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GREAT PERFORMANCES

CREATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC

JAZZ AND BEYOND

MUSIC OF THE AMERICAS

FLORIDA'S PREMIER LIVE MUSIC FESTIVAL

OCTOBER 16 – NOVEMBER 7

PRESENTED BY

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WELCOME TO THE 32nd ANNUAL FESTIVAL MIAMI!

Welcome to the 32nd annual Festival Miami, presented by UHealth – the University of Miami Health System, and the Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music.

Festival Miami is renowned for bringing together hundreds of guest, faculty, and student artists in a month-long cultural celebration that is like no other. I invite you to select several concerts to attend, as we truly put our heart and soul into creating a unique festival experience for you!

I know you join me in thanking UHealth for its generous partnership, which ensures that residents of Coral Gables and surrounding communities are able to enjoy an incredible array of uplifting concerts by world-class artists so close to home.

This is an exciting time for UHealth and for Coral Gables as we near completion of the new UHealth at Coral Gables in the Lennar Foundation Medical Center. Located at the corner of Ponce de Leon Boulevard and Dickinson Drive, this specially designed outpatient facility will provide convenient access to the world renowned experts at the University of Miami. Opening in late 2016, UHealth at Coral Gables will provide primary care, extended hours/no appointment needed and specialized care for a broad spectrum of health needs including cancer, eye, women’s health, sports medicine, spine, heart, memory disorders, dermatology and more.

I envision a day when we will all gather together to enjoy lively music at the grand opening of UHealth at Coral Gables in the Lennar Foundation Medical Center. Until then, please enjoy Festival Miami and the camaraderie of sharing great music in the company of neighbors and friends.

Sincerely,

Shelton G. BergDean, Frost School of MusicPatricia L. Frost Professor of Music

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1 Welcome from Dean Shelton G. Berg

4 Calendar of Events

6 Festival Miami Staff/Ticket Information

7 Letter from UM President Julio Frenk

8 Letter from Florida Governor Rick Scott

9 Letter from Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez

10 Letter from City of Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado

11 Letter from Coral Gables Mayor Jim Cason

12 Letter from UM Miller School Dean Pascal J. Goldschmidt

15 Concert Programs

36 Artist Biographies

58 Community Outreach

59 On Scene at Festival Miami 2014

60 Sponsors

62 Grant Sponsors

TABLE OF CONTENTS

¡BIENVENIDOS AL 32o FESTIVAL ANUAL MIAMI!

Bienvenidos al 32.o Festival Miami anual, presentado por UHealth, el Sistema de Salud de la Universidad de Miami, y la Escuela de Música Phillip y Patricia Frost.

Festival Miami es reconocido por reunir a cientos de artistas invitados, docentes y estudiantes de música en una celebración cultural como ninguna que se extiende durante todo un mes. Los invito a seleccionar varios conciertos a los que desee asistir, ya que realmente hemos puesto todo nuestro empeño para crear la experiencia de un festival único para usted.

Sé que se unirán a mí para agradecer a UHealth por su generoso compromiso, que asegura que los residentes de Coral Gables y de las comunidades vecinas puedan disfrutar de una increíble variedad de conciertos inspiradores a cargo de artistas de talla mundial muy cerca de casa.

Estos son tiempos emocionantes para UHealth y para Coral Gables, ya que estamos a punto de completar la construcción del nuevo edificio de UHealth en Coral Gables, en el Centro Médico Lennar Foundation. Ubicado en la esquina de Ponce de Leon Boulevard y Dickinson Drive, este complejo diseñado especialmente para pacientes ambulatorios proporcionará fácil acceso a los expertos de renombre internacional de la Universidad de Miami. Con una apertura planificada para finales de 2016, UHealth at Coral Gables proporcionará atención primaria, horario de atención extendido/sin cita previa y atención especializada para una amplia gama de condiciones médicas, entre ellas, cáncer, visión, salud de la mujer, medicina deportiva, columna vertebral, medicina cardíaca, trastornos de la memoria, dermatología y más.

Ya estoy imaginándome el día en que nos reuniremos todos juntos para disfrutar de música en vivo y celebrar la gran inauguración de UHealth at Coral Gables en el Centro Médico Lennar Foundation. Hasta entonces, disfruten de Festival Miami y de la camaradería de compartir excelente música en la compañía de vecinos y amigos.

Atentamente,

Shelton G. BergDecano, Escuela Frost de MúsicaProfesor de Música Patricia L. Frost


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CALENDAR OF EVENTSOCTOBER 16 – NOVEMBER 7

MASTER CLASSESSeveral Festival Miami artists will be conducting the following master classes or Q&A with students. All are free and open to the public; no ticket required!

John EasterlinFriday, October 23, 2015 1:25 p.m. Weeks Center for Recording and Performance, Clarke Recital Hall

Los Angeles Guitar QuartetSunday, October 25, 2015 11:00 a.m.Weeks Center for Recording and Performance, Clarke Recital Hall

Cyrille AiméeWednesday, October 28, 2015 4:00 p.m.Weeks Center for Recording and Performance, Clarke Recital Hall

Joey DeFrancescoTuesday, November 3, 201511:00 a.m.UM Gusman Concert Hall

ORDER TODAY!305.284.4940 • festivalmiami.com

Please note: All events take place at 8 p.m. in UM Gusman Concert Hall, located at 1314 Miller Drive, Coral Gables, FL, unless otherwise noted. All artists, dates, programs, prices, locations, and times are subject to change without notice.

Ticket fees apply to walk-ups, online, mail, and phone orders.Ticket fees are automatically applied upon purchase, regardless of payment method and point of purchase.

OPENING NIGHTFROST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AMERICAN VISIONSFeaturing Pianist Simone DinnersteinThomas Sleeper, conductor

CHARLES CASTLEMAN VIOLIN VIRTUOSOUnaccompanied Solo Works by Bach, Piazzolla, and Ysaÿe4 p.m.

LOS ANGELES GUITAR QUARTET NEW RENAISSANCE TOUR Grammy-Winning Artists4 p.m.

BLACK VIOLIN CLASSICAL HIP-HOP DUONamed One of the Hottest Bands at SXSW!“Kev Marcus” Sylvester, violin; “Will B” Baptiste, viola/vocals4 p.m.

FROST WIND ENSEMBLE GREAT AMERICAN MASTERSMusic by Bernstein, Grantham, and TicheliRobert Carnochan, conductor; Esther Jane Hardenbergh, soprano; Aaron Tindall, tuba

JOEY DEFRANCESCO MASTER JAZZ ORGANIST Singin’ and Swingin’Joey DeFrancesco tears it up on his Hammond B3

BOSTON BRASS PRESENTS “AND THE NOMINEES ARE…”Hits from Broadway to the Big Screen

FREDA PAYNE AND HER BAND OF GOLDSultry Jazz Singer ShinesShelly Berg, piano

JAZZ ROOTS: MOVIE MUSIC OF SPIKE LEE AND TERENCE BLANCHARDFrost School’s Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra8 p.m. at Arsht Center Tickets: arshtcenter.org

THE MILLS BROTHERS SIX DECADES OF CHART-TOPPING HITSFrost Studio Jazz BandStephen Guerra, Jr., director Featuring John Mills and Elmer Hopper

SYLVAN STREET HIGH-WATTAGE JAZZ FUSIONFantastic Funkafied Ride Jay C. Rees, bass/leader

CHAMBER MUSIC TREASURES—RICHARD TODD, JOEL SMIRNOFF, CHRISTOPHER O’RILEY Music by Brahms, Messiaen, and More

HALLOWEEN AT HOGWARTS AND BEYOND!Family Concert with Frost Symphony OrchestraCostumes are encouraged! 3 p.m.

CYRILLE AIMÉE FABULOUS FRENCH JAZZ VOCALISTWith Frost Studio Jazz Band and JV1 EnsembleKate Reid, JV1 directorStephen Guerra, Jr., director

JOHNNY MERCER REIMAGINEDSongwriters’ New Takes on Beloved Classics Featuring Creative American Music Students

NASHVILLE ALL-STARS SING GREATEST HITS Songs Made Famous by Garth Brooks, Keith Urban and Trisha YearwoodFeaturing Craig Carothers, Tony Arata, Dave Berg, and Annie Mosher

JOHN EASTERLIN SINGS BROADWAY AND OPERA FAVORITESWhat a Character!

NATALIA LAFOURCADE LATIN AMERICAN POP SENSATIONMulti-Latin Grammy Award Winner

GONZALO RUBALCABA WITH FROST CONCERT JAZZ BAND Afro Blue Meets Cu-Bop and Post-BopJohn Daversa, director

RAQUEL SOFÍANEW SONY MUSIC LATIN ARTISTSpotify 2015 “Artist to Watch”

BEN FOLDS WITH FROST SCHOOL’S HENRY MANCINI INSTITUTE ORCHESTRA Ben Folds Orchestral ExperienceScott Flavin, conductor

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GREAT PERFORMANCES

CREATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC

MUSIC OF THE AMERICAS

JAZZ AND BEYOND



Frost School of Music Dean, Festival Miami Executive Director . . . . Shelton G. BergDirector of Events, Festival Miami Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marianne MijaresDirector of Operations and Concert Halls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William DillonDirector of Recording Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul GriffithDirector of Keyboard Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul BrunoEvents Planner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . René MarkEvents Support Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeanette CastroCommunications Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kimberly EngelhardtUniversity Communications and Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Todd Ellenberg, Meredith Camel, Julia Berg,

Scott Fricker, Kevin Corrales, Angie VillanuevaArtistic Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shelton Berg, Robert Carnochan, John Daversa,

Scott Flavin, Santiago Rodriguez, Stephen Guerra Jr., Alan Johnson, Karen Kennedy, Charles Mason, Kate Reid, Reynaldo Sanchez, Richard Todd, Thomas Sleeper

MANAGEMENT STAFFFESTIVAL MIAMI

Online: festivalmiami.com

Phone: 305-284-4940 Phone lines are open Monday through Friday 9 a.m. – 9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Forms of Payment: Debit and Credit Cards (Visa, Master Card, Discover, American Express) only.

Please indicate special seating requirements when purchasing your tickets.

$4 per ticket fee applied on all purchases.

NO REFUNDS/ NO EXCHANGESFor more information, please visit our website at festivalmiami.com.

The taking of photographs and use of audio or video recorders during a performance is strictly prohibited unless pre-authorized with media credentials.

Please silence cell phones and any other electronic devices before entering the hall.Please refrain from texting or using illuminated devices during performances.

Latecomers will be seated at the first break in the performancethrough the top entrance of the hall.

TO PURCHASE TICKETS

Festival Miami is a member of:

Box Office Hours:Box office hours at Gusman Hall areMonday through Friday, 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.and one hour prior to event startat specified concert location.

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CARLOS A. GIMENEZMAYOR

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY

STEPHEN P. CLARK CENTER • 111 N.W. FIRST STREET • 29TH FLOOR • MIAMI, FLORIDA • 33128-1930 • (305) 375-1880 • FAX (305) 375-1262

2015

Greetings!

As Mayor of Miami-Dade County and on behalf of our 2.6 million residents, it is my pleasure to welcome everyone gathered for the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music 32nd Annual Festival Miami.

The University of Miami is a vital part of the Miami-Dade tradition and, as our county continues to grow its involvement in cultural events, we look to institutions such as the Frost School of Music to provide innovative programming that celebrates our community’s diversity. I am grateful to the University of Miami for providing students with a highly inspiring education and for enriching our community with vibrant cultural offerings.

Miami-Dade County is home to people from over 156 countries who communicate in more than 64 different languages. Diversity is one of the hallmarks that defines us. We draw strength from our diversity and are very much the better for it. If you are visiting, I encourage you to take advantage of our world-class beaches, hotels, restaurants, shopping, attractions, arts and culture, sports, and recreation.

I wish all of the organizers and attendees every success and an enjoyable experience.

Sincerely,

Carlos A. Gimenez Mayor


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Why is that? Because medical research has shown that music has many healthful effects — reducing stress, boosting immune function, aiding memory, improving blood flow, elevating your mood, even easing pain. You sleep better and wake more refreshed.

At UHealth, we are excited to sponsor the music of the 32nd annual Festival Miami because we are committed to making you healthier in every way we can.

A visible, and growing, sign of our commitment is The Lennar Foundation Medical Center currently under construction right here on the Coral Gables campus. This five-story, 200,000-square-foot, multispecialty facility is scheduled to open in the fall of 2016 — when next year’s Festival Miami will be in full swing.

The center will offer you and your neighbors easy access to the world-class services of the Miller School of Medicine and UHealth – the University of Miami Health System, including specialty care from the renowned Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and Bascom Palmer Eye Institute.

