FORIMMEDIATERELEASE
September15,2016
PRESSCONTACT:KathrynStewart
AssociateDirectorofCommunications
kathryn.stewart@sonoma.edu|707.664.3813
OCTOBER2016INWEILLHALLATTHEGREENMUSICCENTER
MASTERCARDPERFORMANCESERIES
JazzatLincolnCenterOrchestrawithWyntonMarsalis,
OmaraPortuondo85TourwithSpecialGuestsRobertoFonseca,AnatCohen,&ReginaCarter,
PhilharmoniaBaroqueOrchestra,ItzhakPerlman,DenisMatsuev,Tomatito,
ZakirHussain&NiladriKumar
ONCAMPUSPRESENTS
Mythbuster’sAdamSavage
SSUSustainabilityDaywithBillMcKibben
Ice-T:“OvercomingTheImpossible”
(SonomaCounty,CA)—WeillHallatSonomaStateUniversity’sGreenMusicCenter(GMC)beginsits2016–17Fifth
AnniversarySeasonwithtenOctoberperformances,spanningfromIce-T’spersonalstoryof“Overcomingthe
Impossible”(Oct.28)totheclassicaleleganceofthePhilharmoniaBaroqueOrchestra(Oct.15),theretrulyis
somethingforeveryone.
The2016-17MastercardPerformanceSeriescommenceswithWeillHall’sopeningnightperformanceSaturday,
October1,at7:00p.m.,featuringtheunparalleledkingsofJazz,JazzatLincolnCenterOrchestrawithWynton
Marsalis.TheopeningnightconcertisprecededbyafreeJazzforYoungPeopleevent,alsofeaturingtheJazzat
LincolnCenterOrchestrawithWyntonMarsalis,Saturday,October1,at1:00p.m.
Thefollowingevening,Sunday,October2,at7:00p.m.,incelebrationofher85thbirthday,OmaraPortuondo-along
withRobertoFonseca,AnatCohen,andReginaCarter–presentsanenchantingeveningofLatinjazzandballadry.Two
weekslater,conductorNicholasMcGeganandthePhilharmoniaBaroqueOrchestrareturntoWeillHallforanallBeethovenprogram,featuringtheeminentfortepianistRobertLevin(Oct.15).
Therestofthemonthseesnolet-upinperformanceschedule:AcclaimedviolinistItzhakPerlmanappearsinrecital
withpianistRohanDeSilva(Oct.20);RussianpianistDenisMatsuevdisplayshislargerthanlifetechnicalskills(Oct.
22);torchbeareroftheflamencoguitar,Tomatito(Oct.23);andmasterofthetabla,ZakirHussainandstarsitar
playerNiladriKumar(Oct.30).
On-CampusPresents(OCP)supportstheco-curricularandstudentlifeprogrammingofSonomaStateUniversity
students.Theprogramvaluescollaboration,teamwork,co-curricularlearning,andtheeducationalimpactofcampus
eventsandintentionalprograms.OctoberOCPeventsincludeMythbuster’sCo-hostAdamSavage(Oct.17);SSU
SustainabilityDaywithenvironmentalistBillMcKibben(Oct.18);and“OvercomingtheImpossible”withactorand
rapper,Ice-T(Oct.28).
OCTOBER2016WEILLHALLATTHEGREENMUSICCENTER
Forticketscall1.866.955.6040orvisitgmc.sonoma.edu
JAZZATLINCOLNCENTERORCHESTRAWITHWYNTONMARSALIS
MasterCardPerformanceSeries
Saturday,October1,2016,7:00p.m.,WeillHall
OPENINGNIGHTGALA
WyntonMarsalis,artisticdirectorandtrumpet
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra opens the 2016-17 Season with a sensational performance featuring 15 of the
world’s finest jazz musicians, and the greatest trumpet player alive today. Program to include selections from their
vastrepertoire,fromrarehistoriccompositionstoJazzatLincolnCenter-commissionedworks.
