November Concert - Classical Music Series

<BODY> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="6" WIDTH="528" STYLE="border-collapse: collapse" 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="352"> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" ALIGN="LEFT" STYLE="text-align:left"><B><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000">2008-09 Season:</FONT></SPAN></B><B><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial"> <A 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 HREF="may.htm" TARGET="_top">May</A></SPAN></B></P> </TD> <TD STYLE="width:185.85pt;background:#EEE9CC;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt" BGCOLOR="EEE9CC" WIDTH="221" 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="352"><FONT SIZE="-1"> </FONT> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><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> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="+1">Opening Night: Cool Jazz, Hot Romance</FONT></SPAN></FONT><BR><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 18.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="4">November 14, 2008</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 <MAP NAME="map1"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="3,3,97,27" HREF="http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C003E82E1C0BD42?artistid=806636&majorcatid=1" ALT="Buy Tickets On-line Thruogh Ticketmaster" TARGET="_blank"> </MAP> <BR><A HREF="michael.htm" TARGET="_top">Michael Morgan,<I> Conductor</I><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"> <FONT COLOR="#000000"></FONT></SPAN></A><A HREF="michael1.htm"></A></FONT></SPAN><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><FONT FACE="Arial">"Stookey stokes up some steam for Oakland East Bay's <BR>new season" - <B><A HREF="http://www.contracostatimes.com/music/ci_10956630" TARGET="_top">click here</A></B> to read the Contra Costa Times <BR>article about ZIPPERZ. </FONT><BR><BR><IMG SRC="../image/purchase_tickets_g.gif" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="29" BORDER="0" USEMAP="#map3"> <MAP NAME="map3"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="3,4,95,28" HREF="http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C00408F96713408?artistid=806636&majorcatid=1" ALT="Opening Night - November 14" TARGET="_top"> </MAP> <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><FONT FACE="Arial">7pm: Pre-concert talk about ZIPPERZ by the composer, Nathaniel Stookey, and librettist, Dan Harder <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><I></I><FONT COLOR="#990000">ZIPPERZ<I> deals with adult subject matter and <BR>may not be appropriate for younger audiences. </I></FONT></FONT> <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial"><B><BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="3">Program</FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><B><BR>George Antheil<BR></B><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><I>Jazz Symphony</I> (1925)<B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><B>Nathaniel Stookey </B> <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></B><I>ZIPPERZ: a soa<B>pop</B>era</I> <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">with a zippered libretto by Dan Harder<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">(World Premiere) with vocalists <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">Eisa Davis and Manoel Felciano <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="5" BORDER="0"><BR><FONT SIZE="-1"><I><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"></I><FONT COLOR="#000000"><I>"Nathaniel Stookey writes beautiful music about <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">real life. Zipperz is the perfect project for him: <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">intricate, entertaining, sexy and smart."<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/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">~</I> Conductor Edwin Outwater</FONT><I><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"></I></FONT><BR><B>Sergei Prokofiev<BR></B>Suites from <I>Romeo & Juliet</I> (1935)<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="380" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><B></B></FONT></FONT><B><BR> </B><FONT FACE="Arial">Opening Night will sizzle, with explorations of love and lust taking center stage. The orchestra will give its first performance of the famous suites from Prokofiev's <I>Romeo & Juliet</I>, the lush ballet score originally commissioned by the Kirov Ballet. <BR><BR>A contemporary look at lovers less ill-fated, inspired by the "zipper" poetry of Dan Harder, is offered by local composer Nathaniel Stookey. Stookey describes <I><I>ZIPPERZ</I>: a soa<B>pop</B>era</I> as "a story of love and sex, a breathless affair for two singers and orchestra." The singers, who meet for the first time on stage and are drawn into a series of romantic encounters, come to the Paramount straight from Broadway. </FONT></P> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><FONT FACE="Arial"><I>ZIPPERZ</I>: <I>a soa<B>pop</B>era</I>, with the passion of opera and the sizzle of pop, will feature singers Eisa Davis and Manoel Felciano, who come to the Paramount following starring roles on Broadway. Singer, songwriter, actor and playwright Eisa Davis was recently in the Tony Award-winning rock musical <I>Passing Strange</I>, and will be seen in the upcoming film of that work directed by Spike Lee. Manoel Felciano was nominated for a 2006 Tony Award for his portrayal of Tobias Ragg in <I>Sweeney Todd </I>and is currently starring as Jan in Rock 'N' Roll at A.C.T. <BR><BR>A short, jazz-influenced piece by avant-garde composer and classical music "bad boy" George Antheil will round out the program. <BR></FONT></P></TD> <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="221" ALIGN="RIGHT"><IMG SRC="../image/200809/Davis.JPG" BORDER="0" ALT="Eisa Davis" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="80" HEIGHT="86"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"> <IMG SRC="../image/200809/Felciano-crop.JPG" BORDER="0" ALT="Manoel Felciano" ALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="87"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="2" BORDER="0"><BR>Davis                Felciano<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/200809/nathaniel_stookey.jpg" BORDER="0" ALT="Nathaniel Stookey" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="97" HEIGHT="96"> <IMG SRC="../image/200809/dan-harder.JPG" ALT="Dan Harder" ALIGN="TOP" BORDER="0" WIDTH="85" HEIGHT="96"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="2" BORDER="0"><BR>Stookey                Harder<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="180" HEIGHT="20" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/logos/wellsfargo.jpg" ALT="Wells Fargo" ALIGN="TOP" BORDER="0" USEMAP="#map2" WIDTH="80" HEIGHT="80"> <MAP NAME="map2"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="5,4,95,92" HREF="https://www.wellsfargo.com" ALT="Wells Fargo" TARGET="_blank"> </MAP><BR><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Concert Sponsor</FONT><BR></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="352"> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="margin-bottom:12.0pt" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"></FONT><BR></FONT></P></TD> <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="221" ALIGN="LEFT"></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY>