The Fantasticks a musical

The Swiss Family

Robinson a musical

The Mystery Plays

Lost Melody a musical

Concert Band

Inland Chorale

MSJC Symphony

Hemet Harmonizers

MSJC College Singers

Golden Eagles Big Band

MSJC Dances a student-faculty

dance concert

Bits ‘n’ Pieces

a works-in-progress

dance concert

All performances are held at the Mt. San Jacinto Campus Theatre, 1499 N. State Street, San Jacinto,

unless otherwise noted. For Menifee Performing Arts

please call 1.800.452.3335 ext. 5790 or 951.639.5790.

Tickets may be reserved by either calling the theatre box office at 951.487.3790 or sending a check made out to MSJC.

Please tell us the performance you would like to attend & how many tickets you are paying for: Include your name and telephone number. Mail to:

MSJC Theatre Box Office

1499 N. State Street, San Jacinto, CA 92583 or Come to the Box Office.

Box Office Hours: Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday, 1 - 4:30 PM, subject to change.

Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

No drinks or food are allowed in the theatre. Seating at any performance is not guaranteed without a reservation.

Unpaid reservations will be released 15 minutes before a performance. Paid seats not occupied 15 minutes after the start of

a performance will be released.

Whicha Way, Thisa Way, Thata Way, 2004

Photo by David Freeman

Cabaret, 2005

Photo by David Freeman

Blockbusters and Small Wonders, 2005

Photo by David Freeman

The MysteryThe Mystery PlaysPlays by Roberto Aguirre- Sacasa "Between the known and unknown lies an evening of mystery..." a play directed by Paul Jacques. Studio Theatre - Seating is Limited to 60 Friday October 2nd 7:30 PM Saturday October 3rd 7:30 PM Sunday October 4th 2:30 PM Friday October 9th 7:30 PM Saturday October 10th 7:30 PM Sunday October 11th 2:30 PM General Admission to All: $5

Fallin’ for Jazz!Fallin’ for Jazz! MSJC Symphony

Join the MSJC Symphony for our fall concert and listen to music by Duke Ellington, George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, and Henry Mancini.

Sunday October 18th 2:30 PM

General Admission: $10 Seniors: $8 ASB: $5 Under 12: Free

The “Far Side” of MusicThe “Far Side” of Music Concert Band

A collection of very unusual compositions that will surprise and entertain you.

Tuesday October 20th 7:30 PM

General Admission: $10 Seniors: $8 ASB: $5 Under 18: Free

The Amelia Earhart Story, 2009

Photo by Vanessa Small

The Swiss FamilyThe Swiss Family RobinsonRobinson

a musical by writer/director

Michael Tennant Based on the novel by Johann Wyss, witness this epic story of a family ship- wrecked on an island and being hunted by the fiercest pirates ever to sail the seas. Don’t miss this exciting adventure the whole family will enjoy. Friday November 6th 7:30 PM Saturday November 7th 7:30 PM Sunday November 8th 2:30 PM Friday November 13th 7:30 PM Saturday November 14th 7:30 PM Sunday November 15th 2:30 PM General Admission: $10 Seniors & Students: $8 Under 12: $5

My Kind of TownMy Kind of Town Golden Eagles Big Band A big band treatment of songs named for streets, towns, and states from across the nation. Saturday November 21st 2:30 PM Sunday November 22nd 2:30 PM General Admission: $10 Seniors: $8 ASB: $5 Under 18: Free

Whicha Way, Thisa Way, Thata Way, 2004

Photo by David Freeman

Whicha Way, Thisa Way,

Thata Way, 2004

Photo by David Freeman

Bits ‘n’ PiecesBits ‘n’ Pieces MSJC Dance Department

This works-in-progress concert showcases an eclectic mix of student and faculty choreographies that are in the process of creation. An audience and dancer/choreographer question and answer session culminates the evening.

Dance Studio Theatre RM 1952 - Seating is Limited (up the stairs outside of the gymnasium by the tennis courts) Thursday December 3rd 7:30 PM Friday December 4th 7:30 PM Saturday December 5th 2:00 PM & 7:30 PM

General Admission: $6 ASB: $4 Under 12: Free Reservations Recommended: Call 951.487.3790

Holidays in ViennaHolidays in Vienna MSJC Symphony

Celebrate the Holiday Season with the MSJC Symphony with some of the world’s best known waltzes and holiday favorites.

