hopkins center for the arts

HOPKINS CENTER
FOR THE ARTS
LIVE
WINTER 2016 • VOLUME 9, NUMBER 1
As part of the 2015 Summer Free For All series,
concert-goers dance to the Zydeco beat of
C. J. Chenier and his Red Hot Louisiana Band.
Igniting a Passion for the Arts,
on campus and throughout the Upper Valley
hop.dartmouth.edu • 603.646.2422 • Dartmouth College • Hanover, NH
From the Director
Marga Rahmann ‘78 P’12, Interim Director
I’m pleased to write you during a time of transition and great potential at the Hop. As we search
for the next Hopkins Center Director and look forward to the changes that come with new
leadership, one thing remains constant: the Hop’s mission—to ignite and sustain a passion for the
arts within Dartmouth and its greater community—is thriving.
From the beginning, the Hop has served as a model for the study, creation and presentation of
the arts. At the Hop, we encourage students, faculty and staff—and arts lovers of all ages from
the Upper Valley and beyond—to explore new ideas and experiences. A destination as well as an
organization, the Hop is a magnet for global talents and big ideas. It is distinctly Dartmouth.
This edition of the Hop newsletter is brimming with examples of our continued leadership as an exemplary campus-based arts
presenter. Read about the Arts Ambassadors performance-going club, which brings together first-year students from all
corners of the academy to experience the thrill of live music, theater and dance. Get the inside scoop on the Dartmouth Film
Society, one of the country’s oldest student-run groups. In a series of “Summer of New” features, learn more about the works
being developed at the Hop this and every summer. Artists like filmmaker Ken Burns and theater director Niegel Smith ’02
often find their way back to Hanover to what Smith calls “an idyllic place where you have time to think and reflect.”
Moving beyond the Green, you’ll discover how the Hop is igniting a passion for storytelling and world cultures at Vermont’s
South Royalton School. See snapshots from the Dartmouth College Glee Club’s recent tour of Spain and learn more about the
Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble’s upcoming visit to Cuba.
Sprinkled throughout you’ll read profiles of the adventurous visiting artists, staff and supporters who make the Hop a robust,
creative organization. As always, we are delighted to acknowledge the steadfast generosity of all Hop Members whose
financial support helps make this incredible work possible.
Onward!
Introducing the
Arts Ambassadors
Kate Adams, Advisor on Student Relations
Arts Ambassadors is a performance-going club for first-year
students co-led by Hop staff and two student “alums” from
last year who volunteered to help shape the program in its
second iteration. The program is funded by the Hop’s grant
from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and forms the
center of the Hop’s first-year student outreach efforts.
This program builds on a national and college-wide First Six
Weeks strategy, which targets a critical period of transition
for new students at a time when they are most receptive to
exploring new activities and passions. According to David
Pack, Collis Center Assistant Director, “During this time,
students cultivate relationships and develop strategies for
success that they will use in the next four years.”
Arts Ambassadors attend a broad range of performances,
including theater, dance, classical, jazz and world music. By
attending frequently as a core group, Arts Ambassadors
builds a social context for Hop events that’s consistent
enough have a real impact. Through pre- and post-show
events, students are given context for the performance
and a chance to ask questions and share feedback. When
visiting artists join the group, our students get an insider’s
view of the artistic process, creating personal connections
to the performers.
Puerto Rico’s Plena Libre takes the stage on the Dartmouth Green;
Upper Valley kids learn about Japanese taiko and the music of the Nile Basin.
Based on our evaluation and feedback from last year’s pilot
program, Arts Ambassadors is successful at providing social
fulfillment, offering multiple programmatic entry points and
removing common barriers to student attendance like the
cost of tickets and the challenge of a busy schedule.
Arts Ambassadors played ukulele
with Jake Shimabukuro before
attending his sold-out concert.
“Arts Ambassadors has been awesome!
I LOVED meeting all the artists and being
introduced to new genres. It’s eye-opening
and the highlight of my freshman experience
so far! I’m
inspired to
play more
music.”
Irene Lee ‘19
Arts Ambassadors
bond at the fall
launch party.
FUN FACTS ABOUT THE ARTS
AMBASSADORS:
• Participants hail from New York, Montana, Alaska,
Washington, Maryland and California.
• Intended majors include Music, Theater, Biomedical
Engineering, Computer Science and English.
• Before arriving at Dartmouth, Arts Ambassadors
interned at the Caramoor Summer Music Festival,
directed musical theater orchestras, performed in the
CSUN Symphony Orchestra, danced ballet, designed
sets, and played cello, piano, drums and saxophone.
Latin Jazz, the Barbary Coast and a Trip to Cuba
Don Glasgo, Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble Director
Jazz is a musical genre with many styles: New
Orleans, swing, bop, modal, avant-garde, etc.
Latin music is an equally diverse musical
genre. When these two genres came
together, their child was unique: Afro-Cuban
or Latin jazz. Why Afro-Cuban? Because the
foundational rhythms of Latin jazz come from
Cuba, and Cuba is where the Barbary Coast
Jazz Ensemble is headed in March!
Thanks to the Hopkins Center and
Dartmouth College, the students in the
Barbary Coast will travel to Havana and Santiago de Cuba during Spring
Break. It’s an extraordinary privilege for our students to go to Cuba. For
jazz musicians of all ages, going to Cuba is a musical pilgrimage, a rare
opportunity to hear some of the best musicians in the world and perform
for and with them. By its very
nature, the universal language of
music leads to cultural exchanges
of the highest order. This will be
an incredible journey for the
students in the Barbary Coast,
and they will never forget it.
The Barbary Coast has a strong
connection to Latin jazz. Since
the mid-‘80s, students in the
Coast have performed Latin jazz with such distinguished guest artists as
Jimmy Bosch, Andy and Jerry Gonzalez, Carlos Henriquez, Conrad Herwig,
Giovanni Hildago, José Madera, Arturo O’Farrill, Manny Oquendo, Eddie
Palmieri, William Rodriguez, Ray Santos, Omar Sosa, Gregorio Uribe and
Ray Vega.
LATIN JAZZ PRIMER
The great jazz musician,
Jelly Roll Morton, told
folklorist Alan Lomax in
1938, “without the Spanish
tinge, you will never be able
to get the right seasoning
for jazz.” When Lomax asked
Morton to demonstrate on
piano, Jelly Roll played a
composition featuring the
habanera, an Afro-Cuban rhythm.
Dartmouth College Glee Club Tours Madrid
The 30-member Dartmouth College Glee Club combined music, sightseeing
and cultural exchange on a week-long trip to Madrid and central Spain after
Thanksgiving. Time in Madrid’s plazas—luminous with holiday lights—and museums
and the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Segovia and Alcalá de Henares was
interspersed with three concerts in glorious sacred venues, including a performance
with one of Spain’s leading choruses, el Coro de la Universidad Autónoma de
Madrid. The Glee Club program included Mozart, Rachmaninoff, African American
spirituals, special Dartmouth songs and, in a nod to the host country, Spanish
Renaissance composer Tomas Luis de Victoria’s O quam glorioso.
Syncopation and improvisation are the heart
of jazz. When the off-beat syncopated rhythm
patterns of jazz are combined with the AfroCuban rhythmic patterns such as clavé, the
result is Afro-Cuban or Latin jazz. This
synthesis began in the 1920s, fueled by
Prohibition in the United States and freeflowing clubs, casinos and hotels in Havana,
filled with talented bands of Cuban musicians
throughout the ‘20s, ‘30s and ‘40s.
The 1940s—the height of jazz’s popularity—
witnessed the explosion of Afro-Cuban jazz in
New York. In The Latin Tinge (London: Oxford
University Press, 1979), John Storm Roberts
writes, “The 1940s were a crucial decade for
Latin music in the Unites States...Both a truly
American-Latin idiom, the mambo, and a true
hybrid, Latin jazz, began to develop.”
