Spivey Hall`s Season 26 Concert Series Brochure.

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Celebrating the
25th YEAR
of the
ALBERT
SCHWEITZER
MEMORIAL
ORGAN
2016-2017 CONCERT SERIES
C L AY T O N S TAT E U N I V E R S I T Y
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Welcome
We are delighted to share with you our greetings which introduce this the 26th season
of Spivey Hall, and the 25th anniversary of the Albert Schweitzer Memorial Organ, so
named by Emilie Spivey to pay tribute to the Nobel Peace Prize-winning theologian,
organist, philosopher and physician who also made contributions to scholarly research
on works of Johann Sebastian Bach, and the understanding of historically-informed
organ design.
One should not take for granted the complexity of this organ. “By the 17th century,”
Hans Zimmer points out, “the pipe organ was the most complex machine invented,
and it held that number-one position until the telephone exchange.”
Richard Clark in The Boston Globe continues along the same lines: “…the pipe organ
is perhaps the most mysterious – and majestic – of instruments. Mozart once crowned
it ‘the king of instruments,’ a nod not only to the organ’s outsized symphonic sound,
but also to its titanic proportions and close, historic association with Christian worship
and churches.” It is crucial to remember that the instrument cannot be considered in
isolation of its space. Mr. Clark’s comments are incredibly appropriate in reference to
the manner in which that instrument functions in Spivey Hall: “The architecture and
instrument are one together.”
My own relationship to organ music was established during a concert I attended in
the 1970s while a graduate student in Chapel Hill. The artist Virgil Fox had made a
personal commitment to bring the wonders of the organ—largely in pieces written
by Bach—to college campuses. These performances he paired with an assortment of
theatrical and laser lights. As I learned recently, some 14 years ago, a program for the
2002 VIRGIL FOX FESTIVAL drew an incredibly clear connection between Mr. Fox and
Spivey Hall:
“…on that evening (August 31) a former student of Fox’s, Richard Morris, performed
at Spivey Hall, Clayton College and State University, in nearby Morrow, Georgia.
Artist-in-Residence at Spivey Hall, Richard Morris was personally chosen by Emilie
Parmalee Spivey, one of Virgil Fox’s great Atlanta friends, to fill the position.” Little did
I know that decades ago, connections to music were established that bound me so
well to Spivey Hall.
Especially in this anniversary year, we welcome you to discover the organ and the
wondrous sounds it creates, and to take pleasure in all of the season’s concerts by
outstanding international musicians.
DR. TIM HYNES
President, Clayton State University
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Spivey Hall Season 26
Season 26 celebrates the glories of our magnificent Albert Schweitzer Memorial
Organ. There would be no Spivey Hall without it! And yet many people, including
loyal patrons who have attended Spivey Hall concerts for years, have never heard it.
Every Spivey Series is created to be a season of discovery, thus I cordially invite
you to be amazed by the majesty and beauty of our excellent Fratelli Ruffatti pipe
organ. We welcome you to take part in a free Organ Discovery Day, hosted by
Spivey Hall’s Organist-in-Residence, Alan Morrison, to learn things you’ve long
wondered about “The King of Instruments” but haven’t had the chance to ask. In
the Organ Series, Stephen Tharp unleashes the pagan power of Stravinsky’s Rite of
Spring (a work that incited a riot and changed music forever), and Cherry Rhodes
vividly reveals Mussorgsky’s colorful Pictures at an Exhibition. Other anniversary
celebrations feature a family-friendly afternoon of silent-film-with-organ exploring
the comic genius of Charlie Chaplin, and a festive season-ending extravaganza with
a trio of organists giving the world premiere of a commissioned work that unites
them playing simultaneously, three on a bench!
A Season 26 Organ Pass gives you deeply-discounted access to all Organ Series
events. Spivey Hall subscribers know they get the best seats at the best prices. All
subscriptions are “create your own” with easy, no-fee ticket-exchange privileges
and savings of up to 20%. Educators and students with ID receive a 50% discount,
and Clayton State students get the best deal, at just $10 a ticket or less. Plus there’s
plenty of free, convenient parking.
Outstanding international artists abound in Season 26: violinist Hilary Hahn, pianists
Joyce Yang, Louis Lortie, and Yefim Bronfman, vocal ensemble Chanticleer,
mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená, the Ebène Quartet, and jazz stars Sean Jones
and Fred Hersch all return to perform in the superb acoustics of Spivey Hall. We
proudly present the Spivey Hall debuts of award-winning Take 6, mezzo-soprano
Sarah Connolly, the Danish String Quartet, the O’Connor Family Band featuring
fiddler Mark O’Connor, and more extraordinary artists acclaimed for their musical
eloquence and brilliant virtuosity. And we reintroduce pre-concert brunches among
our Concert Dining opportunities to enhance your Spivey Hall experience by
enjoying fine food in the company of other music-lovers.
Great music thrives at Spivey Hall. It is definitely worth the trip. Please join us! I look
forward to seeing you here.
SAMUEL C. DIXON
Executive & Artistic Director
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Contents
Piano Series................................................................................... 8
Strings Series................................................................................. 9
Vocal Series................................................................................. 10
Organ Series................................................................................ 11
Jazz Series................................................................................... 12
Special Events............................................................................. 13
Organ Discovery Day / Season 26 Organ Pass�� 14
Albert Schweitzer Memorial Organ............................................. 16
Regional Ensembles.................................................................... 88
Department of Visual and Performing Arts�� 90
Spivey Hall Education Programs................................................. 94
Sponsors...................................................................................... 98
Spivey Hall Friends.................................................................... 100
Concert Sponsorships............................................................... 102
Calendar.................................................................................... 104
Concert Dining.......................................................................... 106
Box Office Information.............................................................. 108
Subscriber Benefits / FAQ......................................................... 110
Purchase / Donate Online......................................................... 112
Order Form................................................................................ 113
Directions to Spivey Hall........................................................... 115
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STRINGS SERIES
PIANO SERIES
INON BARNATAN
JOYCE YANG
TRIO SETTECENTO
LYSANDER PIANO TRIO
Sunday, September 25 – 3:00 PM
Sunday, February 5 – 3:00 PM
Sunday, October 30 – 3:00 PM
Sunday, November 13 – 3:00 PM
ALEXANDER GAVRYLYUK
BERTRAND CHAMAYOU
Sunday, March 19 – 3:00 PM
LONDON HAYDN QUARTET
ERIC HOEPRICH, basset clarinet
DANISH STRING QUARTET
LOUIS LORTIE
YEFIM BRONFMAN
Sunday, April 2 – 3:00 PM
Saturday, April 29 – 7:30 PM
Sunday, January 8 – 3:00 PM
HILARY HAHN, violin
ROBERT LEVIN, piano
Saturday, February 4 – 3:00 PM
EBÈNE QUARTET
Sunday, March 26 – 3:00 PM
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ORGAN SERIES
25th Anniversary
VOCAL SERIES
MAGDALENA KOŽENÁ, mezzo-soprano
MALCOLM MARTINEAU, piano
HEINAVANKER
ORGAN DISCOVERY DAY
ALAN MORRISON
Saturday, September 10 – 3:00 PM
Saturday, October 29 – 3:00 PM
SARAH CONNOLLY, mezzo-soprano
JOSEPH MIDDLETON, piano
STEPHEN THARP
Saturday, January 28 – 3:00 PM
FUNNY BONES: THE COMEDY OF
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
Saturday, October 15 – 7:30 PM
A CHANTICLEER CHRISTMAS
Saturday, November 26 – 2:00 PM
Saturday, March 11 – 7:30 PM
MIAH PERSSON, soprano
FLORIAN BOESCH, baritone
MALCOLM MARTINEAU, piano
HECTOR OLIVERA
Saturday, May 6 – 3:00 PM
ORGAN 25TH
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Saturday, May 13 – 3:00 PM
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SPECIAL EVENTS
Photo John Abbott
JAZZ SERIES
CHRISTIAN SANDS TRIO
FRED HUGHES TRIO:
I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
Saturday, December 3 – 3:00 PM
SEAN JONES QUARTET
TAKE 6: THE MOST WONDERFUL
TIME OF THE YEAR
EBÈNE QUARTET
FRED HERSCH, piano
THE GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA
Mixed classical and jazz/crossover program
TAMMY MCCANN
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ELIOT FISK &
ÁNGEL ROMERO, guitar
A CHANTICLEER CHRISTMAS
HOPKINSON SMITH, lute
Saturday, December 3 – 7:30 PM
THE O’CONNOR FAMILY BAND
FEATURING MARK O’CONNOR
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Organ Discovery Day
Saturday, September 10, 2016
PART I:
THE KING OF INSTRUMENTS
3:00 PM
FREE
General Admission, Tickets Required
ALAN MORRISON, Organist-in-Residence, Spivey Hall
THOMAS MCCOOK, Spivey Hall Organ Curator, Widener & Co., Inc.
DWIGHT JONES, President, Integrated Organ Technologies, Inc.
Spivey Hall’s Fratelli Ruffatti pipe organ is a marvelous instrument. But how does it
work? Why are there so many pipes, and why do they sound different? What’s going on
with all those keyboards, knobs, and switches on the organ console? How are fingers
and feet used to play the organ? Why does the organ have a computer? What are the
creative choices organists must make when performing a particular piece of organ
music?
Answers to these and other organ mysteries will be revealed in a family-friendly,
interactive session led by a trio of experts who star in Spivey Hall’s new educational
video, The King of Instruments: History, Science, and Music of the Pipe Organ, written
and directed by Marshall Peterson. Video excerpts will be followed by Q&A with the
experts, musical examples and performances by Organist-in-Residence Alan Morrison,
plus the chance to go on stage to see the organ console and peek into the organ case.
Refreshments will be served afterwards in the lobby.
The King of Instruments video is a production of Spivey Hall Education made possible by support from the
Chaparral Foundation and the Spivey Hall Friends.
PART II:
DOCUMENTARY FILM SCREENING:
ARCHITECTS OF SOUND
Saturday, September 10, 2016
4:45 PM
FREE
General Admission, Tickets Required
Architects of Sound tells the fascinating story of the
step-by-step creation of Spivey Hall’s Albert Schweitzer
Memorial Organ – from the shaping of molten tin-andlead alloy into pipes and the selection of mahogany
logs used to build the organ by Fratelli Ruffatti in Italy,
to the trans-Atlantic shipping of its many-thousand
pieces to Georgia and its installation in Spivey Hall
over a six-month period, culminating in the organ’s
dedication concerts in May 1992.
A 30-minute documentary broadcast throughout
Georgia and the United States, Architects of Sound
was produced in 1992 by Melissa Hampton for Georgia
Public Television with videography by Don Fenwick.
Enjoy the special value and convenience of a discounted
SEASON 26 ORGAN PASS
Purchase a Season 26 Organ Pass for just $100 and attend any or all of Spivey
Hall’s Season 26 five organ performances, plus Organ Discovery Day events – a
savings of 56% off single-ticket prices! The Season 26 Organ Pass is transferable
– share it with a friend, colleague, or family member. See page 11 for a listing of
eligible Organ Series concert/event dates and times.
Purchase your Season 26 Organ Pass using the Order Form on page 113, by calling
(678) 466-4200, or in person at the Spivey Hall Box Office. Also available online
at spiveyhall.org (convenience fee applies). Season 26 Organ Pass sales end on
Saturday, October 29, so don’t wait!
Each Season 26 Organ Pass is valid only for one ticket to each Season 26 Organ Series event/concert.
No residual value for events/concerts not attended. Cannot be used or exchanged for other tickets.
Non-refundable; no additional discounts apply.
