May Concert - OEBS Classical Music Series

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" BGCOLOR="#FFFFDD"> <TR STYLE="height:27.0pt"> <TD STYLE="width:291.85pt;background:#EEE9CC;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt" BGCOLOR="EEE9CC" WIDTH="15"> </TD> <TD STYLE="width:291.85pt;background:#EEE9CC;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt" BGCOLOR="EEE9CC" WIDTH="333"> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" ALIGN="LEFT" STYLE="text-align:left"><FONT SIZE="+1"><FONT SIZE="2"><B><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000">2008-09 Season:</FONT></SPAN></B><B><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial"> <A HREF="nov.htm" TARGET="_top">Nov</A> | <A HREF="jan.html" TARGET="_top">Jan</A> | <A HREF="feb.htm" TARGET="_top">Feb</A> | <A HREF="mar.htm" TARGET="_top">Mar</A> | <A HREF="apr.htm" TARGET="_top">Apr</A> | <A TARGET="_top">May</A></SPAN></B></FONT></FONT></P> </TD> <TD STYLE="width:185.85pt;background:#EEE9CC;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt" BGCOLOR="EEE9CC" WIDTH="214" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A HREF="http://www.patronmail.com/pmailweb/PatronSetup?oid=16" TARGET="_blank">Sign up for our <I><B>E-newsletter</B></I></A></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR STYLE="height:27.0pt" VALIGN="TOP"> <TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="width:291.85pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt" ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="15"> </TD> <TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="width:291.85pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt" ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="333"><FONT SIZE="-1"> </FONT> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><FONT SIZE="-1"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><A HREF="forum09.htm" TARGET="_top">Free Forum on <I>Show Boat</I> on May 2, 2009</A></FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><SPAN STYLE="font-size:11.0pt;font-family: Arial;color:navy"><BR></SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"> <FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="michael1.htm"></A></FONT></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 18.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="4"><B></B><FONT SIZE="+1">American Masterworks Series<BR>May 15, 2009</FONT></FONT></SPAN><B><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><BR> </SPAN></B><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000">Friday, 8:00pm, Paramount Theatre, Oakland<BR><A HREF="michael.htm" TARGET="_top">Michael Morgan, <I>Conductor</I></A><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/purchase_tickets_g.gif" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="29" BORDER="0" USEMAP="#map3"> <MAP NAME="map3"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="7,3,96,26" HREF="http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C00408F968A340E?artistid=806636&majorcatid=1" ALT="May 15, 2009 - American Masterworks Series" TARGET="_top"> </MAP><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR>7pm: Pre-concert speaker <A HREF="bailey.htm" TARGET="_top">John Kendall Bailey</A><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><FONT SIZE="3"><B> Program<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR>SONGS OF JEROME KERN </B><FONT SIZE="-1"><BR><B>Smoke Gets In Your Eyes</B> - Julie Adams, <I>soprano </I><BR><B>Pick Yourself Up</B> - Robert Sims, <I>lyric baritone</I> <BR><B>Yesterdays</B> - Debbie De Coudreaux, <I>mezzo-soprano</I> <BR><B>I Won't Dance </B>- Tami Dahbura, <I>soprano</I> <BR><B>Why I Was Born</B> - Tami Dahbura <BR><B>The Way You Look Tonight</B> - Debbie de Coudreaux <BR><B>Long Ago and Far Away</B> - Ben Jones, <I>tenor</I> <BR><B>All the Things You Are</B> - Chorus<BR><B>Look for the Silver Lining</B> - Chorus</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial;color:red"><B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><BR><B><I><IMG SRC="../image/200809/show-boat-banner.JPG" WIDTH="233" HEIGHT="50" BORDER="0" ALT="SHOW BOAT" ALIGN="TOP"></I> <BR> I N   C O N C E R T   (1 9 2 7)<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="5" BORDER="0"></B><BR><B>Music by JEROME KERN <BR>Book and Lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II <BR>Based on the novel SHOW BOAT by Edna Ferber</B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><B>Julie Adams</B> (Magnolia)<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><FONT SIZE="-1"><I><FONT COLOR="#282828">(Sponsored by Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP)</FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"></I></FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><B>Debbie de Coudreaux</B>, (Julie)<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><B>Ben Jones</B> (Gaylord Ravenal)<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><B>Robert