Ticketsstartat$50
FROMTHEBUENAVISTASOCIALCLUBOMARAPORTUONDO85TOURWITHSPECIALGUESTSROBERTOFONSECA,
ANATCOHEN,ANDREGINACARTER
MasterCardPerformanceSeries
Sunday,October2,2016,7:00p.m.,WeillHall
OmaraPortuondo,voice
RobertoFonseca,piano
Ramses“Dinamite”Rodriguez,drums
AndresCoayo,percussion
YandyMartinez,electricandacousticbass
ReginaCarter,violin
AnatCohen,clarinet
Incelebrationofher85thbirthday,OmaraPortuondo-alongwithRobertoFonseca,AnatCohenandReginaCarter,
presentanenchantingeveningofLatinjazzandballadry.Along-timestarinCuba,thesmashhitalbumBuenaVista
SocialClubbroughtPortuondoanewleveloffameasoneofCuba’sprominentmusicalambassadors.
Ticketsstartat$40
PHILHARMONIABAROQUEORCHESTRA
MasterCardPerformanceSeries
Saturday,October15,2016,7:30p.m.,WeillHall
NicholasMcGegan,conductor
RobertLevin,fortepiano
BEETHOVEN BEETHOVEN Ticketsstartat$35
ConcertoforFortepianoNo.3inCminor,Op.37
SymphonyNo.6inFmajor,Op.68“Pastoral”
ADAMSAVAGE|ModeratedbyJeremyQualis,Ph.D.,DirectorofAcademicPlanningandResources
Monday,October17,2016,7:30p.m.,WeillHall
Inthespringof2002,Adamwasaskedifhe'dliketoparticipateinademoreelforaTVpilot--anewshowforthe
DiscoveryChannelcalledMythbusters.TheshowairedinJanuaryof2003withAdamandJamieasitshosts.Itwas
pickedupbyDiscoverythreeweekslater.Eightyearslater,itremainsoneofthenetwork’shighestratedshows.
Mythbusters'160-and-countingepisodehourshavetackledover750mythsandperformednearly2,500experiments.
AdamandJamietravelthecountrytocorporateevents,museums,andcolleges,forgroupsassmallas20andaslarge
as20,000,tellingtalesofexperiments,explosions,andhijinks.
Tickets:$35|Admissionishalf-pricewithvalidSSUStudentID
SSUSUSTAINABILITYDAYWITHBILLMCKIBBEN
Tuesday,October18,2016,7:30p.m.,WeillHall
Overthepastthreedecades,BillMcKibbenhasshapedpublicperception—andpublicaction—onclimatechange,
alternativeenergy,andtheneedforlocalizedeconomies.Anenvironmentalactivist,bestsellingauthor,and"the
planet'sbestgreenjournalist"(TIME),McKibbenisthefounderof350.org,themassivegrassrootsclimatechange
initiative.
Tickets:$20|AdmissionisfreewithvalidSSUStudentID
ITZHAKPERLMAN|ROHANDESILVA
MasterCardPerformanceSeries
Thursday,October20,2016,7:30p.m.,WeillHall
ItzhakPerlman,violin
RohanDeSilva,piano
VIVALDI
SonatinainAMajorforViolinandContinuo,Op.2,RV31
STRAVINSKY SuiteItalienneforViolinandPiano
BEETHOVEN SonataforViolinandPianoinFMajor,No.5,Op.24“Spring”
RAVEL SonataforViolinandPianoNo.2inGMajor
Additionalworkstobeannouncedfromthestage
Ticketsstartat$50
DENISMATSUEV
MasterCardPerformanceSeries
Saturday,October22,2016,7:30p.m.,WeillHall
DenisMatsuev,piano
BEETHOVEN SonataNo.31inA-flatmajor,Op.110
SCHUMANN SymphonicEtudes,Op.13
LISZT MephistoWaltz,S.514
TCHAIKOVSKY Meditation,Op.72,No.5
PROKOFIEV
SonataNo.7inB-flatmajor,Op.83
Ticketsstartat$35
TOMATITO
MasterCardPerformanceSeries
Sunday,October23,2016,7:00p.m.,WeillHall
José“Tomatito”Torres,guitar
JosédelTomate,guitar
KikiCortiñas&MorenitodeIllora,clappingandvocals
IsraelSuárez“Piraña",percussion
JoséMaya,Baile(dancer)
JoséFernándezTorres,knowntohisfansasTomatito,isthetorchbearerofflamencoguitar,pushingthegenreever
forward into new and exciting territory. Formerly the accompanist for the late singer Camarón de la Isla, he has
evolvedintoamature,elegantguitaristwhopourshisheartandsoulintohismusicalperformances.
