“And the 2010 PAI Musical Theater Production is………”

The Performing Arts Institute is proud to announce that the 2010 musical theater production will be Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I.

Starring in the role of the King of Siam will be distinguished guest artist, Forrest McClendon.

Forrest McClendon’s musical credits include the pre-Broadway workshop of Disney’s AIDA, DREAMGIRLS, BIG RIVER, FINIAN’S RAINBOW,THE FANTASTICKS, THE THREEPENNY OPERA and SHOW BOAT. Most recently, he received the 2009 Barrymore Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for AVENUE X at the 11th Hour Theatre Company. This spring McClendon will appear Off-Broadway in the world premiere of THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS,a new musical by John Kander and Fred Ebb directed by Tony Award winner Susan Stroman. McClendon is currently an adjunct assistant professor in the Ira Brind School of Theater at the University of the Arts and an artist-in-residence in the Boyer College of Music at Temple University. He has taught at Roger Williams University, DeSales University, Community College of Philadelphia, Choate Rosemary Hall, as well as the Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival. His students attend major training programs including the British American Dramatic Academy, New York University, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Boston University and Syracuse University, and many are working professionals on Broadway, TV and film, and/or as recording artists. McClendon has conducted master classes at thePerforming Arts Institute at Wyoming Seminary for the past three summers.

PAI Alum - Micha Jackson "Down Under"

This year I made the big move to live in Australia full time! I am currently living in Darwin, Northern Territory, working for an Indigenous organization called the North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance (NAILSMA). NAILSMA is an organization that supports Aboriginal land and sea management across north Australia, and I work particularly with coastal groups doing marine management. Darwin is a very interesting and exciting place to live, with lots of beautiful and remote places to explore in the vicinity. I spend lots of time 'out bush' chasing and photographing as many of Australia's unique birds and animals as I can. I am also performing with the Darwin Symphony Orchestra in the viola section, drawing as always on my many wonderful years of experience at Summer at Sem's PAI!

Congratulations Nate!

Our good friend, Nate Taylor,was a recipient of the Potter's Violins Instrument Award, a program that grants promising young stringed instrument players, with instruments. The announcement was made by the American String Teachers Association. Nate won a Heinrich Lutiger cello and was one of three musicians nationwide to receive the award. Nate has participated in PAI for the past three summers. Currently a senior in Waldorf, Md., he received his cello just in time for college auditions. Good Luck Nate!

Someone We Know

Limonade Tous les Jours



TICKETS ON SALE FEBRUARY 1, 2010!


Written by Charles Mee

Featuring Austin Pendleton and Eleanor Handley

Directed by Diana Basmajian


Produced by

Joie de Théâtrale with The New Voice Project


April 3rd through April 17th

the cell theatre

Love in The Viola Section

Congratulations to Holly Rose Jones and Stephen Schmidt on their recent nuptials. Holly Rose and Stephen are just one of many couples whose relationships began at PAI. Who is next?

Gene Koshinski, Solo Percussion

Internationally acclaimed percussionist and composer, Gene Koshinski, will present an evening of music for solo percussion. Known for his versatility and virtuosity, Koshinski will present a wide variety of music including two brand new original percussion duos: And So the Wind Blew..., with percussionist Benjamin Toth, and Song and Dance, with percussionist Tim Broscious. The concert will include a third guest percussionist, Michael Dobson, for a performance of Koshinski's Echo Song for multiple percussion solo and assistant percussionist. Additional selections will include music for solo marimba, vibraphone, multiple percussion, hand drums, and theatrical percussion. For more information visit: www.genekoshinski.com

Gene Koshinski has received international acclaim as a percussionist and composer (ASCAP) and is currently director of percussion at the University of Minnesota Duluth. He is in constant demand as a performer and most recently completed tours in Germany, Austria, Jordan, Slovenia, Canada, and throughout the US. In 2002, Mr. Koshinski won the National MTNA Collegiate Artist Percussion Competition in Cincinnati, OH and in August 2004 finished 3rd in the prestigious Universal Marimba Duo Competition in Sint-Truiden, Belgium. He is active as a performer and freelance percussionist having worked with numerous performing organizations and artists including NFL Films, Late Show with David Letterman, Mary Wilson (the Supremes), David Samuels, Wycliffe Gordon, Philadelphia Boys Choir, The Lettermen, Lehigh Valley Choral Arts, Minnesota Ballet, and is currently section percussionist for the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra and a member a Nebojsa Zivkovic's Jovan Perkussion Projekt. For his work with NFL Films, he can be heard on the Emmy award winning soundtrack A Century of NFL. Performances have also been heard on the CBS, PBS, EPSN television networks as well as NPR (National Public Radio). In addition, his debut CD entitled Klung is carried by the Equilibrium record label. Gene is also a member of the Quey Percussion Duo, a touring group established to generate new works for percussion while also bringing standard repertoire to a broad audience. Mr. Koshinski is director of percussion at the annual 6-week international Performing Arts Institute summer music festival. Recently, he published a new method book entitled The Additive Method of Two-Mallet Study which focuses on keyboard percussion technique and performance. He has also commissioned and premiered works by renowned composers including Stuart Saunders Smith, David Macbride, Dave Hollinden, and Alejandro Viñao. Koshinski is endorsed by Korogi, Sabian Cymbals, Remo, Innovative Percussion, and HoneyRock Publications and his method book and compositions are distributed internationally by The Percussion Source.

Program

Fluctus.......................................................Nebojsa Zivkovic
I'm Your Pal.........................Swallow/arr. Burton/trans. Rackipov
Echo Song......................................................Gene Koshinski
And So the Wind Blew...................................................Gene Koshinski

~intermission~

Songs I-IX.............................................Stuart Saunders Smith
Capriccio for Viola Solo..............Henri Vieuxtemps/trans. Koshinski
Piru Bole.........................................................John Bergamo
Kaskada......................................................Eckhard Kopetzki
Song and Dance..............................................Gene Koshinski
I. Song of the Metals
II. Dance of the Drums