Princeton Festival - June 7-29, 2014

The New World: Voices of the Americas

June 7–29, 2014

Table of ContentsOPERA: Porgy and Bess ............................................................................1

ChAmbER musiC: Concordia Chamber Players ..........................................2

PiAnO RECitAl: Evan Wong .......................................................................3

ChORAl COnduCting mAstER ClAss: Dr. Jan Harrington ...............................4

ChORAl COnCERt: Dr. Jan Harrington ........................................................5

yOuth ChORus wORkshOP: Steven M. Fisher ..............................................6

PiAnO COmPEtitiOn ...................................................................................7

JAzz: Martin Wind Quartet ....................................................................8

wORld musiC: Jose Conde y Ola Fresca ....................................................9

PuPPEt thEAtRE: Paper Moon Puppet Theatre ........................................10

A cAppellA VOCAl JAzz: ’Round Midnight, Blue Jupiter, West Side 5 .............11

ORChEstRA: Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra ....................................12

Lectures ........................................................................................14–15

Other Events .......................................................................................15

2014 Gala: Rise Up Singin’ .................................................................16

Calendar .............................................................................................17

Directions and Map ......................................................................18–19

Ticket Information ..............................................................................20

Order Form .........................................................................................21

Celebrating 10 Years of Great MusicThe Princeton Festival is dedicated to enriching our communities through an array of outstanding performances and lifelong learning opportunities in the performing arts.

This year we offer our most ambitious program ever with ten musical genres featuring superb professional performers. We are especially proud of our educational offerings, including choral training, a piano competition for young artists, talks on the music, and outreach to middle and high school students.

we invite you to enjoy our programs … and get involved! Email: [email protected] to volunteer.

• Winner, 2013 Citation of Excellence from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts• JerseyArts People’s Choice Award, 2014

Porgy and Bess | An American ClassicGeorge Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira GershwinSunday June 22 at 3pmFriday June 27 at 8pmSunday June 29 at 3pmMatthews TheatreMcCarter Theatre Centre for the Performing ArtsPrinceton, NJ

Richard Tang Yuk, ConductorSteven LaCosse, DirectorJohn Farrell, Set DesignNorman Coates, Lighting DesignMarie Miller, Costume DesignGail Blache-Gill, Chorus MasterDawn Golding, Children’s Chorus MasterGregory Geehern, Assistant ConductorJenny Lazar, Stage ManagerStanley Fink, Répétiteur/Coach

This large cast will feature Janinah Burnett, Othalie Graham, Robert Mack, Brandie Sutton, Kenneth Overton and many more outstanding artists

Read more about Porgy and Bess on page 13.

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Concordia Chamber PlayersMichelle Djokic, Artistic DirectorSaturday June 14 at 8pmMiller ChapelPrinceton Theological SeminaryPrinceton, NJ

We are pleased to present the outstanding musicians of the Concordia Chamber Players in another wonderful program of chamber music, including pieces composed or arranged by the American-born Ives and Gershwin and by naturalized Americans Dahl and Heifetz.

Program

Concerto a Tre Ingolf Dahl (1912–1970)

Largo Charles Ives (1874–1954)

Porgy and Bess Suite George Gershwin (1898–1937)(Begelman arr.) Jascha Heifetz (1901–1987)

Piano Trio in G major Claude Debussy (1862–1918)

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Sean Lee, violinIgor Begelman, clarinet

Michelle Djokic, celloOrion Weiss, piano

Saturday June 21 at 8pmTaplin Auditorium in Fine HallPrinceton UniversityPrinceton, NJ

A dazzling selection of contrasting pieces played by an acclaimed young virtuoso.

“Beautiful sonorities”— Liberal Post (Belgium)

Piano Recital | Evan WongEurope Meets the Americas

Program

Interlude II Leon Kirchner (1919–2009)North American Ballad #3: Down by the Riverside Frederic Rzewski (b. 1938)Sonata No. 32, Op. 111 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)Fantasiestücke, Op. 12 Robert Schumann (1810–1856)Dança do Índio Branco from Ciclo brasileiro Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959)La Valse Maurice Ravel (1875–1936)


Choral Conducting Master Classwith Dr. Jan Harrington

Master Class Program: Monday June 23 through Saturday June 28, 2014

Final Concert: Saturday June 28 at 7:30pm

Trinity Church33 Mercer StreetPrinceton, NJ

This 6-day professional choral conducting master class is open to choral conductors and auditors by application. Conductors and auditors will participate in daily conducting master class sessions with Dr. Jan Harrington. The master class will culminate in a public performance led by the participant conductors. Visit our website princetonfestival.org for details and to apply.


