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nov. 15, 16, 17

Wicked DivasriCHard KaUfman • conductor

alli maUzey • vocalist | JUlia mUrney • vocalist

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SEGERSTROM CENTER FOR THE ARTSRenée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

Concert begins at 8 p.m.

P a C i f i C S y m P H o n y P r o U d l y r e C o g n i z e S i t S o f f i C i a l P a r t n e r S

stYne (Arr. Robert Russell Bennett) overture to Gypsy

BiZet selections from suites no. 1 and no. 2 from Carmen Prélude to act i Aragonaise Habanera les toréadors

Kander / eBB (Arr. Paul McKibbins) introduction and “all that Jazz” from Chicago

FlaHertY / aHrens (Arr. Steven Reineke) “Back to Before” from Ragtime “ragtime” from Ragtime

lloYd WeBBer (arr. david cullen) “think of Me” from Phantom of the Opera

Kander / eBB (Arr. Paul McKibbins) “ring them Bells” from Liza with a “Z”

Garcia (Arr. Steven Reineke) Conga

various (Arr. Steven Reineke) i Hear a symphony: symphonic sounds of diana ross

JaBara / roBerts (Arr. Fred Barton) no More tears (enough is enough)

Horner / JenninGs (Arr. Steven Reineke) “My Heart Will Go on” from Titanic

du PreZ / idle (Arr. T. Firth) “the diva’s lament (Whatever Happened to My Part?)” from Spamalot

arlen / HarBurG (arr. skitch Henderson / dick lieb) “over the rainbow” from The Wizard of Oz

scHWartZ (arr. William david Brohn) “Popular” from Wicked “defying Gravity” from Wicked “For Good” from Wicked

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The Friday, Nov. 16, concert is sponsored by the Pacific Symphony League.

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ricHard meet the principal pops conductor

RICHARD KAUFMANHal and Jeanette seGerstroMFaMilY Foundation PrinciPal PoPs conductor cHair

R ichard Kaufman has devoted much of his musical life to conducting and supervising music for film and television productions, as well as performing film and classical music in concert halls and on recordings. the 2012-13 concert season marks Kaufman’s 22nd

season as Principal Pops conductor of Pacific symphony. He also holds the permanent title of Pops conductor laureate with the dallas symphony, and is in his eighth season with the chicago symphony orchestra concert series, “Friday night at the Movies.”

Kaufman regularly appears as a guest conductor with symphony orchestras both throughout the united states and around the world including cleveland, atlanta, Pittsburgh, st. louis, Houston, the national symphony in Washington dc, london, calgary, edmonton, liverpool, the rte concert orchestra in dublin, rotterdam and the Malaysian Philharmonic. in addition to conducting “traditional” concert presentations, Kaufman often leads performances of complete film scores in concert, synchronizing the music to the actual film as it is shown on the screen above the orchestra. these legendary film titles include The Wizard of Oz, Psycho, Casablanca, The Bride of Frankenstein, Pirates of the Caribbean and various silent films. in october 2011, Kaufman conducted the london symphony orchestra in a concert of the film music of dimitri tiomkin. this recording has recently been released to rave reviews on the lso live recording label.

Kaufman received the 1993 Grammy award in the category of Best Pop instrumental Performance. in addition to his two recordings with the london symphony orchestra, he has recorded cds with the nuremberg symphony, the new Zealand symphony orchestra and the Brandenburg Philharmonic in Berlin. He has conducted for performers including John denver, andy Williams, Mary Martin, nanette Fabray, sir James Galway, diana Krall, chris Botti, the Pointer sisters, the Beach Boys, Peter Paul and Mary, robert Goulet, david copperfield, the righteous Brothers and art Garfunkel.

as a violinist, Kaufman performed on numerous film and television scores including Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Saturday Night Fever and (in a moment of desperation) Animal House. He has recorded with artists including John denver, Burt Bacharach, neil sedaka, the Carpenters and Ray Charles.