According to Roberts, the birth of the band,
Machito and His Afro-Cubans, in New York,
led by Cuban-born Frank “Machito” Grillo,
was the “single most important event of the
decade” in the development of Latin music.
In 1947, Dizzy Gillespie met the brilliant
Cuban congero/composer Chano Pozo, and
the history of Latin jazz was changed forever,
most notably by their beautiful composition,
Manteca. Manteca was the perfect union of
Afro-Cuban rhythms and the New York
rhythms of bebop, and “Cubop” was perfect
description of the music. Chano Pozo didn’t
speak English, Dizzy Gillespie didn’t speak
Spanish, but, as Pozo noted, “We both
speak African.”
Top to bottom: Members of the Coast in concert;
a brass band performs on Central Park square in Havana;
Carnival in Santiago de Cuba.
“The tour was an incredible experience that crossed language barriers through the universal language
of music. We had the chance to perform at enormous cathedrals, as well as small churches dating
back to early Spain...we had the opportunity to sing with native Spaniards, even though we could
not converse with them!” Brian Chalif ‘16
“Part of the joy of working
with these Ensembles is
that we have such incredibly
talented students.”
Steve Langley
Behind the Scenes at the Hop
Linda Lewis, Membership Coordinator
It takes an abundance of instruments, planning and expertise to keep the
Hopkins Center’s seven student performance Ensembles and Marching Band
playing in harmony. Headquartered in a discreet office below Spaulding
Auditorium, Ensembles Assistant Steve Langley helps keep the music flowing.
A native of the Upper Valley, with experience as both a music educator and a
musician, Langley assists the Ensemble directors, coordinates logistics, manages
paperwork and oversees the equipment for Ensemble and Band performances.
On campus, he distributes instruments to student performers and sometimes
visiting artists—such as the Conn sousaphone used by Max Raabe’s orchestra in
its most recent Hop concert. He is also the self-described “custodian” of the
Hop’s roughly 400-piece instrument collection. You will also find him supporting
the Hop Ensembles on stage, playing trumpet in the Dartmouth College Wind
Ensemble. Off campus, Langley is often the chief “equipment wrangler” for the
Dartmouth College Gospel Choir. His most recent tour with the group was to
Washington, DC, last November.
Langley’s role with the Ensembles is multi-faceted, and he greatly enjoys that
“no day is like any other.” He can be working with the instruments that get
played daily—all of the saxophones, the alto flutes, the English horns. The next
day he may be working with instruments audiences rarely see—the dulcian
(Renaissance ancestor to the bassoon), the cornetto, or the six-foot-tall bass
shawm. Next he might be assisting a new student seeking an instrument, or
expediting sound equipment from one tour venue to another. Langley also
works with students to create instruments from scratch, such as the Mahler
Box and Hammer he helped Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra players build for
their performance of Mahler’s Sixth. Whether working with students or
Ensemble directors, instruments or audiences, Langley’s musical knowledge
and dedication to his craft help maintain the level of artistry and quality of
performance that Hop audiences love.
Coming Soon:
Maria Schneider
Margaret Lawrence,
Director of Programming
On April 19, when famed jazz
composer/bandleader Maria
Schneider takes the Spaulding
Auditorium stage with her big band,
the Maria Schneider Orchestra, fans
will hear a singularly soaring take on
jazz. Her music hailed by critics as
“evocative, majestic, magical, heartstoppingly gorgeous and beyond
categorization,” Maria Schneider has
developed a personal way of writing
for her 17-member orchestra since
1994. The group tours worldwide,
and has received nine Grammy
nominations and two Grammy
awards (in both jazz and classical).
Schneider herself has received
numerous commissions and guest
conducting invitations, working with
over 85 groups from 30 countries
spanning Europe, South America,
Asia and North America.
In fact, the Hop’s engagement
deepens a fruitful commissioning/
presentation relationship with
Schneider, an extraordinary self-made
artist. We first presented the Maria
Schneider Orchestra in 2007, when we
helped commission The Pretty Road, a
work that was later included in
Schneider’s Grammy-winning album Sky
Blue. Schneider returned several years
later for a residency and performance with
the Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble, and, in a
wonderful surprise, came back in 2012 to
attend our presentation of the Australian
Chamber Orchestra performing her (again,
Grammy-winning!) work for soprano Dawn
Upshaw, Winter Morning Walks, set to
poems by Ted Kooser.
This April, amidst a residency that includes
a School Matinee Series educational
performance for Upper Valley students
grades 5-12, a jazz clinic and a public
performance, she’ll reveal a newly
commissioned work to us.
But, for the Hop, presenting Schneider doesn’t
only deliver a new jazz piece, it represents a
chance to enlarge and make visible an important
and wonderful canon of works by a female jazz
composer, introducing audiences to an artist who
took control of her own career by dumping
traditional record labels and signing with
ArtistShare, a New York-based digital-record label
that distributes its music only on the Internet.
Recall that in the early 2000s, a large, forceful
record label industry still controlled almost all
musical production and distribution; Schneider’s
move presaged the maker-motivated systems more
prevalent today. Record labels usually footed the bill
for a recording’s cost and took the lion’s share of its
profits. Instead, Schneider raised the money from fans
in exchange for giving them a behind-the-scenes view
of the recording process or a credit as a producer—
and she still does. She made history when a 2004
recording, Concert in the Garden, became the first
digital download-only CD to win a Grammy award.
Schneider continues to lead the way for artists’ control
over their own work, and recently testified before the
Congressional Committee on Intellectual Property,
recommending changes to the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act.
Maria Schneider conducts the
New York-based Maria Schneider Orchestra.
Reflections from Barbary Coast members
Emma Howeiler ‘18 (piano) and
Kathryn Waychoff ‘16 (trumpet).
Whether in Congress, in the studio, or—as we’re excited
to see her once again—on our stage, Schneider continues
to thrill, and to inspire audiences, students, and women.
WOMEN IN JAZZ
“Jazz is one of the most male-dominated genres in all the artistic forms. I
grew up playing jazz and lived in a city that fosters jazz education, and it’s
still so rare to see girls. I was the only girl in my high school jazz band. We
went to New York City to play with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra,
alongside ten other bands from across the country, and there were still so
few girls. And Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra has none! I think that is
going to be the next wave—for [female musicians] to be seen as equal.”
“It’s actually a hard line for me to walk in jazz. Some people say that I
only got where I was (musically) because I am a woman. But actually,
I think women have to work so much harder and be so much better to
even be noticed! There are a lot of women in music schools…but
about 95% of employed jazz musicians are men. And that includes
others in the industry, from band leaders to club owners to record
executives.” -Emma
SCHNEIDER’S STYLE
“Within the world of jazz, Schneider is a woman who has agency.
Schneider doesn’t go back to the melodies from the big band era, but
is somehow able to keep her music modern and moving forward
while still using the big band format. I think that’s exciting.
There’s a special energy you get by having a big band that you
don’t get in a combo environment. In a big band orchestra, music
is more worked out, there are complex overlapping layers of
melodies, rhythms, harmonies and countermelodies.” -Kathryn
HOP SUMMER: NURTURING THE NEW
Growing Art
Rebecca Bailey, Publicity Coordinator/Writer
Outside the Hop, the hot, lush Hanover summer makes
foliage shimmer and vegetables balloon. Inside, the
atmosphere is equally fecund. Summers at the Hop have
become a time when new and developing work is tried out
on audiences excited to be a part of the artistic process.
Dartmouth’s Department of Theater digs deep into the
creative process—and the Upper Valley’s theater-loving
community is right beside them. The creativity all comes
together in the Theater 65 (Drama in Performance) course.
Students focus on three successive series: VoxFest, which
brings young alumni theater professionals to campus for a
week to collaborate with Theater 65 students in creating new
work and polishing and performing projects brought by the
alumni; the Frost-Dodd Playwriting Festival, which results
in a full production or staged reading of three plays by
Dartmouth students; and the New York Theatre Workshop’s
annual three-week residency at Dartmouth, in which theater
professionals work on and present six theatrical works-inprogress, with behind-the-scenes help and critiquing from
the students.