Sunday December 13th 2:30 PM

General Admission: $10 Seniors: $8 ASB: $5 Under 12: Free

Chicago, 2008 Photo by David Freeman

Holiday ConcertHoliday Concert Inland Chorale

Favorite music of the season, with both new compositions and old favorites that will add to your enjoyment and pleasure of this time of year.

Saturday December 19th 7:30 PM Tickets Sold at Box Office & by Chorale Members General Admission: $8 Under 12: Free

Sunday December 20th 3:00 PM First Southern Baptist Church 433 S. San Jacinto Street, Hemet Tickets Sold at the Box Office Church Door & by Chorale Members General Admission: $8 Community Concert Members: $5 Under 12: Free

Jazz Artist SeriesJazz Artist Series Golden Eagles Big Band

A guest soloist from the world of jazz will join the Big Bands.

Saturday February 20th 2:30 PM Sunday February 21st 2:30 PM

General Admission: $10 Seniors: $8 ASB: $5 Under 18: Free

Winter ConcertWinter Concert Concert Band

Get in the holiday mood as the band plays traditional and not so traditional seasonal music.

Tuesday December 15th 7:30 PM

General Admission: $10 Seniors: $8 ASB: $5 Under 18: Free

Inland

Chorale,

2008 Photo by

Dan Atherstone

Blockbusters and Small Wonders, 2005 Photo by David Freeman

Lost MelodyLost Melody a musical by writer/director Michael Tennant

Visit the Graceful Harmony School of Art and Music, where for decades a ghostly secret has been guarded. Join Ethan, a misunderstood musician, as he discovers the original work of a like-minded artist who died tragically many years ago. Directed by Michael Tennant, this heartwarming story for the whole family guarantees to bring laughter, tears, and unlock the artist within.

Studio Theatre - Seating is Limited to 60 Friday March 19th 7:30 PM Saturday March 20th 7:30 PM Sunday March 21st 2:30 PM Friday March 26th 7:30 PM Saturday March 27th 7:30 PM Sunday March 28th 2:30 PM

General Admission to All: $5

Symphonic IdolSymphonic Idol MSJC Symphony Come and take a look (and listen!) to this season’s winners of our Concerto/Aria competition. Sunday March 14th 2:30 PM General Admission: $10 Seniors: $8 ASB: $5 Under 12: Free

Springtime in IrelandSpringtime in Ireland Hemet Harmonizers Saturday March 6th 2:00 PM Sunday March 7th 2:00 PM

General Admission: $10 ASB: $5

Whicha Way, Thisa Way, Thata Way, 2004 Photo by David Freeman

Blockbusters and Small Wonders, 2005

Photo by David Freeman

The FantasticksThe Fantasticks a musical

book & lyrics: Tom Jones music: Harvey Schmitt

Come and experience this musical comedy,

directed by Darren De Priest, about the lengths parents will go to in order to guide their children’s lives. Find out why

The Fantasticks is the world’s longest-running off-Broadway musi-cal, playing for 42 years.

Friday April 9th 7:30 PM Saturday April 10th 7:30 PM Sunday April 11th 2:30 PM Friday April 16th 7:30 PM Saturday April 17th 7:30 PM Sunday April 18th 2:30 PM

General Admission: $12 Seniors: $10 Students: $8 Under 12: Free

THE FANTASTICKS is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).

MSJC DancesMSJC Dances MSJC Dance Department

Featuring the recent choreographies of students and faculty, MSJC Dances showcases the performing talents of dance students, faculty, and guest artists. It is the culmination of the year’s work in the Dance Department. A treat and revelation that has incl- uded tap, modern dance, ballet, hip-hop, belly dancing, contemporary, post-modern dance, and/or performance art.

Friday May 7th 7:30 PM Saturday May 8th 7:30 PM Sunday May 9th 2:30 PM

General Admission: $8 ASB: $6 Under 12: Free

Music From Stage and ScreenMusic From Stage and Screen Concert band What makes movies and theatre come to life is, of course, the music. The band plays some of the memorable musical moments from stage and screen. Tuesday May 11th 7:30 PM General Admission: $10 Seniors: $8 ASB: $5 Under 18: Free

Blockbusters and Small Wonders, 2005

Photo by David Freeman

The Academy AwardThe Academy Award Winning SongsWinning Songs Golden Eagles Big Band The Big Bands play some of the great songs from the silver screen. Saturday May 15th 2:30 PM Sunday May 16th 2:30 PM General Admission: $10 Seniors: $8 ASB: $5 Under 18: Free

Spring ConcertSpring Concert Inland Chorale

The performance will include the best repertoire from classical to folk and from sacred to popular chorale music.

