpet

and flügelhorn, as well as a renowned Classical

musician, pianist, and composer.

Sandoval was a founding member of

the Grammy award-winning group Irakere,

whose explosive mixture of Jazz, Classical, Rock, and

traditional Cuban music caused a sensation throughout the

entertainment world. In 1981 he left Irakere to form his own

band, which garnered praise from critics and audiences all

over the world.

Sandoval has won four Grammy Awards, six Billboard

Awards, and an Emmy Award, the latter for composing

the entire underscore on HBO’s For Love or Country: The

Arturo Sandoval Story. He was seen by millions on the 2004

Grammy Awards, performing with Pop-phenomenon Justin

Timberlake, as well as on the 2004 Billboard Latin Music

Awards with Alicia Keys, where he was awarded his sixth

Billboard Award for “Best Latin Jazz Album.” In 2007, he was

presents

ARTURO SANDOVALFriday, April 4, 2008, 8:00 PM


awarded a Latin Grammy Award, “Best Latin Jazz Album” for

Rumba Palace.

A tenured professor at Florida International University,

Sandoval works nationally and abroad with several

institutions, offering scholarships, exercise books, clinics, and

seminars. In addition, he works with the National Academy

of Recording Arts and Sciences’ (NARAS) educational

program. The Hal Leonard Corporation has released

educational books with recorded CDs that

include original exercises by Sandoval. The

company also has published various big band,

combo, and marching band charts from his

award-winning albums.

Sandoval is also a renowned Classical

musician, performing with leading symphony

orchestras from around the world. He has

composed his own Concerto for Trumpet &

Orchestra, which can be heard on Arturo

Sandoval: The Classical Album. Also, he was

asked by composer-conductor John Williams to record

Williams’ original Trumpet Concerto with the London

Symphony Orchestra.

Sandoval’s versatility is showcased on recordings with

everyone from Gillespie, Woody Herman, Woody Shaw,

Michel Legrand, Bill Conti, and Stan Getz to Johnny Mathis,

Paul Anka, Rod Stewart, and Keys. Sandoval’s playing also

can be heard on Dave Grusin’s soundtrack for Havana, on

the Mambo Kings soundtrack with his Grammy-nominated

composition Mambo Caliente, and on the soundtrack of The

Perez Family. Sandoval was commissioned by the Kennedy

Center to compose music for the ballet Pepito’s Story,

choreographed by Debbie Allen. g

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THE TICkET OFFICE is open 10 AM to 6 PM Monday through Friday and 12 Noon to 4 PM on Saturday and Sunday. Hours are extended through the first intermission on performance days.

TICkETS can be charged to Visa, MasterCard, Discover or American Express by phoning (800) 300-4345 or (562) 916-8500, or online at www.cerritoscenter.com. Mail orders are processed as they are received. Tickets cannot be reserved without payment.

LOST TICkET AND TICkET EXCHANGE policies vary; however, there are no refunds. Call (800) 300-4345 for information.

GROUPS of 20 or more may purchase tickets at a 10% discount. Call (800) 300-4345.

CHILDREN’S PRICES apply to children twelve (12) years of age and under. Regardless of age, everyone must have a ticket, sit in a seat, and be able to sit quietly throughout the performance. We do not recommend children under the age of six (6) attend unless an event is specifically described as suited to that age.

FREE PUBLIC TOURS are conducted by appointment only. Special tours can be arranged by calling (562) 916-8530.

PARkING is always free in the spacious lots adjacent to the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts.

FULL-SERVICE BARS are located in the Grand Lobby on the Orchestra level and at the Gold Circle level. Refreshments are not allowed in the Auditorium.

SMOkING IS NOT PERMITTED in any City facility.

EMERGENCY MEDICAL technicians are on duty at all performances. If you need first aid, contact an usher for assistance.

RESTROOMS are located behind the Grand Staircase on the Orchestra level and at the Grand Staircase Landing on the Gold Circle level.

Out of courtesy to the performers and fellow patrons, CELLULAR PHONES, PAGERS, AND ALARM WATCHES should be disconnected before the start of the performance.

DOCTORS AND PARENTS should leave their seating locations with exchanges or sitters and have them call (562) 916-8508 in case of an emergency.

THE COAT ROOM is located behind the Grand Staircase.

CAMERAS AND RECORDING EQUIPMENT ARE NOT PERMITTED in the Auditorium and must be checked at the Coat Room.

