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2 OCTOBER 1, 2016 BRANFORD MARSALIS QUARTET WITH SPECIAL GUEST KURT ELLING SEASON SEASON SUBSCRIPTIONS ON SALE FEBRUARY 22, 2016 arts.emory.edu/candler /

3 music at emory concert series season emory jazz fest gary motley, director of jazz studies friday, february 12, 2016, 8:00 p.m. Emory University Jazz Studies presents Anat cohen with the gary motley trio Anat Cohen, clarinet/saxophone Gary Motley, piano Rodney Whitaker, bass Sean Dobbins, drums saturday, february 13, 2016, 8:00 p.m. the emory big band The Gary Motley Trio with the emory university symphony orchestra strings Richard Prior, conductor Gary Motley, piano Rodney Whitaker, bass Sean Dobbins, drums Emerson Concert Hall Schwartz Center for Performing Arts

4 friday program Emory University Jazz Studies presents anat cohen with the gary motley trio Tonight s selections will be announced from the stage. Anat Cohen, clarinet/saxophone Winner of nine consecutive Jazz Journalist Association awards for Clarinetist of the Year, multiple DownBeat Critics and Readers Polls, and a wealth of other accolades, Israeli-born clarinetist and saxophonist Anat Cohen has taken the jazz world by storm, winning hearts and minds the world over with her expressive virtuosity and delightful stage presence. An established bandleader and prolific composer, Cohen s music is a unique blend of modern and traditional jazz, classical music, Brazilian choro, Argentine tango, and an expansive timeline of Afro Cuban styles. The New York Times describes Cohen as a clarinetist of reliable ebullience, and the Wall Street Journal writes, What s not to love about a young clarinetist and saxophonist who plays everything we love modern jazz, world music, hot New Orleans style jazz and does it all brilliantly? In 2015 Cohen will be showcasing her love of all Brazilian music including BMP, Tropicalia, and Choro with a new as-of-yet untitled studio recording and a new touring project called Celebrando Brasil: From Rio to Minas. Featuring a sextet of musicians from all over the world playing both traditional Brazilian instruments and backed by her trusted quartet, Celebrando Brasil is a musical travelogue of sorts infused with Cohen s warm spirit and unmistakable sound. For more information on Cohen, including tour dates, music samples, photos, video, and more, visit anatcohen.com. Gary Motley, piano Recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Great American Jazz Piano Competition, and the American Composers forum, Gary Motley has been featured in Downbeat Magazine and on Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland. His recordings include Russell Malone s Black Butterfly and Motley s own latest CD, Departure. He has performed with Benny Golson, Eddie Daniels, Carmen Bradford, Kenny Barron, Dave Brubeck, and others. A member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and the Jazz Education Network, Motley was recently inducted in to the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame. He has a master s degree in jazz program administration from Georgia State University and he is the director of jazz studies at Emory. 2

5 Rodney Whitaker, bass Internationally renowned bassist and Mack Avenue recording artist, Rodney Whitaker is one of the world s most renowned double bass performers, educators, and mentors, and he is dedicated to inspiring and growing the next generation of jazz educators and musicians. A Detroit native, he grew up in the city soaking in the sounds of jazz and classical music and working with the finest musicians in the city. Building on his Detroit roots and enormous talent, Whitaker went on to earn an international reputation as one of the world s finest jazz double bass performers. He completed a seven-year tenure as bassist with Wynton Marsalis s Sextet and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, and he has toured the world over the past twenty-six years, collaborating with more than one hundred legendary performing jazz artists including Dianne Reeves, Hank Jones, Mulgrew Miller, Diana Krall, John Lewis, Kathleen Battle, Marian McPartland, Wycliffe Gordon, Kenny Garrett, Bradford Marsalis, Bob James, Betty Be-Bop Carter, and Chick Corea. In addition, he has appeared and presented masterclasses at the International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE) conferences. Featured on more than one hundred recordings, from film to compact discs, he was nominated for an Emmy in the Original Music category for Malawi and Malaria: Fighting to Save the Children produced by Robert Gould and Sue Carter. He is a professor of jazz double bass and director of jazz studies at Michigan State University. Sean Dobbins, drums Sean Dobbins got his start as a sought-after Detroit area jazz sideman at a young age, when he would regularly play with Blue Note artist Louis Smith. As Dobbins s career progressed, he found himself the recipient of many awards and accolades including the Woody Herman Jazz Award, an award for outstanding musicianship, as well as the Louis Armstrong Scholarship. Dobbins has been the focus of countless news articles, jazz radio programs, and documentaries. Though still young by jazz standards, Dobbins has amassed an impressive list of playing companions. He has performed/toured/recorded with Johnny Basset, Benny Golson, Lonnie Smith, Frank Morgan, Joey DeFrancesco, George Cables, James Blood Ulmer, Rodney Whitaker, Claude Black, Johnny O Neal, Paul Keller, Tad Weed, Jon Hendricks, David Fathead Newman, Donald Walden, Cyrus Chestnut, Marion Hayden, Mose Allison, and a host of other great musicians. Dobbins s sound can best be described as hard-driving, solid rhythm with refreshing melodic sensibility. Some of his influences include Art Blakey, Jeff Hamilton, Jeff Tain Watts, Ed Thigpen, and Sonny Payne, as well as Detroit-area greats Gerald Cleaver and the one and only Elvin Jones. 3

