2011- 2012 WISCONSIN UNION TheaTer MADELEINE PEYROUX SEUN KUTI CAROLINE GOULDING PILOBOLUS Following the 2011-2012 Season, the Wisconsin Union Theater will close for a historic renovation. The 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 Seasons will occur in other venues.
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2011- 2012
W i s c o n s i n U n i o n T h e aT e r
M a d e l e i n e P e y r o u x S e u n K u t i C a r o l i n e G o u l d i n G P i l o b o l u S
Following the 2011-2012 Season, the Wisconsin Union Theater will close for a historic renovation. The 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 Seasons will occur in other venues.
Dear Patron,
the Wisconsin Union theater has provided superb performances by outstanding artists
for the past 73 years. It is a great history and we’re proud of it. our season this year is no
different. Soon performers like Sweet Honey in the rock, terence Blanchard, Pilobolus,
and Peter Serkin will join names like Louis armstrong, Martha Graham, and Yo-Yo Ma in
our historical archives. In our pursuit of excellence at the Wisconsin Union theater we
not only remember and learn from our history, but look ahead to our bright future as
a source of great concerts, education, inspiration, and joy to the UW campus and the
Madison community. our 73rd season is the final full season before we go dark for two
years for needed renovations to the theater. a public, end-of-season celebration will take
place in May 2012 and we hope you will attend. We continue to explore programming
options for the two years during which we will be closed, and hope to maintain our strong
relationship with you and the community during that time. When we reopen in Fall of 2014
we look forward to welcoming you to an improved space and celebrating the theater’s
75th anniversary!
the foundation of our success has always been broad community support from those
who love the theater and its programs. as we look to the future, your participation
makes a difference. Please stay tuned throughout the season for more information about
opportunities to contribute to the building project.
raLPH rUSSo, tHeater DIrector
s e a s o n 2011 - 2012 online | by phone | box offices800 langdon | 821 universityTI C K eTS
93rd AnnuAl ConCert SerieS
aCadeMy of St. Martin in the fieldS ChaMber enSeMble
Friday, September 30, 2011, 7:30pm
Caroline GouldinG,
violin reCital:
thursday, november 3, 2011, 7:30pmConCert with uw ChaMber orCheStra:
Saturday, november 5, 2011, 7:30pm
david finCKel, wu han & PhiliP Setzer
Fan taylor Memorial concert, Friday, February 24, 2012, 7:30pm
Pro arte Quartet with ChriStoPher
taylor, piano Free! Saturday, March 24, 2012, 8pm
Peter SerKin, pianoSaturday, May 5, 2012, 7:30pm
World StAge SerieS
MadiSon world MuSiC
feStival. Free!thursday-Saturday, September 15-17, 2011
yaMato druMMerS of JaPan
“Gamushara – the Beat of courage”thursday, october 27, 2011, 8pm
dobet Gnahoré
Friday, november 11, 2011, 9pm, the Sett, Union South
GaeliC StorM
Friday, February 17, 2012, 8pm
Sierra MaeStra
Great Hall Dance Party Friday, March 23, 2012, 8pm
Seun Kuti and eGyPt 80
thursday, april 12, 2012, 8pm
SpeCiAl eventS
Sweet honey in the roCK
Friday, october 7, 2011, 8pm
Jay unGar & Molly MaSon
Sunday, october 23, 2011, 7:30pm, Morphy Hall
béla fleCK and the fleCKtoneS
thursday, March 1, 2012, 8pm
the 21St annual MarCia léGère Student Play feStival
Free!Saturday, March 10, 2012, 7pmSunday, March 11, 2012, 3pm
neale-Silva younG artiStS CoMPetition winnerS reCital
Free!Sunday, april 29, 2012, 12:30pm
leahy
Friday, May 4, 2012, 8pm
JAzz SerieS
Madeleine Peyroux
opening: nellie McKayWednesday, october 12, 2011, 8 pm
terenCe blanChard
Friday, october 21, 2011, 8pm
villaGe vanGuard Jazz orCheStra
Saturday, February 4, 2012, 8pm
iSthMuS Jazz feStival
Free!Friday-Saturday, June 1 & 2, 2012
dAnCe eventS
a ClaSSiCal enCounter with Savion Glover
thursday, november 10, 2011, 8pm
PiloboluS danCe theater
Saturday, april 14, 2012, 8pm
53rd AnnuAl trAvel Adventure SerieS
MarY Lee anD SID noLan: CruiSinG the eaStern Mediterranean
Monday & tuesday, September 26 & 27, 2011, 7:30pm
MarLIn DarraH: PaKiStan and afGhaniStan – a PhotoGraPher’S Journey froM Kabul to the Khyber PaSS & the tribal zone
Monday & tuesday, october 31 & november 1, 2011, 7:30 pm
Fran anD BrooKe reIDeLBerGer: Colorful MexiCo!
