THE 2013-2014 SEASON

Diavolo

Alfredo Rodriguez

FERST CENTER

P RESEN TS

THE 2013-2014 SEASON

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The new season at the Ferst Center is filled with great performances! Season tickets are on sale now and subscribers get the best rewards!

Diavolo
Friday, September 20

Arturo Sandoval
Friday, October 4

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Push Dance Company

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Steven Lin
Friday, October 11

The Hot Club of San Francisco

Friday, October 18

Night after night of spectacular performances await you this year at the Ferst Center. This intimate setting in the heart of the Georgia Tech campus provides the perfect space to enjoy music of all kinds, exquisite dance and breathtaking artistry that inspires and entertains you. The 2013-2014 Season offers a number of top artists rarely seen in Atlanta, along with audience favorites we know you will enjoy. Say hello to hot new artists like Push Dance Company and pianists Alfredo Rodriguez and Steven Lin, along with top-of-their-game musicians Arturo Sandoval, Pat Metheny and Peter White. The astounding dance group Diavolo opens the season, leading us into a fall that includes the return of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and the premiere of The Hot Club of San Francisco.

Earl Klugh kicks off an exciting threeyear exploration of several areas of jazz music, and Georgia Techs own ensemble in residence Sonic Generator will perform with LOrchestre National de Lorraine. The season includes the return of Pilobolus, the Carolina Chocolate Drops and last years sensational Jesse Cook. Performance artist Sanford Biggers will offer a unique evening of film, music and visual art as part of Africa Atlanta 2014. Your total experience is heightened by galleries filled with surprising visual arts exhibitions, discussions held prior to most jazz concerts, and often opportunities to say hello to the performers after the show. Connecting to the performers through live experience is unlike anything else, and once you have experienced it, you cant wait for it to happen again. Join us for the experience!

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Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Friday, November 1 LOrchestre National de Lorraine Sunday, November 3

Sonic Generator and

Priority Seating
Ticket buyers are seated in the following order: Ferst Friends who purchase five or more performances (minimum $100 donation required) Renewing Subscribers who select five or more performances New Subscribers who select five or more performances Single Ticket buyers

A Peter White Christmas

with Rick Braun and Mindi Abair Saturday, December 14

Friday-Saturday, February 7 & 8 Saturday, February 15

Push Dance Company Pat Metheny Unity Group

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Carolina Chocolate Drops

Saturday, March 1

Alfredo Rodriguez TRIO

Friday, March 7 Shuffle, Shake and Shatter
by Sanford Biggers

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Friday, March 28

Pilobolus
Saturday, April 5 Saturday, April 12

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Earl Klugh

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Jesse Cook

Saturday, April 26

Peter White

DIAVOLO

ARTURo SANDOVAL
appears to defy gravity, performing with astounding athleticism and infinite grace Stanford Lively Arts

Friday, September 20
8 p.m.

Diavolo takes dance, daring and athletics to the extreme. The dynamic company returns with Fluid Infinities, the next installment of the work they performed at the Ferst Center in 2010, and with Transit Space, a kinetic new pieceinspired by the thrilling movement of skateboarding that uses ramps and half-pipes as set pieces.
Regular Price: $39, $49 Subscription Price: $33.15, $41.65 Special Childrens Price: $22

Sandovals playing is unabashedly spectacular, yet he uses his technique with dramatic finesse.
The New York Times

Friday, October 4
8 p.m.

Vivacious, talented and charismatic, Arturo Sandoval has traveled the world with his blend of infectious, mindblowing jazz, winning Grammy, Billboard and Emmy awards. Born in Cuba in 1949, Sandoval is a protg of jazz master Dizzy Gillespie and has evolved into one of the worlds most acknowledged guardians of jazz trumpet and flugelhorn.
Regular Price: $30, $40, $55 Subscription Price: $25.50, $34, $46.75

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Diavolo is funded in part by a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Georgia Council for the Arts.

