YOUR FAVORITE ENTERTAINERS, YOUR FAVORITE THEATER

The City of Cerritos gratefully thanks

our 2012–2013 Season Sponsors

for their generous support of the

Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts.

2012–2013 SEASON SPONSORS

If your company would like to become a Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts sponsor, please contact the CCPA Administrative Offices at 562-916-8510.

ENCOREBryan A. Stirrat & AssociatesThe Capital Group Companies Charitable FoundationJose Iturbi FoundationNational Endowment for the ArtsEleanor and David St. Clair

HEADLINERChamber Music Society of DetroitThe Gettys FamilyLos Cerritos CenterPreserved TreeScapes International, Dennis E. GabrickMarilynn and Art SegalTriangle Distributing CompanyUnited Parcel ServiceYamaha

OPENING ACTDr. Judy Akin Palmer and Dr. Jacques PalmerAmerican Honda Motor Co., Inc.Nancy and Nick BakerBoeingMary and Robert Buell Family TrustMarilynn and James CostantinoFrancesca and Douglas DeaverJanet GrayDr. HP Kan and Mrs. Della KanDr. and Mrs. Philip I. KressLand Rover Jaguar CerritosCelia and Clarence MasuoNew England Foundation for the ArtsBev and George Ray Charitable FundKirsten and Craig M. Springer, Ph.D.Masaye StaffordWave Broadband

FANRebecca and Michael AguilarMaureen AhlerCheryl AlcornJoseph AldamaVirginia and Roland AldridgeSharlene and Ronald AlliceBeth AndersonSusan and Clifford AsaiCarmen V. AyrosoLarry BaggsMarilyn Baker

Terry BalesSallie BarnettAlan BarryCynthia BatesDennis BeckerBarbara S. BehrensAldenise BelcerYvette BelcherPeggy BellMorris BernsteinNorman BlancoJames BlevinsMichael BleyKathleen BlomoKaren BloomMarilyn BogenschutzLinda and Sergio BonettiPatricia BongeornoGloria and Lester Boston, Jr.Ilana and Allen BrackettSharyn BrackettPaula BriggsRichard BriggsScott N. BrinkerhoffDarrell BrookeMary BroughJoyce and Russ BrownKathy and Mark BrownDr. and Mrs. Tony R. BrownCheryl and Kerry BryanFlorence P. BuchananG. BuhlerJan BurnettIna BurtonLinda and Larry BurtonSusan and Tom ButteraEdison CabacunganRobert CampbellMichael CanupRichard E. CarlburgDavid CarverMichelle CaseyPhillip CastilloEileen CastleYvonne and Dennis CattellRodolfo ChaconJoann and George ChambersRodolfo ChavezLiming ChenWanda ChenMargie and Ned Cherry

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THE CERRITOS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (CCPA) thanks the following CCPA Associates who have contributed to the CCPA’s Endowment Fund. The Endowment Fund was established in 1994 under the visionary leadership of the Cerritos City Council to ensure that the CCPA would remain a welcoming, accessible, and affordable venue in which patrons can experience the joy of entertainment and cultural enrichment. For more information about the Endowment Fund or to make a contribution, please contact the CCPA Administrative Offices at (562) 916-8510.

Howard HerdmanSaul HernandezCharles HessMolly HickmanDonna and Carl HindsCharles E. HirschPing HoDr. Richard HochbergHollywood Park CasinoKay and Wyn HolmesCindy HoritaJon HowertonChristina and Michael HughesMelvin HughesMarianne and Bob Hughlett, Ed.D.Mrs. Susan HunsingerJay HurtadoRobert M. IritaniDr. and Mrs. Alan IsraelMark ItzkowitzGrace and Tom IzuharaSharon JacobyDavid JaynesJoan JeffersonDr. Warren D. JohnstonCathy and Rich JonesCathy and James JulianiMary Ann and Steve KahanicLuanne KamiyaGloria and Sherman KappeMr. and Mrs. George KatanjianIsaac KawamotoMarylou and Allan KennedyRoland KerbyDr. Aaron KernFay and Lawrence KerneenThe Kerr FamilyJoseph KienleCarol KindlerJames KingJacky and Jack KleyhShirley and Kenneth KlipperKaren KnechtLee M. Kochems and Vincent J. PattiTerry L. KoepkeJerry KohlDawn Marie KotsonisShirley KotsonisAnn KoughBette and Ken KuriharaLinda and Harry KusudaSue and Mati KuuskmaePatrice and Kevin KyleCathy LaBareCarl LaconicoKathy and Derrick LaiNelson LaneJill and Rick LarsonEmelita Latreille

