Thomas Pasatieri s T h e Ho t e l. with the KSU Symphony Orchestra. KSU OPERA THEATRE presents STEINWAY. Piano Galleries

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1 KSU OPERA THEATRE presents Thomas Pasatieri s T h e Ho t e l Ca s a b l a nca with the KSU Symphony Orchestra Steinway Piano Galleries proudly offers the best piano values in every price range. Sales, service, rentals, lessons & award winning customer service. KSU School of Music Thanks our Sponsors STEINWAY Piano Galleries for a free buyers guide, visit North Point Parkway, Alpharetta, GA (770) Northeast Expressway, Atlanta, GA (404) Please join us in showing our appreciation with your support! Friday and Saturday, November 14 and 15, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. Dr. Bobbie Bailey & Family Performance Center, Morgan Hall Thirty-sixth Concert of the Concert Season

2 program Act I Intermission Act II cast Performance on Friday, November 14 Tallulah Carter Siobhan Rodriguez Tom Carter Timothy Marshall Charles Carter Forrest Starr Lucy Perez Camille Hathaway Raul Perez Danny Crowe Burton Joseph McBrayer Tobias Sean Eliason Miss Pooder Elena Prestwood Veronique Victoria Caracci Performance on Saturday, November 15 Tallulah Carter Emily Crisp Tom Carter Timothy Marshall Charles Carter Forrest Starr Lucy Perez Julie Mitchell Raul Perez Terrell Flemings Burton Joseph McBrayer Tobias Sean Eliason Miss Pooder Karen Martin Veronique Amy Hebel Understudies Tallulah Carter Rachel Stein Lucy Perez Leah Sexton Miss Pooder Christina Vehar Veronique Ashley Naffziger ksu symphony orchestra Michael Alexander, conductor Flute Brittany Pietsch Catherine Rothery Oboe Emma Goodwin Alejandro Sifuentes Clarinet Mudussir Quraishi Chia-Jing Tang Bassoon Shelby Jones Andrew Niehoff Horn David Anders Kristen Arvold Trumpet Brandon Austin Jesse Baker Trombone Michael DeSousa Anthony Wolcott Percussion Joseph Donohue Selena Sanchez Harp Tyler Hartley Amanda Melton Piano Judy Cole Violin 1 Micah David DuMarkus Davis Ryan Gregory Sarah Hoefer Grace Johnston Terry Keeling Brittany Thayer Anneka Zee Violin 2 Adrienne Bythwood Rachel Campbell Kynan Clymore Rachel LaRocca Huijeong Lee Lauren Miller Justin Rawlings Nathaniel Roberts Jordan Sommer Kevin Williams Viola Katie Baumgarten Justin Brookins Audine Crosse Rachel Fishback Kyle Mayes Perry Morris Samantha Tang Natalie Thompson Cello Riley Duggan Kathryn Encisco Esme Mason Avery McCoy Anthony Newman Michael Roberts Dorian Silva Michael Thomas Bass Francisco Lora David Metrio Matthew Richards Nick Twarog The KSU Symphony Orchestra will divide in half and each group will play for one of the performances.

