VOLUME XXII
ISSUE 1
Wharton Center Information. . . . . . . . . . . 22
David Sedaris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Mike’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Eisenhower Dance: The Light Show . . . 40
The Oh Yeah! Tour featuring . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
& Allen Toussaint
Moscow State Symphony Orchestra . . . . 46
Post Comedy Theatre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Wharton Center Staff Directory. . . . . . . . 88
Wharton Circle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
A MESSAGE FROM MIKE...
WELCOME to Wharton Center for Performing Arts’ 2014-2015 season!
What better way to start off the season than with true legends, who are
launching their own 2014-2015 season right here? The Preservation Hall
Jazz Band, called “the best jazz band in the land,” with piano great, and
fellow New Orleans icon, Allen Toussaint, opens this year’s MSU Federal
Credit Union Jazz at Wharton Center Series. The group’s Oh Yeah! Tour
starts its multi-city tour at Wharton Center. We then follow with the brilliant
family comedian, Robert Post, with his Post Comedy Theatre, the acerbic
David Sedaris, Michigan’s own Eisenhower Dance, and the Moscow State
Symphony Orchestra. All are locally and internationally renowned artists.
Of course, the performing arts are about so much more than entertainment.
At their best, the performing arts will inspire, educate and transform
individuals of all ages. In order to help facilitate that change, Wharton
Center offers education opportunities for all ages through the MSU
Federal Credit Union Institute for Arts & Creativity at Wharton Center, as
well as our Seats 4 Kids scholarship fund that provides free tickets to local
youth who could not otherwise afford to attend the theatre. We invite
you to be an agent for change by getting involved and donating to these
programs – visit whartoncenter.com or contact our Development Office at
(517) 353-4640 for more information.
The performing arts are collaborative – a creative endeavor that
encompasses the work of designers, performers, technicians,
administrators, house staff and ushers and audience – it is a diverse
community and all of us are called on to participate. When it was
created, Wharton Center was envisioned as a catalyst for creativity, for
the celebration of different cultures and points of view, for challenging
people to think in new ways, and for raising America’s next generation
of creative, innovative thinkers through arts education. You are a key
component in the creation of this most transient of arts – live performance.
As our audience, we thank and celebrate YOU. We truly could not do it
without you!
We are honored and humbled by the more than 32 years of support and
participation we have received from you. Thank you, and enjoy the shows!
Sincerely,
Mike Brand
Executive Director
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MEDIA SPONSOR
JAZZ SERIES SPONSOR
THE OH YEAH! TOUR
FEATURING NEW ORLEANS LEGENDS
PRESERVATION HALL
JAZZ BAND
& ALLEN TOUSSAINT
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Catherine Herrick Cobb Great Hall
THIS PERFORMANCE IS GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY
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Columbia Artists Management LLC Presents
The OH YEAH! Tour
featuring
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
& Allen Toussaint
Program to be announced from stage.
FEATURING:
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Mark Braud, Trumpet & Vocals
Charlie Gabriel, Clarinet & Vocals
Ben Jaffe, Creative Director & Tuba
Ronell Johnson, Tuba & Vocals
Joe Lastie, Jr., Drums
Freddie Lonzo, Trombone & Vocals
Clint Maedgen, Saxophone & Vocals
Rickie Monie, Piano
Allen Toussaint
Reginald Toussaint, Percussion
TOUR STAFF
Marya J. Glur, Company Manager
Lauren Harton, Technical Director
Philip Pagano, Sound Engineer
Greg Lucas, Preservation Hall Jazz Band Tour Manager
Columbia Artists Management LLC – Tim Fox / Alison Ahart Williams – 1790 Broadway, New York, NY 10019
Produced in association with Solid Productions, LLC – Chris Goldsmith
TOUR PUTS TWO NEW ORLEANS LEGENDS TOGETHER
ON THE ROAD FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Allen Toussaint will be touring the United States, for
the first time together, in a joint tour. The band, which bases out of the legendary French Quarter
venue Preservation Hall, has performed around the world and toured with a diverse list of artists,
from My Morning Jacket to The Blind Boys of Alabama, but has never before toured America with
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted singer, pianist, songwriter, and producer known for
penning many New Orleans classics, including “Southern Nights” and “Working in a Coal Mine.”
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“After all these years of playing together in New Orleans and coming to the same festivals here and
there around the world, it is amazing that we never hit the road as a package before,” said Preservation
Hall band leader Ben Jaffe. “It was almost as if we’ve always just assumed it had already happened,
and then one day it was like ‘Oh yeah, WE need to do this thing’ and The Oh Yeah! Tour was born.”
The Oh Yeah! Tour, produced by Columbia Artists Management LLC will be coming to
performing arts centers around the country. Unlike many tour packages, where two artists tour
together but perform their own shows, this tour will be a combined show, with lots of interaction
between the two legends. “I’ve been playing with the guys in Preservation Hall around New Orleans
since the 1960s, so I’m really excited to finally get out on the road and perform together with them
every night on a tour,” said Mr. Toussaint. “We’re going to have a lot of fun, and so will the audience.”
PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND
New Orleans, LA
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band derives its name from Preservation Hall, the venerable music
venue located in the heart of New Orleans’ French Quarter, founded in 1961 by Allan and Sandra
Jaffe. The band has traveled worldwide spreading their mission to nurture and perpetuate the art
form of New Orleans Jazz. Whether performing at Carnegie Hall or Lincoln Center, for British
royalty or the King of Thailand, this music embodies a joyful, timeless spirit. Under the auspices
of current director, Ben Jaffe (the son of founders Allan and Sandra), Preservation Hall continues
with a deep reverence and consciousness of its greatest attributes in the modern day as a venue,
band, and record label.
The PHJB began touring in 1963, and for many years there were several bands successfully
touring under the name Preservation Hall. Many of the band’s charter members performed with
the pioneers who invented jazz in the early twentieth century including Buddy Bolden, Jelly Roll
Morton, Louis Armstrong, and Bunk Johnson. Band leaders over the band’s history include the
brothers Willie and Percy Humphrey, husband and wife Billie and De De Pierce, famed pianist
Sweet Emma Barrett and, in the modern day, Wendell and John Brunious. These founding artists
and dozens of others passed on the lessons of their music to a younger generation who now follow
in their footsteps like the current lineup.
THE PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND IS:
MARK BRAUD (Trumpet & Vocals) As
nephew to two former PHJB leaders, Wendell
and John Brunious, Jr., Mark is proud to further
his family’s musical legacy in the company of
so many historic players. Beginning his career
playing with the Olympia Kids, a young players’
offshoot of the famous Olympia Brass Band,
Mark has gone on to record, tour, and play with
New Orleans legends of both traditional jazz
and R&B, including Eddie Bo, Henry Butler,
Harry Connick, Jr., and Dr. Michael White.
CHARLIE GABRIEL (Clarinet & Vocals) The
musical heritage of Charlie Gabriel can be traced
as far back as the 1850s. Great-grandson of New
Orleans bass player Narcesse Gabriel, grandson
of New Orleans cornet player Martin Joseph,
and son of New Orleans drummer and clarinetist
Martin Manuel Gabriel, Charlie is truly a living
legend. At eighty-one years old, the extensive list
of musicians with whom he’s played includes
well-known PHJB alumni Kid Howard, Kid
Sheik, Jim Robinson, and George Lewis.
BEN JAFFE (Creative Director & Tuba) As
son of co-founders Allan and Sandra Jaffe,
Ben has lived his whole life with the rhythm
of the French Quarter pulsing through his
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veins. Raised in the company of New Orleans’
greatest musicians, Ben returned from his
collegiate education at Oberlin College in Ohio
to play with the group and assume his father’s
duties as Director of Preservation Hall. Today
he serves as Creative Director for both PHJB
and the Hall itself, where he has spearheaded
such programs as the New Orleans Musicians
Hurricane Relief Fund.
neighborhoods, Freddie was exposed to the
music of the streets at a very young age. Having
cemented his desire to play New Orleans jazz,
these early Second Line parades would later
offer him his first professional gig with EG
Gabon and Doc Paulin’s Band. A true master
of every style of New Orleans music, from
marching brass to modern jazz, Freddie’s first
appearances with Preservation Hall date back
to the mid-eighties, when he toured and played
RONELL JOHNSON (Tuba & Vocals) Born with Percy Humphrey and Kid Sheik.
and raised in New Orleans, Ronell started on
the trumpet and piano around the age of 6. He CLINT MAEDGEN (Saxophone & Vocals)
is from a musical family and was taught to play, Though Clint is best known as leader of multiin the beginning, by his three older brothers media alt.cabaret group The New Orleans
who are also professional musicians. Also, he Bingo! Show, he has been in love with the
and his brothers are the great-nephews of Joseph sound of traditional New Orleans jazz since he
“Kid Twat” Butler, who was the string bass was a small child. After studying with clarinet
player with the legendary Kid Thomas Valentine innovator Alvin Batiste at Southern University
and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Ronell is in Baton Rouge, Clint returned to New
recognized around the world and in a host of Orleans’ French Quarter where he cemented his
magazines and journals as one of New Orleans’ reputation as an artist and collaborator through
prized musicians who adds a lot of energy, an ongoing series of eclectic and experimental
animation, humor, and fire to the bandstand.
musical ensembles. As a full-time member of
the PHJB, he brings an infectious passion to
JOE LASTIE, JR. (Drums) Born and raised in both his playing and singing.
the Lower Ninth Ward, Joe comes from a long
line of family members equally dedicated to RICKIE MONIE (Piano) Born and raised
music and the church. Having played his first in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward to jazz-loving
job with a rhythm section backing the Desire church musicians, Rickie was inundated at
Community Choir, he would go on to study an early age with the recordings of such great
jazz with Willie Metcalf at the Dryades Street jazz and gospel pianists as Art Tatum, Oscar
YMCA with classmates Wynton and Branford Peterson, and Teddy Wilson. After majoring in
Marsalis. After a brief move with his family woodwind instruments at Dillard University,
to Queens, New York, Joe returned to New Rickie turned back to the piano and picked up
Orleans where he was invited to substitute on work in every style of music. In 1982, Monie
drums at Preservation Hall in 1989. He’s been a got his first call from Preservation Hall, to
regular with the band ever since.
substitute for the legendary resident pianist
Sweet Emma Barret after she suffered a stroke.
FREDDIE LONZO (Trombone & Vocals) To the delight of audiences around the world,
Born and raised in New Orleans’ Uptown he’s stayed onboard ever since.
ALLEN TOUSSAINT
Like the Mississippi River that gives New
Orleans its crescent shape, the city harbors
a free-flowing music scene, awash in its own
history and ever open to outside streams of
influence. Time is fluid there as well – sounds
of the past flow amicably with newer musical
styles. An inordinately high percentage of
music-makers reside there. Regardless of
instrument or style, many command the same
admiration other municipalities reserve for
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civic leaders and sports heroes. To this day
in New Orleans, high school boys carrying a
trombone or trumpet – more than a football –
get the girls. And the city’s top piano players are
still addressed as professors.
Like many musicians of his generation (and
those to come) Toussaint drew heavily on
the syncopated blues and trill-filled patterns
invented in the 1940s by Professor Longhair,
aka Henry Roeland Byrd. To this day, most
in New Orleans simply refer to him as “Fess”;
Allen Toussaint is a senior member of that titled with musical accuracy and a typically deft turn
fraternity, a renowned songwriter and producer, of a phrase, Toussaint hails him “The Bach of
who’s celebrated for his distinctively deft and Rock.” When onstage, Toussaint rarely fails
funky feel on the piano and still active after to credit his mentor, offering a rendition of
more than fifty years in the business. No fading “Tipitina,” Fess’s signature tune, mentioning
golden oldie is this piano professor, though the debt all modern piano professors share.
many of his successes reach back that far.
If Fess is New Orleans’ Bach, Toussaint is
The list of those who have benefited in one its Amadeus: an instrumentalist of uncanny
way or another from the Toussaint’s touch is sure-fingeredness and a prodigious inventor of
staggering in its historic and stylistic range, melodies that remain fresh in the ear for years.
stretching from the late 1950s to the present day, The parallel is furthered as he also happens
with no end in sight. His studio productions to be a master crystallizer of traditional and
have sold millions of discs and downloads. innovative styles; those classic New Orleans
His catalog of songs has generated hits on the street parade rhythms never sounded more
pop, R&B, country and dance charts – many modern than they did after he was done
remain on heavy rotation in various radio updating them.
formats. His tunes continue to pop up as TV
themes and advertising jingles. He has an ever- Toussaint later proved to have a poet’s ear
growing international circle of fans, and though for lyrics, plus a honey-toned singing voice –
normally reluctant to tour, he’s become a more unusually smooth and upper-register for one
familiar figure at music festivals and popular who is essentially a bluesman. Yet his debut on
nightclubs around the world.
record was an album of instrumentals for the
major record company RCA. In 1958, The Wild
Though Toussaint has begun to travel far and Sound of New Orleans by “Tousan” included
wide as of late, he never stays away from New “Java,” later a huge pop hit for trumpeter Al
Orleans for long – and his music never does. In Hirt, and the boogie “Whirlaway,” a marvel of
so many ways, his enduring career serves as an top-gear piano precision.
ongoing tribute to the city of his birth.
The late ’50s were the wild and fiercely
Allen Toussaint’s biography begins humbly. competitive days of R&B and early rock and
He was born in 1938 in New Orleans’ Gert roll. “Indie” labels were popping up all over.
Town, a working-class neighborhood that One would make a bundle for a moment, then
straddles Washington Avenue between Earhart disappear; others persevered. Toussaint learned
Boulevard and Carrollton Avenue, and was fast – about publishing and song copyrights,
raised by his mother Naomi and father and how to hang on to them. In the early ’60s,
Clarence. He’s the “C. Toussaint” credited as he assumed the position of session supervisor
songwriter on some early tunes; she’s the “N. for Minit and Instant Records, writing and
Neville” whose name appears more often. producing singles for a variety of local artists.