But right now, sit back and enjoy the music. It’s one prescription you can write for yourself,

and you’ll feel better for it.

Pascal J. Goldschmidt, M.D.

Senior Vice President for Medical AffairsDean, University of Miami Miller School of MedicineCEO, University of Miami Health System



OPENING NIGHT

GREAT PERFORMANCESFRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 AT 8:00 P.M.

SIMONE DINNERSTEIN, piano

FROST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRATHOMAS SLEEPER, conductor, director of orchestral activities

HOWARD HANSON Symphony No. 5 “Sinfonia (1896-1981) Sacra,” Op. 43

ALAN HOVHANESS And God Created Great(1911-2000) Whales, Op. 229, No. 1

— INTERMISSION —

PHILIP LASSER The Circle and the Child:(b. 1963) Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Florida Premiere

I. Poco AllegroII. Chorale and ChildIII. Circles

SIMONE DINNERSTEIN, piano

Sponsored by

FROST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA—PIANIST SIMONE DINNERSTEINAmerican Visions: Works by Hovhaness, Hanson and Lasser


RAQUEL SOFÍA—NEW SONY MUSIC LATIN ARTISTSpotify 2015 “Artist to Watch”

RAQUEL SOFÍA, vocalsTAYLOR BYRD, guitarBRIAN LANG, drums

“Raquel Sofía, B.M. ’09, is the breath of fresh air that Latin pop needs,”

says megastar Juanes. This concert showcases her appealing jazz-infused

vocals and accessible sonic style. “One of those rare artists who comes along

only once in a generation,” says Grammy-winning producer George Noriega,

B.M. ’95. “A bonafide future star,” says NPR. A 2015 Latin Grammy Award

nominee!

Selections to be announced from the stage.

Sponsored in part by

MUSIC OF THE AMERICASSATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 AT 8:00 P.M.

GREAT PERFORMANCESSUNDAY, OCTOBER 18 AT 4:00 P.M.

CHARLES CASTLEMAN—VIOLIN VIRTUOSOUnaccompanied Solo Works by Bach, Piazzolla and Ysaÿe

CHARLES CASTLEMAN, violinWith special guest Scott Flavin, violin

J.S. BACH “Chaconne” from Violin Partita(1685-1750) No. 2 in D Minor

LOUIS SPOHR Duo for Two Violins in D Major, (1784-1859) Op. 67, No. 2

I. AllegroII. LarghettoIII. Rondo: Vivace

SCOTT FLAVIN, assisting artist, violin


DAVID FINKO Lamentations of JeremiahI. Adagio fanatico (fanatical singing of believers in

ancient Jerusalem)II. Andante con moto, rubato (agitated speech

and gestures of Jeremiah)III. Allegro capriccioso (gaming child in ancient

Jerusalem)IV. Adagio doloroso (tears of Jeremiah)V. Andante con moto, rubato-Allegro capriccioso

(martyrdom, entreaty, ecstatic prayer of Jeremiah)VI. Adagio (tears of Jeremiah)

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA Tango Étude No. 2 (from 6 Tango Études)(1921-1992) Tango Étude No. 3 (from 6 Tango Études)

EUGÈNE YSAŸE Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 27 (“Ballade”)(1858-1931)


(b. 1936)


CREATIVE AMERICAN MUSICWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21 AT 8:00 P.M.

CREATIVE AMERICAN MUSICTUESDAY, OCTOBER 20 AT 8:00 P.M.

JOHNNY MERCER REIMAGINEDSongwriters’ New Takes on Beloved Classics

CREATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC STUDENTSREY SANCHEZ, faculty host

Songwriters and performers from the Frost School’s Bruce Hornsby Creative

American Music Program take a fresh spin on classic songs by Johnny Mercer and

showcase new songs inspired by his brilliant writing. Mercer penned over 1,000

songs, such as “Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive,” “Autumn Leaves,” “Come Rain or

Come Shine,” “Days of Wine and Roses,” “Hooray for Hollywood,” “Moon River,”

“My Shining Hour,” “One for My Baby,” “Skylark,” and “That Old Black Magic,” to

name a few.


Sponsored by

CRAIG CAROTHERS, singer-songwriter, hostTONY ARATA, singer-songwriterDAVE BERG, singer-songwriterANNIE MOSHER, singer-songwriter

Top Nashville singer-songwriters (Craig Carothers, Tony Arata, Dave Berg, An-

nie Mosher) present a down-to-earth concert “in the round.” They’ll also share

amusing behind-the-scenes stories and recent releases.

Artists who have recorded music by these great songwriters: Rodney Atkins,

Garth Brooks, Jimmy Buffet, Kenny Chesney, Emmylou Harris, Jewel, Patty

Loveless, Kathy Mattea, Delbert McClinton, Reba McEntire, Alan Parsons, Peter,

Paul & Mary, Bonnie Raitt, Darius Rucker, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood,

Keith Urban, Don Williams, and Trisha Yearwood.



NASHVILLE ALL-STARS—SING THEIR GREATEST HITSSongs Made Famous by Garth Brooks, Keith Urban, and Trisha Yearwood


NATALIA LAFOURCADE—LATIN AMERICAN POP SENSATIONMulti-Latin Grammy Award Winner Shines

NATALIA LAFOURCADE, vocalsGUSTAVO GUERRERO, cuatro, vocalsCARLOS BENAVIDES, guitar, vocals

A three-time Latin Grammy winner and double Grammy nominee, Natalia

Lafourcade is one of the most important singer-songwriters of her generation.

Originally from Mexico, The New York Times describes her as a “soaring and

resilient free spirit.” Her latest album, Hasta la Raíz (“to the root”), was inspired

by “connecting with oneself and connecting with the universe...finding your roots

and connecting with Mexico, singing with your soul and connecting hearts.”

A beautiful showcase for her fresh and evocative voice, the album debuted

at No. 1 on the Mexican sales charts and was nominated for a 2015 Latin

Grammy Award.



Presented in collaboration with Sony Music Latin

MUSIC OF THE AMERICASFRIDAY, OCTOBER 23 AT 8:00 P.M.

JAZZ AND BEYONDTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 22 AT 8:00 P.M.

GONZALO RUBALCABA—WITH FROST CONCERT JAZZ BANDAfro Blue Meets Cu-Bop and Post-Bop

GONZALO RUBALCABA, pianoSVET STOYANOV, percussion

FROST CONCERT JAZZ BANDJOHN DAVERSA, director

Cuban-born pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Bulgarian-born percussionist Svet

Stoyanov, and American-born jazz trumpeter and bandleader John Daversa

present an energizing program with the Frost Concert Jazz Band, plus strings!

The artists will perform selections from the list below, order to be announced from

the stage. All compositions by Gonzalo Rubalcaba.

Faro (arr. J. Buckley)Oshun (arr. V. Halkosalmi)

Paseo con Fula (arr. V. Nikolov)Quasar (arr. M. Bischoff)

Sin Punto (arr. M. Schiller)Volcan Durmiente (arr. M. Schiller)


LOS ANGELES GUITAR QUARTET—NEW RENAISSANCE TOURGrammy Award-Winning Artists

JOHN DEARMAN, guitarMATTHEW GREIF, guitarWILLIAM KANENGISER, guitarSCOTT TENNANT, guitar

Selections from Music From the Time of Cervantes (arr. W. Kanengiser)ANONYMOUS Jácaras ANTONIO MARTÍN Y COLL El VillanoANTONIO MARTÍN Y COLL Diferéncias Sobre Las FoliasJUAN ARAÑES Chacona (“La Vida Bona”)ANONYMOUS Romance de Calaynos y de AlburqurqueJUAN DEL ENCINA Oy Comamos y bebamos

IAN KROUSE Music in Four Sharps (after John Dowland’s “Frog Galliard”)

CHET ATKINS Blue Ocean Echo / Country Gentleman DWEEZIL ZAPPA Marmux BuhdarduzPAT METHENY Letter from Home (arr. M. Small)GERÓNIMO GIMÉNEZ El Baile de Luis Alonso (arr. P. Romero)


CARLOS RAFAEL RIVERA Cumba-Quín

CLAUDE DEBUSSY La soirée dans Grenade (“Evening in Granada”) (arr. J. Smith)

MANUEL DE FALLA El Amor Brujo (“Spell-bound Love”) (arr. W. Kanengiser)Introducción y escena (“Introduction and scene”)En la cueva – La noche (“In the cave”)Canción del amor dolido (“Song of suffering love”)El aparecido – Danza del terror (“The apparition – dance of terror”)El círculo mágico (“The magic circle”)A media noche (”At midnight”)Danza ritual del fuego (“Ritual fire dance”) (arr. I. Krouse)Escena (“Scene”)Canción del fuego fatuo (“Song of the will-o’-the-wisp)

(arr. S. Tennant)Pantomima (“Pantomime”)Danza del juego del amor (“Dance of the game of love”)Las campanas del amanecer (The bells of sunrise”)


GREAT PERFORMANCESSUNDAY, OCTOBER 25 AT 4:00 P.M.

GREAT PERFORMANCESSATURDAY, OCTOBER 24 AT 8:00 P.M.

JOHN EASTERLIN SINGS—BROADWAY AND OPERA FAVORITESWhat a Character!

JOHN EASTERLIN, tenor, Frost Distinguished Alumnus 2015MITCHELL CIRKER, pianoWith special guest Shelly Berg, piano

The artists will perform selections from the list below, order to be announced from the stage.

The Lord is My Light (Frances Allitsen)Dream Valley (Roger Quilter)

“If We Were in Love” from Yes, Giorgio (Alan and Marilyn Bergman/John Williams)

“Stranger in Paradise” from Kismet (Robert Wright/George Forrest)Behold Your God (Dan Burgess)

“Till You Came Into My Life” from Jekyll and Hyde (Frank Wildhorn/Leslie Bricusse)“And This is My Beloved” from Kismet

(Robert Wright/George Forrest)“It Must Be So” from Candide (Leonard Bernstein)

“Sam Johnson’s Colored Cake Walk” from Harrigan ‘n Hart (Edward Harrigan/Dave Braham)

“A Little Bit of Good” from Chicago (John Kander/Fred Ebb)“The Ice Cream Sextet” from Street Scene (Kurt Weill/Langston Hughes)

“Pirelli’s Contest” from Sweeney Todd (Stephen Sondheim)Tanzmeister’s “Ariette” from Ariadne auf Naxos (Richard Strauss)

“Frisch zum Kampfe” from Die Entführung aus dem Serail (W.A. Mozart)

Mesieur Triquet’s “Couplet” from Eugene Onegin (P.I. Tchaikovsky)“The Witch’s Ride” from Hansel and Gretel (Engelbert Humperdinck)

David’s “Monologue” from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Richard Wagner)

“The Shabby Peasant’s Aria” from Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (Dmitri Shostakovich)

“Herod’s Jewel Aria” from Salome (Richard Strauss)“Dein ist mein ganzes Herz” from The Land of Smiles (Franz Lehár)

Sponsored by

Presented in collaboration with the Florida Guitar Foundation and Frost School of Music

Classical Guitar Program


JAZZ AND BEYONDTUESDAY, OCTOBER 27 AT 8:00 P.M.

GREAT PERFORMANCESWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28 AT 8:00 P.M.

JAY REES, bass, leaderKELLAND THOMAS, saxophoneCHAD SHOOPMAN, trumpetKENNY SMUKAL, trumpetFRANK BROWNE, guitarANDREW HIX, drums, vocalsEVAN REES, piano/keyboardsMICHAEL FALTIN, percussionDOUGLAS McCULLOUGH, guest percussion

Fasten your seat belt for this high wattage jazz fusion ensemble performing an innova-tive collection of original jazz material composed by band leader and Frost School of Music professor Jay Rees, saxophonist Kelland Thomas, and pianist Evan Rees.

Selections include an eclectic variety of works from the group’s three critically ac-claimed albums on Summit Records; The Perfect Leaf (2009), Here In America (2011), and their newly released CD Feedback Loop (2015). Sylvan Street’s funk-infused sound features surging bass grooves, powerful drums, tight horns, electrifying guitar licks, and exciting keyboards, inspired by jazz, popular music, standards, rock and roll, Latin rhythms, urban techno beats, jump swing, and blues.

For this concert, they’ll perform new tunes and reprise many fan favorites.