Filmmaker Ken Burns, who considers Spaulding Auditorium
“the extension of my screening room,” is another who tries
out new work on Hop audiences. Dance, too, has benefitted
from the summer’s experiment-friendly atmosphere. In
summer 2010, dozens of Upper Valley residents spent two
weeks dancing and choreographing with world-famous
Pilobolus Dance Theatre in a workshop through the Lebanon
Recreation and Parks Department. This summer, more
community collaboration is in store with choreographer
Kyle Abraham (see right).
Ready, set, grow.
Niegel Smith ’02 came to Dartmouth from Detroit, and on this
rural campus found a calm, green place—not unlike the North
Carolina Piedmont of his early childhood—where he could
immerse himself in thought and theater.
The campus still exerts that lure for him, now that he is a widely
known theater director and performance artist whose work
includes musicals, new plays and participatory performance.
He associate-directed the world-touring production of the
Tony Award-winning musical FELA!; and assistant-directed the
Off-Broadway production of The 25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee and New York productions of Tony Kushner’s
Caroline, or Change. Smith is the new artistic director of New
York’s innovative Flea Theater and has created works that have
been produced by some of New York’s most noted theaters.
Smith was on campus last fall to direct Act I of Taylor Mac’s
A 24-Decade History of Popular Music. He has brought
numerous works to VoxFest and has directed works in
NYTW residencies.
CONVERSATIONS TO
CHOREOGRAPHY
MacArthur “genius”
choreographer Kyle Abraham’s
new work-in-progress is being
made from conversations
between teens and seniors in San
Francisco and Houston, whose
ideas and observations are
translated into movement by Abraham and his dancers.
Ariel Klein ’17, Angela Liu ’17, Haley Reicher ’17 and Zahra Ruffin ’17 perform Merced de Papel
during VoxFest 2015; actors rehearse for New York Theatre Workshop’s production of Stuck Elevator.
TIME TO REFLECT
Choreographer Kyle Abraham
teaches a movement
workshop for high school
theater students in Vermont.
Niegel Smith ’02 at
Nerd Nights: Revolutions.
“The best part is that you have dedicated time apart from the
busyness of the city to concentrate on your work. Dartmouth is
an idyllic place where you have time to think and reflect without
a lot of distraction. I experienced that as an undergraduate and
now as a professional theater maker. When you’re in residence
with New York Theatre Workshop, you’re expected to work five
hours a day, but in reality we found ourselves working 8-9 hours
a day because there was such space and calm.”
Undergraduates are formally included in feedback sessions
for both VoxFest and NYTW—and community members get
to ask questions directly of the artists in the informal meetand-greet that’s come to be a part of both series, Smith said.
The conversations just happen naturally because of the
intimacy of the experience. Audience members and artists
easily fall into conversation.
“It’s so important to have that intimacy between
artists and the community. It’s such a unique
part of the Dartmouth experience.” Niegel Smith ‘02
Supporting Innovation
at the Hop
We feel very fortunate to have the
Hopkins Center right here in our backyard.
Recognized for bringing rich cultural
performances of national and international
stature to the Dartmouth campus, the Hop
attracts students and community members
alike. It is the best expression of town and
gown in the Upper Valley. It was our
privilege to create an innovation fund for
the purpose of bringing new ideas and
experiments to the Hopkins Center.
Whether it is finding ways to engage
students more intimately with the arts or
enabling performing artists to work on
new commissions as is the case with Kyle
Abraham, we are grateful knowing that
innovation is embraced and brought to life
through the Hop.
Barbara and Dick Couch ’64, Th’65, Hop Members
Known to Dartmouth audiences through his work When the Wolves Came
In, performed at the Hop in spring 2015, he will return this summer to
further develop the new work. From June 20 to July 1, Abraham and the
Hop will bring together people from diverse backgrounds for a series of
intense, focused discussions, with the added invitation for participants to sit
in on company rehearsals turning their words into dance. The end result will
be a Hop-commissioned version of the show that will tour in 2017/2018,
including a stop at the Hop.
“We’re thrilled to have this opportunity to aid and witness the development
of a new work by this extraordinarily sensitive and perceptive artist,” said
Hop Programming Director Margaret Lawrence. “Kyle is known for his
ability to handle touchy subjects. He’s very at ease with turning ideas and
concepts and words into brilliant movement.”
NOTES ON NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP
“During the NYTW’s residency, I worked with the artists-in-residence to narrow down
artistic visions for documentary theater, surrealist theater and devised theater; coming
into contact with innovative ways to make a play, and pushing what I had thought were
my creative boundaries. I also had the chance to work with playwright Aaron Mark and
Tony-nominated actress Alison Fraser to develop Mark’s new work Squeamish.”
Elise Wien ’17, Dodd-winning playwright (pictured at right)
“Insight into the workshop process, beginning with the NYTW brown bag lunch series, has
been highly instructive and a source of continuing inspiration.” Joy Kosta, Community Member
For the Love of Film
Arts and Literacy
Partnership
with the South
Royalton School
Sydney Stowe and Johanna Evans ’10, Hopkins Center Film
Every Monday, a couple dozen students and a few
community members shuffle into Room 205 in Wilson Hall.
Almost immediately the talk turns to movies: who saw what
over the weekend and what they thought. For the next hour,
fueled by local takeout and lukewarm soda, the Dartmouth
Film Society (DFS) debates the merits of films from Die Hard
to Dogtooth. Halfway through the term, series ideas are
proposed, top-secret voting (and horse trading) occurs and
a future DFS theme is chosen.
Stephanie Pacheco, Outreach Manager
One of the most rewarding aspects of the
Hop’s Community Venture Initiative (CVI),
now in its third year, is the opportunity to
create community partnerships that are
intentional, inspirational and collaborative.
The Outreach & Arts Education
department has a long history of
partnering with Upper Valley schools
through school matinee performances,
assembly outreach, START and in-school
workshops. However, these programs are
often “one-offs,” dictated by busy school
calendars and visiting artist tour
schedules. With support from CVI, we
approached the South
Royalton School to see if
there was interest in creating
a sustained, year-long arts
education program—
reaching every child in
grades pre-K–12 during the
2015/2016 school year.
Principal Dean Stearns was
an early champion of the
proposal, and the teachers
were enthusiastic. Our
collective goal was to identify the school’s
most pressing teaching and learning
objectives and build an arts partnership
that would support these objectives.
For the elementary teachers, a curriculumbased literacy program was key; for the
middle and high school levels, world
cultures took center stage. The resulting
pilot includes programs engaging students
at all grade levels, including a live
performance and an interactive,
intergenerational storytelling booth at
SoRo’s Back to School Open House in
September; a six-week in-school residency
by teaching artist Simon Brooks, who
helped students in grades 1-4 embrace
reading and writing by telling their own
stories; tickets and transportation to six
shows at the Hop, including several school
matinees and a special family show for
parents to attend with their child;
Students perform their stories with encouragement
from artist-in-residence Simon Brooks.
workshops in South Royalton by Brazilian visiting artists Companhia Urbana
de Dança; and professional development for teachers. Following a
successful fall residency by Brooks,
Community Based Learning Educator
Mary Waterman remarked, “The
school’s educators, together with
partners like the Hop, are inspiring
students to actively participate in
reading, writing and oral communication
through our literacy theme of Travel with
a Friend.” Waterman is already seeing
the impact of the Hop residency, as
teachers begin to integrate theatrical
roleplay and storytelling into other
lesson plans in the classroom. CVI has enabled Hop staff to deliver
programs of depth and breadth, working closely with one community to
explore how the arts can support students’ growth academically, socially,
emotionally, physically and creatively. If kids and teachers have a little fun
along the way,
so much
the better!
