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Saturday Evening, January 31, 2015, at 8:30

Reich and Sondheim: In Conversation and Performance

Featuring Paul Gemignani, George Lee Andrews, Kate Baldwin, Michael Cerveris, Anthony de Mare,Alexander Gemignani, Derek Johnson, Blair McMillen,and Ensemble Signal, conducted by Jerry Hou

John Schaefer, Moderator

John Beal, BassTedd Firth, PianoPaul Pizzuti, Drums

This evening’s program is approximately 75 minutes long and will beperformed without intermission.

This performance was conceived and co-produced by David Brendel.

Major support for Lincoln Center’s American Songbook is provided by Amy & Joseph Perella.

Wine generously donated by William Hill Estate Winery, Official Wine of Lincoln Center.

This performance is made possible in part by the Josie Robertson Fund for Lincoln Center.

The Program

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Steinway PianoThe Appel RoomJazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall

American Songbook

We would like to remind you that the sound of coughing and rustling paper mightdistract the performers and your fellow audience members.

In consideration of the performing artists and members of the audience, those who mustleave before the end of the performance are asked to do so between pieces. The takingof photographs and the use of recording equipment are not allowed in the building.

Additional support for Lincoln Center’s American Songbook is provided by The BrownFoundation, Inc., of Houston, The DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund, TheShubert Foundation, Jill and Irwin B. Cohen, The G & A Foundation, Inc., Great PerformersCircle, Chairman’s Council, and Friends of Lincoln Center.

Endowment support is provided by Bank of America.

Public support is provided by the New York State Council on the Arts.

Artist catering is provided by Zabar’s and zabars.com.

MetLife is the National Sponsor of Lincoln Center.

Movado is an Official Sponsor of Lincoln Center.

United Airlines is the Official Airline of Lincoln Center.

WABC-TV is the Official Broadcast Partner of Lincoln Center.

William Hill Estate Winery is the Official Wine of Lincoln Center.

Finishing the Hat—2 Pianos was commissioned by Ben and Donna Rosen for Liaisons: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano, Rachel Colbert and Anthony de Mare, producers.

UPCOMING AMERICAN SONGBOOK EVENTS IN THE APPEL ROOM:

Wednesday Evening, February 4, at 8:30Judy Kuhn Sings Richard Rodgers, Mary Rodgers, and Adam Guettel

Thursday Evening, February 5, at 8:30Lea DeLaria

Friday Evening, February 6, at 8:30Megan Hilty

Saturday Evening, February 7, at 8:30Danny Rivera & Nelson González: Obsesión

Wednesday Evening, February 11, at 8:30Meshell Ndegeocello: Pour Une Âme Souveraine—A Dedication to Nina Simone

Thursday Evening, February 12, at 8:30San Fermin with Metropolis Ensemble

Friday Evening, February 13, at 8:30Talib Kweli

The Appel Room is located in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall.

For tickets, call (212) 721-6500 or visit AmericanSongbook.org. Call the Lincoln Center InfoRequest Line at (212) 875-5766 or visit AmericanSongbook.org for complete program information.

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American Songbook I Meet the Artists

Steve Reich’s music has influenced composers and mainstream musiciansall over the world. His Music for 18 Musicians and Different Trains earnedhim two Grammy Awards, and in 2009 his Double Sextet won the PulitzerPrize. His documentary video opera works—The Cave and Three Tales,done in collaboration with video artist Beryl Korot—have been performedon four continents. His latest work, Quartet, for percussionist Colin Currie,sold out two consecutive concerts at Queen Elizabeth Hall in Londonshortly after tens of thousands at the Glastonbury Festival heard JonnyGreenwood (of Radiohead) perform Electric Counterpoint, paired with theLondon Sinfonietta performance of Mr. Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians.

In 2012 Mr. Reich was awarded the Gold Medal in Music by the AmericanAcademy of Arts and Letters. He has also won the Praemium Imperiale inTokyo, the Polar Music Prize in Stockholm, the BBVA Foundation Frontiersof Knowledge Award in Madrid, and recently the Golden Lion at the VeniceBiennale. Mr. Reich has been named Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts etdes Lettres and has been awarded honorary doctorates by The JuilliardSchool, the Liszt Academy in Budapest, and the New EnglandConservatory of Music, among others.

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Stephen Sondheim wrote the musicand lyrics for Saturday Night (1954), AFunny Thing Happened on the Way tothe Forum (1962), Anyone CanWhistle (1964), Company (1970),Follies (1971), A Little Night Music(1973), The Frogs (1974), Pacific Over -tures (1976), Sweeney Todd (1979),Merrily We Roll Along (1981), Sundayin the Park with George (1984), Intothe Woods (1987), Assassins (1991),Passion (1994), and Road Show(2008), as well as lyrics for West Side

Story (1957), Gypsy (1959), and Do I Hear a Waltz? (1965), and additional lyricsfor Candide (1973).