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Celebrating 25 Years of Spivey Hall’s
ALBERT SCHWEITZER MEMORIAL ORGAN
The Albert Schweitzer Memorial Organ is the
centerpiece and crowning glory of Clayton
State University’s Spivey Hall. The unique
design and distinctive Venetian décor of the
organ case, accentuated by shining pipes
and accents of teal and gold leaf, at once
proclaim the Hall’s iconic visual identity.
Mrs. Emilie Spivey wanted it so. From her
first inception of the elegant, intimate recital
hall bearing the Spivey name, the pipe
organ would take pride of place. Organist
for 22 years at Atlanta’s North Avenue
Presbyterian Church and 20 years at The
Temple, and a friend of celebrated American
concert organist Virgil Fox, Mrs. Spivey took
tremendous care and pleasure in every aspect
of the Albert Schweitzer Memorial Organ’s
design and creation.
The organ’s striking presence in the hall is
more than visual. The dimensions of the
organ’s case and surfaces, the floor-toceiling height of the auditorium required to
accommodate the largest pipes, and the
open space in which sound resonates all
interact to give immediacy and life to music
made on stage. Thus the organ is integral to
Spivey Hall’s superb, internationally renowned
acoustics – “the gift that keeps on giving” to
the lasting delight of artists and audiences
alike.
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Fratelli Ruffatti
Come time to commission an organ for
Spivey Hall, Mrs. Spivey naturally turned to
her friends of more than 20 years, brothers
Piero and Francesco Ruffatti. Their father,
Angelo, founded the business in 1936
and remained its expert in selecting wood
for its organs, especially mahogany. The
family’s factory in Padua (near Venice)
manufactures all of its own pipes. Conferring
with organists John Weaver, Joyce Jones,
and Richard Morris, in consultation with
Ruffatti representative Ted Alan Worth, Mrs.
Spivey carefully created the organ’s tonal
specifications to include pipes suited to organ
literature of all centuries and styles, from the
Baroque and the celebrated 19th-century
masters to the modern repertoire. Piero
designed the three-manual organ. Francesco,
master of tonal of design and finishing,
ensured its 4,413 pipes, organized into 79
ranks (sets of pipes with a specific timbre),
all functioned beautifully together. Also
commissioned from Walker Technical Services
of Zionsville, Pennsylvania were five electronic
stops: harp, celesta, chimes, and two for the
organ’s lowest range of notes.
Installation and Dedication
While Spivey Hall was being constructed
from the acoustical design by Rein Pirn of
Acentech, Inc. and architectural design by
Gardner Spencer Smith and Associates,
Fratelli Ruffatti was building the organ. The
Hall first opened to the public with a recital
by world-renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman
in January 1991. A year later, it closed for
several months to complete construction
with the installation of the organ whose many
thousands of parts had been shipped in a
trans-Atlantic container crate to Georgia and
unloaded into a large warehouse near the
Clayton State campus. The installation,
led by Piero and Francesco Ruffatti,
Ted Alan Worth and David Sacre, and
organ curator Widener & Company,
Inc. (including Thomas McCook, who
continues as curator to this day), was
deemed complete following inspection
and approval by John Weaver, organ
department chairman of both New
York’s Juilliard School of Music and
Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music.
Four gala Organ Dedication Concerts
took place in May 1992: two virtuosic
recital programs by the brilliant British
organist, Gillian Weir (May 5 and 6),
and two performances (May 15 and
16) by Atlanta’s Robert Shaw Chamber
Singers, organist Norman Mackenzie,
and guest instrumentalists conducted
by the legendary Maestro Robert Shaw,
who famously declared, “Spivey Hall is to
music what light is to painting.”
Alan Morrison
Richard Morris
Reputation
The Albert Schweitzer Memorial Organ was
proclaimed a marvelous success, drawing
praise from among the world’s most admired
organists, including Peter Richard Conte, Jean
Guillou, Gerre Hancock, Olivier Latry, Michael
Murray, Thomas Murray, Hector Olivera, Jane
Parker-Smith, Simon Preston, Frederick Swann,
John Scott, Thomas Trotter, John Walker, and
many others. Celebrated American concert
organist Richard Morris, who gave thousands
of performances across the U.S. and Canada for
Columbia Artists’ Community Concerts and was
the first organist to be presented in solo recital
by Carnegie Hall, became Spivey Hall’s first
Organist-in-Residence (1994-2013).
North American Selection Rounds of the
prestigious Calgary International Organ
Competition hosted by Spivey Hall in 1998
and 2002 helped advance the concert careers
of Ken Cowan, Paul Jacobs, Vincent Dubois,
Bradley Hunter Welch, and Cameron Carpenter.
Alan Morrison (see pages 27 and 85) was
appointed Spivey Hall’s second Organistin-Residence in 2015. The organ’s sterling
reputation has been extended by numerous
public radio and television broadcasts as well as
critically acclaimed commercial recordings and
audiovisual releases.
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The Albert Schweitzer Memorial Organ
GREAT ORGAN (Manual II; Unenclosed)
Montre................................................ 16’
Bourdon ............................................. 16’
Montre.................................................. 8’
Bourdon................................................ 8’
Flûte Harmonique................................ 8’
Prestant ................................................ 4’
Flûte Octaviante................................... 4’
Quinte..........................................2 - 2/3’
Doublette............................................. 2’
Tierce............................................1 - 3/5’
Fourniture IV.................................1 - 1/3’
Cymbale III........................................ 1/2’
Bombarde........................................... 16’
Trompette............................................. 8’
Trompette-en-Chamade�� 8’
Chimes
Tremulant
Sub Octave Coupler........................... 16’
Unison Off
Super Octave Coupler�� 4’
SWELL ORGAN (Manual III; Expressive)
Gedeckt.............................................. 16’
Principal................................................ 8’
Viole de Gambe................................... 8’
Viole Céleste........................................ 8’
Flûte à Cheminée ................................ 8’
Flauto Dolce......................................... 8’
Flûte Céleste (T.C)................................ 8’
Principal................................................ 4’
Flûte Venetienne.................................. 4’
Nazard..........................................2 - 2/3’
Flûte à Bec............................................ 2’
Tierce ...........................................1 - 3/5’
Plein Jeu III........................................... 2’
Cymbale II......................................... 1/2’
Petite Bombarde ............................... 16’
Trompette ............................................ 8’
Hautbois............................................... 8’
Voix Humaine....................................... 8’
Echo Voix Humaine.............................. 8’
Clairon.................................................. 4’
Tremulant
Unison Off
CHOIR/POSITIF ORGAN
(Manual I; Expressive)
Dulciana.............................................. 16’
Viola Pomposa...................................... 8’
Viola Celeste........................................ 8’
Holzgedackt ........................................ 8’
Erzähler................................................. 8’
Erzähler Celeste.................................... 8’
Ottava................................................... 4’
Koppelflöte........................................... 4’
Nazard..........................................2 - 2/3’
Fifteenth............................................... 2’
Flute..................................................... 2’
Tierce............................................1 - 3/5’
Larigot..........................................1 - 1/3’
Sifflöte.................................................. 1’
Ripieno IV............................................. 1’
Basson................................................ 16’
Trompette Harmonique�� 8’
Cromorne............................................. 8’
English Horn......................................... 8’
Chalumeau........................................... 4’
(Great)
Harp...................................................... 8’
Celesta.................................................. 4’
Chimes
Zymbelstern
Tremulant
Unison Off
PEDAL ORGAN (Unenclosed)
Contra Principal *............................... 32’
Contre Bourdon *............................... 32’
Principal.............................................. 16’
Montre (Great).................................... 16’
Soubasse............................................ 16’
Bourdon (Great).................................. 16’
Gedeckt (Swell)................................... 16’
Dulciana (Choir).................................. 16’
Octave.................................................. 8’
Flute..................................................... 8’
Gedeckt (Swell)..................................... 8’
Prestant................................................. 4’
Nachthorn............................................. 4’
Mixture IV.....................................2 - 2/3’
Piccolo.................................................. 2’
Contre Bombarde............................... 32’
Bombarde........................................... 16’
Bombarde (Great)............................... 16’
Petite Bombarde (Swell)..................... 16’
Basson (Choir)..................................... 16’
Trompette............................................. 8’
Clairon.................................................. 4’
Chalumeau (Choir)................................ 4’
Trompette-en-Chamade (Great)�� 8’
Clairon-en-Chamade (Great)�� 4’
Chimes
INTER-MANUAL COUPLERS
Swell to Great........................... 16’, 8’, 4’
Choir/Positif to Great............... 16’, 8’, 4’
Swell to Choir/Positif................ 16’, 8’, 4’
Choir/Positif to Swell�� 8’
Great to Choir/Positif�� 8’
Great to Pedal................................. 8’, 4’
Swell to Pedal.................................. 8’, 4’
Choir Positif to Pedal�� 8’, 4’
COMBINATION PISTONS
Generals.............................................. 10
Great.......................................8 + Cancel
Swell.......................................8 + Cancel
Choir/Positif............................8 + Cancel
Pedal.......................................8 + Cancel
General Cancel
Tutti - (Full Organ)
Adjustable Crescendo Pedal Settings.....4
STATISTICS
Pipes............................................... 4,413
Ranks................................................... 79
Electronic Ranks.................................... 2
Speaking Stops.................................... 88
* Electronic – Custom built for the Spivey Hall organ by the firm of
Walker Technical Services of Zionsville, Pennsylvania.
Organ Builder:
Fratelli Ruffatti
Padua, Italy
Organ Curator:
Widener & Company
Grayson, Georgia
Virtuoso Pipe Organ Control System:
Integrated Organ Technologies, Inc.
Atlanta, Georgia
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INON BARNATAN
SEASON OPENING CELEBRATION
Sunday, September 25, 2016
3:00 PM
Inon Barnatan
Piano
Sunday, September 25, 2016 – 3:00 PM
$50
Hailed for his “richly expressive artistry” and
“fine music-making wedded to astounding
technique” (The Washington Post), Israeli
pianist Inon Barnatan is “a player of
uncommon sensitivity” (The New Yorker) and
“impeccable musicality” (Le Figaro).
“From barely audible, feathery trills to
heaven-storming thunderbolts, Barnatan
orchestrated every phrase with sovereign
mastery” (The Washington Post).
PROGRAM
J.S. BACH/Johannes BRAHMS Chaconne in
D minor
Franz SCHUBERT Sonata in G major, D. 894
György LIGETI Musica Ricercata
Johannes BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by
Handel, Op. 24
DEBUT
“A born Schubertian”
(Gramophone)
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MAGDALENA KOŽENÁ
MALCOLM MARTINEAU
Magdalena Kožená
Malcolm Martineau
Saturday, October 15, 2016
7:30 PM
Mezzo-soprano
Piano
Saturday, October 15, 2016 – 7:30 PM
$60
Pre-concert Dinner – 5:45 PM • $40
Pre-concert Talk – 6:30 PM
“Through every word, every gesture,” Magdalena
Kožená “demonstrates the strong emotions of the
text” (BZ Basel). The Guardian admires the “distinctive
silvery tone” of the Czech artist’s “fresh and glowing”
voice, “somewhere between a bright soprano and
a rich yet natural-sounding mezzo”; especially in
Schoenberg’s Cabaret Songs, “Kožená was in her
element, animated and entertaining.”
