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ARTIST SERIES CONCERTS 2016/2017 PERFORMANCE CALENDAR

Date Venue Title Description Genre

OCTOBER

2 & 3 FW Best of the “B” Composers Violin/Piano Classical

9 SOH Piano Grand Five Pianos Pop/Lt. Classics

23 & 24 FW Chopin, Friends and Rivals Solo Piano Classical

29 & 30 HAT Mozart & Brahms String Quartet/Clarinet Classical

NOVEMBER

10 MOE Viva L’Opera Harp/Violin Opera

12 & 13 HAT Croon Vocal/Instrumental Pop

DECEMBER

3 & 4 HAT Entre Mundos: Between Worlds Instrumental Trio Classical/World

17 & 18 HAT Christmas Carole/New Year's Yves Vocalists/Piano Pop/Seasonal

JANUARY

15 FL Impressions of Europe Solo Piano Classical

26 MOE Kittens on the Keys Duo Piano Pop/Classical

29 VPAC McDonald Sings Sinatra Vocalist/Instrumental Trio Pop

FEBRUARY

12 FL Franck-ly French Cello/Piano Classical

16 MOE La Flûte Enchantée Flute/Voice/Piano Classical

19 FL Rejoicing in Ravel Voice/Piano/Flute/Cello Classical

MARCH

08 MOE FRIENDS – A Night in Venice Annual Gala

16 MOE Voix Françaises Choral Ensemble Classical/Pop

19 VPAC La Vie En Rose Vocalist/Instrumentalists Pop

26 CP Sibling Revelry Vocalists/Piano Pop

APRIL

16 & 17 FW Tenor on the Road Voice/Piano Classical/Pop

22 SC Suncoast Music Scholarships Local Music Competition

29 SC National Competition Competition for Piano

MAY

14 SOH Hot N’ Cole Vocal Ensemble/Pianos Pop

VENUE KEYHAT=Historic Asolo Theater SOH=Sarasota Opera House MOE=Michael’s On East

FW=Fischer/Weisenborne Residence FL=Faith Lutheran Church CP=Church of the PalmsVPAC=Venice Performing Arts Center SC=Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center

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May, 2016

Dear Friends,

We are excited to share the details of ourtwenty-first season of presenting a wide variety of exceptional musicians from across the country and around the world.

Prompted by the construction closure of the Historic Asolo Theater inJanuary 2017, we have made a number of necessary changes in thestructure of our programming, while focusing on the opportunities pre-sented along with the challenges. Below are two items that are of specific interest to our current patrons and donors.

u We have streamlined the ability to receive significant ticketdiscounts by removing the barrier of “Series.” Purchase the tickets you want in any quantity by June 25 and still receive our maximum 15% dis-count. This will allow more flexibility for “regulars” as well as snowbirds.

u Seating preference will be retained for current subscribers forvenues where reserved seating is possible.

We are pleased to present two programs in the Historic Sarasota Opera House, and to include the new Venice Performing Arts Center, Church of the Palms, and Faith Lutheran Church as new venues. Each is easy to reach and has ample parking as well as access for physically challenged guests.

For the “Festival of French Music,” running from mid-February through March, we happily coordinated with several area music presenters. We are also delighted to partner with SILL (Sarasota Institute for Lifetime Learning) with four of director/host June LeBell’s “Musical Mondays” programs.In the coming season we are also excited to begin a new relationship with New York-based Young Concert Artists, a non-profit organizationdedicated to discovering and launching the careers of exceptional, butunknown, young musicians from all over the world. Performances byEdgar Moreau, and Andrew Tyson are arranged through the new affiliation.

We hope that you will find the offerings for the season as exciting as we do. Even though we’re asking you to drive a few more miles for some of the performances, be assured that they will be well worth it.

Your ongoing support has empowered Artist Series Concerts to bring the most diverse selection of musical experiences to our region. We thank you for your support – and look forward to enjoying great musical moments with you this season!

Music Moveon the

John Alan FischerManaging Director

Joseph HoltDirector of ArtistPrograms

Lee Dougherty RossCo-Founder, andDirector of Competitions and Outreach

2016 | 2017SEASON SPONSOR

Ernest Kretzmer,in loving memory ofAlisa Kretzmer.

The Best of the “B” ComposersDan Jordan, violin Joseph Holt, piano

CLASSICAL SOIREE IFischer-Weisenborne Residence ($45)Sunday, October 2 Monday, October 32:00 p.m. arrival 7:30 p.m. arrival2:30 p.m. performance 8:00 p.m. performance

Featuring Brahms’ Sonata in G Major and works by Max Bruch, Leonard Bernstein, and Hector Berlioz

Piano Grand!Five Steinway & Sons Grand Pianos! Five World-Class Pianists!

50 talented fingers tackle the keys and tickle your fancy with favorites such as Strauss’ “Blue Danube Waltz,” Tchaikovsky’s “Capriccio Italien,” “Sabre Dance” by Khachaturian, and even Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever.”

POPS/LIGHT CLASSICAL I Pianists: Don Bryn, Joseph Holt, Sarasota Opera House ($45) Andrew Lapp, Rich Ridenour, Jonathan SpiveySunday, October 9 at 3:00 p.m.

