The
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Performances 2000
September
October
General
Information
Ko Iwasaki, cello
Ian Hobson, piano
Beethoven: Sonata in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2
J.S. Bach: Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009
Rachmaninoff: Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19
Brahms: Scherzo
Saturday, September 2 at 8pm
Foellinger Great Hall
$5 / SC $4 / Stu $2
Timothy McGovern, bassoon
Susan Teicher, piano
The Prairie Winds Woodwind Quintet
Solo music of William Schuman and others will be presented by Timothy
McGovern and his quintet colleagues, current and former members of the
Chicago Symphony, Montral Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, and faculty
members from Oklahoma State University and Wheaton College.
Thursday, September 7 at 8pm
Foellinger Great Hall
$5 / SC $4 / Stu $2
Jazz Immersion: JazzBy the People and For the People
Jazz Immersion is a series of informal activities that provide a
comfortable, informative environment in which to explore jazz. Jazz
pianist and vocalist Barrington Coleman hosts this dialog between local
jazz performers who will introduce participants to jazz standards, a
variety of styles and concepts, and the work of jazz trailblazers and
future trendsetters. A cash bar will be available.
Friday, September 8 at 6:30pm
Tryon Festival Theatre
Free admission
William Heiles, piano
Schnberg: Five Piano Pieces, Op. 23
Debussy: Etudes, Book II
Dallapiccola: Quaderno Musicale di Annalibera
Ligeti: Six Etudes
Friday, September 8 at 8pm
Foellinger Great Hall
$5 / SC $4 / Stu $2
Costume and Prop Sale
Krannert Center's sixth biennial Costume and Prop Sale offers a chance to
find great buys on costumes, vintage clothing, furniture, and other odds
and ends. You may find some real treasures as you help us clean out our
storage vaults to make room for newly created stock. Proceeds from the
sale will be used to upgrade equipment and storage capabilities for the
Krannert Center Costume and Prop Shops.
Saturday, September 9 from 10am-4pm
Colwell Playhouse
Free admission
Bill Shannon Crutchmaster
Charismatic, one-of-a-kind, a knockout, an inspired performer - these are
just a few descriptions applied to the artistry of the CrutchMaster. Bill
Shannon has a degenerative hip and joint condition that prevents him from
putting weight on his legs. His four-legged dance style - informed by hip-hop
culture, extreme sports, and everyday use of crutches for mobility - allows
him to experiment with shifting weight just like any other dancer. He
helps us celebrate the art of the solo performer prior to Bobby McFerrin's
Marquee season opening performance.
Sunday, September 10 at 6:15pm
Lobby
Free admission
Bobby McFerrin
A phenomenal artist who embodies the "serious fun" of musicmaking in all
its wide variety, Bobby McFerrin presents a solo concert that celebrates
his unique creativity, vocal virtuosity, magnificent musicianship, and
spontaneous sense of humor. McFerrin's 90-minute performance is presented
without intermission.
Sunday, September 10 at 7pm
Foellinger Great Hall
Flex: $29 / SC $28 / UI $18 / Yth $18
Single: $31 / SC $30 / UI $20 / Yth $20
Blues Jam with the Muddy Waters Tribute Band
Members of the Muddy Waters Tribute Band welcome local blues musicians for
a happy hour blues jam at the City of New Oreleans (116 N Chestnut,
Champaign). The public is invited to listen; City of New Orleans
restaurant and bar services will be open.
Wednesday, September 13 at 6pm
City of New Orleans
Free admission
Ann Yeung, harp
Alexander: Convergences VII, (US Premiere)
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Sonata for Cello and Harp, Op. 208
Ravel: Introduction and Allegro
and music by Dussek, Tailleferre, and Reni
Wednesday, September 13 at 8pm
Foellinger Great Hall
$5 / SC $4 / Stu $2
Wayne Shorter, saxophone
With the Wayne Shorter Quartet
For many years, Wayne Shorter has succeeded in intermingling the popular
and the progressive, proving him one of the most remarkable minds in jazz
history. The quality of that juxtaposition has resulted in his reputation
as both daring band leader and consummate modernist. Please contact the
Ticket Office for ticket availability.
Wednesday, September 13 at 8pm
Tryon Festival Theatre
Flex: $28 / SC $27 / UI $19 / Yth $19
Single: $30 / SC $29 / UI $20 / Yth $20
2000 Martirano Award Concert
UI New Music Ensemble
Zack Browning, director
Tone Road Ramblers
Martirano: Thrown
Mertl: Trio and Consort
Serghi: Sizzle
Thursday, September 14 at 8pm
Tryon Festival Theatre
$5 / SC $4 / Stu $2
The Muddy Waters Tribute Band
The letter and spirit of legendary Chicago blues patriarch Muddy Waters
lives on through this band of former colleagues, now legendary in their
own right. Please contact the Ticket Office for ticket availability.
