THE 2013-2014 SEASON

Night after night of spectacular performances await you this year at the Ferst Center. This intimate setting in the heart of the Georgia Tech campus provides the perfect space to enjoy music of all kinds, exquisite dance and breathtaking artistry that inspires and entertains you.

The 2013-2014 Season offers a number of top artists rarely seen in Atlanta, along with audience favorites we know you will enjoy. Say hello to hot new artists like Push Dance Company and pianists Alfredo Rodriguez and Steven Lin, along with top-of-their-game musicians Arturo Sandoval, Pat Metheny and Peter White. The astounding dance group Diavolo opens the season, leading us into a fall that includes the return of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and the premiere of The Hot Club of San Francisco.

Push Dance Company

Peter White

WElcOmE!

THE 2013-2014 SEASON

FERST cENTER P R ES E N TS

Diavolo

Earl Klugh kicks off an exciting three-year exploration of several areas of jazz music, and Georgia Tech’s own ensemble in residence Sonic Generator will perform with L’Orchestre National de Lorraine. The season includes the return of Pilobolus, and the Carolina Chocolate Drops. Performance artist Sanford Biggers will offer a unique evening of film, music and visual art as part of Africa Atlanta 2014.

Your total experience is heightened by galleries filled with surprising visual arts exhibitions, discussions held prior to most jazz concerts, and often opportunities to say hello to the performers after the show.

Connecting to the performers through live experience is unlike anything else, and once you have experienced it, you can’t wait for it to happen again.

Join us for the experience!

DiAvOlO Friday, September 20

ARTuRO SANDOvAl Friday, October 4

STEvEN liN Friday, October 11

THE HOT clubOF SAN FRANciScO Friday, October 18

big bAD vOODOO DADDy Friday, November 1

SONic gENERATOR and l’ORcHESTRE NATiONAl DE lORRAiNE Sunday, November 3

A PETER WHiTE cHRiSTmAS with Rick bRAuN and miNDi AbAiR Saturday, December 14

PuSH DANcE cOmPANy Friday-Saturday, February 7 & 8

PAT mETHENy uNiTy gROuP Saturday, February 15

cAROliNAcHOcOlATE DROPS Saturday, March 1

AlFREDO RODRiguEz TRiO Friday, March 7

SHuFFlE, SHAkE AND SHATTER by SANFORD biggERS Friday, March 28

PilObOluS Saturday, April 5

EARl klugH Saturday, April 12

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Diavolo Alfredo Rodriguez

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Friday, September 208 p.m.

Diavolo takes dance, daring and athletics to the extreme. The dynamic company returns with Fluid Infinities, the next installment of the work they performed at the Ferst Center in 2010, and with Transit Space, a kinetic new piece inspired by the thrilling movement of skateboarding that uses ramps and half-pipes as set pieces.

Regular Price: $39, $49Subscription Price: $33.15, $41.65Special Children’s Price: $22

DIAVOLO

“appears to defy gravity, performing with astounding athleticism and infinite grace” –Stanford Lively Arts

Diavolo is funded in part by a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Georgia Council for the Arts.

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ARTUROSANDOVAL

Friday, October 48 p.m.

Vivacious, talented and charismatic, Arturo Sandoval has traveled the world with his blend of infectious, mind-blowing jazz, winning Grammy, Billboard and Emmy awards. Born in Cuba in 1949, Sandoval is a protégé of jazz master Dizzy Gillespie and has evolved into one of the world’s most acknowledged guardians of jazz trumpet and flugelhorn.

Regular Price: $30, $40, $55Subscription Price: $25.50, $34, $46.75

“Sandoval’s playing is unabashedly spectacular, yet he uses his technique with dramatic finesse.” –The New York Times

Jazz Connect! Arrive at 7 p.m. for this free pre-show talk with WCLK host Jay Edwards about Arturo Sandoval and his music.

STeVeN LINFriday, October 118 p.m. AtlAntA Premiere

Steven Lin, an immediately engaging and imaginative young Taiwanese American pianist, moves with ease between concertos, recitals and chamber music. The winner of several prestigious piano competitions including the William Kapell International Competition and the Juilliard School’s Gina Bachauer Piano Competition, he made his debut with the New York Philharmonic at age 13.