6 Along Came Betty Me, Then Why saturday program the Emory big band by Benny Golson arr. by Mark Taylor by Mike Tomaro Children of the Night Joshua by Wayne Shorter by Victor Feldman Time Will Reveal Intermission the gary motley trio with the emory university symphony orchestra strings by El DeBarge, Bobby DeBarge, and Etterlene Bunny Jordan arr. by Gary Motley Emily by Johnny Mandel arr. by Gary Motley The Emory Big Band, the gary motley trio, and the emory university symphony orchestra strings Tell Me a Bedtime Story by Herbie Hancock arr. by Gary Motley 4

7 Emory Big Band Kiran Sundar, alto saxophone Randy Hunter, tenor saxophone, ensemble assistant Matthew Roomberg, tenor saxophone Gyeong Mo Kim, baritone saxophone Alec Woodard, trumpet Greg Bellis, trumpet Joseph Shapiro, trumpet Vivek Sawhney, trumpet Jacob Silverman, trumpet Kevin Williams, trombone Jalyn Radziminski, trombone Bob Lewis, trombone Grant Singer, trombone Mingchong Zhang, piano Varoon Pazhyanur, bass Eric Aaron, drums Emory university symphony orchestra strings VIOLIN I Daun Kwag Justin Liu Anders Olsen Claire Roesler Patricia Lin I-Chiu (Joseph) Lin Kathy Li Justin Moore VIOLIN II Michael Crawford Catherine MacGregor Ellen Shi Henry Hays Nimia Maya David Warth Katherine Ma Jeffrey You VIOLA Minjee Kim Katherine Hur Zola Berger-Schmitz Alex Sabol Mallory Carnes Millie Ma CELLO James Dickey Clifford Redwine Andrew Peeples Sophia Wang Joel Lee Jonathan Regenold BASS Sam Budnyk Samuel Zinga 5

8 Emory Jazz faculty Gary Motley, director of jazz studies, piano Recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Great American Jazz Piano Competition, and the American Composers forum, Gary Motley has been featured in Downbeat Magazine and on Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland. His recordings include Russell Malone s Black Butterfly and Motley s own latest CD, Departure. He has performed with Benny Golson, Eddie Daniels, Carmen Bradford, Kenny Barron, Dave Brubeck, and others. A member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and the Jazz Education Network, Motley was recently inducted in to the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame. He has a master s degree in jazz program administration from Georgia State University. Dwight D. Andrews, associate professor, music theory, African American music Dwight D. Andrews, composer, musician, educator, and minister, joined the Emory faculty in A native of Detroit, Michigan, Andrews is also senior minister of First Congregational United Church of Christ in Atlanta. With bachelor s and master s degrees in music from the University of Michigan, he continued his studies at Yale University, receiving a master of divinity degree and a PhD in music theory. Andrews s honors include a 2005 Lexus Leader of the Arts Award, a Pew Trust/TCG Artist Residency Fellowship, a Mellon Fellowship, Emory University s Distinguished Teacher Award, and the Yale Tercentenary Medal from the Yale Club of Georgia. Andrews was the artistic director of the National Black Arts Festival ( ) and, in 1997, was named the first Quincy Jones Visiting Professor of African American Music at Harvard University. Andrews was a guest visiting professor of composition at the Yale School of Music in 2003 and gave the 2004 Alain Locke Lectures at Harvard. Emory Jazz artist affiliates Dan Baraszu, guitar, combo instructor Detroit-born guitarist-composer Dan Baraszu started playing guitar at age nine. Early in his career, he explored many different styles of music. However, when he first heard the genius of jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, Baraszu devoted himself to becoming a die-hard jazz artist. His major influences include guitarists Joe Pass, Pat Martino, Pat Metheny, and John Scofield as well as other instrumentalists like Bill Evans, Horace Silver, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, and Charlie Parker. In addition to studying the works of the masters of the jazz idiom, Baraszu also has a formal education in music. He received a bachelor s degree from the renowned Berklee College of Music, where he majored in jazz composition and arranging. In addition, Baraszu received a master s degree from the University of Miami with a major in jazz pedagogy. Baraszu resides in Atlanta where he works as a freelance guitarist. 6