ICE-TLECTURE“OVERCOMINGTHEIMPOSSIBLE”
Friday,October28,2016,7:30p.m.,WeillHall
Ice-Tnotonlyinventedgangsterrap,hehaslivedit.Ice-TistheoriginalembodimentofLAhip-hop.Throughhismusic,
hisbook,TheIceOpinion,andhislecturetoursofAmerica’sprisons,highschools,andcolleges(includingHarvard,
Berkeley,andStanford),Ice-ThasbecomeaninfluentialspokesmanforAmerica’syouth,regardlessofcolor.Hehas
beenthekeynotespeakeratanumberofInternetconventionsincludingthe1999CollegeMusicJournalConferencein
NewYork,NewYorkMusic&InternetExpoin2000,RotterdamFilmFestivalin2000,andCanadianMusicWeekin
2000.
Tickets:$40|AdmissionisfreewithvalidSSUStudentID
ZAKIRHUSSAIN&NILADRIKUMAR
MasterCardPerformanceSeries
Sunday,October30,2016,3:00p.m.,WeillHall
ZakirHussain,tabla
NiladriKumar,sitar
Fromhisoriginsasachildprodigy,thismasterofpercussionhasbecomethemostacclaimedIndianmusicianofhis
generation. As a pioneer of the world music movement, Zakir Hussain dazzles audiences around the globe with his
instrument,thetabla.JoininghimwillbeacclaimedsitaristNiladriKumar.
Ticketsstartat$35
AbouttheGreenMusicCenter
NestledinthepicturesquefoothillsofNorthernCalifornia’sesteemedwinecountry,theGreenMusicCenter(GMC)is
afocalpointforartsintheregion,withitsspectacular1400-seatWeillHall,anacousticallyexceptionalvenuewitha
modularrearwallthatopenstoterracedlawnseating,providingpicturesqueviewsofthesurroundingcountryside,
andthe240-seatSchroederHall,acathedral-likerecitalhalldesignedspecificallytoaccentuateinstruments,organ
andvoiceinasmall,intimatesetting.AprogramofSonomaStateUniversity,theGMCpresentsyear-round
programmingoftopclassical,contemporary,jazzandworldmusicartiststhroughtheMasterCardPerformanceSeries
andishometotheSantaRosaSymphony.
AboutSonomaStateUniversity
SonomaStateUniversityisapublicliberalartscollegelocatedinCalifornia'spremierwinecountry,onehournorthof
SanFrancisco.NestledatthebaseoftheidyllicSonomaMountains,thecampusishometomorethan9,000
undergraduatestudentsandisamongthemostpopularcampusesintheCaliforniaStateUniversitysystem.Nameda
"MostWired"campusbyThePrincetonReviewanda"BestRegionalUniversity"byU.S.News&WorldReport,SSU
wasfirstinthecountrytoofferanundergraduatedegreeinWineBusiness.
MasterCardisthePreferredCardoftheGreenMusicCenter
BankofAmericaistheproudsponsoroftheOpeningNightConcertfeaturingJazzatLincolnCenterOrchestrawith
WyntonMarsalis
ThePressDemocratistheMediaSponsoroftheGreenMusicCenter
BreguetistheOfficialTimepieceoftheGreenMusicCenter
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