“Chopin, Friends and Rivals”Daniela Liebman, piano

CLASSICAL SOIREE II Fischer-Weisenborne Residence ($45)Includes beverages, appetizers & desserts

Sunday, October 23 2:00 p.m. arrival2:30 p.m. performance

Monday, October 247:30 p.m. Arrival8:00 p.m. Performance

CHOPINImpromptu no. 1, Ab Major, op. 29Impromptu no. 2, F# minor, op. 36Nocturne in E minor, op. 72, no. 1Ballade no. 3 in Ab Major, op. 47, no. 3MENDELSSOHNFantasy in F# minor, op. 28LISZT“La Leggerezza” Concert Etude no. 2

“Mozart and Brahms”Ying String QuartetBharat Chandra, clarinet

CLASSICAL RECITAL I Historic Asolo Theater ($45)

Saturday, October 29 Sunday, October 307:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.

MOZART Quartet in G major, K. 387BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet, Op. 115CHILDS Awakening

“The ensemble replicated thesounds of water.” — New York Times

“Precarious balance where sheeragony and triumphant beautyintersect.” — Washington Post

“Sustained quietude,peacefulness, and serenity.” — New York Times

“The Ying Quartet performed with technical mastery, musical insight, vivid imagination, andtireless enthusiasm.” — Joe Sekon, Peninsula Reviews

“Viva L’Opera”Giuseppina Ciarla, harp Natalia Maiden, violin

LUNCH, LOOK & LISTEN I Michael’s On East ($45)

Thursday, November 10 11:00 a.m. Performance12:15 p.m. Luncheon

MASSENET Meditation from Thais PUCCINI O mio Babbino caro from Gianni SchicchiMASCAGNI Intermezzo from Cavalleria RusticanaPUCCINI Vissi d’Arte from ToscaDELIBES Flower Duet from LakméMASCAGNI Siciliana from Cavalleria RusticanaPUCCINI Rocondita Armonia from ToscaBIZET Habanera from CarmenVERDI Pace Mio Dio from La forza del DestinoBELLINI Casta Diva from Norma

Enjoy many of

opera’s most

popular arias, and

the complex and

beautiful “voices”

of the harp

and violin!

"Ciarla enchants the audiencewith her harp." - Il Quotidiano (Italy)

“Croon: When a Whisper Became a Song”Todd Murray, singer Steve Doyle, drumsAlex Rybeck, piano Sean Harkness, bass

POPS IIHistoric Asolo Theater ($45)

Saturday, November 12 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, November 132:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Lover/I Wanna Be Loved

The Nearness of You

Learn to Croon

You Are Too Beautiful

Don’t Get Around Much Anymore

You’ll Never Know

Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps

I’ve Got You Under My Skin

Love Me Tender

I Can’t Help Falling in Love With You

If Ever I Would Leave You

This Guy’s in Love

You’ll Never Find

I’m Your Man

And I’m Leaving Today

Whispering

How Deep Is The Ocean/I Wish You Love

“Echoing some of the great song stylists of the past, Todd Murray brings passion, style and grace to everything he sings.” - Frank Wildhorn, Atlantic Records

“Entre Mundos: Between Worlds”Elkey TrioScott Hill, guitar Carlos Boltes, viola and charangoGonzalo Cortes, Andean panpipes

RECITAL II Historic Asolo Theater ($40)Saturday, December 3 Sunday, December 4 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.

The Elkey Trio will take you on a journey of musicaldiscovery through the classical and folk music traditions of South America. Their performances feature folk music

learned during their many tours throughout the region andclassical pieces that use this music for inspiration.

“A Christmas Carole and A New Years Yves”Carole J. Bufford andEric Yves Garcia, cabaret singersMatt Baker, piano

POPS III Historic Asolo Theater ($45)Saturday, December 17 Sunday, December 187:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Two serendipitously named performers—Bufford, a young singer with a distinctive, bluesy voice; and Garcia, atalented singer-pianist with a suavely moody edge,team up for a holiday show. You’ll hear a host of popularholiday favorites, and even though “Baby, It’s ColdOutside” is among them, this show will heat up theHistoric Asolo Theater for sure!

Carole J. Bufford has become one of the most sought-after young per-formers in the New York cabaret and jazz scene. It’s easy to understand why. Eric Yves Garcia has been hailed by the New York Times as “a handsome young singer and pianist with a genuine star quality.”Australian piano wiz Matt Baker completes the talented ensemble.

“Impressions of Europe”Andrew Tyson, piano

CLASSICAL RECITAL III Faith Lutheran Church ($30)Sunday, January 15 3:00 p.m.

Music by legendary composers from France, Spain,Italy, and Hungary

SCARLATTI SonatasRAVEL MiroirsALBÉNIZ Iberia, Book 1LISZT Rhapsodie espagnole

Hailed by BBC Radio 3 as “a real poet of thepiano,” 29-year-old Andrew Tyson has emerged as a distinctive and important new musical voice.

“Kittens on the Keys”Lee Dougherty Ross & Joseph Holt, piano duo

LUNCH, LOOK & LISTEN II Michael’s On East ($45)Thursday, January 26 11:00 a.m. Performance 12:15 p.m. Luncheon

Of course you’ll hear the famous1920s novelty tune “Kitten on the Keys”by Zez Confrey, but you’ll also heardelightful classics presented by two of Sarasota’s most ardent and talented musicians and music supporters. Both are armed with degrees from the famed Eastman School of Music...definitely a “not-to-be-missed” musical treat.

“Old Blue Eyes: McDonald Sings Sinatra”

Bob McDonald, baritone“DC” Instrumental Quartet

POPS IV Venice Performing Arts Center ($35)Sunday, January 29 3:00 p.m.