Thursday-Friday, September 14-15 at 8pm
Studio Theatre
Flex: $19 / SC $18 / UI $10 / Yth $10
Single: $21 / SC $20 / UI $12 / Yth $12
Candy Foster and Shades of Blue
Local blues legend Candy Foster and his group, Shades of Blue, keep
Krannert Center lively following the Muddy Waters Tribute Band
performance. Candy Foster has been performing classic rhythm and blues
throughout the Midwest for 40 years and has appeared with artists like
Koko Taylor, Junior Wells, Son Seals, and Bobby Rush.
Friday, September 15 about 10pm
Lobby
Free admission
Twinkie Clark and the McCollough Sons of Thunder
Elder Edward A. Babb, director
Traditions of gospel singing and "shout band" performance create a joyful
evening that encompasses the artistry of Twinkie Clark, one of America's
great gospel singers and an accomplished keyboardist; the venerable band
from Harlem's United House of Prayer; and local gospel choirs.
Saturday, September 16 at 8pm
Foellinger Great Hall
Flex: $19 / SC $18 / UI $12 / Yth $12
Single: $21 / SC $20 / UI $14 / Yth $14
Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra
Steven Larsen, music director and conductor
UI Jazz Band, Thomas Wirtel, director
Still: Afro-American Symphony
Ellington: Night Creature
Bernstein: Three Dance Episodes from On the Town
Gershwin: An American in Paris
Sunday, September 17 at 7pm
Foellinger Great Hall
$25 / SC $22 / Stu $8
UI Wind Symphony and UI Symphonic Band I
James F. Keene and Thomas E. Caneva, conductors
The season opening School of Music band concert features two premier
ensembles of the Division of Bands.
Sunday, September 24 at 3pm
Foellinger Great Hall
$5 / SC $4 / Stu $2
UI Symphonic Band II and UI Concert Band I
Peter J. Griffin and Kenneth Steinsultz, conductors
These ensembles of the Division of Bands present an enjoyable evening of
music from the symphonic and concert band repertoires.
Wednesday, September 27 at 8pm
Foellinger Great Hall
$5 / SC $4 / Stu $2
UI Symphony Orchestra
Donald Schleicher, conductor
Danwen Jiang, violin
Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute
Sibelius: Concerto for Violin
Elgar: Symphony No. 1
Thursday, September 28 at 8pm
Foellinger Great Hall
$5 / SC $4 / Stu $2
Stories from a Garden
Based on Oscar Wilde fairy tales
Conceived and directed by James Zager
James Zager worked collaboratively with an ensemble cast to create this
visually rich piece of theatre last spring in workshop productions. Now it
receives its official premiere. The spirits of a garden come to life to
help a grounds keeper tell the stories of The Selfish Giant, The
Nightingale and the Rose, The Birthday of the Infanta, The Remarkable
Rocket, and The Happy Prince. Recommended for ages 7 and up.
Friday, September 29 at 7pm
Saturday, September 30 at 2pm and 7pm
Sunday, October 1 at 3pm
Saturday, October 7 at 2pm and 7pm
Sunday, October 8 at 3pm
Studio Theatre
Flex: $10 / SC $9 / UI $5 / Yth $5
Single: $11 / SC $10 / UI $5 / Yth $6
Sinfonia da Camera Chamber Concert
Ian Hobson, music director
Martin Rummel, cello
Sinfonia da Camera guest artist Martin Rummel joins members of this local
chamber orchestra to present an evening of chamber music.
Friday, September 29 at 8pm
Foellinger Great Hall
$12 / $6 for Sinfonia da Camera Series Subscribers
Series prices are available; contact the Ticket Office by September 25.
Sinfonia da Camera
Ian Hobson, music director and conductor
Martin Rummel, cello
Rossini: Overture to Semiramide
Whettam: Concerto Drammatico (world premiere)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55, "Eroica"
Saturday, September 30 at 8pm
Foellinger Great Hall
$27 / SC $26 / Stu $10
STREB: ActionHeroes
Elizabeth Streb, choreographer
You've never seen dance like this - it's dance as the art of action. Elizabeth
Streb choreographs chaos and her dancers are "steely sylphides of the
space age." Flying, bouncing, and crashing off surfaces like giant atomic
particles in a supercollider, the dancers of STREB are catapulting
audiences into a new century of dance.