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Teri EspositoPat and Joe EsquivelKim EvansRichard FalbRenee FallahaDr. Stuart L. FarberHeather M. FerberSteven FischerThe Fish CompanyJudy and Robert FisherElizabeth and Terry FiskinSue and Mike FitzsimonsLouise Fleming and Tak FujisakiJesus FojoFollower of ChristAnne FormanDr. Susan Fox and Frank FrimodigSharon FrankTeresa Freeborn and Douglas RegeloutRoberta and Wayne FujitaniElaine FultonSamuel GabrielJoAnn and Art GallucciTherese GalvanArthur GapasinGayle and Michael GarrityJan GaschenMichael GautreauFranz GerichKaren and Larry GibsonMr. Richard GilmoreRoxanne and Alan GoldinThe Goldsmith FamilyMargarita GomezGonzales Lambert FamilyRaejean C. GoodrichWilliam GoodwinShirelle Gordon-ThompsonBeryl and Graham GoslingTimothy GowerMarguerite and Werner GrafA. Graham and M. MarionAlvena and Richard GrahamPete Greco and Robert BrockSusan and Dr. Robert GreenNorma and Gary GreeneKenneth GreenleafGuerra FamilyRosemary Escalera GutierrezRobert C. HaefeleRoger HaleMichael HannaJo and Paul HansonMark HardingLois and Thomas HarrisValarie and Mike HarrisHedy Harrison-Anduha and Larry AnduhaJulie and Costa Hase

David LatterEarnestine LavergneMr. and Mrs. Edward Le BlancDr. Trudy Le Clair and Mr. Ray BradleyJune and Harold LeachPaolo LedesmaVicki and Keith LeePeter J. LeetsHelen LeonardDr. and Mrs. Carl LeongJack LewisMarcia Lewis and John McGuirkVanessa LewisSue and Paul LilesJeffrey J. LimBarbara and Jim LockwoodJudith and Dr. Henry LouriaNancy and Stephen LutzAdrian LyellsMr. and Mrs. George MabuniMuysean and Peter MaddenLaura and Sergio MadrigalJohnny MagsbyMary MajorsMr. and Mrs. Fernando ManalangStephen MaoEleanor MarlowDr. and Mrs. Max B. MartinezSissy and Rich MartinezMary and Donald MartiniJanice Kay MatthewsPansy and Robert MattoxCecilia and Ronald MausCindy and Doug MaxwellJanet McCartyThe McCune FamilyAliene McgrewFarley McKinneyDr. and Mrs. Donald McMillanTerry and Dave McMurtreyLilas McPhersonDavid MedellinMaureen and Mike MekjianUrsula and Lawrence MelvinBarbara and Edwin MendenhallDiana MerrymanTodd MeyerLuzviminda MiguelHassan MilaniGary MillerKathleen MillerDr. Marjorie MitchellEllie and Jim MonroeAnthony R. MonteroPatricia MooreBecky MoralesToni and Tom MorganDavid Moromisato

Giving level designations are based on the cumulative giving of the named contributor. Lists are updated in July and January. To request a change to your listing, please call (562) 916-8510 or send an e-mail to ccpa_associates@cerritoscenter.com.

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Rick and Audrey RodriguezLaura and Gary RoseLynne RosePatricia RoseJean RothaermelVivian and Tom RothwellS. and S. RundellTom SakiyamaSteve Salas and Steven P. TimmonsChristine and Dennis SaltsMonica SanchezSheri SandsMario A. SapitulaJaned and Richard SaxRoberta and Gary SchaefferMary and Robert ScherbarthMildred ScholnickMabel and Dennis SchoonoverJerome SchultzCindy ScottoSeal Methods, Inc.Mary SerlesElena SetoDoc SeverinsenWilliam ShakespeareOlivette ShannonKristi ShawDrs. Mary and Steven ShermanRon ShestokesThe Douglas Lane Shulby, Sr. FamilyKathleen SidarisSteven SiefertNeil SiegelMaureen and A.J. SiegristDorothy SimmonsEric O. SimpsonBenjamin SingerLoren SlaferSylvia SligarCarol and Rob SmallwoodNancy Sur SmithToula SmithRay SongcoKevin SpeaksKerry SpearsDan StangeKris and Robert SteedmanGale SteinDonna StevensMr. and Mrs. Dexter StrawtherRichard StrayerWilliam R. StringerA.J. TaenScoty Takahashi and Susan MarkeeNora and Winford TeasleyEunice and Jesse ThompsonKen ThompsonKaren Tilson

