IOWA STATE CENTER IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEPERFORMING ARTS COUNCIL PRESENTS

TUESDAY, MAY 1, 20127:30 pm

CHANTICLEER— AN ORCHESTRA OF VOICES —

“Precise, pure and deeply felt singing.” — The New York Times

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Love StoryCasey Breves, Gregory Peebles, Kory Reid — soprano

Cortez Mitchell, Alan Reinhardt, Adam Ward — alto

Matthew Curtis, Brian Hinman, Ben Jones — tenor

Eric Alatorre, Michael Axtell, Matthew Knickman — baritone and bass

Jace Wittig, Interim Music Director

I.Veni, dilecte mi Sebastián de Vivanco (1551-1622)

Sicut lilium inter spinas

Nigra sum sed formosa Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

II.Ubi caritas Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)

Épithalame Daniel-Lesur (1908-2002)

from Le Cantique des cantiques

III.Tant que vivray Claudin de Sermisy (1495-1562)

Toutes les nuits Clément Janequin (c. 1485-1558)

Revoici venir du printemps Claude Le Jeune (1529-1600)

IV.Drei Männerchöre* Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Von den Türen

Traumlicht

Fröhlich im Maien

V.Not an End of Loving Steven Sametz (b. 1954)

Where I Become You

We Two Boys Together Clinging

Not an End of Loving

— Intermission —

VI.This Marriage Eric Whitacre (b. 1970)

A Village Wedding* Sir John Tavener (b. 1944)

VI.from The Lotus Lovers Stephen Paulus (b. 1949)

Commissioned for Chanticleer by Mrs. Mary Rodgers and Mr. Henry Guettel

A Rich Brocade

Late Spring

All Night

Illusions

VII.A Selection of Popular Songs To Be Announced

* These works have been recorded by Chanticleer, and are available at tonight’s performanceor through our new digital storefront at www.chanticleer.org.

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Chanticleer is a non-profit organization, governed by a volunteer Board of Trustees, administered by a professional staff with afull-time professional ensemble. The Board of Trustees thanks the following Foundations, Corporations and Government Agenciesfor their exceptional support:

Borel Private Bank & Trust Company • Chevron • Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund • Carol Franc Buck Foundation •The Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation • The Walter and Elise Haas Foundation • The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation •The E. Nakamichi Foundation • The Bernard Osher Foundation • USAI MidAtlantic Arts Foundation • Rabobank • The Bob Ross Foundation •Morgan Stanley Smith Barney • The National Endowment for the Arts • The Wallis Foundation • Wells Fargo

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Called “the world’s reigning male chorus,” by The NewYorker magazine, and named Ensemble of the Year byMusical America in 2008, Chanticleer will perform morethan 100 concerts in 2011-12, the GRAMMY Award-winningensemble’s 34th season. Praised by the San FranciscoChronicle for their “tonal luxuriance and crisply etchedclarity,” Chanticleer will tour to 21 of the United States,appearing in a wide variety of venues including WaltDisney Concert Hall and New York’s Metropolitan Museumof Art. A summer trip to Europe encompassed prestigiousfestivals such as Edinburgh, La Chaise Dieu, Bremen,Schleswig-Holstein and Rheingau in August. On a 10-country tour in early 2012 the ensemble returned toEurope’s most renowned concert halls, including theMusikverein (Vienna), Bela Bartok Concert Hall(Budapest), and Concertgebouw (Amsterdam). Excitingevents this season include Chanticleer’s performance onthe soundtrack of the 10th anniversary release byMicrosoft of its legendary video game HALO, theensemble’s first live film score performance, and a returnvisit to six California missions with more newly discov-ered music of the period.

Chanticleer — based in San Francisco — is known aroundthe world as “an orchestra of voices” for the seamlessblend of its twelve male voices ranging from coun-tertenor to bass and its original interpretations of vocalliterature, from Renaissance to jazz and from gospel toventuresome new music.