Saturday, September 30 at 8pm
Tryon Festival Theatre
Flex: $25 / SC $24 / UI $15 / Yth $15
Single: $27 / SC $26 / UI $17 / Yth $17
October 2000
Illini Symphony
Jack Ranney, conductor
Michelle Lee, violin
Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major
Bach/Stokowski: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Ponchielli: Dance of the Hours
Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Sunday, October 1 at 3pm
Foellinger Great Hall
$5 / SC $4 / Stu $2
Stories from a Garden
Based on Oscar Wilde fairy tales
Conceived and directed by James Zager
Writer/director James Zager worked collaboratively with an ensemble cast
to create this innovative and visually rich piece of theatre last spring
in a workshop production. Now it receives its official premiere. The
spirits of a garden come to life to help a grounds keeper tell the stories
of The Selfish Giant, The Nightingale and the Rose, The Birthday of the
Infanta, The Remarkable Rocket, and The Happy Prince.
Friday, September 29 at 7pm
Saturday, September 30 at 2pm and 7pm
Sunday, October 1 at 3pm
Saturday, October 7 at 2pm and 7pm
Sunday, October 8 at 3pm
Studio Theatre
Flex: $10 / SC $9 / UI $5 / Yth $5
Single: $11 / SC $10 / UI $5 / Yth $6
Odissi Dance and Music
Indian musicians and dancers from choreographer Ralph Lemon's Geography
Trilogy Part 2: Tree, share their art.
Wednesday, October 4 at 8pm
Courtyard Cafe, Illini Union
Free admission
Veriovka Ukrainian National Dance Company
Anatoly Timofeyevich Avdievsky, artistic director
A folk music and dance company like no other from the former Soviet Union,
Veriovka presents songs of patriotism, love, humor, and Ukrainias heroic
past alongside scenes from nationalistic operas, instrumental music, and
dances reflecting the sensational athleticsm of the Cossack region and the
exquisite grace of the Carpathian region.
Thursday, October 5 at 8pm
Foellinger Great Hall
Flex: $22 / SC $21 / UI $11 / Yth $11
Single: $24 / SC $23 / UI $13 / Yth $13
The Creative Process in Discussion
Choreographer Ralph Lemon and members of his company for Geography Trilogy
Part 2: Tree discuss the process of creating and performing the work,
issues that have arisen during the process, and the nature of
international collaboration.
Friday, October 6 at 11am
Choral Rehearsal Room
Free admission
Geography, Part 2: Tree
Conceived, choreographed, and directed by Ralph Lemon
Visual artist Nari Ward, composer James Lo, and a cast of dancers,
singers, and musicians from Cote dIvoire, India, China, Japan, and the US
are among Ralph Lemons collaborators on Part 2 of his Geography Trilogy,
an investigation of the apparent collision of cultures and a search for
personal identity within a broader world arena. Tree explores the Asian
sense of "quiet" as well as the complexity of sexuality and cultural
gender roles. The 90-minute performance is presented without intermission.
Saturday, October 7 at 8pm
Tryon Festival Theatre
Flex: $25 / SC $24 / UI $15 / Yth $15
Single: $27 / SC $26 / UI $17 / Yth $17
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Chopin: Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 45
Chopin: Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58
Chopin: Four Mazurkas, Op. 30
Chopin: Ballade in G Minor, Op. 23
Bach/Rachmaninoff: Suite from Partita for Violin, BWV 1006
Mendelssohn/Rachmaninoff: Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Rachmaninoff: Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 36
Sunday, October 8 at 3pm
Foellinger Great Hall
Flex: $35 / SC $34 / UI $16 / Yth $16
Single: $37 / SC $36 / UI $18 / Yth $18
Rob Stone and the C-Notes
Hard-hitting and energetic, blues man Rob Stone plays a mean harmonica. He
and his killer musicians offer an impressive array of down home,
"'50s-style harp-soaked Chicago blues" from shuffles, to boogies, to slow
blues burners.
Thursday, October 12 at 12 noon
Lobby
Free admission
UI Chorale
Fred Stoltzfus, conductor
Enjoy major choral works from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Friday, October 13 at 8pm
Foellinger Great Hall
$5 / SC $4 / Stu $2
Early Music Concert
Charlotte Mattax, director
The period instrument ensemble Concerto Urbano presents a program titled
"Danse noble: Chamber Music of the Baroque."
Saturday, October 14 at 8pm
Foellinger Great Hall
$5 / SC $4 / Stu $2
The Black Watch: Pipes, Drums, and Highland Dancers
The Prince of Wales's Band/Choir
The Royal Highland Regiment -- otherwise known as The Black Watch--provides a
stunning display of Scottish tradition and British pageantry. This elite
machine gun battalion of the British Army regularly trades its guns for
pipes and drums and its uniforms for red hackles and black feather
bonnets, Royal Stewart tartans, sporans, and dirks to become one of its
country's premier musical ambassadors. Their performance is complemented
by another military/musical ensemble, The Prince of Wales's Band.