Choral Concertwith Dr. Jan Harrington

Saturday June 28 at 7:30pmTrinity Church

33 Mercer StreetPrinceton, NJ

Participant conductors will lead the Festival chorus in an eclectic program

featuring various settings of The Lord’s Prayer by John Tavener, William Billings and

Sven- David Sandström, and music of Josquin Desprez, Stephen Paulus

and James MacMillan.


Youth Chorus Workshopwith Steven M. Fisher

Workshop: Thursday June 19 through Saturday June 28, 2014

Final Concert: Saturday June 28 at 7:30pm

Trinity Church33 Mercer StreetPrinceton, NJ


Talented students from the region in grades 6-12 are invited to audition. This workshop covers ten days of rehearsal with Maestro Fisher and culminates in a performance on June 28th. Come make great music, develop your vocal skills, perform at The Princeton Festival alongside our adult choir, and make new friends! Visit our website for details www.princetonfestival.org


Piano Competition

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Preliminary Rounds: Saturday June 7 from 9am–4pmSunday June 8 from 9am–3pm

Final Round: Sunday June 15 at 3pmTickets required

Clark Music CenterThe Lawrenceville SchoolLawrenceville, NJ

Young performers compete in six categories for trophies and cash prizes. The preliminary rounds are free and the public is welcome to attend at any time throughout the day. You won’t want to miss the final round, which always has the audience on the edge of their seats as they compare their choices with the results of the adjudicators.

Please visit www.princetonfestival.org for competition rules and registration information.

Jazz | Martin Wind QuartetScott Robinson, Tim Horner, Martin Wind and Bill Cunliffe

Sunday June 8 at 4:30pmClark Music CenterThe Lawrenceville SchoolLawrenceville, NJ

Martin Wind, bass & composerScott Robinson, tenor sax & trumpetBill Cunliffe, pianoTim Horner, drums

“Sonic chefs who blend basic condiments and flavors into an extraordinary menu”

—Judith Schlesinger

JazzNights Artistic Director talk at 4pm for concert ticket holders

Presented in partnership with JazzNights


World Music | Jose Conde y Ola FrescaA New Wave from Cuba

Friday June 20 at 8pmClark Music CenterThe Lawrenceville SchoolLawrenceville, NJ

It’s new, fresh, cool—a delicious blend of funk, salsa, and Cuban roots music. It’s Jose Conde y Ola Fresca, winners of “Best Latin Album” honors at the 2008 Independent Music Awards!

Jorge Bringas, bass, corosPablo Vergara, pianoObanilu Ire, conga, corosGabriel “Chinchilita” Machado, timbalesJohn Speck, tromboneRey David Alejandre, tromboneDennis Hernandez, trumpetJose Conde, voice

“Utterly swinging” —The Boston Globe“Brilliant. Thrilling” —Billboard


Paper Moon Puppet Theatre:Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Sunday June 15 at 2pm and 6pmMatthews Acting Studio185 Nassau StreetPrinceton UniversityPrinceton, NJ


Goldilocks and her furry friends are transferred to a modern-day campsite in a National Park. Papa Bear, Mama Bear, and their cub bear a striking resemblance to the Cleavers of “Leave It to Beaver” fame.

Bring your entire family to this delightful update of a familiar children’s tale, featuring a feisty Goldilocks and a rock ‘n’ roll-obsessed little bear.

A Cappella Vocal Jazz

Saturday June 7 at 8pmTaplin Auditorium in Fine HallPrinceton UniversityPrinceton, NJ

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A cappella arrangements of your favorite songs in a variety of styles from barbershop to jazz, featuring three outstanding groups of vocal artists

Round Midnight’s powerhouse performance at the 2013 Princeton Festival showed why they’ve also sung at Carnegie Hall. Back by popular demand!