Toussaint inherited their love of music, taught Some – like Irma Thomas’s “It’s Raining” and
himself piano, and caught a couple of breaks Art Neville’s “All These Things” – became local
as a teenager – joining a local R&B band that hits. A few – Ernie K-Doe’s “Mother-In-Law”
also featured guitarist Snooks Eaglin; sitting in and Chris Kenner’s “I Like It Like That” –
for Huey “Piano” Smith with Earl King; laying broke big on the national charts.
down piano parts at a Fats Domino session that
the Imperial Records star could not make.
From the outset, Toussaint was able to imbue
his songs with an ageless quality that successive,
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melody-savvy generations appreciated –
and covered. His tune “A Certain Girl,” a
1961 single by K-Doe, was the B-side of the
Yardbirds debut single in ’64; in 1980, Warren
Zevon – no slouch himself as a songwriter –
chose to record it, too. Impressively evergreen
among Toussaint’s songs is the single-chord
gem, “Fortune Teller.” Initially a Benny
Spellman hit in ’62, the Rolling Stones and the
Hollies recorded it in their early years, and The
Who performed it on their famous Live at Leeds
album in 1970. As recently as 2007 Robert
Plant and Alison Krauss made it a part of their
Grammy-winning album Raising Sand.
One song in particular – “Get Out Of My
Life, Woman” – was so effective in defining a
new, relaxed kind of beat, that for a number of
years every touring ensemble and house band
seemed to have it in their repertoire; it remains
an R&B perennial, favored by the likes of the
Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Iron Butterfly,
Jerry Garcia, and most recently, the Derek
Trucks Band. In the early ’70s, Toussaint wrote
“Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)” for
Scottish pub rocker Frankie Miller; with its
equally funky groove and irresistible lyric, it
inspired versions by Three Dog Night, Maria
Muldaur and B.J. Thomas.
With Toussaint, no experience was wasted,
not even a two-year stint in the military that
began in 1963. In ’64, he took his army band
into the studio and, under the name of The
Stokes, recorded “Whipped Cream,” a snappy
instrumental with a jaunty horn line and a
distinctive trumpet lead. Herb Alpert jumped
on the melody a year later for the Tijuana Brass,
recording it note-for-note, creating a hit single,
a memorable album cover and a theme song for
the TV sensation The Dating Game.
Through the ensuing decade, Toussaint’s
schedule book was never empty, as a litany of
rock, R&B and even country stars made their
way to Sea-Saint. His ability to write, produce
and conjure radio hits from performers in any
popular genre – or to simply come up with
just the right horn line or song structure –
made him an in-demand producer, composer
and arranger. He worked with local New
Orleans acts as well as such luminaries as Paul
McCartney, LaBelle, the Band, Albert King,
and Little Feat, on whose 1975 tour Toussaint
performed as the featured opener.
By the height of the ’60s, Toussaint was New
Orleans’ premier producer. Partnering with
record promoter Marshall Sehorn, a veteran of
independent R&B companies, he built his own
studio, dubbed it Sea-Saint, and established a
series of record labels. As popular black music
styles evolved from 1950s R&B to more soulful
sounds and became powered by ever funkier
rhythms, so Toussaint’s productions – with
Lee Dorsey (who served as Toussaint’s primary
muse and voice), the Meters, Dr. John and
others – morphed into a progressively heavier
sense of syncopation, drawing heavily on New
Orleans’ distinctive street parade beats.
Toussaint’s songwriting, as well, assumed
a broader, sophisticated perspective. Some
tunes focused on daily, workaday realities
and urban life: “Workin’ In The Coal Mine,”
“Night People,” “Sneakin’ Sally Through the
Alley.” Others were more reflective, delivering
messages of social protest and racial uplift:
“Yes We Can,” “Freedom For The Stallion,”
“Who’s Gonna Help Brother Get Further.”
During this period, Toussaint’s star as a
recording artist began to rise, as he released
a number of albums on major labels –
From A Whisper To A Scream, Life Love and
Faith, Southern Nights, Motion – that are all
considered essential New Orleans classics
today. They were filled with tunes that revealed
a highly individual, astute worldview: “What
Is Success,” “On Your Way Down,” “Southern
Nights,” “What Do You Want The Girl To
Do,” “Night People.”
Soon, many of Toussaint’s most personal songs
became fodder for the pop and rock world,
covered by Boz Scaggs, Lowell George, Bonnie
Raitt, and Robert Palmer, among others – not
that he or his accountant were complaining.
Even Toussaint’s most autobiographical
composition – the atmospheric and wistful
“Southern Nights” – was retooled as a bouncy,
barroom number by Glen Campbell in 1977.
It was a crossover smash, topping both the pop
and country charts and earning a nomination
for Country Song of the Year.
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After the high-flying successes of the ’70s,
the following two decades saw Toussaint
primarily focusing on hometown productions
and performances, serving as musical director
for Vernel Bagneris’s Off- Broadway play
Staggerlee in 1985, and generating but one
album under his own name – Mr. Mardi Gras:
I Love A Carnival Ball – in ’87. In ’94 Toussaint
joined a New Orleans R&B dream team that
included old friends Earl Palmer, Red Tyler, Lee
Allen, Mac Rebennack, and Edward Frank, to
record The Ultimate Session under the moniker
Crescent City Gold.
Two years later, with new partner Joshua
Feigenbaum, he launched NYNO Records,
producing critically hailed albums that
delivered an overview of New Orleans’ best,
rising talent of the day, including gospel singer
Raymond Myles, trumpeter James Andrews,
R&B veteran Oliver Morgan, zydeco guitarist
Paul “Lil’ Buck” Sinegal, and the New Birth
Brass Band.
In the last fifteen years, Toussaint has
experienced a growing resurgence of activity
and recognition. Since ’96, he’s recorded seven
albums and collaborated with the likes of Elvis
Costello and Eric Clapton. He’s been sampled
by such hip-hop heavyweights as O.D.B., Biz
Markie, KRS One and Outkast, and appeared
nationally on TV and radio – often at the
urging of such longtime fans as Paul Shaffer
and Harry Shearer – and on the HBO series
Treme. He’s been Grammy® nominated and
inducted into a number of Halls of Fame. Most
recently, President Obama himself awarded
Toussaint the National Medal of Arts in a
special White House ceremony.
The weight of all these awards and appearances
could not compare to the impact of Hurricane
Katrina in 2005; Toussaint wryly calls the storm
his booking agent, crediting it for rebooting his
career as a performer after flooding him out of
home and studio. Urged by Feigenbaum and
other friends up north, Toussaint relocated
to New York City and began to perform solo
concerts, using Joe’s Pub on Lafayette Street
as a home base. Buoyed by a groundswell of
support, he worked at something that years
of success in the studio had allowed him to
avoid: getting truly comfortable on the stage by
himself, laying claim to his own songs.
Modesty had a lot to do with it; Allen Toussaint
still is not the first person one would go to for
information on Allen Toussaint. “I’m not
accustomed to talking about myself,” he once
explained during a gig. “I talk in the studio
with musicians. Or through my songs.”
But over time, Toussaint developed his act –
resurrecting material he hadn’t touched in years,
taking chances and improvising on established
melodies, weaving personal anecdotes into his
stage patter. He laced his music with memories
of street characters and soul sisters, funky clubs
and big-time successes. His show became his
story, and his story came together and began
to flow.
What the world needs to be reminded of,
New Orleans never forgets. The wild sounds
of Toussaint are inextricably interwoven into
the city’s legacy; he’s still unveiling new songs,
taking on projects and making appearances –
like guesting on Trombone Shorty’s breakout
album Backatown in 2010. He stands as one of
the city’s most storied citizens. Strolling in the
French Quarter, dropping into Tipitina’s or the
House of Blues, Toussaint is always recognized
and addressed with respect. He carries himself
with an understated nobility – understated, that
is, save for the bright, color coordinated suits
and fisherman sandals: a Southern gentleman
with Caribbean flair.
Nearly eight years after Katrina, New Orleans
continues to recover, and Toussaint has
returned permanently to the city he never truly
left. Give him the heat and the humidity, the
spice and the rice, the funky sound of a Second
Line and the cool feel of a southern night. “I
apologize,” Toussaint sings, with the hint of a
wink, “to anyone who can truly say that he has
a found a better way.”
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– Ashley Kahn
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POST COMEDY THEATRE
FEATURING ROBERT POST
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Shirley K. & Anthony J. Pasant Theatre
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POST TIME
The One Man Variety Show
Written and Performed by
Robert Post
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Creation of works guided by
Tony Montanaro
A Cappella Quartet: Throat Culture
(Recorded Performance)
Audio Engineer: Tom Boyer, GBS Records
Costumes and Props: Costume Specialists
Sets: Steve Quinn, Live Technologies
The taking of photographs, video or recording in any other media is strictly prohibited.
PROGRAM
Odds & Ends
Paper Bag
A Rather Unfortunate Evening for Burglar Burt
(A tribute to Sid Caesar)
Tango
Music: Jacob Gade, Jalousie
Shticks
Stick Design: Mark Mederski
Ace Wingspan, King of the Sky
Pasquale’s Kitchen
Vocal Ensemble: Throat Culture
Rhythm Coach: Jim Ed Cobb
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ROBERT POST
Two major influences sparked Post’s childhood desire to go into show business:
the sight of his Italian grandmother, Assunta DiMenna, spontaneously
dancing and singing at any family occasion (including funerals), and the classic
vaudeville, juggling and specialty acts featured on The Ed Sullivan Show.
Robert’s career as a performing artist would never have happened if he had
been successful at his first love, golf. But — being half Italian — he struggled
with his temper as a player. He did enjoy success as a caddy and carried the
bags of some of the greatest players of all time including Byron Nelson, Tom
Weiskoff, Lanny Watkins, Judy Rankin, and Chi Chi Rodriguez.
In 1978, in an obsessive quest to find a teacher who could help him blend his
love of character work with the magical techniques of the movement arts, Post
traveled to the woods of Maine to take a workshop with the visionary theatre
artist, Tony Montanaro. This began the foundation of Post’s unique creative
style and his 24 years of artistic collaboration with Tony.
Robert Post has created over thirty works since 1973, for which he has received
awards and fellowships from numerous institutions including the National
Endowment for the Arts, The New York State Council for the Arts and The Ohio
Arts Council. He has performed for hundreds of thousands of people in his tours
and residencies throughout the United States and in Russia, Japan, Canada,
Mexico, Turkey and the Mediterranean. He has also performed for children and
their families in countless venues including: Broadway’s New Victory Theatre,
The Big Break Festival in Moscow, Festival Internacional Chihuahua in
Mexico, and New York’s Lincoln Center Institute. His internationally broadcast
PBS special, Robert Post: In Performance, won an Emmy for Best Performance
Program and Post has made three appearances on the TODAY show. “I like him
because he’s insane, completely insane.” Matt Lauer
For more info (including videos, schedules, photos, etc.)
visit www.robertpost.org.
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DANCE
THEATRE
DANCE
THEATRE
of HARLEM
of HARLEM
Wednesday,
November 12 at 7:30pm
Acclaimed as “one of ballet’s
most exciting undertakings”
(The New York Times), this
breathtaking ensemble
returns in full force for a
night of spectacular dance.
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contributions from Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and General Mills Foundation.
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Media Sponsor
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DAVID SEDARIS
Sunday, October 26, 2014
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DAVID SEDARIS
With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one
of America’s pre-eminent humor writers. The great skill with which he slices
through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that Sedaris is a
master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human
condition today.
David Sedaris is the author of Barrel Fever and Holidays on Ice, as well as
collections of personal essays Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your
Family in Corduroy and Denim, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, and his
most recent book, Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, each of which became an
immediate bestseller. The audio version of Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls
is a 56th Annual Grammy Awards Nominee for Best Spoken Word Album.
He is the author of the NYT-bestselling collection of fables entitled Squirrel
Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary (with illustrations by Ian Falconer). He was
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EISENHOWER DANCE:
THE LIGHT SHOW
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Catherine Herrick Cobb Great Hall
THIS PERFORMANCE IS GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY
Wharton Center commission underwritten in part by the
William Wright Endowment Fund For New Works.
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EISENHOWER DANCE
IN
THE LIGHT SHOW
The Light Show was co-commissioned by
Wharton Center for Performing Arts and the Detroit Opera House.
This is the premiere performance of the production.
Laurie Eisenhower, Artistic Director
Stephanie Pizzo, Associate Artistic Director
Production Support: Bread & Roses Productions
Stage Manager: Lauren Girard Forster
Lighting Coordinator: Josh Weckesser
Production Coordinator: Burke Brown
Please visit Eisenhower Dance’s website at www.eisenhowerdance.org
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PROGRAM
SPECTRUM
Choreography: Stephanie Pizzo
Lighting Design: Kerro Knox 3
Music: Newton’s Cradle by Ludovico Einaudi
Costumes: Shari Bennett
Lindsay Chirio, Andrew Cribbett, Emily Zatursky Keifer,
Katharine Larson, Molly McMullen, Matthew Schmitz
DANCERS:
BETWEEN SHADOW AND SOUL
Choreography: Gina Patterson
Lighting Design: Burke Brown
Music: Loup, La Piege, La Pere, Ouverture, City of Birth, Inchilalo, and Kratz by Armand Amar
Costumes: Shari Bennett
DANCERS:
Lindsay Chirio, Thomas Fant, Emily Zatursky Keifer, Katharine Larson,
Molly McMullen, Matthew Schmitz, Mike Teasley
LIGHTPLAY
Choreography: Laurie Eisenhower
Lighting Design: Kenneth Keith
Music: Trying to Lose by Rolfe Kent, No Standard Solution and Unsick Most Ricky-Tick by
Thomas Newman, Tapir Hunt by James Horner, and Strobe’s Nanfushi by Kodo
Costumes: Shari Bennett
Gemma Beasley, Lindsay Chirio, Andrew Cribbett, Thomas Fant,
Shannon Kazan, Emily Zatursky Keifer, Katharine Larson, Molly McMullen,
Matthew Schmitz, Mike Teasley
DANCERS:
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Program continued from previous page.
