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Community Advisory CouncilThe Community Advisory Council is dedicated to strengtheningthe relationship between the Center for the Performing Artsand the community. Council members participate in a rangeof activities in support of this objective.Nancy VanLandingham, chairLam Hood, vice chairWilliam AsburyPatricia BestLynn Sidehamer BrownPhilip BurlingameAlfred Jones Jr.Deb LattaEileen LeibowitzEllie LewisChristine LichtigMary Ellen LitzingerBonnie MarshallPieter OuwehandMelinda StearnsSusan SteinbergLillian UpcraftPat WilliamsNina Woskobstudent representativeJesse ScottCenter for the Performing Arts StaffGeorge Trudeau, directorMedora Ebersole, education programs managerLea Asbell-Swanger, assistant directorLisa Faust, audience services managerAnnie Doncsecz, finance directorDeanna Heichel, assistant finance directorTracy Noll, sales and development services directorTom Hesketh, events managerLaura Sullivan, marketing and communicationsdirectorWanda Hockenberry, assistant to the directorAmy Dupain Vashaw, audience and programdevelopment directorTony Intorre, information technology specialistShannon Arney, assistant ticket managerErik Baxter, multimedia specialistShannon Bishop, downtown ticket center managerChristie Black, editorial and public relationsassociateLen Codispot, sales and development accountingcoordinatorGary Collins, production supervisorChristine Igoe, ticket managerUrszula Kulakowski, art directorHeather Mannion, advertising associateSherren McKenzie, group sales coordinatorJohn Mark Rafacz, editorial managerDave Shaffer, assistant director for special programsChad Swires, production supervisorMark Tinik, production supervisor

CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AT PENN STATEpresentsSpokFrevo Orquestra7:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 21, 2014Eisenhower AuditoriumThe program will be announced from the stage.The performance is presented without an intermission.media sponsorWPSUThe Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State receives state arts fundingsupport through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a stateagency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the NationalEndowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

SPOKFREVO ORQUESTRAMAESTRO SPOKBringing a traditional style of music into the twenty-first century is no easy task. Virtuoso Inaldo Cavalcante de Albuquerque,better known as Maestro Spok, has achieved this on his UnitedStates debut—Ninho de Vespa (Wasp’s Nest). Spok is SpokFrevoOrquestra’s saxophonist, arranger, and musical director. He frontsa true big band with saxophone, trumpet, trombone, rhythmsections, bass, and guitar. Spok has assembled the seventeenpiece orchestra, performing what is arguably Brazil’s most creative music—frevo—and infusing it with the spirit of jazz. Justas the Buena Vista Social Club served to shine a light on thelegacy of the great players of Cuban music, Ninho de Vespa’sguest performers include many of the legendary musicians fromPernambuco, Brazil, the birthplace of frevo.Ninho de Vespa will be released one week from today, onMotema Music, as the orchestra performs on a multi-city tourthat includes stops in Boston, New York City, Philadelphia,Pittsburgh, Iowa City, and St. Louis.Much more than a style of music, frevo’s combination of musicand dance—with the uniquely Brazilian hybrid of martial artsand dance known as capoeira—represents the wealth of imagination and originality that is at the heart of Brazilian culture. Itsvivid, frenetic, and vigorous rhythm stems from the amalgam ofseveral music genres such as march, Brazilian quadrilha, polka,and pieces from the classical repertoire. All of those elements

can be found among Ninho de Vespa’s thirteen tracks, whichinclude compositions from leading lights of Brazilian music—DoriCaymmi, Jovino Santos Neto, and Hamilton de Holanda.“The fact that these songs were mostly unknown was definitelya factor that made us choose them, but it’s also true that therejust aren’t that many frevos on the repertoires of Dori, Jovino, andHamilton,” Spok says. “Ninho de Vespa,” by Dori and Paul CesarPinheiro, was released in the early 1990s and is representationalof what we want to promote in Brazil—to have composers fromseveral states and of different origins composing frevos. Thisis why we chose songs from composers who were not fromPernambuco: Hamilton and Jovino are from Rio de Janeiro.Nelson Ayres is from São Paolo.”SpokFrevo formally emerged as a group in 2003, but its rootsgo back at least another decade. In the northeastern state ofPernambuco, from which frevo emerged more than 100 yearsago, the genre was performed mainly during street festivals.The orchestra adds a new dimension to frevo, moving it from itssupporting role to that of a leading actor, shedding light on itsoriginal texture and complex playing techniques, while remainingfaithful to its more traditional origins. Succinctly, the group breakspatterns and reinvents tradition without subverting it.Spok provides a bit of historical background to the orchestra’sevolution of the style.“Originally, in Recife, frevo was essentially music for dancing, played by orchestras in clubs in the months that precededCarnival and in the streets during Carnival itself. People usuallydidn’t pay as much attention to the musicians or the arrangements as they did to how well the groups could reproduce theclassics,” he says. “Felinho was a saxophone player in the famousorchestra of Maestro Nelson Ferreira, who began improvising during their performances. That sparked a major revolution in theway that frevo was played since, for the first time, people beganto notice an individual musician’s performance. As frevo musicianstoday, we have been very influenced by the bold approach thatFelinho took, showcasing his performance instead of just beingpart of a party orchestra.”