PROGRAM
Antonín DVOŘÁK Four Lieder, Op. 2
© Harald Hoffmann/DG
Hugo WOLF Mörike-Lieder (selections)
Richard STRAUSS Three Songs of Ophelia from
Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Op. 67
Gabriel FAURÉ Three Songs, Op. 23
Arnold SCHOENBERG Brettl-Lieder (Cabaret Songs)
“Wonderfully vibrant”
(The Independent)
Malcolm Martineau
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ELIOT FISK &
ÁNGEL ROMERO
Sunday, October 23, 2016
3:00 PM
Eliot Fisk
& Ángel Romero
Guitar
Sunday, October 23, 2016 – 3:00 PM
$40
American Eliot Fisk, “a master classical guitarist in
his prime” (Seen and Heard International), “plays
guitar with energy, intensity and precision” and “a
fine balance of focused introspection and incendiary
virtuosity” (The New York Times). “He’s a remarkable
musician…abundantly, mercurially alive” (The New
Yorker).
Knighted by his native Spain for his extraordinary
international musical career, Ángel Romero “plays
with such grace and elegance it’s almost as though
he’s dancing tango with his guitar” (Guitar World).
Photo Keitaro Yoshioka
PROGRAM
Duos by Manuel de FALLA and Federico García
LORCA plus solo works by Enrique GRANADOS,
Celedonio ROMERO, and more
Eliot Fisk
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Ángel Romero
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ALAN MORRISON
3:00 PM
Alan Morrison
Organ
Saturday, October 29, 2016 – 3:00 PM
$40 single ticket or save with a
Season 26 Organ Pass (see page 15)
“Visionary in his choice of colors and ability
to shape music into lucid forms” with “plenty
of bravura when called for” (The Birmingham
News), Spivey Hall Organist-in-Residence Alan
Morrison is widely recognized as one of the
premier concert organists of his generation.
Head of the Organ Department at The Curtis
Institute of Music, Associate Professor of
Organ at Westminster Choir College of Rider
University, and College Organist at Ursinus
College, Morrison is a frequent performer
in organ series across the United States and
Canada.
“A superlative artist”
(Sequenza21.com)
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TRIO SETTECENTO
Sunday, October 30, 2016
3:00 PM
Trio Settecento
RACHEL BARTON, Baroque violin
JOHN MARK ROZENDAAL, Baroque cello
DAVID SCHRADER, harpsichord
Sunday, October 30, 2016 – 3:00 PM
$50
Chicago-based Trio Settecento gives
“wonderfully vital and buoyant performances”
(Fanfare). “Whatever the demands, the musicians
ornament with stylish sensibility, savour the
expressive sophistication, and achieve utmost
clarity of texture” (Gramophone).
“Throughout, the indelible rapport of the three
players is delightful” (The Indianapolis Star).
PROGRAM
Music by Jean-Philippe RAMEAU and other
masters of the French Baroque
DEBUT
“Some of the most refreshing,
life-enhancing Baroque
playing heard in years”
(Chicago Tribune)
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HEINAVANKER
Sunday, November 6, 2016
3:00 PM
Heinavanker
Sunday, November 6, 2016 – 3:00 PM
$40
The Estonian a cappella early-music vocal ensemble
Heinavanker (“Hay Wain” or “Hay Wagon,” inspired
by Hieronymus Bosch’s fantastical triptych) sings
“gorgeous melodies with pure, ringing unisons and
beautifully balanced harmonies, colored by free,
deftly woven ornaments…a fascinating variety of vocal
sounds” (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel).
Photo Saksa Taani
PROGRAM
Estonian folk hymns, runic songs, and medieval
sacred music
DEBUT
“This is music you don’t forget easily. It haunts…
The performances are totaling compelling”
(Gapplegate Music Review)
The Haywain Triptych, Hieronymus Bosch
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Photo John Abbott
CHRISTIAN SANDS TRIO
Saturday, November 12, 2016
7:30 PM
Christian Sands
Trio
CHRISTIAN SANDS, piano
RUSSELL HALL, bass
MARCUS BAYLOR, drums
Saturday, November 12, 2016 – 7:30 PM
$40
A protégé of Dr. Billy Taylor and frequent
collaborator with bassist Christian McBride, pianist
Christian Sands commands “astonishing chops”
(JazzTimes) and “demonstrates a surprising
maturity in his approach to interpreting tunes from
the jazz canon” (NPR.org).
His meteoric rise with appearances at the 2006
and 2007 Grammy Awards included a highly
publicized duet with legendary pianist Oscar
Peterson. Named by Wynton Marsalis as a rising
star of jazz in Jet magazine, Steinway artist
Christian Sands takes a fresh look at the entire
language of jazz: “My music is about teaching the
way of jazz and keeping it alive.”
DEBUT
“Mr. Sands reeled off a solo
of such hot-dogging virtuosity
that the only proper response
was to gasp or holler”
(The New York Times)
Russell Hall
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Marcus Baylor
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Lysander
Piano Trio
LYSANDER
PIANO TRIO
Sunday,
November 13, 2016
3:00 PM
ITAMAR ZORMAN, violin
LIZA STEPANOVA, piano
MICHAEL KATZ, cello
$40
The award-winning Lysander Piano Trio is
distinguished by its “incredible ensemble,
articulate and imaginative ideas and wide palette
of colours” as well the “sensitivity, panache
and emotional depth” of its performances (The
Strad).
“Passionate, fierce and heroic… The energy and
expressive power of this group were palpable,
and the full-on emotion we love in chamber
was here to see as well as to hear” (Classical
Sonoma).
PROGRAM Sergei RACHMANINOV Trio élégiaque No. 1 in
G minor
DEBUT
Peteris VASKS Episodi e canto perpetuo (1985)
Antonín DVOŘÁK “Dumky” Trio, Op. 40
“A trio with brio”
(New York Daily News)
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A CHANTICLEER
CHRISTMAS
A Chanticleer
Christmas
Saturday, November 26, 2016
2:00 PM
WILLIAM FRED SCOTT, music director
$65
“The world’s reigning male chorus” (The New
Yorker), Chanticleer is renowned for its “precise,
pure and deeply felt singing” (The New York
Times). A perennial Spivey Hall must-hear,
Chanticleer never ceases to amaze and delight.
Creating “sound of sheer beauty” (San Jose
Mercury News), A Chanticleer Christmas is
the 12-voice ensemble’s beloved offering,
a favorite with audiences and critics alike: a
telling of the Christmas story, with warmth and
profundity, in Gregorian chant, Renaissance
polyphony, traditional carols, Franz Biebl’s “Ave
Maria” (Chanticleer’s most requested Christmas
selection), and Chanticleer’s traditional medley
of spirituals.
Photos Lisa Kohler
“America’s a cappella
pride and joy”
(ClassicsToday.com)
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TAKE 6
Take 6: The Most
Wonderful Time
of the Year
Sunday, November 27, 2016
3:00 PM
CLAUDE MCKNIGHT
MARK KIBBLE
JOEL KIBBLE
DAVE THOMAS
ALVIN CHEA
KHRISTIAN DENTLEY
$50
Heralded by Quincy Jones as “The “baddest vocal
cats on the planet!,” Take 6 is six virtuosic voices
united in crystal-clear harmony against a backdrop of
syncopated rhythms, innovative arrangements, and
funky grooves that bubble into an intoxicating brew
of gospel, jazz, R&B, and pop.
With praise from such luminaries as Ray Charles,
Stevie Wonder, Brian Wilson, Ella Fitzgerald and
Whitney Houston, the multi-platinum-selling sextet
has toured across the globe and collaborated
across genres, becoming the world’s most awarded
a cappella group, including 10 Grammy Awards.
Take 6’s 2016 Christmas Tour celebrates The Most
Wonderful Time of the Year.
DEBUT
“Whether it’s pizzazz or
peace, the sextet is a
cappella glory”
(People)
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FRED HUGHES TRIO
Fred Hughes Trio:
I’ll Be Home for
Christmas
Saturday, December 3, 2016
3:00 PM
FRED HUGHES, piano
AMY SHOOK, bass
FRANK RUSSO, drums
Saturday, December 3, 2016 – 3:00 PM
$40
“Pianist Fred Hughes likes to tilt familiar tunes
in the light, this way and that, in search of new
melodic and rhythmic facets. The process pays off
handsomely” (The Washington Post). He possesses
“the technical ability, the deftness of touch, and full
control of the instrument in the manner laid down
by such keyboard giants as Art Tatum, Errol Garner
and Oscar Peterson” (All About Jazz).
In the Trio’s 2015 release, I’ll Be Home for
Christmas, “Hughes plays each classic with a deep
understanding of the jazz tradition and the right
touch of elegance… One of the many highlights
includes the stunning piano work on ‘Santa Claus
is Coming to Town’… It swings, it relaxes, and it
is always done with a lot of style and taste” (All
About Jazz).
DEBUT
“Technique, talent
and taste”
(JazzTimes)
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HOPKINSON SMITH
Saturday, December 3, 2016
7:30 PM
Hopkinson Smith
Lute
Saturday, December 3, 2016 – 7:30 PM
$40
“Hopkinson Smith plays the lute like it never went out of style.
His virtuosity goes beyond physical facility to realize a rare
metaphysical poetry” (Classical CD Review).
With more than two dozen critically acclaimed recordings to his
credit, Hopkinson Smith, an internationally renowned performer
and early-music teacher at Switzerland’s Schola Cantorum
Basiliensis, is “one of the world’s rare masters of the lute” with a
sound both “magical and transporting” (The Star-Ledger).
PROGRAM
Mad Dog: The Elizabethan
Lute, featuring rhapsodic
Pavans, spirited Gailliards,
striking character pieces,
and elaborate variations of
the 1580s and 90s by lute
virtuosos John JOHNSON,
Anthony HOLBORNE, and
John DOWLAND
“Without doubt the
finest lute player in the
world today”
(San Francisco Chronicle)
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The Spivey Hall
Children’s Choir Program
showcases the talents of
170 exceptional singers
ages 10 to 18.
Spivey Hall Young Artists
CRAIG HURLEY, conductor
MARCENA KINNEY, accompanist
Spivey Hall Children’s Choir
Spivey Hall Tour Choir
For more information
about the Spivey Hall
Children’s Choir Program,
see, page 96.
DR. MARTHA SHAW, conductor
JUDY MASON, accompanist
ALAN MORRISON, organ
Friday, December 9, 2016 – 7:00 PM
$25
Saturday & Sunday, December 10 & 11, 2016 – 3:00 PM
$25
Welcome Yule! Spivey Hall’s most cherished holiday tradition is the
Children’s Choir Program’s December concerts. All three choirs perform
on Friday. On Saturday and Sunday, the Children’s Choir and Tour
Choir perform an extended program. Each concert features audience
sing-alongs of traditional carols accompanied by the Albert Schweitzer
Memorial Organ, Spivey Hall’s magnificent Fratelli Ruffatti pipe organ.
Spivey Hall Children’s Choir Program
Saturday & Sunday December 10 & 11, 2016 – 3:00 PM
Craig Hurley
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Marcena Kinney
Judy Mason
Martha Shaw
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THE GLENN MILLER
ORCHESTRA
The Glenn Miller
Orchestra
Saturday, January 7, 2017
3:00 PM
NICK HILSCHER, music director
Saturday, January 7, 2017 – 3:00 PM
$40
Nobody put more Americans “In the Mood” for
great swing music than hit-maker Glenn Miller,
leader of the most famous big band of all time.
The Miller sound lives on through performances
by the world-famous Glenn Miller Orchestra
with music director, vocal soloist, and Atlanta
native Nick Hilscher – “an exceptionally talented
performer” (RythmeBeat.com).
Take a trip down memory lane with “Moonlight
Serenade,” “American Patrol,” “Chattanooga
Choo Choo,” and other timeless tunes from the
heyday of swing, sure to put a bounce in your
step and a smile on your face.