15-Minute Intermission
LAISSEZ FAIRE
Choreography: Jamey Hampton
Music: Arbor Day, Marfa, and Late Edition by Page McConnell,
Trunk Scene by David Holmes, Theme from Our Man Flint by Jerry Goldsmith,
and Theme from Route 66 by Nelson Riddle
Costumes: Shari Bennett
DANCERS:
Lindsay Chirio, Thomas Fant, Emily Zatursky Keifer, Katharine Larson,
Molly McMullen, Matthew Schmitz
BOLERO, REVISITED
Choreography: Laurie Eisenhower
Music: Bolero by Maurice Ravel
Lighting Design: Kenneth Keith
Concept Collaborator: Jeremy Barnett
Costume Design: Laurie Eisenhower
Costume consultation and construction: Shari Bennett and Christa Koerner
Gemma Beasley, Lindsay Chirio, Andrew Cribbett, Thomas Fant,
Shannon Kazan, Emily Zatursky Keifer, Katharine Larson, Molly McMullen,
Matthew Schmitz, Mike Teasley, and Oakland University’s Repertory Dance
Company: Nate Bennett, Mariah Chandler, Emily Matteson, Rachel Pawson,
Meghan Schook, Tess Keesling, Matt Wagner, Brett Wotherspoon
DANCERS:
Eisenhower Dance would like to thank Michael Brand, Bert Goldstein, Bryan Jao,
and Wharton Center for their support of this production.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES
LAURIE EISENHOWER (Artistic Director)
received her BAE and MFA degrees in dance
from Arizona State University. In the early years
of her career, she danced with various dance
companies and choreographers, most notably,
Pilobolus Dance Theatre and David Parsons.
In 1991, she formed Eisenhower Dance,
which has grown from a small ensemble into
a nationally touring company. She has created
over 100 dances for E/D and has collaborated
with numerous artists and organizations, such
as the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival,
Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings, Warren
Symphony and Michigan Opera Theatre. She
has received frequent grants and honors for
her work, including the Artserve Michigan
Governor’s Arts Award and the 2012 Kresge
Artist Fellowship for her outstanding
contributions to the field of dance.
STEPHANIE PIZZO (Associate Artistic
Director) was a founding member of
Eisenhower Dance and performed for 20
years as a principal dancer in the company.
As associate artistic director, she teaches
company class, rehearses and is a resident
choreographer for the company. She has staged
works by Laurie Eisenhower and set her own
work on numerous companies and universities
throughout the United States. Most recently,
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she presented her work at three international
dance festivals in Poland. A native of Clinton
Township, Michigan, she holds a BA with an
emphasis in dance from Oakland University
and, in 2009, received a Distinguished Alumni
or “MaTilDa” award. Currently, Ms. Pizzo is a
special lecturer in dance at Oakland University.
professionally with Virginia Ballet Theatre,
Lyric Opera Virginia, Virginia Musical Theatre,
and The Virginia Arts Festival and has been
featured as a guest artist with Hampton Roads
Civic Ballet.
EMILY ZATURSKY KEIFER was raised in
Killingworth, Connecticut where she received
her early dance training with Starship Dance
Theatre, Eastern Connecticut Ballet and New
Haven Ballet. After graduating high school in
2007, Emily attended The Hartt School at the
University of Hartford where she graduated
summa cum laude with a BFA in dance. Emily
has spent summers dancing with American
Ballet Theatre, Joffrey Ballet School and Alonzo
King Lines Ballet School. Emily danced with
Full Force Dance Theatre during their 20102011 season and has performed works by Antony
Tudor, Jose Limon, and Emery LeCrone.
LINDSAY CHIRIO began her training at
a young age as both a dancer and a gymnast.
She graduated from Oakland University with a
bachelor of arts in dance and, for a short period,
apprenticed with the Fred Astaire Dance
Studio in Bloomfield Hills where she received
training in different styles of ballroom. Lindsay
apprenticed with Eisenhower Dance for two
years and was promoted to company member
in 2014. She has taken classes and trained with
many professional companies, such as Dayton
Contemporary Dance Company, Complexions
Contemporary Ballet, and Eisenhower Dance.
She has had the opportunity to work with KATHARINE LARSON grew up dancing
choreographers such as Sonya Tayeh, Ron De under Sheryl Rowland in Kingwood, TX.
Jesus, Gina Patterson, Paul Christiano, and She graduated summa cum laude from the
University of Arizona with a BFA in dance
Lauren Edson, among others.
and a minor in chemistry and was the recipient
ANDREW CRIBBETT, originally from of the Gertrude Shurr Modern Dance and
Thomasboro, Illinois, began his dance training Costume Manager Triple Threat awards.
at the age of six. He trained with Christine Rich Katharine has performed works by Ann
and Luciana Rezende at the Christine Rich Reinking, Mia Michaels, Bella Lewitsky, Ron
Studio Dance Academy and Performing Arts De Jesus, Jamey Hampton, Gina Patterson,
Center in Savoy, IL. At the age of 16, he received Harrison McEldowney, James Clouser, and
a full scholarship to The Washington School Michael Williams, among others. She has
of Ballet in Washington D. C. He attended trained at the Juilliard School, LINES Ballet,
Duke Ellington School of the Arts to finish his and Thodos Dance Chicago. Previously,
senior year of high school. Andrew has received Katharine performed with Thodos in their
scholarships to attend summer intensives at New Dances Concert and with Artifact Dance
Washington School of Ballet, Hubbard Street Project on a tour throughout China.
Dance Chicago, The Rock School of Ballet in
MOLLY McMULLEN began her dance
Philadelphia, and Faubourg Ballet Chicago.
training at South Dayton School of Dance
THOMAS FANT grew up in Norfolk, Virginia in Dayton, Ohio. She was a ten-year member
where he was exposed to the arts at a young age of South Dayton Dance Theatre, where she
through various musical theatre productions. danced frequently with Dayton Contemporary
Molly has
In high school he began classical dance Dance Company members. training at the age of fifteen. Later, he attended attended various summer intensive programs
the dance department at the Governor’s School including Cincinnati Ballet, Ballet Chicago,
for the Arts under the direction of Deborah DCDC, Parsons Dance, Paul Taylor and
Thorpe. Upon graduating in 2008, he joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. She has
Todd Rosenlieb Dance as a company member performed in several RDA ballet festivals
where he danced the works of Bill Evans, and in 2006 received the Jeraldyne Blunden
Erick Hawkins, Ricardo Meléndez, and Yuki Award. Ms. McMullen graduated from Point
Ozeki (after Jerome Robbins). He has danced Park University magna cum laude in 2012
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with a BFA in dance. She has had the great
opportunities of performing works by Daniel
Marshall, Jonathan Phelps, Doug Varone,
George Balanchine, Darrell Grand Moultrie,
Kiesha Lalama and Alan Hineline.
GEMMA BEASLEY (Apprentice) began her
early dance training with Corraine Collins
Dance Studios in England, UK. Following
the ISTD syllabus, Gemma holds certificates
of distinction in advanced ballet, tap &
modern and later became a demonstrator for
MATTHEW SCHMITZ graduated with the ISTD examiners and the modern syllabus
a bachelor of fine arts degree in dance from video used worldwide. She was the winner of
Webster University, where he received the prestigious Janet Cram Modern award,
departmental and general academic honors. Marjorie Davies Star Tap award and Ballet
He was a scholarship recipient at The Boston Scholar in London, UK. She has performed
Ballet, Joffrey Ballet (Chicago), Kansas City work by Matthew Rushing, Hope Boykin,
Ballet, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Katie Morea, Nikki O’Hara, David Leighton,
He has performed choreography by Antony Andrew Wilson and attended intensives with
Tudor, Alvin Ailey, Iyun Harrison, Eddy Complexions, Eisenhower and Wells, run by
Ocampo, Michael Uthoff, Antonio Douthit, the Royal Ballet dancers.
Kirven Boyd, Maggi Dueker and Christine
Kardell. Matthew’s professional credits include SHANNON KAZAN (Apprentice) began her
Dawn Karlovsky and Dancers, Ashani Dances dance training at California Dance Theatre
(Seattle, WA) and the Municipal Theatre in Los Angeles. She graduated with honors
Association of St. Louis (MUNY).
from Indiana University with two bachelor of
science degrees in kinesiology health fitness
MIKE TEASLEY (Guest Dancer) was born specialist and dance. She has performed
and raised in Detroit, MI. He began his dance with Indiana University Dance Theatre,
training under the Direction of Jeri Sterrett attended Indiana Dance Festival and ACDFA
at Jazz and Spirit Dance Theater of Detroit. regional conferences, and was invited to the
In 2009, he enrolled in the dance program at American College Dance Nationals at the
Oakland University where he performed with Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. She
Oakland Dance Theatre and OU Repertory has performed works by David Parsons, Paul
Dance Company. Since then he has appeared Taylor, and Dayton Contemporary Dance,
as an apprentice and guest dancer with attended summer intensives with Alvin Ailey,
Eisenhower Dance and toured to Poland with Debbie Allen, and ABT, and has performed in
the company in July 2014.
Austria’s Tanzsommer Dance Festival.
COLLABORATORS
SHARI BENNETT (Resident Costumer)
Shari Bennett has enjoyed a relationship with
Eisenhower Dance for the last 4 years, where
she has done everything from making stage
curtains to designing and tailoring costumes.
She has been employed as assistant costume
shop supervisor for Oakland University’s
Department of Music, Theatre and Dance for
2 1/2 years, where she has taught beginning
sewing classes for theatre and dance majors
and designed the costumes for The Women of
Lockerbie. She has also been a professional tailor
the past 36 years. Mrs. Bennett holds a BA
from the University of Washington in textile
science and apparel design.
BURKE BROWN (Lighting Designer &
Production Coordinator) Recent dance designs
include lighting for Alvin Ailey American
Dance Theater, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago,
Houston Ballet, Ballet Nacional de Mexico,
St. Louis Ballet and Aszure Barton & Artists.
He has collaborated with many of America’s
exciting new choreographers including Gina
Patterson, Aszure Barton, David Gordon,
Pam Tanowitz, and Jessica Lang. Mr. Brown’s
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recent NYC work includes work with Clubbed
Thumb, Rattlestick Playwright Theater, the
Incubator Arts Project, Apollo Theater, Joyce
Soho, Three-Legged Dog, Here Arts Center,
52nd Street Project, Public Theater, La Mama
ETC, Under The Radar Festival, Summer
Play Festival, Ars Nova, Joe’s Pub, and the
Baryshnikov Arts Center. His international
work includes productions at the Abbey
Theatre in Dublin, the Golden Mask Festival
in Moscow, the Seoul Performing Arts Festival
in South Korea, and with Opera Erratica in
Toronto. Projection Design work includes
productions with Big Apple Baroque, Yale
Baroque Opera Project, Diverse City Theater
Co., and the Bone Orchard Collective. Mr.
Brown is a member of the Wingspace Design
Collective and holds an MFA from the Yale
School of Drama.
LAUREN GIRARD FORSTER (Production
Stage Management) While originally hailing
from Clarence, NY, Lauren is now happy to
call Chicago home. She is one of the founding
partners of Bread & Roses Productions, which
has given her the pleasure of working with
many fabulous companies, including Dance
Chicago, Chicago Human Rhythm Project,
LEVELdance and Chicago Dance Crash
among others. Lauren is thrilled to be a part of
the Eisenhower Dance family and looks forward
to making art with them for years to come.
KENNETH KEITH (Lighting Designer)
Kenneth L. Keith’s career spans 43 years and
three continents. Audiences for ballet, modern
dance, opera, theater, musical theater, and
concerts have enjoyed his designs. Credits
in lighting design for dance include George
Balanchine’s Theme and Variations and Apollo,
Martha Graham’s Appalachian Spring, Agnes
de Mille’s Rodeo, Roland Petit’s Carmen,
Flemming Flindt’s Red Shoes, and Miraculous
Manderain, Dennis Nahat’s The Nutcracker,
Coppelia, Blue Suede Shoes, Firebird, and Swan
Lake, Daryl Gray’s Pirates of Penzance, Lynn
Taylor-Corbett’s Diary, Ulysses Dove’s Vespers,
Mary Giannoe’s Autumn, and many of the
great 19th century classics.
Oakland University’s Department of Music,
Theatre and Dance. Over the past sixteen
years, he has designed sets, costumes and
lighting for many of its theatre productions, as
well as Oakland Dance Theatre. His designs
for Eisenhower Dance include The Land of
Nod, Tom’s Songs, and The Rite of Spring. He is
resident designer for Patterson Rhythm Pace
and Take Root, and has designed lighting for
several shows at Meadow Brook Theatre. His
work has also appeared at Syracuse Stage, the
Hartford Stage, the Cleveland Play House and
the Yale Repertory Theatre, and he has designed
as far abroad as Greece. Mr. Knox holds both a
BA and MFA from Yale University.
MARK LA PIERRE (Lighting Designer)
Mark LaPierre designs lighting, sound and
video. His work encompasses everything
from dance to children’s theatre to concert
lighting. He designs for Bodyvox, Portland
Taiko, Michael W. Smith, Pink Martini,
Pixie Dust Productions, Oregon Children’s
Theatre, Fusion Dance, Jefferson Dance, Ten
Grands Seattle, Eugene Symphony, and many
others. Also a composer, he created a universe
of both sonic and visual particles forming and
reforming when he designed Lights, Sound/
Composition and Video for the sci-fi classic
Wrinkle in Time for Oregon Children’s Theatre.
As a writer of musical theatre, his works have
played Off-Broadway as well as many Off-Off
Broadway houses.
JOSHUA PAUL WECKESSER (Lighting
Coordinator) Josh Paul Weckesser is a lighting
designer, production manager and stage
manager. Josh is a co-founder of Bread &
Roses Productions with Lauren Girard Forster
and has been providing production support to
Eisenhower Dance since 2012. Josh has been
working closely with Molly Shanahan/Mad
Shak Dance Company as a lighting designer
and core collaborator since 2003. Josh is also
production manager for the annual Dance
Chicago Festival, production manager/lighting
designer for the Chicago Human Rhythm
Project and lighting designer for Be the Groove
and the Leopold Group. In 2012 TimeOut
Chicago said that Josh’s “name seemed to pop
KERRO KNOX 3 (Lighting Designer) Kerro up in every program.”