Chanticleer’s 30-concert 2011-12 Bay Area Season openedin September with Love Story — songs exploring man’smost profound and fascinating emotion — including anew composition by Stephen Paulus and a new VincePeterson arrangement of “Somebody to Love” by FreddyMercury. Chanticleer’s busy Christmas season includedthe release of “Our Favorite Carols” on CD and download,performances of its beloved A Chanticleer Christmasaround the country and the Bay Area, and the program’sbroadcast on over 225 National Public Radio stations. Theseason continued with “What Do You Think I Fought For,”a multi-media program of music about conflict, including

Chanticleer’s long-standing commitment to commis-sioning and performing new works was honored in 2008by the inaugural Dale Warland/Chorus America Commis-sioning Award and the ASCAP/Chorus America Award forAdventurous Programming for the 2006-07 Season inwhich ten new works were premiered. Among the sev-enty composers commissioned in Chanticleer’s historyare Mark Adamo, Mason Bates, Régis Campo, Chen Yi,David Conte, Shawn Crouch, Douglas J. Cuomo, BrentMichael Davids, Anthony Davis, Guido López-Gavilán,William Hawley, Jake Heggie, Jackson Hill, Kamran Ince,Jeeyoung Kim, Tania León, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, MichaelMcGlynn, Peter Michaelides, John Musto, Tarik O’Regan,Roxanna Panufnik, Shulamit Ran, Bernard Rands, StevenSametz, Carlos Sanchez-Guttierez, Jan Sandstrom, PaulSchoenfield, Steven Stucky, John Tavener, Augusta ReadThomas and Janike Vandervelde.

Named for the “clear-singing” rooster in GeoffreyChaucer’s Canterbury Tales, Chanticleer was founded in1978 by tenor Louis Botto, who sang in the ensemble until

1989 and served as Artistic Director until his death in 1997.In 1999, Christine Bullin joined Chanticleer as President &General Director. Joseph Jennings joined the ensemble asa countertenor in 1983, and shortly thereafter assumedthe title of Music Director which he held until his retire-ment in 2008. Mr. Jennings has arranged some ofChanticleer’s most popular repertoire, most notablyspirituals, gospel music, and jazz standards. TenorMatthew D. Oltman succeeded Jennings in 2008, andretired in 2011.

Chanticleer is the current recipient of major grants fromThe Carol Franc Buck Foundation, the Ann and GordonGetty Foundation, The William & Flora Hewlett Founda-tion, The E. Nakamichi Foundation, The Bernard OsherFoundation, The Bob Ross Foundation, Wells Fargo Bank,Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund, TheNational Endowment for the Arts, the Rabo Bank, andU.S. Artists International. Chanticleer’s activities as a not-for-profit corporation are supported by its administrativestaff and Board of Trustees.

Brent Michael David’s score for DW Griffith’s silent film“Leatherstocking.” The season-ending tour includes six ofCalifornia’s beautiful and beloved missions.

Chanticleer’s recordings are distributed by Chanticleer,Rhino Records and iTunes among others, and are avail-able on Chanticleer’s website, www.chanticleer.org. Newthis season is Our Favorite Carols — popular Christmasmusic from live performances as broadcast on AmericanPublic Media’s, Let it Snow. A collection of Christmasmusic released in 2007, it was on the Billboard charts fortwelve weeks. Colors of Love won the GRAMMY® Award in2000 for Best Small Ensemble Performance (with orwithout Conductor) and the Contemporary A CappellaRecording Award for Best Classical Album. The world-pre-miere recording of Sir John Tavener’s Lamentations andPraises was released in 2002 to critical acclaim and gar-nered two GRAMMY® awards for Classical Best SmallEnsemblePerformance (with or without Conductor) and for BestClassical Contemporary Composition. A selection fromthis CD is featured in Terence Malik’s “The Tree of Life.”The “Chanticleer Live in Concert” series now includes sixreleases of live recordings.

With the help of individual contributions and foundationand corporate support, the Ensemble involves over 5,000young people annually in its extensive education pro-gram. The 2010-11 season saw the creation of the LouisA. Botto (LAB) Choir — an after-school honors programfor high school and college students. The LAB Choir addsto an ongoing program of in-school clinics and work-shops, Chanticleer Youth Choral Festivals™ in the Bay Areaand around the country including the National YouthChoral Festival every four years, master classes for uni-versity students nationwide, and the Chanticleer inSonoma summer workshop for adult choral singers. TheSinging Life — a documentary about Chanticleer’s workwith young people — was released in 2008. In 2010Chanticleer’s education program was recognized by theChorus America Education Outreach Award.