“The Glenn Miller Orchestra
is worth hearing anywhere…
Excellent”
(TripAdvisor.com)
Nick Hilscher
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LONDON HAYDN QUARTET
ERIC HOEPRICH
London Haydn
Quartet
Sunday, January 8, 2017
3:00 PM
CATHERINE MANSON, violin
MICHAEL GUREVICH, violin
JAMES BOYD, viola
JONATHAN MANSON, cello
Eric Hoeprich
Basset clarinet
Sunday, January 8, 2017 – 3:00 PM
$50
With “myriad details of shading and contrast,
and beautifully calibrated phrasing,” the periodinstrument London Haydn Quartet wins praise
for “revelatory” and “exquisitely rendered”
interpretations of the Classical repertoire (The New
York Times).
Add the “wonderfully fluent and nimble” playing
of Eric Hoeprich (The Boston Globe) and Mozart’s
revered Clarinet Quintet glows with marvelous new
colors and textures.
“Mr. Hoeprich’s rounded, mellow tone meshed
alluringly with the warm sound of the gut strings.
The second movement Larghetto, one of Mozart’s
most sublime creations, sounded hauntingly lovely”
(The New York Times).
DEBUT
PROGRAM
Joseph HAYDN String Quartet in
B-flat major, Op. 50 No. 1
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN String
Quartet in D major, Op. 18 No. 3
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART
Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581
Eric Hoeprich
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TAMMY McCANN
7:30 PM
Tammy McCann
$40
“Classically trained but steeped in the sounds
and rituals of Chicago jazz,” vocalist Tammy
McCann finds “new tones and colors, fresh
shadings and tints in an instrument that
already ranks among the most alluring in jazz,”
commanding a “luxuriant, supple, larger-than
life” voice “that inspires wonder” (Chicago
Tribune).
“McCann’s remarkable range of color, texture,
tone and nuance very nearly overwhelmed the
ear…dusky tones, tautly controlled vibrato and
phrases that seemed to stretch on forever…
there was no denying the fascination of hearing
McCann wend her way through a maze of
ensemble sound…rich in throaty low notes and
raspy, gritty growls. Now that’s singing” (Chicago
Tribune).
DEBUT
“She stepped up to the
mic and into the hearts of
everyone in the room”
(JazzInside)
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STEPHEN THARP
3:00 PM
Stephen Tharp
Organ
$40 or save with a Season 26 Organ Pass
(see page 15)
Pre-concert talk with Stephen Tharp and
Alan Morrison – 2:00 PM
One of the great concert organists of our
age with more than 1,400 concerts given
worldwide, Stephen Tharp “plays as if
the music were in his life-blood: musical,
spacious, accurate, persuasive, convincing”
(Organists’ Review).
“The consummate creative artist” (Michael
Barone, Pipedreams), Tharp is “authoritative,
impassioned, supremely musical and
technically impeccable” (The American
Organist).
“Brilliant. Perhaps no more need be said.
Mr. Tharp nearly had his audience on its
feet following his first piece” (The Console
Crier, Chicago Chapter, American Guild of
Organists).
“With Mr. Tharp, the magic
is always there”
(Bachtrack.com)
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PROGRAM
Stephen Tharp’s
transcription of The
Rite of Spring by Igor
STRAVINSKY, and more
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DANISH STRING
QUARTET
Danish String
Quartet
Saturday, February 4, 2017
3:00 PM
RUNE TONSGAARD SØRENSEN, violin
FREDERIK ØLAND, violin
ASBJØRN NØRGAARD, viola
FREDRIK SCHØYEN SJÖLIN, cello
Saturday, February 4, 2017 – 3:00 PM
$50
The Danish String Quartet “plays with an urgency
that can feel dangerous, and with a unity of
intention that makes familiar material stand out
in bold relief, as if it were brand new territory…
This is a group that makes you listen” (San Jose
Mercury News).
“They could be grounded in their tone or
mystical. They allowed time to stand still, and they
could assume the pose of excitingly aggressive
rockers. They did it all” (Los Angeles Times).
“Do not lose track of this group: Even by today’s
high standards, it offers something very special”
(The Boston Globe).
DEBUT
PROGRAM
New music by Norwegian composer
Rolf WALLIN
Nordic folksongs from the DSQ’s
acclaimed recording, Wood Works
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN’s
“Razumovsky” String Quartet in E
minor, Op. 59 No. 2
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Photos Caroline Bittencourt
“One of the best quartets before the public today”
(The Washington Post)
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JOYCE YANG
Joyce Yang
Sunday, February 5, 2017
3:00 PM
Piano
Sunday, February 5, 2017 – 3:00 PM
$60
An “astonishing virtuoso with tremendous
suggestive power and imagination” (Neue
Zürcher Zeitung), Joyce Yang is blessed
with “poetic and sensitive pianism” (The
Washington Post) and a “wondrous sense of
color” (San Francisco Classical Voice).
“In a world of dime-store piano virtuosi, all
with impeccable technique, she seems like
something out of Tiffany’s special collection”
(TheaterJones).
PROGRAM
Robert SCHUMANN Romances, Op. 28
Carl VINE Anne Landa Preludes (2006)
Edvard GRIEG Lyric Pieces (selections)
SCHUMANN Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13
“Beautifully
atmospheric playing”
(Gramophone)
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THE O’CONNOR
FAMILY BAND
7:30 PM
The O’Connor
Family Band
FEATURING MARK O’CONNOR
$50 adults / $25 children ages 8 to 18
Fiddler, composer and educator Mark
O’Connor is hailed as “brilliantly original”
(The Seattle Times) and “one of America’s
most beloved and highly regarded violinists”
(NPR’s Mountain Stage). He makes a welcome
return to Spivey Hall leading the O’Connor
Family Band in an engaging, dynamic show
featuring compelling arrangements, virtuosic
solos, and tight vocal harmonies.
Introducing Mark’s family members: Atlanta
native Maggie O’Connor, fiddle; Forrest
O’Connor, mandolin and vocals; and Kate
Lee, fiddle and vocals. Rounding out the
band is National Flatpick Guitar Champion
Joe Smart and double bassist/old-time
banjoist Geoff Saunders.
“One of the most talented and
imaginative artists working in
music – any music – today”
(Los Angeles Times)
Mark O’Connor
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FUNNY BONES
3:00 PM
Funny Bones:
The Comedy of Charlie Chaplin
Dan Kamin
Steven Ball
with
and
Organ
$40 or save with a Season 26 Organ Pass (see page 15)
*Call the box office for family and group discounts.
Charlie Chaplin has been making
audiences laugh for over a hundred years
now, and you’ll find out why in this oneof-a-kind program with Dan Kamin, who
trained Robert Downey Jr. for his Oscarnominated performance in Chaplin and
created Johnny Depp’s comedy moves for
Benny and Joon.
In Funny Bones, Kamin takes audiences
on a magical excursion into Chaplin’s
enchanted comic world through film clips,
live performance, and the screening of a
newly restored print of The Pawnshop,
Chaplin’s 1916 comedy classic, complete
with live accompaniment by Steven Ball on
Spivey Hall’s magnificent Albert Schweitzer
Memorial Organ. There’s lots of fun
audience participation in this program that
kids will enjoy as much as adults.
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Steven Ball
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ALEXANDER GAVRYLYUK
Alexander
Gavrylyuk
Sunday, February 26, 2017
3:00 PM
Piano
Sunday, February 26, 2017 – 3:00 PM
$50
“One of the greatest discoveries of the past
decade,” Ukraine native Alexander Gavrylyuk
“enchants the public” with his “thoughtprovoking playing” (De Telegraaf). His “mindblowing virtuosity” and “electrifying pianistic
display” (The Chautauquan Daily) belie
his natural nobility as both interpreter and
performer.
With “phenomenal, totally compelling playing,
lucid and subtle” (ClassicalNet), Gavrylyuk is
“a beguiling pianist, able to find the simplest
musical truth behind even the most staggering
virtuosic torrent of notes” (The Australian).
PROGRAM
Johann Sebastian BACH (trans. Feruccio
BUSONI) Toccata & Fugue in D minor
Joseph HAYDN Piano Sonata No. 47 in B minor,
Hob. XVI:32
DEBUT
Frédéric CHOPIN Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49;
Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53
“A virtuoso in the
fullest sense”
(Gramophone)
Sergei PROKOFIEV Sonata No. 3 in A minor,
Op. 28
Sergei RACHMANINOFF Etudes tableaux, Op.
39 (selections)
Mily BALAKIREV Islamey, Op. 18
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SEAN JONES QUARTET
Saturday, March 4, 2017
7:30 PM
Sean Jones
Quartet
Saturday, March 4, 2017 – 7:30 PM
$40
Leading “a powerhouse quartet” that can
“hit hard from the outset and never give up,”
Sean Jones possesses a formidable “arsenal
as a trumpeter, including his sleek phrasing,
pinpoint tone, exclamatory high notes, fleet
technique and freedom from predictable
phraseology” (Chicago Tribune).
“Sean Jones, the former lead trumpeter of
the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, never
hides behind anything or anyone when he
plays… His sound can be bright, buttery or
bold at different times, or even all at once,
and his gaze can move from steely to sweet
in a heartbeat. He can marry beauty and pure
power like few others” (All About Jazz).
Photos Jimmy Katz
“When Jones solos, soaring with a gentle strength as his band swells
behind him, it’s not just a pretty melody…it’s praise”
(JazzTimes)
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7:30 PM
Photo Peter Warren
SARAH CONNOLLY
JOSEPH MIDDLETON
Sarah Connolly
Joseph Middleton
Mezzo-soprano
Piano
$50
Celebrated British mezzo-soprano
Sarah Connolly “brings a deeply
affecting radiance, sense of wonder and
intelligence to everything she does”
(Gramophone). In recital at London’s
Wigmore Hall, “all her contributions were
marked by gleaming, impeccable diction
and an unerring ability to communicate
the emotional state of each setting” (The
Evening Standard).
DEBUT
DEBUT
“Sarah Connolly is at the peak of her
career,” echoed The New York Times in
April 2015. “Her instrument might be
strong and luminous, but it also has a
fragility, like stained glass. It’s matched to
an acute sense of text and the ability to
control it… This was everything a recital
should be.”
Joseph Middleton
“Connolly was all tonal opulence and
majestically sweeping lines”
(The Guardian)
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BERTRAND CHAMAYOU
Sunday, March 19, 2017
3:00 PM
Bertrand
Chamayou
Piano
Sunday, March 19, 2017 – 3:00 PM
$50
PROGRAM
Photos Marco Borggreve
Maurice RAVEL Pavane for a Dead
Princess; Jeux d’eau; Sonatine;
Mirroirs
Franz SCHUBERT (trans. Franz LISZT)
Aus dem Wasser zu singen; Litanei;
Der Müller und der Bach
SCHUBERT Wanderer Fantasy, D. 760
Frenchman Bertrand Chamayou wields a “staggering technique, commanding
artistry, wide color palette, and controlled concentration” (ClassicsToday.com). In his
performances of Schubert, “his tight reined, skillfully paced virtuosity and musicianship
excel” (Classical-Music.com).
DEBUT
“A pianist of an impeccable pedigree and one to make even the finest Lisztians look
to their laurels” (Gramophone), “Chamayou brought a perfect blend of high-voltage
virtuosity and cultivated musicianship to this [all-Ravel] recital – superb stuff!” (Seen
and Heard International).
“A force to be reckoned with…a remarkable musician, no question”
(The Guardian)
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MIAH PERSSON
FLORIAN BOESCH
MALCOLM MARTINEAU
Miah Persson
Florian Boesch
Malcolm Martineau
Soprano
7:30 PM
Baritone
Piano
$65
Pre-concert talk – 6:30 PM
With a voice “clear and lithe” and “a great
sensitivity to the text” (The New York Times),
acclaimed Swedish soprano Miah Persson
creates “spine-tingling moments of vocal
splendour” (Edinburgh Spotlight). Renowned
Austrian baritone Florian Boesch, “a performer
constantly striving for new subtleties of meaning
and expression” (The Guardian) and a masterful
interpreter of Schubert, “does not just sing this
music, he inhabits it to the hilt” (The Independent).