3 opera theatre staff Eileen Moremen / Interim Opera Theatre Director Michael Alexander / Conductor Judith Cole / Coach and Rehearsal Accompanist Arie Motschman / Rehearsal Accompanist Joseph Greenway / Lighting and Technical Design Camille Hathaway / Student Assistant acknowledgements Thank you to the following who have helped make this production possible: Bailey Performance Center Staff David Daly Joseph Greenway Dan Hesketh Andrew Solomonson June Mauser Brad Herring Jamie Bullins Josh Stone Kathie Beckett Michael Nutter from the director Don Harris Richard Brown Norcosto Costumes Suzy Reyes KSU Voice Faculty KSU Theater Box Office Welcome to this production of Thomas Pasatieri s, The Hotel Casablanca. This opera was originally commissioned by the San Francisco Opera s Merola Program and dually premiered there and at the University of Kentucky in August Inspired by Georges Feydeau s French farcical play, A Flea in Her Ear, Pasatieri set his comic opera in 1940 s Texas. The action transpires at the Double-T Ranch and a seedy hotel, The Hotel Casablanca, where an enchanting array of assorted and eccentric guests add to the mayhem. For added interest, he references great classic operas within the music and storyline: The Marriage of Figaro, Carmen, Tosca, Madame Butterfly, and Otello. The composer/librettist Thomas Pasatieri began composing at age 10 and while a teenager, he studied with Nadia Boulanger. He entered the Julliard School of Music at age 16 and eventually became the school's first recipient of a doctoral degree. Pasatieri has taught composition at the Juilliard School, the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and the Manhattan School of Music. From 1980 through 1984, he held the post of Artistic Director at the Atlanta Opera. He has composed 24 operas, the best known, The Seagull, was composed in In 1984, Pasatieri moved to Los Angeles where he formed his film music production company, Topaz Productions. His film orchestrations can be heard in American Beauty, Angels in America, Billy Bathgate, Fried Green Tomatoes, Legends of the Fall, The Little Mermaid, Road to Perdition, Scent of a Woman and The Shawshank Redemption among many others. In 2003, Pasatieri returned to New York to continue his concert and opera career. Two of his operas were premiered in 2007: Frau Margot by the Fort Worth Opera and The Hotel Casablanca in San Francisco and Kentucky. act I Set in Texas in 1948 on the Double T Ranch, the story opens the morning after a Texas-sized barbeque given by Tom and Tallulah to welcome three guests to the ranch: Charles, Tom s nephew from New York; Lucy Perez, Tallulah s former vaudeville partner, and Lucy s husband, Raul Perez, a very successful breeder of prize bulls. We see Charles in silk pajamas nursing a hangover while the helpful butler, Burton, explains why everything is bigger in Texas. The two leave to find coffee for Charles. Tallulah enters carrying a package containing the red, white, and blue suspenders she had given to Tom. They have been returned from the notorious Hotel Casablanca - Tallulah assumes the worst. Lucy bounds in, blubbering about the party last night, only to find her friend distraught with marital doubt. Lucy suggests that Tallulah write an anonymous letter to Tom inviting him to a tryst at the Hotel Casablanca. Lucy writes the letter on Lucy s behalf and seals it with a kiss. The ladies then decide to go to the hotel together in disguises. Tom Carter enters telling Burton to set out brandy and cigars for a meeting with Raul Perez about the purchase of a new bull. Tom notices the suspenders, which he had lent to his nephew Charles, and is furious that the young man would be so careless as to leave them lying around. Tom is concerned with Charles in his city ways and wonders whether his nephew likes women. After a talk with the young man, he sends his nephew off to change into more manly clothes for horseback riding. The letter arrives just as Tom, Raul, and the ranch manager, Tobias, begin their meeting. Tom reads it aloud and decides the letter must be for Tobias, since no one would dare to write such a letter to a married man. Tom sends Tobias off in his own Cadillac to meet the passionate stranger at the hotel. While Tom and Tobias fetch the keys to the car, Raul looks at the letter and recognizes Lucy s lipstick and handwriting. He assumes the worst and vows vengeance by shooting the lovers with one bullet: Goes in his back, comes out hers. Tom enters and tells Raul where the hotel is. When Raul rushes out, Tom