New York, New York

Strangers in the Night

My Way

Fly Me To The Moon

Come Fly With Me

Something Stupid

Autumn In New York

Night and Day

I’ve Got You Under My Skin

Versatile Washington, DC-based singer Bob McDonald has performed for presidents, heads of state and in suchprestigious DC venues as Signature Theatre and the Kennedy Center.

“Franck-ly French”Edgar Moreau, celloJessica Xylina Osborne, piano

CLASSICAL RECITAL IV Faith Lutheran Church ($30)Sunday, February 12 3:00 p.m.

FRANCK Sonata in A Major for violin and pianoBACH Sonata No. 3 in G minorCHOPIN Introduction and Polonaise brillante

“La Flûte Enchantée”Betsy Traba, fluteJenny Kim-Godfrey, sopranoJoseph Holt, piano

LUNCH, LOOK & LISTEN III Michael’s On East ($45)Thursday, February 16 11:00 a.m. Performance 12:15 p.m. Luncheon

POULENC Sonata for Flute and PianoMOUQUET La Flûte de PanMOZART Bravura Variations on Ah! vous dirai-je, mamanSAINT-SAËNS Une Flûte invisible

“Rejoicing in Ravel”John Brancy, baritone

Peter Dugan, pianoBetsy Traba, fluteChristopher Schnell, cello

CLASSICAL RECITAL V Faith Lutheran Church ($30)Sunday, February 19 3:00 p.m.

French arias and chansons, including MauriceRavel’s “Chansons madécasses” (Madagascan Songs)

“Voix Françaises”Belle Canto

A Celebration of Women’s VoicesElizabeth Goldstein, Director

LUNCH, LOOK & LISTEN IV Michael’s On East ($45)Thursday, March 16 11:00 performance 12:15 luncheon

DEBUSSY Salut PrintempsRAVEL BoleroPORTER I Love Paris

The New York Times has hailed baritone John Brancyas “a vibrant, resonant presence.”

Praised by the Capital Gazette as “nothing short of superb” and by the Baltimore Sun as “spellbinding,” pianist Peter Dugan is equally at home in classical, jazz, and pop idioms.

“Sibling Revelry”Liz Callaway, singer Ann Hampton Callaway, singerAlex Rybeck, piano

POP VI Church of the Palms ($45) Sunday, March 26 3:00 p.m.

Featuring such beloved popular songs including Get Happy, Happy Days are Here Again, It’s Today, The Sweetest Sounds, Friendship Meadowlark, and many more!

Sisters Ann Hampton Callaway and Liz Callaway are regarded as Broadway cabaret legends. This dynamic sister duo’s “Sibling Revelry “ was first performed at New York’s Rainbow and Stars in 1995 to rave reviews and the sisters have been performing it ever since.

“La Vie En Rose: Parisian Society Café Music”Featuring the New York-based Violette and the La Vie En Rose Band

POPS V Venice Performing Arts Center ($35)Sunday, March 19 3:00 p.m.

La Vie En Rose Band is a tasteful marriage of French chanson and Golden Age swing, with a repertoire of timeless American standards and French jazz songs: a unique al-liance between the old world and the new, between French charm, American glam and soulful pop. With the melodious voice of French native singer Violette and her musicians from around the world, all the ingredients are gathered to make it hot and keep you swinging!

The program includes anhomage to “The Little Sparrow,” legendary songstress Edith Piaf and her most popular songs.

“Tenor on the Road”Blake Friedman, tenor Joseph Holt, piano

SOIREE III Fischer-Weisenborne Residence ($45)Sunday, April 16 (Easter brunch) 2:00 p.m. Arrival 2:45 p.m. Performance

Monday, April 177:30 p.m. Arrival8:00 p.m. Performance

BEETHOVEN An die ferne GeliebteFAURÉ Poéme d’un jour

Plus arias by Verdi and Rossini, and Broadway songs,including “Bring Him Home” from Les Misérables.

A bubbly, two-act review of Cole Porter's

gorgeous songs—melodic, witty, sexy and

sophisticated—as their classic text. If you

know the songs, it's a chance to hear them

again, and if you don't, it's an entertaining

discovery.

Featuring such delectable songs as Night and

Day, At Long Last Love, In the Still of the

Night, It's Too Darn Hot, What a Swell Party

This Is, Just One of Those Things – the list of

classics goes on and on.

“Once again, Wirries brought downthe house with her beauty,

charm and astonishing vocalism.” – Sarasota Herald Tribune

“Hot ‘n’ Cole: A Cole Porter Celebration!”Starring Maria Wirries, five other sensational singers, and dual pianists.

POPS VII Sarasota Opera House ($45)Sunday, May 14 3:00 p.m.

Festival of French Music

From

February 12

to March 24 Artist Series

Concerts of Sarasota

leads a community-

wide musical tribute to

the music and composers

of France. Incorporated

into our season are

five performances

ARTIST SERIES CONCERTS OF SARASOTA

Sunday, February 12“Franck-ly French”

Edgar Moreau, cello

Thursday, February 16“La Flûte Enchantée”

Betsy Traba, fluteJenny Kim-Godfrey, soprano

Joseph Holt, piano

Sunday, February 19“Rejoicing in Ravel”

John Brancy, baritone

Thursday, March 16“Voix Françaises”

Belle Canto

Sunday, March 19“La Vie En Rose”

Violette and La Vie En Rose Band

Other organizations featuring music of French composers

Sunday, March 5Gloria Musicae SingersDuruflé’s Requiem and

Poulenc’s Gloria

March 4 - 24Sarasota Opera

Poulenc “Dialogue of theCarmelites”

BELLE CANTO (March 16)Belle Canto, which means “beautiful singing,” was founded by conductor and artistic director, Elizabeth Goldstein, in September, 2009. She recognized that in Sarasota’s culturally rich arts community, no one was performing repertoire for women’s voices. Belle Canto’s varied repertoire includes both classical and traditional, secular and sacred choral works, in addition to new works by current composers. Performances are enjoyed by audiences who appreciate the ensemble’s ability to connect through creative programming and professional presentation. From its inception, Belle Canto’s goal has been to create the unique beauty and quality of sound that comes from the blending of women’s voices and to leave audiences feeling joyful and uplifted.