LOST ARTICLES can be claimed by calling (562) 916-8510.

ELEVATORS are located near the Grand Staircase and access each level of the Lobby.

PAY PHONES are located on the Orchestra level behind the Grand Staircase and near the restrooms on the Gold Circle level.

PHONIC EAR LIGHTWEIGHT WIRELESS HEADSETS for the hearing impaired are available in the Coat Room at no cost. To obtain a headset, a driver’s license or major credit card is required and is returned upon receipt of the equipment at the close of the performance.

WHEELCHAIR locations are available in various areas of the Auditorium. Please contact the Ticket Office at (800) 300-4345.

LATECOMERS will be seated at the discretion of the house staff at an appropriate pause in the program.

CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION VIEWING is available in the Lobby of each seating level and at the Lobby bar.

THE CERRITOS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS’ Auditorium and Sierra Room are available for special events on a rental basis. For more information, please call Special Event Services at (562) 916-8510, ext. 2827.

BE THE FIRSTLEARN about upcoming events and other important information about the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts (CCPA). Don’t spend time looking for CCPA news; let it come right to you as it happens! To be in-the-know, just fill out this form and hand it to any of our ushers at intermission or following the performance.

NAME E-MAIL

ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP

4-Speed Delivery Service, Inc.Judy Akin-Palmer and Dr.

Jacques PalmerDeidri and Barry AldersonBarbara and Benjamin

AlhadeffJami and Carlos AnguloDr. Dixie and Ed ArnoldCynthia and Bill ArthurLarry BaggsNancy and Nick BakerDebby and Norman BaldersTerry BalesSharon and Gill BarnettSallie BarnettAlan BarryIn Loving Memory of Carol M. BehanYvette BelcherPeggy BellBarbara BerhnsJohn BeringerMorris BernsteinNorman BlancoKathleen BlomoJudy and Don BogartMarilyn BogenschutzLinda and Sergio BonettiPaula BriggsMelanie and Michael BroadDarrell BrookeShelley and Danny BroseMary BroughCheryl and Kerry BryanMary and Bob BuellIna BurtonLinda and Larry BurtonDr. Marjorie Cain MitchellRobert CampbellMichael CanupMichelle CaseyYvonne CattellSylvia and Tuncer CebeciChamber Music Society of Detroit Joann and George ChambersRodolfo ChavezDr. Philip ChinnGenevieve and Ralph ChoyPatricia ChristieCarlota and Daniel CiauriNeal ClydeMark CochraneMichael CohnBarbara and Jim ConklinPatricia CookusVirginia CorreaRon Cowan

THE CERRITOS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (CCPA) thanks the following CCPA Associates who have contributed to the CCPA’s Endowment Fund. The Endowment Fund was established in 1994 under the visionary leadership of the Cerritos City Council to ensure that the CCPA would remain a welcoming, accessible, and affordable venue in which patrons can experience the joy of entertainment and cultural enrichment. For more information about the Endowment Fund or to make a contribution, please contact the CCPA Administrative Offices at (562) 916-8510.

Patricia CozziniPamela and John CrawleyEugenia CreasonVirginia CzarneckiMelody and Ray DappJoy Darling and Don MackinAngel De SevillaRobert DeanMr. and Mrs. Chuck DeckardSusanne and John DeHartLesLee and Karl DelaneyLouise and John DellasanteErin DelliquadriBruce DickinsonJane and Larry DicusAmy and George DominguezLinda DowellGloria DumaisStanley DzieminskiLee EakinShoreen and Don EakinDee EatonHeidi Eddy-Dorn and Larry DornGary EdwardConnie and Jim EdwardsEric EltingeTeri EspositoRichard FalbRenee FallahaDr. Stuart FarberDon FelderHeather M. FerberDr. Susan FoxTeresa FreebornJune and Takeshi FujisakiArthur GapasinLori and Bob GayFranz GerichRoberta and Dr. Lawrence

GershonThe Goldsmith FamilyWilliam GoodwinGraham GoslingDebe and Larry GrahamSuzanne and Bob GraysonDr. Jon GrazerSusan and Dr. Robert GreenNorma and Gary GreeneKenneth GreenleafTamra and Kirby GreenleeAllen GroganRoger HaleCarol and Harry HanakiLois and Thomas HarrisHedy HarrisonHoward HerdmanSaul Hernandez