Presented in collaboration with Frost Band of the Hour

SYLVAN STREET—HIGH WATTAGE JAZZ FUSIONFantastic Funkafied Ride

CHAMBER MUSIC TREASURES—RICHARD TODD, JOEL SMIRNOFF, CHRISTOPHER O’RILEY

Music by Brahms, Messiaen and MoreRICHARD TODD, hornJOEL SMIRNOFF, violinCHRISTOPHER O’RILEY, piano

JOHANNES BRAHMS Three Intermezzi for Piano, Op. 117Intermezzo, Op. 117, No. 1 in E-flat Major Intermezzo, Op. 117, No. 2 in B-flat minorIntermezzo, Op. 117, No. 3 in C-sharp minor

CHRISTOPHER O’RILEY, piano

GUNTHER SCHULLER Excerpts from Duologue for violin and piano

JOEL SMIRNOFF, violinCHRISTOPHER O’RILEY, piano

OLIVIER MESSIAEN Appel Interstellaire (“Interstellar Call”) from Des canyons aux étoiles... (“From the canyons to the stars...”)

RICHARD TODD, horn

JOHANNES BRAHMS Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano in E-flat Major, Op. 40 Edited by Gunther Schuller

AndanteScherzo (Allegro)Adagio mestoAllegro con brio

RICHARD TODD, hornJOEL SMIRNOFF, violinCHRISTOPHER O’RILEY, piano

City of Coral Gables performance

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CYRILLE AIMÉE—FABULOUS FRENCH JAZZ VOCALISTWith Frost Studio Jazz Band and JV1 Ensemble

CYRILLE AIMÉE, vocals

FROST STUDIO JAZZ BANDSTEPHEN GUERRA, JR., director

FROST JAZZ VOCAL 1 ENSEMBLEKATE REID, director

French jazz vocalist Cyrille Aimée blends standards with Gypsy swing, bossa nova,

and charming stage presence. Aimée was the winner of the 2012 Sarah Vaughan Jazz

Competition, a finalist in the 2010 Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition, and winner of

the 2007 Montreux Jazz Festival Vocal Competition. She joins the Frost Studio Jazz

Band and Jazz Vocal 1 Ensemble, both 2015 DownBeat Collegiate Award winners.

Repertoire will be chosen from:

I Mean You (Thelonious Monk)Just The Two Of Us (Bill Withers)

Smile (Charlie Chaplin/John Turner/Geoffrey Parsons)Old Devil Moon (Burton Lane/E.Y. Harburg)

Mean To Me (Fred Ahlert/Roy Turk)Caravan (Juan Tizol/Duke Ellington)

La Vie en Rose (Édith Piaf/Louis Guglielmi)I Wish You Love/Que reste-t-il de nos amours?

(Léo Chauliac/Charles Trenet)Yardbird Suite (Charlie Parker)Bamboo Shoots (Sam Anning)Nuit Blanche (Cyrille Aimée)

Featuring new arrangements by students Neil Carson, William Longo, and Alexandra

Manfredo, alumna Sherrine Mostin and faculty member Stephen Guerra, Jr.


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BEN FOLDS—WITH HENRY MANCINI INSTITUTE ORCHESTRAFeaturing Ben Folds’ Concerto for Piano and Orchestra

BEN FOLDS, piano

HENRY MANCINI INSTITUTE ORCHESTRASCOTT FLAVIN, resident conductor

MASON BATES Mothership for orchestra and electronica(b. 1977)

ARVO PÄRT Fratres for string orchestra and percussion (b. 1935)

JOHN WILLIAMS “Escapades” from (b. 1932) Catch Me If You Can for alto saxophone and orchestra

Featuring HMI FellowsNATHAN MENSINK, alto saxophoneTYSON VOIGT, vibraphone


BEN FOLDS Ben Folds Overture(b. 1966) (arr. William Longo, HMI Fellow)

BEN FOLDS Concerto for Piano and Orchestra

Movement 1Movement 2Movement 3

BEN FOLDS, piano

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JAZZ AND BEYONDTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 29 AT 8:00 P.M.

CREATIVE AMERICAN MUSICFRIDAY, OCTOBER 30 AT 8:00 P.M.

LOUIS LEIBOWITZ CHARITABLE TRUST


GREAT PERFORMANCES GREAT PERFORMANCESSATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 AT 3:00 P.M. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 AT 4:00 P.M.

HALLOWEEN AT HOGWARTS AND BEYOND!Family Concert with Orchestra

FROST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAALEXANDER MAGALONG, associate conductor

JOHN WILLIAMS Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone(b. 1932) (Children’s Suite for Orchestra) (arr. Hunsberger)

I. Hedwig’s FlightII. Hogwarts ForeverIII. VoldemortIV. Nimbus 2000V. Fluffy and His HarpVI. QuidditchVII. Family PortraitVIII. Diagon AlleyIX. Harry’s Wondrous World

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS Danse Macabre (1835-1921)

MODEST MUSSORGSKY Night on Bald Mountain (1839-1881) Revision by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1886)

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BLACK VIOLIN—CLASSICAL HIP-HOP DUONamed One of the Hottest Bands at SXSW!

KEVIN “KEV MARCUS” SYLVESTER, violinWILNER “WIL B” BAPTISTE, viola, vocals

Black Violin, an exhilarating violin/viola hip-hop duo, wows audiences with their unique take on classical music. Their newest recording, Stereotypes, on the Universal Music Classics label, incorporates their many musical influences from classic, R&B, and soul to rock and beyond.

Songs to be selected from:

StereotypesInvisible

Another ChanceAddiction

ShakerWalk On By

DayMagic

Losing ControlRunnin

All songs composed by Black Violin except “Walk on By” by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. “Shaker” is a variation on “Simple Gifts.”


Funded in part by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Presented in collaboration with Universal Music U @ Frost


GREAT PERFORMANCESMONDAY, NOVEMBER 2 AT 8:00 P.M.

JAZZ AND BEYONDTUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3 AT 8:00 P.M.

ESTHER JANE HARDENBERGH, sopranoAARON TINDALL, tuba

FROST WIND ENSEMBLEROBERT CARNOCHAN, conductor, director of wind band activitiesTIMOTHY SHADE, guest conductor

LEONARD BERNSTEIN Profanation (1918–1990) from Symphony No. 1: Jeremiah (arr. Bencruscuitto)

FRANK TICHELI From Songs of Love and LifeII. First LessonIII. A Prayer for Marriage

ESTHER JANE HARDENBERGH, soprano

DONALD GRANTHAM Tuba Concerto I. Fiery and BoldII. Languid and ExpressiveIII. Boisterous! Tiny Parham in memoriam

AARON TINDALL, tuba


KEVIN PUTS Network (b. 1972)

TIMOTHY SHADE, conductor

LEONARD BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story (arr. Lavender)

HENRY FILLMORE Rolling Thunder(1881-1956)

City of Coral Gables performance

FROST WIND ENSEMBLE—GREAT AMERICAN MASTERSMusic by Bernstein, Grantham, Ticheli and More

JOEY DEFRANCESCO—MASTER JAZZ ORGANISTSingin’ and Swingin’

JOEY DEFRANCESCO, organ, trumpet, vocalsDAN WILSON, guitarJASON BROWN, drums

Master jazz organist Joey DeFrancesco tears it up on his Hammond B3 in the great tradi-tion of the incredible Jimmy Smith. A crowd favorite at festivals worldwide, you’ll soon become a fan of his swinging style and remarkable originality.


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GREAT PERFORMANCESWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 AT 8:00 P.M.

JAZZ AND BEYONDTHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5 AT 8:00 P.M.

JOSE SIBAJA, trumpetJEFF CONNER, trumpetCHRIS CASTELLANOS, horn

JOAQUIN TURINA Danza Fantástica (arr. Castellanos) (1882-1949)

MANUEL DE FALLA Ritual Fire Dance (arr. Sibaja) (1876-1946)

J.S. BACH Wachet Auf (arr. Sibaja) (1685-1750) Little Fugue in G Minor (arr. Pilafian)

ARTHUR PRYOR Blue Bells of Scotland (arr. Pilafian) (1870-1942)

ÁSTOR PIAZZOLLA Milonga del Ángel (arr. Castellanos) (1921-1992) Verano Porteño (arr. Sibaja)

GIOVANNI GABRIELI Sonata Pian’ e Forte (for double brass choir)

With the Stamps Brass QuintetLASSE BJERKNAES-JACOBSEN, trumpetSAMUEL EXLINE, trumpetJOSHUA SCHWARTZ, hornCHRISTOPHER JONES, tromboneAIDAN ZIMMERMANN, tuba


“And the Nominees Are…” vote for your favorite movie opener, movie theme, etc. by ballot in the lobby during intermission! Majority Rules! Boston Brass will play one selection from each theme.

BOSTON BRASS—AND THE NOMINEES ARE…Hits from Broadway to the Big Screen

FREDA PAYNE—AND HER BAND OF GOLDSultry Jazz Singer Shines

FREDA PAYNE, vocalsSHELLY BERG, pianoCHUCK BERGERON, bassSTEPHEN RUCKER, drums

Freda Payne performs her classic R&B hit “Band of Gold,” plus selections from her latest jazz-infused album Come Back to Me Love, and selections from her popular Ella Fitzgerald Tribute Show.

Repertoire will be chosen from:

The Best is Yet to Come (Cy Coleman/Carolyn Leigh)Haven’t We Met (Ruth Batchelor/Kenny Rankin)

You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To (Cole Porter)Alfie (Burt Bacharach/Hal David)

(If You Can’t Sing It) You’ll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini) (Sam Caslow)

Sweet Georgia Brown (Bernie/Pinkard/Casey)The Midnight Sun (Lionel Hampton/Sonny Burke)You Don’t Know (Gretchen Valade/Tom Robinson)

Fifty Percent (Goldenberg/Bergman)Save Your Love for Me (Buddy Johnson)

I Should Have Told Him (Gretchen Valade/Tom Robinson)(I’d Rather Drink) Muddy Water (Eddie Miller)

St. Louis Blues (W.C. Handy)How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) (Holland/Dozier/Holland)

Band Of Gold (Ronald Dunbar/Edythe Wayne)

Selections and order to be announced from the stage.


Best Opener“William Tell” Overture (The Lone Ranger)20th Century Fox FanfareSuperman Opening Credits

Best Movie ThemeThe Green Hornet (Flight of the Bumblebee)Three Amigos (Elmer Bernstein)Silverado (Lawrence Kasdan)

Best Ballad“Lullabye” (Billy Joel)“I Remember Clifford” (Golson)“Stardust” (Carmichael/Parish)

Best Crooner: Las Vegas Style“Sway” - Dean Martin (Michael Bublé)“Fly Me to the Moon” - Frank Sinatra“I’ve Gotta Be Me” - Sammy Davis, Jr.

Best Broadway Moment“Maria” from West Side Story “76 Trombones” from The Music Man“Summertime” from Porgy and Bess

Best Closer“Malaguena” (Lecuona) “Bugle Call Rag” (Benny Goodman Orchestra)“Caravan” (Duke Ellington Orchestra)

DOMINGO PAGLIUCA, tromboneSAM PILAFIAN, tuba

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JAZZ AND BEYONDFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6 AT 8:00 P.M.

CREATIVE AMERICAN MUSICSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 AT 8:00 P.M.

MOVIE MUSIC OF SPIKE LEE AND TERENCE BLANCHARD—HENRY MANCINI INSTITUTE ORCHESTRA

Jazz Roots 2015-2016 Season Opener at Adrienne Arsht Center

DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER, vocalsMAYSA, vocalsLIZZ WRIGHT, vocals

TERENCE BLANCHARD QUINTETTERENCE BLANCHARD, composer, trumpet

HENRY MANCINI INSTITUTE ORCHESTRASCOTT FLAVIN, resident conductor

Jazz Roots and Festival Miami co-present a celebration of the movies of Spike Lee at the Adrienne Arsht Center, with memorable scores by multi-Grammy-winning trumpeter/composer Terence Blanchard, who composed the music for all of Lee’s films, from Malcolm X to Inside Man. The evening features a montage of classic scenes from Spike Lee movies performed by Blanchard and his quintet, the Frost School’s Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra, plus three-time Grammy and Tony winner Dee Dee Bridgewater, vocalist Maysa, who performed on the soundtrack for Spike Lee’s film Jungle Fever, and Lizz Wright, an acclaimed composer and jazz, neo-soul, and gospel stylist.

Tickets can only be purchased at www.arshtcenter.org.

THE MILLS BROTHERS— SIX DECADES OF CHART-TOPPING HITS

Featuring John Mills and Elmer Hopper

JOHN MILLS, vocalsELMER HOPPER, vocals FROST STUDIO JAZZ BANDSTEPHEN GUERRA, JR., director

Plus special guestsRODDY SMITH, guitarSHELLY BERG, pianoTIM SMITH, bassRAY VON ROTZ, drums

The artists will perform selections from the list below,

order to be announced from the stage.