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— Chanticleer Staff —Christine Bullin, President & General Director

Liv Nilssen, Director of DevelopmentCurt Hancock, Director of Operations and TouringBen Johns, Director of Education & Merchandise

Brian Bauman, Senior Accountant/Budget ManagerJoe Ledbetter, Marketing/Development & IT Systems Manager

Barbara Bock, Development and Marketing Associate

Jace Wittig, Interim Music DirectorMatthew Curtis, Assistant Music Director

Brian Hinman, Road ManagerAdam Ward, Merchandise Manager

Ben Jones, Matthew Knickman, Merchandise Associates

Press Representation: Brenda HughesArtist Management: Opus 3 Artists, Ltd.

Label Manager: Lisa NaufulPro Bono Consultant: Susan Overman

Founder: Louis Botto (1951–1997)Music Director Emeritus: Joseph H. Jennings

www.chanticleer.org

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The arts are vital to our community. If you give before June 1,

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You’ll enjoy other great benefits like

the exclusive Donor Lounge ($500)

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the arts affordable for our community

and for that we say “Thank You.”

THE ARTS SUSTAIN US!

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Present this card to enjoycomplimentary refreshments

in the Donor Lounge.Located in Celebrity Café—Ground Floor, Stephens Auditorium

BIOGRAPHIESERIC ALATORRE, bass, joined Chanticleer in the last century. Really. Now theprovider of much of the Chanticleer lore from former times, he is enjoying sharingthe joy of singing with some of his colleagues who are, quite literally, a new gener-ation of singers. He still enjoys being able to perform all over the country and theworld, which gives him plenty of time to explore his other passion: food. A part-time hedonist and full-time wine enthusiast, he is always looking for another won-derful dining experience to share with friends and his fellow singers on the road.His other passions include promoting Apple products to others, eating his way

around the world, being married to his wonderful wife Dorothee, and enjoying watching his daughter Mia dis-cover the joys of learning English, German and Spanish.

MICHAEL AXTELL, bass-baritone, is proudly singing in his second season with Chan-ticleer. He is a recent graduate of Lawrence University in Appleton, WI where hereceived a BM in Vocal Performance and a BA in Theatre. He studied voice under thetutelage of Karen Leigh-Post, whose guidance and support was instrumental in thehealthy vocal navigation of the myriad of operas, musicals, and ensembles in whichhe performed. While in choir under Richard Bjella, he performed as a soloist atregional and national conventions of the American Choral Director’s Association. In2009, he participated in the AIS Triple Threat Workshop in Germany whose faculty

included Janet Tyler and Richard Lissemore among others. Apart from performing, Michael’s passions includecooking, eating, mixing drinks, drinking them, and the logical summation: throwing dinner parties. He sendshis love and thanks to his family and to Kurt Killam for their belief and encouragement.

CASEY BREVES, soprano, is thrilled to be in his second season with Chanticleer. Orig-inally from New York City, he graduated from Yale University in 2010. At Yale, he wasa member of the Schola Cantorum (conducted by Masaaki Suzuki and Simon Car-rington), the Duke’s Men, and the Centennial class of the Whiffenpoofs. He sang thetitle role in Monteverdi’s Orfeo at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, performed arecital of Mendelssohn Lieder at the Southport Summer Music Festival, and madehis New York debut in The Fall of the House of Usher at the NYC Fringe Festival.Favorite opera roles include Lindoro in L’italiana in Algeri, Nemorino in L’elisir

d’amore, and Sam Kaplan in Street Scene. He has studied voice with Victoria Clark and Ian Howell.

MATTHEW CURTIS, Assistant Music Director & tenor, is excited to be in his third yearwith Chanticleer. A Wisconsin native, he recently received his bachelor’s degree inVocal Performance and Music Education as a Liberace Scholar from Viterbo Univer-sity in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He continued studying for a year in the graduate schoolat the University of Minnesota. Matthew recently performed with the internationallyacclaimed Rose Ensemble in Saint Paul, MN and with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale.Mr. Curtis’ solo performances include lyric tenor roles such as Tamino in Die Zauber-flöte, Male Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia and Steva in Jenûfa. He has receivednumerous awards with the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and the

National Association of Teachers of Singing. In his spare time Matthew runs a business providing recordedmulti-track learning MP3s for choral singers. Matthew lives with his wife Robynn in beautiful Marin County.

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BRIAN HINMAN, tenor, began singing choral music as a young boy in the suburbs ofChicago. He studied vocal performance at the University of Tennessee, and afterleaving school, cultivated comfort on stage by performing in numerous theatricalproductions; sang in a gospel choir, dabbled in bluegrass, rock and roll, and a littlebit of soul and had visions of becoming a jazz singer. Before his journey withChanticleer, he studied jazz and acting in New York City where he began to learnwhat it means to be an artist. In New York, he sang with an assortment ofensembles, and throughout his varied artistic pursuits, choral music remained a

consistent outlet and continued to hold a special place in his heart. Brian is in his sixth season with Chanticleeras both singer and Road Manager.