DFS members have been discussing and programming
movies on campus for 66 years. A free screening of W.C.
Fields’ Million Dollar Legs premiered on October 25, 1949 to
a packed house in Silsby Hall. A month later, the first DFS
series formally began with a sold-out show of All Quiet on
the Western Front. In 1962, the Film Society found
unqualified legitimacy when Spaulding Auditorium was
designed with a projection booth. Students proposed series,
ran the projectors, wrote film notes and did their best to
promote film literacy on campus.
While the delivery system has undergone
profound changes in the last two decades
(VHS to Blu-Ray, 35mm to digital),
thankfully some things remain the same.
Meetings still occur once a week, and the
themed series endures. But involvement
in Film Society extends far beyond the
weekly roundtable. Participants usher at
marquee shows such as
Telluride at Dartmouth, they
become projectionists, and
they make movies together,
not just watch them. They also
have priority access to all the
film artists who come to
campus for tributes. A long,
successful collaboration with
the Telluride Film Festival
sends the DFS director to
Colorado each year and
30+ alums continue to
attend annually.
KEEP
CALM
AND
CARRY
ON
Winter 2016 DFS Series:
1/10 SUFFRAGETTE • 1/17 SPOTLIGHT • 1/24 JAFAR PANAHI’S TAXI
1/31 TRUMBO • 2/7 LABYRINTH OF LIES • 2/14 CHICKEN RUN
2/21 SON OF SAUL • 2/28 ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN • 3/6 MACBETH
Other films this winter: 1/8 Bridge of Spies • 1/8 The Assassin
1/9 The Walk • 1/15 The Martian • 1/15 Jauja • 1/16 My Friend Victoria
1/22 Palio • 1/22 The Second Mother • 1/23 Rocco and His Brothers
1/23 Steve Jobs • 1/29 Mountainfilm on Tour • 1/29 Room • 1/30 Heart of a Dog
2/5 2016 Oscar-Nominated Shorts • 2/6 In the Heart of the Sea
2/12 2016 Oscar-Nominated Shorts • 2/13 Joy • 2/14 Roman Holiday • 2/19 Youth
2/20 The Big Short • 2/26 The Danish Girl • 2/27 Hitchcock/Truffaut
2/27 The Hateful Eight • 3/4 Carol • 3/5 The Revenant
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Poster for the Dartmouth Film
Society’s Winter 2016 series.
In this age of highly personal, portable movie viewing, a
group of cinephiles regularly convening to see and discuss
movies in person seems almost quaint. Critics bemoan that
young people have no sense of cinema culture, and yet, at all
hours of the day, in dorms, Greek houses and classrooms,
students are watching movies together. Film lovers and
filmmakers, students and civilians, young
fans and old—all of us are enthralled by
the stories on the big screen. The
Dartmouth Film Society epitomizes this
truth and knows that this luminous art
form, this child of the 20th century, shows
no sign of aging.
DFS projectionists Melissa A. Padilla ’16
and Barbara Olachea Lopez Portillo ’19
in the booth at the Loew.
“A common misconception is that we go to the movies to get
away from something. In truth we go to the movies to go
somewhere. We all laugh together. We all cry together. We
cheer together. We feel defeated together. We feel victorious
together. What could be better than that?” Alex Hurt ‘16
One student’s
personal tale
begins to take
shape on a
storyboard.
“These new learning opportunities are inspirational.”
Kate Lucia, South Royalton School Librarian
A full house in Spaulding Auditorium
for Telluride at Dartmouth 2015.
HERE’S TO YOU, HOP MEMBERS!*
With your loyal and generous support, the Hopkins Center ignites a passion for the arts on campus and throughout the Upper Valley.
Member contributions help to make possible the presentation of some of the most esteemed and innovative artists in our calendar, as well
as the commissioning of exciting new works. Membership gifts also support our vibrant outreach and arts education programs, bringing
the arts off-stage, into our classrooms and communities. We are so grateful to all of our donors—thanks to you, the Hop shines brighter
than ever as a vital center for artistic inspiration, discovery and passion! *as of January 15, 2016
Taylor Mac engages audience
members during an interactive
performance in The Moore Theater.
MEMBERSHIP LEVELS:
Top of the Hop • $10,000 and above
Backstage Circle • $5,000 to $9,999
Bentley Fellow • $2,500 to $4,999
Investor • $1,000 to $2,499
Partner • $500 to $999
Advocate • $250 to $499
Member • $100 to $249
TOP OF THE HOP
Events Office staff members; from left, Brandea Turner, Mahina Kaholokula ‘16, José Rodarte-Canales ‘16, Andrew Liu ‘19, Curtis King ‘16,
Nicolle Allen ‘16, Kripa Dongol ‘16. Curtis King, Nicolle Allen and Kripa Dongol are also Hop senior interns.
Notes from the Lobby
Brandea Turner,
Senior Events Manager & Internship Coordinator
The Events Office manages all front-of-house responsibilities
for all Hopkins Center public events, which number more
than 500 annually. The Events Office team includes full- and
part-time staff, student House Managers, student Head
Ushers and 370 community volunteers. Many student Events
staff members often work for the Hop throughout their
entire career at Dartmouth.
The Events Office staff is the face of the Hop because of our
up-close and personal interaction with you, our patrons. Here
are few tidbits from the lobby:
building footprint of
4.5 ACRES: the
the Hopkins Center
number of theatrical lighting instruments
452: the
in The Moore Theater inventory
375:
the number of tiles available for the Hop
ledge sign, including 81 punctuation marks
number of hangers in the
278: the
Spaulding Auditorium lobby
1-22:
the number of volunteer ushers
needed per Hop event
hopkins.center.ushers@dartmouth.edu:
the address to email if you are interested in volunteering
HOUSE MANAGER PROFILE:
Ksenia Ryzhova ‘17
Ksenia was born in Russia,
but grew up in Nashville,
TN and recently moved to
Portland, ME. Her favorite
season is fall and she is a
French Studies and
Linguistics (modified with
Arabic) major. As a
student staff member,
Ryzhova is gaining
professional experience
while managing
responsibilities such as delegating tasks for the head
and volunteer ushers, taking accurate ticket counts,
fielding questions from patrons and providing event
recap reports for senior Events Office staff.
What has been your favorite experience at the Hop?
“There have been so many shows that I’ve enjoyed
working, especially the movie shifts. I also like getting
to know my fellow ushers because they’re all such
amazing and super fun people!”
Where is your favorite semi-secret place in the Hop?
“The Moore Theater coat room, just because there’s a
tunnel leading backstage that I discovered when one of
the production staff members ran in there. But also the
Bentley Theater, because it has so many tunnels and
walkways around it, it feels like a modern Phantom of
the Opera.”