Sims</B> (Joe)<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><I><FONT SIZE="-1"><FONT COLOR="#282828">(Sponsored by Del Monte Foods)</FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"></FONT></I><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><B>Tami Dahbura</B> (Ellie May) <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">and <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><B>Oakland Symphony Chorus</B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><FONT SIZE="-1">Lynne Morrow,<I> Music Director</I></FONT><B></B></FONT><B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="370" HEIGHT="5" BORDER="0"></B></SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="-1"><SPAN STYLE="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial;color:red"><B> <MAP NAME="map2"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="11,4,101,29" HREF="http://www.patronmail.com/pmailweb/PatronSetup?oid=16" TARGET="_blank"> </MAP> <BR></B></SPAN><FONT FACE="Arial">For our season finale and the third presentation in the American Masterworks Series, we'll present a concert version of the groundbreaking musical, <I>Show Boa</I>t. The first major Broadway musical to deal with difficult social issues in a serious manner, <I>Show Boat </I>introduced a new genre -- the musical play -- to the American stage, demonstrating that musicals could be more than just light-hearted comedies. <BR><BR>Considered progressive - even subversive - when first presented in 1927, <I>Show Boat</I> was the first racially integrated musical on Broadway, and the first to depict an interracial marriage. It opened the door for public discourse in the arts about racism in America and brought something unique to the musical stage of its day: an American musical with serious themes, dramatic truth, a believable love story and three-dimensional characters. Its score boasts some of the most imaginative lyrics and wonderful melodies to grace the stage, including <I>Ol' Man River</I> and <I>Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man</I>. <BR></FONT></FONT></P></TD> <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="214" ALIGN="RIGHT"><IMG SRC="../image/200809/julie-crop.JPG" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="95" HEIGHT="108" BORDER="0"> <IMG SRC="../image/200809/ben-crop.JPG" ALIGN="TOP" BORDER="0" WIDTH="99" HEIGHT="108"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><BR>Adams                 Jones<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/200809/debbie-de-coudreaux.jpg" ALT="Debbie de Coudreaux" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="96" HEIGHT="120" BORDER="0"> <IMG SRC="../image/200809/robert-sims.jpg" ALT="Robert Sims" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="94" HEIGHT="120" BORDER="0"><BR>de Coudreaux                  Sims</FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/200809/tami-dahbura.JPG" ALT="Tami Dahbura" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="91" HEIGHT="120" BORDER="0"><BR>Dahbura<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><IMG SRC="../image/200809/OSC-200809.JPG" ALT="Oakland Symphony Chorus" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="185" HEIGHT="123" BORDER="0"><BR>Oakland Symphony Chorus</FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="195" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/logos/Bell_Logo_Orig_Red_Sm%20copy.jpg" ALT="Bell Investment Advisors, Inc." ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="160" HEIGHT="79" BORDER="0" USEMAP="#map1"> <MAP NAME="map1"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="9,3,150,72" HREF="http://www.bellinvest.com/" ALT="Bell Investment Advisors, Inc." TARGET="_blank"> </MAP><BR>Concert Sponsor</FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"> <MAP NAME="map5"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="1,3,58,53" HREF="http://www.wellsfargo.com" ALT="Wells Fargo" TARGET="_top"> </MAP></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR STYLE="height:27.0pt"> <TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="width:291.85pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt" ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="15"></TD> <TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="width:291.85pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt" ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="333"> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="margin-bottom:12.0pt" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>"Jones has the voice and the charisma to play any stage, any time, anywhere." </I><BR>~Marin Independent Journal </FONT><FONT SIZE="-1"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"></FONT><BR></FONT></P></TD> <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="214" ALIGN="LEFT"></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P><I></I></P> </BODY>