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THE CENTERFOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGYAT GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY

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Now that you've walked through our doors to The Center for Arts andTechnology, let me welcome you to Governors State University, the fastestgrowing public university in Illinois. GSU--a jewel in the south metropolitanregion—has just gotten better with the addition of this new, beautiful 1,200seat theatre. Its opening is the zenith of many years of dedication and effortby members of the Governors State University Foundation, the GSU staff,community supporters and the State of Illinois government, encouraged bySenator Aldo De Angelis. The Center offers us many opportunities to cometogether and enjoy a wide variety of entertainment and educationalexperiences in a magnificent venue.

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As you sit waiting for the lights to dim and the show to begin,think back a few years to the first time you became aware of theidea and heard the excitement about building a performing artscenter here, in the south suburbs of Chicago — perhaps in yourbackyard. You may have thought it was a great idea, but wouldit ever happen? And if so, when?

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Tokyo String Quartet

Peter Oundjian, violinKikuei Ikeda, violin

Kazuhide Isomura, violaSadao Harada, cello

With special thanks to first violinist AndrewDawes for his guest appearancesduring Mr. Oundjian's 1995-1996 sabbatical.

PTNCHAS ZUKERMAN, violin and viola

SCHUBERT

BARTOK

ProgramSunday, February 25, 1996

String Trio in B-Flat Major, D. 471Zukerman, Isomura, Harada

Violin DuosTeasing Song (Scherzando) - #26Ruthenian Kolomejka (Allegro) - #35Sorrow (Lento, Poco Rubato) - #28Prelude and Canon (Lento-Allegro Molto) - #37Rumanian Whirling Dance (Allegro) - #38Serbian Dance ( Allegro Molto) - #39Walachian Dance (Comedo) - #40Arabian Song (Allegro) - #42

Zukerman, Ikeda

NEIKRUG String QuintetLento - Piu FluidoAdagioFluido

Intermission

BEETHOVEN Violin Quintet in C Major, Op. 29"Storm Quintet"

Allegro moderateAdagio molto espressivoScherzo: AllegroPresto

The Tokyo String Quartet has recorded for Angel-EMJ, CBS Masterworks, Deutsche Grammophon,Vox Cum Laude. They now record exclusively for BMG Classics/RCA Victor Red Seal.

Mr. Zukerman has recorded for CBS Masterworks, Philips, Angel, and Deutsche Grammophonand is currently an exclusive artist with BMG Classics/RCA Victor Red Seal.

The Quartet are artist-in-residence at Yale University and at College Conservatory of Music,University of Cincinnati.

Tokyo String Quartet

The Tokyo String Quartet is one of the supreme chamber ensembles of theworld. Praised for its exceptional technical command and dynamicperformance style, the quartet has received extraordinary acclaim since itsfounding in 1969. They perform over 100 concerts each year across the UnitedStates, Canada, Europe, Scandinavia, South America, and the Far East.

During the 1995-1996 season the Tokyo String Quartet will continue toperform in the leading concert halls throughout the United States and abroad.In September, they will travel to South America, where they will giveperformances in Buenos Aires, Santiago, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo.Pinchas Zukerman will join the ensemble on an international tour, performingthe premiere of Marc Neikrug's Viola Quintet, beginning in October andcontinuing through the spring. The members of the Quartet continue to holdthe post as Artists-in-Residence at Yale University and the University ofCincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

Recording exclusively for BMG Classics/RCA Victor Red Seal, the TokyoString Quartet has released a landmark series of recordings. Their most recentdiscography includes the complete Beethoven String Quartets and aBrahms/Weber disc with Richard Stoltzman. A recording of the completeBartok quartets, coupled with two Janacek quartets, will be released in the fall.

From 1993-95, to commemorate its 25th anniversary, the Tokyo StringQuartet embarked on a two-year project performing the complete BeethovenString Quartets throughout the world. The ensemble designated ClassicalAction: Performing Arts Against AIDS the beneficiary of proceeds from sixNew York City performances.