Barbara and Richard Couch Jr
Marilyn and Allan H. Glick
Kathryn and Richard Kimball
Carol and Robert Manegold
Whitney and Michael Marriott
Kate and Hans Morris
Judy and Tom Oxman
Linda and Rick Roesch
Jennifer Archibald Williams and Stanton N. Williams
BACKSTAGE CIRCLE
Jane and Peter McLaughlin
Nini and Rob Meyer
Pamela and Alfred W. Roberts III
Jean and Bayne Stevenson
Cathy and Peter Volanakis
Robert Wetzel
BENTLEY FELLOW
Brooke and Jim Adler
Cynthia and Raymond Barrette
Ruth and Peter Bleyler
Selma Bornstein
Libby and John C. Chapin Jr
Barbara Dau
Violetta and Quentin Faulkner
Jeanne and Peter Floeckher Jr
Susan and Don Foster
Maggie and Barry Grove
Caroline Diamond Harrison and Timothy C. Harrison
Kelly Fowler Hunter and Andre A. Hunter
Sandra and James Katzman
Joan G. Kinne
Robert A. Levinson
Julie N. Skinner Manegold and David R. Manegold
Tyler W. Manegold
Lu and Peter Martin
Amy and Henry Nachman Jr
Marsha and Peter Pratt
Carolyn Watson and Stanley M. Rinehart III
Barbara and David Roby
Katherine Rines and Benjamin Schore
INVESTOR
Anonymous
Ann and Mark Beams
Kathryn Stearns and Robert Bruce
Renée Vebell and Jeffrey Cohen
Penny and James Coulter
Frances and Walter Herbert
Laurie and Sven Karlen Jr
Abbie and Don Penfield
Lynne and Hunt Whitacre
Linda C. Wilkinson
PARTNER
Julie McCashin and Chris Amos
Judith and Edward Becker
Barbara Butler and Jeffrey Bendis
Priscilla and John Benson Jr
Tina Foster and Brian Boland
Elizabeth and William Clendenning
Carol and Rodney Du Bois
Carolyn and Milton Frye
Barbara and Michael Gerling
Suzanne and James Gottling
Jaques Harlow
Katharine and David Hewitt
Rodney Rose and Jeffrey Horrell
Susan and Mark Israel
Punam and Kevin Keller
Joyce and Paul Killebrew
Mary Ann and William Lewis
Carolyn and Peter Mertz
Gretchen May and Richard Mills
Margaret and William Montgomery
Claire and Allan Munck
Sylvia and Harry Nelson Jr
Patricia and Herbert Prem
Stephanie B. Reininger
Isa M. Rex
Mary Lougee Ripley
Elisabeth W. Russell
Sarah and Bruce Schwaegler
Kathleen and Robert Snyder
Carol and Harold Sox
Hopkins Center Board of Overseers
Austin M. Beutner ’82
Kenneth L. Burns H’93
Barbara J. Couch
Allan H. Glick ’60, T’61, P’88, GP’19
Barry Grove ’73
Caroline Diamond Harrison ’86, P’16, P’18
Kelly Fowler Hunter ’83, T’88, P’13, P’15, P’19
Robert H. Manegold ’75, P’02, P’06
Michael A. Marriott ‘84, P’18
Nini Meyer
Hans C. Morris ’80, P’11, P’14, Chair of the Board
Robert S. Weil ’40, P’73, Honorary
Jennifer A. Williams ’85
Diana L. Taylor ’77, Trustee Representative
Ann Flood and Harold Swartz
Dorothy and Joseph Tofel
Robin Rice Voigt and Steven P. Voigt
Julia and Martin Wybourne
ADVOCATE
Suzanne and John Adams Jr
Roberta diFlorio Alexander and Watt Alexander
Ginia Allison
Evelynn Ellis and Albert Anderson Jr
Peter Hoyle Armstrong
Jane and Robert Baldwin
Jane and James Barrett
Carol and James Baum
Jan Brigham Bent
Nancy Morden and Ethan Berke
Myra Mayman and Alexander Bernhard
Chrysanthi and Peter Bien
Ruth and Richard Blodgett
Karen and Alfred Blum Jr
Leeli and James Bonney
Sally C. Bower
Mardi and Frank Bowles
Andrea Zacher Brown and Clint Brown
Joan R. Burchenal
Jean and Peter Burling
Donna and George Butler
Susan E. Camp
Anne Baird and Stephen Campbell
Santosh Sangarasivam and Dipankar Choudhury
Helene and Dwight Churchill
Judy and John Chypre
Joan and Daniel Collison
Priscilla and Kevin Connolly
Goodie and David Corriveau
Marilyn R. Crichlow
Judith and Thomas Csatari
John Ring and Dan Deneau
Mary B. Doyle
Tricia Dufty
Ella A. Erway
Charlotte and Charles Faulkner II
Marianne and Peter Flack
Katherine and Robert Fox
Ellen Waite-Franzen and Scott Franzen
Dori and John Galton
Fairlee Gamble
Ann and Bruce Garland
Caroline and John Gilbert
Marjorie Mann and Robert Gordon
Susan and Lewis Greenstein
Carolyn Kerrigan and David Greenwood
Barbara F. Hall
Alice F. Hance
Josie and Fran Hanlon
Carol F. Harris
Judith Cross and John Hatheway
Kimberley and Simon Hillier
Paul E. Holtzheimer III
Brucie Hubbell
D. R. Hughes Jr
Marilyn and Windsor Hunter
Joanna R. Jackson
Judith and Nicholas Jacobs
Cathy Morrow and J. Gilliam Johnston
Ann and Charles Justice
Andrea Bartelstein and Elizabeth Kirk
Elizabeth and Donn Klingler
Nancy B. Kuemmerle
Louise Kunkel
Margaret and John Lannan
Barbara and Robert Levenson
Andrew Levin
Drewry and Frank Logan
Ellen Meara and Erzo Luttmer
Louise Thorndike and Donald Magill Jr
Sally and Ralph Manuel
Ginny Volk and Bob Margolin
Catherine Pomiecko and George Martins
Ellen and Anthony Merlis
Joan and David Nierenberg
Nita and Robert Norman
Barbara Barry and Michael Pacht
Randall R. Perkins
Elizabeth and William Pierce
Susan and Jay Pierson
Martha McDaniel and Stephen Plume
Phillip M. Pochoda
Crista and Louis Renza
Melissa Roth and Dan Richards
Diane and Les Riman
Kate E. Robinson
Virginia and Ellis Rolett
Terry and Andrew Samwick
Karen and John Sanders Jr
Sylvia and Barry Scherr
Jill and John Schiffman
Anne S. Segal
Natalie and Jack Shirman
Anne and Peter Silberfarb
Joanne and Robert Sohrweide
Wendy and Jonathan Spector
Jane W. Stetson and E. William Stetson III
Elizabeth Anderson and Robert Stevens
Lois Lorimer and William Sullivan
Heather Szczepiorkowski
Mary L. Trammell
Sunny Martinson and Ford von Reyn
Pierre Fournier and Richard Waddell
Carolyn Wallace Green and Robert L. Wallace
Suzanne and Graham Wallis
Carol Warren
Elizabeth Tarlau Weingarten and Jack A. Weingarten
Linda and William Williams
Fadia and Ted Williamson
Margaret Parsons and James Wilson
Susan DeBevoise Wright and James Wright
MEMBER
Anonymous (4)
Erika Butler and Tom Absher
Elizabeth Smith and Cory Ahonen
Beatrice and Heywood Alexander
Anita and James Alic
C. J. S. Allan
Jacqueline A. Allen
Jean R. Allen
Nancy and V. Blake Allison III
Erik R. Altman
Kristofer Anderson
Lisa and David Andrews
Marjorie and Peter Aptakin
Joan Ashley
Terri and Christopher Ashley
Dorothy Aspinwall
Jan and Gert Assmus
Nancy and Richard Asthalter
Gretchen Holm and James Atkinson
Billie and Pino Audia
Carol and Merwyn Bagan
Judith Reeve and Kenneth Baker
Jeanne and Perry Ball
Betty and Doug Barba
Jane A. Barlow
Sarah Barnes
Carol Barr
Richard Barrows
Anne Kapuscinski and Wayne Barstad
Elizabeth Tomlinson and Stephen Bartels
Christine and Donald Bartlett
David F. Bauer
Ann McKinlay and Pierce Baugh
Yolanda Baumgartner
George P. Beal
Jane W. Bedford
Diane Meredith Belcher
Mary and Robert Belenky
Jessica and John-Erik Bell
Virginia Gwynn and Jonathan Bellis
Thomas Hall and John Bellott
Charlotte F. Belser
Vivian Kogan and Bernard Benn
Cynthia and Steven Bensen
John K. Benson III
Kathleen and William Benson
Monika and Jack Berg
Cynthia and Norman Berg
Janice and Stephen Berger
David E. Berlew
Judith and James Bernat
The Knights chamber orchestra visits a local school.