The wind beneath their wings is the “exquisitely
sensitive pianism of Malcolm Martineau, whose
dynamic shading and heart-stopping timing…
redefine the words ‘accompaniment’ and
‘collaboration’” (The Herald).
Miah Persson
Florian Boesch
PROGRAM
Songs and duets by Franz
SCHUBERT, including
selections from Liederkreis,
Frauenliebe und Leben,
Kernerlieder, Liederalbum
für die Jugend, and
Harfenspielerlieder
Malcolm Martineau
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HILARY HAHN
ROBERT LEVIN
Hilary Hahn
Robert Levin
3:00 PM
Violin
Piano
Sunday, March 26, 2017 – 3:00 PM
$70
Pre-concert brunch – 1:15 PM • $40
Photo Michael Patrick O’Leary
A consummate artist and three-time Grammy
Award winner, “Hilary Hahn is and remains
a phenomenon” (Berliner Morgenpost). Her
ever-evolving approach to music-making and
her curiosity about the world have made her
a fan favorite. Acclaimed internationally by
audiences and critics alike, her playing is “at
once impetuous and authoritative, brilliant
and beautiful” (The New York Times).
Robert Levin, whose inspired performances
of Mozart and Beethoven have earned
him a fervent following, “is an extremely
accomplished pianist” (The Edinburgh
Guide) “who supplies his own muscular
music-making” (The Times). “Levin is no
mere accompanist, fastidious in his role as
a partner yet one who never overwhelms”
(Gramophone).
“The epitome of
violinist perfection”
(Nürnberger
Nachrichten)
Robert Levin
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EBÈNE QUARTET
Saturday, April 1, 2017
7:30 PM
Ebène Quartet
PIERRE COLOMBET, violin
GABRIEL LE MAGADURE, violin
ADRIEN BOISSEAU, viola
RAPHAËL MERLIN, cello
Saturday, April 1, 2017 – 7:30 PM
$60
“The superb Quatuor Ebène has made a name
for itself not only as an elegant purveyor of
classical fare but also for jazz performances,”
playing “with no-holds-barred fervor” (The New
York Times).
The Ebène brings Debussy’s Quartet to
life “with a refreshing muscularity, the kind
of dynamism the composer wrote into the
score” and “moments of real spikiness and
angularity,” while keeping it “exceptionally fluid
rhythmically” (AllMusic.com).
In switching to jazz, there’s “no sudden stylistic
leap…the players [sound] like themselves,
intelligent, smooth, sensuous” (Boston Classical
Review).
“A string quartet that can easily morph into a jazz band”
PROGRAM
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART
String Quartet in D minor, K. 421
Claude DEBUSSY String Quartet in
G minor, Op. 10
Jazz and crossover selections
announced from the stage
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LOUIS LORTIE
Sunday, April 2, 2017
3:00 PM
Louis Lortie
Piano
Sunday, April 2, 2017 – 3:00 PM
$70
Pre-concert brunch – 1:15 PM • $40
“All the Lortie stylistic trademarks – gorgeously luminous
and rounded tone, limpid and pellucid legato and
articulation, finely shaded nuances of touch and dynamics,
impeccable senses of rhythm and tempo with just delicate
hints of rubato – are present in spades,” rejoices Fanfare
of Louis Lortie’s fourth CD release in his acclaimed Chopin
cycle for Chandos.
“Louis Lortie was eloquent, poised and incisive” (Sydney
Morning Herald).
“As a virtuoso Lortie is uniquely human, and yet the sounds
that emanate from his instrument belong to the sphere of
the divine” (BachTrack.com).
PROGRAM
Frédéric CHOPIN
Etudes, Op. 10 and Op. 25;
Préludes, Op. 28
“Chopin playing of
sublime genius”
(Fanfare)
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FRED HERSCH
7:30 PM
Fred Hersch
Piano
$40
“Solo Hersch is a complete, self-sufficient,
uniquely pure art form” (Jazz Times).
As he amply demonstrates in recent
releases including Alone at the Vanguard
and Fred Hersch—SOLO, Hersch is “a
pianist of unfailing imagination, who
plays with a coherence of touch and
conception…full of sparking images
and an unimpeded sense of expression”
(Audiophile Audition).
“A master who plays it his way... Mr.
Hersch has honed a solo piano concept
second to none in jazz” (The New York
Times) and “an intensity of intelligence
and emotional directness unparalleled
among his peers” (The New Yorker).
“When it comes to the art of solo
piano in jazz, there are currently
two classes of performers: Fred
Hersch and everybody else”
(All About Jazz)
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7:30 PM
Photo Dario Acosta
YEFIM BRONFMAN
Yefim Bronfman
Piano
$70
Pre-concert Dinner – 5:45 PM • $40
Russian-Israeli-U.S. pianist Yefim Bronfman “comes across first as total
conqueror of his instrument. He is the most preternaturally equipped
of pianists, a technical monster. And yet,” discerns The Philadelphia
Inquirer, “he is also deeply involved with emotion. A weight lifter and a
poet.”
“Bronfman remains his impressively granitic self at keyboard. His
attacks are ever sharp and startling. He can erupt like no one else,”
unleashing “torrents of fiery virtuosic ferocity” (Los Angeles Times)
while also commanding “a crystalline delicacy and grace” (The
Guardian).
“His energy emanates from his fingers and swirls out of the piano
with such perfection that every note grabs the ear with an expressive,
singing quality” (The Washington Post).
PROGRAM
Béla BARTÓK Suite, Op. 14
Robert SCHUMANN Humoreske,
Op. 20
Claude DEBUSSY Suite
bergamasque
Igor STRAVINSKY Three
Movements from Petrushka
“Magnificently communicative playing”
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HECTOR OLIVERA
Saturday, May 6, 2017
3:00 PM
Hector Olivera
Organ
Saturday, May 6, 2017 – 3:00 PM
$40 or save with a Season 26 Organ Pass
(see page 15)
A passionate and gifted musician, Hector
Olivera has amazed and delighted audiences
around the world with his personal
interpretations of both classical and popular
music.
He commands a brilliant technique and a
colorful repertoire. His “concert performances
and commentary make clear why audiences
everywhere are beguiled by Hector Olivera’s
irrepressible and personable virtuosity”
(Pipedreams).
“Hector Olivera brought the house down
with a stupendous performance” (The
American Organist) and “entertained his
audience with a dazzling display of sonic and
technical marvels” (The Washington Post).
“The audience surged to its feet even before
the last chord died away, applauding wildly”
(Portland Press Herald).
“Olivera swept the audience
with absolute Olympic
virtuosity, and that still doesn’t
say it... Hector Olivera is in a
class by himself”
(The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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ALBERT SCHWEITZER
MEMORIAL ORGAN
Albert Schweitzer
Memorial Organ
25th Anniversary Celebration
Saturday, May 13, 2017
3:00 PM
KEN COWAN, organ
CHERRY RHODES, organ
$60 or save with a Season 26 Organ Pass (see page 15)
Post-concert Dinner – 5:45 PM • $40
The Season 26 Walter and Emilie Spivey
Memorial Concert
Spivey Hall proudly observes the 25th anniversary of the dedication
of the Albert Schweitzer Memorial Organ created by Fratelli Ruffatti,
celebrating its magnificence through the artistry of three master
organists.
Performances by Ken Cowan have been praised as “absolutely
stunning” (Organ Canada) and “articulate and thrilling” (Los Angeles
Times). “His unassuming manner and his sure and relaxed technique
hide a fiery yet totally musical approach to organ playing” (The
Diapason).
Photo Lisa-Marie Mazzucco
Spivey Hall Organist-in-Residence Alan Morrison is a “superb” and
“first-rate organist” (ArkivMusic.com) who “knows something about
igniting audience passions. Without hesitation and throughout,
Morrison’s playing is consummate and dazzling” (Fanfare).
Ken Cowan
Alan Morrison
Cherry Rhodes
The first American to win an international organ competition (Munich),
Cherry Rhodes completed her advanced studies with Jean Guillou
and Marie-Claire Alain. During her brilliant career she has toured
extensively, frequently premiering new music. Her Pro Organo release,
Everyone Dance, has been hailed by The American Organist as “a
joyous celebration of unrivaled artistry.” In demand as an adjudicator
and master class leader, she has taught for four decades at the
University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music.
PROGRAM
Solo works and duets performed by Ken Cowan and Alan Morrison;
Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest MUSSORGKY, transcribed by Jean
Guillou and performed by Cherry Rhodes; and the world premiere of a
commissioned work, featuring all three organists, by Weicheng ZHAO
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CRAIG HURLEY, conductor
MARCENA KINNEY, accompanist
Auditions for he Spivey
Hall Children’s Choir
Program are held each
spring.
For more information
about the Spivey Hall
Children’s Choir Program,
see, page 96.
Friday May 19, 2017 – 7:00 PM
$25
Saturday & Sunday, May 20 & 21, 2017 – 3:00 PM
$25
The three choirs of the Spivey Hall Children’s Choir Program
sing with a remarkable beauty of tone, expression, and spirit
that is their hallmark. All three perform on Friday, with the
spotlight on the Young Artists. On Saturday and Sunday, the
Children’s Choir gives an expanded program, and the Tour
Choir previews its summer tour repertoire.
Spivey Hall Children’s Choir Program
Friday, May 19, 2017 – 7:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday, May 20 & 21, 2017 – 3:00 PM
Craig Hurley
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Marcena Kinney
Judy Mason
Martha Shaw
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The Metropolitan Opera
Regional Ensembles
Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions
David Odom
Jeremy Samolesky
Clarinet
Piano
Free
David Odom
Jeremy Samolesky
$40
Singing opera arias before a panel of judges, young vocalists compete to advance to the
finals on stage at the Metropolitan Opera – an event not to be missed by opera fans. Catch
a rising star!
Southern Crescent Chorale
JANICE FOLSOM,
artistic director
Auburn University professors David
Odom and Jeremy Samolesky make
their Spivey Hall recital debut in a
program titled To The Max. Local
audiences have admired David’s soaring
sound as Atlanta Opera Orchestra’s
Principal Clarinet, and the duo has
enchanted audiences on four continents
with its artistry and charm.
$20
Whether performing major choral
works and opera or spirituals and
Broadway favorites, the Southern
Crescent Chorale brings music vividly
to life, passionately conducted by
choral veteran Janice Folsom.
Skylark Vocal Ensemble
MATTHEW GUARD,
artistic director
Sunday, December 11 – 7:30 PM
$25
A premiere ensemble of leading
American vocal soloists directed by
Atlanta native Matthew Guard, the
Skylark Vocal Ensemble is “a gem”
(ArtsATL.com) and returns to Spivey
Hall with a program of a cappella
Christmas music spanning the
centuries.
OurSong: The Atlanta Gay and Lesbian Chorus
DR. ROBERT GLOR, artistic director
Saturday, June 10 – 7:30 PM
$25
Dedicated to providing performance opportunities in a supportive, affirmative environment,
OurSong delights audiences with its spirited music-making of works familiar and new.
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Clayton State University
Department of Visual and Performing Arts
“Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight”:
Clayton State University’s Division of Music, housed in the Department of Visual and
Performing Arts, presents a wealth of performances by music ensembles, students,
faculty, and their guest artists at Spivey Hall. Admission to these concerts is FREE, with
no tickets required, except as indicated.