The Quartet traces its origins to the Toho School on Tokyo, where several ofthe founding members were profoundly influenced by Professor Mideo Saito.Instilled with a deep commitment to chamber music, the original members ofwhat would become the Tokyo Quartet, including violist Kazuhide Isomuraand cellist Sadao Harada, eventually came to America for further study withRobert Mann, Raphael Hillyer and Claus Adam. In 1969 the ensemble wasofficially created and scholarships were awarded by the Juilliard School. Soonafter, the Quartet won First Prize at the Coleman Audition in Pasadena, theMunich Competition and the Young Concert Artists International Auditions,which brought them worldwide attention. Kikuei Ikeda, who was also trainedat the Toho School, joined the Quartet as second violinist in 1974, and PeterOundjian, who studied with Ivan Galamian, Itzhak Perlman and DorothyDeLay, became first violinist in 1981.

The Japan Music Foundation has loaned the Tokyo four remarkableStradivarius instruments known as "The Paganini Quartet". The virtuosoNiccolo Paganini had acquired and played instruments during the 19th century.The ensemble will perform on the Strads throughout the season.

The Tokyo String Quartet has been featured on numerous major televisionprograms including PBS's "Great Performances," Sesame Street," CBS"Sunday Morning" and a taped concert from Corcoran Gallery of Arts inWashington, broadcast nationally on public television.

Pinchas ZukermanPinchas Zukerman is recognized throughout the world for his exceptional artisticstandards. With three decades of critical acclaim for his musical genius and prodigioustechnique, his incomparable musicianship marks him as one of the masters of our time.He is equally acclaimed as a violinist, violist, conductor, pedagogue and chambermusician.

Born in Tel Aviv in 1948, Mr. Zukerman began musical training with Ms father, firston recorder, then clarinet, and ultimately violin. At the age of eight, he began studyingwith Ilona Feher at the Israel Conservatory and the Academy of Music in Tel Aviv.With the guidance of Isaac Stern and Pablo Casale, the support of the America-IsraelCultural Foundation, and scholarships from the Juilliard School and Helena RubensteinFoundation, he came to America in 1962 to study with Ivan Galamian at Juilliard. In1967, Mr. Zukerman won first prize in the Twenty-Fifth Leventritt InternationalCompetition, setting the stage for his solo career.

Mr. Zukerman has amassed a prolific discography which numbers more than 92releases, and is widely representative of the violin and viola repertoire. His catalogue ofrecordings for Angel, CBS, Deutsche Grammophon, London, Philips, and RCA contains21 Grammy nominations and two Grammy awards: "Best Chamber MusicPerformance" in 1980 and "Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist withOrchestra" in 1981.

Pinchas Zukerman now records exclusively for BMG Classics on the RCA/Victor RedSeal Label. His BMG Classics recording of Bartok violin and viola concertos withLeonard Slalkin and the Saint Louis Symphony earned him a Grammy nomination.Recent releases include violin sonatas by Faure, Debussy, and Franck, and works forviolin/viola and piano by Robert Schumann, both recorded with pianist Marc Neikrug.The violin and viola sonatas of Brahms will be released in the spring of 1996; the BruchViolin Concerto No. 1 and the Brahms Violin Concerto, both with Zubin Mehta and theLondon Philharmonic Orchestra, was released in November 1995.

Mr. Zukerman's conducting career began in 1970 with the English ChamberOrchestra. He has since conducted many of the world's leading orchestras, includingthe Chicago Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Los AngelsPhilharmonic, National Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Montreal Symphony,Toronto Symphony, and National Arts Centre Orchestra, as well as EuropeanOrchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic. He served as Music Director of theSouth Bank Festival for three years, and of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra for sevenyears, and as Principal Guest Conductor of the Dallas Symphony's InternationalSummer Music Festival for three years, and of the Dallas Symphony for two years.

As a chamber musician, Pinchas Zukerman has collaborated with prominent artistsand colleagues around the world for over twenty years. Included among thesemusicians are Daniel Barenboim, the late Jacqueline Du Pre, Jean-Pierre Rampal, IsaacStern, the Guarneri Quartet, the Tokyo Quartet, Midori, Yo-Yo Ma, Emmanuel NX,Yefim Bronfman, Ralph Kirshbaum and Shlomo Mintz. In 1989, Mr. Zukerman and agroup of colleagues created a performance ensemble the continues to tour throughoutSouth America, Europe, Israel, Mexico, and the United States.