Sandy Besas
Ellen and Michael Bettmann
Gillian and Charles Billo
Janet and Warren Bingham
Pietie and Richard Birnie
Karen Meyers and Richard Blair
Nancy Putnam and Edward Blanchard
Emily J. Blanchard
Calli Guion and Erik Blanchard
Ruth Mayer and Peter Blodgett
Marion and Putnam Blodgett
Joy and Michael Blongewicz
Susan and Roger Bloomfield
Ellen and Martin Blumberg
Martha and Arthur Bobruff
Richard R. Boch Sr
Barnes Boffey
Anne L. Boswell
Daniel Brand
Claudia Brandenburg
Jane and Brad Brewer
Susan and Peter Brink
Frances C. Brokaw
Barbara Duncan and Gary Brooks
Myrna and Richard Brooks
Robin and Richard Brooks
Deborah and Stephen Brooks
Deborah W. Brower
Barbara H. Brown
Deborah A. Brown
Rosemary and Gary Brown
Mary and Peter Brown
Susan E. Brown
Jean and William Brown
JoAnn Kinney Browning
Ellen and Tom Brydges
Catherine Stanger and Alan Budney
Marion and Kenneth Burchard
Spencer Burdge
Irina Burnina and Andrei Burnin
Judith and Philip Bush
Barbara and Alan Callaway
Jennifer L. Cantor
Lynn Adams and Simon Carr
Alix Ashare and James Carroll
Nancy and Bill Carter
Deborah and Peter Carter
David M. Carton
Brian Catlin
Margaret A. Caudill-Slosberg
Rosalind Stevens and John Cavender
Mary Chamberlin
Janice and Robert Chapman
Cathy Shubkin and Steven Chapman
Heather C. Chase
Nancy M. Chase
Zenghong Chen
Priscilla and William Chester Jr
Alison and Frederick Chisolm
William W. Chorske
Robert W. Christie
Martha G. Clark
Tina and Ray Clark
Elissa L. Close
Kristin Brown and Stuart Close
Gaynor P. Coassin
An audience member poses with Grammynominated stand-up comedian Tig Notaro
following her sold-out performance.
Edmund Coffin
Anna C. Typrowicz and Richard L. Cohen
Tina and William Colehower
Anne Flagler Collins
Mary D. Collins
Laura E. Conkey
Christine and Ben Conroy
Celeste and David Cook
Marjorie and Russell Cook
Lisa and Richard Correa
Edith Crocker
Carol and John Crouthamel
William Bakker and Stephen D’Agostino
Sara and Robert Danziger
Jane B. Darrach
Marilyse de Boissezon
Sue Deaett
Anne L. Dean
Ellen C. DesMeules
Marjorie Storrs and Herman Dieckamp
Ardis Olsen and Allen Dietrich
Danada Dinsmore
Jo and Harry Dorman
Marjorie and Len Dorr
Virginia and John Dresser
Margaret and Philip Drinker
Vicky and Reid Drucker
Patricia Higgins and Robert Drysdale
Emi Notargiacomo and Marge duMond
Holly K. Dustin
Kesaya Noda and Christopher Dye
Katharine Z. Eaton
Betsy Eccles
Patricia Eckels
Beatrice and Antony Edgar
Susan T. Edwards
Antoinette D. Egger
Elizabeth and Theodore Eismeier
Sophie Sparrow and Christopher Eldredge
Tim Eliassen
Helen Hong and Sergi Elizalde
Soong and Rogers Elliott
Suzanne Elusorr
Linda and Richard Ely
Cheri Mather and Richard Enelow
Karen Engdahl
John S. Engelman
Susan G. Epstein
Marie H. Esselborn
Sara P. Evangelos
Susan and Ira K. Evans III
Fieke and Arnold Fabricant
Jean and Frank Fahey
Harlan W. Fair
John Kirk and Trevor Fairbrother
Catherine Cannan and John Farley
Alison E. Farrar
Barbara and Brian Faughnan
Janice and Charles Felson
Elliot W. Fenander
Laurie MacGregor and Kurt Feuer
Elsie and Bert Fichman
Robert J. Fieldsteel
Mary and Mark Fillinger
Gloria and Sydney Finkelstein
Janice and William Fischel
Sarah Fletcher
Florence and Robert Fogelin
Linda and Stephens Fowler
Darrell Hotchkiss and Jon Fox
Phyllis J. Fox
Lorraine Sostowski and Gladys Frankel
Marcia and Peter Frederick
Barbara and Barry Freedman
Lea and Conrad Frey
Nan and Alec Frost
Amy Wheeler and Barry Fudim
Robert L. Fulmer
Margaret and Michael Galbraith
Ann and Henry Gallagher
Roberta and Paul Gallerani
Robin Nuse and Arthur Gardiner
Sylvia and John Garfield
Leane Page Garland
Margaret McCall Geldens
Katy and Paul Gerke
Katrina Geurkink
Edith M. Gieg
Mary and Charles Giersch
Laura Gillespie
Susan and Al Gillotti
Rosalind and Goodwin Gilman
Betty and Roger Gilmore
Karen and Sandy Gilmour
Sarah and Benjamin Gilson
Lisa Yaffee and David Gladstone
Jane and Gerry Gold
Penny McConnel and James Gold
Janet E. Goldberger
Alice and Martin Goldstein
Nancy and Michael Golowka
Elizabeth and Michael Gonnerman
Kathryn Doherty and Seth Goodwin
Beverly and Roger Goring
Nadia and Greg Gorman
Andrea Williams and Clayton Goss
Kirthi and Vijay Govindarajan
Shirley Grainger-Inselburg
Juliette Bianco and David Green
Lizi Boyd and Gordon Greenfield
Suellen M. Griffin
Joseph Grimes Jr
Bobbi Gross
Diane D. Guarino
Margaret and Marshall Guill
Elaine M. Gustafson
Honore and Robert Hager
Carl and Nancy Hagge
Marcy Chong and Alden Hall
David A. Hall
Kathleen B. Halperin
Laurie and Jerry Halpern
Madith K. Hamilton
Janette E. Hannah
Diane Crowley and George Hano
Genevieve P. Hardigg
Ann and Robert Hargraves
Kathryn and John Harlow
Alice and John Harrison Jr
Catherine and Philip Harrison
Pam and Frank Hastings
Polly and Charles Hebble Jr
Nancy and James Heffernan
Karen L. Heinzmann
Joseph J. Helble
Eleanor and William Helm Jr
Jack Hemenway
Jody Henderson
Robert T. Herz
Victoria and Donald Herzberg
Elizabeth B. Heston
Margaret Hiatt
Nancy and Richard Higgerson
Suzanne McDowell and John Higgins
Grace Hope Hill
Jane Osgood and Ted Hilles
Nancy L. Hoblin
Sandra Hoeh
Deborah and David Hoffer
Amy and Paul Hoffman
Mary Ann Holbrook
Romer and Deming Holleran
Elyse Holsberg
Theresa Hontas
Elinor C. Horne
Heidi and Garlan Hoskin
Annette Houston and David Hoskinson
Beverly and Robert Houghton
Margaret and Kevin Hughes
Pamela Ely and Richard Husband Jr
Virginia Q. Hutchison
Barry M. Isaacs
Lorie Ishimatsu
Barry F. Jacobson
Anne and Bruce James
Ellen S. James
Lucy and Michael James
Margaret and G. Christian Jernstedt
Joanne Needham and Andrew Johnson
Marsha and Bruce Johnson
Rita and Edwin Johnson
Sandra and Gary Johnson
Barbara and Knox Johnson
Margaret A. Johnson
Penelope and Stuart Johnson
Jeannie Scheinin and Thomas Johnson
Lynn and Bob Johnston
Barbara H. Jones
Emily and Gerard Jones
Marianne and Stephen Jordan
Carolyn and J. Richard Judson
Alla and Sergei Kan
Phyllis and Arnold Katz
Susanne and Ralph Katz
Sue and Dennis Kaufman
Lisa Hogarty and Rosemary Keane
Jean and Robert Keene
Joanne and Alan Keiller
Ann and Rusty Keith
Joanne Foulk and Denis Kelemen
Margaret V. Kemp
Elise and Mark Kendall
Kathleen M. Kentner
Jeanne Hover and Stewart Ketcham
Joan S. Kidder
Elizabeth N. Kimball
Marie Kirn
Pauline and Louis Kislik
Beth and Richard Kolehmainen
Patircia Glowa and Donald Kollisch
Julia K. Korkus
Rebecca Chollet and Erik Krauss
Marion and Herbert Kummel
Muthulakshmi and Periannan Kuppusamy
Eleanor J. Kyung
Suzanne Laaspere
Elaine and Brian Lacy
Peggy Lahs
E. D. M. Landman
Joan R. Lang
Ruth and Fred Lappin
Donna and John Largent III
Rebecca D. Larkin
Nancy and Larry Larsen
Katherine and Lee Larson
Bonnie Bollman and Blanche Lavoie
Cynthia and Daniel Lawrence
Patricia Dickens and Robert Leaton
Sarah Leggat
Lee and David Lemal
Renee and David Lent
Elaine and James Lenz
Barbara Lesher
Samuel S. Levey
Dianne and Gary Levine
Margot and Richard Lewin
Bronwen B. Lewis
Linda and Gustav Lienhard
Dominique and George Lightbody
Mary R. Lincoln
Elsa Lind
Jane Finlay and Charles Lindner
Kay and Larry Litten
Margaret D. Little
Sharon and David Lockwood
Ada Logan
Jessica B. Londa
Patricia H. Long
Louise and Daniel Longnecker
Kerby Lovallo
Celebrants get into the Downton Abbey spirit
at this year’s preview and tea for Members.