Kaufman joined the music department of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios in 1984 as music coordinator, and for the next 18 years supervised music for MGM. He received two emmy award nominations, one for the animated series The Pink Panther, in the category of outstanding Music direction and composition, and another for outstanding original song co-authored for the series All Dogs Go to Heaven. For the MGM television series In the Heat of the Night, Kaufman composed songs with actor/producer carroll o’connor. He conducted the scores for films including Guarding Tess and Jungle to Jungle. as a unique part of his career in film, Kaufman has coached various actors in musical roles including Jack nicholson, dudley Moore and Tom Hanks.

Kaufman has served as music director and conductor for numerous musicals, including a national tour of Sweet Charity starring Juliet Prowse, the first national tours of Company (for Hal Prince) and Two Gentlemen of Verona (for the new York shakespeare Festival). He also conducted numerous musicals for the los angeles and san Francisco civic light operas (for one of these, he was nominated by the san Francisco theater critics for outstanding Music direction).

in april of 2012, Kaufman received the “distinguished alumni award” from his alma mater, california state university, northridge (csun). While a student at csun, he composed the university’s alma Mater and Fight song. in May 2008, Kaufman was the keynote speaker for the csun Honors convocation ceremony. He has appeared as a guest speaker at various universities including usc, Georgia and the california state universities at northridge and Fullerton. He is a member of the Music advisory Board of the Young Musicians Foundation.

Born in los angeles, Kaufman began violin studies at age 7, played in the Peter Meremblum california Junior symphony and was a member of the Young Musicians Foundation debut orchestra. He attended the Berkshire Music Festival at tanglewood in the fellowship program, and earned a B.a. in Music from california state university, northridge. Kaufman lives in southern california with his wife, Gayle, a former dancer in film, television and on Broadway. His daughter, Whitney is a graduate (with honors) from chapman university in orange, calif., and for 2 ½ years was a member of the cast of the national tour of Mamma Mia.

Kaufman is proud to be represented by opus 3 artists.

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A lli Mauzey starred as Glinda in the final san Francisco company and Broadway company of Wicked. other Broadway credits include the love-crazed lenora in the new musical Cry-Baby, for which she won the theatre World award and was nominated for a drama

league award. Mauzey also originated the role of lenora in the pre-Broadway production of Cry-Baby at the la Jolla Playhouse in san diego, where she won the theatre critics circle award. She played Brenda in Hairspray on Broadway and the first national tour. Most recently, she was seen as Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors at the MunY in st. louis. last spring she played the title role in Cinderella alongside the nashville symphony orchestra benefiting steven curtis chapman’s charity show Hope. in los angeles, Mauzey has appeared as June in The Musical of Musicals: The Musical at the Colony Theatre, Mallory in City of Angels for reprise!, and snookie in 110 in the Shade at the Pasadena Playhouse. Among many voiceover credits, her voice can be heard as a series regular on the animated television series Alpha Teens on Machines. alli is also the other half of the band 2aM with her brother, andrew. she has a B.F.a. from new York university ‘s tisch school of the arts in drama and a minor in music.

J ulia Murney last appeared on Broadway as elphaba in Wicked after playing the role on the national tour, for which she received an acclaim award. other new York credits include Lennon, andrew lippa’s The Wild Party (drama desk nomination), The Vagina Monologues,

A Class Act, Saved, Crimes of the Heart, First Lady Suite, and Time and Again (lucille lortel nomination). she’s been seen regionally all over the u.s. — signature, Williamstown, reprise!la, sacramento Music circus, nct, lyric, rubicon and Goodspeed, to name a few — and in concert she has performed at Joe’s Pub, Feinstein’s, the Kennedy center, caramoor, town Hall and Birdland as well as with Peter nero and the Philly Pops and steven reineke and the Cincinnati Pops. Among her TV credits are 30 Rock, Sex and the City, Ed, NYPD Blue, all three Law and Orders and about a gazillion voiceovers. a syracuse university graduate, her recordings include the original cast albums of The Wild Party and A Class Act, the Grammy-nominated actor’s Fund Benefit of Hair and her first solo album, I’m Not Waiting, which is available on Sh-K-Boom records.