Knox 3 is the Theatre Program Director for
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MOSCOW STATE
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
PAVEL KOGAN, CONDUCTOR
NADJA SALERNO-SONNENBERG, VIOLIN
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Catherine Herrick Cobb Great Hall
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MOSCOW STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Pavel Kogan, Conductor
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Violin
PROGRAM
Romeo and Juliet overture-fantasy������������������������������������ Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
[final version 1880], (Romeo i Dzul’etta)
(1840-1893)
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26.............................................. Max Bruch
I. Prelude: Allegro moderato(1838-1920)
II. Adagio
III. Finale: Allegro energico
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Violin
Intermission
Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36................................... Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
I. Andante sostenuto(1840-1893)
II. Andantino in modo di canzona
III. Scherzo: Pizzicato ostinato
IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco
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MOSCOW STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
ROSTER - U.S. TOUR FALL 2014
VIOLIN I
Zhavoronkova,
Alexandra
(viola continued)
FLUTE/PICCOLO TROMBONE
Plyusnin, Dmitry
Danilova, Anna
(Concertmaster)
Baturina, Natalia
Budnikov, Alexander
(Assistant Concertmaster) Kozyreva, Irina
Dobridneva, Galina
Apiryan, Marianna
Komissarova, Anastasia Klochkova, Polina
Voronova, Iryna
Samusevych, Iuliia
Barlybayeva, Dariya
Zontov, Mikhail
Grigoreva, Anna
Borodyanskaya, Vasilisa CELLO
Slovachevskiy, Vladimir
Rovenskaya, Ekaterina
(Principal)
Tonitenko, Mayya
Aldangor, Rabbani
Gabrielyan, Silvana
(Assistant Principal)
Remeslennikova, Elena
Anticona-Cabaliero,
Penkina, Anna
Ludmila
Leonova, Tatiana
Kattc, Grigorii
Blessing, Yulia
Nechaev, Igor
Lisov, Semen
Zametelskaya, Gulsina
Prudnikov, Ivan
VIOLIN II
Fastunov, Dmitry
Gorelik, Yury
Artemov, Yury
(Principal)
Shchegoleva, Anna
Pliskovskaya, Julia
Shchetina, Alexander
(Assistant Principal)
Sablin, Denis
Urushadze, Mariya
Gorshkov, Mark
Iliasov, Roman
Golovko, Tatiana
DOUBLE BASS
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Astashina, Olga
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Konstantinov, Ilya
Panov, Sergey
Pysina, Anastasia
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Malakhova, Anastasia
Kekher, Nikita
Novikova, Nadezhda
Pechenkin, Andrei
Larshin, Vladimir
Izgagin, Anton
Hvazdziou, Aliaksandr
VIOLA
Listochkin, Sergey
Romanenko, Pavel
Dolidze, Irakliy
(Principal)
Svetlosanov, Ilya
(Assistant Principal)
FLUTE
Klyachko, Mikhail
Mazur, Alexey
Lyadashcheva, Olesya
Efimenkova, Yulia
Morozov, Alexey
(Assistant Principal)
(Principal)
Mukhin, Vsevolod
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OBOE
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BASS
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ENGLISH HORN
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CLARINET
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Prokudin, Sergey
TUBA
Mardalimov, Ramil
Solovey, Evgeny
TIMPANIST
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Klimovich, Dmitry
PERCUSSION
(Principal)
Stepanov, Boris
Mamyko, Alla
BASS CLARINET Pechenevskii, Grigorii
Zhiglov, Mikhail
BASSOON
Parfenov, Ilia
Kopanev, Maxim
Velichko, Alexander
HARP
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Petrovskaya, Oxana
Ilinskaya, Elena
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CONTRA
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Khalzov, Vladimir
TRUMPET
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Kostin, Artur
Fatkin, Mikhail
Zykov, Vladimir
Polozhentsev, Vsevolod
Mazur, Anastasia
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MOSCOW STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (MSSO)
The MSSO was founded in 1943 by the Kremlin and is one of the five oldest concert orchestras
in Russia.
Leo Steinberg, the Peoples Artist of USSR and conductor of the Bolshoi Theatre, became the
MSSO's first Chief Conductor, a post he held until his death in 1945. He was succeeded by
a series of distinguished Soviet musical giants, including Nicolay Anosov (1945 – 1950), Leo
Ginsburg (1950 – 1954), Mikhail Terian (1954 – 1960), and Veronica Dudarova (1960 – 1989).
The collaboration with these major figures helped to shape the orchestra into one of most
prominent national symphonic ensembles, revered for its performances and premieres of Russian
and Soviet classical music, including the works of Myaskovsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, and
Glier.
The Moscow State Symphony Orchestra has reached new levels of success around the world
under the leadership of Pavel Kogan. In 1989 he was engaged as Music Director and Chief
Conductor and immediately started incorporating European and American music into the
orchestra's repertoire.
A landmark of the MSSO has been to present the great cycles of complete symphonic works
from leading composers such as Brahms, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, R. Strauss,
Mendelssohn, Mahler, Bruckner, Sibelius, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Glazunov, Rachmaninov,
Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Scriabin, Berlioz, Debussy and Ravel. The orchestra’s wide-ranging
programs combine great orchestral, operatic, and choral classics with equally significant music
of the 21st century, including many forgotten and neglected works.
The MSSO plays some 100 concerts annually. Along with the series in the Great Hall of the
Moscow Conservatory and in the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, the Moscow State Symphony
Orchestra performs in the Great Hall of the Saint-Petersburg D.D. Shostakovich Philharmonic
Society and on the stages of many other Russian cities. The MSSO tours regularly overseas
in the USA, United Kingdom, Japan, Spain, Austria, Italy, Germany, France, South Korea,
Australia, China and Switzerland.
The Moscow State Symphony Orchestra also has a long and distinguished recording and
broadcast history on television and radio. In 1990 the MSSO, led by Maestro Kogan, made
a live recording of Tchaikovsky’s piano and violin concertos, soloed by Aleksey Sultanov and
Maxim Vengerov and released by Pioneer. In the early 1990s, Russian television stations aired
the documentary “Travels with the Orchestra” about the MSSO and Pavel Kogan tour in
Europe and Saint-Petersburg. Their Rachmaninov cycle, released by Alto, which recorded all of
Rachmaninov's symphonies and symphonic dances, has become a chart-topping album.
The MSSO has a proud history of collaborating with eminent conductors and soloists including
Evgeny Svetlanov, Kirill Kondrashin, Aleksandr Orlov, Natan Rahlin, Samuil Samosud, Valery
Gergiev, David Oistrakh, Emil Gilels, Leonid Kogan, Vladimir Sofronitsky, Sergei Lemeshev,
Ivan Kozlovsky, Svyatoslav Knushevitskyi, Sviatoslav Richter, Mstislav Rostropovich, Daniil
Shafran and Angela Gheorgiu.
The orchestra’s partnership with Pavel Kogan has earned the orchestra an enviable reputation for
high standards of artistic excellence, imaginative programming and community engagement,
and having a broad and loyal constituency around the world.
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PAVEL KOGAN, Music Director & Chief Conductor
Maestro Pavel Kogan’s career – spanned over
40 years and five continents – has made him
one of the most respected and widely recognized
Russian conductors of our time.
Moscow State Symphony Orchestra (MSSO)
and has been there since, building it into one
of Russia’s most widely known and highly
acclaimed orchestras.
He was born into a distinguished musical
family: his parents are legendary violinists
Leonid Kogan and Elizaveta Gilels and his uncle
is the inimitable pianist Emil Gilels. From an
early age Maestro Kogan’s artistic development
was divided between conducting and violin. He
was granted special permission to study both
disciplines at the same time – an extreme rarity
in the Soviet Union.
Maestro Kogan has also appeared with
many prominent orchestras including the St.
Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Moscow
Philharmonic Orchestra, USSR State Radio
& TV Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia
Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic,
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Munich
Philharmonic, Orchestre National de Belgique,
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, RTVE
Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Symphony
Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Orquesta
Filarmónica de Buenos Aires, L'Orchestre de la
Suisse Romande, Orchestre National de France,
Houston Symphony, Orchestre National du
Capitole de Toulouse and the Luxembourg
Philharmonic Orchestra. From 1998-2005 he
served as principal guest conductor of the Utah
Symphony Orchestra.
In 1970, eighteen-year-old Pavel Kogan, then a
violin pupil of Yuri Yankelevich at the Moscow
Conservatory, won 1st prize in the Sibelius
Violin Competition in Helsinki, catapulting his
violin career which took him to concert halls
around the world. Forty years after his win, a
panel of judges was asked to determine the most
impressive winner in the 45-year history of the
Sibelius competition for the newspaper Helsingin
Sanomat. A unanimous vote put Maestro Kogan Pavel Kogan has recorded countless works with
in the coveted spot, surpassing decades worth of the MSSO and other ensembles, recordings
violin virtuosos.
which have been a major contribution to
the world’s musical culture. Many of his
As a conducting pupil of Ilya Musin and Leo albums have garnered great acclaim from
Ginsburg, in 1972 the young Maestro gave his critics and audiences alike. His recording of
debut with the USSR State Symphony Orchestra the Rachmaninoff cycle (Symphonies 1, 2,
and subsequently turned his focus to conducting. 3, Symphonic Dances, “Isle of the Dead,”
In the years that followed, he conducted the “Vocalize & Scherzo”) was hailed as “...sparkly,
leading Soviet orchestras both at home and strongly communicative Rachmaninoff...
on tour abroad at the invitation of Mravinsky, vibrant, soulful and involving.” (Gramophone)
Kondrashin, Svetlanov and Rozhdestvensky.
Maestro Kogan was awarded the State Prize of
As conductor of the Bolshoi Opera, Kogan the Russian Federation for his performance of the
opened the 1988 season with a new production complete symphonies and vocal cycles of Gustav
of Verdi’s La Traviata. That same year he became Mahler. He is a member of the Russian Academy
the head of the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra. of Arts, recipient of the “Order of Merit” of
Russia, the “Peoples’ Artist of Russia” award, and
In 1989, Kogan was appointed the Music is a Chevalier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres,
Director and Chief Conductor of the eminent among many other international accolades.
NADJA SALERNO-SONNENBERG, Violin
“One of the few classical artists who
must be experienced in person.”
–The Washington Post
Passion, excitement, and innovation are the
hallmarks of internationally acclaimed soloist and
chamber musician Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg’s
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artistry. Praised for her compelling performances,
daring interpretations and dedication to her
craft, she is one of today’s leading violinists,
renowned for her work on the concert stage, in
the recording studio, and highly respected for
her vision and guidance as music director of the
San Francisco-based New Century Chamber
Orchestra, which she joined in January 2008.
With successful careers in both the solo and
chamber music worlds, Nadja continues to
enthrall audiences of all ages.
Engagements of note this summer include
performances at Italy’s Rome Chamber Music
Festival, with the Buenos Aires Philharmonic
Orchestra in Argentina, the Minnesota
Beethoven Festival and California’s Cabrillo
Festival. A U.S. tour with the Moscow State
Symphony, performances with the Philadelphia
Orchestra, Oregon, Milwaukee, and Colorado
symphonies and the Louisiana Philharmonic
Orchestra are just some of the 2014-2015 season
highlights.
A powerful and creative presence on the
recording scene, Nadja continues to add to the
offerings of her own record label, NSS Music,
which she started in 2005. The label’s roster
of artists includes Ms. Salerno-Sonnenberg,
pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, horn player
John Cerminaro, pianist/composer Clarice
Assad, conductor Marin Alsop, the American
String Quartet, the Colorado Symphony,
Orquestra Sinfonica do Estado de Sao Paulo,
and the New Century Chamber Orchestra.
In addition to her over twenty releases on the
EMI and Nonesuch labels, Nadja has also made
several recordings for NSS MUSIC (www.
nssmusic.com), featuring both concerto and
chamber pieces. The latest release, From A
To Z (May 2014), is an all-commissions CD
featuring violin concertos by Clarice Assad,
William Bolcom, Michael Daugherty, and
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, all commissioned by New
Century since Nadja joined the ensemble.
Center program for PBS, appeared in the PBS/
BBC series The Mind, and with Big Bird on
Sesame Street. She was the subject of the 2000
Academy Award-nominated film, Speaking in
Strings, an intensely personal documentary on
her life, which premiered at the Sundance Film
Festival, was released in theaters nationwide,
and subsequently premiered on HBO’s
Signatures channel in 1999. Included among
her numerous television interviews and profiles
are CBS’ 60 Minutes, 60 Minutes II, and Sunday
Morning; CNN’s Newsstand; NBC’s National
News and Newsstand; NBC’s National News and
The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson; Bravo’s
Arts & Minds; PBS’ Live from Lincoln Center,
and The Charlie Rose Show. On the publishing
front, Nadja: On My Way, her autobiography
written for children discussing her experiences
as a young musician building a career, was
published by Crown Books in 1989. Nadja has
appeared in numerous publications ranging
from The Strad, Gramophone and Strings to The
New York Times, The Washington Post, and The
Huffington Post, among many.
Ms. Salerno-Sonnenberg’s professional career
began in 1981 when she won the Walter W.
Naumburg International Violin Competition.
In 1983 she was recognized with an Avery Fisher
Career Grant, and in 1988 was Ovations Debut
Recording Artist of the Year. In 1999, Nadja
was honored with the prestigious Avery Fisher
Prize, awarded to instrumentalists who have
demonstrated “outstanding achievement and
excellence in music.” In May of that same year,
she was awarded an honorary Master of Musical
Arts from the New Mexico State University, the
first honorary degree the University has ever
awarded. An American citizen, Ms. SalernoSonnenberg was born in Rome and emigrated to
the United States at the age of eight to study at
The Curtis Institute of Music. She later studied
with Dorothy DeLay at The Juilliard School.
Nadja
Salerno-Sonnenberg’s
exceptional
artistry is paired with great musical intelligence
which, along with her unique personality, have
served her well in numerous environments –
she has hosted the Backstage/Live from Lincoln
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www.nadjasalerno-sonnneberg.com
www.nssmusic.com
Arturo
Sandoval
Friday, November 14 at 8pm
It is certain that whenever Arturo Sandoval picks up his
horn, fireworks soon follow. One of the most dynamic
and vivacious performers of our time, the nine-time
Grammy winner has forged his own crowd-pleasing
style of bebop and Cuban styles.