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“His tone was unfailingly

beautiful, his articulation

extraordinary, as crystalline as could be in

bravura bits, elegantly refined

in legato lines.” –The Baltimore Sun

Friday, October 188 p.m. AtlAntA Premiere

The great gypsy jazz ensemble presents Cinema Vivant, an evening of vintage silent films accompanied by live gypsy swing music. The music of Django Reinhardt and 1920s Paris will highlight three classic short films: The Cameraman’s Revenge and The Mascot by Ladislaw Starewicz, and There It Is by Charley Bowers.

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THe HOT CLUB

“One of the most cohesive and entertaining gypsy swing

bands in the United States”

–The San Francisco Chronicle

OF SAN FRANCISCO

Friday, November 18 p.m.

2013 marks the 20th Anniversary of this band’s remarkable arrival on the music scene. In their first years they reminded the world that it was still cool to swing–Big Band style. Today the high-energy ensemble is continuously performing and recording while expanding their horizons with new musical inspiration and influence.

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BIG BADVOODOO DADDY

“Makes you want to jump up, dance and smile ’til your face hurts!”

–Pazz Magazine

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Sunday, November 37 p.m. AtlAntA Premiere

Sonic Generator, the high-tech contemporary music ensemble in residence at Georgia Tech, joins forces with members of L’Orchestre National de Lorraine and their conductor Jacques Mercier in a concert of innovative French and American contemporary music. The program features Steve Reich’s City Life, a work incorporating digital samplers. This concert is co-presented by the Georgia Tech School of Music as part of France-Atlanta 2013.

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“…the most stimulating addition to Atlanta’s musical life…” –Atlanta Journal-Constitution

SONIC GeNeRATOR AND

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Saturday, December 148 p.m.

The jazz guitar favorite returns to deliver his brand of holiday jazz! Peter White leads an all-star lineup featuring Rick Braun and Mindi Abair performing dazzling arrangements of holiday favorites. White has kept contemporary jazz fans worldwide enthralled by his spirited melodies, soulful grooves and instantly recognizable acoustic guitar tone.

Regular Price: $42, $52, $67Subscription Price: $35.70, $44.20, $56.95

“A night of Christmas cheer and jazz…the chemistry was off the hook.” –Jazz Review

A PeTeR wHITeCHRISTMAS

Friday, February 7Saturday, February 88 p.m. AtlAntA Premiere

Raissa Simpson’s Push Dance Company builds vibrant contemporary dances to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges attributed to mixed heritage. Each moment generates fresh perspectives from intermingling diverse dancers in raw situations that showcase rarely presented topics. Push Dance provides audiences an opportunity to examine issues of identity and intersecting cultures.

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PUSH DANCe COMPANY

“Sleek and sexy edge” –San Francisco Guardian

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PAT MeTHeNYUNITY GROUP

wITH CHRIS POTTeR, ANTONIO SANCHez, BeN wILLIAMS AND GIULIO CARMASSI

Saturday, February 158 p.m.

Guitarist Pat Metheny’s versatility is almost without peer, netting him an incredible 20 Grammy Awards, including one for his latest jazz album in 2013. He now pours his boundless creativity into a new project, the five-member Pat Metheny Unity Group, featuring some of the world’s best jazz players.

Regular Price: $49, $59, $74Subscription Price: $41.65, $50.15, $62.90

Jazz Connect! Arrive at 7 p.m. for this free pre-show talk with WCLK host Jay Edwards about Pat Metheny Unity Group and their music.

“the most inspired jazz guitarist living, a musician capable of structuring improvised solos as narratives, a composer of estimable lyricism and bountiful imagination”

–Buffalo News

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Saturday, March 18 p.m.

Proudly reclaiming the African-American string band tradition, the Chocolate Drops reveal the celebratory, interconnected currents running through blues, country and bluegrass, bringing brash, youthful energy to old-time music rooted in the red soil of the southern Piedmont.