His works have accumulated more than 60 individual and collaborative TonyAwards. “Sooner or Later,” from the film Dick Tracy, won the 1999 AcademyAward for Best Song. In 1983 Mr. Sondheim was elected to the AmericanAcademy of Arts and Letters, which awarded him the Gold Medal for music in2006. In 1990 he was appointed the first visiting professor of contemporary the-ater at Oxford University. In 1993 he received the Kennedy Center HonorsLifetime Achievement Award, and in 2000 he won the Praemium Imperiale inTokyo. Mr. Sondheim is on the Council of the Dramatists Guild, the nationalassociation of playwrights, composers, and lyricists, having served as its presi-dent from 1973 to 1981. In 1981 he founded Young Playwrights Inc. to developand promote the work of American playwrights aged 18 years and younger.

Paul Gemignani has been the musicdirector for more than 45 Broadwayand West End shows, including Follies,Pacific Overtures, Candide, A LittleNight Music, Sweeney Todd, Evita,Dreamgirls, Into the Woods, On theTwentieth Century, Sunday in the Parkwith George, Jerome RobbinsBroadway, Crazy for You, High Society,Assassins, Kiss Me, Kate, and TheMystery of Edwin Drood.

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He records with the American Theatre Orchestra. In addition to many castalbums, the group’s recordings include Sondheim: A Celebration at CarnegieHall; Standing Room Only, In the Real World, and Golden Days with JerryHadley; Leading Man with Thomas Hampson; Man of La Mancha with PlácidoDomingo, and Stephen Sondheim’s Anyone Can Whistle with BernadettePeters, Madeline Kahn, and Angela Lansbury.

Mr. Gemignani has appeared as guest conductor with the New YorkPhilharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, and Boston and Baltimore SymphonyOrchestras, and has recorded with the Royal Philharmonic and LondonSymphony Orchestras. He is also a guest conductor at the New York CityOpera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and the New York City Ballet.

His work for television and film includes Sondheim: A Celebration at CarnegieHall, Follies, Live at the Philharmonic, A Little Night Music, A Celebration ofthe American Musical, and Sunday in the Park with George. His feature filmsinclude Reds, A Little Night Music, Kramer vs. Kramer, Sweeney Todd withJohnny Depp, and Into the Woods with Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, TraceyUllman, and James Corden.

Mr. Gemignani’s Grammy nominations include Sweeney Todd, Crazy for You,Passion, Kiss Me, Kate, and Assassins, and he was nominated for an Emmy forMy Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs. Mr. Gemignani received the 2001 TonyAward for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater, as well as the Los AngelesDrama Critics Award (1994) and a special Drama Desk Award (1989). In 2010 hewas inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame and in 2012 was honored with theOscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre.

George Lee Andrews has appearedin Sweeney Todd with the New YorkPhilharmonic (2014) and on Broad -way in Evita and The Phantom of theOpera (as Monsieur André in the orig-inal cast, for which he holds theGuinness World Record for most per-formances in the same Broadwayshow). He has appeared as FredrikEgerman in A Little Night Music (NewYork City Opera) and in Sondheim: ACelebration at Carnegie Hall on videoand CD. Other Broadway credits

include A Little Night Music, On the Twentieth Century, Merlin, and Sondheim:A Musical Tribute, recorded live (RCA Victor). He is also featured on the originalcast album of Starting Here, Starting Now. Off-Broadway credits include The

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Fantasticks and Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. Most recentlyMr. Andrews appeared as Cap’n Andy in Show Boat (California Musical Theatre’sMusic Circus) and as Stephen Hopkins in 1776 (Cape Playhouse). He was alsofeatured in the 2012 Broadway revival of Evita.

Kate Baldwin most recently led therevival of Can-Can at the Paper MillPlayhouse as La Mome Pistache. In2013 she starred as Sandra Bloom inthe Broadway musical Big Fish at theNeil Simon Theatre. Ms. Baldwinearned accolades and a Drama DeskAward nomination for her work in Giantat the Public Theater. But it was herstarring role in the 2009 revival of YipHarburg and Burton Lane’s classicmusical Finian’s Rainbow that drewTony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critic’s

Circle award nominations. Ms. Baldwin has appeared in the Broadway casts ofThe Full Monty, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Wonderful Town. She starred inIrving Berlin’s White Christmas (San Francisco, Detroit, Toronto), The Women atthe Old Globe, Henry V at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, I Do! I Do!at Westport Country Playhouse, She Loves Me at the Williamstown TheatreFestival, and The Music Man and South Pacific at Arena Stage, earning a HelenHayes Award nomination.

