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HANCHER LINKS

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Hancher Links is a guide for University of Iowa faculty and staff, highlighting connections between Hancher performances and college courses. You’ll see themes listed with each show that may be relevant to a variety of classes across disciplines.

There are a number of ways to integrate Hancher into your class:

• Assign performances and public education programs as enrichment activities for students • Set up a class visit or workshops with artists or Hancher staff• Develop a student service learning course or unit around a Hancher project• Hancher can provide readings, videos, and other resources to contextualize an artist or performance

If you are interested in holding a block of tickets for purchase by the students in your class, contact the Hancher Box Office at 319/335-1160 or 800-HANCHER. Ask for Hal or Lisa to reserve tickets. A number of faculty members have students purchase Hancher tickets as part of their course materials similar to a required textbook.

Please feel free to contact me if you would like an artist visit, reading suggestions for your class, or if you have ideas about a potential collaborative project with Hancher.

Thanks!

Erin DonohueEducation Programming Director319-335-0009, erin-donohue@uiowa.edu

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ResidenciesThe 2014-2015 season will include a wide range of residency events some on campus and in the local community, and others in locations around the state featuring:

Hoba Hoba Spirit

Susan Werner

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Liz Lerman

Kronos Quartet

Terell Stafford

The Nile Project

Working Group Theatre

Inti-Illimani

Shared Joys & Celebrations Spectacular artists bring us together for shared experiences, serving as a focal point for celebration as we collect memories to cherish. These artists

will bring a smile to your face and joy to your heart. Each is perfect for sharing with your family and with friends old and new.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 8:30 PM

Al JarreauIOWA SOUL FESTIVAL STAGEA collaboration with Summer of the Arts A FREE performance on the UI Pentacrest

Born in Milwaukee, WI and singing since the age of four, Al Jarreau is a world-wide sensation and master of jazz, blues, pop, and soul. Holding a master’s degree in vocational rehabilitation from the University of Iowa, he has won seven Grammy Awards over his 50+ year long musical career.

Themes: exploration of musical genres including jazz, blues, pop, & soul.

OPENING ACT

Kinobe & The Wamu SpiritPresented in Collaboration with Legion Art’s Landfall Festival of World Music

Born in Uganda, Kinobe is deeply connected to and educated in the musical traditions of the African continent. Visiting every country within its borders by the age of 21 to study with traditional musicians, this multi-instrumentalist and signer-songwriter is dedicated to the unifying power of music.

Themes: cross cultural experience, global traditions, & unifying and championing social change through musical performance

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 7:30 PM

Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio HostIRA GLASS, MONICA BILL BARNES, ANNA BASSEnglert Theatre

Restaging interviews as dance pieces and telling stories from their own lives, This American Life host Ira Glass, Monica Bill Barnes, and Anna Bass combine dance and radio to express the funny, relatable, and emotional.

Themes: master storytelling, exploration through dance movement, &performance practice and society

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 7:30 PM

Roberta FlackRiverside Casino & Golf Resort Event Center

Developing and influencing the American soundtrack for decades, Roberta Flack has built a career on masterful performances and top hits.

Themes: American tradition, music performance, exploration of music genres including pop, jazz, soul & folk

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 7:30 PM

Danú- A Christmas Gathering Féile na NollagEnglert Theatre

Irish ensemble, Danú, shares holiday traditions from their homeland with the Midwest through the fiddle, flutes, accordion, and percussion - all accented with guest dancers.

Themes: cross cultural experience, global tradition

MARCH 7, 7:30 PM & 8, 2:00 PM

The Joffrey BalletSpace Place Theater, North Hall, UI Campus

Over the years, Hancher and the Joffrey Ballet’s strong working relationship has resulted in memorable performances in Iowa City and across the state of Iowa. Joffrey Artistic Director Ashley Wheater will provide insight into the evening’s works, which will include choreography by James Kudelka, Yuri Possokhov, Stanton Welch, and Christopher Wheeldon. Themes: master storytelling, exploration through dance movement, &performance practice

Worth Fighting For What causes and principles demand the taking up of arms, and how do we come to terms with the toll of war on countries, peoples, and individuals? What ideas and ideals are we willing to rally around?

NOVEMBER 13-15, 7:30 PM

Healing Wars, created by Liz LermanSpace Place Theatre, North Hall, UI Campus

Healing Wars, a theatrical dance piece, explores healing in the heart of warfare. Choreographed by the fearless Liz Lerman, this multimedia production is grounded in the Civil War, but reflects upon conflicts of the present day.

Themes: master storytelling, reflection on American history through dance, healing through performance art, social activism through performance

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 7:30 PM

Kronos Quartet, Beyond Zero 1914-1918A NEW WORK FOR QUARTET WITH FILMEnglert Theatre

Composed by Serbian composer Aleksandra Vrebalov, Beyond Zero: 1914-1918 is a multimedia work commemorating the centennial of the outbreak of World War One. The Kronos Quartet returns to Iowa City to perform the new score with a film by Bill Morrison.The program will also include a new work by Mary Kouyoumdjian, co-commissioned by Hancher as part of the quartet’s Under 30 Project

Themes: music performance, performance practice and society, multimedia reflection on American history, social activism through performance

THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 7:30 PM

Cantus, AnthemsSt. Mary’s Catholic Church

Male vocal ensemble Cantus explores the power of anthems songs of pride, identity, and unity. Anthems will include songs of prayer, protest, and healing from a wide range of origins throughout the world.