MUSICIANSSpokalto and soprano saxophonesAdonis GarciatromboneCarlos “Kebinha” Cléberalto saxophoneThomas de LimatromboneGilberto Pontestenor saxophoneHélio SilvabassRafael Santostenor saxophoneRenato BandeiraguitarEnok ChagastrumpetAdelson SilvadrumsAugusto FrançatrumpetAugusto SilvadrumsFlavio SantanatrumpetDedé SimpatiapercussionErico VerissimotrumpetRogerio Andradesound designerElci RamostromboneLuiz Barbosatour managerMarcone TuliotromboneNorberto TeixeirabacklinerCENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AT PENN STATECOLLECTION FOR MILITARY TROOPSThe Dear Hero Program, a Penn State undergraduate student organization, has binsin the Eisenhower Auditorium lobby through October 29 to collect itemsfor military personnel serving overseas.Drop off donations weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. or on the nights of performances.Go to cpa.psu.edu and click on the DEAR HERO COLLECTION bannerfor a list of suggested donation items.

CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AT PENN STATECYRILLE AIMÉE7:30 P.M. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12SCHWAB AUDITORIUMcpa.psu.edu I 814-863-0255CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AT PENN STATEBrussels Jazz OrchestraBJO’s Finest and GraphicologyBelgium’s lone professional jazz big band co-performed the musicfor the Oscar-winning best picture, The Artist.Philip PaquetIn 2013, the orchestra celebrated its twentieth anniversary with BJO’sFinest–Live, a CD of songs composed and arranged by band members. Thefirst set of the orchestra’s concert offers music inspired by that recording.After intermission, the band performs Graphicology, its collaborationwith graphic novelist Philip Paquet. The writer selected existing storiesand created two new ones for the project. Six composers penned anaccompanying soundtrack. The stories were edited into original videosthat are projected while the orchestra performs the soundtrack.7:30 P.M. THURSDAY, MARCH 19 EISENHOWER AUDITORIUMOn sale now!cpa.psu.edu 814-863-0255

CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AT PENN STATEBenjamin EalovegaThe iconic British vocal ensemble pays homage to theintersection of popular, jazz, and Broadway music thatdazzled the airwaves for much of the twentieth century.The King’s SingersGreat AmericanSongbookSavor a cappella settings of classic songsby the likes of Cy Coleman (“The Best is Yetto Come”), Richard Rodgers (“My FunnyValentine”), Cole Porter (“I’ve Got You UnderMy Skin”), Harold Arlen (“I’ve Got the Worldon a String”), Irving Berlin (“Cheek to Cheek”),and Jerome Kern (“I Won’t Dance”).7:30 P.M. TUESDAYFEBRUARY 17EISENHOWER AUDITORIUMON SALE NOW!cpa.psu.edu814-863-0255

Bold listings represent members whoincreased their donations by 10 percentor more this season. Be Bold! ContactDave Shaffer, assistant director forspecial programs, at 814-863-1167.MembersThe Center for the Performing Arts recognizes the following membersfor their support. For information on the membership program orhow you may contribute to the Center for the Performing Arts, pleasecontact Dave Shaffer at 814-863-1167 or DaveShaffer@psu.edu.LeadershipCircleEncoreCircle 3,000 and more 1,000 to 1,999Lynn Sidehamer BrownMimi U. Barash CoppersmithMarty and Joan DuffBlake and Linda GallRobert and Helen HarveyBob and Sonia HufnagelRichard and Sally KalinDan and Peggy Hall LeKanderBarbara PalmerDotty and Paul RigbyLouis P. Silverman andVeronica A. SamborskyGeorge and Nina WoskobGrace M. BardineMary and Hu BarnesPhilip and Susan BurlingameEdda and Francis G. GentryRichard B. GidezJudith Albrecht and Denny GioiaDavid and Margaret GrayMichael P. Johnson andMaureen MulderigStan and Debra LattaBenson and Christine LichtigKenneth and Irene McllvriedKaren Scott ShearerJackson and Diane SpielvogelCarol and Rex WarlandTerry and Pat WilliamsDavid and Diane WisniewskiDirector’sCircle 2,000 to 2,999Patricia Best and Thomas RayLynn Donald BreonJanet Fowler Dargitz andKarl George StoedefalkeRod and Shari EricksonEdward R. GalusArnold and Marty GascheDonald W. Hamer and Marie BednarBeverly HickeyHoney and Bill JaffeKay F. KustanbauterEileen W. LeibowitzTom and Mary Ellen LitzingerPieter W. and Lida OuwehandWilliam RabinowitzRobert Schmalzadvocate 500 to 999Pamela M. AikeyNed and Inga BookJack and Diana BrenizerSandra Zaremba and Richard BrownRichard Carlson and Lori ForlizziJoseph and Annie DoncseczMichael T. and Ann F. DotseySteve and Sandy ElbinMark A. FalvoJoel GaesserNancy S. GambleJohn and Carol GrahamAmy Greenberg and Richard DoyleBill and Connie HayesSteven L. Herb andSara Willoughby-HerbNancy L. HerronLam and Lina HoodCindy and Al JonesJames and Bonnie KnappJames and Barbara KornerJohn and Michelle MasonPatrick W. and Susan N. MorseMarcia and Bill NewtonSteve and Anne PfeiffenbergerJack and Sue PorembaPatricia Hawbaker QuinlivanAndy and Kelly RenfrewShirley SacksRussell and Jeanne SchleidenPaul and K. C. SheelerVaughn and Kay ShirkSusan and Lewis SteinbergMarilynne W. StoutKenton StuckElizabeth TrudeauGeorge and Debbie TrudeauMark and JoAnne WesterhausMary Jane and William WildCharlotte ZmysloPartner 250 to 499Steve and Chris AdamsWilliam W. AsburyDr. Deborah F. AtwaterSven and Carmen BilénAlan BrownRichard W. Bryant