She has performed in concert with the New York Pops and at Lincoln Center’sAmerican Songbook, the 92nd Street Y’s Lyrics & Lyricists, the Kennedy Center,and the legendary New York nightclubs Feinstein’s, Birdland, and 54 Below. Herconcert work also includes several appearances with Stephen Sondheim as afeatured performer in his critically acclaimed evening, A Conversation withStephen Sondheim.

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Michael Cerveris’s Broadway creditsinclude Evita, In the Next Room orThe Vibrator Play, Hedda Gabler,Cymbeline, LoveMusik, SweeneyTodd, Assassins, The Who’s Tommy,and Titanic. In London and Off-Broadway he has appeared inHedwig and the Angry Inch, FunHome, King Lear, Road Show, andThe Games with Meredith Monk andPing Chong at BAM. His film creditsinclude Cirque du Freak: TheVampire’s Assistant, Stake Land, and

The Mexican. On television he has appeared in The Good Wife, Fringe, andTreme, among others. In concert Mr. Cerveris has performed at Carnegie Hall,the Kennedy Center, and Ravinia, and with the New York City Opera and NewYork Philharmonic. He has also performed with Pete Townshend, Bob Mould,Frank Black of the Pixies, the Breeders, and Stone Temple Pilots. His countryband, Loose Cattle, recently released its debut live CD, North of Houston. Mr.Cerveris last appeared at American Songbook in 2012 with his show, MichaelCerveris: An Idea of South.

Anthony de Mare has established areputation as a versatile pianist, aforemost champion of contemporarymusic, and a pioneer in the speaking-singing pianist genre. As creator, per-former, and co-producer of TheLiaisons Project, he has broughttogether 36 of today’s most highlyregarded emerging and establishedcomposers to bring the work ofStephen Sondheim into the concerthall. The full three-CD box setrecording, produced by Judith

Sherman, will be released this fall on ECM. An excerpt from The LiaisonsProject was featured in the HBO documentary Six by Sondheim. Mr. de Marehas also collaborated and performed with the Bang on a Can All-Stars,Meredith Monk, and The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, amongmany others. He has been heard in performance and interviews on nationallysyndicated shows across the country. Having been awarded first prize at boththe International Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition (the Netherlands) and

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the International Competition of Contemporary Piano Music (France), Mr. deMare debuted under the auspices of Young Concert Artists and made hisCarnegie Hall debut at Zankel Hall. He has nearly 20 recordings in his discogra-phy, and is currently professor of piano at Manhattan School of Music and NewYork University. Mr. de Mare and The Liaisons Project are represented by SozoArtists, Inc.

Alexander Gemignani’s Broadway cred-its include Violet (Father), Chicago (BillyFlynn), Les Misérables (Jean Valjean,Drama League nomination), SweeneyTodd (Beadle, Drama Desk nomina-tion), Assassins (John Hinckley,Theatre World Award), The People inthe Picture (Moishe Rosenwald),Sunday in the Park with George(Boatman/Dennis). Off-Broadway hehas appeared in Road Show at thePublic Theater (Addison Mizner, DramaLeague nomination), Head strong at

Ensemble Studio Theatre (Nick), and Avenue Q at the Vineyard Theatre (Brian).Regional credits include The Three Sisters (Andrei Prozorov) at CincinnatiPlayhouse, The Boys from Syracuse (Sergeant) at the Shakespeare TheatreCompany in Washington, D.C., and the title character in the world premiere musi-cal Saint-Ex at the Weston Playhouse. He has also appeared in concerts with theNew York Philharmonic, the New York Pops, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.Television and film credits include Homeland, The Good Wife, Empire State(pilot), Passion (Live From Lincoln Center), South Pacific (Great Performances),and the film The Producers. Mr. Gemignani’s solo show, All at Once, premieredat the Kennedy Center as a part of Barbara Cook’s Spotlight series. As a com-poser/lyricist, he is currently developing three new musicals and composed theincidental music for the plays Cadence: Home and swingset/moon. He served asco-music director and conductor for the University of Michigan’s production ofSunday in the Park with George. Mr. Gemignani is on the faculty of the NationalMusic Theater Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center and a member ofthe BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop.