Yellow Bird (Alan and Marilyn Bergman/Luboff)Paper Doll (J. Black)

Basin Street Blues (Williams/Miller/Teagarden)Be My Life’s Companion (Hilliard/De Lugg)

Bye Bye Blackbird (Henderson/Dixon)Cab Driver (C. Parks)

Don’t Blame Me (McHugh/Fields)Nevertheless (I’m in Love With You) (Ruby/Kalmar)

Only You (And You Alone) (B. Ram)Opus 1 (Oliver/Garris)

Still…There’s You (J. Mills)Twilight Time (B. Ram/Dunn/A. Nevins/M. Nevins)

(Up a) Lazy River (Carmichael/Arodin)You Always Hurt the One You Love (Roberts/Fisher)

You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You (Morgan/Stock/Cavanaugh)

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ARTISTBIOGRAPHIES

DAVE BERGSinger-songwriter Dave Berg has composed some of the biggest country hits of the past five years, including the No. 1 hits “Somebody” by Reba McEntire; “If You’re Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)” and “These Are My People” by Rodney Atkins; and “Moments” by Emerson Drive. In 2007 his co-written song “Stupid Boy,” recorded by Keith Urban, earned a Grammy for Best Country Vocal Performance. Berg has received Songwriter of the Year honors from American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers; Billboard; and Nashville Songwriters Association International.

His latest songwriting activity includes “Wine after Whiskey,” which appears on Carrie Underwood’s latest album, Blown Away, and “While He Still Knows Who I Am,” which Kenny Chesney recorded for Welcome to the Fishbowl.

Berg has recently signed a worldwide co-publishing agreement with Los Angeles and New York-based Downtown Music Publishing. Not Quite So Alone, Berg’s upcoming full-length album, will be released by Downtown imprint Mercer Street Records.

SHELTON G. BERGPianist Shelton G. “Shelly” Berg is widely acclaimed for his innovative approaches to performance, composition, and pedagogy. Berg has worked with top music industry professionals worldwide and orchestrated music for television, motion pictures, and major orchestras. He has conducted and directed orchestras at venues including the White House, Hollywood Bowl, Royal Albert Hall, and the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts.

In 2014 Berg received two Grammy Award nominations for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) for “What a Wonderful World” and for co-producer on Gloria Estefan: The Standards. He previously earned a Grammy nomination for his arrangement “Out There” on Lorraine Feather’s Tales of the Unusual. Berg’s album Blackbird reached No. 1 in U.S. jazz radio. He recently recorded Rhapsody in Blue with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the solo album The Nearness of You. Other projects include Arturo Sandoval’s Grammy Award-winning Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You) and Latin Grammy-winning A Time for Love.

Berg is Dean and Patricia L. Frost Professor of Music at the University of Miami Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music. He was previously McCoy/Sample Professor of Jazz Studies at USC Thornton School of Music and past president of the International Association for Jazz Education.

CYRILLE AIMÉEVocalist Cyrille Aimée has been called “a revelation” by the New York Daily News, and The New York Times called her major label release, It’s a Good Day, “a bravura turn.” Aimée’s vocals caught the attention of Stephen Sondheim, who cast her in an Encores Special Presentation starring Bernadette Peters at New York City’s City Center in November 2013.

As a child in France, Aimée would sneak out of her bedroom to wander into nearby gypsy encampments for the annual Django Reinhardt Festival. She fell in love with the music and way of life, and years later she would travel across Europe singing on street corners with musician friends. On one such trip, she found herself at the Montreux Jazz Festival, where she won first prize in the vocal competition, which financed her first album.

Aimée was a finalist for the Star Academy, a French version of American Idol. However, when she learned she would have to sing what she was told, her gypsy spirit rebelled, and she left the competition. She now tours the world with her band and in a duo with Brazilian guitarist Diego Figueiredo.

TONY ARATASinger-songwriter Tony Arata has worked with the top stars in country music today, including Garth Brooks, Suzy Bogguss, Trisha Yearwood, and Emmylou Harris. Arata’s “The Dance” won Song of the Year at The Academy of Country Music, receiving a Country Music Association and a Grammy nomination, plus a Most Performed Song nod in Radio and Records magazine.

Born in Savannah, Georgia, Arata began performing his songs in local bands in college. After he moved to Nashville, his soulful style got the attention of people like Allen Reynolds and Garth Brooks, who to date has recorded seven of Arata’s songs.

Arata had Top 5 records with “Here I Am” for Patty Loveless, “I’m Holding My Own” for Lee Roy Parnell, and “Dreaming With My Eyes Open” for Clay Walker. Artists who have recorded his songs include Bonnie Raitt, Delbert McClinton, Don Williams, Reba McEntire, and Hal Ketchum, among others. In 1984 Arata recorded for Noble Vision Records, charting two singles on the Hot Country Songs charts. In 2000 he released Way Back Then and to date has three solo albums featuring new songs, covers, and guest appearances by many of Nashville’s finest musicians, like Brooks, Loveless, and Parnell.


ARTISTBIOGRAPHIES

BOSTON BRASSFor 27 years, Boston Brass has presented exciting classical arrangements, jazz standards, and the best brass quintet repertoire with humor, bridging formality with an evening of boisterous fun. Boston Brass regularly performs with orchestras, bands, jazz bands, and many other ensembles. They perform throughout the world and have given master classes at institutions like Frost School of Music, Eastman School of Music, The Juilliard School, Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, Peabody Conservatory of Music, University of North Texas, Royal Academy of Music in London, and Mahidol University in Bangkok.

Boston Brass has been featured at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, Music Educators National Conference, American Bandmaster Association Conference, The American Band College, Western International Band Clinic, and the Texas Bandmasters Association Convention.

Boston Brass has appeared on The CBS Early Show and NPR’s Performance Today. The group’s latest recording, Latin Nights, is a collection of the great classical and jazz works by Latin musicians, featuring Steve Gadd and Talita Real. Boston Brass’s other recordings include Ya Gotta Try (featuring music by Horace Silver, Chick Corea, and Dizzy Gillespie) and Within Earshot (featuring works by Shostakovich, Ginastera, Dvorak, Liszt, and more).

ROBERT M. CARNOCHANRobert M. Carnochan is director of wind ensemble activities, conductor of the Frost Wind Ensemble, and professor of music at the Frost School of Music. He holds degrees from Towson University (B.S. Music Education), the University of Colorado at Boulder (M.M. conducting), and The University of Texas at Austin (D.M.A. conducting). A Maryland native, Carnochan’s career began as director of bands at Dundalk High School, and he has since held appointments at Stephen F. Austin State University, Northeastern Oklahoma State University, the University of Colorado at Boulder, and most recently The University of Texas at Austin.

Throughout his career, Carnochan has collaborated with and received praise from a number of leading composers, including Steven Bryant, John Corigliano, Michael Daugherty, Donald Grantham, Daniel Kellogg, David T. Little, John Mackey, David Maslanka, James Mobberly, Carter Pann, Joel Puckett, Kevin Puts, Gunther Schuller, Frank Ticheli, and Dan Welcher. He also invests much time commissioning and performing works of the next generation of talented composers such David Biedenbender, Viet Cuong, Paul Dooley, Ian Dicke, Aaron Perrine, and Zack Stanton. He is active as a guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator throughout the United States, and has conducted concerts in London, Spain, Austria, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Singapore. His recording of Donald Grantham’s Tuba Concerto, with soloist Charles Villarrubia, was recently released and is available for download from iTunes.

CHUCK BERGERONJazz bassist Chuck Bergeron is a lecturer in the Department of Studio Music and Jazz at the Frost School of Music, where he is also the faculty mentor for the Stamps Jazz Quintet. Bergeron teaches jazz history, conducts big bands and small jazz ensembles, and is an active clinician at schools throughout the country. He is one of the most prolific and innovative musicians working in the field of jazz. Equally versatile on the acoustic and electric bass, his unique compositional style and approach to improvisation reflect a wide variety of musical influences.

Born and raised in New Orleans, he earned a B.M. from Loyola University and an M.M. in Jazz Studies from the University of Miami. He then moved to New York, where he resided for 12 years while touring, performing, and recording with such jazz luminaries as Joe Williams, Stan Getz, Randy Brecker, Steve Gadd, Larry Coryell, John Fedchock, Dave Weckl, and many others—plus the big bands of Woody Herman and Buddy Rich. Never relinquishing his focus on performing, Bergeron balances his educational endeavors with a continual schedule of touring, performing, and recording.

BLACK VIOLINClassically trained, genre-busting act Black Violin, featuring violinist Wilner “Wil B” Baptiste and violist Kevin “Kev Marcus” Sylvester, meld highbrow and pop culture, Brandenburg and breakdown. After playing South Florida hip-hop studios, the duo returned to their classical roots, fusing the two traditions in their groundbreaking collaboration.

Named after an album by African-American jazz violinist Stuff Smith, Black Violin plays over 200 shows a year worldwide, in countries like Dubai, Prague, and South Africa. They have performed for the troops in Iraq and the President’s Inaugural Ball. They’ve appeared on Broadway at the legendary Harlem Apollo Theatre, the 2004 Billboard Awards with Alicia Keys, VH1’s Unplugged, three Super Bowls, and the U.S. Open with Jordin Sparks. Individually and together, Black Violin has collaborated with Diddy, Kanye West, 50 Cent, Tom Petty, Aerosmith, Aretha Franklin, the Eagles, and more.

Black Violin’s new album, Stereotypes, was just released on Universal Music Classics. Their previous album, Classically Trained, followed a 2007 self-titled debut on Di-Versatile Music Group label. In television, they adapted the finale of Puccini’s Madame Butterfly for an episode of CSI: New York. Having met in high school orchestra, Black Violin is committed to school appearances, stressing the importance for youth to realize their potential through arts education.


ARTISTBIOGRAPHIES

MITCHELL CIRKERMitchell Cirker is a versatile New York musician who frequently performs at Merkin and Weill Recital Halls. Through the Marilyn Horne Foundation, Cirker performed with soprano Monique McDonald in master classes and recitals throughout Louisiana, and with baritone Nmon Ford. His collaboration with John Easterlin marks their third appearance together.

As an opera and vocal music coach, Cirker prepared Anthony Davis’s opera Tania for the American Music Theater Festival in Philadelphia, Richard Strauss’s Salome with the Shreveport Opera, and Franz Schreker’s Der Ferne Klang with the American Symphony Orchestra. As a pianist, Cirker celebrated Martin Luther King’s birthday performing music by living African-Americans, including Anthony Davis, George Walker, Tania Leon, and John Nicholas at Weill Recital Hall. On Walker’s 80th birthday, Cirker’s performance of Walker’s works with the New Jersey Chamber Music Society was featured on CBS Sunday Morning.

In the Cirker Duo with his brother, percussionist Jason Cirker, he has commissioned new works and arrangements of chamber works for the medium, and performed at the Barge in Brooklyn. The brothers performed and toured the country for five years with Laura Dean Dancers and Musicians, including three Joyce Theater seasons and five American Dance Festival commissions.

JOHN DAVERSAVersatile musician John Daversa is an internationally respected trumpeter, composer, arranger, producer, bandleader, and educator. Daversa’s awards and recognition include the Herb Alpert Award, the National Trumpet Competition, the ITG Jazz Soloist Competition, and finalist in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition.

Daversa has performed on The Today Show, Late Night with David Letterman, and The Oprah Winfrey Show, as well as at the Monterey Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Festival, and Playboy Jazz Festival. He has performed or recorded with Fiona Apple, Burt Bacharach, Michael Bublé, Joe Cocker, Andraé Crouch, Sheryl Crow, Dr. Dre, and the Yellowjackets, among others. The John Daversa Big Band’s first album, Junk Wagon, won Best in Show and Awards of Excellence in Creativity/Originality and Production in The Global Music Awards. His album for BFM Jazz, Artful Joy, features Gretchen Parlato and Bob Mintzer.

Daversa is assistant professor of music and chair of the Department of Studio Music and Jazz at the Frost School of Music, conducting the Frost Concert Jazz Band. He has taught at California State University, Northridge, and University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, and holds degrees from The University of California, Los Angeles; California Institute of the Arts; and USC Thornton.

CRAIG CAROTHERSSinger-songwriter Craig Carothers has released 15 albums as a recording artist, and numerous other artists have recorded his songs, including Trisha Yearwood; Kathy Mattea; and Peter, Paul, and Mary. Performing Songwriter Magazine has hailed his music as “the right mix of weary-eyed cynicism and helpless hearted romanticism.”

Originally from Portland, Oregon, and now making his home in Nashville, Tennessee, Carothers is on the road over 100 days a year. His latest studio release is The Vagabond. In addition to writing and touring, Carothers works regularly as a producer, recording engineer, background singer, graphic designer, photographer, and booking agent.