Wednesday, October 18 at 8pm
Foellinger Great Hall
Flex: $24 / SC $23 / UI $12 / Yth $12
Single: $26 / SC $25 / UI $14 / Yth $14
UI Wind Symphony
and UI Symphonic Band I
James F. Keene and Thomas E. Caneva, conductors
Barrington Coleman, tenor
Hindemith: Symphony in B-flat Major
Gregson: Celebrations
Grainger: Bell Piece
Thursday, October 19 at 8pm
Foellinger Great Hall
$5 / SC $4 / Stu $2
Angels in America
Part One: Millennium Approaches
By Tony Kushner
Henson Keys, director
This enormously theatrical work, awarded the Pulitzer Prize and numerous
Tony awards in 1993 (including "Best Play"), uses AIDS as a metaphor for
the conflicts tearing at the fabric of American society at the turn of the
millennium. In language both hard-edged and poetic, Kushner pulls no
punches in a searing, bitterly funny look at America in the age of AIDS,
Ronald Reagan, and the "me" generation.
Recommended for adult audiences.
Thursday-Saturday, October 19-21 at 8pm
Thursday-Saturday, October 26-28 at 8pm
Sunday, October 29 at 3pm
Colwell Playhouse
Flex: $10 / SC $9 / UI $5 / Yth $5
Single: $11 / SC $10 / UI $5 / Yth $6
Georges Enescu Festival and Symposium
The Enescu Ensemble
Sherban Lupu, conductor
Featuring faculty from the School of Music
All-Enescu Program:
Prelude in Unison
Dixtuor for Winds
Octet, Op. 7
Arias from Oedipe
Friday, October 20 at 8pm
Foellinger Great Hall
$5 / SC $4 / Stu $2
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Hans Vonk, music director and conductor
Stravinsky: Symphony of Wind Instruments
Stravinsky: Apollon Musagete
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Saturday, October 21 at 8pm
Foellinger Great Hall
Flex: $46 / SC $45 / UI $20 / Yth $20
Single: $48 / SC $47 / UI $22 / Yth $22
Dracula: The Music and Film
The 1931 Universal Pictures film classic Dracula
Original music by Philip Glass
Performed by Philip Glass and the Kronos Quartet
Michael Riesman, conductor
Bela Lugosi stalks the big screen again as the blood-thirsty Count
Dracula, now to an original musical score by Philip Glass performed live
by the Kronos Quartet as the 1931 film classic rolls. Heres an
incomparable evening of new music and a unique reinvention of an American
cinematic classic--the perfect marriage of the live and the undead.
Wednesday, October 25 at 8pm
Foellinger Great Hall
Flex: $27 / SC $26 / UI $14 / Yth $14
Single: $29 / SC $28 / UI $16 / Yth $16
UI Chamber Orchestra
Donald Schleicher, conductor
Gillian Anderson, guest conductor
Carolyn Kuan, graduate student conductor
Bashwiner, Adder's Tongue
Haydn: Symphony No. 96
Ives: Charlie Rutladge
Ives: Halloween
Hermann: For the Fallen
Seeger: Rissolty Rossolty
Milhaud: La P'tite Lilie
Friday, October 27 at 8pm
Foellinger Great Hall
$5 / SC $4 / Stu $2
Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra
Steven Larsen, music director and conductor
Jeffrey Biegel, piano
Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Zwilich: Millennium Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major
Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre
Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Saturday, October 28 at 8pm
Foellinger Great Hall
$25 / SC $22 / Stu $8
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Rameau: Suite from Nais
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 19
Schubert: Symphony No. 3 in D Major, D. 200
Sunday, October 29 at 7pm
Foellinger Great Hall
Flex: $29 / SC $28 / UI $18 / Yth $18
Single: $31 / SC $30 / UI $20 / Yth $20
Tickets and
Information:
800/KCPATIX or 217/333-6280
TTY: 217/333-9714
E-Mail: kran-tix@uiuc.edu
www.kcpa.uiuc.edu/kcpa
Krannert Center provides ticket refunds in the form of CenterChecks
up until 6pm the day preceding each event. This liberal refund policy
means that tickets may become available for sold-out or limited
availability events. Returned tickets are released daily at 10am.
For details
on all performances, ticket purchases, and late-release tickets
for sold-out performances, check the Krannert online at http://www.kcpa.uiuc.edu/kcpa/