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Derek Johnson is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and educator activein contemporary concert music andbeyond. He began his college train-ing as an electric guitarist atColumbia College Chicago and com-pleted graduate degrees in composi-tion at Indiana University’s JacobsSchool of Music. He performs as asoloist and chamber musician, pre-senting the rich and steadily growingcanon of works written specificallyfor the electric guitar. Since 2008 Mr.

Johnson has been a frequent performer with the Bang on a Can All-Stars, col-laborating with guest artists Iva Bittová, Tyondai Braxton, Don Byron, BillFrisell, Philip Glass, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Glenn Kotche (Wilco), MeredithMonk, Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth), Steve Reich, Shara Worden, and NickZammuto (The Books). Since 2011 he has been collaborating with Indianapolis-based singer/songwriter Christian Taylor, and is currently the drummer forTaylor’s Ampersand Blues Band. Mr. Johnson’s compositions have been per-formed throughout the U.S. and Canada by leading soloists and ensembles,including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s MusicNOW and Montreal’sNouvel Ensemble Moderne. He has taught at Columbia College Chicago, theJacobs School of Music, and the Bang on a Can Summer Institute. He is cur-rently an assistant professor of music theory and composition at the Ball StateUniversity School of Music, and is the director of the BSU Electric GuitarQuartet/Ensemble AMP.

Blair McMillen has established him-self as one of the most versatile andsought-after pianists today. He hasmade numerous appearances atLincoln Center and Carnegie Hall, andwith such orchestras as the New YorkPhil harmonic, St. Paul ChamberOrchestra, American SymphonyOrchestra, and the Albany Symphony.Mr. McMillen is pianist for theNaumburg Award–winning Da CapoChamber Players, the AmericanModern Ensemble, and the six-piano

Grand Band, among others. He is the co-founder and co-director of the Rite of

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Summer Music Festival on Governors Island. Mr. McMillen lives in New York City,and has served on the music faculty at Bard College and Conservatory since 2005.

Ensemble Signal

Ensemble Signal is a New York–based ensemble offering broad audience accessto a diverse range of contemporary works through performance, commissioning,recording, and education. Since its debut in 2008, the group has performed over100 concerts, given the New York, world, or U.S. premieres of over 20 works,and co-produced five recordings.

Ensemble Signal was founded by co-artistic/executive director LaurenRadnofsky and co-artistic director/conductor Brad Lubman, one of the foremostconductors of modern music and a leading figure in the field for over twodecades. The group’s flexibility in size and instrumentation enables it to meet theever-changing demands on the 21st-century performing ensemble. Its adventur-ous programming ranges from minimalism or pop-influenced to the iconoclasticEuropean avant-garde. Ensemble Signal has worked with artists and compo-sers including Steve Reich, Helmut Lachenmann, Irvine Arditti, KristianBezuidenhout, Michael Gordon, and David Lang. Educational activities haveincluded workshops with emerging composers at the June in Buffalo Festival,where the group is a resident ensemble.

Recent highlights include a headliner performance of Steve Reich’s Music for 18Musicians and Radio Rewrite at the 2014 Big Ears Festival in Knoxville,Tennessee. Upcoming highlights include the co-commission of a new work forlarge ensemble by Reich, to be premiered in 2016–17, and the performance ofhis video opera Three Tales, as well as a performance of David Lang, MichaelGordon, and Julia Wolfe’s video opera Shelter at Walt Disney Concert Hall thisMay. The same month, the group makes its harmonia mundi debut with therelease of Music for 18 Musicians. Other recordings are available on Cantaloupe,Mode, Orange Mountain, and New Amsterdam Records.


Jerry Hou

Jerry Hou (guest conductor,Ensemble Signal) is quickly gainingrecognition as a versatile and excitingyoung conductor. He is the associateconductor for the Shepherd Schoolof Music at Rice University.Previously Mr. Hou served as anassistant/cover conductor with theRochester Philharmonic Orchestrafor two seasons. In the summer of2013, he served as an assistant con-ductor at the Lincoln Center Festival,working with conductor Brad

Lubman, Ensemble Signal, and director Chen Shi-Zheng in the Festival pro-duction of the opera Monkey: Journey to the West. For the past two seasons,Mr. Hou has worked closely with the St. Louis Symphony and music directorDavid Robertson, debuting with the U.S. premiere of John Cage’s ThirtyPieces for Five Orchestras and assisting with a concert performance ofBritten’s Peter Grimes at Carnegie Hall. Other debuts last season includedconcerts with Orchestra of St. Luke’s and with the Slee Sinfonietta in a por-trait concert of Bernard Rands at the June in Buffalo festival.