JOHN BRANCY (February 19)The New York Times has hailed baritone John Brancy as “a vibrant, resonant presence.” The 2013 Winner of the Marilyn Horne Song Competition, Brancy began his 2015-2016 season with a significant debut with the Glyndebourne Festival Opera Tour, as Malatesta in Don Pasquale. Other season highlights include his return to Carnegie Hall in recital as part of its “Evening of Song Series,” as well as Oper Frankfurt, as Morales/Dancairo in Carmen. Brancy made his professional recital debut at the Kennedy Center with Vocal Arts DC, and reprised the same program with CAIC (Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago), and Société d’art vocal de Montréal in collaboration with pianist Peter Dugan. Brancy made his Carnegie Hall debut while still an undergraduate at the Juilliard School, and returns this year as part of its Evening of Song series. He is a frequent presence on the concert stage and performs with Boston Symphony Chamber Players, Edmonton Symphony and Chamber Music of Palm Beach; and at the Kennedy Center, Avery Fisher Hall, New York Festival of Song and Société d’art vocal de Montréal.

DON BRYN (October 9)Pianist, composer, arranger, orchestrator, Don Bryn moved to Sarasota from Hawaii and now splits his time between playing, writing, and teaching. Prior to his stint in Hawaii, Bryn spent 12 years touring the globe, playing and conducting over 300 shows a year, including performances by Burt Bacharach, Lorna Luft, Nestor Torres, John Raitt, Jim Nabors, and Charo. He was also musical director for the National Tour

of “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.” Bryn has been a musical director and arranger for a variety of shows for the Pittsburgh Playhouse and Gargaro Productions in Pittsburgh. He has also performed with the Opera Theater of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble.

CAROLE J. BUFFORD (December 17 & 18)Carole J. Bufford has become one of the most sought-after young performers in the New York cabaret and jazz scene. It’s easy to understand why. The Huffington Post recently wrote: “An animated, elfin performer, Bufford initially radiates an onstage vulnerability, almost like Audrey Hepburn. But then she morphs into an emotional powerhouse, with explosive renditions of torch classics, gravelly blues, flapper jazz and edgy, modern songs that ripple with darkness. The vocal comparisons that come to mind go well beyond La Streisand: New York critics have likened her rich alto to Judy Garland, Edith Piaf, Bessie Smith, Dinah Washington, Billie Holiday and others.” Bufford is the recipient of a Nightlife, Bistro and Broadway World Award for Outstanding Vocalist and was featured in Michael Feinstein’s Great American Songbook series at Jazz @ Lincoln Center. She has been spotlighted in numerous “Broadway By The Year” concerts, both at The Town Hall and in California.

ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY (March 26)Ann Hampton Callaway is considered to be one of the best jazz singers in the world and has written songs for the biggest names in show business, including Barbra Streisand and Carole King. Callaway’s live performances showcase her warmth, spontaneous wit and passionate delivery of standards, jazz classics and originals. She is one of America’s most gifted improvisers, taking words and phrases from her audiences and creating songs on the spot, whether alone at a piano or with a symphony orchestra. She is also the only composer to have collaborated with the late Cole Porter.

LIZ CALLAWAY (March 26)A Tony nominee and Emmy Award-winning actress, singer and recording artist, Liz Callaway is best known for her work on Broadway. She made her Broadway debut in Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along, received a Tony Award nomination for her performance in Baby, and for five years, won acclaim as Grizabella in Cats. She has also starred in the original casts of Miss Saigon,

WHO’S WHO - 2016/2017 ARTISTS (alphabetical order)

The Three Musketeers, and The Look of Love. Callaway has also established a major career as a concert and recording artist. She sang the Academy Award-nominated song “Journey to the Past” in the animated feature Anastasia and is also the singing voice of Princess Jasmine in Disney’s Aladdin and the King of Thieves and The Return of Jafar. Other film work includes the singing voice of the title character in The Swan Princess, Lion King 2: Simba’s Pride, Beauty and the Beast, Lyle, Lyle the Crocodile and The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars.

BHARAT CHANDRA (October 29 & 30)Bharat Chandra is a clarinetist whose earnest passion for music and live interaction with audiences has taken him across the world as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player. Chandra attended the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston where he became the first student of world-renowned clarinetist Richard Stoltzman and won the Conservatory’s highest individual honor, the Gunther Schuller Medal. From Boston, Chandra traveled to Miami to join the New World Symphony, where he was featured in orchestral and chamber music tours across the United States, Monte Carlo, and Vienna. Chandra currently serves as principal clarinet of the Sarasota Orchestra in Florida and of the Nordic Symphony Orchestra in Tallinn, Estonia, led by Anu Tali. During the summer, Bharat serves as principal clarinet of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, led by Marin Alsop.