4 realizes that there is trouble brewing. He calls for Charles and Burton to get in the jeep and they all rush off to the hotel. Charles turns as the act closes to tell us that he is going to the Hotel Casablanca, again act II The Hotel Casablanca has seen better times, but its new owner, Miss Pooder, envisions it as a grand hotel. She has fired all the former employees and explains her plan to her new employee, Daisy. Daisy has her own dreams of Hollywood and has renamed herself Veronique. Miss Pooder steps out to search for more help, and Veronique begins her new job by answering the phone. In that call, we learn that Muffy, her predecessor, was not so much a desk clerk as a lady of the evening or - more aptly - of the afternoon. Tallulah and Lucy enter the hotel. Veronique, thinking this is a costume party, points them to the executive suite. Tobias arrives, flowers in hand and, as Veronique ushers him to the room, Tallulah and Lucy hide behind the bed. Raul enters the hotel, and Veronique, seeing him disguised in mask and cape, sends him to the executive suite as Miss Pooder returns to the front desk with her arms full of flowers. When Raul enters the executive suite, he rushes to the bed and, mistaking Tobias for Lucy, kisses him on the back of the head. Lucy and Tallulah are discovered and a chase ensues, Raul still hungry for revenge against the confused Tobias. As they rush from the room they run into Miss Pooder. Veronique hides while Tom, Burton, and Charles arrive to save the day. School of Music Faculty and Staff Music Education Judith Beale Janet Boner Kathleen Creasy John Culvahouse Charles Jackson Charles Laux Alison Mann Angela McKee Richard McKee Harry Price Terri Talley Amber Weldon-Stephens Music History & Appreciation Drew Dolan Edward Eanes Kayleen Justus Dane Philipsen Music Theory, Composition & Technology Kelly Francis Jennifer Mitchell Laurence Sherr Benjamin Wadsworth Jeff Yunek Woodwinds Robert Cronin, Flute Todd Skitch, Flute Christina Smith, Flute Elizabeth Koch Tiscione, Oboe John Warren, Clarinet, Chamber Music Laura Najarian, Bassoon Sam Skelton, Saxophone Brass and Percussion Doug Lindsey, Trumpet, Chamber Music Mike Tiscione, Trumpet Jason Eklund, Horn Thomas Witte, Horn Tom Gibson, Trombone Brian Hecht, Bass Trombone Bernard Flythe, Tuba/Euphonium John Lawless, Percussion Strings Helen Kim, Violin Kenn Wagner, Violin Catherine Lynn, Viola Allyson Fleck, Viola, Chamber Music Charae Krueger, Cello James Barket, Double Bass Joseph McFadden, Double Bass Elisabeth Remy Johnson, Harp Mary Akerman, Classical Guitar Voice Jessica Jones Adam Kirkpatrick Eileen Moremen Oral Moses Leah Partridge Valerie Walters Jana Young Piano Judith Cole, Collaborative Piano & Musical Theatre Julie Coucheron Robert Henry John Marsh, Class Piano David Watkins Soohyun Yun Jazz Justin Chesarek, Jazz Percussion Wes Funderburk, Jazz Trombone, Jazz Ensembles Tyrone Jackson, Jazz Piano Marc Miller, Jazz Bass Sam Skelton, Jazz Ensembles Lester Walker, Jazz Trumpet Trey Wright, Jazz Guitar, Jazz Combos Ensembles & Conductors Leslie J. Blackwell, Choral Activities Alison Mann, Choral Activities Oral Moses, Gospel Choir Eileen Moremen, Opera Michael Alexander, Orchestras Charles Laux, Orchestras Debra Traficante, Concert Band David T. Kehler, Wind Ensemble School of Music Staff Julia Becker, Administrative Specialist III David Daly, Director of Programming and Facilities Susan M. Grant Robinson, Associate Director for Administration Joseph Greenway, Technical Director Dan Hesketh, Digital Media Specialist June Mauser, Administrative Associate II Andrew Solomonson, Facility Operations Manager Ensembles in Residence Atlanta Percussion Trio Faculty Jazz Parliament Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus KSU Faculty Chamber Players KSU Faculty String Trio KSU Community and Alumni Choir

5 about the school of music The School of Music at KSU has dedicated, vibrant, and talented faculty and staff that are completely devoted to teaching, performing, scholarship, and serving our community. It is an incredibly exciting place to study, boasting state-of-the-art facilities with opportunities to produce and explore music in a dynamic place that is ahead of the curve for what it means to be a musician in the 21st century. Our students come from the leading musical honor organizations across the region and are poised to lead the cultural offerings and musical education in our area and beyond for years to come. We welcome you to attend a concert, meet our faculty and staff, and feel the energy and excitement that our students exude. We are fully committed to our purpose as educators, performers, and scholars. We hope that you will find as much enjoyment in our product as we do in producing it. Kennesaw State University School of Music gratefully acknowledges the generous support of our artistic partners. Michael Alexander Interim Director, KSU School of Music connect with us `/musicksu musicksu.com Visit musicksu.com and click "Live Streaming" to watch live broadcasts of many of our concerts and to view the full schedule of live streamed events. Please consider a gift to the Kennesaw State University School of Music. upcoming events Unless otherwise noted, all events are held in Morgan Concert Hall and begin at 8 p.m. Monday, November 17 Trumpet and Trombone Choirs Tuesday, November 18 Jazz Ensembles Wednesday, November 19 Wind Ensemble with Charae Krueger, cello Thursday, November 20 Philharmonic and Concert Band Tuesday, December 2 Faculty Jazz Parliament Thursday, December 4 Choral Holiday Concert We welcome all guests with special needs and offer the following services: easy access, companion seating locations, accessible restrooms, and assisted listening devices. Please contact a patron services representative at to request services.

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