A passionate advocate of contemporary music, Mr. Hou has collaborated withcomposers such as Bernard Rands, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Unsuk Chin, andBrett Dean. Other orchestras he has conducted include the BBC ScottishSymphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra, LuxembourgPhilharmonic Orchestra, Ensemble Modern, and the Royal StockholmPhilharmonic Orchestra. This season he has returned to work with the St.Louis Symphony and will assist Lubman in a production of Luca Francesconi’sopera Quartett at the Teatro Colón.


John Schaefer

John Schaefer is the host of WNYC’sinnovative music/talk podcastSoundcheck, which features live per-formances and interviews with a vari-ety of guests. Mr. Schaefer has alsohosted and produced WNYC’s radioseries New Sounds since 1982 and theNew Sounds Live concert series since1986. He has written extensively aboutmusic, including the book NewSounds: A Listener’s Guide to NewMusic (Harper & Row, 1987; VirginBooks, 1990); the Cambridge Com -

panion to Singing: World Music (Cambridge University Press, 2000); and thetelevision program Bravo Profile: Bobby McFerrin (Bravo Television, 2003). Hisliner notes appear on more than 100 recordings, ranging from the 1996 NAIRDwinner The Music of Armenia to recordings by Yo-Yo Ma, Terry Riley, and manyothers. Mr. Schaefer has curated the new music and film series at the WorldFinancial Center and the BAM World Music Festival. He has chaired the PulitzerPrize jury for music and hosted many lectures and panels for Lincoln Center,BAM, and Tanglewood’s Festival of Contemporary Music, among others.

John Beal

John Beal (bass) came to New York in1958 to attend Juilliard, where hereceived his bachelor’s and master’sdegrees. Since then he has kept busyfreelancing in a wide variety of music.He has recorded with John Lennon,Barbra Streisand, Itzhak Perlman,Leonard Bernstein, Barbara Cook,Gerry Mulligan, Paul Desmond, andFrank Sinatra, to name a few. Mr. Bealhas played in countless Broadwayshows, movie scores, and televisionshows, as well as numerous sym-

phonic, ballet, and opera orchestras. He was appointed by Leopold Stokowski asprincipal bass with the American Symphony Orchestra in 1965, and continues tohold that position today.

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Tedd Firth

Tedd Firth (piano) is a New YorkCity–based musical director, pianist,and arranger. As musical director andaccompanist he has worked withBarbara Cook, Brian Stokes Mitchell,Maureen McGovern, MichaelFeinstein, Marilyn Maye, Tom Wopat,Joshua Bell, Elaine Paige, TonyDeSare, Linda Lavin, and many oth-ers. Among the jazz musicians hehas performed or recorded with areJohn Pizzarelli, Houston Person,Frank Wess, Mark Whitfield, Red

Holloway, Benny Golson and Joe Morello. Recent highlights include musicdirecting the reunion of the original Broadway cast of Into the Woods at theSegerstrom Center for the Arts, as well as assembling and conducting a 17-piece swing orchestra for Michael Feinstein’s Happy Holidays: Swinging withthe Big Band shows at Birdland. He has also appeared at Carnegie Hall, LincolnCenter, Blue Note, Birdland, the Iridium, the Algonquin, and Café Carlyle.Numerous national appearances include a performance at the White House.As an arranger/orchestrator, Mr. Firth’s work has been performed by mostmajor American symphony orchestras, as well as Bernadette Peters and LizaMinnelli. Television appearances include Live From Lincoln Center and All MyChildren.

Paul Pizzuti

Paul Pizzuti (drums) has been playingdrums professionally for over 40years, performing in more than 20Broadway shows and with numerousbands, ensembles, and orchestras.He has accompanied Elaine Stritchand, currently, Patti LuPone, in con-cert and cabaret. Most recently Mr.Pizzuti performed in the Broadwayshow Cinderella and played in theNew York Philharmonic’s holiday con-cert, and he has appeared often withthe band Swingadelic.

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Matt Berman

Matt Berman is the resident lighting designer for Lincoln Center’s AmericanSongbook. He continues his design work for Kristin Chenoweth, Liza Minnelli,Kaye Ballard, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Lea Salonga, and Elaine Paige on the road.Through his work with the American Society of Composers, Authors andPublishers (ASCAP) and several U.S.-based charities, Mr. Berman has designedfor a starry roster that includes Bernadette Peters, Barbra Streisand, RebaMcEntire, Melissa Errico, Deborah Voigt, Michael Urie, Stevie Wonder, IndiaArie, Garth Brooks, Billy Joel, and Sting. His international touring schedule hasallowed him to design for iconic venues such as Royal Albert Hall, the ParisOpera, the Olympia Theater in Paris, Royal Carré Theater in Amsterdam, theSporting Club in Monte Carlo, the Acropolis, the Taormina Amphitheater in Sicily,Luna Park in Buenos Aires, the Sydney Opera House, and, closer to home, theHollywood Bowl, Alice Tully Hall, and Carnegie Hall. Mr. Berman’s televisionwork includes Chenoweth’s recently released special Coming Home, as well asseven Live From Lincoln Center broadcasts and the Tony Award–winning Liza’sat the Palace, which he also designed for Broadway. Other Broadway creditsinclude Bea Arthur on Broadway, Nancy LaMott’s Just in Time for Christmas, andKathy Griffin Wants a Tony at the Belasco Theater.