GIUSEPPINA CIARLA (November 10)Italian-born harpist Giuseppina Ciarla’s performances have been described as “hearty and colorful...enchanting and infectious.” Equally at home with an orchestra as well as in the roles of soloist and chamber musician, Ciarla has a true passion for opera and has been principal harpist with the Sarasota Opera since 2002. In 2010, Ciarla made her debut as principal harpist with the orchestra of Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Italy, in a production of Swan Lake with the Bolshoi Ballet. Over the course of her orchestral career, she has been featured as a soloist performing Mozart’s flute and harp concerti and has collaborated on symphonies, operas and ballets with such noted conductors as Lorin Maazel, Stephan Anton Reck, Roberto Abbado and Daniel Oren, among others. Ciarla’s has performed with many chamber musicians, including performances with such artists of international acclaim as flutists Carol Wincenc and Tara Helen O’Connor; violinist Benny Kim; clarinetist Eddie Daniels and pianist/composer Marc Neikrug at the Santa Fe Chamber Music

Festival. Additional performances have included the Prague Symphony, Orchestra of Slovacchia, Festival Pucciniano di Torre del Lago, Smithsonian Institute’s Axelrod String Quartet, Santa Fe Pro Musica and appearances at both the International Jazz and Pop Harp Festival in Monterey, California and the Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia, Italy.

PETER DUGAN (February 19)Praised by the Capital Gazette as “nothing short of superb” and by the Baltimore Sun as “spellbinding,” pianist Peter Dugan is equally at home in classical, jazz, and pop idioms. He has appeared as a soloist throughout the United States, including performances in New York’s Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall, and Philadelphia’s Academy of Music and Verizon Hall. He has also performed internationally in Canada, South America, the Cayman Islands, and throughout Europe. As a sought-after crossover artist, Dugan recently performed duos with violinists Itzhak Perlman and Joshua Bell in memorial concerts for Marvin Hamlisch at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater in New York and The Delacorte Theater in Central Park. He has performed his solo arrangements of Hamlisch tunes in tribute concerts on Broadway and at the Public Theater’s annual gala in Central Park.

ELKEY TRIO (December 3 & 4)An ensemble that is equally at home performing both classical and South American folk music, the Elkey Trio’s repertoire ranges from Baroque and newly commissioned pieces to folk music learned in South America by oral tradition. Andean woodwind specialist and flutist, Gonzalo Cortes, charango and viola player Carlos Boltes, and guitarist Scott Hill have forged careers as chamber musicians and soloists with choirs and orchestras throughout Europe as well as North, Central, and South America. Collectively they have premiered more than forty pieces of music, and have won competitions including the ASCAP/CMA Adventurous Programming Award and the New England International Chamber Music Competition.

BLAKE FRIEDMAN (April 16 & 17)With his “climactic high notes” (Q on Stage) and “powerful vocals” (Eye on Dance), tenor Blake Friedman is quickly becoming known as a world-class, fresh lyric tenor and “object of attraction” (Critical Dance). Friedman’s “beautiful” (Critical Dance) singing is featured on the Albany Records commercial recording of John Musto’s Later the Same Evening for his critically acclaimed portrayal of Jimmy O’Keefe. He has performed

on the stages of Avery Fisher Hall and The Walter Bruno Auditorium at Lincoln Center, Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, and BAM’s Fisher Fishman Space. Also at home on the concert stage, Friedman is most known for his acclaimed interpretation of Tchaikovsky songs interwoven throughout Eve Wolf’s operatic drama Tchaikovsky: None but the Lonely Heart. He also notably performed the North American premiere of a new adaptation of The St. Matthew’s Passion, written by Eastern Orthodox Arch Bishop Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev with the Salome Chamber Ensemble at St. Paul the Apostle Church in New York City. Friedman’s competition credits and awards include a 2013 Career Bridges Grant from The Schuyler Foundation; finalist in The Fritz and Lavinia Jensen Foundation Vocal Competition of 2013; Top 10 Finalist in The Arkadi Foundation Classical Idol Competition of 2013; and winner of The American Prize: Friederich and Virginia Schorr Memorial Art Song Competition of 2011. Friedman holds both a Master of Music and Professional Studies Degree from the Manhattan School of Music where he was a recipient of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Scholarship Award/Richard Rodgers Scholar and received his Bachelor of Music degree from The Eastman School of Music where he was the recipient of a Howard Hanson Scholarship.

ERIC YVES GARCIA (December 17 & 18)The recipient of the 2013 Margaret Whiting Award presented at Jazz at Lincoln Center, as well as the 2014 Bistro Award for Outstanding Singer / Instrumentalist, Eric Yves Garcia has been hailed by the New York Times as “a handsome young singer and pianist with a genuine star quality.” A Manhattan piano bar entertainer who toiled in semi-oblivion at Chez Josephine until his appearances at the New York Cabaret Convention, Garcia belongs to the school of jazz-leaning connoisseurs of the American Songbook epitomized by the grand Bobby Short.

JOSEPH HOLT (October 2 & 3, October 9, January 26, February 16, April 16 & 17) Joseph Holt has enjoyed a wide-ranging musical career as conductor, pianist, chamber music performer, arts administrator, educator and arranger. He currently serves as director of artistic programs for Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota; as artistic director of Gloria Musicae, Sarasota’s professional choral ensemble; and as director of music at Faith Lutheran Church. Holt retired to Sarasota after serving more than 20 years as principal pianist with The United States Army Chorus in Washington, DC, performing for U.S.

presidents, dignitaries from around the world, and military officials.