Supported by the NSAI, Fishtrap Writers Retreat, The Swannanoa Gathering, KODA, and Listening Room International, Carothers has conducted songwriting workshops all around the U.S. and in Europe. As of 2013 he is a lecturer at the Frost School of Music, teaching a class on lyrics.

CHARLES CASTLEMANOne of today’s most active violinists and pedagogues, Charles Castleman medaled in both the International “Tchaikovsky” and “Brussels” competitions. As a Ford Foundation Concert Artist, Castleman commissioned David Amram’s Violin Concerto, premiering it with the St. Louis Symphony under Leonard Slatkin.

Castleman’s solo appearances with other orchestras include Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Hong Kong, Moscow, New York, San Francisco, and Seoul. He regularly appears in solo recitals and with chamber ensembles like the Raphael Trio. He has recorded the hardest violin repertoire, including six Solo Sonatas by Ysaÿe, Jenő Hubay’s eight Csardases for Violin and Orchestra, and ten virtuoso cameos by Pablo de Sarasate.

Currently professor of violin at the Frost School of Music, Castleman has conducted master classes throughout Europe, the U.S., Australia, Canada, China, and more, and is founder of the prestigious Castleman Quartet Program, in its 47th year. He was previously professor of violin and department chair at the Eastman School of Music. He earned degrees from Harvard University, Curtis Institute of Music, and the University of Pennsylvania, studying with Emanuel Ondricek and Ivan Galamian.


ARTISTBIOGRAPHIES

JOHN EASTERLINJohn Easterlin is one of international opera’s most compelling performers. A Grammy and Emmy Award winner, he makes regular appearances with America’s leading opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, and more. He performs at top festivals, including Ravinia, Tanglewood, Spoleto USA, and Saito Kinen Festival in Japan.

He has worked with famous conductors, including Daniel Barenboim, Seiji Ozawa, Sir Andrew Davis, Antonio Pappano, James Conlon, Valery Gergiev, and Dennis Russell Davies, as well as eminent stage directors like Diane Paulus, Richard Jones, Phelim McDermott, Francesca Zambello, and Robert Wilson. Most recently, he performed Andres in Wozzeck at Covent Garden, Monostatos in Julie Taymor’s The Magic Flute at the Met, Nick the Bartender in Fanciulla del West with the Indianapolis Opera, Shuisky in Boris Godunov in Madrid, and Lenia for the North American premiere of Cavalli’s Eliogabalo with the Gotham Chamber Opera.

He has also created numerous new roles, including talk show host Larry King in Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Anna Nicole; The Neurologist in Michael Nyman’s The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, directed by Bill T. Jones; and Andy Warhol for Philip Glass’s The Perfect American. He will be making his professional debut in Florida at Festival Miami, returning to his alma mater to perform. He was named the 2015 Frost Distinguished Alumnus.

SCOTT FLAVINViolinist, composer, arranger and conductor Scott Flavin is a lecturer in the Frost School of Music’s Department of Instrumental Performance and also serves as artistic coordinator and resident conductor for the Frost School’s Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra. In addition, Flavin is a member of the Bergonzi String Quartet and Pulse Chamber Music, and he often conducts the Frost Chamber Orchestra. He is concertmaster of the Florida Grand Opera and Miami Bach Society, and founder and music director of the Miami Mozarteum. He performs regularly throughout the world.

Flavin’s original works and arrangements have been heard on American Public Media’s radio program Performance Today and have been recorded by the Bergonzi String Quartet. His recordings include chamber music on the Naxos, M&W, and Centaur labels, and commercial recordings on Sony, EMI, and Warner Brothers, including appearances on over a dozen Grammy Award-winning albums. He has recorded two solo albums, Great Violin Solos of the Opera and Ballet and The Complete Brahms Violin Sonatas. Flavin performs on a rare Italian violin made in 1780 by Tomaso Eberle.

JOEY DEFRANCESCOThe Joey DeFrancesco Trio is renowned for delivering a hard-driving performance that swings straight ahead. In the lead, jazz organist, trumpeter, and vocalist Joey DeFrancesco is a three-time Grammy nominee and 10-time winner of the DownBeat Critics poll, along with countless other awards.

The precocious DeFrancesco signed his first contract with Columbia Records at 17, releasing All of Me, then touring Europe the same year with Miles Davis’ band. Inspired by Davis, DeFrancesco picked up the trumpet, and at 22, he formed the Free Spirits with John McLaughlin and Dennis Chambers. DeFrancesco has collaborated with greats like Ray Charles, David Sanborn, Arturo Sandoval, Benny Golson, George Benson, and John Scofield.

Drummer Jason Brown joined DeFrancesco in 2014, after studying with Billy Hart, then touring and recording with vocalist and composer Carmen Lundy. He has worked with Pat Martino, Lizz Wright, Cedar Walton, Wayne Escoffery, and more. As a leader, Brown was featured with the Jazz Philharmonic Orchestra of St. Petersburg, and has toured with his Quintet throughout the world. With a background in Gospel, Dan Wilson decided to become a musician after hearing a Wes Montgomery record. He has since appeared with jazz notables including Russell Malone, Les McCann, Christian McBride, Eric Marienthal and Dave Stryker. A passion for Brazilian music led him to study in Rio de Janeiro.

SIMONE DINNERSTEINAmerican pianist Simone Dinnerstein’s sensational recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations immediately ranked No. 1 on Billboard’s Classical Chart and was named to many “Best of 2007” lists, including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and The New Yorker. She was bestselling instrumentalist on the 2011 U.S. Billboard Classical Chart and was included in NPR’s 100 Favorite Songs across genres.

Since her debut at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, Dinnerstein has performed at major venues including the Kennedy Center, Vienna Konzerthaus, Berlin Philharmonie, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Wigmore Hall, and with major orchestras including Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Vienna Symphony, Staatskapelle Berlin, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and the Tokyo Symphony. Festival appearances include Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival, Aspen, Verbier, and the Stuttgart Bach Festival.

Dinnerstein’s albums The Berlin Concert, Bach: A Strange Beauty, Something Almost Being Said and Bach: Inventions & Sinfonias have topped the classical charts. Her Night with the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra unites classical, folk, and rock worlds. Dinnerstein’s newest album, Broadway-Lafayette, includes Ravel, Gershwin, and Philip Lasser’s The Circle and the Child, which was composed especially for her. Her teachers include Peter Serkin at The Juilliard School, Solomon Mikowsky at Manhattan School of Music, and Maria Curcio in London.


FROST JAZZ VOCAL 1 ENSEMBLEThe Frost Jazz Vocal 1 Ensemble, affectionately called JV1, and a smaller subset of JV1 members called Extensions, studies and explores vocal jazz music ranging from the styles of the ever-popular Manhattan Transfer, New York Voices, and Swingle Singers to contemporary new works by Frost faculty and students. Under the inspired direction of acclaimed vocalist Kate Reid, associate professor and director of the Frost School of Music’s Jazz Vocal program, the Frost Jazz Vocal 1 Ensemble performs regularly in South Florida, and has appeared at regional and national conferences such as the Jazz Education Network (JEN) conference. Alumni of the program enjoy active careers performing as soloists and in vocal groups, and directing vocal jazz ensembles worldwide.

Frost Jazz Vocal 1 Ensemble, Extensions, as well as individual student soloists and vocal arrangers have earned numerous DownBeat student awards over the years, including five in 2015. Recent guest artists include Karrin Allyson, Roseanna Vitro, and Gretchen Parlato.

FROST STUDIO JAZZ BANDThe Frost Studio Jazz Band, under the direction of Stephen Guerra, Jr., is an outstanding group of instrumentalists who perform classic big band repertoire as well as compositions and arrangements by their own members and preeminent artists on the jazz scene today. They are the recipients of a DownBeat Graduate College Outstanding Performance Award in the Large Ensemble category in 2015 and 2011, and they perform extensively throughout the South Florida region and at major conferences and venues. Recent guest artists include pianist-composers Bruce Hornsby, Danilo Pérez, and Fred Sturm, bandoneonist Juan Pablo “JP” Jofre, and the great jazz vocalist Patti Austin. The group often explores exciting new musical territory, such as arrangements of Radiohead songs transformed for jazz band and the music of European jazz composers Florian Ross, Lars Møller, and Bert Joris.

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BEN FOLDSMulti-platinum selling singer-songwriter and producer Ben Folds first found success as the leader of Ben Folds Five. His successful solo career includes multiple studio albums, music for film and TV, and numerous collaborations with artists from Sara Bareilles to William Shatner. In 2012 Folds reunited with the Ben Folds Five, released a new album and toured the world. In early 2013 they released their first live album.

Folds’s acclaimed Concerto for Piano and Orchestra was premiered in Nashville and has been performed with major symphonies across the nation, along with orchestrations of his pop hits. This year, he will tour Europe, the Pacific Rim, and Australia. He has also achieved critical acclaim as a judge on NBC’s The Sing-Off and made cameo appearances in film and TV, including Comedy Central’s Community.

Folds owns and operates historic RCA Studio A in Nashville, which produced legendary recording artists including Elvis Presley, Dolly Parton, Tony Bennett, and the Beach Boys. He serves on the Nashville Symphony’s Board of Directors. A member of the Artist Committee for Americans for The Arts, Folds is a leading advocate for music therapy and music education, exploring how music and art therapy can help our nation’s veterans.

FROST CONCERT JAZZ BANDThe award-winning Frost Concert Jazz Band is renowned for its tight and energizing performances, outstanding soloists, and talented student composers and arrangers. They recently won the Monterey Next Generation Jazz Competition, earning them the prestigious opportunity to perform at the 2014 Monterey Jazz Festival. Directed by John Daversa, acclaimed composer, trumpeter, assistant professor, and new chair of the Department of Studio Music and Jazz, the ensemble performs music ranging from exciting new contemporary jazz works to swinging classics. The Frost Concert Jazz Band has been the University of Miami’s premiere large jazz ensemble for over 30 years. The band has numerous recordings to its credit, which showcase the long lineage of world-class talent; they will soon record a new album highlighting arrangements by its current members.

The Frost Concert Jazz Band has earned numerous DownBeat student awards including being named Graduate College Winners in the Large Jazz Ensemble category in 2010 and 2007, and earning the Graduate College Outstanding Performance award in the Large Ensemble category in 2014 and 2006. Recent guest artists include Randy Brecker, Dave Liebman, Joe Lovano, Maria Schneider, Ira Sullivan, Jeff Hamilton, and John Clayton.


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STEPHEN GUERRA, JR.Stephen Guerra, Jr. is a jazz composition lecturer in the department of Studio Music and Jazz at the Frost School of Music. He is also the conductor of the Frost Studio Jazz Band, winning DownBeat student awards in 2010, 2011, and 2015. In addition, he is the managing director of the Henry Mancini Institute. Guerra earned a B.A. from the University of New Hampshire in Saxophone Performance and an M.M. from the Eastman School of Music; he is currently pursuing a D.M.A. in Jazz Composition from the Frost School of Music.

In high demand as a composer and arranger, Guerra was commissioned to write music for Dave Koz, Jorge Villamizar, Carmen Bradford, the Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra, Greater Manchester Youth Symphony Orchestra, Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra, and the Air Force Band of the West, and he served as a composerőinőresidence throughout the U.S. through the Commission Project and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Guerra has performed alongside many jazz greats, including Phil Woods, Al Grey, Snooky Young, Marshall Royal, John Faddis, and Jeff “Tain” Watts. He was a featured soloist on the Clark Terry Young Titan’s of Jazz 2003 release Live at Marihan’s and the Louie Bellson Big Band release Louie and Clark Expedition 2. The Stephen Guerra Big Band released a critically acclaimed first album in 2009 titled Namesake.

ESTHER JANE HARDENBERGHEsther Jane Hardenbergh is associate professor and department chair of the Department of Vocal Performance, and former director of the Salzburg program at the Frost School of Music. She has toured professionally in the United States and Europe in opera, oratorio, and recital. She regularly performs as a soloist with orchestras, conducts master classes, and adjudicates. Her students perform on both classical and music theatre stages and have won competitions.

Hardenbergh made her Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall debut as winner of the 1999 International Opera Singer Competition and is a respected interpreter of 19th century German Lieder and 20th century American Art Songs. Her operatic roles include Countess Almaviva (Le Nozze di Figaro), Micaela (Carmen), Donna Elvira and Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Marguerite (Faust), and Pamina (Die Zauberflöte). She holds degrees from the University of Richmond (B.M., education), Boston University (M.M., voice-opera performance) and a doctorate in music and music education (Ed.D.), specializing in vocal pedagogy from Teachers College, Columbia University.