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Jazz Connect! Arrive at 7 p.m. for this free pre-show talk with WCLK host Jay Edwards about Arturo Sandoval and his music.

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Steven LIN
His tone was unfailingly beautiful, his articulation extraordinary, as crystalline as could be in bravura bits, elegantly refined in legato lines.
The Baltimore Sun

Friday, October 11
8 p.m. Atlanta Premiere

BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY

Friday, November 1
8 p.m.

Steven Lin, an immediately engaging and imaginative young Taiwanese American pianist, moves with ease between concertos, recitals and chamber music. The winner of several prestigious piano competitions including the William Kapell International Competition and the Juilliard Schools Gina Bachauer Piano Competition, he made his debut with the New York Philharmonic at age 13.
Regular Price: $25 Subscription Price: $21.25 Seating on stage

Makes you want to jump up, dance and smile til your face hurts!
Pazz Magazine

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2013 marks the 20th Anniversary of this bands remarkable arrival on the music scene. In their first years they reminded the world that it was still cool to swing Big Band style. Today the high-energy ensemble is continuously performing and recording while expanding their horizons with new musical inspiration and influence.
Regular Price: $35, $45, $60 (Club seating) Subscription Price: $29.75, $38.25, $51

THE HOT CLUB

OF SAN FRANCISCO
Friday, October 18
8 p.m. Atlanta Premiere

One of the most cohesive and entertaining gypsy swing bands in the United States
The San Francisco Chronicle

The great gypsy jazz ensemble presents Cinema Vivant, an evening of vintage silent films accompanied by live gypsy swing music. The music of Django Reinhardt and 1920s Paris will highlight three classic short films: The Cameramans Revenge and The Mascot by Ladislaw Starewicz, and There It Is by Charley Bowers.
Regular Price: $30 Subscription Price: $25.50 Special Childrens Price $22

A PETER WHITE CHRISTMAS

A night of Christmas cheer and jazz the chemistry was off the hook. Jazz Review

and Mindi Abair

with Rick Braun

Saturday, December 14
8 p.m.

Sonic Generator LOrchestre National de Lorraine

and
the most stimulating addition to Atlantas musical life
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The jazz guitar favorite returns to deliver his brand of holiday jazz! Peter White leads an all-star lineup featuring Rick Braun and Mindi Abair performing dazzling arrangements of holiday favorites. White has kept contemporary jazz fans worldwide enthralled by his spirited melodies, soulful grooves and instantly recognizable acoustic guitar tone.
Regular Price: $42, $52, $67 Subscription Price: $35.70, $44.20, $56.95

Sunday, November 3
7 p.m. Atlanta Premiere

Sonic Generator, the high-tech contemporary music ensemble in residence at Georgia Tech, joins forces with members of LOrchestre National de Lorraine and their conductor Jacques Mercier in a concert of innovative French and American contemporary music. The program features Steve Reichs City Life, a work incorporating digital samplers. This concert is co-presented by the Georgia Tech School of Music as part of France-Atlanta 2013.
Regular Price: $25 Subscription Price: $21.25

Push

Dance Company

PAT METHENY
UNITY GROUP
Antonio Sanchez, Ben Williams and Giulio Carmassi
with Chris Potter,

the most inspired jazz guitarist living, a musician capable of structuring improvised solos as narratives, a composer of estimable lyricism and bountiful imagination
Buffalo News

Sleek and sexy edge

San Francisco Guardian

Friday, February 7 Saturday, February 8

8 p.m. Atlanta Premiere

Saturday, February 15
8 p.m.