Monday and tuesday, november 28 & 29, 2011, 7:30 pm
cLInt anD SUe Denn: eGyPt’S treaSureS and CruiSinG the nile
Monday & tuesday, March 26 & 27, 2012, 7:30 pm
KarIn MULLer: alonG the royal inCa road
Monday & tuesday, May 7 & 8, 2012, 7:30 pm
KeyboArd ConverSAtionS© With Jeffrey Siegel
a beethoven bonanza
Wednesday, november 16, 2011, 7:30pm, Mills Hall
a MuSiCal love trianGle
Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 7:30pm, Mills Hall
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2011- 2012 Great History. Bright Future.W i s c o n s i n U n i o n T h e aT e r
s e a s o n 2011 - 2012 online | by phone | box offices800 langdon | 821 universityTI C K eTS
MadISon world MuSIC FeSTIval Free!
thurSdAy-SAturdAy, September 15-17, 2011France’s Sergent Garcia, comoros Islands’ Sufi singer nawal, nepal’s Kutumba—and many more. at the Memorial Union and Willy Street Fair.
aCadeMy oF ST. MarTIn In The FIeldS ChaMber enSeMblefridAy, September 30, 2011, 7:30pmProgram: Brahms: Sextet in G-Major, op 36Shostakovich: Prelude and Scherzo for String octet, op. 11Mendelssohn: octet for strings in eb-Major, op. 20
SweeT honey In The roCK fridAy, oCtober 7, 2011, 8pm “this complex melding of distinct female voices, of powerful melodic lines conveying impassioned social justice sentiments, seems…the product of geologic time, the work of eons, resulting in a sound with the solidity of a mountain, a forest, a river, or maybe just people, just us.” RootsWorld
MadeleIne PeyrouxOpening: Nellie McKay
WedneSdAy, oCtober 12, 2011, 8pm“For Ms. Peyroux, [Billie] Holiday’s music is a template from which she has branched out to refine an enigmatic, low-key personal style that is all her own.” New York Times. opening is the fabulous nellie McKay, winner of the theater World award.
Paul Robeson, the leGendary
afriCan-aMeriCan baSS-baritone,
oPened the ConCert SerieS in 1941
with a ChoruS of uw-MadiSon
StudentS, SinGinG “the ballad of
aMeriCa.” he returned in 1944 to
PerforM in ShaKeSPeare’S othello.
the CaStinG of a blaCK othello with
a white deSdeMona Made theatriCal
hiStory on broadway and on tour.
Great h istory.
2011- 2012 Great History. Bright Future.W i s c o n s i n U n i o n T h e aT e r
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yaMato10.27.11 @ 8PM
TerenCe blanChard
fridAy, oCtober 21, 2011, 8pmtrumpeter, bandleader, and arranger, terence Blanchard played with the Lionel Hampton orchestra, recorded a stunning 22 albums, won five Grammys and received 12 Grammy nominations.