9 Justin Chesarek, drums Justin Chesarek of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been studying and performing music since a young age. While earning a bachelor s degree in music education at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Chesarek traveled abroad and performed at the Montreux and North Sea Jazz Festivals in Europe. A graduate of Georgia State University with a master of music degree, Chesarek teaches as an artist affiliate at Emory. He has had the opportunity to perform with Wynton Marsalis, Christian McBride, John Faddis, Dave Samuels, Gary Smulyan, Michael Mossman, and Jerry Bergonzi. Chesarek performs throughout the Atlanta area, and you can hear him weekly at Atlanta s premiere jazz club, Churchill Grounds. Randy Hunter, saxophone Randy Hunter is a professional saxophonist, educational author, and private instructor from the Atlanta area. He studied music education with an emphasis in jazz pedagogy at Valdosta State College. With a focus on generating educational jazz material, Hunter s endeavors are best represented by his series of etude, duet, and combo method books under the title, Complete Jazz Styles. Several of the books have received endorsements from well-known jazz artists including Joe Lovano, Jerry Bergonzi, Randy Brecker, Bobby Shew, and John Fedchock. Hunter performs regularly in Atlanta, and he has an extensive performance, recording, and arranging history, including work with Duffy Jackson, Chubby Jackson, Cab Calloway, the Glenn Miller Band, and others. Bob Lewis, trombone and trumpet One of the most in-demand brass players in the Atlanta area, Bob Lewis has performed with many jazz icons from Lionel Hampton to Tony Bennett. He has recorded with artists including Matchbox 20 and the Four Freshmen (Grammy nomination). Lewis has also shared his musical skills on the soundtracks of several projects for the History Channel, the Weather Channel, PBS, and Good Day Atlanta. A graduate of Berry College, Lewis studied trombone with Harry Maddox, former principal trombonist with the Atlanta Symphony. Chris Riggenbach, double bass and electric bass Originally from the Atlanta area, bassist Chris Riggenbach has been a professional musician for more than fifteen years. He has a bachelor s degree in jazz studies from Georgia State University. For ten years, he played in show bands and jazz trios for Carnival Cruise Lines. Later, Riggenbach moved to Poland with his wife. In 2010, Riggenbach toured internationally with the Josh Lawrence Jazz 3 featuring trumpeter Josh Lawrence and drummer Mike DeCastro. The group performed at the Sopot Molo Jazz Festival, Piwnica pod Baranami in Krakow, and several other jazz festivals in Poland. Riggenbach has also performed with the Gavin Ahearn Trio, Larry Camp Quartet, Jazz Legacy Big Band, Gold Sparkle Band, Kenny Drew Jr., Matt Bokulic, Bill Van Dyke, Gwen Hughes, and Wild Rice. 7