BEN JONES, tenor, enjoyed a musical upbringing in Peoria,Illinois. Born into a familyof string players, he began his training on the cello and the French horn at an earlyage. While earning a film degree at the University of Illinois, he studied voice, per-formed in opera productions and directed the acclaimed comedy octet, The OtherGuys. His versatile voice can be heard on recordings under the Albany label and onnational radio spots for Coors Light. As a soloist, he has shared the stage withNathan Gunn, Rita Moreno, Helmuth Rilling, Val Diamond and Ian Hobson. In theyears before joining Chanticleer, Jones performed regularly in San Francisco as a

soloist with the St. Dominic’s Solemn Mass Choir, as a cast member of Steve Silver’s Beach Blanket Babylon andas the conductor of multiple bay area youth ensembles, including the San Jose Youth Symphony. He holds aMasters Degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he studied voice with Cesar Ulloa andconducting with Michael Morgan.

MATTHEW KNICKMAN, baritone, is proud to be in his first season with Chanticleer.Born in Korea, he started singing as a member of the St. Stephen’s Cathedral Choirof Men and Boys in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Westminster ChoirCollege of Rider University with a B.M. and M.M. in Voice Performance and Peda-gogy. While at Westminster, he sang with the critically acclaimed Westminster Choirand Westminster Kantorei in multiple performances with the N.Y. Philharmonic,Dresden Philharmonic & New Jersey Symphony. Prior to joining Chanticleer, he alsoperformed with various organizations such as Les Violons du Roy et La Chapelle de

Québec, Early Music New York, Masterwork Chorus, Antioch Chamber Ensemble, Opera Company of Philadel-phia, Opera Theatre of Weston and Spoleto Festival U.S.A. He has been a soloist in numerous oratorios and Bachcantatas including the St. John and St. Matthew Passions with early music organizations such as Fuma Sacra,the Philadelphia Bach Festival and Carmel Bach Festival. In 2010, he was a Finalist in the Sixth Biennial BachVocal Competition for American Singers. When not singing, Matthew enjoys skydiving, comfort foods and is anexercise and nutritional science enthusiast.

CORTEZ MITCHELL, alto, is a native of Detroit, MI. He graduated from Morgan StateUniversity with a B.A. in music and a B.S. in mathematics and holds an M.M. in voicefrom the University of Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of Music. As MinnesotaOpera’s first resident artist countertenor he performed the role of Cherubino inMozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and covered Nicklausse in Offenbach’s Les Contes deHoffman. With Urban Opera he performed the role of 1st Witch in Purcell’s Dido andAneas. He has been featured in solo performances of J. S. Bach’s Cantata #147 Herzund Mund und Tat und Leben with the Dayton Philharmonic, R. Nathaniels Dett’s

The Ordering of Moses and Adolphus Hailstork’s Done Made My Vow with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra,Rachmaniov’s Vespers in St. Petersburg Russia, and Wynton Marsallis’s All Rise with the Lincoln Center JazzEnsemble. Cortez has received awards from the National Opera Association, The Washington International Competi-tion and the Houston Grand Opera Elleanor McCollum Competition. Mr. Mitchell is in his fifth season with Chanticleer.

GREGORY PEEBLES, soprano, is thrilled to be returning for his fourth season withChanticleer. Originally from Hartselle, Alabama, he first performed for the public asa very young boy with his family singing gospel music. Eventually, he left therevival circuit for The University of Mississippi in Oxford. After graduating cum laudefrom “Ole Miss”, he found his way to Chicago, where he spent the better part of thiscentury singing with musicians in such prestigious ensembles as Schola Antiqua, anensemble in residence at the University of Chicago, as well as the choruses of LyricOpera of Chicago and The Chicago Symphony Orchestra. More recently, he com-

pleted his graduate degree in Vocal Performance at Chicago College of the Performing Arts, where he studiedwith Mark Crayton. In addition to his singing he is also a composer whose works have been performed in theUS and Europe. In his spare time, he enjoys poetry and exploring San Francisco, the most recent addition to alist of beautiful cities he can call home.