Kris MoskowitzJames MurakamiCortland MyersChidori NakamuraStan NakamuraNaz The CatJean and Ardell NeaseAlan NegosianA.J. NeimanWendy and Mike NelsonNelson-Dunn, Inc.Ronald NicholsJill and Michael NishidaToby NishidaLinda NomuraDiane NorrisMargene and Chuck NortonMr. Luther NussbaumCathryn O’Brien-SmithEdward OgleAnn and Clarence OharaKaren OhtaSylvia L. OsborneKathy and John OwsinskiP.P. Mfg. Co. Inc., Ronald BurrGeorge PalominoBonnie Jo PanagosD ParsonsMary Ellen PascucciMinna and Frank PattersonAngela and Devy PaulMarilyn and James PetersJohn PetersonPettersen FamilyFrancisco PhilibertFrances PianelliJudith PickupJackie and Joe PloenMerrill PlouForrest PoormanElizabeth and Greg PrevostGwen and Gerry PruittCrista Qi and Vincent ChungSusan RagoneDr. Marjorie and Frank RamirezKaren RandallRobin RaymondEllyn and Alan RebackJoan and Dick RedmayneElizabeth RedmonKathy ReidRosalie RelleveNikki and Dennis ReppMrs. Anastacio RiveraJoan G. RobinsonSharon V. RobinsonRockwell CollinsHarriet and William Rodiger

Joann TommySharon TouchstoneLillian K. TriggsTSPCJean TuohinoMaria TupazAlex UrbachJune and Sonny Van DusenDorothy and Robert Van NiceMr. and Mrs. L. Van PeltTim VanEckMaria Von SadovszkyDiane and Fred VunakCharles WadmanLaura WalkerDonna and Robert WaltersAngela and Sinclair WangLinda WebbKaren and Robert WebbCarol Webster and Chris EnterlineDarlene WeidnerMarijke and Tim WeightmanJulia Q. WeimanAnita and David WeinsteinLynne and Ken WelltySandee and Mike WelshHelen WilliamsLaura H. and John D. WilliamsLee WilliamsonMerrillyn WilsonCaron and Jeff WinstonPornwit WipanuratDavid WolpeCharles WongRobert WorleyCandy and Jim YeeEunee and Frank YeeJeanette YeeBasha YonisRuthann YuhasBarbara YunkerXavier ZavatskyJohn W. Zlatic

IN MEMORIAMIn Memory of Voneta Aday and Edward BowlenIn Loving Memory of Carol M. BehanIn Memory of Mrs. Edna KuwaharaIn Loving Memory of Ethel LeeIn Memory of Mr. Leon F. Lee

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ENGELbERT HuMPERDINCk

Saturday, August 18, 2012, 8:00 PMSunday, August 19, 2012, 3:00 PM

This performance will not include an intermission.The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

BIOGRAPHYENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK, “The King of

Romance,” has wooed generations of fans worldwide with love songs such as the No. One The Last Waltz, Am I That Easy to Forget, A Man Without Love, and I’ll Walk Alone. His Top 10 hit, After the Lovin’, was nominated for a Grammy and achieved Gold status. In all, Humperdinck, whom Billboard called “a sensitive lyric interpreter with excellent vocal technique,” has recorded 63 Gold albums and 24 Platinum records throughout the course of his career.

Romance has long been at the core of Humperdinck’s repertoire and lasting success. Born Arnold George Dorsey, the crooner changed his name to Engelbert Humperdinck,

after the 19th-century Austrian composer. With a three-and-a-half-octave vocal range, the singer worked his way into hearts and charts with an endless string of hits that included Help Me Make It Through the Night, The Way It Used to Be, and There Goes My Everything.

Humperdinck’s Pop-ballad version of Release Me (And Let Me Love Again) rocketed to the top of the British charts, selling more than a million copies and eventually landing on the Top 10 in the United States. Other hits for Humperdinck, who won a 1988 Golden Globe for “Entertainer of the Year,” include This Moment in Time and

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COLIN MOCHRIE & bRAD SHERwOOD

Friday, August 24, 2012, 8:00 PM

This performance will not include an intermission.The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

BIOGRAPHIESAfter years of successful solo tours, COLIN MOCHRIE

and BRAD SHERWOOD joined forces in 2002 to expand on the appeal of the critically acclaimed Whose Line Is It Anyway? comedy series, creating wacky characters, funny scenarios, and songs on the spot. This novel concept and innovative format has turned the duo into one of the hottest improv-comedy teams around. Mochrie and Sherwood’s success is a strong testament to the experience and unique comic chemistry that the two friends share.

Mochrie is an alumnus of Canada’s prestigious Second City comedy theater troupe, for which he co-wrote, directed, and headlined in numerous productions. The award-winning stand-up comedian – who has appeared in the popular Emmy-nominated television sitcom The Drew Carey Show and Jackie Chan’s box-office hit comedy The Tuxedo – also hosts Canada’s version of Fox’s popular game show Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

Mochrie is like “a walking Far Side cartoon,” says his stage buddy Sherwood. “You never know where he’s coming

from.” Mochrie credits Charlie Chaplin, the Marx Brothers, Jack Benny, Monty Python, John Cleese, Woody Allen, and Bob Hope as major influences in his comedy career.