A SHAKESPEARE CELEBRATION
For additional information about these and other Division of Music events that may
be added in the course of the 2016-2017 season, visit spiveyhall.org or call the
Department of Visual and Performing Arts at (678) 466-4750. Division of Music faculty
information is available online at clayton.edu/vpa/music.
Division of Music Entrance Auditions
Clayton State University, an accredited institutional member of the National
Association of Schools of Music, offers the Bachelor of Arts in Performing Arts degree,
with concentrations in music, music education, and theatre. All prospective performing
arts majors must pass an entrance audition in order to be admitted into the program.
Details about audition registration and requirements can be found at clayton.edu/vpa/
music/auditions.
Entrance auditions during the 2016-2017 academic year are held in Spivey Hall by
appointment on the following dates, beginning at 9:00 AM:
Saturday, June 17, 2017
November 3-5, 2016
Commemorating 400 years since William Shakespeare’s death, Clayton State
University’s Department of Visual and Performing Arts presents a three-day festival
featuring the finest music inspired by the “Bard of Avon.” The festival opens on
Thursday night with the Clayton State University Chorale and Starr’s Mill High
School’s Chanticleer performing beloved Shakespearean texts set to choral music
old and new. On Friday night, the Southern Crescent Symphony Orchestra, Clayton
State University Orchestra, Clayton State Music Drama Workshop and women of the
Clayton State University Chorale join forces to present a semi-staged production of
Felix Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61.
Saturday afternoon’s recital by faculty artists Kurt-Alexander Zeller, tenor, and
Michiko Otaki, piano, offers a musical exploration of Shakespeare’s sonnets, song
lyrics, and dramatic
speeches. The festival
concludes Saturday
night with the Clayton
State Community Chorus
and the Griffin Choral
Arts Chamber Choir
providing a joyful finale
to a celebration of the
life and works of William
Shakespeare.
At the time of the audition, applicants may also be considered for the Spivey Music
Scholarship, funded by the Walter and Emilie Spivey Foundation.
For more information, contact Dr. Michiko Otaki, Auditions Coordinator, at
(678) 466-4756 or [email protected].
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Department of Visual and Performing Arts
2016-2017 SEASON PERFORMANCES
Christopher Thibdeau, cello
Irrera Brothers Duo, piano & violin
Saturday, August 20, 2016 – 7:30 PM
Clayton State VPA Shakespeare Festival
Clayton State University Chorale
Dr. Michael Fuchs, conductor
Starr’s Mill High School Chanticleer
Dr. John Odom, conductor
Thursday, November 3, 2016 – 8:00 PM
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer’s Night
Dream, Op. 61
Southern Crescent Symphony Orchestra
Dr. Richard Bell, conductor
Clayton State University Music
Drama Workshop
Dr. Kurt-Alexander Zeller, director
Friday, November 4, 2016 – 7:30 PM
$10 adults/$5 students*
“Shakespeare in Song”
Dr. Kurt-Alexander Zeller, tenor
Dr. Michiko Otaki, piano
Clayton State University Community Chorus
Griffin Choral Arts Chamber Choir
Dr. Stephen Mulder, conductor
Clayton State University Jazz Combo
Stacey Houghton, director
Wednesday, November 16, 2016 – 7:30 PM
Clayton Community Big Band
Monday, November 28, 2016 – 7:30 PM
Division of Music Curated Student Recital
Wednesday, November 30, 2016 – 11:00 AM
Christmas at Clayton State
Clayton State University Orchestra
Clayton State Community Chorus
Sunday, December 4, 2016 – 3:00 PM
Clayton County Honor Orchestra
Nancy Conley, conductor
Clayton State Prep School Recitals
Thursday, December 8, 2016 – 7:30 PM
High School Choral Festival
Thursday, February 9, 2017 – 7:00 PM
Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals
Thursday, March 23, 2017 – 7:30 PM
CSU Department of Visual and
Performing Arts Dance Concert
Kathleen Kelly, choreographer
Friday, March 31, 2017 – 7:30 PM
Clayton State University Music Drama
Friday & Saturday, April 21 & 22, 2017
7:30 PM
Southern Crescent Youth Symphony
Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48
Clayton State University Community Chorus
Southern Crescent Symphony Orchestra
Thursday, April 27, 2017 – 7:30 PM
Monday, May 1, 2017 – 7:30 PM
Thursday, May 4, 2017 – 7:30 PM
Division of Music Curated Student Recital
Wednesday, April 26, 2017 – 11:00 AM
Wednesday, April 26, 2017 – 7:30 PM
*Free for CSU students, faculty & staff with
Laker Card. Tickets required.
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Spivey Hall Education Programs
INTRODUCTION
Hosting a variety of interactive, educational programming, Spivey Hall annually serves
approximately 15,000 prekindergarten to professional patrons from all over Georgia
through curriculum based performances, workshops and camps for students, and training
opportunities for young singers and education professionals. Please visit spiveyhall.org/
education, email [email protected], or call (678) 466-4481 for more
information.
PERFORMANCES/FIELD TRIPS
WORKSHOPS
The Spivey Hall Student Choral and Instrumental Workshops began in October 1994 under
the artistic direction of the legendary conductor Robert Shaw. The multi-day programs serve
metro-Atlanta choral educators and their most capable students by providing them with
the opportunity to work with renowned choral and instrumental directors in the nation. In
order to recommend students to participate, teachers must commit to working with their
participating students as much as necessary to ensure their students’ success. Scholarships
are available for students in need. Students must attend all rehearsals to perform in the
concert.
The 2016-2017 season of Young People’s Concerts is filled with artists who will educate
and excite students. All ages will enjoy collegiate choral and jazz ensembles, world music
artists, instrumental ensembles, children’s operas, and much more. With online study guides
and curriculum connections with a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and
math) focus, teachers can directly apply these concert experiences to classroom objectives.
Concerts are scheduled from October to March. Generous donations from Spivey Hall
Friends allow us to continue the Transportation Subsidy Program. This initiative helps to
defer the cost of buses for qualified schools to attend Young People’s Concerts. For more
information on how to apply for funding, or about how you can contribute to this impactful
program, please call the Spivey Hall Education Department at (678) 466-4481.
Spivey Hall Treble Honor Choir Workshop
September 29 – October 1, 2016, with pre-rehearsal September 24
The Summer World Music Festival concert series creates a musical journey around the
world. Six quality world music performances geared toward a family-friendly experience are
scheduled for the summer of 2016. Each is a terrific experience for summer camp groups
and a cool place to visit for patrons of all ages during hot summer months. Bring a picnic
and lunch by the lake following the concert!
The Spivey Hall Summer Music
Camp is a fun, week-long day
camp for boys and girls entering
grades 4 through 7. This Camp
creates a community of young
people who enjoy making
music with others and want
to become better singers and
musicians. Participation is open
to students with and without
previous music experience. The
Camp emphasizes total musical
development through a broad
range of activities. Students will
participate in chorus and a percussion ensemble, play tone chimes, engage in folk dancing,
develop basic piano skills, join in group activities and games, meet new friends and discover
new talents, all culminating in a free public concert in Spivey Hall!
Spivey Hall Summer Music Camp
June 6 – 10, 2016, 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM daily
Each year, Spivey Hall hosts a Teacher Appreciation Concert, honoring the efforts of
Georgia educators to foster student success in school and in life. Educators with valid I.D.
can attend for free and meet the guest artists following the concert.
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Spivey Hall High School Honor Choir Workshop
October 20 – October 22, 2016, with pre-rehearsal October 15
Spivey Hall Honor Chamber Orchestra Workshop
November 10 – 11, 2016, with pre-rehearsal November 3
SUMMER MUSIC CAMP
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CHILDREN’S CHOIR PROGRAM
Dedicated to excellence, the Spivey Hall Children’s Choir Program, under the direction
of Dr. Martha Shaw, offers professional-level instruction in vocal technique, music theory,
sight singing, ear training, and presentation as well as exposure to a variety of choral styles.
Involvement also enhances young people’s lives, helping them to develop qualities of selfreliance, personal integrity, responsibility, compassion, and confidence. Comprised of both
male and female students, this treble choir program is for soprano and alto singers.
Singing with spirit, refinement, and remarkable beauty of expression and tone, these
outstanding musicians demonstrate why the Spivey Hall Children’s Choir Program is
renowned regionally, nationally, and internationally for its artistic excellence. For complete
concert information, see the season calendar on pgs. 104-105.
Formed in 1993, the Spivey Hall Education Committee is a collaborative network of
volunteer advocates for music education. It advises Spivey Hall’s Education Department how
best to serve the schools and communities of metro Atlanta as a music education resource.
Individuals who would like information on becoming a member of the Spivey Hall Education
Committee may email [email protected], or call (678) 466-4481.
Volunteer at Spivey Hall! Whether welcoming parents and students to a workshop, ushering
a group of school children to their seats, or performing many other vital tasks, volunteers
are a key part of the success of any arts organization. Spivey Hall Education has a variety of
opportunities to offer.
Audition and Performance Information
Auditions for the 2016-2017 school year will be held in the spring of 2016. Members
rehearse each Monday evening from 6:30 to 8:00 PM at Spivey Hall. For more information
about the Spivey Hall Children’s Choir Program, call General Manager Carol Abarr at
(678) 466-5566, or email [email protected]. For tickets to a Spivey Hall
Children’s Choir concert, please call the Spivey Hall Box Office at (678) 466-4200.
ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Throughout the year, Spivey Hall offers multi-day Professional Development courses to
keep music educators of all grade levels up-to-date with the most current trends in their
field as well as to encourage collaboration with other educators. Professional Learning
Units (PLUs) are available for most courses. Registration materials are available at
spiveyhall.org/education. Individuals who would like to request a specific workshop
or instructor to be considered for future professional development classes may email
[email protected]
Master Classes, sponsored by the Spivey Hall Friends, are led by internationally acclaimed
artists with a desire to encourage others in their field. Master classes can enhance a
performer’s understanding of music and are suitable for all music-lovers seeking a deeper
appreciation for how performers bring great music to life.
GIFTS
Maintaining the quality and affordability of our programs is key to meeting community
needs. We are grateful for the generosity of donors who support the Spivey Hall Education
Fund. Their annual gifts sustain the excellence and accessibility of our programs that serve
more than 15,000 metro-Atlanta students and educators each season, through transportation
subsidy and ticket assistance to Title I schools, honor workshop scholarships for students,
and professional development workshops for educators.
To make a gift, please visit our website and choose Spivey Education at https://giving.
clayton.edu/spiveyhall.
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Spivey Hall gratefully acknowledges its
Season 26 sponsors:
THE WALTER AND EMILIE SPIVEY FOUNDATION
An outstanding comprehensive university of the University System
of Georgia, Clayton State University is located 15 miles southeast of
downtown Atlanta. Founded in 1969, Clayton State University provides
an intellectually challenging, culturally rich learning environment,
encouraging residential and commuter students to achieve their
educational and career goals.
Sponsors
The University offers undergraduate and graduate programs of
superior quality taught by a professionally active teaching faculty
committed to promoting academic excellence.
clayton.edu
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Spivey Hall Friends
SUSTAINING ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE
Ticket sales and admission fees cover less
than half of what it costs Spivey Hall to
present the world-class programming that
attracts and serves patrons of all ages from
throughout metro Atlanta, more than 70
Georgia counties, and the Southeast.
The Spivey Hall Friends sustain the artistic
excellence of Spivey Hall’s programming with
their generous tax-deductible gifts.
YOUR GIFT MAKES A DIFFERENCE
Gifts from the Spivey Hall Friends provide
crucial financial support for:
• The core Spivey Series of performances by
international musicians
• The acclaimed Spivey Hall Children’s Choir
Program for talented singers ages 10 to 18,
under the direction of Dr. Martha Shaw
• Young People’s Concerts for children in
grades Pre-Kindergarten through 12
• Choral and instrumental workshops for
middle and high-school students, led by
expert educators
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BENEFITS OF GIVING
Tax-deductible donations made with
your subscription or single-ticket order
enable Spivey Hall to continue offering
the high quality of music-making you’ve
come to expect. Superb performances by
outstanding artists are the greatest benefit!