DAN JORDAN (October 2 & 3)Violinist Dan Jordan has been concertmaster of the Sarasota Orchestra since 1998 and is also the assistant principal second violinist of the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra. He has also played as concertmaster of the New World Symphony (Miami Beach), Spoleto (Charleston) Festival and Erie Philharmonic. Jordan often performs on the ex Humphreys 1695 Peter Guarneri of Mantua generously on loan from the Steinwachs Family Foundation.

JENNY KIM-GODFREY (February 16)Hailed as “a fearless and confident performer with a beautiful high voice with excellent flexibility,” Korean-American coloratura soprano Jenny Kim-Godfrey is quickly gaining notoriety for her “nightingale tone” and as an “invigorating stage animal and gifted recitalist. A performer ready to forge new vistas!” (Maestro Gary Thor Wedow, New York Philharmonic). Kim-Godfrey has been a prizewinner in several national and international vocal competitions, most recently winning the St. Petersburg Opera Idol and the Sun City Center Opera Idol competition in 2014, the first contestant in the history of the competition to win both. Kim-Godfrey has performed numerous operatic roles throughout the U.S. and, in the summer of 2013, performed in several concerts in Italy. Kim-Godfrey recently made her company debut with St. Petersburg Opera covering Berta in Il Barbiere di Siviglia and, last year, made her Canada debut with Gravenhurst Opera as a guest artist in their 2015 concert series. Kim-Godfrey also recently performed the lead role of Jenny Lind in the Florida premiere of Libby Larsen’s opera Barnum’s Bird with Gloria Musicae.

ANDREW LAPP (October 9)A Steinway Artist since 2013, 27-year-old pianist Andrew Lapp has appeared as a soloist with the Imperial Symphony Orchestra, Venice Symphony Orchestra, and the Sarasota Pops Orchestra. Andrew tours nationally and in 2010 debuted as an accompanist at Carnegie Hall.

LA VIE EN ROSE BAND (March 19)La Vie En Rose Band is a tasteful marriage of French chanson and Golden Age swing. With her luxurious, silky smooth voice and repertoire of timeless American standards and French jazz songs, singer Violette and her ensemble of

international musicians create a captivating alliance of old world and new, of French charm, American glam and soulful pop. Raised in Ars-en-Re, a small village on an island off the coast of France, pianist, singer and composer Violette founded the band in 2009 while living in Boston. Since then, the band has won several awards and currently performs over 150 shows a year including, in 2016, performances at the Blue Note Jazz Festival and at the renowned Sunset/Sunside Jazz Club in Paris, France.

DANIELA LIEBMAN (October 23 & 24)At just 14 years of age, pianist Daniela Liebman has already enjoyed a formidable and critically acclaimed performance career. Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 2002, Liebman began studying piano at the age of five, and made her professional debut just three years later, playing Mozart’s eighth piano concerto with the Aguascalientes Symphony. Since then, she has taken first prize at several international competitions and, in 2013, made her Carnegie Hall debut playing Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony. Last year, Forbes magazine named her one its “The Most Creative Forty Mexicans in the World” and, after her impressive Florida debut last December at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, the Palm Beach Daily News forecast her to “achieve great things if she remains in the current path. We will surely be hearing again from Daniela Liebman in the years to come.”

NATALIA MAIDEN (November 10)Natalia Vasilieva Maiden began playing violin at age five and holds degrees in violin performance and teaching from the Minsk State Conservatory in Belarus. Maiden performed with many orchestras and at prestigious venues throughout Russia and Europe before immigrating to the U.S. She’s been a member of the Sarasota Opera Orchestra for eight years and also performs with the Sarasota Orchestra, Venice Symphony and Florida Lakes Symphony.

BOB McDONALD (January 29)Bass-Baritone Bob McDonald enjoys a diverse career across many artistic disciplines, including musical theatre, opera, and the concert stage, as well as his job as baritone, announcer and senior producer for The U.S. Army Chorus. Known for everything from “Sunday in the Park with George” to “Sweeney Todd” to “Gilbert & Sullivan,” the versatile McDonald has performed at such prestigious Washington DC venues as Signature

Theatre, The Kennedy Center and the Folger Theatre. He has performed for troops in the U.S. and overseas, as well as for presidents and visiting heads of state. McDonald’s is also a familiar face, and voice, to scores of DC sports fans as the regular National Anthem singer at Washington Capitals games.

EDGAR MOREAU (February 12)Called the “rising star of the French cello,” 22-year-old French-born Edgar Moreau consistently captivates audiences with his effortless virtuosity and dynamic performances. He began playing the cello at the age of four. In 2008 he entered the Conservatoire de Paris. He won First Prize in the 2014 Young Concert Artists International Auditions after capturing, at the age of 17, Second Prize and the Prize for the Best Performance of the Commissioned Work at the 2011 Tchaikovsky Competition under the chairmanship of Valery Gergiev. In 2013, Moreau was named “New Talent of the Year” at the Victoires de la Musique in France, and in 2015, he was named “Solo Instrumentalist of the Year.” Moreau has been selected as one of the European Concert Hall Organization’s 2016-2017 Rising Stars. He plays a David Tecchler cello that dates back from 1711.