Like Mochrie, Sherwood was also a regular on The Drew Carey Show. The comedian, who began performing at age 8, graduated with an acting degree from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He discovered the art of improv comedy during his college years and was immediately drawn to the genre’s originality and the avenues it provides for collaborating with the audience.

Sherwood has appeared on L.A. Law, the revival of To Tell the Truth, and The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. He has hosted My VH1 Music Awards and the televised game shows The Big Moment and The Dating Game.

Due to the popularity of Whose Line Is It Anyway? and the positive response to their two-man comedy tour, both men now juggle rigorous performance schedules on ABC,

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bOWZER’S uLTIMATE dOO-WOP PARTY vOLuME III

Featuring

SONNY TuRNER, FORMER LEAD SINGER OF THE PLATTERS;

THE FLEETwOODS; DANNY & THE JuNIORS FEATuRING JOE TERRY; LENNY wELCH;

and bOwZER & THE STINGRAYS wITH SPECIAL GuEST JOHNNY CONTARDO

FORMERLY OF SHA NA NA

Friday, August 31, 2012, 8:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

BIOGRAPHIESBOWZER’S ULTIMATE DOO-WOP PARTY

VOLUME III features Vocal Group Hall of Fame inductee SONNY TURNER, former lead singer of The Platters, who is most celebrated for the hits I Love You 1000 Times and With This Ring. Billboard praised Turner for his “smooth, expressive vocal treatment” on the tender oldie I’ll Never Smile Again.

Fellow Vocal Group Hall of Fame band THE FLEETWOODS ruled music charts with the singles Come Softly to Me and Mr. Blue.

DANNY & THE JUNIORS FEATURING JOE TERRY is known for the timeless hit Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay and the dance classics Twistin’ USA and Pony Express. The band’s At the Hop swept five continents and soared to No. One on the U.S. Pop, Country, and R&B charts and earned a solid spot on Billboard’s “Hot 100” list. The ensemble won a Philadelphia Music Alliance Achievement Award in 1992 and was inducted into the

Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2003. LENNY WELCH has sold more than 1 million

copies of Since I Fell for You. Welch’s other hits include You Don’t Know Me, Ebb Tide, Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, and Two Different Worlds.

BOWZER & THE STINGRAYS is joined by special guest and Grammy nominee JOHNNY CONTARDO. Jon “Bowzer” Bauman, the former comedic vocalist of the Doo-Wop band Sha Na Na, was a piano prodigy who attended the Juilliard School at age 12. At New York’s prestigious Columbia College, Bauman and his classmates created Sha Na Na. With Bauman as the “Bowzer” character, Sha Na Na became a No. One syndicated show aired in 32 countries. Formerly the lead singer of Sha Na Na, Contardo achieved Platinum status for the Grease soundtrack, which featured the wildly popular Those Magic Changes, and a Gold album

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THE FRONTMEN OF COuNTRY Featuring

TIM RuSHLOw, LARRY STEwART, and

MARTY ROE

Friday, September 7, 2012, 8:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

BIOGRAPHIESTHE FRONTMEN OF COUNTRY features three-

time Grammy nominee TIM RUSHLOW, who was the lead vocalist for the award-winning group Little Texas. The band won six awards from the Academy of Country Music, including “Top Vocal Group.” It sold more than 11 million albums featuring a string of Top 10 hits such as Some Guys Have All the Love, What Might Have Been, God Blessed Texas, Life Goes On, and You and Forever and Me.

Also performing is LARRY STEWART, once the lead singer of the four-time Grammy-nominated band Restless Heart. The group shattered music charts with the No. One songs That Rock Won’t Roll, Why Does It Have to Be (Wrong or Right), The Bluest Eyes in Texas, and the Grammy-nominated

I’ll Still Be Loving You. Other hits for the one-time Academy of Country Music “Vocal Group of the Year” include Say What’s in Your Heart, Fast Movin’ Train, and Dancy’s Dream.

Rounding out the evening’s lineup is MARTY ROE, the lead crooner for Diamond Rio. The band, which has won six “Vocal Group of the Year” awards from the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music, was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 1998. With the No. One hits I Believe, Mama Don’t Forget to Pray for Me, One More Day, and the poignant God Only Cries, Diamond Rio has sold more than 10 million records worldwide.