FROST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAThe Frost Symphony Orchestra (FSO), under the direction of Thomas Sleeper, maintains an international reputation by performing the standard orchestral literature and expanding the repertoire with new works, commissions, and recordings. The orchestra maintains an active performance schedule, on campus and beyond.

The Frost Symphony Orchestra has the distinction of performing with some of the most celebrated conductors and soloists from around the world including Pierre Monteux, Leopold Stokowski, Gregor Piatigorsky, Jascha Heifetz, Arthur Rubenstein, and many recent award-winning artists including Helmut Rilling, John Kimura Parker, Jennifer Koh, Michael Ludwig, Dale Underwood, Joshua Bell, and Edgar Meyer. American Record Guide called the orchestra’s world premiere of Surinach’s Symphonic Melismas “The most auspicious premiere by the UM Symphony since 1956, when Andre Kostelanetz conducted the premiere of William Schuman’s New England Triptych here.”

The Frost Symphony Orchestra frequently records and now has several compact discs out on the Centaur, Cane and Albany labels with excellent reviews in Fanfare and American Record Guide. Former members of the FSO hold positions in prestigious ensembles and serve as arts administrators, teachers, and conductors throughout the world.

FROST WIND ENSEMBLEThe Frost Wind Ensemble at the University of Miami is acclaimed and directed by conductor Robert Carnochan. It actively commissions and performs new music at concerts, conferences and festivals. South Florida Classical Review describes the Frost Wind Ensemble as “dazzling” and the New York Philharmonic’s principal trombonist Joseph Alessi commends their “unmatched wind ensemble playing.”

The Frost Wind Ensemble is composed of the University’s finest wind and percussion players who receive ongoing opportunities to connect with leading musical minds of this time. The stellar ensemble has performed world premieres for such composers as Charles Campbell, Michael Colgrass, Jennifer Higdon, David Maslanka, Clarke McAlister, James Syler, and Christopher Rouse and enjoyed engaging residencies with notables John Corigliano, Michael Daugherty, Eric Whitacre, and more.

The Frost Wind Ensemble’s five compact discs are available on the Albany and Naxos labels. The first is Urban Requiem followed by Christina’s World, Blue, Ivy Green, Reflections, and Wolf Rounds. Alumni of the Frost Wind Ensemble hold principal and section positions in many professional symphony orchestras, wind ensembles and military bands, and serve as educators and conductors worldwide.


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ALEXANDER MAGALONGFilipino-American conductor, violinist, and violist Alexander Magalong is associate conductor of the Frost Symphony Orchestra in Miami. Magalong has conducted the Pikes Peak Philharmonic, Alhambra Symphony, Broward Symphony, Broadmoor Pops Orchestra, and at many honor orchestras, festivals, music camps, youth orchestras, and educator conferences in Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Westminster, Jefferson County, and the Boulder Valley.

A passionate advocate for music education in the public schools, under Magalong’s direction his underprivileged high school developed four ability-based string orchestras. In 2011 they were selected to perform at the Colorado Music Educators Association conference. Magalong also served as Southern Governor for the Colorado All-State Orchestra board.

Magalong began studying violin at the age of 12, serving as concertmaster of the Colorado All-State String Orchestra, winning the 2000 Colorado Springs Youth Symphony Concerto Competition, and taking first place several times in the Pikes Peak Young Composers Competition. He began conducting at 14. He holds a degree from the University of Denver and is pursuing his Master of Music in conducting from the Frost School of Music. His string teachers include James Maurer, Susan Jensen, Deborah Falco, and Basil Vendryes. His conducting teachers include Thomas Sleeper, Neil Varon, and Lawrence Golan.

HENRY MANCINI INSTITUTE ORCHESTRAThe Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra at the Frost School of Music is a genre-blending ensemble where aspiring elite students learn an array of music in real-world settings. Mentored by HMI Orchestra’s artistic director James Newton Howard, resident conductor Scott Flavin, HMI Orchestra plays traditional and contemporary classical music, pop, jazz, rock, hip-hop, Afro-Cuban, Latin, Asian, and more.

Guest artists work with HMI Orchestra students in the classroom, concert stage, and recording studio and in collaborations. HMI Orchestra’s previous guests have included Mark O’Connor, Arturo Sandoval, Bruce Hornsby, Steve Miller, Denyce Graves, Michael Feinstein, Patti Austin, Gloria Estefan, Jon Secada, Monica Mancini, and Take 6, to name a few.

HMI Orchestra has three PBS specials: An Evening with Dave Grusin, which earned a Grammy nomination in the Best Surround Sound category; Gloria Estefan: The Standards; and the CD/DVD Jazz and the Philharmonic, released on Okeh Records to critical acclaim. HMI Orchestra has appeared on HBO’s Unfair and Unbalanced with comedian Robert Klein, Pharrell Williams’s iamOther website; and George Benson’s album Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole. HMI Orchestra is the resident orchestra of the Larry Rosen JazzRoots series at the Adrienne Arsht Center.

NATALIA LAFOURCADESinger-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade is widely acclaimed in Latin America as one of the most important artists of her generation. In 2015 Lafourcade’s album Hasta la Raiz debuted at No. 1 on the Mexican sales charts, remaining in the top five ever since.

Lafourcade knew at an early age that she wanted to become an artist, and during her childhood she studied painting, theater, and music, including flute, guitar, piano, saxophone, and voice. She was signed to Sony Music Mexico at the young age of 17. Her debut album went triple platinum, earning three Latin Grammy nominations and one Grammy nomination. Since her debut, Lafourcade continues to garner critical acclaim, winning a Latin Grammy for Casa in 2006 and two Latin Grammys for Mujer Divina in 2013.

Lafourcade kicked off her 2015-2016 touring in June for the first of three sold-out shows at the Teatro Metropolitan. She will tour extensively in Mexico, Latin America, the U.S., and Europe over the next 18 months in support of Hasta la Raiz.

LOS ANGELES GUITAR QUARTETThe Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (LAGQ) features four extraordinary musicians who bring a new energy to the concert stage in programs ranging from Bluegrass to Bach, consistently playing to sold-out houses worldwide. LAGQ’s Guitar Heroes album (Telarc), winner of a 2005 Grammy, is a brilliant follow-up to their Grammy-nominated LAGQ-Latin.

LAGQ’s inventive, critically acclaimed transcriptions of concert masterworks provide a fresh look at the music of the past, while their interpretations of works from contemporary and world-music realms break new ground. Programs including Latin, African, Far East, Irish, Folk, and American Classics transport listeners around the world.

LAGQ’s The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote collaboration with Firesign Theater veteran actor Philip Proctor delights audiences in words and music, and SHIKI: Seasons of Japan, written for LAGQ and guitar orchestra by Shingo Fujii, connects communities across the nation. Spin (Telarc, 2006) continues LAGQ’s explorations of jazz and contemporary music. LAGQ: BRAZIL (Telarc, 2007) with vocalist Luciana Souza was released to rave reviews. Their newest Telarc recording of the Rodrigo Concierto Andaluz and Sergio Assad’s Interchange climbed to top spot on the Billboard charts. A live DVD of The Ingenious Gentleman: Don Quixote was released in 2012 on the Mel Bay label.


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CHRISTOPHER O’RILEYPianist Christopher O’Riley’s repertoire spans pre-baroque to arrangements of Radiohead, Pink Floyd, and Nirvana. As host of NPR’s From the Top, O’Riley actively promotes tomorrow’s classical stars. An Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient, he has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, National Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, and Academy of St. Martin, and performed Michael Daugherty’s Le Tombeau de Liberace with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.

O’Riley has also played such diverse venues as Istanbul Jazz Festival, Highline Ballroom, Knitting Factory, and South by Southwest. He tours with cellist Matt Haimovitz in Shuffle.Play.Listen; with Pablo Ziegler in Two to Tango; and in Out of My Hands, announcing works from the stage. He has worked with conductors Alan Gilbert, Leonard Slatkin, Neeme Järvi, Marin Alsop, and more. He has collaborated with Yo-Yo Ma, Bobby McFerrin, Midori, Béla Fleck, Joshua Bell, Hilary Hahn, Sir James Galway, Michael Feinstein, and many others.

O’Riley has recorded classical and modern masterworks for Sony Classical, RCA Red Seal, and Harmonia Mundi. His most recent recording features Liszt’s transcriptions including Don Giovanni and Symphonie fantastique. His own compositions have been performed at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, and other major venues.

FREDA PAYNEFreda Payne is that rare vocal artist who is stylistically beyond categorization. As iconic for her timeless beauty and stage appeal as she is for her artistic versatility, Payne remains among music’s brightest shining star survivors. She has always first and foremost been a jazz singer.

In 1968, she signed with Invictus in Detroit, and a year later released her best-known R&B smash hit “Band of Gold.” Her latest album, Come Back To Me Love, returns to the big band and strings-laden classics from her mid-1960s beginnings and to her hometown of Detroit. The album features her longtime favorites along with new songs by Gretchen Valade and Tom Robinson, including the title track.

Payne has performed at the Apollo Theater in Harlem alongside Billy Eckstine, backed by Quincy Jones and His Orchestra, comedian Redd Foxx, and the dance team Coles & Atkins. Duke Ellington composed “Blue Piano” just for her. More recently, she has recorded and toured the United Kingdom with Cliff Richards and starred in Ella Fitzgerald First Lady of Song, earning rave reviews in The Washington Post. She is currently performing in countries such as New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom.

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THE MILLS BROTHERSFor nearly a century, The Mills Brothers’ distinctive sound and parade of hits has captivated audiences worldwide. Led by John Mills, this newest generation of The Mills Brothers has toured the world with charismatic vocalist Elmer Hopper, a 21-year veteran with The Platters.

Honored with a Grammy for Lifetime Achievement, The Mills Brothers have sold tens of millions of recordings. From certifiable hits each year between 1935 and 1947, the hits kept coming through the late 1960s with “Cab Driver.” “Paper Doll” sold six million copies in its first release, and “Tiger Rag” was the first million-selling record by a vocal group in the history of broadcast. Other smash-hit recordings like “Glow Worm” and “Up the Lazy River” continued into the 1990s, when John and his father Donald released Still…There’s You, a greatest hits compilation. Today The Mills Brothers’ harmonies are reaching a new generation in their recordings for the video game Mafia, The City of Lost Heaven.

Nashville drummer and percussionist Ray Von Rotz has performed with artists including Boots Randolph, Engelbert Humperdinck, Chet Atkins, Tanya Tucker, Vicki Lawrence, Jerry Lee Lewis, Lou Rawls, the Gatlin Brothers, and Tony Orlando. Nashville guitarist Roddy Smith has performed and recorded with artists including Johnny Cash, Roy Acuff, Joe Sample, Bill Evans, Willie Nelson, and Vince Gill. He leads the jazz/blues band Mr. Groove with his brother, Tim Smith, a bassist and producer who has appeared on top hits by Tom Jones, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Kris and Kristofferson. Tim Smith produces many of the big band series for Music Minus One/Pocket Songs, recreating all of the big band music of Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald, Michael Bublé, and more.

ANNIE MOSHERWild and witty, provocative and poignant, singer-songwriter Annie Mosher has been recognized as winner of the Kerrville New Folk award. She was selected as the 2013 guest singer-songwriter for the ACLU Lifetime Achievement Awards and Bill of Rights Ceremony. Her song “Goldfish” was recently produced and recorded by British pop icon and Beatles producer Alan Parsons.

Mosher grew up in the northernmost part of rural Vermont, where she began writing songs as a child. She later traveled from the Texas hill country to the mountains of Wyoming, following the rodeo and writing music inspired by the people she met.

Mosher is a winner of the Texas Wildflower Music Festival, a regular at Nashville’s Bluebird Cafe, and a longtime member of the sassy Nashville-based group Girls with Guitars. She is featured regularly at events sponsored by the Nashville Songwriters Association International, as well as at clubs and festivals from The Cactus Cafe in Austin to Sundance beyond.


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STEPHEN RUCKERStephen Rucker (drumset, jazz percussion) is a lecturer and instructor in the Department of Studio Music and Jazz at the Frost School of Music. He directs the Funk/Fusion Ensemble, which has won six Downbeat Student Awards; his Drumset Improvisation class is one of the most unique programs in the country. Rucker has twice been voted “Best Jazz Performer” and “Most Versatile Artist” in South Florida polls. He recorded Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me with Gloria Estefan and performed for many years with Ben Vereen, including appearances with Atlanta Symphony and Dallas Symphony.