Jay ungar & Molly MaSonSundAy, oCtober 23, 2011, 7:30pmmorphy hAllGarrison Keillor says that “Jay and Molly make music that is simple and overwhelming... joyful and full of feeling... an apotheosis of american traditional music.” Grammy-winning and emmy-nominated, their ashokan Farewell became the musical hallmark of Ken Burns’ “the civil War” on PBS.
yaMaTo, druMMerS oF JaPan“Gamushara—The Beat of Courage”
thurSdAy, oCtober 27, 2011, 8pma Japanese group of taiko drummers fusing percussion, choreography and humor. “the show is simply amazing to behold, a tightly-knit combination of music, choreography and special-effects lighting that assaults the eye, ears and –especially with the titanic odaiko drum– the heart.” Pegasusnews.com
CarolIne gouldIng, vIolIn
reCITal: thurSdAy, november 3, 2011, 7:30pm
CarolIne gouldIng wITh uw ChaMber orCheSTra, MendelSSohn ConCerToSAturdAy, november 5, 2011, 7:30pm“a precociously gifted virtuoso. Indeed… she’s already a violinist of impressive technical polish and musical maturity...” Gramophone
Savion Glover11.10.11 @ 8PM
s e a s o n 2011 - 2012 online | by phone | box offices800 langdon | 821 universityTI C K eTS
a ClaSSICal enCounTer wITh SavIon glover thurSdAy, november 10, 2011, 8pm“He is the most famous tap dancer to have emerged in decades. He has been hailed as the greatest tap dancer who has ever lived by people well qualified to pass such judgment.” New York Times
dobeT gnahore fridAy, november 11, 2011, 9pm, the Sett, union SouthHailing from the Ivory coast, Dobet Gnahoré has won a 2010 Grammy award for Best Urban/alternative performance. Says the BBc, “[Gnahore’s] gorgeous voice cuts through to magical effect.” and her dancing is astounding.
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel
a beeThoven bonanzaWedneSdAy, november 16, 2011, 7:30pm, millS hAllthe lighthearted, humorous Sonata opus 31, no. 3, the tragic fiery Sonata Pathetique opus 13, and the transcendent Sonata opus 109, written after deafness had engulfed the composer.
emanual ax, one of the beSt
Known ConCert PianiStS of the 21St
Century, PerforMed in our hall Many
tiMeS: in 1975, after winninG the
younG ConCert artiStS international
auditionS, with violiniSt nathan
MilStein; aGain in 1977; with yo-yo
Ma in 1982, 1984, and 1990; with the
Cleveland Quartet in 1986 and in
1995; and with ClarinetiSt riChard
StolzMan in 2003.
Great h istory.
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vIllage vanguard Jazz orCheSTraOpening: UW-Madison Jazz Orchestra
SAturdAy, februAry 4, 2012, 8pmWinner of the 2009 Grammy award for Best Large Jazz ensemble, with nine Grammy nominations and two awards since 1995. “there probably isn’t a big band in the country that can rival the bullish precision of this one...not only is the clockwork impeccable, but it takes risks…and has exceptional soloists in every section.” Gary Giddins, The Village Voice
gaelIC STorMfridAy, februAry 17, 2012, 8pmGaelic Storm rocked the theater in 2011, playing to an enthusiastic sell-out crowd. We welcome them back for another night of great celtic music. “all five wield their traditional instruments with masterful play, but they’re even better at being playful with each other and their audience.” Iowa City Gazette
davId FInCKel, wu han & PhIlIP SeTzer PIano TrIoFan Taylor Memorial Concert
fridAy, februAry 24, 2012, 7:30pm“Sparkling, balanced performances…Fresh, refreshing and new,” says Francis church, former music critic of the Richmond News Leader. the directors of the chamber Music Society of Lincoln center in new York join with the emerson String Quartet’s violinist for a memorable concert.
bela FleCK and The FleCKToneSthurSdAy, mArCh 1, 2012, 8pmGroundbreaking banjoist/composer/bandleader Béla Fleck has reconvened the original Béla Fleck & the Flecktones, the extraordinary initial line-up which includes pianist/harmonica player Howard Levy, bassist Victor Wooten, and percussionist/drumitarist roy “Futureman” Wooten.
one of the MoSt influential and
iMPortant Jazz MuSiCianS of the 20th
Century, miles Davis deliGhted
loCal Jazz fanS here on aPril 21,
1971. ConSidered a Great innovator,
he uSed to hold niGhtly JaM SeSSionS
at two of new yorK’S niGhtClubS for
Several yearS, MuCh liKe the villaGe
vanGuard Jazz orCheStra.