Rushlow, Stewart, and Roe collectively have sold 30

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STEvE LIPPIA: SIMPLY SInATRA

Friday, September 28, 2012, 8:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission.The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

BIOGRAPHYSTEVE LIPPIA interprets the best of the Big

Band era and American Classic Pop by bringing back the enduring appeal of Ol’ Blue Eyes’ repertoire in SIMPLY SINATRA. The concert showcases Sinatra’s biggest hits, which include That’s Life; Come Fly With Me; Night and Day; All The Way; My Kind of Town; and New York, New York. The walk down memory lane “made for a foot-stompin’, finger-snapping kind of evening that leaves you dancing in your dreams,” raved Utah’s Deseret News. The New York Daily News said, “Sinatra will never die for his fans, as long as Steve Lippia is there to bring him back to life.”

Long praised as “the singer’s singer,” Lippia has

enchanted generations of fans across the United States, headlining shows in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, and New York, and winning over critics far and wide. The Wall Street Journal hailed his “considerable vocal skills.” To the Long Beach Press-Telegram, Lippia is “a dazzling performer. … He can swing and belt!” Whether delivering a saloon tune at New York’s legendary Jazz club Birdland or performing in major symphony halls, Lippia brings to life the music and lyrics of the era’s great acts, including Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen, and Rodgers and Hart. The crooner’s CDs include Steve Lippia; Steve Lippia Live; and Steve Lippia in Concert. n

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BIOGRAPHIESNamed one of the best acts in Las Vegas, SOCIETY

OF SEVEN delivers performances full of “big voices, a little shtick and a lot of heart,” hails The Las Vegas Review-Journal. The one-of-a-kind variety troupe is known for its trademark performances, which merge popular hits and Broadway show tunes in a flashy Las Vegas setting, accentuated by dancing, comedy, and celebrity impersonations. The celebrated group, voted the “Best Show in Waikiki” by Honolulu magazine, was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts in 2007.

American Idol singer JASMINE TRIAS is a vocalist from Hawaii who landed on the Billboard charts with her

self-titled debut Pop/R&B album. The single Excuses dominated radio airwaves, boosting the record to Platinum distinction in the Philippines. The songstress scored a “Pop Album of the Year” honor as well as the “Best New Artist of the Year” crown from the Hawaii Music Awards.

Award-winning Filipino Pop-Jazz singer JOEY ALBERT’s entertainment career took off when she won the Dream Girl Filipina contest in 1982. Since then, Albert was named “Best Female Vocal Performer” at the Cecil Awards and Philippine Awit Awards in 1990. Her hit singles include Tell Me, I Remember the Boy, Points of View, Kumukutikutitap, and Ikaw Lamang Ang Mamahalin. n

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SOCIETY OF SEvEN Featuring

JASMINE TRIAS and

JOEY ALbERT

Saturday, September 29, 2012, 8:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

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MITZI GAYNOR RAZZLE dAZZLE!

MY LIFE bEHInd THE SEQuInS

Sunday, September 30, 2012, 3:00 PM

This performance will not include an intermission.The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

BIOGRAPHYEmmy winner MITZI GAYNOR lights up the stage in

the multimedia production RAZZLE DAZZLE! MY LIFE BEHIND THE SEQUINS, an intimate evening of laughs, love, and music from her show-stopping life and career.

The legendary entertainer made her motion picture debut alongside her idol Betty Grable in the film My Blue Heaven. Gaynor dazzled audiences in some of the most revered musicals of Hollywood’s “Golden Age,” including There’s No Business Like Show Business, Les Girls, and Anything Goes. For her role as Ensign Nellie Forbush in the blockbuster film adaptation of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific, Gaynor received a Golden Globe nomination for “Best Actress.”

Gaynor’s acclaimed annual televised musical variety specials – including Mitzi … and 100 Guys and Mitzi … Zings Into Spring – won six Emmy Awards and received 17 Emmy nominations. The specials were celebrated in the musical documentary Mitzi Gaynor Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years.

A stage performer since her theatrical debut at age 13 with the Los Angeles and San Francisco Civic Light Operas, Gaynor has performed at the nation’s top theatrical and concert venues. She continues to tour extensively, sharing her fabled brand of showmanship with audiences worldwide. Gaynor is currently writing her autobiography. For more information, visit missmitzigaynor.com and Facebook.com/officialmitizigaynor. n

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ROb kAPILOw’S WHAT MAKES IT GREAT?

SOnGS OF IRvInG bERLInROb kAPILOw, PIANIST AND COMMENTATOR

Featuring

SALLY wILFERT, SOPRANO MICHAEL wINTHER, TENOR

Wednesday, October 3, 2012, 7:30 PM

This performance will not include an intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

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BIOGRAPHIESFor nearly 20 years, ROB KAPILOW has brought the

joy and wonders of Classical music – and unraveled some of its mysteries – to audiences of all ages and backgrounds. Characterized by his unique ability to create an “aha” moment for his audiences and collaborators, whatever their level of musical sophistication or naiveté, Kapilow’s work brings music into people’s lives – opening new ears to musical experiences and helping people to listen actively rather than just hear. The Boston Globe said, “It’s a cheering thought that this kind of missionary enterprise did not pass from this earth with Leonard Bernstein. Rob Kapilow is awfully good at what he does. We need him.”