Scott Stauffer

Scott Stauffer has been the sound designer for Lincoln Center’s AmericanSongbook (1999–2015); the Actors Fund concerts of Frank Loesser, Broadway101, Hair, and On the Twentieth Century; and Brian Stokes Mitchell at CarnegieHall. His Broadway credits include A Free Man of Color, The Rivals, Contact (alsoin London and Tokyo), Marie Christine, Twelfth Night, and Jekyll & Hyde. Off-Broadway Mr. Stauffer has worked on Hereafter, A Minister’s Wife, BernardaAlba, Third, Belle Epoque, Big Bill, Elegies, Hello Again, The Spitfire Grill, Pageant,and Hedwig and the Angry Inch. His regional credits include productions at theHanger Theatre, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, andAlley Theatre. As a sound engineer, Mr. Stauffer has worked on The Lion King,Juan Darién, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Carousel, Once on This Island, andLittle Shop of Horrors (Off-Broadway).

American Songbook

In 1998, Lincoln Center launched American Songbook, dedicated to the celebra-tion of popular American song. Designed to highlight and affirm the creativemastery of America’s songwriters from their emergence at the turn of the 19thcentury up through the present, American Songbook spans all styles and genres,from the form’s early roots in Tin Pan Alley and Broadway to the eclecticism oftoday’s singer-songwriters. American Songbook also showcases the outstanding


interpreters of popular song, including established and emerging concert,cabaret, theater, and songwriter performers.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) serves three primary roles: pre-senter of artistic programming, national leader in arts and education and com-munity relations, and manager of the Lincoln Center campus. A presenter of more than 3,000 free and ticketed events, performances, tours, and edu-cational activities annually, LCPA offers 15 programs, series, and festivalsincluding American Songbook, Great Performers, Lincoln Center Festival,Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Midsummer Night Swing, the Mostly MozartFestival, and the White Light Festival, as well as the Emmy Award–winningLive From Lincoln Center, which airs nationally on PBS. As manager of theLincoln Center campus, LCPA provides support and services for the LincolnCenter complex and the 11 resident organizations. In addition, LCPA led a $1.2billion campus renovation, completed in October 2012.


Ensemble SignalBrad Lubman, Music DirectorJerry Hou, Guest ConductorPaul Coleman, Sound Director

Courtney Orlando and Olivia De Prato, ViolinIsabel Hagen, ViolaLauren Radnofsky, CelloGreg Chudzik, Electric BassKelli Kathman, FluteAdrián Sandí, ClarinetDavid Friend and Oliver Hagen, PianoBill Solomon and Russell Greenberg, Vibraphone

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Lincoln Center Programming DepartmentJane Moss, Ehrenkranz Artistic DirectorHanako Yamaguchi, Director, Music ProgrammingJon Nakagawa, Director, Contemporary ProgrammingJill Sternheimer, Acting Director, Public ProgrammingLisa Takemoto, Production ManagerCharles Cermele, Producer, Contemporary ProgrammingKate Monaghan, Associate Director, ProgrammingClaudia Norman, Producer, Public ProgrammingMauricio Lomelin, Associate Producer, Contemporary ProgrammingJulia Lin, Associate ProducerNicole Cotton, Production CoordinatorRegina Grande, Assistant to the Artistic DirectorLuna Shyr, Programming Publications EditorOlivia Fortunato, House Seat Coordinator

For American SongbookMatt Berman, Lighting DesignScott Stauffer, Sound DesignJessica Barrios, Wardrobe AssistantSara Sessions, Production Assistant