Pam and Judge Philip HickokPing HoDeborah and Samuel HooperRoberta and Dr. Gary

HopkinsBonnie HudsonMelvin HughesMarianne and Robert

HughlettPaul IrbyMark ItzkowitzSharon JacobyJosé Iturbi FoundationJames JulianiLuanne KamiyaGloria and Sherman KappeFay and Lawrence KerneenJoseph KienleNorm KirschenbaumJack and Jacky KleyhGillian and Philip KlinkertJulie and Hon. Don KnabeKaren KnechtLee M. Kochems and Vincent J. PattiJerry KohlDawn Marie KotsonisDr. Philip KressLinda and Harry KusudaPatrice and Kevin KyleCarl LaconicoNelson LaneDavid LatterEarnestine LavergnePat and Maynard LawMr. and Mrs. Harold LeachPaolo LedesmaLaura and Charles LeeDonna and Todd LempertJenny and Jim LevyVanessa LewisMarcia LewisTeresa and Robert LidmanLos Cerritos CenterJohnny MagsbyDenise ManoogianStephen MaoDonna K. MartinPamela and John MartinJanice Kay MatthewsPansy and Robert MattoxCecilia and Ronald MausCarol and William McCuneMarilyn and Dennis McGormanUrsula and Lawrence MelvinBarbara and Edwin Mendenhall

Diana MerrymanTodd MeyerLuzviminda MiguelGary MillerKathleen MillerEllie and Jim MonroePatricia MooreBecky MoralesThomas A. MorganCortland MyersCaroline and Alan NakkenNational Endowment for the ArtsAlan NegosianA.J. NeimanNew England Foundation for the ArtsRonald NicholsToby NishidaLinda NomuraCathryn O’Brien-SmithAnn and Clarence OharaKaren OhtaVictoria and Raymond

OrlandoPam OrmistonDr. Paul OrrP. P. Mfg. Co. Inc. - Ronald BurrGeorge PalominoMary Ellen PascucciAngela and Devy PaulWaynn PearsonBarbara and Paul PenroseJackie and Joe PloenMerrill PlouForrest PoormanPreserved TreeScapes Int’l-

Dennis E. GabrickSusan RagoneBijan RaminehKaren RandallBev and George RayBev and George Ray Charitable FoundationRobin RaymondSharon Reece and Laurence

HarmaRosalie RelleveDiane and Richard RenakerNikki and Dennis ReppBetty and Nash RiveraLynne RosePatricia RoseJean RothaermelThomas RothwellMartin RubyShirley RundellSharon and Larry Sagert

Dennis SaltsMonica SanchezWendy and Tom SchiffMildred ScholnickLorraine and William SedlakMary SerlesOlivette ShannonKristi ShawCindy ShilkretKaren and James ShultzKathleen SidarisNeil SiegelIna Silverman and Larry StarrDorothy SimmonsLoren SlaferSylvia SligarFred SmithSo Cal Medical, Inc.Kerry SpearsCraig M. Springer, Ph.D.Eleanor St. ClairKris and Robert SteedmanGale SteinDonna StevensBryan StirratKay and Harvey StoverRichard StrayerWilliam StringerRichard SurbeckLawrence TakahashiLaVerne TancillDr. Silas ThomasKen ThompsonJoann TommySharon TouchstoneKaren Trace-VerzaniLilliane K. TriggsJean TuohinoMaria TupazUnited Parcel ServiceAlex UrbachTim VanEckRaman VenkatMaria Von SadovszkyDiane and Fred VunakCharles WadmanRobert WaltersAngela S.WangWave BroadbandAnita and Dr. David WeinsteinMargie and David WilliamsPamela WilsonCharlotte and Howard WinerPornwit WipanuratCharles WongJeanne YanezJeanette YeeAsuman and Deniz YilmazXavier Zavatsky

To request a change to your listing on this page, please call (562) 467-8806, or send an e-mail to [email protected].

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Friends of Arts Education at the Cerritos Center It’s for the kids!

It is our belief that when you bring the arts into children’s lives, you give them new ways to see the world.

The Friends of Arts Education is a non-profit organization that recognizes the arts as a vital and indispensable part of a comprehensive education. We strive to ensure that all children in our communities have an opportunity to experience the power and beauty of the performing arts.