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JULIAN SANDS
in
A Celebration of
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PINTER
Directed by
John Malkovich
Sunday, November 16 at 7pm
With personal anecdotes and reflections drawn
from their friendship, famed British actor
Julian Sands combines Pinter’s poems and
prose for a fresh insight into the
Nobel laureate’s legacy.
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“Master Harold”
...and the boys
Gavin
Lawrence
by Athol Fugard
Justin
Dietzel
Friday, January 30, 7:30pm
& Saturday, January 31, 7:30pm
Shawn
Hamilton
(post-show Q&A on 1/30 & post-show panel discussion on 1/31)
An ordinary day becomes a life-changing experience for young Hally and two
black waiters in 1950s apartheid South Africa. This remarkable coming of age story
explores the bigotry fostered by apartheid and the cruel power of language.
The cast will feature veteran actors Shawn Hamilton (credits include Garden of
Joy at Wharton Center, Guthrie Theatre, Yale Repertory and Dallas Theatre Center)
and Gavin Lawrence (Off-Broadway, Steppenwolf, Goodman Theatre, Cincinnati
Playhouse and Arena Stage).
“An exhilarating play...It is a triumph of playmaking, and unforgettable.”
–New York Post
A Wharton Center Theatre Production.
Produced and directed by Bert Goldstein
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Don LeDuc & Susan Coley
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K.T. Hunter
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George Zulakis
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* New Donor
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David Balas & James Sellman
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** Eileen Ellis
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Thomas Hoisington
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David McConnell
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** Dr. James Miller & Dr. Rebecca Lehto
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David & Jill Mittleman
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Dana Munshaw Brazil
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** Dr. Nwando Achebe & Dr. Folu Ogundimu
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** Carol & Tom Pentoney
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** Gay & Dwight Peterson
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Dr. MelissaHalvorson Smith
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* New Donor
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Dr. Charles H. & Philippa M. Webb
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** Laurie M. Rozek & Kirk C. Herald
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** Irene M. Seahawk
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* Kay & John Serratelli
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Brenda & James Spackman
Vesna & Gordan Srkalovic
Jacqueline M. Stowell
Dr. Gale M. Strasburg & Christine H. Reay
** Lori & Rich Studley
Laura L. Tafelsky
Drs. Ellen R. & Richard E. Templeton
Diane & Paul Thompson
Ilene Tomber
Lois Walker
JoAnn & George Walter
Col. Joseph L. Webster, Jr.
Richard D. Weingartner
Rajkumari & Richard Wiener
Drs. Richard & Andrea Witkowski
** Gordon Wright
Sandra Wright
John A. & Judy A. Wurzler
** Mark J. & Andrea R. Zajac
Jing Zhang
Businesses
Arts Council Center of Greater Lansing
Greater Lansing Convention &
Visitors Bureau
MSU School of Hospitality Business
SILVER CIRCLE ($250 & above)
Anonymous
Maryalice Abood
Nancy L. Abramson
* Brian Acheson
Donna Ackley
** Mary Anne Adams
Marilyn & Richard Adams
Mr. Valery N. Aginsky
Edith & Bruce Allen
* Sandra A. Allen
* Joanne Allman
Jennifer & Matthew Allswede
Connie & Matthew Anderson
Kip J. Anderson
Dr. Joseph H. Anthony
Michael & Lisa Ash
Sam M. & Mary E. Austin
Katherine K. & John R. Aylsworth
Valma Bader
Carol & David Baker
Dr. & Mrs. John A. Baker, III
Audrey & Frank Baker
Jack Baker & Robert Welch
Fred Baker-Nowinski
Dr. F. W. & Paula Bakker-Arkema
Susan & Scott Baldwin
Beth Barna
* New Donor
** Donors who have increased support to new membership levels.
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Catherine Bartlett
Dale Bartlett
* Kelly Bartlett
Drs. Sandra S. & Robert E. Batie
Cheryl Behmlander
Susan Fleming Bence & James Bence
David & Mindy Berridge
Karen & Thomas Bird
** M. Bird
Pamela & Donald Bishop
** Brooke & James Bleicher
Sarah Blom
Dr. Dale M. & Joan L. Blount
Jean & Shane Bolley
Diane Boroughf
Brian Bosanic
Karrie Bosanic
* Dana & Quinn Bosworth
Susy & Howard Bradshaw
Alexis & Dennis Branoff
John H. Brazier
Pamela & Jeffrey Brenner
Michael & Deborah Brenton
* Allison Brewer
Gretchen Bria & Richard Scala
David J. & Loretta K. Briggs
Dr. Daniel A. & Leona B. Bronstein
Patricia & George Brookover
Eileen Brooks
Arlene M. Brophy
Arlene & Daniel Brown
John Brown
Penny & Gary Brydges
Jane M. Buher
LeAnn & Randy Burch
Lawrence & Evelyn Burgess
Alyce & Mark Burkhart
Lawrence P. & JoAnne A. Burrill
** Patricia Burton
JodieAnn Boyd Cady & Dean A. Cady
Karen & John Caldwell
Carl A. Calille
Andrea & Doug Campbell
* Deborha Campbell
Anna & Dennis Campbell
Cammie & Thomas Cantrell
* Daniel Card
Renate Carey
* Rosemary Carey
Carla Carleton
Cindy Carson
** Margaret & Daniel Casey
Diana M. Catallo
Laurie & David Chapin
Nancy K. Chapman & Robert Karabees
Dr. Richard W. & Hazel M. Chase
** Kay & James Cherry
Cynthia & Edgar Church
Shelley & Ronald Cichy
Harlow & Mary Ellen Claggett
Gary L. & Judy H. Clark
* Luanne & James Clark
Marjory L. & A. Thomas Clay, Jr.
Richard & Charlotte Climer
Dr. James S. & Constance R. Close
Donors since our 1982-83 Opening Season
appear in boldface.
W H A RTON CIRCL E
Dr. David J. & Noel E. Closs
** David K. & Nancy A. Colflesh
Charles H. & Judith L. Connelly
Andrew P. & Sandra D. Conner
Marion & George P. Contompasis
Mr. & Mrs. Jacob E. Cook
Jacqueline & Bruce Cook
Tom & Sherry Corwin
Ruth & Richard Cottrell
Carol & Howard Cousineau
Geoffrey Cradit & Joyce O’Brien-Cradit
Carol & Robert Cramer
David & Loraine Craun
* Ruth & Robert Crockford
* Peter & Karen Cronk
John Cunningham
Patricia & John Czarnecki
Donna & David Daly
Nancy & William Danhof
William D. & Linda E. Dansby
Michael Darnell
David Dart
Don Davis
Julie E. Day
** Cheree A. DeGolia
Sharon R. DeBar
Paula & Theodore Debnar
* Ernest Delfosse
Christopher Dembowski &
Mary Dembowski-O’Connell
Dr. David R. & Marion O. Dilley
Dr. Nikolay & Maria Dimitrov
* Jeffrey & Cindy Diskin
Eleanor Doersam
* Sara & Brent Dolan
* Pamela & Thomas Dolan
Phillip Doud
Anthony & Ruth Drago
Kelly & Erik Drake
Carol & John Ducat
Tad & Sue Duemler, III
Bruce & Kathi Dunn
Julie & John DuPuis
Teresa & Rick DuPuis
Mary Lynn & Gary Dwight
* James Dyson
* Wanda Dziwura
Nancy Edminster
Ellen M. Eisele
Dr. Frances F. Ekern
Megan E. Emlaw
Katherine & Trent English
Nancy Enslin
Kimberly & Daniel Farley
Mary Farrand
Dale F. & Kathleen C. Feldpausch
* Karlene Gehler & Justus Fiechtner
** Ruth L. Fienup
Mr. Glenn Fink
Howard G. Finkel
Timothy Fisher
Kay Fitzgerald
Maribeth & Patrick Fitzgerald
Colleen & John Fitzpatrick
Mary Jane Flanagan & Grant Skomski
* Mark & Stephanie Fleming
William Fleming
Judith & Michael Flintoff
Janice & Jason Flower
**Edward W. & Jacqueline D. Flynn
Dr. Edward & Linda Foster
George A. & Diane M. Fox
Phyllis & Ronald Fox
Sharon & Terrence Frake
Lisa & Jay Francisco
Maggie & Kenneth Frankland
Janet & Ed Franks
* Joseph & Laura Freidhoff
Jean & Arthur Frentz
Frank & Janet Freund
Susan & Chris Friend
* James & Sharon Stock
* Judith Gage
Laurie & James Gallagher
** Deborah Galvan
Sarah & Joseph Garcia
Jennifer & Michael Gardner
Patricia Geoghegan
* Ricky & Carolyn Germain
Jerrie & Ronald Gibbs
Martin L. Gibbs & Carole A. Sorenson
* Phyllis & Richard Gibson
* Scott & Sara Gillespie
Anna Glaser-Platte
** Kenneth S. & Karen B. Glickman
Kathleen Gorton
Dr. George & Susan Graeber
Linda K. Graesser
* Mrs. Laura G. Grainger
Ruth B. Greenbaum
** Richard D. & Patricia K. Greene
Arnold Greenfield & Patricia Brown
Timothy D. Greenman
Roger & Marilyn Grove
Linda & Remo Grua
Dr. Peter & Charlotte Gulick, Sr.
Terry Hackler
Frances Hackney
Dr. Howard & Mrs. Joan Hagerman
Al Hakala
Marge Hall
Michele LaForest Halloran &
Robert Halloran
* Patricia & Raymond Hammerschmidt
Drs. Ann Tukey Harrison &
Michael J. Harrison
Theresa Harrison
Linda Harrold
Brant & Theresa Hartle
Debbie & Gary Harvey
Irene & Charles Hathaway
** Eileen E. Hatt
Phyllis & David Hayhurst
Kendra & Edward Heath
** Howard & Judith Hedlund
Lynda Heinig, Cheryl R. Rusk,
Oveta Heinig, Christine Heinig,
Leona Rybka
* Paulette Held
Donald Heller & Anne Simon
* New Donor
** Donors who have increased support to new membership levels.
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Jan Hemenway
* Mary K. Henley
Dr. Richard E. & Lynn O. Hensen
Dr. Ralph E. & Patricia A. Hepp
Susan & Robert Herner
Linda L. Hill
Susan J. Hill
* Donald & Helen Hillman
Marlene & Robert Hind
Beverly & Rutgar Hoag
* Marjorie Hobe
Richard A. & Donna C. Hoefer
Dr. Lynne & Thomas Hoffmeyer
Drs. Frederick L. & Barbara A. Honhart
Terri J. Hooper
Joan Hornak
Dr. David D. & Iris O. Horner
Linda & Ross Howard
Sharon A. Hoy
Shirley & Roger Hughes
* Lee Hunsberger
Mary & Dan Hunt
Charles Hutchins
** Jane Idzkowski
Judy & Paul Jackson
Michelle L. Jacobs
Betty L. James
Pamela Jarvi
David & Gretchen Jewison
Douglas Johnston
Karen A. & Gregory A. Jonas
Edwardeen & Paul Jones
Sandra & Mark Jordan
Marge Joslin
Rebecca & Donald Jost
Dr. John W. & Nan B. Judy, Jr.
Karen Jurgensen & Robert Parks
** Goran & Mandy Jurkovic
Arlene Jury
Kathryn Kacynski
Timothy & Melissa Kaltenbach
Michelle Kaminski & Dan Hamilton
** Wendy & Gary Kashenider
Constance & Gus Kavalaris
Mary J. & Robert C. Keller
MaryJo & Arthur Kelley
Kim & Paul Kelly
** Linda Ketcham
Henry & Lucille Kimpel
Kathleen King
Mary & Ronald Kinne
Margie & Boyd Kinzley
Gaylord L. & Eileen E. Kleuckling
M. Ellen & Stuart J. Knickerbocker
** Anne & William Knox
Betty Koch
Cheryl L. Kompsi
Ruth L. Kositchek
Marina Kotsifis
Kimberly & Michael Kovalchick
Jeanne & Kenneth Krapohl
Deidre & Kevin Krause
Vivienne Kreer
Joe Kunk
Jayne & Peter Kurtz
Donors since our 1982-83 Opening Season
appear in boldface.
W H A RTON CIRCL E
Dr. Alan & Judith Labovitz
James D. & Kathleen M. Lammers
Michael & Ellen Lander
Mary Ellen Lane
Drs. Peter A. & Glenda L. Lappan
Marilyn Laughlin
Rita Richardson & Thomas Law
Donna & Carl Lawson
Susan Lawther & William McShane
Jane & Michael Laycock
** Hue T. Le
Mike & Sue Leffler
Dr. Louis W. & Alicia J. Lessard
Dr. Carol B. Levin
Suzanne J. Levy
** Dr. Gus M. & Katie E. Lo
** Kathryn & Gustav Lo
David & Laurie Lockman
Judith & Wayne Loescher
Doreen J. Logan
Joseph Lonstein
Chuck & Roberta Lott
Kathryn & Robert Lovell
Florence I. & Marvin L. Lyons
Ralph & Judith MacKenzie
Katrina & Larry Mackley
Michelle & John Madden
** John & Maureen Malone
Roger & Carolyn Manning
Karen & David Marquette
Michael J. Masternak
Dr. David N. & Audrey H. Matisoff
Maureen & Duane Mayhew
Lori McAllister
James E. McCartney
Rebecca McCavit
Janis McCrackin
Mary McCulloch
* Patrick McElmurry
Frank & Jeanne McKowen
Claudia McLoughlin
Evalyn & Paul McNamara
Nancy & Charles Meddaugh
Dick & Renee Merchant
Nancy & Robert Metzger
Kristen E. Metzger
Dr. David W. & Alison K. Michelson
Dr. Steven Miller & Sandra Schian-Miller
Drs. Shelagh Ferguson-Miller &
Robert J. Miller
Edna & Everette Miller
Dr. Anna E. & Michael E. Miller
Donna Mills
Lyle Mindlin & Julie Laframboise
Tom & Laurie Mitchell
Connie Mohney
David Mooberry
* Elizabeth Moore
** Nathaniel Moore & Angelika Kraemer
** Helen & Johnnie Moultrie
Mike Mowery
Robert & Nancy Muhlbach
Patricia & Gary Murphy
Sharon L. Myers
Vivian B. & Fauzi M. Najjar
Edward & Jean Napierala
Andrew & Marilyn Nathanson
* Linda & Howard Neely, Jr.