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Raissa Simpsons Push Dance Company builds vibrant contemporary dances to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges attributed to mixed heritage. Each moment generates fresh perspectives from intermingling diverse dancers in raw situations that showcase rarely presented topics. Push Dance provides audiences an opportunity to examine issues of identity and intersecting cultures.
Regular Price: $25 Subscription Price: $21.25 Seating on stage

Guitarist Pat Methenys versatility is almost without peer, netting him an incredible 20 Grammy Awards, including one for his latest jazz album in 2013. He now pours his boundless creativity into a new project, the five-member Pat Metheny Unity Group, featuring some of the worlds best jazz players.
Regular Price: $49, $59, $74 Subscription Price: $41.65, $50.15, $62.90

Jazz Connect! Arrive at 7 p.m. for this free pre-show talk with WCLK host Jay Edwards about Pat Metheny Unity Group and their music.

ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ TRIO

Friday, March 7
8 p.m.

A young pianist of astonishing virtuosity, Cuban-born Alfredo Rodrguez calls up images of legendary jazz pianists Keith Jarrett, Thelonious Monk, Art Tatum and his compatriot Chucho Valds. Schooled in the classical conservatories of Havana, Rodrguez was discovered at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2006 by Quincy Jones and his star has risen rapidly under the tutelage of the famed producer.
Regular Price: $34, $49 Subscription Price: $28.90, $41.65

Jazz Connect at 7 p.m.

Rodriguezs talent for finding emotional truth in the split-second fall of a piano key has brought him to the verge of an improbable success story Los Angeles Times

Carolina Chocolate Drops

Saturday, March 1
8 p.m.

Shuffle, Shake and Shatter by Sanford Biggers

Friday, March 28
8 p.m. Atlanta Premiere

an American roots-music phenomenon The Wall Street Journal

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Proudly reclaiming the AfricanAmerican string band tradition, the Chocolate Drops reveal the celebratory, interconnected currents running through blues, country and bluegrass, bringing brash, youthful energy to oldtime music rooted in the red soil of the southern Piedmont.
Regular Price: $30 Subscription Price: $25.50 Special Childrens Price $22

With live music by the band Moon Medicine, multimedia and performance artist Sanford Biggers presents a montage of his three-part film suite Shuffle, Shake and Shatter as part of the Africa Atlanta 2014 celebration. The film follows the Brazilian Ricardo as he navigates German society, and continues to Sao Paulo and West Africa in an exploration of the formation and dissolution of identity.

A quiet force in the art world Art in America

Regular Price: $15 Subscription Price: $12.75

Earl KLUGH

The best Pilobolus works, with no loss of wonder or pleasure as popular entertainment, are sustained flights of poetry and drama The New York Times

PILOBOLUS
Saturday, April 5
8 p.m.

Saturday, April 12
8 p.m.

A guitarist with impeccable technique The New York Times

Like its biological namesakea feisty little fungus that thrives in farmyards Pilobolus continues to grow toward the light, expanding and refining its unique methods of collective creativity.Now in its 42nd year, the popular dance company delights audiences around the globe with its inventive, athletic, witty and collaborative performance works.
Regular Price: $39, $49 Subscription Price: $33.15, $41.65 Special Childrens Price $22

Grammy-winning guitar virtuoso Earl Klugh and special guests ignite the stage in this Night of Guitars exploring Klughs various guitar influences and their styles and techniques through solo, duet, trio and full band performances.The concert concludes the first year of a new collaboration between Klugh and Georgia Tech aptly titled HandPicked in honor of his newest album release.
Regular Price: $37, $47, $62 Subscription Price: $31.45, $39.95, $52.70

Support for Earl Klugh is generously provided by Patrick and Gloria Stansbury.

Jazz Connect! Arrive at 7 p.m. for this free pre-show talk with WCLK host Jay Edwards about Earl Klugh and his music.

Jesse Cook
Cooks relentless precision and perfect tonality will not be denied. The Montreal Gazette

arts@tech
The arts are thriving at Georgia Tech!
Vibrant signs of a strategic initiative to enhance creativity are visible across campus this year, from the new outdoor exhibit Engineered Art: An International Sculpture Exhibit at Georgia Tech to the 2014 TechArts Festival showcasing the creative spirit. In addition to the Ferst Center Presents professional artist series, sharing the imagination and talent of the students and faculty at Georgia Tech is a major part of the initiative, and the campus welcomes the community to enjoy the visual art, music, theatre, digital and literary arts created here. In 2014, Georgia Techs Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts will present Africa Atlanta 2014, a citywide celebration reinventing the cultural and economic bonds between the African, European and American cultures in Atlanta with a rich array of arts activities. For more information on all Georgia Tech arts events, please see arts.gatech.edu.