Saturday May 15th 7:30 PM Tickets Sold at Box Office & by Chorale Members General Admission: $8 Under 12: Free

Sunday May 16th 3:00 PM First Southern Baptist Church 433 S. San Jacinto Street, Hemet Tickets Sold at the Box Office Church Door & by Chorale Members General Admission: $8 Community Concert Members: $5 Under 12: Free

Back to BroadwayBack to Broadway MSJC Symphony

Our final concert of the season will honor some of the “Big White Way’s” most memorable music, including selections from West Side Story, Ragtime, A Chorus Line, Man of La Mancha, Evita, and many more!

Sunday May 23rd 2:30 PM

General Admission: $10 Seniors: $8 ASB: $5 Under 12: Free

Get Sprung!Get Sprung! MSJC College Singers

Enjoy music from all styles that celebrate Spring, formal and infor-mal. Get ready to be exhilarated!

Tuesday June 1st 7:30 PM

General Admission: $8 ASB: $5 Under 12: Free

Concert Band &

The Golden Eagles Big Band

Bob Waner, director of the Concert Band and the Golden

Eagles Big Band, recently retired from the Hemet Schools

and now consults for the San Jacinto School District. His

principal instrument, the trombone, led him to study with

Robert Marsteller of the LA Philharmonic and Roy Main, an

LA studio musician. Bob’s background ranges from

symphony orchestra to big bands and jazz combos.

BiographiesBiographies

MSJC College Singers

Bonnie Pumphrey is the newly-appointed director of MSJC's

College Singers, San Jacinto Campus. For many years she

has directed choirs of all ages in the San Jacinto Valley: first

as Director of Music at Hemet First Presbyterian Church, and

later in Hemet Unified School District, where her groups per-

formed extensively in the community and won numerous

awards in regional and national competitions. Pumphrey

enjoys performing many choral styles including jazz, classi-

cal, Broadway, current, and others, and seeks to both

enlighten and entertain audience members as well as her

performers. Her professional training includes a Bachelor of

Music Education from the University of Illinois, Urbana, and

Master of Music in Choral Music from the University of

Southern California, where she studied with Harold Decker

and Rodney Eichenberger, respectively. She is a member of

the American Choral Director's Association, Southern

California Vocal Association, and Music Educators National

Conference.

Hemet Harmonizers

Bob Doty attended Saddleback Community College;

UCLA; California State University, Northridge; Montana

State University, Bozeman; University of Wyoming,

Laramie. He has earned degrees in Music, History, and

Social Sciences, and a Masters degree in Educational

Administration. Bob has worked for more than 25 years as

a teacher, principal, vocal and instrumental music teacher/

director. He has been involved with many community

theatre productions in California and Colorado (musicals,

comedies, and dramatic offerings). Bob has been a mem-

ber of the Barbershop Harmony Society for 11 years,

attended Harmony College in St. Joseph, Mo., and has

been the director of the Black Canyon Barbershop Chorus

in Montrose, Colorado.

Dance

Tennille Lambert was born in Birmingham, Alabama and

spent her early years folk dancing at Arts & Crafts and

County fairs. She received her MFA from Florida State

University and founded The Ugly Company in 2005 as a plat-

form for her off-the-beaten-path creative work. She has pre-

sented her choreographic works at Dance Theater Workshop,

Cunningham Dance Studio, Galapagos Art Space, Movement

Research, and The John Ryan Theater. Tennille was the

Festival Coordinator for the 37th annual Dance on Camera

Festival at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater and a

2009 Emerging Artist in Residence at The Field - NYC. For

the last three years Tennille taught for the FSU in NYC pro-

gram and is honored to be a new part of the MSJC perform-

ing arts community.

Biographies cont.

Biographies cont.

Theatre and Musicals

Lorney O’Connor has an Interdisciplinary MA in Theatrical Design

and Management from Cal State University, San Bernardino and

has recently completed an MFA in Theatre Arts from the

University of Oregon, Eugene. At present, he is an Assistant

Professor and the Department Chair of the MSJC Theatre

Department. Lorney has received numerous Inland Theatre

League Awards in many areas of Design.