TODD MURRAY (November 12 & 13)During an era when there is a shortage of significant male jazz and cabaret singers, Todd Murray has emerged as a notable interpreter of standards, newer material, and his own originals. Blessed with a deep baritone voice, Murray is an intimate performer who excels on romantic ballads, swings at every tempo, and does justice to the lyrics that he sings. Born in a small farming community in Pennsylvania, he learned many older standards from his aunt who played stride piano. After performing regularly at Opryland USA, Disneyland in Tokyo, and summer stock, he moved to New York City. He soon was performing many roles at the famous Paper Mill Playhouse including the lead in Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Gondoliers.” He was in the first Broadway touring company of “The Secret Garden.” His debut solo CD, entitled “When I Sing Low,” features Murray’s baritone accompanied by a full orchestra – a rarity these days. The release of the CD led to a higher profile on the national cabaret circuit. Rex Reed, in the New York Observer called Murray, “a cabaret prince headed for the big cabaret throne if I’ve ever spotted one…I felt privileged to listen.” And Stephen Holden, the esteemed New York Times music critic, recently wrote: ”This suave, handsome baritone is such a confident singer that

his performance is the real deal. His unadorned interpretations of standards like ‘The Nearness of You,’ ‘You’ll Never Know,’ and ‘How Deep Is the Ocean?’ were impeccable.” As a finishing touch to these many recent successes, Murray was voted Broadwayworld.com’s 2015 “Best Male Vocalist” and “Best Cabaret Show.”

JESSICA XYLINA OSBORNE (February 12)Called a “superb pianist” and “a pianist with a refreshing mellowness and poetic touch” by the Washington Post, Jessica Xylina Osborne’s passionate, earnest playing has been featured on such illustrious stages as those at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall and Zankel Hall, the Terrace Theater at the Kennedy Center, and the Seoul Arts Center, among others. Osborne has had the privilege to study with important mentors, including Claude Frank, Emile Naoumoff, Jon Kimura Parker, Seymour Lipkin, Marjorie Lee, and her mother, Patricia Osborne. She holds degrees in piano performance from Indiana University, Rice University, and Yale University. Osborne is also an avid soloist, collaborator, chamber musician, and teacher.

RICH RIDENOUR (October 9)Critics hail pianist Rich Ridenour as amazingly versatile, masterfully musical and wickedly funny. A Steinway Artist, Ridenour established his career performing his own musical arrangements of classical masterworks and today’s popular piano favorites. With hundreds of engagements to his credit, Ridenour has performed with the orchestras of Indianapolis, Atlanta, Kansas City, Topeka, Harrisburg, Grand Rapids, Detroit (covering for Peter Nero), Tucson, Evansville, Charleston, West Virginia, Elgin, Owensboro, Mazatlan, Mexico and the Bravissimo Festival Orchestra of Guatemala City. Each season Ridenour serves as pops director for the Dearborn Symphony Orchestra. Ridenour has collaborated with such renowned performers as Martin Short, Carol Lawrence, Robert Guillaume, Smokey Robinson, Bob Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo), Larry Gatlin, David Ogden Stiers, Jim Nabors, Richard Hayman and Jennifer Holiday.

LEE DOUGHERTY ROSS (January 26)Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota’s co-founder Lee Dougherty Ross debuted at age 12 as a piano soloist with the Norfolk Symphony Orchestra and later performed the Rachmaninoff 2nd Piano Concerto with the Eastman Rochester Symphony. She graduated from Eastman School of Music with a double major in piano and voice. Her singing

career included performances at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Broadway stage, Queen Elizabeth Hall in London and the Kennedy White House.

ALEX RYBECK (November 12 & 13, March 26)Alex Rybeck is a pianist, arranger and composer, well known for his work in theater, cabaret, and the recording studio. He has worked with the world’s most notable performers, including George Abbott, Hal Prince, Tommy Tune, and Burt Bacharach. Rybeck has also served as musical director for countless Broadway and cabaret stars, including Faith Prince, Tommy Tune, Metropolitan Opera star Roberta Peters, Eartha Kitt, and Kitty Carlisle Hart, among others. His original compositions include “What a Funny Boy He Is” (recorded by Nancy LaMott) and “Sing Out” (premiered by the NYC Gay Men’s Chorus at Carnegie Hall). Rybeck holds degrees from Oberlin College and NYU (his teachers included Stephen Sondhieim, Leonard Bernstein, Hal Prince, Comden & Green, Stephen Schwartz, and Arthur Laurents), and is a member of the Dramatists Guild and ASCAP.

CHRISTOPHER SCHNELL (February 19)Since 1995, Christopher Schnell has been assistant principal cello of the Sarasota Orchestra and cellist with the Orchestra’s Sarasota Piano Quartet. He rounds out his busy schedule with additional performances with the Sarasota Ballet, the Sarasota Opera, Key Chorale, Gloria Musicae and with summer stints as a cellist with the Santa Fe Opera. Schnell has also been a member of the Florida Philharmonic and the Milwaukee Symphony, and has been a frequent substitute in the Philadelphia Orchestra.

JONATHAN SPIVEY (October 9)Sarasota Orchestra principal pianist Jonathan Spivey is also a founding member of Tampa’s Arioso Trio. A national finalist in the Music Teachers’ National Association Auditions, his concert appearances include Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall; Trondheim, Norway; Stockholm, Sweden; and Seoul, Korea. Spivey also performs with Belle Canto, the Sarasota Piano Quartet and has been an associate faculty member of the Sarasota Music Festival since 1992.