Gene Simmons of KISS called Blue Jupiter “the real deal,” and NBC’s Jane Pauley says they’re “incredible.” Harmonies backed by a beatbox work pure magic on stage.

West Side 5’s original takes on a wide range of music earned CARA nominations for Best Jazz Album and Best Jazz Song. They even sang for Mayor Bloomberg at Gracie Mansion.

‘Round midnight


Kawika Kahalehoe, Music Director and Symphonic Orchestra ConductorArvin Gopal, Concert Orchestra Conductor

We are proud to continue our association with this elite ensemble of young artists from the central New Jersey and Pennsylvania areas for the fifth year.

Greater Princeton Youth OrchestraKawika Kahalehoe and Dr. Arvin Gopal, conductors

Saturday June 7 at 8pmRichardson AuditoriumPrinceton UniversityPrinceton, NJ

Program will include Overtures to Weber’s Der Freischutz, Johann Strauss Jr.’s The Gypsy Baron and Rimsky Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagñol. Also featured will be this year’s Concerto Competition winner, Kasia Dobrzycka, playing Mozart’s Flute Concerto, K.313 (3rd movement).

Tickets for GPYO are only available through the Richardson Auditorium Box Office609.258.9220 or www.princeton.edu/utickets


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About Porgy and BessGeorge Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess is his only large-scale operatic work and was his most ambitious composition. One wonders what else he might have written had he lived longer than age 37!

Porgy and Bess is considered one of the most important American operas, but since its premiere in 1935, it has defied being neatly categorized—it is both an opera and a musical, and it melds musical elements drawn from jazz, popular music, spirituals and the western European classical tradition. It is Gershwin’s most sophisticated score, using musical techniques like the recitative, passacaglia, fugue, polyrhythms, polytonality and the leitmotif. With all this sophisticated craftsmanship and showstopping tunes, Porgy and Bess appeals to the layman and the connoisseur alike.

Whether you remember the titles of all the songs or not, chances are you’ll be humming along as we journey with the residents of Catfish Row on a tale of love, compassion, jealousy, manipulation, revenge and devotion!


lectures are free and open to the public. Previews & special events may require tickets (see listings).

porgy and Bess: the Opera

porgy and Bess: a musical kaleidoscopeTimothy Urban, Professor of Music, Rider University

George Gershwin’s classic 1935 opera Porgy and Bess has been called an “American folk opera,” a “jazz opera,” a “blues opera,” and a musical theater show. This diversity shows the wide-ranging musical styles Gershwin employed in its creation. The history of the show, its music and its creators, and its rise to fame will also be discussed.

Tuesday June 10 at 7pm West Windsor LibraryThursday June 19 at 7:30pm Princeton Public Library illustrating life in the American south before porgy and BessMarianne Grey, Docent at the Princeton University Art Museum

Porgy, Bess, and all the residents of Charleston’s Catfish Row are creatures of fiction. Their stories are based on truth and history, though there is much debate about the authenticity of the opera. Marianne Grey will show us artists’ representations of Negro life in the American South from colonial times to the 1920s. The attractions of the Harlem Renaissance that lured them North will also be considered.

Thursday June 12 at 7:30pm Princeton Public LibraryThursday June 26 at 7pm Lawrence Library

bring my goat! Joseph Horowitz, American Cultural Historian and Concert Producer

Joseph Horowitz is the author of seven books on American Music including his latest, “On My Way”: The Untold Story of Rouben Mamoulian, George Gershwin, and ‘Porgy and Bess.’ The recent opening of the Mamoulian Archives at the Library of Congress has shown that Mamoulian made major contributions to the opera we now see. These contributions expand our knowledge of the opera and the possible ways to stage or interpret it. Mr. Horowitz will illustrate these ideas by discussing Mamoulian’s addition of the words “bring my goat,” voiced by Porgy in the moving closing scene of the opera. As Porgy prepares to leave for New York with his goat, the community ecstatically sings “Oh Lawd, I’m on my way.” This lecture is sponsored jointly with the Princeton Public Library.