All Friends receive:
• Recognition in Spivey Hall program
books for a period of 12 months from
receipt of gift
• Priority seating for the 2016-2017
season when subscribing to four or more
concerts by June 1, 2016
• Invitations to receptions with Spivey
Series artists, plus other special events
Friends at the $100 level
or higher receive:
• Invitation to the Season Announcement
Celebration each spring
• Same-day ticket-exchange privileges
until an hour before concert time,
affording you freedom and flexibility
when plans change. With just a quick call
to the Spivey Hall Box Office to turn in
your tickets, their purchase price can be
applied to tickets for a future concert,
with no service fee.
Friends at the $250 level
or higher receive:
“Be My Guest!” vouchers (up to 3 vouchers
for Friends at the $1000+ level). Simply
provide a voucher and a season calendar
to someone you think might like to attend
a Spivey Hall Concert. Your guest will be
able to call the Spivey Hall Box Office to
make their reservation and the tickets will
be waiting at Will Call for collection the
day of the concert.
PLEASE JOIN THE FRIENDS!
Becoming a Friend is as easy as it is
rewarding. Simply add your donation when
completing your ticket order form, or call
Spivey Hall at (678) 466-4200 for personal
assistance.
MATCHING GIFTS
Matching gifts are a great way to increase
the value of your gift. Enclose a matching
gift form from your company or that of
your spouse/partner with your ticket order,
and you and the company will be gratefully
acknowledged for your generosity.
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CONCERT SPONSORSHIPS
Individuals, couples, groups, foundations, and businesses are all invited
to become Spivey Hall Friends Concert Sponsors. Tax-deductible
sponsorship gifts provide critical financial underwriting for artist fees,
enabling Spivey Hall to engage and present the world’s foremost
musicians in concert.
Concert Sponsorship levels are Silver ($2,500), Gold ($5,000), and
Platinum ($10,000 and above).
Concert Sponsor Benefits
Silver
Gold
Platinum
Complimentary tickets to the
sponsored concert for sponsor’s
guests
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Sponsorship recognition in program
books, promotional materials, and on
Spivey Hall’s website
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A full-color concert sponsorship
poster, signed by the artist
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An invitation to the annual Friends
Concert Sponsors Dinner hosted by
Clayton State University President,
Dr. Tim Hynes
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The opportunity to meet the
sponsored artist backstage
A post-concert Friends reception
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§ An optional post-concert Friends reception may be added to a Silver sponsorship with
an additional gift of $1,000 or more, according to reception size, location, and catering.
Become a Season 26 Friends Concert Sponsor!
Concert Sponsorships
Concert sponsorships, which vary in level by artist, are confirmed in
consultation with Spivey Hall’s Executive & Artistic Director. Priority
consideration is given to prior-season Friends Concert Sponsors.
For information about available sponsorship opportunities, please
telephone Spivey Hall’s Development Specialist at (678) 466-4486 or
email [email protected].
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Calendar
AUGUST
Christopher Thibdeau, cello
Irrera Brothers Duo, piano & violin
Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016 – 7:30 PM
Free
SEPTEMBER
Organ Discovery Day
Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016 – 3:00 PM
Free, tickets required
Season 26 Opening Celebration
Inon Barnatan, piano
Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016 – 3:00 PM
$50
OCTOBER
Spivey Hall Treble Honor Choir
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016 – 5:00 PM
$5
David Odom, clarinet
Jeremy Samolesky, piano
Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016 – 3:00 PM
Free
Magdalena Kožená, mezzo-soprano
Malcolm Martineau, piano
Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016 – 7:30 PM +
$60
Spivey Hall High School Honor Choir
Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016 – 5:00 PM
$5
Eliot Fisk & Ángel Romero, guitar
Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 – 3:00 PM
$40
Alan Morrison, organ
Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016 – 3:00 PM
$40
Trio Settecento, Baroque ensemble
Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016 – 3:00 PM +
$50
NOVEMBER
CLAYTON STATE VPA
SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
Nov. 3-5
Starr’s Mill High School
Dr. John Odom, conductor
Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016 – 8:00 PM
Free
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer’s Night
Dream
Southern Crescent Symphony
Orchestra
Workshop
Friday, Nov. 4, 2016 – 7:30 PM
$10 adults/$5 students *
“Shakespeare in Song”
Dr. Kurt-Alexander Zeller, tenor
Dr. Michiko Otaki, piano
Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016 – 3:00 PM
Free
Clayton State University Community
Chorus
Griffin Choral Arts Chamber Choir
Dr. Stephen Mulder, conductor
Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016 – 7:30 PM
Free
Heinavanker, vocal ensemble
Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016 – 3:00 PM +
$40
Spivey Hall Honor Chamber
Orchestra
Friday, Nov. 11, 2016 – 7:30 PM
$5
Christian Sands Trio jazz
Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016 – 7:30 PM
$40
Lysander Piano Trio
Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016 3:00 PM +
$40
Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016 – 7:30 PM
Free
A Chanticleer Christmas
William Fred Scott, music director
Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016 – 2:00 PM
$65
Take 6: The Most Wonderful Time of
the Year
Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016 – 3:00 PM
$50
Monday, Nov. 28, 2016 – 7:30 PM
Free
Division of Music Curated Student
Recital
Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 – 11:00 AM
Free
DECEMBER
Friday, Dec. 2, 2016 – 7:30 PM
Fred Hughes Trio: I’ll Be Home for
Christmas jazz
Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016 – 3:00 PM
$40
Hopkinson Smith, lute
Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016 – 7:30 PM
$40
Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016 – 3:00 PM
Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016 – 7:30 PM
Free
Craig Hurley, conductor
Marcena Kinney, accompanist
Dr. Martha Shaw, conductor
Judy Mason, accompanist
Friday, Dec. 9, 2016 – 7:00 PM
$25
Sat. & Sun., Dec. 10 & 11, 2016 – 3:00 PM
$25
Skylark Vocal Ensemble
Matthew Guard, director
Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016 – 7:30 PM
$25
* Free for CSU students, faculty & staff with Laker Card. Tickets required.
+ Pre-concert Talk one hour before performance.
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JANUARY
The Glenn Miller Orchestra
Nick Hilscher, music director
Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017 – 3:00 PM
$40
London Haydn Quartet
Eric Hoeprich, basset clarinet
Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017 – 3:00 PM +
$50
Tammy McCann jazz
Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017 – 7:30 PM
$40
Stephen Tharp, organ
Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 – 3:00 PM +
$40
FEBRUARY
Danish String Quartet
Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017 – 3:00 PM +
$50
Joyce Yang, piano
Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017 – 3:00 PM
$60
High School Choral Festival
Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017 – 7:00 PM
Free
Metropolitan Opera National
Council Auditions
Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017 – 2:00 PM
$40
The O’Connor Family Band
Mark O’Connor, violin
Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017 – 7:30 PM
$50 adults/$25 children 8-18
Funny Bones: The Comedy of Charlie
Chaplin, with Dan Kamin
Steven Ball, organ
Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017 – 3:00 PM
$40
Alexander Gavrylyuk, piano
Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017 – 3:00 PM
$50
MARCH
Sean Jones Quartet jazz
Saturday, Mar. 4, 2017 – 7:30 PM
$40
Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Middleton, piano
Saturday, Mar. 11, 2017 – 7:30 PM +
$50
Southern Crescent Chorale
Janice Folsom, director
Saturday, Mar. 18, 2017 – 8:00 PM
$20
Bertrand Chamayou, piano
Sunday, Mar. 19, 2017 – 3:00 PM
$50
Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals
Thursday, Mar. 23, 2017 – 7:30 PM
Free
Miah Persson, soprano
Florian Boesch, baritone
Malcolm Martineau, piano
Saturday, Mar. 25, 2017 – 7:30 PM +
$65
Hilary Hahn, violin
Robert Levin, piano
Sunday, Mar. 26, 2017 – 3:00 PM
$70
Friday, Mar. 31, 2017 – 7:30 PM
Free
APRIL
Saturday, Apr. 1, 2017 – 2:00 PM
Free
Ebène Quartet
Saturday, Apr. 1, 2017 – 7:30 PM +
$60
Louis Lortie, piano
Sunday, Apr. 2, 2017 – 3:00 PM
$70
Fred Hersch jazz
Saturday, Apr. 8, 2017 – 7:30 PM
$40
Fri. & Sat., Apr. 21 & 22, 2017 - 7:30 PM
Southern Crescent Youth Symphony
Sunday, Apr. 23, 2017 – 3:00 PM
Free
Division of Music Curated Student
Recital
Wednesday, Apr. 26, 2017 – 11:00 AM
Free
Wednesday, Apr. 26, 2017 – 7:30 PM
Free
Fauré: Requiem
Clayton State University Community
Chorus
Southern Crescent Symphony
Orchestra
Thursday, Apr. 27, 2017 – 7:30 PM
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Saturday, Apr. 29, 2017 – 7:30 PM
$70
Sunday, Apr. 30, 2017 – 3:00 PM
Free
MAY
Monday, May 1, 2017 – 7:30 PM
Free
Thursday, May 4, 2017 – 7:30 PM
Free
Hector Olivera, organ
$40
Albert Schweitzer Memorial Organ
Ken Cowan, organ
Alan Morrison, organ
Cherry Rhodes, organ
$60
Craig Hurley, conductor
Marcena Kinney, accompanist
Friday, May 19, 2017 – 7:00 PM
$25
Sat. & Sun., May 20 & 21, 2017 – 3:00 PM
$25
JUNE
OurSong: The Atlanta Gay and
Lesbian Chorus
Dr. Robert Glor, director
Saturday, June 10, 2017 – 7:30 PM
$25
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Enjoy concert dining at select
Spivey Hall concerts
MAGDALENA KOŽENÁ
Pre-concert Dinner – 5:45 PM
HILARY HAHN
Pre-concert Brunch – 1:15 PM
LOUIS LORTIE
Pre-concert Brunch – 1:15 PM
Sunday, April 2, 2017
YEFIM BRONFMAN
Pre-concert Dinner – 5:45 PM
ORGAN CELEBRATION
Post-concert Dinner – 5:45 PM
Sunday, May 13, 2017
Fine food in a pleasant atmosphere with unbeatable convenience for only $40
a person! Make your Spivey Hall concert experience even more enjoyable with
Concert Dining.
Drive to Spivey Hall, park once (getting a great parking spot), and walk a few
steps to the Harry S. Downs Continuing Education Center, just two buildings away
from Spivey Hall, to join fellow concert-goers for a satisfying sit-down meal with
china and white tablecloth service in a private room with a view of Swan Lake.
Concert Dining
Concert Dining is served buffet style and includes salad, a hot entrée, side dishes,
bread and butter, dessert, and beverages – all for just $40 a person. Dinner
service starts at 5:45 PM, brunch service starts at 1:15 PM.
Menu details and Concert Dining tickets are available at Spivey Hall’s website
spiveyhall.org and by calling the Box Office at (678) 466-4200.
The deadline for purchasing Concert Dining is 12:00 PM on the Monday prior to
the concert. Advanced purchase is required, and no dining may be purchased the
day of concert, so please call ahead!
Purchases of Concert Dining tickets are non-refundable, and are not eligible for
subscriber or other discounts.
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Box Office Information
BOX OFFICE HOURS
The Spivey Hall Box Office is open weekdays
from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm and one hour
before each ticketed performance. The Box
Office number is (678) 466-4200. There is
no service charge to order tickets in person,
or by telephone, fax or mail. All tickets may
be picked up at Will Call free of charge or
mailed for a fee of $3.00 per order.