American Songbook

UPCOMING EVENTSJazz at Lincoln Center’sFrederick P. Rose Hall

February 2015THE APPEL ROOMSherman Irby’s Journey Through SwingFebruary 20 at 7pmFebruary 21 at 9:30pmJazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra saxophonistSherman Irby debuts an ensemble made up of the“swinging-est” musicians on the East Coast toexplore the migration, development, and evolution ofjazz through the lens of swing. Irby first performedwith the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in 1995,making his mark with Roy Hargrove and Elvin Jonesalong the way. In this performance highlightingimportant and differing regions of jazz, Irby will coverChicago (Gene Ammons and Johnny Griffin), KansasCity (Count Basie and Charlie Parker), West Coastcool jazz (Chet Baker and Dave Brubeck), NewOrleans (Buddy Bolden and Jelly Roll Morton), NewYork City (Art Blakey, Horace Silver, and FreddieHubbard), and more. Joining Irby will be saxophonistand clarinetist Victor Goines, trumpeter Bruce Harris,trombonist Vincent Gardner, violinist Eli Bishop, gui-tarist James Chirillo, pianist Charles Craig, Sr., bassistGerald Cannon, and drummer Alvester Garnett.Free pre-concert discussions at 6pm (2/20) and8:30pm (2/21).

Elio Villafranca’s Music of the CaribbeanFeaturing Jon Faddis and Leyla McCallaFebruary 20 at 9:30pmFebruary 21 at 7pmAn artist who incorporates elements of Bebo Valdés,Perez Prado, and Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Elio Villafrancais a leading voice of music today and part of an extra-ordinary lineage of Cuban pianists. Villafranca pos-sesses a unique gift of conceptualizing projects thatfuse the jazz idiom with his extensive knowledge ofpercussion and Latin rhythms. Along with his bandthe Jass Syncopators and special guests trumpeterand Dizzy Gillespie protégé Jon Faddis and singer, cel-list, and banjo player Leyla McCalla, Villafranca willpresent Cinqué- Suite of the Caribbean, a debut workfocusing on the influences of the Congolese traditionsof rhythms, melodies, and dances through the musicof Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo, Haiti, Jamaica, andCuba. Via this six-movement work with Congolesedrumming and costumed dancers, Villafranca willshowcase unifying elements of these islands, whichshare similar cultures despite their diverse histories.Free pre-concert discussions at 8:30pm (2/20) & 6pm (2/21).

ROSE THEATER

Family Concert: Who is Billie Holiday?February 7 at 1pm & 3pmThis family concert will introduce budding enthusiasts tothe woman with the gardenia in her hair, whose highlyindividualized artistry and embodiment of the blues influ-enced jazz and popular song indelibly. Aaron Diehl, apianist The New York Times calls a “revelation,” willserve as musical director. Vocalist Charenee Wade, whohas been making waves on the New York jazz scene andbeyond, continues to ascend as an impressive and nec-essary voice in jazz. As part of Jazz at Lincoln Center’sBillie Holiday Festival honoring her centennial, this con-cert celebrates both her music and her story as a coura-geous, exquisite, and singular cultural icon.Free pre-concert activities at 12:15pm and 2:15pm.

Dianne ReevesFebruary 13–14 at 8pmOne of the most recognized voices in jazz, DianneReeves coalesces her signature sound, broad-spec-trum repertoire, and fondness for love songs into avery special Valentine’s Day weekend performance.Reeves has long revered the city of New York, andnot too many cities top the Big Apple when it comesto romance, making Rose Theater the perfect place torevel in the occasion. Her latest CD, Beautiful Life,was a perfectly timed Valentine’s Day release in 2014,given the sensual essence of both original songs andcovers of Marvin Gaye and Bob Marley. Reeves willassuredly set the mood for what is becoming a Jazzat Lincoln Center tradition; for the second year in arow, the most awarded female jazz vocalist of all timetreats audiences to an intimate evening of music andstorytelling, delivered as only she can. Reeves will bejoined by pianist Peter Martin, guitarist Peter Sprague,bassist Reginald Veal, and drummer Terreon Gully.

IRENE DIAMOND EDUCATION CENTER

Swing UniversityJazz at Lincoln Center’s jazz education program, SwingUniversity, offers students of all ages a chance to learnabout jazz from musicians and scholars. JALC curatorand WKCR personality Phil Schaap and friends shareinsights, expertise, and stories as they lead classesthrough jazz’s storied past and vibrant present. WinterTerm classes include Jazz 101, Jazz 201, Sidney Bechet,Charlie Parker, and Jelly Roll Morton.Please visit jazz.org/swingu, call 212-258-9922, oremail [email protected] for more information. Singletickets are available.

Except where noted, all venues are located in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, Time Warner Center, 5th floor

Tickets starting at $10To purchase tickets call CenterCharge: 212-721-6500 or visit: jazz.org. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Box Officeis located on Broadway at 60th Street, Ground Floor. Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10am-6pm; Sunday, 12pm-6pm.