G u e s t s meet the guest artists

ALLI MAUzEYvocalist

JULIA MURNEYvocalist

tHanK yoU to tHe PaCifiC SymPHony leagUe

The members of the Pacific Symphony League are tireless donors of time, talent and resources for Pacific Symphony. Every year, tens of thousands of young people are touched by the League through their generous support of the Symphony’s music education programs. Not only do League members bring budding music lovers up close and personal with instruments and music making at Musical Carnivals and in other volunteer capacities, but their fundraising efforts raised almost $100,000 in 2011-12. This support allowed a huge number of young people – from kindergarteners in the Frieda Belinfante Class Act Program to top-notch high school musicians in Pacific Symphony Youth Ensembles – to have meaningful, life-changing interactions with music. With the addition of the wonderful members of the Opera Focus group, the League has been able to expand its support even further by bringing children’s operas to life as part of the Family Musical Mornings Series.

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PACIFIC SYMPHONY

P acific symphony, celebrating its 34th season in 2012-13, is led by Music director carl st.clair, who marks his 23rd season with the orchestra. the largest orchestra formed in the u.s. in the last 40 years, the symphony is recognized as an outstanding ensemble

making strides on both the national and international scene, as well as in its own burgeoning community of orange county. Presenting more than 100 concerts a year and a rich array of education and community programs, the symphony reaches more than 275,000 residents—from school children to senior citizens.

the symphony offers moving musical experiences with repertoire ranging from the great orchestral masterworks to music from today’s most prominent composers, highlighted by the annual american composers Festival and a new series of multi-media concerts called “Music unwound.”

the symphony also offers a popular Pops season led by Principal Pops conductor richard Kaufman, who celebrates 22 years with the orchestra in 2012-13. the Pops series stars some of the world’s leading entertainers and is enhanced by state-of-the-art video and sound. each Pacific symphony season also includes café ludwig, a three-concert chamber music series, and classical connections, an orchestral series on sunday afternoons offering rich explorations of selected works led by st.clair. assistant conductor Maxim eshkenazy brings a passionate commitment to building the next generation of audience and performer through his leadership of the Pacific symphony Youth orchestra as well as the highly regarded Family Musical Mornings series.

since 2006-07, the symphony has performed in the renée and Henry segerstrom concert Hall, with striking architecture by cesar Pelli and acoustics by the late russell Johnson. in september 2008, the symphony debuted the hall’s critically acclaimed 4,322-pipe William J. Gillespie concert organ. in March 2006, the symphony embarked on its first european tour, performing in nine cities in three countries.

Founded in 1978, as a collaboration between california state university, Fullerton (csuF) and north orange county community leaders led by Marcy Mulville, the symphony performed its first concerts at Fullerton’s Plummer auditorium as the Fullerton chamber orchestra under the baton of then-csuF orchestra conductor Keith clark. the following season the symphony expanded its size, changed its name to Pacific symphony orchestra and moved to Knott’s Berry Farm. The subsequent six seasons led by Keith Clark were at Santa Ana High School auditorium where the symphony also made its first six acclaimed recordings. in september 1986, the symphony moved to the new orange county Performing arts center, where clark served as music director until 1990.

the symphony received the prestigious ascaP award for adventuresome Programming in 2005 and 2010. in 2010, a study by the league of american orchestras, “Fearless Journeys,” included the symphony as one of the country’s five most innovative orchestras. the orchestra has commissioned such leading composers as Michael daugherty, James newton Howard, Paul chihara, Philip Glass, William Bolcom, daniel catán, William Kraft, tobias Picker, Frank ticheli and chen Yi, who composed a cello concerto in 2004 for Yo-Yo Ma. in March 2012, the symphony premiered danielpour’s Toward a Season of Peace. The Symphony has also commissioned and recorded The Passion of Ramakrishna by Philip Glass (released in September 2012), An American Requiem, by richard danielpour, and elliot Goldenthal’s Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio with Yo-Yo Ma.