Rucker was a member of the Bee Gees for more than 10 years and appeared with the band on The Tonight Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, and a Command Performance for the Queen of England. In 1997 he performed on a Bee Gees concert at the MGM Grand Las Vegas that was mastered as a live album that sold more than five million copies and led to an extended world tour. Rucker was a member of the Ross-Levine band, a groundbreaking jazz-fusion group, and Randy Bernsen’s Ocean Sound Band. He performed or recorded with Paquito D’Rivera, David Liebman, Jon Secada, and many others.

REY SANCHEZRey Sanchez is associate dean for strategic initiatives and innovation at the Frost School of Music, where he is an associate professor of music and also serves as the program director for the Bruce Hornsby Creative American Music Program. He is the immediate past chair of the Department of Music Media & Industry at Frost. He holds degrees in composition and studio writing/production from the University of Miami.

Sanchez is a professional guitarist with an extensive list of credits and was the long-time musical director for Latin superstar Chayanne. He is a voting member of National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Sanchez is actively involved in songwriting and record production, working with EMI Music Publishing, Sony BMG, Universal and others. He also authors educational guitar books for FJH Music Publishing.

KATE REIDAcclaimed jazz singer and pianist Kate Reid is in demand as an artist, clinician, and adjudicator at jazz and choral festivals throughout the world. She has appeared with such notables as Jon Hendricks, Grady Tate, Don Shelton, Paul Anka, Liza Minnelli, Tito Puente, and more.

Her latest album, The Love I’m In, features saxophonist Ernie Watts and pianist Otmaro Ruis. Like her 2008 release Sentimental Mood, it has received extensive airplay on jazz stations throughout the U.S, Canada, and Europe. As a studio-session singer, Reid’s recent film credits include Star Trek into Darkness, Oz, The Great and Powerful, Epic, and Men in Black III, singing music by Danny Elfman, Michael Giacchino and John Powell. She recently provided a character’s jazz singing voice on CBS’s Vegas. She has recorded spots for T-Mobile and Suntory Whiskey, as well as backing vocals for artists MUSE, X Japan, and Josh Groban.

Reid is associate professor of jazz voice and program director for Jazz Vocal Performance at the Frost School of Music. She co-authored the GLEE Vocal Method with producer/author Andy Waterman, published by Hal Leonard. Reid earned degrees from the Frost School of Music and from Western Michigan University.

GONZALO RUBALCABAGonzalo Rubalcaba, lecturer in the Department of Studio Music and Jazz, is a multi-Grammy- and Latin Grammy-winning Cuban jazz pianist and composer. He began studying classical piano and drums at age 8. He earned a degree in music composition from Havana’s Institute of Fine Arts in l983 and played in clubs and music halls in Havana. One of the most important and virtuosic Afro-Cuban jazz pianists on the scene today, he first garnered international jazz attention when Dizzy Gillespie discovered him in 1985. Soon after he began appearing regularly at major jazz festivals like Montreux and Montreal.

Rubalcaba emigrated to the U.S. in 1993 and settled in South Florida in 1996. Today he enjoys a balance of touring, recording, and teaching. His illustrious career has included recording with his own groups for several major labels, including 11 albums for Blue Note and with jazz luminaries Ignacio Berroa, Ron Carter, Chick Corea, Al Di Meola, Charlie Haden, David Sanchez, and many more. He has been nominated twice for Billboard’s Latin Jazz Album of the Year.


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RAQUEL SOFÍALatin Grammy nominee, singer-songwriter Raquel Sofía is a Spotify “2015 Artist to Watch,” grossing over 3.6 million streams on Spotify in just six months, and over nine million streams to date. Winner of the Rudy Perez Songwriting Award, Sofía’s first single, “Agridulce,” was named one of Beats Music’s “Best of 2014 Pop” songs.

A digital phenomenon, Sofía’s first EP, Te Odio Los Sábados, has already received over 7.6 million streams on Spotify. Her “Tiny Desk Concert” on NPR has more than 72,000 views. She is the first Latin artist on “Vevo DSCVR,” with over 100,000 views. Sofía’s big break came singing backup for Juanes on MTV Unplugged. She then toured as opener and backup singer with Juanes, appearing at the Latin Billboard Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, and Latin Grammys. She sang backup for Shakira at the 2014 American Music Awards, The Tonight Show, and The Voice (United Kingdom).

Sofía recorded vocals for the Grammy-winning track “Ula Ula” by Illya Kuryaki & The Valderramas, featured in Target’s “Summer Up” campaign, and she wrote and performed on HBO’s 2015 Game Of Thrones Mix Tape. She is a graduate of the Frost School of Music, where she held a Jon Secada Endowed Scholarship.

STAMPS BRASS QUINTETThe Stamps Brass Quintet features top young scholar-musicians performing standard and new brass quintet literature. Trumpeter Lasse Bjerknaes-Jacobsen holds multiple championships in the Oslo, Akershus, Norwegian Youth Music Championship. He has performed with Nordic Brass Ensemble, His Majesty the King’s Guard, the Norwegian National Youth Orchestra, and Berlin’s Die Deutsch-Skandinavische Jugend-Philharmonie. Trumpeter Sam Exline has performed with the Boise Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, the Interlochen Philharmonic Orchestra, and was principal trumpet of the All-Northwest Orchestra, MENC National Music Conference Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute. Trombonist Chris Jones has performed with the Indiana Bandmasters Association All-State and Honor bands, New World Youth Orchestra, Ball State University Honor Band, and Indiana Music Educators’ Association All-State Orchestra, winning gold medals at the ISSMA State Competition for trombone and euphonium. Joshua Schwartz was principal French horn of the Florida Youth Orchestra, Greater Miami Youth Symphony, Miami Music Project Honors Orchestra, featured soloist with the New World Symphony, and has appeared with numerous Honors and All-County Bands. Tubist James Aidan Zimmermann was a finalist for the Houston Young Artist competition, and has performed in the Texas All-State, Tanglewood Young Artists Orchestra, Houston Youth Symphony, and the American Festival for the Arts.

THOMAS SLEEPERConductor and composer Thomas Sleeper has hailed as “a conductor of persuasive fluency and fiery conviction” by The Miami Herald, and his music has been described as “hauntingly mysterious,” “richly lyrical,” and “soaring.” An advocate for new music, Sleeper has conducted premieres of works by composers Henry Brant, Carlos Surinach, Robert Xavier Rodriguez, and Roberto Sierra. As guest conductor in the U.S. and abroad, he has appeared with orchestras, including Central Philharmonic Orchestra of China, San Juan (Argentina) Symphony Orchestra, Ruse State Philharmonic, and the China-Wuhan Symphony.

Sleeper’s compositional output includes six operas, 13 concerti, three symphonies, four orchestral song cycles, choral works with orchestra, three string quartets, numerous vocal and instrumental chamber works, and music for film. His compositions are widely performed, and acclaimed in Fanfare, Gramophone, and The American Record Guide. His music for the documentary One Water, recorded by the Russian National Orchestra, has appeared in theaters and on television worldwide.

He is professor of instrumental performance and program director of orchestral activities at the Frost School of Music, where he also teaches instrumental conducting. He conducts the Frost Symphony Orchestra and Frost Opera Theater, and is music director for the Florida Youth Orchestra.

JOEL SMIRNOFFConductor, violinist, and pedagogue Joel Smirnoff received a 2011 Lifetime Grammy Award for his work with the Juilliard String Quartet, performing as both second and first violinist with the ensemble for 23 years in total.

After winning second place in the 1983 International American Music Competition for Violin, Smirnoff was awarded debuts on Carnegie Hall’s Emerging Artists series and Town Hall’s Midtown Masters series. In 1997, Smirnoff was soloist on the Berg Violin Concerto at Tanglewood, conducted by Bernard Haitink. He also recorded jazz solos on the Grammy-winning album Tony Bennett Sings Ellington Hot and Cool, and has been guest soloist with Gunther Schuller and the American Jazz Orchestra, and the Billy Taylor Trio.

Encouraged by Seiji Ozawa, Smirnoff became a conductor, debuting with the San Francisco Symphony, and conducting many orchestras since, including Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Phoenix Symphony, Louisiana Symphony, Chicago Philharmonic, New World Symphony, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra and Basel Sinfonietta. He joined the Cleveland Institute of Music as president in 2008 and holds the Mary Elizabeth Callahan President’s Chair. He has served on the juries of the Naumburg and Indianapolis Violin Competitions, and received an Alumni Professional Achievement Award from the University of Chicago.


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AARON TINDALL Tubist and euphophonist Aaron Tindall has made his mark as prizewinner of many international solo and chamber music competitions, through his soothing tone and mastery of flexibility and articulation. Tindall was a two-time finalist in the prestigious Concert Artist Guild Competition, collaborates regularly with major orchestras worldwide, and appears as a solo artist throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. His solo albums Songs of Ascent and This is My House have both garnered critical acclaim. He also performs on recordings including Simply Velvet and the Eufonix quartet albums End Game, Brink, and Nuclear Breakfast.

Tindall studied under top musicians including Velvet Brown, Mel Culbertson, Warren Deck, and Steven Mead. He holds degrees in tuba performance and pedagogy from the University of Colorado at Boulder, the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, and Pennsylvania State University.

Tindall is currently assistant professor of tuba and euphonium at the Frost School of Music. He has served previously on the faculties of Ithaca College, Eastern Michigan University, Penn State University, and the Conservatoire National de Region in France. He is a Denis Wick-London artist and design specialist and a Buffet Group tuba/euphonium artist and clinician.

RICHARD TODDRichard Todd is associate professor of French horn at the Frost School of Music. From Carnegie Hall to the Hollywood Bowl, Todd has earned international acclaim as one of the finest horn soloists today. Gold medal winner of the 1980 Concours Internationale Toulon, he is a Pro Musicis International Foundation Award winner and is continually expanding the boundaries of the horn world. Renowned for his performances that “are simply startling in their dexterity” with “a heart-clutching sound,” he breaks down the barriers of music, being equally at home in all areas including classical and jazz.

Now residing in Miami, Todd maintains a rigorous coast-to-coast concert schedule, including performances as principal horn with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. He has recorded on over 1,000 motion picture soundtracks and has appeared and recorded with such great performers as Sinatra, Streisand, and Madonna, and as a jazz artist with Clark Terry, Ray Brown and Woody Herman. He recorded two albums with Andre Previn, What Headphones (jazz) and French Chamber Music (classical) and was personally selected by Gunther Schuller to record his Concerto No.1. He has also recorded solo albums. Previously on the faculty at USC Thornton School of Music, and the Henry Mancini Institute, Todd is in constant demand as a lecturer, clinician, and festival artist, and is a consultant for Hans Hoyer Horns, where he assists in the development of horn and mouthpiece designs.

SVETOSLAV R. STOYANOVSvet Stoyanov is associate professor of instrumental performance and program director of percussion at the Frost School of Music. Praised by The New York Times for his “understated but unmistakable virtuosity” and a “winning combination of gentleness and fluidity,” Bulgarian-born Stoyanov is a winner of the 2003 Concert Artists Guild International Competition.

Stoyanov made his New York City debut at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall as a co-soloist, premiering the Philip Glass Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra. He has performed as a soloist with the Chicago, Seattle, American Symphony Orchestras and The New York Pops, to name a few, and at prominent festivals worldwide. An active and passionate chamber musician, Stoyanov works with violinist Moni Simeonov (The SemiDuo project), a 2Piano/2Percussion ensemble (Hammer/Klavier), and a contemporary music collaborative with flutist Claire Chase.

Stoyanov’s album Percussive Counterpoint was released in 2009 to a great acclaim and features a transcription of Steve Reich’s Electric Counterpoint for marimba and vibes, and a video performance of Thierry de Mey’s Musique de Tables, a theatrical “ballet” for three sets of hands. In addition to his diverse performance career, Stoyanov is actively involved with educational outreach and presents numerous clinics and workshops.

SYLVAN STREETBandleader, composer, and bassist Jay Rees formed the eight-piece jazz fusion band Sylvan Street in 2008 to perform his innovative collection of original jazz compositions. Rees has appeared throughout the U.S., Canada, and Japan, performing with such notable jazz artists as Jimmy Cobb, Lenny White, Paul Horn, and Randy Sandke, and has toured with The Lettermen as bassist, musical director, and featured player on their album release Now and Then.

Rees has a diverse catalog of original music written for jazz, wind ensemble, concert bands, and athletic bands, commissioned and performed by major universities and high schools nationwide. A native of Detroit, Rees worked in Los Angeles and Tucson before recently bringing his wealth of experience as conductor, composer, arranger, and performer to his position as professor of music at his alma mater, the Frost School of Music.