The reach of his interactive events and activities is wide, both geographically and culturally – from native American tribal communities in Montana and inner-city high school students in Louisiana to wine tasters in the Napa Valley. From tots barely out of diapers to musicologists hailed from Ivy League programs, his audiences are diverse and unexpected, but invariably rapt and keen to come back for more.

Kapilow’s range of activities is astonishingly broad, including his What Makes It Great? presentations (now in their 16th season in New York and Boston), his family compositions and Family Musik events, and his Citypieces. His popularity and appeal are reflected in notable invitations and achievements; he appeared on NBC’s Today Show in conversation with then-host Katie Couric, and presented a special What Makes It Great? event for broadcast on PBS’s Live From Lincoln Center in 2008. He has written two highly popular books published by Wiley/Lincoln Center: All You Have to Do Is Listen (2008), which won a PROSE Award for “Best Book in Music and Performing Arts,” and What Makes It Great? (2011), the first book of its kind to be specially designed for the iPad with embedded musical examples.

A documentary film – Summer Sun, Winter Moon, named after Kapilow’s choral and symphonic work of the same title – aired nationwide on PBS. He also wrote a piece for the Marin Symphony commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge.

Kapilow’s career has been marked by numerous major awards and grants. He won first place in the Fontainebleau

Casadesus Piano Competition and was the second-place winner of the Antal Dorati Conductor’s Competition with the Detroit Symphony. Featured on Chicago Public Radio’s prestigious Composers in America series, Kapilow is a recipient of an Exxon “Meet-the-Composer” grant and numerous ASCAP awards.

Kapilow has conducted many of North America’s finest orchestras, including the Philadelphia Orchestra; the National Symphony; the St. Louis, Atlanta, Toronto, and Detroit symphonies; and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. He is an exclusive Schirmer composer and his compositions have been performed by almost every major American orchestra as well as ensembles in Europe, Asia, and Australia.

SALLY WILFERT has appeared on Broadway in Assassins, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and Walt Disney’s King David. She performed in the first national tour of the Tony award-winning The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Her Off-Broadway credits include See Rock City; The Lady in Penthouse B; Make Me A Song: The Music of William Finn; The Mistress Cycle; and The Prince & The Pauper. At Carnegie Hall she has appeared in Cole Porter’s Jubilee, South Pacific in Concert (featuring Reba McEntire), and Sondheim: A Musical Tribute. As a soloist performing with the New York City Ballet at Lincoln Center, Wilfert was featured singing Somewhere for the company’s performances of West Side Story Suite. She has performed at the La Jolla Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse, Baltimore Center Stage, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, New Haven’s Schubert Theatre, Barrington Stage, Northshore Music Theatre, Hartford Theatreworks, The Fulton Opera House, Connecticut Grand Opera, and the Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati (Little Miss Sunshine, Marry Me A Little, Les Miserables, The Last Five Years, Amadeus, Into the Woods, and The Threepenny Opera). Wilfert has appeared with Kapilow in What Makes it Great? in major venues throughout the country, celebrating the songs of George Gershwin, Cole Porter, and Leonard Bernstein. Her other concert credits include William Finn’s Songs of Innocence and Experience; Broadway in South Africa; Jeff Blumenkrantz Songbook; Elegies: A Song Cycle; and New York City Christmas. Wilfert’s recording credits include Sweet Little Devil; Kitty’s Kisses;

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New York City Christmas; Make Me A Song; Assassins; King David; The Prince & the Pauper; A Christmas Survival Guide; South Pacific in Concert; and Sondheim: A Musical Tribute. Wilfert’s television credits include The Americans, Loving, and Law & Order Criminal Intent.

Acclaimed by The New York Times as “a theater singer of unusual refinement” and “impeccable taste” with “a voice that traverses genres,” MICHAEL WINTHER is returning to Cerritos for his fifth What Makes it Great? program. He has appeared with Kapilow for Lincoln Center’s Great Performers series and in other major venues celebrating the songs of Bernstein, Gershwin, Porter, and Stephen Sondheim. Winther received Drama Desk and Drama League nominations for his critically acclaimed solo performance in Songs From an Unmade Bed at New York Theater Workshop with lyrics by Mark Campbell and music by 18 composers. The recording is available from Sh-K-Boom Records/Ghostlight Records and on iTunes.