Highlights of Mr. Zukerman's 1995-96 season include conducting engagements withthe Chicago, Toronto, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, and San Diego Symphonies, St. PaulOrchestra, and Calgary Philharmonic. In addition he will appear as soloist with thePhiladelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Atlanta Symphony, NationalSymphony, Florida Philharmonic, and Oregon Symphony and abroad with the IsraelPhilharmonic and London Symphony. Following the success of his first world tour asconductor and soloists of the English Chamber Orchestra in the fall of 1994, Mr.Zukerman rejoins the orchestra for its Japanese and European tours in the spring of1996. As guest violinist and violist with the Tokyo String Quartet, Mr. Zukerman willvisit sixteen cities in the United States and Europe, performing works by Schubert,Bartok, and Beethoven, as well as world-premier performances of Marc Neikrug'sString Quintet. Mr. Zukerman and Mr. Neikrug will perform recitals throughout Spain,Italy, Germany, Austria, Sweden, and the United States. The duo will also conductmaster classes and children's concert performances as part of Mr. Zukerman'scommitment to the education of future classical music listeners and performers.

Marc Neikrugin 1946 in New York, is a pianist and composer of international acclaim His

il, and orchestras including the Houston and Pittsburgh Symphonies

and the St. Paul Chamber^stra^ commissions for Sonata Conercertante for violin andMost recently, Mr. Neikrug has receveu.w^ ^ ^ Pueblo's Children's Songs

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Los Alamos, an anti-nuclear opera, was the first American work commissioned and premiered byBerlin's Deutsche Oper. Der Spiegel's review of October 4,1988 headlined: "The World is Coming toAn End at the Deutsche Oper Berlin -Marc Neikrug, an American, has combined Pueblo IndianRituals, the Construction of the Nuclear Bomb and Star Wars to Create Political Music Theater." TheAmerican premiere of Los Alamos was given at the Aspen Music Festival in 1992.

As a pianist, Marc Neikrug performs regularly throughout the world. He has collaboratedextensively with Pinchas Zukerman for over twenty years, and together they have made numerousrecordings for CBS and Philips; they recently embarked on several ambitious recording projects forBMG Classics, which include virtually the entire repertoire of sonatas for violin and piano.

Mr. Neikrug has also conducted performances of his works with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra,The Victorian State Symphony (Melbourne), The Tonhalle Orchestra (Zurich), the Utah Symphony,and the Frankfort Radio Orchestra. His many compositions are published by Theodore PresserandChester Music, and he has recently signed a contract with BMG Classics to record several of hischamber and orchestral works.

Marc Neikrug served as Special Consultant for Contemporary Programs to the St. Paul ChamberOrchestra for seven years. During that time, the orchestra received three annual ASCAP awards foradventuresome programming. He has also served three times as Director of Melbourne SummerMusic, an Australian Festival which commenced in 1986 under his direction.

The String Quintet by Marc NeikrugThe String Quintet was composed in 1995 for the Tokyo String Quartet. It stems from an old interest of mineto explore what happens when a string quartet is enlarged by adding a viola. This combination hasbeen historically seldom used, but to great effect, witness Mozarf s incredible set of quintets. I foundthat the textures changed dramatically from quartet writing. This is in part due to a filling out of thespacing, but also to the need for more solistic writing as supposed to ensemble. These considerationsbecame the focus of the piece.

The opening is a ritornello which appears at various times in the work's three movements andserves as an anchor for the departures of other episodes. This opening ritornello presents the genesisof the piece, a single tone which expands in both directions. This expansion is an integral facet ofthe entire work and is employed not only in the intervals but also in the entire texture.

The first movement is composed of alternating passages of two developing textures. One is arhapsodic, cadenza-like texture consisting of solistic passages for the first violin, the cello anddifferent increasing combinations of the instruments. The other is a mechanical, rhythmicallydriving tutti texture. After both textures reach their apex, the ritornello closes the movement.

The second movement is structured to highlight a particular passage of great lyrical depth andintensity. The entire movement is set up to arrive at placing this passage to its best advantage, bothin the structure and in ifs emotional context.

The third movement opens with the ritornello in a different manifestation. This is followed by analternating set of episodes related to the first movement. This time they are more akin to jazz. Tuttitextures are followed by solos which again accumulate to the climax. A final ritornello closes thepiece in ifs anchor position, albeit with a very different sense of the journey undertaken.