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“an American roots-music phenomenon” –The Wall Street Journal

CAROLINACHOCOLATe DROPS

ALFReDO RODRIGUez TRIO

Friday, March 288 p.m. AtlAntA Premiere

With live music by the band Moon Medicine, multimedia and performance artist Sanford Biggers presents a montage of his three-part film suite Shuffle, Shake and Shatter as part of the Africa Atlanta 2014 celebration. The film follows the Brazilian Ricardo as he navigates German society, and continues to Sao Paulo and West Africa in an exploration of the formation and dissolution of identity.

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SHUFFLe, SHAke AND SHATTeRBY SANFORD BIGGeRS

Friday, March 78 p.m.

A young pianist of astonishing virtuosity, Cuban-born Alfredo Rodríguez calls up images of legendary jazz pianists Keith Jarrett, Thelonious Monk, Art Tatum and his compatriot Chucho Valdés. Schooled in the classical conservatories of Havana, Rodríguez was discovered at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2006 by Quincy Jones and his star has risen rapidly under the tutelage of the famed producer.

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“A quiet force in the art world” –Art in America

“Rodriguez’s talent for finding emotional truth in the split-second fall of a piano key has brought him to the verge of an improbable success story” –Los Angeles Times

ALFReDO RODRIGUez TRIO

Jazz Connect at 7 p.m.

PILOBOLUSSaturday, April 58 p.m.

Like its biological namesake–a feisty little fungus that thrives in farmyards–Pilobolus continues to grow toward the light, expanding and refining its unique methods of collective creativity. Now in its 42nd year, the popular dance company delights audiences around the globe with its inventive, athletic, witty and collaborative performance works.

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“The best Pilobolus works, with no loss of wonder or pleasure as popular entertainment, are sustained flights of poetry and drama” –The New York Times

Saturday, April 128 p.m.

Grammy-winning guitar virtuoso Earl Klugh and special guests ignite the stage in this “Night of Guitars” exploring Klugh’s various guitar influences and their styles and techniques through solo, duet, trio and full band performances. The concert concludes the first year of a new collaboration between Klugh and Georgia Tech aptly titled “HandPicked” in honor of his newest album release.

Regular Price: $37, $47, $62Subscription Price: $31.45, $39.95, $52.70

Jazz Connect! Arrive at 7 p.m. for this free pre-show talk with WCLK host Jay Edwards about Earl Klugh and his music.

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Support for Earl Klugh is generously provided byPatrick and Gloria Stansbury.

“A guitarist with impeccable technique” –The New York Times

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diavolo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/20 . . . . . . . $49, $39 . $41.65, $33.15 ______ X $_________ = $___________

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Peter White christmas . .12/14 . $67, $52, $42 .$56.95, $44.20, $35.70 ______ X $_________ = $___________

Pat metheny Unity Grp. . . 2/15 . . $74, $59, $49 . $62.90, $50.15, $41.65 ______ X $_________ = $___________

Alfredo rodriguez trio . 3/7 . . .$49, $34 . . . . . $41.65, $28.90 ______ X $_________ = $___________

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hot club of San fran. . . .10/18 . . . . . . . . $30. . . . . . . $25.50 ______ X $_________ = $___________

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Sonic Generator . . . . . . . 11/3 7pm . . . . .$25 . . . . . . .$21.25 ______ X $_________ = $___________

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Shuffle, Shake, Shatter. . 3/28 . . . . . . . . .$15 . . . . . . .$12.75 ______ X $_________ = $___________

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Vibrant signs of a strategic initiative to enhance creativity are visible across campus this year, from the new outdoor exhibit Engineered Art: An International Sculpture Exhibit at Georgia Tech to the 2014 TechArts Festival showcasing the creative spirit.

In addition to the Ferst Center Presents professional artist series, sharing the imagination and talent of the students and faculty at Georgia Tech is a major part of the initiative, and the campus welcomes the community to enjoy the visual art, music, theatre, digital and literary arts created here.

In 2014, Georgia Tech’s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts will present Africa Atlanta 2014, a citywide celebration reinventing the cultural and economic bonds between the African, European and American cultures in Atlanta with a rich array of arts activities.

For more information on all Georgia Tech arts events, please see arts.gatech.edu.

THe ARTS ARe THRIVING AT GeORGIA TeCH!

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