the symphony’s award-winning education programs benefit from the vision of st.clair and are designed to integrate the Symphony and its music into the community in ways that stimulate all ages. the orchestra’s class act program has been honored as one of nine exemplary orchestra education programs by the national endowment for the arts and the league of american orchestras. the list of instrumental training initiatives includes Pacific symphony Youth orchestra, Pacific symphony Youth Wind ensemble and Pacific symphony santiago strings.

in addition to its winter home, the symphony presents a summer outdoor series at irvine’s verizon Wireless amphitheater, the organization’s summer residence since 1987.

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M e e t the orchestra

CARL ST.CLAIR • MUSIC DIRECTORWilliam J. Gillespie Music Director Chair

RICHARD KAUFMAN • PRINCIPAL POPS CONDUCTORHal and Jeanette Segerstrom Family Foundation Principal Pops Conductor Chair

MAXIM ESHKENAZY • ASSISTANT CONDUCTORALEJANDRO GUTIéRREz • ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR

Mary E. Moore Family Assistant Conductor Chair

FIRST VIOLINRaymond Kobler Concertmaster, Eleanor and Michael Gordon ChairPaul Manaster Associate ConcertmasterJeanne Skrocki Assistant Concertmasternancy coade eldridgeChristine FrankKimiyo TakeyaAyako SugayaAnn Shiau TenneyMaia JasperRobert SchumitzkyAgnes Gottschewskidana FreemanGrace ohJean Kimangel liuMarisa sorajja

SECOND VIOLINBridget dolkas*Jessica Guideri**Yen-Ping laiYu-tong sharpako Kojianovsep Ketendjianlinda owenPhil lunaMarlaJoy WeisshaarRobin Sanduskyalice Miller-WrateShelly Shi

VIOLArobert Becker* Catherine and James Emmi ChairMeredith crawford**Carolyn RileyJohn Acevedoerik rynearsonluke Maurer†Julia StaudhammerJoseph Wen-Xiang ZhangPamela JacobsonCheryl GatesMargaret Henken

CELLOtimothy landauer*Kevin Plunkett**John AcostaRobert Voslászló Mezöian McKinnellM. Andrew HoneaWaldemar de almeidaJennifer GossRudolph Stein

BASSsteven edelman*douglas Basye**Christian Kollgaarddavid ParmeterPaul Zibitsdavid BlackAndrew Bumatayconstance deeter

FLUTEBenjamin smolen* Valerie and Hans Imhof Chairsharon o’connorcynthia ellis

PICCOLOcynthia ellis

OBOEJessica Pearlman* Suzanne R. Chonette Chairdeborah shidler

ENGLISH HORNlelie resnick

CLARINETBenjamin lulich* The Hanson Family Foundation Chairdavid chang

BASS CLARINETJoshua Ranz

BASSOONrose corrigan*elliott MoreauAndrew Kleinallen savedoff

CONTRABASSOONallen savedoff

FRENCH HORNKeith Popejoy*Mark AdamsJames taylor**russell dicey

TRUMPETBarry Perkins*tony ellisdavid Wailes

TROMBONEMichael Hoffman*david stetson

BASS TROMBONERobert Sanders

TUBAJames self*

TIMPANItodd Miller*

PERCUSSIONrobert a. slack*cliff Hulling

HARPMindy Ball*Michelle Temple

PIANO•CELESTEsandra Matthews*

PERSONNEL MANAGERPaul Zibits

LIBRARIANSrussell diceyBrent Anderson

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGERWill Hunter

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERWilliam Pruett

* Principal** assistant Principal

† on leaveThe musicians of Pacific Symphony are members of the American Federation of Musicians, Local 7.