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Deniston CompanyHonorable Loleta and Charles DidricksonIn Memory of 1st Lt William A. DietchSam and Doreen DiGiovanniJoann and Michael DimitroffPatrick C. DisneyMr. and Mrs. Joseph DoerflerPeg and Jack DonohueMr. and Mrs. Glenn DreesenJerry DreyfusThe Duchossois FoundationDr. and Mrs. David F. EngelkingIn Memory of Max Epstein by Roz EpsteinGeoffrey and Virginia EysenbachKevin J. FaganFirst Mortgage CorporationFirst National Bank of Chicago FoundationFirst State Bank of Calumet CityPeter FlynnMichael F. FoleyDr. Lawrence Freeman and Beatrice FriendWilliam and Nancy FroeiichMarlene GallagherThomas GallagherDr. George W. GarrettGeneral Motors FoundationMr. and Mrs. Richard G. GibbMr. and Mrs. Richard B. GibbsDr. Efraim GilJames M. and Ann E. GilchristAnn and Wally GlascoffGleason, Hagen, Ramshaw and Associates, Inc.John E. and Katherine W. GlennonBeverly GoldbergIn Memory of Eva M. GoldensteinGovernors State University -- AcademicComputing CenterGovernors State University -- AlumniAssociationGovernors State University -- Student SenateMr. and Mrs. Lloyd GraffJim and Elly GreenPaul and Sharon GreenHarriett GrossDr. and Mrs. Peter P. GuntherJudith A. GustawsonDr. Elizabeth HagensHarry H. HardyMichael and Mary Ellen HassettBill and Dorothy HickeyIn Memory of Eugene and Mary HicksBob and Patty HirschManny and Judy HoffmanMr. and Mrs. John H. HornDrs. Steven and Sandra HorowitzBob and Lynne HostetterDr. Helen HughesCraig H. HullingerBeth RuyleByron and Barbara HurdDr. and Mrs. Thomas M. lannucciIngersoll Products CompanyInterlake FoundationAl and Tracy InwoodSteve, Miki, Paige, and Blair JarvieBob Jensen

Dr. and Ms. James L JensenThe Robert A. Jones FamilyJoseph Contraction CompanyPatti JoyceJueli and Alan KadetDaniel and Marjorie KaplanNicholas KavourisIn Loving Memory of Robert S. and GeraldineKennedyWilliam and Cynthia KiehlNorman and Diane KjosBarry and Jacque KlippensteinMr. and Mrs. Dennis KraiJudge and Mrs. Robert KropMichael and Carolyn KulakofskyDr. and Mrs. Shailendra KumarRoy Lacy, D.O., M.P.H.Mr. and Mrs. Fred LaCorteGladys and Joe LassnerLeoni Motor ExpressRaymond Levine MenswearDr. and Mrs. Jagan LingamneniDr. Norman LoveMichael and Amy LowethalMr. and Mrs. Frank J. Maher, Jr.Dr. Zafar MalikNathan Manilow FoundationAntonio and Inge MarraProfessor and Mrs. James L Massey, IIPat and Barry McEldowneyIn Memory of Harry P. McHaleDr. and Mrs. W. Prince McLemoreWilliam N. A4cLindenMedserve, Inc.Stephanie and Joseph MeisDr. Sheldon MendelsonMr. Benny's Steak and Lobster HouseCaryl MizrahiLynda and Alan MogilnerDr. Sonya V. MonroeMorgan Stanely FoundationMr. and Mrs. Donald MorrisonWilbur L. MorrisonMel and Janet MuchnikMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. MunroeGeorge V. MyersPhilip and Sharon OrawiecBryan R. Orr and Kathleen Field OrrDr. and Mrs. David OrthGeorge and Lynn PappasIn Memory of Vernon and Virginia ParisRonald and Donna PizzaJ. C. Penney (Lincoln Mall)J. C. Penney (Orland Square)J. C. Penney ( River Oaks)Terry and Sandy PerryAnthony J. PetersonCarl O. PetersonShannon M. Troy PetersonPhillips Electric, Inc.Pierce BuildersRobert G. and Doris F. FiercePinnacle BankElizabeth and Virginio L. PiucciProgressive Specialites, Inc.James W. and Dr. Lisa C. Raymond