KORY REID, soprano, was raised in Napa Valley and was fortunate to have been apart of the choral program at Napa High School under the direction of Travis Rogers.While there he participated in one of Chanticleer’s educational residencies and isnow thrilled to be singing with the ensemble. He studied music education at Pep-perdine University and recently completed his Masters Degree in Choral and SacredMusic from the University of Southern California. Kory is a sought out countertenorsoloist who has sung for Los Angeles Zimriyah Chorale, Los Robles Master Chorale,Catgut Trio, USC Chamber Singers, Pepperdine University Concert Choir and Col-

legium Musicum, and for many diverse choral recitals and church music programs in Southern California. He is abarbershop music enthusiast; he was a district finalist in the quartet contest and a past member of the West-minster Chorus and won the International Barbershop Chorus Contest in 2010. Kory has served as the MusicDirector for St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church in Newbury Park. In his spare time, he enjoys watchingmovies, drinking wine and eating Korean BBQ.

ALAN REINHARDT, alto, is pleased to be in his sixth season with Chanticleer. He grewup in Long Island, N.Y. and prior to joining, sang with various ensembles in NewYork City including The Men and Boys Choir at St. Thomas Church on Fifth Avenue,Early Music New York and choral performances with the N.Y. Philharmonic. In 2005,he sang the lead countertenor role in the premiere of the dance/opera A MorePerfect Union in the State Theatre in Perm, Russia as part of the Sergei DiaghilevFestival. Alan holds degrees from SUNY Potsdam and the University of Illinois inChampaign-Urbana.

ADAM WARD, alto, is originally from Tecumseh, Oklahoma and graduated highschool in Windsor, Connecticut. Mr. Ward began singing countertenor whilestudying French horn performance with William Purvis at Yale University. There hewas also a founding member of the Yale Schola Cantorum, conducted by Simon Car-rington. Adam has since performed as soloist with the International ContemporaryEnsemble (ICE) and was a member of the Choir of St. Mary the Virgin at the famed“Smoky Mary’s” in midtown Manhattan. As a horn player, Adam was a member of

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the Verbier Festival Orchestra, winner of the concerto competitions at Yale and Stony Brook, and was a topprize-winner at the Coleman, Fischoff and Yellow Springs National Chamber Music Competitions with theIntrada Winds. As a composer, his music has been performed at festivals including Banff, Verbier, Altenburgand OK Mozart. Adam holds a B.M. from Manhattan School of Music, MM from Yale School of Music and addi-tional years of study at the Hartt School, Royal College of Music in London and Stony Brook University. Adam iscurrently in his sixth season with Chanticleer.

JACE WITTIG, Interim Music Director, is pleased to be in his sixth season with Chanticleer. An Indianapolisnative, he began his musical training early with the Indianapolis Children's Choir, touring often in NorthAmerica and Europe. He received his B.M. in Vocal Performance at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana,studying voice with Dr. Craig Priebe and piano with Dr. Jim Helton. Before joining Chanticleer, he sang inIndianapolis with Cantabile and the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir and also worked as a studio singer atAireBorn Studios. His other interests include stumbling through old piano music and cooking for his loved ones.He is glad to have the unending support of his friends and family and thrilled to have the opportunity to workwith Chanticleer.

BEN JOHNS, Director of Education, finished his master's degree in Choral Conducting in 2009 at the University ofCalifornia, Irvine and holds undergraduate degrees in Dance, Vocal Performance, and Chemistry. Mr. Johnsearned merit-based graduate fellowships, teaching assistantships and scholarships from the Tom and ElizabethTierney, Ann and Gordon Getty, Mary and Philip Lyons, and Sunny Brown Scholarship Foundations. He alsoearned the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research for his honor's thesis topic, “Exploringthe Neurobiological Basis for the Effect of Movement on the Voice,” a topic he presented at the AmericanAssociation of Physics Teachers conference at California State University, Sacramento in 2004. Ben sang inthe Chanticleer ensemble for three years before moving to his current position as Chanticleer’s Director ofEducation. His education duties include, but are not limited to, directing Chanticleer’s LAB Choir and givingmaster classes to Bay Area high school and middle school choirs. Mr. Johns also teaches voice privately andcontinues to sing professionally as a soloist and choral artist around the country.