Saturday, April 26
8 p.m.

Fiery and percussive guitar work, Latin rhythms and smoldering onstage charisma describe this virtuoso guitarist. Jesse Cook returns to the Ferst stage following his stunning performance here in the 2012-13 season that left audiences calling for more!
Regular Price: $36 Subscription Price: $30.60

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arts.gatech.edu

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DIRECTIONS AND PARKING For directions see

www.ferstcenter.org or call 404-894-9600. Street address: 349 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332. Parking is recommended in the Ferst Center Parking Deck (Area 3) located on Ferst Drive. Discounted parking passes available.

Diavolo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/20 . . . . . . $49, $39 . $41.65, $33.15

Childrens Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$22. . . . . . . . . $22

Push Dance Company. . . 2/7 (Fri.) . . . . $25 . . . . . . . . $21.25 Pilobolus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4/5 . . . . . . . $49, $39 . $41.65, $33.15
Childrens Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$22. . . . . . . . . $22

All sales are final. Ticket exchanges are a subscriber

benefit. Tickets must be exchanged at least 48 hours prior to the performance. Exchanges are subject to availability, and service and upgrade charges apply.

PRIORITY SEATING Ticket prices cover just 40 percent

2/8 (Sat.) . . . . . $25 . . . . . . . . $21.25 ______ X $_________ = $___________

Georgia Tech Tickets Tech students, faculty and

staff can purchase discounted tickets in person at the Box Office (based on ticket availabilityvalid Tech ID required).

of the expense of each performance. Your gift as a Ferst Friend helps us continue to present outstanding performances, serving the greater Atlanta community and the educational experience of Tech students. Plus, all donors of $100 or more receive priority seating!

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Arturo Sandoval. . . . . . . . 10/4 . $55, $40, $30 . $46.75, $34.00, $25.50 ______ X $_________ = $___________ Peter White Christmas . .12/14 . $67, $52, $42 .$56.95, $44.20, $35.70 ______ X $_________ = $___________ Pat Metheny Unity Grp. . . 2/15 . . $74, $59, $49 . $62.90, $50.15, $41.65 ______ X $_________ = $___________ Alfredo Rodriguez Trio . 3/7 . . . $49, $34 . . . . . $41.65, $28.90
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Steven Lin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/11 . . . . . . . .$25 . . . . . . . $21.25 Hot Club of San Fran. . . .10/18 . . . . . . . . $30 . . . . . . . $25.50
Childrens Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$22. . . . . . . . . $22

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Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. . 11/1 . . $60, $45, $35. $51.00, $38.25, $29.75 Sonic Generator . . . . . . . 11/3 7pm . . . . $25 . . . . . . .$21.25 Carolina Chocolate Drops .3/1 . . . . . . . . .$30 . . . . . . .$25.50
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Shuffle, Shake, Shatter. . 3/28 . . . . . . . .$15 . . . . . . .$12.75 Jesse Cook . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4/26 . . . . . . . .$36 . . . . . . .$30.60

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Please return this order form with your check or credit card number to: Ferst Center Presents, 349 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332-0468. 404-894-9600 FAX: 404-894-0228

Club Seating with tables and chairs for all jazz shows; tables seat 4 guests. Only 64 seats in this section!

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Club Seating with tables and chairs for all jazz shows and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy; tables seat 4 guests. Only 64 seats in this section!

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STAGE

All programs are subject to change. All performances are at 8pm unless specified otherwise.

Sonic Generator and LOrchestre National de Lorraine

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