The arts are an integral part of cultural literacy; they encourage creativity, critical thinking and problem solving. The arts enable students to build self-esteem and self-discipline as well as teach cooperation and effective expression. Research shows that integrating the arts into the school curriculum improves academic achievement, motivates attendance, increases test scores and promotes involvement.

All our programs are provided free of charge to schools and we serve over 100,000 children, teachers and families every year!

The Friends programs are designed to support the California State Board of Education Visual and Performing Arts standards for kindergarten through grade twelve.

We offer: o Daytime Educational Performances by world-class artists o Professional Development Workshops for teachers o Creative Expressions program for students o Performing Arts Scholarships for high school seniors o Artists in the Classroom o Family Arts Festival o Art S.M.A.R.T. activities for at-risk youth detainees

15th Annual Gala

Saturday, April 26, 2008 at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts

The Annual Gala is our biggest fundraising event of the year – this elegant evening includes dinner, silent

and live auctions, and world-class entertainment!

This year’s theme is “100 Years of Broadway”

For more information contact Amanda Harris at (562) 916-1293

Family Arts Festival

Sunday, June 1, 2008 at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts

11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

A day of arts and fun for the whole family! Experience hands-on arts activities, the interactive

Musical Zoo, and over 40 performances on five different stages.

For more information contact Hélène Trudeau at (562) 916-1300

To find out more about the Friends, make a donation, or get involved, please contact the Friends office at (562) 467-8844 or visit us online at www.friendsofaecc.com

Friends of Arts Education at the Cerritos Center 12700 Center Court Drive Cerritos, California 90703

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PLATINUM CIRCLE [$12,500 - above] Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo • B & B Stables/Bob & Mary Buell • Nick & Nancy Baker • The Boeing Company • bpThe City of Cerritos • Dwight Stuart Youth Foundation • Don & Shoreen Eakin • Dr. Gary & Robert Hopkins • Los Angeles County Arts Commission • Los Angeles County Supervisor Don & Julie Knabe • Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Lomeli • Dan Neyenhuis • Bev & George Ray/Lefiell • UPS • Weingart Foundation • Jane & Sonny Yada

GOLD CIRCLE [$6,250 - $12,499] Abelstik/Alan Syzdek • John H. & Betty A. Adams Trust • Ralph & Genevieve Choy • Mr. & Mrs. Dan Ciauri • Joy Darling • Fred & Carmen Davidson • Roland, Anna & Michael Dennis • Gary & Jeanette Frank • Jim & Nancy Gaines • Bonnie & Mary Hudson Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lienau, Jr. • Mainly Seconds Pottery, Plants & Thing • John F. Martin, CPA & Assoc., Inc. • Ruth McClureWilliam & Lorraine McCune Family Foundation • Dennis & Marilyn McGorman • Nancy Nicola & Warren Lampkin • Pacific Life Foundation • James & Karen Schultz Art & Marilynn SegalMarjorie Rosenberg & Carol Smith • Sharyne Snyder • Kay & Harvey Stover • George & Ruri Sugimoto Ronald Weber • Scott & Donna White • Woman’s Club of Artesia-Cerritos • Yamaha Corporation of America

SILVER CIRCLE [$2,500 - $6,249] Dr. Gary A. Afferino & Dr. Betty C. Tai • Astor Broadcast GroupBeringer & Associates, Inc. • Mary & Roy Blackburn • Dr. & Mrs. Patrick Bushman • Martin D. Chavez • Robert Chavez • In Loving Memory of Patrice Ann Clifton/Felix & Jozell Gallion-RobertsonGary & Patsy Connors • Steve & Karen Davenport • John DeckerLloyd & Caroline de Llamas • Bill & Suzan DeYo • George & Amy Dominguez • Employees Community Fund of Boeing California Ronald & Delores Eveland • Manny & Cecilia Gallardo • Michael & Gayle Garrity • Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Garvey • The Gettys Family Ronald & Susan Gillaspie • Larry & Debe Graham • Dr. & Mrs. Robert & Susan Green • Richard C. & Dian Herr • Hon. & Mrs. Philip H. Hickok • Sam & Deborah Hooper • Dr. & Mrs. David V. Hubbell • Hing & Doris Hung • Indymac Bank • Jan JanuraKaczor/Irby Families • Sherman & Gloria Kappe • John H. KendallDr. & Mrs. Philip I. Kress • Lakewood Regional Medical CenterDr. Soledad Lee • Dr. Allan Lifson & James Neuman, California Educational Consultant Group, Inc. • Robert & Karla Maez • Frank & Janet McCord • Michael & Marilyn McCullough • Alvin Mundo Stephen & Brenda Olson • Paul D. Orr, M.D. • A.J. Padelford & Son, Inc. • Salome Pichardo • Steven E. Potts • Gary Prince • Nikki & Dennis Repp • Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California • Larry & Sharon Sagert • Dr. & Mrs. Mark S. SchnitzerSteve & Linda Shaffer • Helen L. Sheffield • Wanda M. Slade • Mr. &