Monday June 16 at 7pm Princeton Public Library

Lecture Series


Other Eventsthe Princeton Festival gala 2014Cocktails, dinner, dancing, musical entertainment featuring Gala Honoree Leona Mitchell, dancers, drummers, and auction

Information at [email protected]

Saturday April 5 at 6pm Greenacres Country Club

musical PreviewYoung artists will present music from Porgy and BessJersey Harmony Chorus will entertain with a cappella female barbershop harmonies

Free with Park Admission

Sunday June 1 at 2 pm The Grounds For Sculpture

Opera Preview Scenes from Porgy and Bess and discussion with the Directors

Thursday June 5 at 7:30pm Princeton Pubic Library

Film: ShowboatThe 1951 movie of the Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein musical, based on the book by Edna Ferber. Directed by George Sidney, starring Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel, with William Warfield (also a renowned Porgy) singing “Ol’ Man River.”

Tuesday June 24 at 7pm Princeton Public Library

Artistic Directors SeriesPreparing for a Jazznights ConcertMaitland Jones, Artistic Director of JazzNights

JazzNights has partnered with The Princeton Festival for nine years. The group presents outstanding artists such as saxophonist Miquel Zenon (a MacArthur “ genius grant” fellow) and the well-known jazz pianist Mulgrew Miller. Mait Jones will discuss how he chooses artists and, with help from the Martin Wind Quartet, how performance pieces are selected.

Open to ticket holders for the Martin Wind Quartet performance, which follows at 4:30 pm.

Sunday June 8 at 4 pm Clark Music Center at The Lawrenceville School


This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Princeton Festival also gratefully acknowledges the leadership support of The Edward T. Cone Foundation. Additional support is generously provided by The New Jersey Cultural Trust, The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey, the J. Seward Johnson, Sr. 1963 Charitable Trust, the Scheide Fund along with other foundations, corporations, and individuals.

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2014 Gala Rise Up

Singin’Saturday, April 5, 2014 at 6pm

Honoring Metropolitan Opera Star Leona Mitchell

Greenacres Country Club2170 Lawrence Road • Lawrenceville, NJ

Tickets $250–$1000 Sponsorship tables available

For Information: 609.759.0379 or [email protected]


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DIRECTIONS and MAP

millER ChAPEl—Chamber music

mcCARtER thEAtRE—Opera

RiChARdsOn AuditORium in Alexander hall— youth Orchestra

tAPlin AuditORium in FinE hAll— A cappella, Piano Recital

tRinity ChuRCh— Choral Concert

mAtthEws ACting studiO— Paper moon Puppet theatre


The Princeton Festival events take place at several venues in and around Princeton, NJ. McCarter Theatre and the Princeton University campus are easily accessible by train (New Jersey Transit) from New York. The Princeton Station is located a short distance from the McCarter Theatre with free shuttle bus service between the Princeton Station parking lot and McCarter on performance nights provided by Princeton University. Other performing venues (except Clark Music Center) are located on or next to the campus of Princeton University.

For complete directions to Princeton by train, bus, or automobile, please see:http://www.princeton.edu/ main/visiting/travel/

For directions to Clark Music Center at The Lawrenceville School, please see:http://www.lawrenceville.org/about/directions/


not shown: ClARk musiC CEntER At thE lAwREnCEVillE sChOOl—Jazz, Piano Competition, Puppet theatre

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The Princeton Festival 2014 Ticket Order Form EVENT TIME/DATE TICKET PRICE SEATING NO. COST

A Cappella Vocal Jazz June 7, 8pm $25 Open Seating

Greater Princeton Youth Orch. June 7, 8pm

Jazz | Martin Wind Quartet June 8, 4:30pm $45 Open Seating

Concordia Chamber Players June 14, 8pm $35 Open Seating

Puppet Theatre June 15, 2pm $15 Open Seating

Puppet Theatre June 15, 6pm $15 Open Seating

Piano Competition Finals June 15, 3pm $25 Open Seating

World Music | Jose Conde June 20, 8pm $25 Open Seating

Piano Recital | Evan Wong June 21, 8pm $25 Open Seating

Opera | Porgy and Bess June 22, 3pm $30 to $140 Reserved Seating


Choral Concert June 28, 7:30pm $20 Open Seating


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