BETSY HUDSON TRABA (February 16 & 19)Betsy Hudson Traba has served as principal flutist of the Sarasota Orchestra and Sarasota Wind Quintet since 1993. She is the former principal flutist of the Hofer Symphoniker in Hof, Germany, where she performed as a featured soloist on

nine concerts during a two-year period. A native of Mentor, Ohio, she studied with William Hebert and Jeffrey Khaner while earning a Bachelor of Music degree from Baldwin-Wallace College, followed by a Master of Music degree earned at the Manhattan School of Music. Traba has been heard frequently as a soloist throughout Florida, including guest artist performances with the La Musica International Chamber Music Festival, Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota, Charlotte Symphony and in multiple performances with the Sarasota Orchestra. During the summer, she performs at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in Santa Cruz, CA. She is an active teacher working locally with flutists of all ages. She is married to Sarasota Orchestra principal bassoonist Fernando Traba, and they have two daughters.

ANDREW TYSON (January 15)Hailed by BBC Radio 3 as “a real poet of the piano,” 29-year-old Andrew Tyson has emerged as a distinctive and important new musical voice. Tyson made his orchestral debut at the age of 15 as winner of the Eastern Music Festival’s competition to appear with the Guilford Symphony. Praised as a pianist whose “interpretations recalled the virtuosic style from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries” by the Chopin Express at the 16th International Chopin Piano Competition, Tyson is an experienced and versatile performer in both solo and chamber recitals. He graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music, and earned his Master of Music degree at the Juilliard School working with Robert McDonald. In 2015, he was awarded First Prize at the Géza Anda Competition in Zürich, as well as the Mozart and Audience Prizes.

MARIA WIRRIES (May 14)With an incredible voice and inspired work ethic, by age 16 young singing sensation Maria Wirries had already finished high school and was off to Penn State to study musical theatre in its Broadway Preparatory Program. No stranger to area arts enthusiasts, Wirries has performed in many shows and has been a featured soloist with the Sarasota Orchestra, Gloria Musicae, the Venice Symphony and the Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota. Born in Haiti, Wirries has also performed at Haitian benefit concerts.

YING STRING QUARTET (October 29 & 30)The Ying Quartet (Robin Scott, violin; Janet Ying, violin; Phillip Ying, viola; and David Ying, cello) occupies a position of unique prominence in the classical music world, combining brilliantly communicative performances with a fearlessly imaginative view of chamber music in today’s world. Now in its second decade as a quartet, the Quartet has established itself as an ensemble of the highest musical qualifications in its tours across the United States and abroad. Their performances regularly take place in many of the world’s most prestigious concert halls, from Carnegie Hall to the Sydney Opera House, as well as in such diverse settings as homes, schools, churches, banks, and even the White House. The Quartet’s constant quest to explore the creative possibilities of the string quartet has led it to a constantly innovative and unusually diverse array of musical projects and interests.

Other Organizations With Which Artist Series Concerts Collaborates Directly In The 2016-2017 Season

Artist Series Concerts is pleased to collaboratewith SILL “Musical Mondays” – the following artist appearing in Artist Series Concerts’ season will be featured the Monday following their performances

• Andrew Tyson (SILL 1/16)• Edgar Moreau (SILL 2/13)• John Brancy (SILL 2/20)

• The Callaway sisters and Alex Rybeck(SILL 3/27)SILL tickets are at Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning

941-365-6404 www.sillsarasota.org10:30AM at Church of the Palms in Sarasotaand at 3PM at Venice Presbyterian Church

November 6, 2016 - Siesta Key Chapel - "Viva España!”

December 11, 2016 - Sarasota Opera House"Too Hot to Handel"

January 22, 2017 – Faith Lutheran ChurchBrahms Liebeslieder Walzer and Zigeunerweisen

March 5, 2017 - First Church, SarasotaDuruflé Requiem and Poulenc Gloria April 23, 2017 - Sarasota Opera House

Verdi Requiem July 4, 2017 - First Church, Sarasota

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OUR 2016-2017 PERFORMANCE VENUES

SARASOTA OPERA HOUSE 61 North Pinapple Avenue – Sarasota 34236Conveniently located in downtown Sarasota with ample streetparking as well as a ramp parking immediately behind the theatre.

HISTORIC ASOLO THEATER 5401 Bay Shore Road – Sarasota 34243Located within the Visitor’s Center at The Ringling. A large parking lot serves the entire complex.

VENICE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 1 Indian Avenue - Venice 34285Located on Venice Island on the campus of Venice High School. There is ample free parking.

MICHAEL’S ON EAST BALLROOM 1212 South East Avenue – Sarasota 34239Located at the southeast intersection of U.S. 41and Bahia Vista Street. Both free lot and street parking are available as is valet parking.

FISCHER/WEISENBORNE RESIDENCE 7459 Cabbage Palm Court – Sarasota 34241Located within the gated residential community of Serenoa Lakes, with ample street parking. Approximately 25 minutes from downtown Sarasota, the residence is 1 mile east of I-75 and one mile south of Clark Road (I-75 exit 205.)

FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH 7750 Beneva Road, Sarasota 34238located on the west side of Beneva and north of Sarasota Square Mall. Ample free parking.

CHURCH OF THE PALMS 3224 Bee Ridge Road – Sarasota 34239Located at Lockwood Ridge and Bee Ridge Roads .Ample free parking.

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VENUE DISTANCES FROMDOWNTOWN SARASOTA

SARASOTA OPERA HOUSE 00 mi

HISTORIC ASOLO THEATER 03 mi

VENICE PERFORMING ARTS CTR 24 mi

MICHAEL’S ON EAST 02 mi

FISCHER/WEISENBORNE 14 mi

FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH 09 mi

CHURCH OF THE PALMS 05 mi

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