Anne and Dana Low
Nancy E. Luce
Nancy and William Luebbert
Elsa M. Luker
Deborah and Peter Luquer
Elizabeth and James Lustenader
Ellen and James Lynch
Susan and Morton Lynn
Elizabeth Keefauver Lyons and James P. Lyons Jr
David Magagna
William Magner
Vera and DeWitt Mallary
Jeannie B. Mallary
Josette and Raymond Malley
Robert Manchester
Rosemary and David Mandelbaum
Wendy and Paul Manganiello
Martha Manheim
Tita Manice
Carol and Robert Marrazzo
Kathy and Terry Martin
Nina Dimoglou and Pierre Martinet
Mary N. Masland
Roger D. Masters
Marjorie and James Matthews
Susan C. Mattson
Ana M. Mayor
Elizabeth and Michael Mayor
Isabel and Michael McCarthy
Mary Lou Guerinot and Rob McClung
Audrey T. McCollum
French and Robert McConnaughey
Dorothy and Norman McCulloch Jr
Bruce P. McDowell
Dianne and Thomas McFarland
Emma and John McGeachie
Carol Campbell and John McKenna
Christine and Leo McKenna
Lucy and Robert McLellan
Erin R. McNeely
Suzanne and Joe Medlicott
Ruth and Larry Mengedoht
Margaret F. Menkov
Prudence Merton
Jill Michaels
June Seligman and Bernice Miller
Jeanne Baer and Michael Miller
Sheila Moran and David Millstone
Amy L. Mitson
Joanna Whitcomb and Bill Mlacak
Evangeline and Gerald J. Monroe
Katharine and Trenchard More Jr
Sharon and James Morgan
June B. Morgan
Meredith M. Morgan
Madge Morris
Daniela Ligett and Michael Morton
Allison Shutz Moskow
Stephen H. Mott
Antonia Barry and Russell Muirhead
Nancy and David Muller
Margaret and Albert Mulley Jr
Margaret and Stanley Myers
James A. Nachtwey
Lucianna R. Natkiel
Marsha Swislocki and Paul Natkiel
Participants learn the intricacies of South
Indian dance during a Master Class led by
visiting artist Shantala Shivalingappa.
Noel and Donald Neely
Corlan Johnson and Richard Neugass
Rhona and Frederic Neuwirth
Carletta A. Nevers
Catharine and David Newbury
Tamara and Daniel Nixon
Joyce and Walter Noll
Sharon and Richard Nordgren
Karen and Charles North
Joanne and Richard Norton
Alice D. Nulsen
Brenda and Jerry Nunnally
Mary-Jane Ogawa
Helen and Leon Oliver
Rosita M. Olson
Joann and Zygmon Onacki
Rosamond F. Orford
Susan and Fredrick Orkin
M. K. Beach and Terry Osborne
Kate and Bart Osman
Miriam and Aaron Osofsky
Mary and David Otto
Betsy and Roger Owen
Evan Oxenham
Gerald L. Paist
Jane Palmer
Ethel and Roger Paquin
Nancy G. Parker
Lucy Patti
Laurie Johnson and L. Carl Pedersen
Carol and Michael Penkert
Maggie and John Pepper
Patricia Kuzmickas and Erik Peterson
Lorraine and Elmer Pfefferkorn
Louise Pietsch
Kelly and Hal Pikus
Alix Olson and Martha Popp
Avery and Margaret Post
Anne and Michael Potter
Margaret and Dick Powell
Robert J. Powell
R. Kirsten and Ray Powelson
Jessica Speckert and David Powsner
Susan H. Pratt
Granthia Preston
Teri and Antonio D. Pyle
Deborah Hanson and Jane Quimby
Mary B. Quinton-Barry
Margaret and Russell Rabito
Betty and John Raby
Sharon and Robert Racusin
Jane L. Ralph
Marcus Ratliff
Pam and Jack Reese
Douglas Reeser
Zara D. Reeves
Donna and Charles Reilly
Sally Ann and Harold Resnic
Roberta Sacks and Leon Resnick
Heidi and James Reynolds
Mary E. Reynolds
Lise and John Richardson Jr
Susan M. Rives
Martha and John Robb
Eugenia S. Robbins
Lenita and Raymond Robbins
Evelyn Roberts
Ellen and George Robertson
HopStop programs delight our youngest
audience members.