Themes: music performance, exploration of self-expression through song

Breaking BreadIn conjunction with the University of Iowa’s Food for Thought project,

Hancher presents two performances that will consider our relationship with food as nourishment and livelihood, symbol and sustenance.

THURSDAY OCTOBER 9, 7 & 9:30 PM

Susan WernerTHE HAYSEED PROJECTClub Hancer @ The Mill

Both serious and ironic, Eastern Iowan songwriter and musician Susan Werner sings about farming, rural American culture, food production, and the divide between city and country.

Themes: music performance, original songwriting, performance practice and society, science and ethics of food production

APRIL 17-18, 7 PM

Working Group TheatreALL RECIPES ARE HOMEFeaturing the Awful PurdiesJohnson County Fairgrounds, Barn 2

Iowa City based company, Working Group Theatre, presents their fourth full-length play. Performed in an historic barn, All Recipes Are Home, explores our local food culture in connection to our country’s complex food production systems.

Themes: master storytelling, performance practice and society, exploration of identity through performance, science and ethics of food production

Music and more from around the globe will fill area stages with sounds both indigenous to far-flung lands and cross-pollinated with a world of

influences.

Blended Boundaries

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 7:30 PM

Hoba Hoba SpiritCSPS Hall, Cedar RapidsA collaboratoin with Legion Arts

Using their unique music fusion “Hayha”, Hoba Hoba Spirit blends rocks, reggae, and Gnawa (African Islamic spiritual songs) and sings in the Arabic dialect, Darija, French, and English to give a voice to the hopes and concerns of young Moroccans.

Themes: cross cultural connection, exploration of musical genres, foreign language

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 7:30 PM

SpokFrevo OrquestraEnglert Theatre

Arranger and musical director Spok (AKA Inaldo Cavalcante de Albuquerque) leads a big band that blends improvisation with jazz and frevo, vibrant music style traditionally associated with Brazilian Carnival.

Themes: cross cultural experience, global traditions, exploration of musical genres

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 6:30 PM

Roseneath Theatre, La MaletaEnglert Theatre In collaboration with the Englert Theatre

La Maleta follows ten-year old Roca as she leaves Colombia for North America. Incorporating Spanish and English, her story gives a voice to young people struggling with a new language and culture. Recommended for grades 2-6.

Themes: cross cultural experience, foreign language-Spanish

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 7:30 PM

The Nile ProjectEnglert Theatre

Founded in August 2011,The Nile Project includes performers from the eleven countries that share the Nile River. These artists come together in a shared musical conversation designed to foster cross-cultural empathy and inspire environmental curiosity. Combining exposure and education, this musical discussion features both traditional and contemporary instruments.

Themes: cross cultural experience, environmental sustainability

FRIDAY, MAY 15, 6:30 PM

Inti-IllimaniIowa City Ped Mall StageA collaboration with Summer of the Arts Friday Night Concert Series

Starting out underground at the Universidad Técnica del Estado around 1967 and soon banned from the their homeland of Chile, the members of Inti-Illimani still worked to support Chilean democracy internationally. Playing over thirty instruments, their songs inquire about the human experience both on a personal and universal level.

Themes: Cross cultural experience, Social activism through performance

Stirring chamber music. Energetic jazz. Reflections on an American genius. This is music that has stood the test of time and is still charting a

path forward.

Exceptional beauty, essential traditons

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 7:30 PM

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln CenterAUTUMNAL BRAHMSRiverside Recital Hall

Late in his life Johannes Brahms composed two works for virtuoso clarinetist Richard Mühlfed that are rarely performed on the same program. This ensemble of musicians, including clarinetist David Shifrin, will perform the trio for clarinet, cello, and piano and the clarinet quintet along with other late masterworks to provide a complete picture of Brahms talent.

Themes: music performance, classical masterworks

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 7 & 9:30 PM

Terell Stafford QuintetClub Hancher @ The Mill

Versatile trumpeter Terell Stafford’s newest album This Side of Strayhorn includes original arrangements of jazz composer Billy Strayhorn’s melodies. Live performances by the quintet show respect to traditional jazz origins while branching out into the new, all the while highlighting Stafford as an improviser and leader.

Themes: music performance, musical improvisation

FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 7:30 PM

Pacifica QuartetRiverside Recital Hall A collboration with the University of Iowa String Quartet Residency Program

Formed in 1994, the Pacifica Quartet is internationally recognized as one of the finest chamber ensembles performing today. The program will feature a new work by Pulitzer Prize winner Shulamit Ran co-commissioned by Hancher via Music Accord.

Themes: music performance

FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 7 & 9:30 PM

Howard FishmanTHE BASEMENT TAPES PROJECTClub Hancher @ The Mill

The Basement Tapes Project explores the mysterious underground recordings made by Bob Dylan with The Band in 1976-only some of which were released. Howard Fishman explores the wide range of influences of America’s most important performers.

Themes: music performance, American tradition