MSJC Symphony

Manuel Alberto Aybar is the Artistic Director of the Riverside

Lyric Opera, Conductor of the Mt. San Jacinto Symphony, and the

principal conductor of the newly formed Chamber Orchestra of

London. He has held positions with and conducted orchestras in

the United States, Great Britain, Russia, Ukraine, Mexico, The

Czech Republic, Romania, and China. Manuel studied orchestral

conducting at the Royal College of Music in London with Neil

Thomson and John Farrer, at the California Conducting Institute

with Daniel Lewis, and at UCLA with Jon Robertson. He was

accepted to the Aspen Music Festival as a seminar conductor in

1995 and was an orchestral conducting fellow at the University of

Arizona in 1993. He also studied choral conducting at the

Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music in Rome and has performed in

master classes directed by Jorma Panula and Otto-Werner

Mueller.

Inland Chorale

Jane Atherstone, Music Director of the Inland Chorale, is dedi-

cated to presenting quality choral music in a professional yet

entertaining manner. The Chorale has been praised for its beauti-

ful tone quality, superb blend, and excellent diction. This small

group of 18 to 24 musicians sings repertoire ranging from classi-

cal to modern music. Atherstone is a well-known voice teacher in

the San Jacinto Valley and a member of the National Association

of Teachers of Singing and the American Choral Directors

Association. She has studied with some of the finest voice teach-

ers and directors in the country, including Ann Ayars, Richard

Miller, Fred Waring, and Axel Theimer. Her voice students have

been accepted into many prestigious college voice programs.

Virginia Pritchard, an MSJC Faculty member, has been the

Chorale’s accompanist since its founding. Her expert musician-

ship has been essential to the group’s success.

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October 2009 *The Mystery Plays Friday Oct. 2 7:30 pm Saturday Oct. 3 7:30 pm Sunday Oct. 4 2:30 pm Friday Oct.9 7:30 pm Saturday Oct. 10 7:30 pm Sunday Oct. 11 2:30 pm Fallin’ for Jazz!—MSJC Symphony Sunday Oct. 18 2:30 pm The “Far Side” of Music—Concert Band Tuesday Oct. 20 7:30 pm

November 2009 The Swiss Family Robinson, a musical Friday Nov. 6 7:30 pm Saturday Nov. 7 7:30 pm Sunday Nov. 8 2:30 pm Friday Nov. 13 7:30 pm Saturday Nov. 14 7:30 pm Sunday Nov. 15 2:30 pm My Kind of Town—Golden Eagles Big Band Saturday Nov. 21 2:30 pm Sunday Nov. 22 2:30 pm

December 2009 *Bits ‘n’ Pieces—MSJC Dance Department Thursday Dec. 3 7:30 pm Friday Dec. 4 7:30 pm Saturday Dec. 5 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm Holidays in Vienna—MSJC Symphony Sunday Dec. 13 2:30 pm Winter Concert—Concert Band Tuesday Dec. 15 7:30 pm Holiday Concert—Inland Chorale Saturday Dec. 19 7:30 pm *Sunday Dec. 20 3:00 pm

February 2010 Jazz Artist Series—Golden Eagles Big Band Saturday Feb. 20 2:30 pm Sunday Feb. 21 2:30 pm

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March 2010 Springtime in Ireland—Hemet Harmonizers Saturday Mar. 6 2:00 pm Sunday Mar. 7 2:00 pm Symphonic Idol—MSJC Symphony Sunday Mar. 14 2:30 pm *Lost Melody, a musical Friday Mar. 19 7:30 pm Saturday Mar. 20 7:30 pm Sunday Mar. 21 2:30 pm Friday Mar. 26 7:30 pm Saturday Mar. 27 7:30 pm Sunday Mar. 28 2:30 pm

April 2010 The Fantasticks, a musical Friday Apr. 9 7:30 pm Saturday Apr. 10 7:30 pm Sunday Apr. 11 2:30 pm Friday Apr. 16 7:30 pm Saturday Apr. 17 7:30 pm Sunday Apr. 18 2:30 pm

May 2010 MSJC Dances—MSJC Dance Department Friday May 7 7:30 pm Saturday May 8 7:30 pm Sunday May 9 2:30 pm Music From Stage and Screen—Concert Band Tuesday May 11 7:30 pm The Academy Award Winning Songs—Golden Eagles Big Band Saturday May 15 2:30 pm Sunday May 16 2:30 pm Spring Concert—Inland Chorale Saturday May 15 7:30 pm *Sunday May 16 3:00 pm Back to Broadway—MSJC Symphony Sunday May 23 2:30 pm

June 2010 Get Sprung!—MSJC College Singers Tuesday Jun. 1 7:30 pm *not in Campus Theatre, see main entry for details

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