CHRISTINE BULLIN, Chanticleer’s President and General Director, oversees the organization’s artistic andoperational activities. Prior to her current position with Chanticleer, Ms. Bullin served as the Director of theOpera Training Center for the Paris National Opera, directing a new training center for singers. During hertenure there, she managed all administrative, financial and artistic activities, and produced numerous operasand concerts. From 1982-1993, Ms. Bullin was the Director of the San Francisco Opera Center, where she createdand revised existing musical training programs for young artists now revered throughout the operatic world.She was responsible for a number of initiatives including a long-term exchange program with the ShanghaiConservatory; and Pacific Voices, a project which involved ten Pacific Rim countries. She was the ExecutiveProducer for three video documentaries about the SF Opera Center, including the Rocky Mountain Emmy-winning Scaling the Wall, which featured the historic visit of Western Opera Theater to China. In recognition ofher work in San Francisco, she was the recipient of the Bernard Osher Cultural Award in 1991. Prior to joining theSan Francisco Opera, she directed the touring company of the Opera Company of Boston.

Ms. Bullin is a frequent panelist and competition jury member for various groups including the NationalEndowment of the Arts and the California Arts Council, and was the Cultural Chair of the San Francisco —Shanghai Sister City Committee. A native of New Zealand, she holds degrees from Wellesley College andSimmons College, and was a Peace Corps volunteer in Liberia.

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Auditorium. Every gift plays an important part in the success of the Performing Arts Series’ far-reaching programs.By bridging the gap between expenses and ticket revenues, the Performing Arts Fund at Stephens Auditorium

provides critical support for all Performing Arts Series activities.

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Jane & John BatyJen & Ed BuckinghamStewart L. BurgerBonny & Ray CallahanR.L. & Lenita CarstensPatricia Cotter & Peter OrazemElizabeth DahmDieter & Renate DellmannM. Burton DrexlerLarry & Barb EbbersTom FlackJan & Cornelia FloraCharles & Joanne FrederiksenHomer & Sandra GartzEthel GeorgeMatthew & Erin GillaspieSusan & David GrantBryan & Joy GravelineJustin & Heather GreenleeWil & Marjorie GrovesEsther & Herbert HarmisonSandy & Rick HoenigJudie & David HoffmanPatricia HulseyJean & Bob HumphreyCharles Hurburgh & Connie HardyVicki JahrJim & Mary KincartJanann KingTodd & Jill KlindtKenneth & Michelle KoehlerGreg & Sue LamontAllen & Joy LangPhyllis J. & Larry L. LepkeDoug & Wanda McCayLouise M. McCormickRoger & Ruth McCulloughJohn & Pam MillerDiane MuncriefPatricia A. Murphy

Mark & Andy NorthJim & Frankee OlesonJohn & Helen OlsonKathy A. ParsonsMary Jane Pearson & Ramon A. RunkelAlec & Charlton PendryPeter & Rae ReillyDick & Sharon RichmanDan & Leslie SaftigSuzan & John ShierholzChelon Stanzel & Ken PapClayton & Ruth SwensonDorothy TimmonsConnie J. & Roger C. UnderwoodJeff & Ann Ver HeulGary & Evonn WallingJim & Mary WestDuane & Megan WolfCarol WrightRobert & Elizabeth WychBrent & Maggie WynjaRoland & Barbara Zimany

RISING STAR$250 and aboveAnonymous (2)Marc & Christianne AndersonRita ApelDoris BacotSheila Rae BakerWilliam Barry & Lisa BanittTom & Betty BartonMary & Bob BaumannKay & Roger BeckettJeffrey Benson & Margaret ElbertLeRoy & Kathy BergmannDiane & Ken BirtMark & Deborah BlaedelDonald & Jamie BlomgrenRoberta Boeke

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COMPANY MEMBER continuedDorothy EwingKay FaabergAnne & Richard FarrMarvin Beck & Jane Farrell-BeckMaria FedorovaWalter & Elinor FehrTaena Fowler & Jon GreisingMim & Jim FritzRebecca FritzscheHerb & Katherine FrommJohn E. GalejsMary Jo GanskeMary GarstAnn & Howard GartonHelen K. GeislerTom & Mary Jo GlanvilleKenneth GrahamLowell & Jennie GreimannJohn & Sally GreveJean GriffenTimothy & Kellie GuderianMargaret Dempsey & William GutowskiCurt & Kathryn Robertson HammerMelissa HannaMary HarmsDuane HarrisMarjorie HartmanJerry & Pat HatfieldMarian HeadyThomas Andre & Susan HeglandSteve & Nancy HeidemanCraig & Martha HeinemanMartha HellandIsabel HendricksonPete & Janet HermansonRichard & Janet HersomRandy & Liz HertzJoan HerwigMary Ann & John HicksGary & Debra HintzeBill & Judy HoefleRobert & Janice HollandWilliam & Barbara HoltTim & Susan HooperFrank HornCarole & Jack HorowitzDick & Sandy HortonTed & Karen HuiattMarcia ImsandeLincoln & Janet JacksonMina Hertz JacobsMary JamesMarian & Roger JansenTim & Sue JohnMarilyn & Wendell Johnson