Sylvan Street brings together the talents of trumpeter Chad Shoopman, a Powell Signature Trumpet artist who designed the “Shoop” lead mouthpiece for Warburton Mouthpieces; trumpeter Kenny Smukal, lead trumpet and jazz soloist with the United States Air Force “Airmen of Note;” saxophonist Kelland Thomas of the Firecracker Jazz Band; Los Angeles guitarist and Frost School alum Frank Browne; Chicago drummer and vocalist Andrew Hix; pianist Evan Rees of the Motown Miracles; and renowned ethno-percussionist Michael Faltin. Sylvan Street is a Summit Records recording artist whose appearance at Festival Miami coincides with the release of the band’s third album, Feedback Loop. Prior albums include The Perfect Leaf and Here in America, featuring the group’s hit music video “Free The Toronto Nine.”


Commmunity outreach is an important facet of Festival Miami’s educational and cultural mission. As part of its objective to make the arts and culture accessible

to everyone, Festival Miami presents select events free of charge and offers free admission to several local school music groups, social service organizations, and senior citizen centers. Master classes with visiting artists are also free and open to the public. This season Broadway singer John Easterlin, Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, jazz singer Cyrille Aimée, and jazz organist Joey DeFrancesco will hold master classes and speak to audiences. These enrichment opportunities are an integral part of Festival Miami.

In addition, Festival Miami invites local high school music directors to bring their students for free to various concerts and master classes. Community service hours are available to students interested in volunteering as ushers for concerts. Festival Miami offers free and discounted tickets to University of Miami students. By presenting these unique opportunities, students not only enjoy Festival Miami’s wide array of concerts but also meet and greet the artists behind the music.

Festival Miami hopes to impact each student’s life as well as encourage senior citizens to attend more cultural events. Last year, the Miami Jewish Health System and a group of low-income seniors attended concerts at reduced rates. Festival Miami also gave over 800 free tickets to Arvida Middle, Southwood Middle, South Miami K8, South Miami Middle, Greater Miami Youth Symphony, Community Arts Program, Mays Conservatory, Leewood K8 Center, Miami Lighthouse for the Blind, Ronald McDonald House Charities of South Florida, City of Coral Gables residents and local area high schools. In addition,

Festival Miami participates in two highly regarded programs of the Miami-Dade County Cultural Exchange. Through Culture Shock Miami, $5 Festival Miami concert tickets are available to students between 13 and 22 years of age. With the Golden Ticket program, seniors may attend select Festival Miami concerts free of charge.

Festival Miami also donates tickets for silent auctions for charitable organizations, including History Preservation Association of Coral Gables, United Way, Junior League of Miami, Rocktoberfest. University of Miami School of Nursing, Arts and Business Council, Florida Festivals Events Association, and Women’s Fund Power of Purse Gala. The combination of a diverse concert lineup and educational opportunities scheduled throughout each season allows Festival Miami to engage community members across the age and economic spectrum. Nonprofit groups are invited to become part of Festival Miami’s outreach program. For more information, please email [email protected].

COMMUNITY OUTREACHEDUCATION & CULTURAL MISSION

ON SCENEAT FESTIVAL MIAMI 2014

When celebrity artists, generous philanthropists, and enthusiastic concertgoers get together, the result is Festival Miami!

Look who joined us for the memorable moments last year.

Fidelity Investments with Guitarists Rafael Padron, Rene Izquierdo, Isaac Bustos, Federico Musgrove

René Mark, Events Planner, Mercedes Benhamo of Bacardi USA, and Dean Berg

Margarita and Rick Tonkinson of Tonkinson Financial with Dean Berg

SunTrust with Gaby Moreno

Dean Berg and Bassist Steve Bailey, Distinguished Alumnus Award

Singer Fantine

Bass Extremes with UM students

Dawn Upshaw, center, with opera students and faculty

Free classical guitar master class


SPONSORS2015 FESTIVAL MIAMI

Greg AlloweArea General Manager

Provident Coconut Grove at The Mutiny/PLS-Fisher Island

Pete CarrRegional President

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Pascal J. Goldschmidt, M.D.

Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs

Dean, UM Miller School of Medicine

CEO, University of Miami Health System

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North AmericaBang & Olufsen

SPONSORS2015 FESTIVAL MIAMI

Festival Miami, the annual music festival of the UM Frost School of Music, opens the South Florida arts season, providing superior and diverse musical programming while expanding academic opportunities and cultural enrichment to visitors and residents alike. Festival Miami relies primarily on donations to underwrite its world-class concerts, master classes, and lectures. With your help, we can increase our outreach efforts by bringing music to at-risk youth, low-income seniors, and the South Florida community at large. Take advantage of the opportunity to inspire students and music-lovers alike.

The following listing recognizes individuals, associations, corporations, foundations, and grants that have made gifts to Festival Miami this past year. With their generosity along with your ticket purchases, Festival Miami continues to inspire music lovers just like you for years to come. For more information on sponsoring a future Festival Miami event, please call 305-284-4940.

VISIONARY($25,000–$49,999)

Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the State of Florida

PRESENTING SPONSOR ($100,000)UHealth—University of Miami Health System

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AFICIONADO($5,000–$9,999)

Citizens Interested in Arts

City of Coral Gables

Community Newspapers

Funding Arts Network

Suzanne R. and Dr. Lawrence M. Fishman

Jessica Ginsberg EWM Realty International

Diane Star Heller in Memory of Daniel Neal Heller

Kiss Country 99.9 FM

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

Olga and David Melin

NBC 6 South Florida

Sain Orr & Royak-DeForest Foundation

Sony Music Latin

Tonkinson Financial, Inc.

Whole Foods Coral Gables

BRAVO!($1,000–$4,999)

AroundTown Arts & Culture Magazine

Fidelity Investments

Frost Band of the Hour

Florida Guitar Foundation

Lady Suzanna P. Tweed and Carlton Tweed Charitable Foundation

Dr. Thomas and Anne LeBlanc

Miami Art Guide

SocialMiami.com

IMPRESARIO($10,000–$24,999)

Bacardi USA, Inc.

Bang & Olufsen

Louis Leibowitz Charitable Trust

Luden’s Throat Drops

Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council

The Mutiny Hotel

Univision Radio

WDNA 88.9 FM

PERFORMANCES EDUCATION COMMUNITY

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The Florida Guitar Foundation is a non-pro�t organization 501(c)(3) dedicated to the awareness, education, promotion and appreciation of the classical guitar, an

instrument of unsurpassed beauty and versatility. The Foundation sponsors public performances by world-renowned artists and a�cionados, and strives to create and

support a guitar community open to teachers, students, performers, and the listening public.



GRANT SPONSORS2015 FESTIVAL MIAMI

Festival Miami 2015 is made possible with the support of the following organizations:

The Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and the Board of County Commissioners

The City of Coral Gables

Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the State of Florida

Additional support is provided by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Citizens Interested in the Arts, Funding Arts Network, Louis Leibowitz Charitable Trust, the Lady Suzanna P. Tweed and Carlton Tweed Charitable Foundation, The Sain Orr Royak DeForest Steadman Foundation, United Way of Miami-Dade County, and corporate and individual donors.

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Making Art General in Miami

Knight Foundation is proud to support Festival Miami and its mission to engage South Floridians through the arts.

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FROST OPERA THEATERAt the University of Miami2015— 16 Season

Wall to Wall Opera For All Festival

November 14, 10 a.m.– 4 p.m.

MozArtMostly @OperaScenes in Concert

November 17, 7:30 p.m.

Frost Opera TheaterDouble Bill

with the Frost Symphony Orchestra

Mavraby Igor Stravinsky

Ainadamar(Fountain of Tears)

by Osvaldo GolijovApril 14 and 16, 7:30 p.m.

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“Music is the universal language of mankind” - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Festival Miami is the expression of the melding of different cultures and types of music. It exemplifies the power of music to break down barriers and bring people together. The Frost School of Music is dedicated to bringing the world together not only through Festival Miami but throughout the School, through innovative education, music performance and research and community outreach. You can be instrumental in helping the Frost School of Music continue its rich tradition of uniting and transforming the world through music for generations to come by naming the School in your estate plans. A planned gift can help you combine your financial goals with your philanthropic desires. Like the variety of music performed at the Festival Miami, there is a variety of planned giving vehicles and the Office of Estate and Gift Planning at the University of Miami can work with you to explore which gift works best for you depending on your particular circumstances and goals. In addition to receiving possible financial and tax benefits by making a planned gift, you also become a member of the University of Miami’s prestigious Heritage Society, which was established in 1988 to honor those individuals who have named the University of Miami in their estate plans. For further information about a planned gift to the Frost School of Music, please contact: Cynthia L. Beamish, Esq., Executive Director Office of Estate and Gift Planning University of Miami (305) 284-2914 or toll free (800) 529-6935 [email protected] or Nancy Castleman-Dion, Assistant Dean for Development Frost School of Music University of Miami (305) 28-5816 [email protected]

Music Iinspires

Music Heals

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LEAVE A LEGACY: Inspire, Heal, Unite “Music is the universal language of mankind”

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Festival Miami is the expression of the melding of different cultures and types of music. It exemplifies the power of music to break down barriers and bring people together. The Frost School of Music is dedicated to bringing the world together not only through Festival Miami but throughout the School, through innovative education, music performance and research and community outreach. You can be instrumental in helping the Frost School of Music continue its rich tradition of uniting and transforming the world through music for generations to come by naming the School in your estate plans. A planned gift can help you combine your financial goals with your philanthropic desires. Like the variety of music performed at the Festival Miami, there is a variety of planned giving vehicles and the Office of Estate and Gift Planning at the University of Miami can work with you to explore which gift works best for you depending on your particular circumstances and goals. In addition to receiving possible financial and tax benefits by making a planned gift, you also become a member of the University of Miami’s prestigious Heritage Society, which was established in 1988 to honor those individuals who have named the University of Miami in their estate plans. For further information about a planned gift to the Frost School of Music, please contact: Cynthia L. Beamish, Esq., Executive Director Office of Estate and Gift Planning University of Miami (305) 284-2914 or toll free (800) 529-6935 [email protected] or Nancy Castleman-Dion, Assistant Dean for Development Frost School of Music University of Miami (305) 28-5816 [email protected]

Music Iinspires

Music Heals

Music Unites

LEAVE A LEGACY: Inspire, Heal, Unite

Festival Miami is the expression of the melding of different cultures and types of music. It exemplifies the power of music to break down barriers and bring people together. The Frost School of Music is dedicated to bringing the world together not only through Festival Miami but throughout the School, through innovative education, music performance and research and community outreach.

You can be instrumental in helping the Frost School of Music continue its rich tradition of uniting and transforming the world through music for genera-tions to come by naming the School in your estate plans. A planned gift can help you combine your financial goals with your philanthropic desires. Like the variety of music performed at the Festival Miami, there is a variety of planned giving vehicles and the Office of Estate and Gift Planning at the University of Miami can work with you to explore which gift works best for you depending on your particular circumstances and goals. In addition to receiving possible financial and tax benefits by making a planned gift, you also become a member of the University of Miami’s prestigious Heritage Society, which was established in 1988 to honor those individuals who have named the University of Miami in their estate plans.

For further information about a planned gift to the Frost School of Music, please contact:

Cynthia L. Beamish, Esq., Executive Director Office of Estate and Gift Planning University of Miami (305) 284-2914 or toll free (800) 529-6935 [email protected] www.miami.edu/plannedgiving

or

Holly Freyre, Executive Director and Associate Dean for Development Frost School of Music University of Miami (305) 284-2819 [email protected]

“Music is the universal language of mankind” - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Festival Miami is the expression of the melding of different cultures and types of music. It exemplifies the power of music to break down barriers and bring people together. The Frost School of Music is dedicated to bringing the world together not only through Festival Miami but throughout the School, through innovative education, music performance and research and community outreach. You can be instrumental in helping the Frost School of Music continue its rich tradition of uniting and transforming the world through music for generations to come by naming the School in your estate plans. A planned gift can help you combine your financial goals with your philanthropic desires. Like the variety of music performed at the Festival Miami, there is a variety of planned giving vehicles and the Office of Estate and Gift Planning at the University of Miami can work with you to explore which gift works best for you depending on your particular circumstances and goals. In addition to receiving possible financial and tax benefits by making a planned gift, you also become a member of the University of Miami’s prestigious Heritage Society, which was established in 1988 to honor those individuals who have named the University of Miami in their estate plans. For further information about a planned gift to the Frost School of Music, please contact: Cynthia L. Beamish, Esq., Executive Director Office of Estate and Gift Planning University of Miami (305) 284-2914 or toll free (800) 529-6935 [email protected] or Nancy Castleman-Dion, Assistant Dean for Development Frost School of Music University of Miami (305) 28-5816 [email protected]

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