10 EMORY JAZZ ALLIANCE DONORS The Emory Jazz Alliance is devoted to supporting jazz education, awareness, and performance at Emory University. Your donations will support Emory Jazz Studies by providing funding for residencies, program development, and community outreach. Become a member today. vanguard $2,500 or more Bob and Maggi McKay Strickland Family Foundation trendsetter $1,000 $2,499 Dr. and Mrs. James J. Clanahan Ms. Barbara M. Farr Dr. Lynn Goldowski and Mr. Sam Schwartz Dr. and Mrs. Henry Joel Siegelson Artist $500 $999 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew S. Lewis Drs. John R. Paddock and Karen M. Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. David G. Perryman Dr. Mark R. Pierce and Mrs. Karen L. Ely-Pierce Patron $300 $499 Mr. Henry S. Brent and Ms. Krista Bueb Mr. and Mrs. Dave Gould Mr. Carl Johnson Dr. Stephanie L. Sansom and Dr. Gary Botstein Dr. Karen A. Stolley and Mr. David J. Littlefield Mr. and Ms. Jim Summers Sponsor $100 $299 Mr. Thomas Alfred Bacon and Mrs. Bernadette Elizabeth Bennett Mr. Ernest Ball Dr. and Mrs. Michael E. Bernardino Mr. and Mrs. Franz Blam Mr. and Mrs. James E. Boone Dr. and Mrs. John E. Cooke Mr. M. Blake Cooper Mr. Gerald F. Handley Ms. Francine I. Henderson Mr. and Mrs. Michael Holiman Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Kelley Mr. Kenneth T. Kingery and Ms. Zoya Conover Dr. Sheldon and Mrs. Julie Lincenberg Sponsor (continued) Ms. Susan I. Mead Mr. and Mrs. James H. Morawetz Mr. and Mrs. Robert Motley Dr. David Bailey Pratt and Ms. Leslie M. Taylor Dr. William Henry Ransom Mr. B. Clayton Rolader Mr. and Mrs. Jose A. Salas Mr. Domenic R. Salerni Dr. Don E. Saliers Dr. and Mrs. Albert D. Sheffer Jr. Mr. Paul Zachary Siegel Mrs. Hannarae C. Siegelson Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Simblist Mr. Norman J. Slawsky and Ms. Marcia Beryl Abrams Ms. Cathy Susan Smith Dr. R. Candy Patrice Tate Dr. and Mrs. Edward L. Weldon Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey E. Young Member (General Public) $50 Mr. and Mrs. Randall E. Hunter Mr. and Mrs. Michael Tompkins Member (Faculty & Staff) $30 Mr. and Mrs. E. Wade Benson Miss Kathryn Garrett Breazeale Ms. Rhonda Lynn Davidson Dr. and Mrs. David G. Kleinbaum Dr. Cedrella Carol Jones-Taylor Dr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Kinkade Jr. Dr. and Mrs. David G. Kleinbaum Dr. Andrea Rosemarie Redman and Mr. Mark L. Kiefer Ms. Barbara J. Whitener Member (Emory Student) $10 Mr. Philip Mark Browning Winkle 8

11 Upcoming Music Events Go to music.emory.edu to view the complete list of upcoming music events. For more information contact the Arts at Emory Box Office at , or visit arts.emory.edu. Ticket prices are listed in the following order: Full price/discount category member price/emory student price (unless otherwise noted as the price for all students). Visit arts.emory.edu to see if you qualify for a discount. Friday, February 12, noon, Valentine s Day Love Songs, Emory Chamber Society of Atlanta (ECMSA) Cooke Noontime Series, Carlos Museum, free Wednesday, February 17, 8:00 p.m., Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, free Saturday, February 20, 8:00 p.m., The Knights with Gil Shaham, violin, Candler Concert Series, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, $60/$48/$10 Sunday, February 21, 4:00 p.m., Elena Cholakova William Ransom: Two Piano Concert, Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta (ECMSA) Emerson Series, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, free Tuesday, February 23, 8:00 p.m., Faculty Composers Concert, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, free Friday, February 26, 7:30 p.m., Pajama Concert, Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta (ECMSA) Family Series, Carlos Museum, free Saturday, February 27, 2:00 p.m., Bonnie Hardie, choral conducting, graduate student recital, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, free Saturday, February 27, 8:00 p.m., Emory Wind Ensemble, Paul Bhasin, conductor, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, free Arts at Emory Box Office/Audience Information arts.emory.edu IN CONSIDERATION Please turn off all pagers and phones. PHOTOGRAPHS AND RECORDINGS Not permitted without advance permission. COUGH DROPS In lobby, courtesy of Margery and Robert McKay. USHERS Members of Music at Emory Volunteers and Alpha Phi Omega, a national service and social fraternity. Call for ushering opportunities. event and program information Available online at arts.emory.edu. Back cover photographer credits: Top (left to right): Barenaked Voices, Emory Photo/Video; Emory Concert Choir: courtesy of Emory Concert Choir; Vega String Quartet, Dorn Brothers. Bottom (left to right): Gary Motley, Bill Head; Christopher O Riley, Wendy Lynch; audience view from stage, courtesy of Emory Concert Choir; Emory University Symphony Orchestra, Tony Benner. 9