For groups of 15 or more: 212-258-9875 or jazz.org/groups.For more information about our education programs, visit academy.jazz.org.

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In deference to the artists, patrons of Dizzy’s Club Coca-Colaare encouraged to keep conversations to a whisper during the performance.

Artists and schedule subject to change.

Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola is located in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, Time Warner Center, 5th floor New York.

Reservations: 212-258-9595 or jazz.org/dizzys; Group Reservations: 212-258-9595 or jazz.org/dizzys-reservationsNightly Artist sets at 7:30pm & 9:30pm.

Late Night Session sets Tuesday through Saturday. Doors open at 11:15pm

Cover Charge: $20–45. Special rates for students with valid student ID. Full dinner available at each artist set.

Rose Theater and The Appel Room concert attendees, present your ticket stub to get 50% off the late-night cover charge at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola Fridays and Saturdays.

Jazz at Lincoln Center merchandise is now available at the concession stands during performances in Rose Theaterand The Appel Room. Items also available in Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola during evening operating hours.

Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola gift cards now available.

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January 2015 Pharoah Sanders with William Henderson, Nat Reeves, andJoe FarnsworthJanuary 29–February 17:30pm & 9:30pm

February 2015Juilliard Jazz EnsemblesFebruary 27:30pm & 9:30pm

Simon Bolivar Big Bandwith Andres Eloy Briceno, Music DirectorFebruary 37:30pm & 9:30pm

Otis Brown III: “The Thought of You”Co-Presented by Revive Musicwith Jean Baylor, Alan Hampton, Raymond Angry,John Ellis, and Keyon HarroldFebruary 4–57:30pm & 9:30pm

Victor Goines & Friends:With special guest Joe TemperleyFebruary 6: with Chris Pattishall, Russell Hall, andJoe SaylorFebruary 7–8: with Aaron Diehl, Yasushi Nakamura,and Lawrence Leathers7:30pm & 9:30pm

Allan Harris: Black Bar Jukebox Album ReleaseConcertwith Pascal Le Boeuf, Jake Goldbas, Leon Boykins,Yotam Silberstein, and Samuel TorresFebruary 97:30pm & 9:30pm

Clarence Penn and Penn Station: Monk, the Lost Files Album Release Concertwith Kevin Hays, Yasushi Nakamura, and ChadLeftkowitz-BrownFebruary 10–117:30pm & 9:30pm

Kim Nalley Sings Songs of LoveFebruary 12–157:30pm & 9:30pmSpecial pricing applies on Saturday evening.

Terry Waldo Gotham City Band: “From Ragtimeto Jazz”with Jon Erik-Kellso, Mike Davis, Evan Arntzen,Howard Alden, Brian Nalepka, Jim Fryer, and Rob GarciaFebruary 167:30pm & 9:30pm

Mardi Gras Stompwith Joe Saylor and Alphonso HorneFebruary 177:30pm & 9:30pm

TS Monk Sextetwith Helen Sung, Willie Williams, Kenny Davis, JoshEvans, and Patience HigginsFebruary 18–197:30pm & 9:30pm

Sounds of Brazil: Mario Adnetwith Duduka Da Fonseca, Eduardo Belo, VitorGonçalves, and Billy DrewesFebruary 20–227:30pm & 9:30pm

Jimmy Greene Quartet: Beautiful LifeMONDAY NIGHTS WITH WBGOwith David Bryant, Luke Sellick, and Jimmy MacBrideFebruary 237:30pm & 9:30pm

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family concert: who is tito puente?NOV 22 • 1PM, 3PMJazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

family concert: who is billie holiday?FEB 7 • 1PM, 3PMAaron Diehl and Charenee Wade celebrate the music of Lady Day

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family concert: who is billie holiday?FEB 7 • 1PM, 3PM • JAZZ FOR YOUNG PEOPLE SERIESWith Aaron Diehl and Charenee Wade

dianne reevesFEB 13–14 • 8PMVocalist Dianne Reeves returns for Valentine’s Day. Join us for a special pre-concert Valentine’s Day dinner (2/14 only).

sherman irby’s journey through swingFEB 20 • 7PM | FEB 21 • 9:30PMSherman Irby and friends explore the music of Charlie Parker,Freddie Hubbard, and more

elio villafranca’s music of the caribbeanFEB 20 • 9:30PM | FEB 21 • 7PMWith Elio Villafranca, Jon Faddis, Leyla McCalla, and the Jass Syncopators

new orleans songbookFEB 20–21 • 8PMCyrille Aimée, Milton Suggs, Aaron Diehl, and The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra with Irvin Mayfield

jazz across the americasFEB 27–28 • 8PMJazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

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