Linda J. Nelson
Henry J. & Nancy L. Nelson
** Timothy Nelson
Linda & Raymond Nemecek
Barbara Nielson
Barbara & Kevin Nilsen
Thomas & Rosalie Nitzsche
Julia & Michael O’Connor
Kathleen & Kenneth O’Hara
Dr. Harold E. & Donna M. Old, Jr.
David & Jan O’Leary
** Cyndi & James Oleniczak
** Zola & Stanley Olson
Lola O’Meara
Eleanor E. Omoto
Dr. Ronald C. & Katherine H. O’Neill
Cheryl & Gary Onstad
* Virginia M. Orabone
Donald Ostrom
Joseph G. & Lorraine E. Osypczuk
Allison Ouellette
Steven & Kris Ouellette
Theresa & Timothy Owen
Kathleen & Jeffrey Padden
Robert & Kitty Padget
Connie Page & Thomas Conner
Bruce & Maggie Papesh
Louise & Lee Paquette
Sharon & T.D. Park
Laurie & Curtis Parker
Barbara & Robert Parsons
Jane & Douglas Paterson
William & Shirley Paxton
Maria & Richard Pearse
William Peloquin
* Diane & Gregory Penix
Katy & Leslie Perino
Dr. Kenneth Pero
Robert & Barbara Perrin
Odile & Richard Perry
* Dr. Susan Peters
Janice & Dale Pettengill
** Christal & Gar Pettit
William & Mary Pfaff
Jane A. Harrell & Judith Pick
Andrew Pittsley
* Stephen Plunkett
** Chloe E. Polzin
Connie Black-Pond & Patrick Pond
Jeffrey & Phyllis Poorman
** Daniel Popoff
Janet Powers
Helen J. Preston
Laura J. Priebe & Lucinda L. Rhodes
Laura Quinn
** Siri & David Rainone
Cheryl & James Reed
Daniel & Lucy Reeves
* Barbara Renton
Diane & John Revitte
Colleen Reynolds
** Kathleen & Michael Rhodes
* New Donor
** Donors who have increased support to new membership levels.
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Koyne & Charles Rice
Melissa & Daniel Richardson
* Brian Riley
** Thomas & Susan Rippy
Gail & John Roberts
C. Dee Robertson
* Vivianne & Anthony Robinson
Coral & Stuart Roller
Winifred H. Rome
Christine & Donald Root
Merry A Rosenberg
Gretchen & Dennis Rosenbrook
Nancy & Mark Rudd
** Kenneth & Lori Rudman
Robert E. Ruigh
Karen Ruthenberg
Ruth L. Sablich
Marianne & Robert Samper
Jeanne & Lawrence Sartor
Marietta & Francis Schafer
Robert & Rosemary Schaffer
Alice & Frank Schehr
Eric Schneidewind
Christine & Alex Schram
Jerry R. & Pamela J. Schreiner
Judith & Richard Schroeder
Polly & Ben Schwendener, Jr.
Mary & David Sciamanna
Susan & Michael Scieszka
Mary J. & Stephen G. Scofes
Jo Ann & Donald Sefcik
** Zelda Seidenberg
Janet & James Senneker
** Karen & Robert Seppala
Sharon S. Shamka
William W. Shelley
Jack G. & Carol A. Shepard
Tim Shireman
Rebecca & John Shives
* Judith & Bennett Shulman
** Jeffrey B. Simbob
Elizabeth Simmons & R. Sekhar Chivukula
Susan Simons
* Jill Simpson
Nancy J. Small
* Shelly & Mark Smith
Joan V. Snider
Kate & Andrew Snyder
Ted & Pauline Sondag
Linda A. Spang & Denise Elwart
Steven T. & Esther M. Spees
Carol Squires
** Leslie & Michele Starr
Laura D. Stebbins
JoAnn Stefani
Dr. Barbara & Mr. James Steidle
Bill & Sue Stelzer
Mariellyn & Robert Stevenson
Carolyn Stieber
Ann K. Stocum
Marlene & Don Stone
Kenneth D. & Nancy A. Stringer
Joseph & Barbara Strittmatter
Katie & Philip Strong
** Elizabeth & John Stucko
Donors since our 1982-83 Opening Season
appear in boldface.
W H A RTON CIRCL E
Carolyn Studley
Dr. Leslie N. & Anne P. Stumpos
Ronald & Georgina Styka
Barbara & Thomas Sukenik
Rose Ann & Fred Swartz
Shirley A. & Lawrence J. Swick
Norma & William Taylor
Patricia & Gary Taylor
Thomas & Connie Taylor
Peter Teholiz & Teresa Brown
Susan & Patrick Theisen
Carol Ann & Morris Thomas
Linda & Thomas Towsley
Joan Travis
Sherry & Peter Trezise
John & Allene Tucker
Gary L. Unruh
** Kathryn VanDagens &
Daniel VanOverbeke
Jacqueline Vandenbosch
Richard M. & Kathy L. Vanderbeek
Arthur & Barbara VanDyke
Lillian & Ronald VanHouten
Catherine A. Variano
Chris Veldman
Kathleen & Gary Vermeulen
Jane Vieth Suits & Alan Suits
David & Sandra Vietti
Arthur F. & Sandra C. Vine
Louis & Mary Vlahakis
Ann & Timothy Vogelsang
** Candy & Robert Voigt
** Dr.&Mrs. William Wadland
** Mizue & James Wagner
** Diane Wakoski & Robert Turney
** Cheryl & Joseph Wald
Penny L. Wallace
Dr. John & Angie Walling, Jr.
* Sandra K. Walter
Rebecca & Eric Walters
Julia & Kenneth Walz
Stephanie & Stephen Ward
Cynthia & Mark Warnshuis
** Joann Warren
* Kristin & Andrew Watkins
James & Jane Waun
Judith & William Webb
Dr. Richard P. Weber
* Ronald & Nancy Wefel
Barbara S. Wepman
Dr. Craig & Cindy Wheeler
* Barbara Wild
Steven Willson
Robert & Catherine Wilson
Amy J. Winans
Debbra J. Winans
Laurie K. Sommers & David W. Winder
Joan & Richard Witter
Dr. Anthony & Paula Wojcik
Clover Lee Wolford
Catherine & Michael Wood
Karen Wood
Marcia & John Wynalda
* Peter Yoo
Ms. Sandra Zarr
Mary D. Zehner
Suzanne Ziel
Paul J. & Jamie A. Zimmer
Lori Zimmerman
Sally & Dan Zimmerman
Kirsten Miller-Zisholz & Kenneth Zisholz
Businesses
Lansing Community College
Peter Gulick DO PC
Rick’s Family Barber Shop
BRONZE CIRCLE ($100 & above)
Anonymous
* Mr. James T. Leffler &
Ms. Marsha E. Albritton
* Catherine Allen & Bing Tai
William C. & Jane E. Allen
Laurie & Dave Anderson
Donna S. Anderson
Gloria & Stephen Anderson
Anita M. Andringa
Betty & Keith Apple
* Charles G. Apple
Ethel J. Armeling
Rebecca S. Armstrong
* Carol Asher
Kathryn & James Ault
Mary Ann Austin
* Sumner & Irene Bagby
Sherri Baker
* Kathleen Baldwin
Dr. Richard L. & Carol M. Baldwin
Henrietta Band
Polly & Douglas Barr
* Kelly Barson
Lynn & Thomas Bartley
Carol & Glenn Baxter
Kenneth C. Beachler
Carol & Richard Beard
Jane & Gary Beaudoin
Laurie Bechhofer & Leon Puttler
* Beth Bedaine
* Jim Beelen
Drs. Arnold & Claire Berkman
Miriam B. Bethards
* Roberrt Bierwagen
* Donna & Joe Billig
Charlene Birgy
Frederick W. Bissinger
Charlee & Alan Black
Barbara Bladecki
Paula & Edwin Bladen
Charlene M. Bodary
Carolyn & Bob Boger
Jenny & John Bond
* Sue F. Borough
* Christopher Bowers
Marilyn M. Bowker
* Marilyn Bowker
Tom & Kim Boyd
Roselinde & David Boyne
Dr. Harold & Jeanne Braeutigam
Dr. Hugh F. & Mrs. Lynn L. Brainard
* Emmett & Karen Braselton
* New Donor
** Donors who have increased support to new membership levels.
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Julia Ryan-Brawner & Bobbie G. Brawner
** Kathleen & Gerald Brazil
Doris Brewer
** John & Sarah Briggs
Irma J. Briggs-Hooker
Dr. Martha W. Bristor
Michelle & Donovan Brittain
Elaine & Murray Brown
Laurann Brown & Frank Shoemaker
Frederick L. Bruflodt
Susan L. Brundage
Rosemary & Earnest Bullion
* Megan Buonodono
Eileen M. Bur
* Diana & George Burgoyne
Barbara J. Burke
Sherry Byrnes
Kristen & Shawn Calabrese
Gary D. & Julie A. Caltrider
** Susan & William Carley
Louise & Edward Carlson
Kathleen & Wayne Carlson
Marlene & David Carron
* Michael Chapman
Maynard A. & Carol M. Christensen
Sally & Dennis Churchill
Sandra & Frank Ciloski
** Janet & Robert Clark
Jane & Edward Clarke
Hilary & Richard Clayton
Susan & Peter Cobbett
Barbara & David Coey
Connie & Robert Cullum
* Alfred Compton, Jr.
Sharon & Jim Conroy
** Sarah & Steven Cook
Judy Coon
Linda A. Cooper & Donald Hermann
Lynn D. Cooper
David Corrie
* Dr. Dennis Craft & Dr. Laurie Hillebrenner
Frank & Diane Cranmer
Linda & Louis Cravotta
* Vickie Crouch
Mary M. Cullen
Connie & Robert Cullum
* Esther & Lee Dalrymple
Elly & Kenneth David
Sharon & Gary Dawson
James & Shirley Day
* Mary Day
Robert C. Dickins
* Deborah Diesen & Tobin Miller
* Robert & Nancy Divish
* Ms. Terra Dodds
Jualynne Dodson
* Mr. & Mrs. Don Doll
Laima Dome
Conrad & Judith Wharton Donakowski
Sophie & Bruce Donley
Mary Donoghue Wrigley
Carol Doocy
Lou Douglas
Karen Drammeh
** Tonya Droessler & Daniel Goatley
Donors since our 1982-83 Opening Season
appear in boldface.