Winther’s concert credits include William Finn’s Songs of Innocence and Experience; The Songs of Fred Hersch; Hear & Now: Contemporary Lyricists and Composers with Michael Winther; The Songs of Lennon & McCartney; and Fire & Rain: The Songs of James Taylor. Winther has performed in concerts at New York’s Symphony Space, Carnegie Hall with the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall, 54 Below, Joe’s Pub, Birdland, The Metropolitan Room, and Ars Nova. Winther’s theater credits include Broadway’s 33 Variations, Mamma Mia!, 1776, Artist Descending a Staircase, and Damn Yankees. He recently appeared in Merrily We Roll Along at City Center Encores! His regional credits include 33 Variations, Plaid Tidings, Band Geeks!, Little Miss Sunshine, Grey Gardens, Most Wanted, Falsettos, The Boys From Syracuse, and The People’s Temple. Winther’s film and television credits include The Avengers, Meet Dave, Jumper, The Break-Up, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Leverage, and Law & Order.

Winther collaborated with Jazz pianist-composer Fred Hersch for the 2011 premiere of My Coma Dreams. Winther is a graduate of The Hotchkiss School and Williams College.

Widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history, Grammy and Tony winner IRVING BERLIN composed scores for dozens of Broadway shows and Hollywood movies. Inducted into the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, Berlin’s timeless tunes include Easter Parade; White

Christmas; Happy Holiday; There’s No Business Like Show Business; and Alexander’s Ragtime Band, which sparked an international dance craze. n

Your Favorite Entertainers, Your Favorite Theater

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Smokey Joe’s CafeFRI-SAT, OCT 12-13

Shaolin WarriorsWED-THU, OCT 17-18

John GabrielMagic RedefinedSAT, OCT 20

Tribute to MotownFeaturing Mary Wilson

of The Supremes,The Original Vandellas,

and The ContoursWith Joe Billingslea

FRI, OCT 26

Ahn TrioSisters Maria and AngellaAhn perform with pianistAzusa HokugoSAT, OCT 27

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DOC SEvERINSEN & THE SAN

MIGuEL FIvEFriday, October 5, 2012, 8:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission.The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

BIOGRAPHIESDOC SEVERINSEN & THE SAN MIGUEL FIVE

includes guitar virtuoso GIL GUTIÉRREZ, Grammy-winning violinist CHARLIE BISHARAT, Cuban percussionist JIMMY BRANLY, and bass player KEVIN THOMAS.

Legendary Tonight Show bandleader Severinsen has recorded more than 30 albums – from Big Band to Jazz-fusion to Classical – including the renowned Once More With Feeling and the Grammy-winning Severinsen and the Tonight Show Band – Volume I. His other recordings include Unforgettably Doc with the Cincinnati Pops and Doc Severinsen and His Big Band/Swingin’ the Blues. Severinsen’s illustrious career includes tours with the Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman bands.

In 2006 in San Miguel, Mexico, Severinsen came across a group of men performing a unique blend of Latin Jazz, contemporary Pop, and Classical music. It was the beginning of a friendship and musical partnership that has taken The San Miguel Five all over the globe.

A native of Oaxaca, guitarist Gutiérrez has attracted a following throughout North and South America and Europe with his albums, film scores, and concert appearances. He has composed music for the movies El Cochero, Una Causa Noble, and El Alcazar de Chapultepec and has performed at the Kennedy Center and the Mexican Cultural Institute of the Mexican Embassy in Washington, D.C. He played his original compositions with the New York Choral Society in Oaxaca

and has appeared with symphony orchestras throughout the United States and at the International Trumpet Festival with Arturo Sandoval in Mexico City.

Bisharat’s violin artistry has graced the albums of Rock phenomenons Alanis Morissette, The Rolling Stones, Jane’s Addiction, and Aerosmith. The Grammy-winning violinist’s music has been featured in soundtracks for the movies Swordfish, Texas Rangers, Steal Big Steal Little, and Austin Powers Gold Member. His diverse style has led him into the Jazz, World Music, and Classical genres, allowing for collaborations with greats Strunz & Farah, Don Grusin, Oscar Castro-Neves, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.

Cuban native Branly began his studies at the Conservatory of Music in Havana. By age 15, he was playing with the Afro-Cuban Jazz septet Afrocuba. The percussionist explored Rock and Cuban music with the group Cuarto Espacio. Branly has worked with Salsa and Timba figure Issac Delgado and Grammy-winning Cuban Jazz pianist-composer Gonzalo Rubalcaba.