Patrick E. ReaMr. and Mrs. William J. ReichertRich TownshipMr. and Mrs. Dennis B. RobertsonRobinson Engineering, Ltd.Dr. Sol J. and Verva RockeMr. and Mrs. H. P. David RockwellWilliam M. RoggeAnthony and Phyllis RosatiMichael and Linda RoseDiane RosenthalDaniel FriedlanderMr. and Mrs. Anthony J. RudisMr. and Mrs. Robert RutkowskiRichard and Esther SalisburyRudy and Audrey SanderSanta Fe Pacific FoundationJohn and Margaret Saphir and FamilyAsif A. Sayeed and FamilyThe Anthony Scariano FamiliesDaniel and Anna Marie SchuhLeslie and Janice SchultzMr. and Mrs. Keith SelkDale SerigDr. Farouk ShaabanDr.AidaShekibShearson LehmanRobert and Ann SieronMrs. Burrell SmallKenneth and Denise SmedbergMr. and Mrs. Albert J. SmerzDr. Evelyn SowellSlyvia G. SpearMr. and Mrs. Alan J. SprintzArthur and Andrea StarkAnita L StawickiLori and Craig SternThomas and Joan StepkeBill and Darcy StevensReva StillmanStranco, Inc.Suburban Federal Savings, A FederalSavings BankDr. and Mrs. Sol TannenbaumJim and Karen TapscottEdward R. TaylorJeff and Suzi ThrallFrederick and Marilyn TibbettsTimes Mirror, IncMildred TobermanJohn and Mary Lou TomaszewskiRuth and Rich TreichelLes and Mary Louise Vande BergPaul Van EekerenThroop and Betty VaughanRichard and Frieda VazalesRich Venneri and Nancy PetersonDr. Joyce VarrettAmerican Dance CenterJack and Kathleen VillariDr. Amerfil M. WangBetty WhelanRichard and Donna WilleThe Honorable James H. WilliamsRuth and Aaron WishnoffDemertrius L Woods

Pamela Hiligoss WoodwardAddison E. Woodwardjr.M. Dean Wurth, S.E.Dr. and Mrs. Leon J. ZalewskiDr. and Mrs. Marvin ZelkowitzZenith Properties, Inc.

Associates$5OO - $999

Amstead Industries FoundationIn Memory of John R. CallJanet and Thomas CaseContinental Bank FoundationDelta Air Lines FoundationPeter T. Fagan, M. D.Joseph and Ruth FitzgeraldBarabara B. FlowersShervin and Adele FreedTemmie and Arnold Gilbert

John Giobbi/Louis MarchigianiThe Bruce W. Glawe FamilyMr. and Mrs. Donald M. GoffErling and Zenaida HarryJames HesterFrederick R. and Nancy E. KinJerry and Connie Lambert, Attorneys at LawBob and Arlene OTarrellMr. and Mrs. Charles E. OfenlachMr. and Mrs. Joseph J. OlivieriProfessor Charles L. OlsenRose Paving and Sealcoating CompanyJim and Avis RuklicMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. SachsRichard and Norma SmallJohn E. SwearingenGlenn F. TewsDonald and Marilyn ThomasBruce and Carol VollrathDiane E. Wagner

COMING EVENTSat The Center for Arts and Technology

MARCH2 Harlem Blues and Jazz Band with Barbra McNair6 Cotton Patch Gospel8 Mahalia15-16 Children's Show -- "The Whipping Boy" presented by The Griffin Theatre17 Chicago Chamber Musicians23 Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra30 Park Forest Singers

APRIL13 Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra14 Governors State University Community Chorale and Orchestra20 Royal Winnipeg Ballet27 Charlie Daniels Band28 Chicago Jazz Ensemble

MAY4 Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra10-11 Children's Show~Redmood Puppet Theatre12 Vermeer Quartet18 Arturo Sandoval25 42nd Street

JUNE8 Park Forest Singers14-16 American Dance Center

JULY13 Louise Mandrell

AUGUST3 Roy Clark

BOX OFFICE NUMBERSThe Center (708) 235-2222Park Forest Singers (708) 756-7464Illinois Philharmonic (708) 481-7774American Dance Center (708) 747-4969GSU Orchestra (708) 534-4020

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