Great h istory.
2011- 2012 Great History. Bright Future.W i s c o n s i n U n i o n T h e aT e r
s e a s o n 2011 - 2012 online | by phone | box offices800 langdon | 821 universityTI C K eTS
The 21ST annual MarCIa legere STudenT Play FeSTIval Free!
SAturdAy, mArCh 10, 2012, 7pmSundAy, mArCh 11, 2012, 3pmplAy CirClePlays written, directed and acted by tomorrow’s stars!
SIerra MaeSTra Great Hall Dance Party!
fridAy, mArCh 23, 2012, 8pmBoasting several members of the Buena Vista Social club, Sierra Maestra has been leading the cuban music scene ever since the late 1970s. Known as the Guardians of Son Music, their hugely infectious dance music never fails to get crowds up on their feet and dancing.
Pro arTe QuarTeT 100Th annIverSary CelebraTIon wITh
ChrISToPher Taylor, PIano Free!
SAturdAy mArCh 24, 2012, 8pmListen to the commissioned Piano Quintet no. 2 by William Bolcom and celebrate the quartet’s 100th anniversary.
Seun KuTI and egyPT 80 thurSdAy, April 12, 2012, 8pmSeun Kuti, youngest son of legendary nigerian afro-beat musician Fela Kuti, leads his father’s former band, egypt 80. “He’s a force to be reckoned with” says Jon Lusk of the BBc. adds the L.A. Times, “[Kuti is] a musical voice able to deftly levitate a heavy-duty mess of funk, soul, african high life and defiance that would have buckled the knees of lesser artists.”
PIloboluS danCe TheaTerSAturdAy, April 14, 2012, 8pmPilobolus, says the New York Times, is “beyond category…the troupe…is known for its antic visual wit; unbridled, even slapstick athleticism; and periodic lack of clothing… the Pilobolus style…employs the human body as pure sculptural matter, with dancers linking and unlinking, twisting and tumbling to create an ever-changing series of forms, many evocative of the natural world.”
trinidad-born PeaRl PRimus
GraCed the StaGe in her
PerforManCe of “darK rhythMS”
in february of 1948. a review in
wiSConSin hiGh tiMeS deSCribed
her aS “a danCer of unCoMMon
GiftS, CoMbininG a Powerful, well-
Controlled body with a finely
develoPed eMotional ranGe.”
Great h istory.
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neale-SIlva young arTISTS CoMPeTITIon wInnerS reCITal Free!
SundAy, April 29, 2012, 12:30pmPresented in collaboration with Wisconsin Public radio, this free concert showcases the best young musicians in Wisconsin.
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel
a MuSICal love TrIangleWedneSdAy, mAy 2, 2012, 7:30pm, millS hAllMusic of clara Wieck inspired by robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms, music of Brahms and Schumann inspired by clara!
leahyfridAy, mAy 4, 2012, 8pma canadian powerhouse of eight musical brothers and sisters who have been playing together their entire lives. Winners of the Juno award-the canadian Grammy- they list the music of cape Breton Island as a strong influence, as well as Scottish, Irish, canadian step-dancing, German and French influences.
miRiam makeba, aKa MaMa
afriCa, SanG at the theater twiCe
in the 1960S – oCtober 1, 1960, and
aGain on oCtober 29, 1962. She
waS the firSt afriCan artiSt to
PoPularize afriCan MuSiC in the u.S.
and around the world
Great h istory.
Sierra MaeStra3.23.12 @ 8PM
The TheaTeR season is
geneRously suPPoRTeD by:
american Family Insurance, anonymous Fund, associated Students of Madison, Dane county cultural affairs commission, etc, evjue Foundation, Greyhound Bus, Madison college, national endowment for the arts, UW credit Union, Wisconsin arts Board.