Ken & Sue JohnsonMarilyn R. JohnsonKent & Sara JohnsonBruce & Marie JohnsonMargaret S. JohnsonCarolyn JohnsonDarron & Julie JonesRich & Judy JonesSteven D. JordeningCheryll & Tom KierskiBette & Jim KingBarbara KiserKaren & Wayne KlaiberJim & Joyce KliebensteinCathy Kling & Terry AlexanderMarianne KlinskyJerry & Margaret KnoxBianca Zaffarano & Nicholas KoszewskiRichard & Nelle KottmanDan & Sharon KriegerAsrun Yr KristmundsdottirRichard KrugerMarilyn KruseJohn & Diane KubikRichard & Kim LangholzHarvey & Sally LapanRandy & Beth LarabeeRuth G. LarsonMichael Lazere & Lynn AnthonyRev. Selva LehmanNels & Patricia LerstenDorothy & Donald LewisAlfredo & Amelia Lim-YaoEfstathia LingrenMark & Angela LogsdonMarion & Robert LorrJohn & Lorijo LounsberryLowell & Elma LynchCarole MagiltonDick & Jackie ManattAudrey & Steve MarleyGary D. MasonJames MaxwellEdith A. McClureRichard & Donita McCoyJohn & Renee McPheeLaura McVayClete & Joyce MercierTodd & Barbara MeyerTerrence MeyerKris & Al JergensJohn B. Miller & Kathryn Madera MillerPatricia & Kemp MillerJohn Miranowski & Susana GoggiLarry & Sara MitchellMarilyn & Steve Moehlmann

Leland & Virginia MolgaardJohn & Laurel MorsKaren NeffThomas & Lynn NehlsJim & Sara NelsonDon & Becky NibeMichael & Ginger O'KeefeOlson & Kushkowski FamilyRuth & LeRoy OrnbergSue & Gary OsweilerDavid OtisLinda PapouchisCarol & Arlen PatrickDon & Jan PayerBarbara PetersonDoug & Suan PfeilRichard & Carol PletcherArthur & Bernadene PohmEmil & Mary Kay PolashekJim & Marlys PotterMabel PrescottJane PunkeLarry & Sharron QuisenberryFrank & Jolene RandallJean RanneyDenise & Randy RettleffKathy RhodeThomas & Doris RiceWilliam RichRobert & Harriet RinggenbergRyan & Jodi RisdalCharles B. Ritts & Kathleen L. Epstein-RittsJoe & Jennifer RiveraWilliam S. RobinsonJo & Bob RodTeresa RohretDick & Karen RossMalcolm RougvieBarbara RoyerCarolyn Cutrona & Daniel RussellDorothy & Robert E. RustTom & Lorna SafleyCharles & Priscilla SageDean & Judy SampsonSteve Sapp & Lisa EnloeThomas J. & Patricia A. SauerCandy & Steve SchainkerBradley SchetzsleJane & Frank SchillLester Schmerr, Jr.Suzette SchmidtMatt & Kim SchryverRichard & Jasmine SeagraveGeorge SeifertPhyllis SeimDennis & Joan Senne

COMPANY MEMBER continuedDr. & Mrs. Sam SentiHilary Seo & Paul RoundsCarole & Leverne SeversikeKenneth & Shirley ShawDebra Shenk-BoudartMark & Amy SlagellJohn & Sandra SlaughterPaul & Ann Smiley-OyenJim & Diane SmithClifford SmithRichard & Frances SmithGary SorensenGalina & Philip SpikeDr. & Mrs. W. Robert StephensonBernard & Victoria StephensonMr. & Mrs. David StephensonCurtis Struck & Megan FairallRobert & Deanne SummerfeltDoris Roettger-SvobodaCalvin & Susan SwanMargaret & John Tait