W H A RTON CIRCL E
Amanda & Trajan Dubiel
Mrs. Darrell F. Duffield
Jennifer J. & Jason R. Early
* Mavis Edwards
Janet & Gerald Eidt
Rev. James F. Eisele
Jeanette Eiserman
Julia & Boyd Ellis
* Catherine & Rodney Ellis
* Nancy Estes
Dr. Eva L. Evans
Patricia A. Fackler
** Dr. Lynda J. Farquhar
Samuel F. & Elizabeth M. Febba
Stanley & Marilyn Fedewa
Theresa A. Fedewa-Wells
Jill Brown & David Figg
* Gloria Fisher
* Jodi Fisher
Kris & Scott Flint
Jim & Elaine Flore
* Joan Forgrave
June F. Mills
Richard W. Fortner
** Linda Forward
Dan Fox
Mary & Gary Fralick
Donna & Paul Freddolino
Delores King-Freeman &
Myron S. Freeman
** Lynda K. Freeman
Barbara J. Frey & Nicholas R. Thines
** Arlene Friedland
Jacqueline & Stephen Fuller
* Paul Zielinski & Sharen Furman
Beatrice & Harold Gabin
** Fleta Gacki
* Eric Gafner
** Heather & Craig Galecka
* Carolyn Geary
Diane Gewirtz
* Ron & Jackie Gibson
Kathleen & Thomas Giddings
Dianne Gill
* Linda Gillentine
* Linn & Troy Gladstone
Yvonne N. Glenn
John & Tomoko Gnodtke
Monica & James Goble
Diane & John Goddeeris
Steve & Patricia Goorin
* Julia & Gerald Gracik
Mary J. Graesser
* Patricia Grauer
Joanne L. Green
Judy Green & G. Ron Welch
Casey & Mary Griggs
Richard J. Groshek
Peggy Grover
Lynda Gugel
Leta Guild
Lucille & Robert Gustafson
* Judy Edelstein & Aaron E. Halabe
Dorisa J. & John P. Hamm
* Witawas Handee
Charles R. Handley
Linda & Daniel Hansen
Thelma Hansen
* Eric Hanthorne
William & Joan Hartwig
Mr. & Mrs. M. D. Hastay
Gloria Hastings
Evelyn Haueter
* Genevieve Healy
* Brenda Heard
Margaret L. Hebekeuser
Marion Heil
Collin Hennessey
* Marilyn Hennon
* Christopher & Tara Herald
Donna Herrle
* Shawna Hessling
Nancy & Andrew Hewat
* Tamara Hicks-Syron
Tom & Michele Hile
Richard & Alice Hill
* Debra Hill
* Stephanie E. Hirchert-Walton
* Mr. & Mrs. Douglas & Marisol Hissong
* Daphne Hobfon
Rabbi Morton Hoffman
Kathleen & Ronald Hoffman
Melvin & Verna Holley
Steven & Robin Hooks
Patrina & David Hoppe
* Merritta C. Hunt-Proctor
Fayyaz Hussain
Dr. & Mrs. Gary Hutnik
* Barbara & Daniel Ilgen
Elaine & Emil Jackinchuk
Carrie & Maxie Jackson
Karin & Mark Jaeger
* Diane James
Margaret & John Janssens
Mary & James Jenks
Karen & Gerald Jennings
James Jersey & Barbara Stevens Jersey
James & Nancy Jewett
Mary Ann Johnson
Debra Jones
Pamela & Gerald Jones
Herbert L. Jones
* Craig Jorgeson & Norel Tullier
Drs. Herbert & Mary Jim Josephs
* Mrs. L. Jean Jowett
Gwynne & Mark Kadrofske
Jane & Thomas Kalchik
* Atsuko Kanazawa
Susan & Larry Karnes
* Kathy & Charles Karpinski
Drs. Donald Kaufman &
Elizabeth Hutchinson
Hanna & Norman Kelker
** Susan Codere & Thomas Kelly
Roger P. & Meredith A. Kennedy
* Mike & Lynda Kerns
Catherine Kerschen
Justin & Virginia King
Dr. Raymond C. Kinzel
Karen A. Kiser
* New Donor
** Donors who have increased support to new membership levels.
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JoAnn R. Kistler
Patrice A. Klein
Sheri A. Knowles
* Janet Koberstein
* Norman L. Koivu
** Thomas Kopydlowski
* Robert & Susan Korte
Michael & Lihting Kostrzewa
Dr. Mordechai & Marlaina Kreinin
* Carol Krieger
Michael & Melanie Krohn
* Steven Krueger
Karen Kumon-Sinclair
Mary Jo & Robert Kunkle, II
Vicki & Michael LaCharite
* Kristyn Ladd
Jacqueline & William Land
Diane Langan & Gay Shaw
* Michelle Lavra
* Thomas & Bonnie Lawitzke
* Brenda Lawson
* Ms. Lidia W. Lee
* Christopher Lewis
* Robert Lewis
Karen Lincoln
Dr. James T. Linnemann &
Ruth L. Eggert-Linnemann
Robert Lipscomb
* Shawn & Pamela Loewen
April Logghe
Susan Long
Miriam Loomis
* James Lorenz & Prof. Judith Palac
Ronald & Judy Lott
Betty J. Lounsbery
Karen S. Loveall
* William & Suzanne Lowe
Greg Ludden
Sue & Robert Lutton
Julie Lyons
William MacCreery
Marguerite & William Mahler
Joanne Mahoney & Deborah Wieber
* Robert Main
Diann Maldonado Cosme
Christy & Bradley Marks
Dan Mason
* Madeline Masterson
Mrs. Gigi Masterson-Streeter
* Millie Mather
* Raymond Mather
Robert Matson
* Dr. Colin Mayers
* Mark Mayhoe
Shalimar & Robert Maynard
Judith & Darold McCalla
Mrs. Pat McCuaig
Patricia & Michael McKimmy
Camille D. McKinley & Stuart Parker
* Helen & John McLaughlin
* Margaret McLellan
Susan & John McPhee
Judith McQueen & Vern Fesco
Mrs. Hugh B. McVicker
Kathleen E. Melville-Hall
Donors since our 1982-83 Opening Season
appear in boldface.
W H A RTON CIRCL E
Lauri Ellen Mendelsohn & Daniel Dunn
Mary Ann & David Merchant
Cathleen & Russell Meska
William & Sara Metz
* Whitney Mitch
* Judith & William Millar
Murley & Alan Miller
Robin & Betsy Miner Swartz
Linda & Thomas Minter
Sheryl & Barry Mintzes
* Marilyn Moore
* Melissa Morrison & Stephen Ford
* Russell Moyses
Gordon D. Murphy
Mary Nehls-Frumkin & Jeffery Frumkin
Robert & Carol Nelson
Cathy & Karl Newkirk
Irv Nichols
Elaine A. Noffze
Patricia & Ronald Norman
Pamela Nyquist
* Ronald Oblander
* Mark Obrecht
Pamela Ockerman
Georgia A. Old
Michele Olind
Dr. Timothy D. & Marcia L. Oliver
Carol Oliver
Jane C. Olson
John & Beverly O’Malia
Douglas Osborn
Karen A. Ostermiller
Michael & Jill O’Sullivan
Lorraine & Joseph Osypczuk
Dr. Edward & Tina Oxer
Bridget & John Paff
** Shirley & Joseph Paris
Lois Park
Helen L. Parker
Susan & Edward A. Pavwoski
Carolyn Peacock
* Barbara & James Pelton
Gary Philpott
* Nancy & David Pike
Carol Ann Pixley
Ted R. Plocharczyk
* Patricia Podoll
* Brenda & Bruce Poland
* Rachel Pomerville
* Edna Poore
William F. Porter
Drs. William P. & Sally B. Pratt, Jr.
* Rebecca Pratt & Kenneth Moon
Toney & Kelly Privatte
Judy Puca
* Ann & Ira Purchis
* Diana Quintero
Arlene & Clark Radcliffe
* John & Cindy Raven
Sarah & James Raynak
Philip L. Reed
** Nancy & Matthew Reeves
Barbara & David Reinke
Leanor & Maurice Reizen
* Valda & Thomas Remington
Christopher B. & Carol A. Ricketts
* Mary Rienstra
Dr. Harold M. & Dorothy H. Riley
** Margaret L. Rockwell
* Daniel & JoAnne Romanek
* Esther & Edward Romblon
Ronald Rosenberg
Marilyn & Lowell Rothert
Ginger Royston & Richard Chulski
Robin & Jeffrey Rudnick
Karen M. Salmon
Richard Samson
Teri & Jeff Sand
Roy Saper & Nell Kuhnmuench
Carol & Michael Saunders
* Adreah Saxton
Dr. Rachel A. Schemmel
John Scherbarth
Carol L. Scherer
Jane Schneider & Dennis Fulbright
* John & Deborah Schneider
Robert & Margaret Schneider
Mary A. Scoblic
Paula & Lyn Scrimger
* Carl Seabold
Drs. Arthur & Elizabeth Seagull
* James & Wendelyn Serino
* Nancy & Miles Shadley
** Michele & Christopher Shafer
David Shane
Dr. Gregory D. Shannon
Allyn Shaw, Ph.D.
* Dale A. Shaw
* Deborah Sherrod
* Dorothy & James Shonkwiler
* Robert Shultz
Brian & Sally Silver
* Susan & Kenneth Silvernail
Charlotte Sinadinos & Russell Launer
Sharon & David Sinclair
Janice & Robert Skabic
Mr. Jurgen O. Skoppek
Kenneth & Donna Slater
Stuart D. Sleight
Joan & Ronald Smith
* Darlene Green
** Julie & Corey Smith
Marian E. & Dennis Smith
Mary E. Smith
Gaynel Sneider
* Robert & Wendi Spagnuolo
* Lillian & David Spencer
Edward Spink, Ph.D.
Carol & James Spoelma
Nancy Stander
James Stedman
* John B. Stevenson, Jr.
** Judith Stoddart & Alfred Goodson
Bobbie Stuart
** Roger H. & Barbara M. Stuart
Linda & Wayne Summers
Lee E. & Cynthia J. Sundberg
Cindy & Michael Swix
** David & Ann Szczesny
Barbara & Michael Szkotnicki
* New Donor
** Donors who have increased support to new membership levels.
* Jane Tabler
Judith A. Tegreeny
William & Joianne Tennant
Gladys M. Thomas
Marilyn Sylvan Thompson
William C. & Linda S. Trevarthan
Doreen Trevena
Joan & Robert Trezise
* Nancy A. Tucker
Patricia & Raymond Ugorowski
Pearl Valls
* Linda Van Gansbeke
Kara & John Villarreal
Ronald Voelker
Janet & Donald Volk
* Melinda Waffle
Eva Walacavage
Kathryn Walker
Pamela & Patrick Walsh
* Natalie Ward
Sheridan & Eric Warden
Judith & Lynn Weaver
* Teresa & Paul Wehrwein
Carol M. Welch
Dr. Timothy & Jan Wellemeyer
Tammara & John Wenzel, III
Barbara V. White
Jane & Jonathan White
Linda L. Widener
* Katherine Wilcox
Amy & Christopher Wilson
Gloria & Robert Wilson
Joseph T. Wing
Patte & David Winkel
Ralph & LeAnn Witgen
Mr. & Mrs. Phil Wolfe
* William A. Wood
Ken & Kay Woodring
* Christopher Woodworth
* Elaine Wright
Linda K. Wright
Gwen Wyatt
** George Wygant
Susan K. Zimmerman
Cheryl & Carl Zuidema
Business
Byron Center Fine Arts Boosters
In Honor Of:
Mrs. Kathryn E. Hunter
In Memory Of:
John & Gloria Hanthorne
Mr. Robert H. Pratt
Mrs. Betty Price
Donors since our 1982-83 Opening Season
appear in boldface.
SE ATS 4 K IDS
Seats 4 Kids is a scholarship fund that provides free tickets to local
youth who could not otherwise afford to attend a performing arts event.
Accident Fund Holdings, Inc.
Anonymous
Linda K. Arens
Mary Ann & Robert Avery
Charles Barbieri & Lorie Seitz-Barbieri
Heather & Christopher Bardenhagen
Deborah & Michael Baughman, Jr.
Ulysses S. Beasley
Richard & Susan Bingham
Charles Blaksmith & Linda Byers-Blaksmith
Lynda & Ronald Boomer
Kathleen & Gerald Brazil
Allison Brewer
Lanny & Molly Brunette
Norris & Carol Bryson
Stacia Buchanan
Joan Burke
Kristen & Shawn Calabrese
Cynthia A. Cameron, Ph.D.
Dr. Thomas Carr & Denise Frieder Carr
Linda & Bradley Cassiday
Tami Chapman
Joy Clay
Beverly & William Coats
Larry R. Cooley
Corie & Michael Costello
Lana Dart
Lynette & Robert Davison
Anne & Ronald Dehne
Nancy Dejoy
Delta Dental of Michigan
Dewpoint
Lori L. Dobias
Carol & Jerry Dodgson
Sara & Brent Dolan
Gary & Sandy Evans
Susan & Chris Friend
Jeffery Frumkin & Mary Nehls-Frumkin
Eric Gafner
Patricia & Donn Gates
Martin Gibbs & Carole Sorenson
Mary Lou & Roland Gifford
Sharon E. Gillison
Daniel Goatley & Tonya Droessler
Julia Goatley & David Slater
Judy Green & G. Ron Welch
Margaret Griffith
Aaron Halabe & Judy Edelstein
Deborah & Michael Harrison
Lawrence & Mary Hennessey
Kathleen & Joel Hoffman
Tamara & Stephen Holder
Karen Holoweiko & Jana Jirak
Marci & Mark Hooper
Alicia & Andrew Hopping
Carol & Ron Horowitz
Jackson National Life Insurance Company
Michelle Jacobs
Joseph Jamieson
Russell Johnson & Chu-Hsiang Chang
David Jordon & Carolyn Stell
Karen Jurgensen & Robert Parks
Melissa & Timothy Kaltenbach
Mary Ellen Lane
Kathleen A. Lincoln
Kathryn & Gustav Lo
Laurie & David Lockman
Michael R. Lyon
MSU Department of Radiology
Katrina & Larry Mackley
Drs. Wilford & Sarah Maldonado
Audrey & Robert Martin
Melissa & Dan McCance
Cordree & L. Robert McConnell, Jr.
Marvin McKinney
Elizabeth McLean
Laura & Kevin McMahon
Victoria & Patrick McPharlin
Richard Milliman
Elizabeth Moore
Marilyn & Eddie Moore
Marie & Craig Moreland
Elizabeth & William Newberry
Barbara & Kevin Nilsen
James Noble
Francys A. Norton
Marilyn & David Nussdorfer
George Orban & Rae Ramsdell
Dr. J. Keith & Helen Ostien
Susan M. Palac
Jan & Jim Parish
Marilyn & Thomas Pinnavaia
Claudia Robison
Shirley & David Rumminger
Susan & Timothy Salisbury
Stacey & Scott Schabel
Laura & Jeff Schwennesen
Christina & Stephen Schwitzer
Irene Seahawk
Jo Ann & Donald Sefcik
Zelda Seidenberg
Barbara Simons
William & Janice Simpson
Dottie & James Spousta
Sharon Stadt
Lisa Swem & Beth Hoger
Kay Toben
Patricia & Raymond Ugorowski
Barbara & Arthur VanDyke
Robert C. Victor
Deborah & Stephen Walton
Sharon Watson & Donald Loding
Colleen & Arnold Weinfeld
Richard D. Weingartner
Gloria & Robert Wilson
Clover Wolford
Sally & Dan Zimmerman
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L EGAC Y CIRCL E
Wharton Center gratefully thanks those who have chosen to remember and support the
performing arts through a charitable bequest in their estate plans.
Anonymous
Elizabeth Alexander, M.D.
Ethel & John Anthony
Sue & Bruce Augenstein
John Depew Barkham
Betty & Jack Barnes
Kenneth C. Beachler
Jane M. & Robert H. Becker
John L. & Marie J. Black
Charles & Kathleen Bonneau
Gregory & Christine B. Brogan
Dr. & Mrs. Daniel A. Bronstein
Mr. David Brower
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas D. Brown
Roy & Carolyn Buckingham
Clyde & Ellen Burton
Jeanne Cargill
Stella & Jerry Cash
Phoebe (Pat) Clark
Andrew P. & Sandra D. Conner
Ms. Diana E. D’Angelo & Dr. Martin C. Hawley
Kevin & Lauri Draggoo
Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Eckel, Jr.
Dr. Maxine A. Eyestone
Joe & Betty Gadaleto
Shirley & Bruce Goodrich
Maxwell & LeAnn Goodwin
Frances & Daniel Hamermesh
Linda K. Graesser
Dorisa J. & John P. Hamm
Dr. Gilbert & Mrs. Susanna Harrell
Michael G. & Deborah L. Harrison
David E. Havrilla
C. Richard & Susan M. Herrold
Selma & Stanley Hollander
Annie D. Holmes
Marcia & Mark Hooper
Robert B. & Dolores L. Hughes
Jack & Roberta Jacobowitz
Rich & Tracy Johnson
Mrs. June E. Johnston
Walter J. Kachelski
Drs. Lois J. Karl & J. Roy Black
Warren M. Kifferstein
Sam & Cheryl Knox
Jacquelyn & William Lack
Ms. Marilyn R. Laughlin
Arthur R. Luedders
Joseph & Jeanne Maguire
William Marklewitz
Joanne & E. Jerome McCarthy
Mr. & Mrs. J. Bruce McCristal
Donald R. & Barbara D. McMillan
Milton Muelder
Patricia K. Munshaw
Mr. & Mrs. James D. Parish
Max & Shirley Ploughman
Richard & Shelley Pulliam
Dave & Mary Ann Reinhart
Ms. Sharon K. Skinner
Dr. & Mrs. David B. Smith
Sharon & Richard Smith
Sheldon & Shirley Scorse-Smith
Judith A. & Lonny L. Snow
Andrew Sulen, Jr.