ONLINE TICKETING AT
spiveyhall.org
Spivey Hall offers online ticket purchases. A
credit card is needed for these transactions
and a per-ticket convenience fee will apply
for online ticket purchases. “Select Your Own
Seat” and “Discounted Ticket” options are
available (after all subscribers have been
seated). Discounted tickets (e.g. educators
and students) must be kept at Will Call and
require proper I.D. when picked up.
PAYMENT OPTIONS
Spivey Hall accepts cash, personal checks,
VISA, MasterCard, American Express and
Discover cards. Please make checks payable
to Clayton State University.
REFUNDS, CREDITS &
EXCHANGES
Except in rare cases of concert cancellations,
Spivey Hall does not issue ticket refunds.
Credits and exchanges are available only
if tickets are returned to the Box Office a
minimum of 48 hours in advance of the
scheduled performance, during regular
business hours. Credits must be redeemed
no more than one year from issue date. If
not redeemed, the credits will expire.
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Subscribers:
No fees for ticket exchanges with minimum
48 hours notice.
Spivey Hall Friends at $100+:
No fees and same-day ticket exchanges with
one hour notice.
Single Ticket Buyers:
Exchanges with minimum 48 hours notice
and 10% exchange fee based on original
ticket price.
GIFT CERTIFICATES
Gift certificates, redeemable for any Spivey
Hall event with no expiration date, may
be purchased in any denomination upon
request.
OUR SUBSCRIBER POINT SYSTEM
Spivey Hall uses a point system to better
serve our patrons. Subscribers and Spivey
Hall Friends earn points according to the
system below. Seating is assigned based on
total points. Points are earned according to
the following formula:
• 10 points for each year of subscribing
• 5 points for each year of giving to the
Spivey Hall Friends
• 1 point for each $50 gift to the Spivey Hall
Friends
All points are cumulative; therefore, past
and present support of Spivey Hall and the
Spivey Hall Friends will be rewarded.
SPECIAL PRICING
No discounts can be applied after purchase.
CLAYTON STATE UNIVERSITY
STUDENTS
ACCESSIBILITY & PARKING
OTHER STUDENTS & CHILDREN
Spivey Hall has assisted listening devices
available at all performances.
CSU students receive tickets for $10 or less
to any Spivey Hall event (limit 2 tickets per
concert, per I.D.). These tickets are subject
to availability, are held at the Spivey Hall Box
Office until the performance, and must be
used by the purchasing student.
All middle school, high school and college
students receive a 50% discount with a valid
student I.D. (limit 2 tickets per concert, per
I.D.).
Unless otherwise indicated, Spivey Hall
welcomes patrons ages 12 and up to all
performances. For questions or to receive
concert recommendations for younger
patrons, please call the Box Office at
(678) 466-4200.
GROUPS
Groups of 10 or more save 20% off full-price
tickets. Tickets must be purchased at one
time.
CLAYTON STATE UNIVERSITY
FACULTY & STAFF
Parking is free and located directly in front
of Spivey Hall. Spivey Hall is fully wheelchair
accessible. So that we may comply with
your needs, please notify the Box Office
of any special seating requirements when
making your order. Seating for the physically
challenged is available on a limited basis.
To obtain this document in an alternate
format or to request accommodations for
a disability other than wheelchair seating,
please contact Clayton State University
Disability Services at (678) 466-5445.
ELECTRONIC DEVICES
All cameras and recording devices are
strictly prohibited at Spivey Hall concerts.
A ringing cell phone can seriously disrupt
a performance for the musicians and the
audience. Spivey Hall respectfully urges you
not to bring cell phones into the auditorium.
If you must bring your cell phone into Spivey
Hall, please take the greatest care it is
switched off during the performance.
CSU faculty and staff receive a 50% discount
for any Spivey Hall event (limit 2 tickets per
concert, per I.D.). These tickets are subject
to availability and must be used by the
purchasing faculty/staff member.
EDUCATOR DISCOUNT
Georgia educators receive a 50% discount
on Spivey Hall concert tickets (limit 2 tickets
per concert, per I.D.). Subject to availability.
Tickets will be kept at Will Call and must be
used by the purchasing educator.
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Subscriber Benefits
SUBSCRIBING MAKES
ALL THE DIFFERENCE!
By choosing four or more concerts, you
earn subscriber status and will enjoy the
following benefits:
DISCOUNTS
Subscribers
Those who order four to six Spivey Series
concerts at one time receive 10% off their
entire order.
Premium Subscribers
Those who order seven or more Spivey
Series events at one time receive 20% off
their entire order.
PRIORITY TICKET EXCHANGE
Subscribers may exchange their subscription
tickets for another concert and NEVER
pay ticket exchange fees. (Tickets must be
returned to the Box Office no later than
48 hours before the concert during regular
business hours.)
Priority Seating Deadline for Subscribers
is June 1, 2016
FREQUENTLY ASKED
QUESTIONS
Do I have to subscribe to a complete or
fixed series, like the Piano Series or the
Strings Series?
These discounts remain in effect for
all subsequent ticket purchases made
throughout the season!
No. Every Spivey Hall subscription of four or
more concerts is a create-your-own series.
Mix and match concerts as you like.
PREFERRED SEATING
I’m not sure what concerts I want to attend,
but I have some ideas about what I might
like. Can I get more information and
recommendations about your concerts?
Subscribers earn points that, in combination
with their Spivey Hall Friends donation
history, determine their priority in seating.
Subscribers are seated before single ticket
buyers. To provide subscribers these priority
seating benefits, the Spivey Hall Box Office
must receive your subscription order by
June 1, 2016.
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Yes. The Patron Services staff is glad to speak
with you about Spivey Hall concerts you
might enjoy. No purchase required! Just call
(678) 466-4200. Also, our website often has
more detailed information about upcoming
concerts. Visit spiveyhall.org for updates.
Programs and
and artists
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I’ve heard about Spivey Hall for years, but
I’ve never been to a concert. What might be
a good concert to start with?
Piano recitals are consistently our most
popular concerts, so if you’re interested in
classical music, you might try a piano recital
first. With Piano Series and Strings Series
concerts, you can often check out the music
to be performed on YouTube and other free
websites, to see what music appeals to you
most. Or call the Spivey Hall Box Office for
recommendations.
I really like it when the artists speak to
the audience about the music they’re
performing. Do you have concerts like this?
Yes. Most Spivey Hall guitarists and
organists, and many jazz artists, speak from
the stage about their programs. (It’s really up
to the musicians, however; some do, others
prefer not to.)
I like more of an informal atmosphere when
I attend concerts. Which concerts might
these be?
I like pre-concert talks because they give me
information about the composers and their
music, as well as things to listen for during
the concerts. Which concerts have preconcert talks?
Clayton State music professor Dr. KurtAlexander Zeller gives engaging, insightful
talks about the music, and often plays
recorded excerpts of pieces in the program.
These talks begin one hour prior to concert
time for selected Strings and Vocal series
concerts and are free for all ticket-holders.
What about concerts suitable for families
and children?
Spivey Hall offers an extensive series of
weekday morning Young People’s Concerts.
The Spivey Hall Children’s Choir Program
concerts in December and May are also a
great opportunity – plus Funny Bones on
February 25, The O’Connor Family Band
and free concerts offered by Clayton State
University’s Division of Music.
Jazz concerts are generally more informal
than many classical concerts, but there are
also classical concerts with a more relaxed
atmosphere, such as guitar recitals, and
Chanticleer. Or try one of our Special Events
for a more casual experience with popular
music, such as The O’Connor Family Band.
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Purchase Tickets and
Make Gifts Online
Spivey Hall’s website, spiveyhall.org, now offers
several enhanced features for your convenience:
You can:
• Purchase single tickets and subscriptions online
• Select your own seat when purchasing single
tickets online (after subscribers are seated)
• See how the stage would look from your
selected seat
• Make a tax-deductible gift to the Spivey Hall
Friends with your ticket purchase, or make a
donation by itself
• Once you’re a subscriber, purchase additional
tickets at the applicable discount, calculated
automatically
• Purchase reduced-priced tickets if you’re
eligible for a student or Georgia educator
discount (tickets will be held at the Box Office;
you must present a valid I.D. to pick them up)
• Purchase Concert Dining tickets for selected
Spivey Series concerts
Online transactions incur a fee of $3 a ticket.
Online subscription purchases incur a maximum
fee of $10. Full-price tickets may be mailed to
you for a fee of $3 per order (discounted tickets
are held at the Box Office). A gift made online
incurs no fee.
When ordering by mail, fax or phone, or in
person at the Spivey Hall Box Office, no fees
apply (other than the optional ticket mailing fee;
you can always have your tickets held for you at
the Box Office).
Spivey Hall’s Patron Services staff is happy to
provide you personalized service from
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM workdays – just call the
Box Office at (678) 466-4200.
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Priority seating deadline for
subscribers: June 1, 2016
Order Form
Date
Events
# Ticket
Price
Total
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and you’re a Subscriber.
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entire ticket order.
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Subscribe online at
spiveyhall.org.
Choose 4-6 events
from the Spivey Series
Save 10% off your
Choose 7 or more
from the Spivey
Series and you’re a
Premium Subscriber.
Save 20% off your
entire ticket order.
Subtotal
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Discount: Subscribers subtract 10%; Premium subscribers subtract 20%.
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Apply Discounts Here!
Season 26 Organ Pass
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No Additional Discounts
+
No Additional Discounts
quantity _____ X $100
Concert Dining – please include the number of tickets for each meal:
 Kožená__  Hahn__  Lortie__  Bronfman__  Organ Celebration__
Spivey Hall Friends gift: Fully tax-deductible. See page 100 for information.
A Friends gift made via credit card may appear on your online statement as Nonproﬁt
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Pending, then as CSU Foundation on your monthly statement.
Donor Name(s) for Publication
Mail Fee $3.00 per order (waived for Subscribers and Donors)
+
Grand Total
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Comments and Suggestions:
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Order Form
Priority seating deadline for
subscribers: June 1, 2016
Ticket Delivery:
o Hold my tickets at Will Call o Mail my tickets – add $3.00 (waived for Subscribers)
Seating Preference:
o Best available o Other request – please specify:
Payment Method:
Number:
o Check
Expiration: o Credit Card
CCV:
Directions to Spivey Hall
FROM I-75
FROM I-285 AND I-675
• Take I-75 to exit #233 (15 miles south of
downtown Atlanta)
• Turn left onto S.R.54
• Drive approximately 1.5 miles to Clayton
State Boulevard
• Turn right into the CSU main entrance
• At the first stop light (North Lee Street),
turn right
• Turn left at the next street (Simpson Drive)
which leads directly to Spivey Hall
• Take I-285 to I-675
• Take exit #5 (Ellenwood)
• Turn west onto Forest Parkway
• Turn left at the third light onto North
Parkway
• North Parkway becomes North Lee Street
• Turn left on Simpson Drive, which leads
directly to Spivey Hall
Name:
Address:
City: State: Zip:
Daytime Phone:
Evening Phone:
Email:
Members of Spivey Hall’s email list receive order confirmations, special offers and important updates.
(Your email address is never shared with other organizations.)
SUBMIT ORDER FORM:
By Mail:
Spivey Hall
2000 Clayton State Blvd.
Morrow, GA 30260
Order By Phone:
(678) 466-4200
By Fax:
(678) 466-4494
Credit Card Orders Only
Online:
spiveyhall.org
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PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS TODAY!
• Priority seating deadline for
Subscribers is June 1, 2016
• Order single tickets and
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spiveyhall.org
(678) 466-4200
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