Barbara and Frank Manley cultural arts Fund, Fan taylor Fund for the Performing arts, H. Douglas and elizabeth Weaver Fund for the Performing arts, Jean Hodgin Fund, Lowell and Grace clark Frautschi Fund for the Union theater, Porter and Lou Butts theater Fund, Wisconsin Union theater endowment Fund.
Isthmus, onion, capital city Hues, Jamz 93.1, Madison times, Wisconsin Public radio, Wort 89.9 FM, WSUM 91.7 FM.
s e a s o n 2011 - 2012 online | by phone | box offices800 langdon | 821 universityTI C K eTS
We Thank
foR iTs suPPoRT of
T h e J a z z S e r I e S
PeTer SerKIn, PIanoSAturdAy, mAy 5, 2012, 7:30pmWith three Grammy nominations, Serkin is recognized as an artist of passion and integrity, one of the most thoughtful and individualistic musicians performing today. “[He has a] gift for devising adventurous fare,” says the New York Times. “that the playing of this esteemed pianist was probing, brilliant and full of imagination goes without saying.”
ISThMuS Jazz FeSTIval Free!
fridAy-SAturdAy, June 1 & 2, 2012enjoy some of the best local and regional jazz performers on the terrace in this free festival.
boheMian-born Child ProdiGy
RuDolf seRkin PerforMed
at the wiSConSin union theater
Many tiMeS durinG hiS Career
aS a PianiSt – in 1946, 1963, 1966,
1972, and 1977. he PaSSed on thiS
tradition to hiS Son, Peter, alSo
a world ClaSS PianiSt.
Great h istory.
2011- 2012 Great History. Bright Future.W i s c o n s i n U n i o n T h e aT e r
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53 r d a n n ua l T r av el a dv en t u r e S er i es
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walter MayS StrinG
Quartet no. 2
Saturday, october 22, 2011, Mills Hall, 8pm
Paul SChoenfield Piano
Quintet
Saturday, november 19, 2011, Mills Hall, 8pm
ChriStoPher taylor: williaM bolCoM Piano
Quintet no. 2
Saturday, March 24, 2012, Wisconsin Union theater, 8pm
John harbiSon
StrinG Quartet no. 5
Saturday, april 21, 2012, Mills Hall, 8pm
w e C eleb r at e P ro a rt e Qua rt et's 1 0 0t h a n n i v ersa ry!All concerts are free and open to the public
Fo llow i n g t h i s S eas o n,
t h e w i s c o n s i n u n i o n T h eat er
w i ll c lo s e fo r a
h i sto r i c r en ovat i o n.
But don’t worry.
It’s still YoUr theater…
Just better!
Better seating,
better acoustic isolation
and more...
FoLLoW renoVatIonS UPDateS at: httP://newunion.wiSC.edu/faQ.htMl
MarY Lee anD SID noLan: CruiSinG the eaStern
Mediterranean
Monday & tuesday, September 26 & 27, 2011, 7:30pm
MarLIn DarraH: PaKiStan and afGhaniStan – a PhotoGraPher’S Journey froM Kabul to the Khyber PaSS & the tribal zone
Monday & tuesday, october 31 & november 1, 2011, 7:30pm
Fran anD BrooKe reIDeLBerGer: Colorful MexiCo!
Monday and tuesday, nov. 28 & 29, 2011, 7:30pm
cLInt anD SUe Denn: eGyPt’S treaSureS and
CruiSinG the nile
Monday & tuesday, March 26 & 27, 2012, 7:30pm
KarIn MULLer: alonG the royal
inCa road
Monday & tuesday, May 7 & 8, 2012, 7:30pm
many of ouR evenTs have DiscounTs
foR families! for these events youth
tickets are $14 with purchase of an adult ticket
(limit 2 youth tickets per adult ticket).
We also offer discounts for all uW madison faculty/
staff and union members. uw MadiSon
Student tiCKetS are alwayS $10 or leSS!
A W i S C o n S i n u n i o n d i r e C t o r At e e x p e r i e n C e .
f o l l o W i n g t h i S S e A S o n ,
the theAter Will CloSe for
A h i S t o r i C r e n o vAt i o n .
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2014, We Will CelebrAte our
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