M. ThompsonMr. & Mrs. Harvey ThompsonRon & Meg ThompsonBetty TomanTed Tostlebe & Marilyn HansonJohn & Marjorie UitermarktArdy & Dean UlrichsonBeverly Van FossenStephen Van HoutenGreg & Lana VogaDoug & Kim WalkerJim & Madeleine WalkerKaren WalkerBarb & Don WandlingBobbie WarmanMary T. WatkinsFritz Wehrenberg & Jennie LeGatesMarion & Harry WeissTom Wessels & Glenice VarleyMr. & Mrs. Richard C. WhiteBill & Toni WhitmanCraig & Kyra Wilcox-Conley

Bill & Amanda Fales-WilliamsCarla WoodRichard & Patricia WoodKent & Linda WoodworthSteven & Lorraine WoolerySharon L. YoungquistSuzanne ZaffaranoBill & Jean Zmolek

MATCHING GIFTHONOR ROLLAlliant Energy FoundationAXA FoundationBank of the WestGeneral ElectricGMG FoundationMerck Company FoundationMeredith Corporation FoundationPioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.Piper JaffrayState Farm Companies FoundationWells Fargo & Co.

Karl GwiasdaLarry Hansen

Esther HarmisonHerb HarmisonJacob Harrison

Sandy HoenigWilla Holger

Arthur Klein - PresidentMarilyn JohnsonJane Mathison

Mary RichardsDavid Stephenson

Joan WhiteMaureen Wilt

BEQUESTSThese generous individuals have included the Performing Arts Series in their wills.

Wayne P. Davis Frankee and Jim Oleson The late James WatsonTo learn how you can support the arts while honoring a loved one, or to create a legacy gift,

contact Patti Cotter, Sponsorship & Development Manager, at 515-294-1238 or pcotter@iastate.edu.

Ames International Orchestra Festival AssociationBoard of Directors

Michael Golemo, President, Faculty–MusicTanya Anderson, Ames–Community

Janice Baker, Faculty–DanceSara Compton, Iowa State CenterPatti Cotter, Iowa State Center

Jane Cox, Faculty–TheaterWilliam David, Faculty–Music

Homer Gartz, Ames–CommunityDebra Gibson, Faculty–Journalism & Mass Communication

Karl Gwiasda, Ames InternationalOrchestra Festival Association

Sam Johnson, Student–MusicNancy Marion, Ames–Community

Nick Miller, Student–MusicPatricia Miller, Faculty–Lectures ProgramMark North, Advisor, Iowa State Center

Lee Plummer, Student–MusicAlissa Stoehr, Student–Educational

Leadership and Policy StudiesVictoria Stafford, Student–Performing Arts

Nolan Vallier, Student–Music

Iowa State University Performing Arts CouncilA university committee comprised of Iowa State University faculty, staff, and students, as well as

Ames community members, the Performing Arts Council advises the Iowa State Center on programmingfor the Performing Arts Series at Stephens Auditorium.

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University ParkInn & Suites

Proud Sponsor ofMy Fair Lady

Proud Sponsor ofBLAST!

Proud Media Partners of Beauty and the Beast,Magic School Bus Live! and My Fair Lady

Proud Media Partner ofDanú

Ames International OrchestraFestival Association (AIOFA)

andAmes Commission on the Arts

Proudly Supporting

Iowa State Symphony(Youth Matinee Series Concert),

Irish Chamber Orchestraand “Tschaikowski” —

St. Petersburg State Orchestra

SPONSORS — The Iowa State Center recognizes and thanks its sponsors for their supportof the 2011-2012 Performing Arts Series at Stephens Auditorium:

MEDIA PARTNERS — The Iowa State Center recognizes and thanks its media partners for their supportof the 2011-2012 Performing Arts Series at Stephens Auditorium:

GRANTS — The Iowa State Center recognizes and thanks the following organizations for theirsupport of the 2011-2012 Performing Arts Series at Stephens Auditorium:

Iowa Arts Council

Proudly SupportingDoubt and Macbeth

This project supported in part by a grant from the Iowa Arts Council,a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, and the

National Endowment for the Arts.

Kiwanis International

Proudly Supporting2012 Youth Matinee Series and Magic School Bus Live!

Get two tickets to any Performing Arts Series event when youbook a specially-priced hotel package at participating Ameshotels. Visit www.visitames.com for details.

Sponsored by the Ames Convention & Visitors Bureau

Proud Sponsor ofYoung Frankenstein

and DanúProud Sponsor of

Beauty and the Beast