Mrs. Sally A. Swiss
Barbara & Michael Szkotnicki
Linda A. Tanner, in memory of Elizabeth Charles
Frank A. Tegge
Joe, Maggie & Eloy Trevino
Celia Tulloch
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Vine
Richard D. Weingartner
Carol L. Welch
Clifton & Dolores Wharton
Albert A. White
George W. Winchell
With thoughtful and creative estate planning, you can provide future support to
Wharton Center for Performing Arts. We invite and encourage you to contact the
Development Office at (517) 353-4640 to explore estate planning strategies.
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Nancy Axtell, President
Deb Muchmore
J. Keith Ostien, Ph.D. Vice President
Comprehensive Psychological Services
Katie Noirot
Joe Maguire, Past President
Mary Lou O’Connell
Jan Alleman-Trumbull
Susan Salisbury
Amy Basel
Karen Schroeder
John Black
Arlene Sierra
Nancy Bobinski
Jay Smith
Mark Brett
Kate Snyder
Christine B. Brogan
Vic Verchereau
Ginny Brooks
Greg Walthorn
Frank Bustamante
Angela Witwer
MSU Extension
Wolverine Development Corporation
Community Representative
Delta Dental of Michigan
Community Representative
Inner Circle President
Sparrow Health Systems
Community Representative
Liberty Mutual
BZM Group at Merrill Lynch
April Clobes
MSU Federal Credit Union
Paul Conn
Community Representative
Pamela Dausman
Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith
Robert Gilbreath, J.D.
Fifth Third Private Bank
Karen Grannemann
University Club, MSU
Dee Greenberg
Community Representative
June Haas
Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn
Nancy Hollis
Michigan State University
Bonnie Knutson
The School of Hospitality Business, MSU
Don LeDuc
Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Jim Miller
Governmental Consultant Services, Inc.
Robin Miner-Swartz
Capital Region Community Foundation
Marketing Resource Group
Auto-Owners Insurance Company
Community Representative
PNC Bank
Mayberry Homes
MSU Department of Radiology
The Christman Company
Piper & Gold Public Relations
Farm Bureau Insurance
Plante Moran, PLLC
Edge Partnerships
PAST PRESIDENTS:
Joe Maguire (2011-2013)
Chrissie Brogan (2009-2011)
Patricia Lloyd Barnas (2008-2009)
Bonnie Knutson (2007-2008)
John Pirich (2006-2007)
Carol Conn (2005-2006)
Rod Krol (2004-2005)
Arlene Sierra (2003-2004)
Kevin Kelly (2002-2003)
Jan Alleman-Trumbull (2001-2002)
David McKeague (2000-2001)
Jane Becker (1999-2000)
Shawn Grady (1998-1999)
Van Martin (1997-1998)
Gary McRay (1996-1997)
Chuck Clark (1995-1996)
Mark Hooper (1994-1995)
Mary Collins (1993-1994)
Wayne Sternberg (1992-1993)
Jack Davis (1990-1992)
Andrew Sheets (1989-1990)
Lila Radway (1988-1989)
Joy Adcock (1987-1988)
Gary Mayhew (1986-1987)
John Seaman (1985-1986)
Alan Suits (1982-1985)
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ACT ONE USHERS
PAST PRESIDENTS:
Nancy Bobinski
President
Paula Bjornstad
Sandy Drake
Barb Free
BOX OFFICE
Mary Lou O’Connell (2013-2014)
Janet Emery (2012-2013)
Dottie Spousta (2011-2012)
Rhonda Zimmerman (2010-2011)
Shirley Rumminger (2009-2010)
Patty Hollenbeck (2008-2009)
Lauri Draggoo (2007-2008)
Marilyn Laughlin (2006-2007)
Sue Patterson (2005-2006)
Dawn Gribben (2004-2005)
Eleanor Charchut (2003-2004)
Jan Parish (2002-2003)
Debby Harrison (2001-2002)
DeDe Coy (2000-2001)
Karen DeVine (1999-2000)
Sharon Regan (1998-1999)
Shirley Minarchan (1997-1998)
Mary Lou Gast (1996-1997)
Maggie Frankland (1995-1996)
Jane Becker (1994-1995)
Joan Stapleton (1993-1994)
Lola O’Meara (1992-1993)
Arthur R. Luedders (1991-1992)
Murley Miller (1990-1991)
Claire Byerrum (1989-1990)
Frances Overholt (1988-1989)
Signe Bates (1987-1988)
Mary Collins (1986-1987)
Frieda Silverman (1985-1986)
Patricia Muth (1984-1985)
Lotta Hunt (1982-1983)
Vice President Elect
Linda Hess
Secretary
Sharon Skinner
Mary Savage
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Marci Hooper
Treasurer
Elaine Kritselis
Nancy Muhlbach
Mary Lou O’Connell
EDUCATION
Past President
Dee Greenberg
Sarah Hawley
ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES
Sue Patterson
MEMBERSHIP
Peggy Smith
Mary Ploor
MEMBERSHIP EVENTS
Mimi LaLonde
Emma Reardon
NEWSLETTER
Teri Thornburg
Amy Jo Jacobson
TASK-AT-A-TIME
Lorel Evans
Judy Schuster
WHARTON GIFTS
Cindy Wheeler
Barb McMillan
ARCHIVIST
Shirley Rumminger
PUBLICIST
Barb Sjolander
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE
Peggy Brand
Laurie Chapin
Debbie Porter
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E N D OW M E N TS
Endowments provide a foundation of stability and support. Gifts to endowments are made with
the understanding that the principal is continually preserved and the total amount of the gift is
invested. Each year, only a portion of the interest earned is spent while the remainder reverts to
principal. In this respect, an endowment is a perpetual gift.
Wharton Center gratefully acknowledges those individuals/organizations that have funded named
endowments through gifts of cash or their estate plans.
John D. Barkham Endowment
Kenneth C. Beachler Arts Management Internship
Stuart and Judy Birn Endowment for Youth Tickets
John L. and Marie J. Black Endowment for Broadway
Charles & Kathleen Bonneau Endowment
Michael and Margaret Brand Endowment for Arts Education
John R. and Martha L. Brick Endowment for Classical Music/Education
Christine B. and Gregory D. Brogan Endowment for Dance Performance
April M. Clobes and Glen F. Brough Endowment for Dance
Kevin and Lauri Draggoo Endowment for Volunteerism and Community Engagement
Endowment for Arts Education
Maxine A. Eyestone Endowment
Foster Swift Collins & Smith Law Firm Endowment for Jazz Performance and Education
Robin & Sharron Frucci Endowment
Joe and Betty Gadaleto Endowment for Performing Arts Internship
Dr. Shahriar & Dokhy Ghoddousi Endowment
Maxwell Asa & LeAnn B. Goodwin Endowment
Glenn D. and Sherry K. Granger Endowment for Family Performance/Education
Gilbert & Susanna Harrell Endowment for Arts Education
Michael G. & Deborah L. Harrison Endowment for Arts Education
Robert & Carol Hildorf Endowment for Jazz Performance and Education
Stanley & Selma Hollander Endowment
Stanley & Selma Hollander Endowment for Chamber Music
Annie D. & Robert A. Holmes Perennial Garden Endowment
Marcia & Mark Hooper Endowment for Performing Arts Education
Carol & Ronald Horowitz Endowment for Youth Access to the Arts
In The Wings @ Wharton Center
Inner Circle Endowment for Arts Education
Jazz and Classical Music Endowment
The Jackie Killingsworth Endowment for Arts Education at Wharton Center
The Hari Kern and late Ralph Edminster, M.D. Endowment for Arts Education at Wharton Center
Warren M. Kifferstein Discretionary Endowment
Bonnie & Robert Knutson Endowment for Musical Theatre at Wharton Center
Joseph and Jeanne Maguire Endowment for Jazz
Joanne N. and E. Jerome McCarthy Endowment for Arts Education
Richard D. McLellan Endowment for Dance Performance
Patrick and Victoria McPharlin Endowment for Arts Education
MSU Federal Credit Union Institute for Arts and Creativity Endowment
Dennis & Deborah Muchmore Backstage Endowment
Patricia K. Munshaw and Dana Munshaw Brazil Endowment for Arts Education
William R. & Denise Nielsen Management Internship
Nancy S. Passanante Endowment for Arts Education
Betty Price Retail Management Internship Endowment
Shelley and Richard Pulliam Endowment for Youth Tickets
Tom and Mary Kay Shields Endowment for Musical Theatre
Sharon Kouts Skinner Endowment
Richard C. and Sharon M. Smith Endowment at Wharton Center
Drs. Lou A. and Roy J. Simon Endowment for Jazz Performance/Education
Frank A. Tegge Discretionary Endowment
Joe & Maggie Trevino Performing Arts Education
Watson-Shannon Management Internship
Richard D. Weingartner Arts Education Endowment
Wharton Center Endowment
Wharton Center Endowment for Jazz
Joan Wright Endowment for Young Playwrights Festival and Arts Education
William Wright Endowment for New Works & Initiatives
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COR P OR AT E SP ONSOR S
Wharton Center wishes to thank the following corporate partners
who help to underwrite the 2014-2015 season.
Accident Fund Holdings, Inc.
Arts Council of Greater Lansing, Inc.
Arts Midwest Touring Fund
Auto-Owners Insurance
Brogan, Reed, Van Gorder & Associates/Ohio
National Financial Services
BZM Group at Merrill Lynch
Capital Region Community Foundation
The Centennial Group
The Christman Company
Comerica Foundation
Comprehensive Psychological Services, P.C.
Coral Gables Restaurant
Delta Dental of Michigan
Demmer Corporation
Dewpoint
The Doctors Company
Douglas J Companies
Edge Partnerships
Farm Bureau Insurance
Foresight Group
Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C.
Gannett Foundation/Lansing State Journal
Governmental Consultant Services
Granger
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn
Jackson National Life Insurance Company
Karyn’s Dance Place, Inc.
Loomis, Ewert, Parsley, Davis & Gotting, P.C.
Marketing Resource Group
Mayberry Homes
Mercantile Bank
Merrill Lynch
Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs
and National Endowment for the Arts
Michigan Public Radio
Michigan State Medical Society
Mid-Michigan MRI
MSU Department of Radiology
MSU Federal Credit Union
Palmer, Bush & Jensen Family Funeral Homes
Physicians Health Plan
Piper & Gold Public Relations
Plante Moran, PLLC
PNC Bank
ProAssurance Casualty Company
Retailers Mutual Insurance Company
Rick’s American Café/Harrison
RoadHouse/Beggar’s Banquet
Stanley & Selma Hollander Endowment Fund
SuttonAdvisors PLC
Target
TraveLuxeWired.com
Wharton Center Inner Circle
White, Schneider, Young & Chiodini, P.C.
William Wright Endowment Fund for New Works
WKAR Radio & Television
Worthington Family Foundation
Wolverine Development Corporation
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W H A RTON CE N T E R FOR PE R FOR M I NG A RTS
Michael J. Brand, Executive Director
VISION To inspire, celebrate, challenge and strengthen our community and the state through the performing arts
MISSION To enrich lives and strengthen the value of the arts in everyday life by serving as a leading resource for renowned
arts entertainment and education programs
CORE Be a statewide presenter of a diverse selection of high quality performing arts events and world-renowned artists
GOALS Inspire individuals by providing innovative, meaningful, participatory, lifelong learning experiences throughout
the state
Enrich the cultural life of Michigan by building effective collaborative partnerships with campus, community and
statewide arts groups
M EM BE R S OF S TA F F
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
MSU FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
INSTITUTE FOR ARTS & CREATIVITY
Michael J. Brand
Executive Director
Bert L. Goldstein
Director of the Institute
Diana J. Baribeau
General Manager
PROGRAMMING
D. Bryan Jao
Director of Programming
MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Diane E. Willcox
Director of Marketing
& Communications
Steve Ouellette
Assistant Director
of Operations
Laurie Briseño
Education Program Coordinator
Roslyn Riddle
Receptionist
TICKETING & DIGITAL SERVICES
HOUSE MANAGEMENT
Jarrod Bradford
Director of Digital Marketing,
Sales & Ticket Services
Nina Silbergleit
Director of Patron Services
Roslyn K. James
Senior Ticket Office Assistant Manager
Robert A. Hoffman
Public Relations Manager
Tara D. Peplowski
Marketing & Group Sales Manager
Samantha Pond Bailey
Ticket Office Assistant Manager
Kristina E. Moore
Graphic Artist
Dustin M. Boehmer
Education & Group
Ticketing Coordinator
Patricia M. Roost
Marketing Assistant
Amy Haggart
Digital Content Coordinator
DEVELOPMENT
FINANCE & BUSINESS
MANAGEMENT
Douglas E. Miller
Director of Development
Kristen L. Calabrese
Associate Director of Development
Mayette S. Hicks
Development Assistant
Diana J. Baribeau
General Manager
Kris Koop Ouellette
Associate Director of the Institute
Jennifer R. Richard
Ticketing Operations Manager
Ryonn D. Clute
Senior Marketing Manager
OPERATIONS
Matthew H. Kribs
Associate House Manager
Ana A. Whitman
Associate House Manager
Lauren K. Solinski
Operations Manager
PRODUCTION & STAGE
MANAGEMENT
Sandra A. Thomley
Senior Production Manager
Ronald R. Fenger
Production Stage Manager
Steven A. Heinrich
Production Stage Manager
Douglas Mactaggart
Director of Finance
Maureen Murphy
Production Stage Manager
Elaine Sklar
Finance Assistant
David Barnum
Head Carpenter
Carmen Thayer
Finance Assistant
Chad DeLisle
Head Electric
Carrie Pearson
Finance Assistant
Dustyn Peiffer
Head Audio
Dean Perry
Head Audio
Wharton Center would like to
acknowledge the members of
IATSE local 274.
Michael Wright
Head Electric
James Yocum
Head Carpenter
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Wharton Center also acknowledges the many students and volunteers who assist in its operations.
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