Mrs. Bryan A. Stirrat • Bob & Ann Stoffel • A.J. Taen • TargetVerizon • Ms. Karen Trace-Verzani • Waffles of California • Walter & Phyllis White • Daniel J. & Linda M. Williams • Dr. Winer/Woods Electric • Richard & Elena Zumel

BRONZE CIRCLE [$1,250 - $2,499] John & Jo Bakulich • Brian & Pat Beck • Ken & Lynn BoshartMichael & Melanie Broad • Mel & Row Briggs • Larry & Linda Burton/The Hada Family • Frank Cardone • John DaleyJohn & Louise Dellasanta • Larry & Jane Dicus • Shirley Dohrman Connie & Jim Edwards • Dean & Karen Fisher • Sheila A. FulmisVicki Gutman/Notes by Vicki • Van & Linda Hartley • Edward & Esther Ho • Bob & Marianne Hughlett • James Jenkins • Robert & Barbara Jerome • Jim & Karen King • Keith & Sharon KuroyamaMary & Robert LaFrance • Ray & Kathleen Lovell • David & Jeany McFarland • Sidney & Sondra Melnick • Frank & Sandy MichelettiDon & Delores Munro • Danny N. Ogawa • Mavis E. Petersen & Family • Roya & Bob Phillips • Jane & Paul Pratt • Rick & Diane Renaker • In Memory of G.A. & Morene Rogers/Gerald L. FarisJoseph D. Sears • William Sedlak • Cindy Shilkret • Edwin & Joyce Smith • Susan Sung • Roy & Marge Tanaka • Michi & Ron Tanimoto Michele Vice-Maslin • James & Jill Webb • Gary Whitener/Trim-Lok, Inc. • Janice Wilbur

CERRITOS CIRCLE [$600 - $1,249]Joseph Aldama • Dale Becker • Isaac Kawamoto • Dr. & Mrs. Han-Pin Kim • Dennis & Vonnie Kinoshita • Los Cerritos CenterBrian & Terri Mayeda • John Molina • Stephen Morris • Noontime Optimist Club of Cerritos • Joshua Rosman • Edward J. & Tracy Simmons • Stephen Skinner & Deborah Orth • Nancy Sur SmithWalmart/Tammy Cannon • Jeanne Yanez

PATRON CIRCLE [$300 - $599]Absolute Health Care • Dale Becker • Lindy & Basia BressickelloDon & Sharron Brundige • Eileen Castle • Dr. J. Mansfield DeanStuart L. Farber • Joan & Marty Flax • Kay & Mary Jane Fujimura Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence Gershon • Rosemary Escalera GutierrezGilbert & Marsha Honeycutt • Herb Hundt • Ernest & Kay Ikuta Matthew & Roberta Jenkins • Karl Jefferson • Darryl JohnsonJerry & Sharyn Kelly • Ms. Nancy H. Kennedy • Sue & Stephen Klein Terry L. Koepke • Alain Gravel & Larry Kraft • Barry & Sandy Lakin Charles & Laura Lee • Dr. & Mrs. Max B. Martinez • Clarence & Celia Masuo • Robert & Shirley Murphy • Diana & Rick Needham, Prudential California Realty • Mr. & Mrs. Michael Nishida • Mr. & Mrs. John Richmond • Joyce Righetti • Gary T & Laura Rose • The David Samson Family • Ron, Judy & Lola Shiraishi • Sue & Richard Solomon • Howard & Celia Spitzer • Harold & Edna Yamaguchi Carol & Sab Yamashita

Present a ticket stub for any show starting at 7:00 PM or laterto receive a 10% discount (food only, excludes alcohol).

Must be used same evening of the show.

Come in before the show and receive a 10% discount (food only,excludes alcohol) when you present a ticket for the show that day.

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