Comfortable in a wide variety of musical settings, bassist Thomas has collaborated with Mickey Rooney, Don Rickles, Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli, Stefan Karlsson, and Don Menza. The bassist, who has established himself among the creative forces of the renaissance of Jazz in Brooklyn, has been featured in recordings by Chris Parrello, Nancy Danino, and Rachel Eckroth. n

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A nIGHT OF dOO-WOPFeaturing

THE LEGENDARY TEENAGERS, LEwIS LYMON, TERRY JOHNSON’S FLAMINGOS,

JIMMY GALLAGHER & THE PASSIONS, JIMMY CLANTON, THE OLYMPICS,

and THE ROYALS

Saturday, October 6, 2012, 8:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

BIOGRAPHIESVocal Group Hall of Fame honoree THE LEGENDARY

TEENAGERS wowed fans universally with the million-selling single Why Do Fools Fall in Love. The song still “stands as one of the key records by which the Doo-Wop style is defined and remembered,” hailed the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which inducted the band in 1993. The group’s chart-topping hits include I Want You to Be My Girl, Who Can Explain?, The ABCs of Love, and Goody Goody.

LEWIS LYMON, who once performed with The Legendary Teenagers, made his mark on the music world with The Teenchords and the hits I’m So Happy and Your Last Chance. The band’s other hits include the up-tempo Honey, Honey; the popular ballad Please Tell the Angels; I’m Not Too Young to Fall in Love; and Falling in Love.

With a string of hits – including I Only Have Eyes for You, Lovers Never Say Goodbye, Love Walked In, and Mio Amore – TERRY JOHNSON’S FLAMINGOS was “the best of their era,” raved Rolling Stone magazine. The group, whose tunes are featured in the Oscar-winning film Something’s Gotta Give and the television shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Jeopardy, was inducted into the Grammy Award Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

JIMMY GALLAGHER & THE PASSIONS rocked

the Doo-Wop world with the million-selling single Just to Be With You, Gloria, I Only Want You, This Is My Love, and Made for Lovers. The group has appeared at major venues, including Radio City Music Hall, Madison Square Garden, The Nassau Coliseum, and the Paramount Theatre.

Variety magazine hailed JIMMY CLANTON, saying, “This ageless entertainer sings as if he were a universe of music.” The man who belted out hits such as Another Sleepless Night, Venus in Blue Jeans, and the Top 10 Go Jimmy Go was declared “truly a star in any era” by The Hollywood Reporter. Clanton was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2007.

Doo-Wop band THE OLYMPICS contributed to the Hully Gully line-dance craze that Americans fell in love with in the late ’50s and early ’60s. Some of the ensemble’s memorable Billboard-charting hits include Western Movies, Shimmy Like Kate, and The Bounce.

Formed in 2005, THE ROYALS of San Diego re-creates the East Coast street corner sound from the late ’50s and early ’60s. The ensemble consists of baritone-tenor Kevin Jones; bassist Jim Carkagis; alto-soprano Carolyn Gannett; and baritone and lead vocalists Peter King, David

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SPIRITuALS TO FunK Featuring

DR. JOHN & THE bLIND bOYS

OF ALAbAMAWednesday, October 10, 2012, 8:00 PM

This performance will not include an intermission.

The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

BIOGRAPHIESIn SPIRITUALS TO FUNK, Rock and Roll Hall of

Fame inductee DR. JOHN and five-time Grammy winner THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA build on a legacy that started with Dr. John’s appearance on The Blind Boys’ Grammy-winning album Down in New Orleans.

Grammy winner Dr. John’s colorful musical career is filled with collaborations with some of the industry’s greatest talents, including Sonny and Cher, Van Morrison, Aretha Franklin, Eric Clapton, and The Rolling Stones. Dr. John’s musical love letter to New Orleans, N’awlinz Dis Dat or D’udda, garnered the prestigious Académie Charles Cros 57ème Palmarès Award in France. It was the first time since the 1970s that a North American entertainer received the honor.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Dr. John released City That Care Forgot, which won a Grammy for “Best Contemporary Blues Album.” Other albums include the acclaimed Sun, Moon and Herbs; Sippiana Hericane; and In the Right Place, which features the hits Right Place Wrong

Time and Such a Night.Since 1939, The Blind Boys of Alabama have sung

a fervent blend of traditional and contemporary Gospel music. A master at bringing out the most spiritual aspects of mainstream music, the group has won legions of loyal fans and widespread acclaim with a repertoire of soul-searching songs and four-part harmony sound. The band, inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame, has won Grammys for the albums Spirit of the Century, Higher Ground, Go Tell It on the Mountain, and There Will Be a Light.

With its critically acclaimed album, Down in New Orleans, the long-running ensemble proves it is still shaping music history. Recorded with a stellar cast of local singers in the Big Easy, the album is a celebration of the city’s Gospel-influenced soul. Rolling Stone magazine called the compilation “a superweapon of Roots-music uplift.” The Washington Post praised it as “inspired and relevant. ... [It]

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