Anne and John Rogers
Nancy and Robert Romano
Mark A. Roseman
Diane Roston
Cheryl Boghosian and Neil Roth
Lia and Richard Rothstein
Arline and Barry Rotman
Priscilla and Peter Runstadler
Margaret Read and Charles Russell
Leslie and Mark Rutan
Linda D. Rydman
Marlene and Rusty Sachs
Joanne and Eric Sailer
Laney and Jack Sammons
Eileen and Alexander Samor
Charlotte J. Sanborn
Brinna and Frank Sands
Jennifer and Steven Sargent
Jan and Rick Sayles
Janet Shepler and Joe Scaro
Kate Schaefer
Teresa Cheeks and Axel Scherer
Laura Rosenthal and Robert Schertzer
Molly P. Scheu
Sue Schiller
Margaret and James Schmidt
Linda P. Schmidt
Margaret and Daniel Schneider
Paula P. Schnurr
Robert E. Schultz
Jeanne Childs and John Schumacher
Rosemarie Scibetta
Mary Lyons Scott and William Scott
Audrey Sears
Paula and Raymond Seitz
Karen and Marc Seltzer
Matthias W. Senger
Nancy P. Sevcenko
Martha Hennessey and Stephen Severson
Arthur E. Sherman
Margaret Carpenter and Charles Sherman
Brenda Shornick
Sheila and Lawrence Shulman
Mary A. Shymkiv-Bakker
Emily and Joe Silver
Deborah Springhorn and Stephen Silver
Katherine and Clay Simpson
Diane G. Simpson
Brenda E. Sirovich
Connie and Jack Skewes
Carol and Roger Sloboda
Jacqueline Y. Smith
Martia and Mark Smith
Sae-Im Nam Smith
Jean and Stuart Smith Jr
Renee and Norman Snow
Pamela Sobel
Hilda and Robert Sokol
Margaret and David Solberg
Marianna McKim and Reinhart Sonnenburg
Maribel and John Souther
Patricia and Thomas Spencer
Linda Spencer-Green
Peregrine and Peter Spiegel
Carol and Henry Spindler
Connie Anderson and Orson St. John
Lynne and John Stahler
Ruth and Fred Stavis
Betsy and Bruce Stefany
Muriel and Robert Steinberg
Ruth and Andrew Stephenson
Eleanor B. Stephenson
Barbara and Dennis Stern
Jane and Joseph Stevens
Patricia Stewart
Jasmin Bihler and Elijah Stommel
Nan and William Stone
Melinda and Richard Stucker
Marilyn and Skip Sturman
Sarah Robson and Swaminathan Subbiah
Andrew R. Supplee
Shiela and Steven Swett
Nelle Johansen and Vincent Talento
Sara and Kevin Tally
Jill and Stuart Tane
Sheila H. Tanzer
Mona and Wallace Tapia
Audrey Cherin and William Tate
Josephine Hanlon Tate
Anne and Bruce Taylor
Ching-Wen and Carl Taylor
Christine and Jack Taylor
John Taylor
Carolyn C. Tenney
Ellen Terie
Barrett and Anthony Thacher
Cynthia S. Thompson
Ann and Dennis Thron
Nancy Tiedemann
Phyllis and Parker Towle
Carol and Howard Trachtenberg
Barbara B. Travis
Ruth Friend and Michael L. Trimpi
Paula Tsai
Janine Kanzler and Michael Tsapakos
Lee and Stanley Udy Jr
Marian B. Ulrich
Imogen and Roger B. Ulrich
Jodi Van Leer
Cindy and Jim Varnum
Casey P. Villard
Priscilla and Jonathan Vincent
Noelle and Geoffrey Vitt
Pamela Voelkel
Mary Jane Wallace and Roger Vogler
Susan and Timothy Wagg
Jan and Curt Ward
Barbara and David Ward
Gail and John Wasson
Mary F. Waters
Katherine and Norman Watts
Claudia and Johnathan Weed
Susan E. Weeks
Carol P. Weingeist
Chris Weinmann
Liz Ross and David Westby
Leah and Charles Wheelan
Sandra and Maynard Wheeler
Jane and John Whelihan
Brent White
Suzanne and Richard Whiting
Allan Wieman
Martha H. Wiencke
Katherine and Stephen Wilkerson
Sarahand Chuck Will
Mame Willey
Letha Mills and Dana Williams
Perry and John Williamson
Sybil B. Williamson
Christopher M. Wilson
Lois and Peter Winkler
Rebecca R. Winter
Joanne and Doug Wise
Barbara Pringle and Morton Wise
Jo Anne L. Withington
Christianne and William Wohlforth
Anne and Harry Wollman
Suzanne and Austin Wood
Kristin and R. Stewart Wood
Barbara and Michael Woodard
Jane Woods
Deborah Hall and Mike Woods
Jaqueline and Chris Wren
Penelope and Peter Wright
Victoria B. Wright
Kathryn Lively and Michael Yacavone
Judy Manley and Eugene Yeates
Ruth A. Zales
Jeanne and William Zeilman
MEMBER SPOTLIGHT:
from Hop events. While my oldest
daughter thoroughly enjoyed seeing
David Finckel perform with The Chamber
Music Society of Lincoln Center, humming
would indicate that my youngest liked
the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain’s
visit best. Seeing the DSO perform is
also a favorite.
Sara Tally
Linda Lewis, Membership Coordinator
At the start of the New Year, I had the
great pleasure of talking with Hop
Member Sara Tally. Sara and her family live
in Hanover and with three cellists in the
house, music abounds!
LL: What is your earliest arts memory?
ST: My father, a scientist, kept up with his music studies throughout
adulthood. As an adult, he transitioned from violin to classical guitar.
Many Saturday mornings were spent listening to him practice!
Listening to Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf remains a favorite
childhood memory for me. For my daughters, it would be the many
trips we made into New York to see the Little Orchestra Society’s
Saturday matinees at Lincoln Center.
LL: All three of your daughters are musicians.
Why do you think it is important for
young people to participate in the arts?
ST: Participating in the arts and studying
music supports all different types of
learning. What my daughters learn in their
music lessons goes way beyond the notes
on a page. As a parent with three very
different daughters, it has been an
incredible process to see them develop as
people through their involvement in music.
LL: What was the first performance you attended at the Hop?
ST: The Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra performance in the fall of 2012—
shortly after our return to the area. With three cellists in the family, we
remember especially enjoying the Haydn C Major cello concerto. It was
a free afternoon concert, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the
Hopkins Center. It was a great introduction to the Hop!
LL: What do your daughters enjoy most
about studying/playing music?
ST: Everything—the beauty and history, the
challenge and hard work, and, most
importantly, weekly lessons with talented,
inspiring and supportive teachers.
LL: What led you to become Hop Members?
ST: The Hopkins Center is, without a doubt, one of our favorite places in
Hanover. We love walking through the Hop’s glass doors and being
transported to a world filled with beautiful art and sound. Being
Members keeps us in the loop about upcoming performances. We
look forward to the arrival of the season brochure each summer.
LL: Why is it important to attend live
performances?
ST: Seeing live performances and supporting
the arts is a very important part of our
family’s music education. There is so
much to learn and enjoy from a live
performance—whether it be a student
performance or a visiting artist. The
Dartmouth students set a great example.
Live performance seems to “stay” with us.
LL: Do you have favorite artists among those you’ve seen at the Hop?
ST: In general, we try our best to attend every performance featuring a
cellist! My daughters keep a scrapbook filled with ticket stubs
The Dartmouth Symphony
Orchestra rehearses in
Spaulding Auditorium.
LL: What impact has the Hop had on your life
in the Upper Valley?
ST: The Hop has enriched our cultural life and
exposed us to a wide and eclectic range
of music. From The English Concert to
Kronos Quartet to Alvin Lucier with the
Callithumpian Consort, we have been
introduced to many wonderful artists
and different musical ideas.
We hope that when our daughters head
off to college and beyond, we will be able
to lure them back to the area with the
promise of a family dinner and a Hopkins
Center event. We are very fortunate to
have the Hop close to home.
SAVE THE DATE
Hop Members 2016/2017 Season Preview
On Wednesday, July 6, please join Director of
Programming Margaret Lawrence and your
fellow Hop enthusiasts from 5-7 pm for this
multimedia preview of visiting artists for the
2016/2017 season. The festivities include a
reception before the preview. Watch for your
invitation arriving this June.
HOPKINS CENTER FOR THE ARTS
6241 Hinman
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755
Deliver to current resident
Not yet a Member? Contact Linda Lewis at
603.646.2006 or hop.members@dartmouth.edu
for more information.
DID YOU KNOW...
...ticket revenues
cover only
31%
...the Hopkins Center
presents more than
...more than
of the cost of presenting
visiting artists?
4,700
young children and
pre-K–12 students
participate in specially
designed Hop arts education
programs annually?
500
Visiting Performance Artist Series
Sources of Support
7%
31%
• Like all performing arts institutions, the Hop relies on
donations to meet program needs. These gifts truly make
all the difference. Without this vital community support,
the quality and range of Hop programming you love would
be impossible to achieve.
• From free, hands-on HopStops, to subsidized School
Matinee Series performances, to free Assembly Outreach
concerts in local schools, the Hop’s Outreach & Arts
Education programs introduce young audiences to a diverse
array of cultures, arts forms and artists.
public events
each year?
62%
Membership, endowment & other gifts
Ticket Sales
Grants
As a Hop Member, your support has the potential to impact thousands of lives every year, while sustaining the cultural vitality of our
community. We invite you to join us today at hop.dartmouth.edu/online/members or by calling 603.646.2006. We thank you!