HOFSTRA CULTURAL CENTER DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY and
DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC present
Sinatra
HOFSTRA Celebrates
A Centenary Tribute 1915-2015
November 10, 11, 12, 18, 19, 22, 2015
with special appearances by Gay Talese, Pete Hamill, Bucky Pizzarelli, Jerry Bruno, Mark Simone and Will Friedwald
Š From the Lens of George Kalinsky
HOFSTRA CULTURAL CENTER DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY and
DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC present
Sinatra
HOFSTRA Celebrates
A Centenary Tribute 1915-2015
November 10, 11, 12, 18, 19, 22, 2015 featuring Concerts, Master Classes, Roundtables, Special Addresses and Vocal Performances from The Great American Songbook
SINATRA TRIBUTE CO-DIRECTORS David S. Lalama Professor of Music, Hofstra University Stanislao G. Pugliese Professor of History and Queensboro UNICO Distinguished Professor of Italian American Studies, Hofstra University
A century after his birth, Frank Sinatra still looms large in the American imagination and in our popular culture. Join us as we celebrate his 100th birthday and his extraordinary life and career.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10 7 p.m.
THE SINATRA FUTURE Select vocal students from Hofstra University perform works from The Great American Songbook. Accompanist: David Lalama, Professor of Music, Hofstra University
A CONVERSATION WITH GAY TALESE AND PETE HAMILL SINATRA AS AMERICAN ICON Gay Talese, Writer, The New York Times (1956-1965); Founder of “The New Journalism”; Author, Frank Sinatra Has a Cold and Other Essays (Penguin Books), Unto the Sons (Random House) and A Writer’s Life (Knopf) Pete Hamill, Distinguished Writer in Residence, New York University; Recipient, 2014 Eugene O’Neill Lifetime Achievement Award; Author, Why Sinatra Matters (Little, Brown and Company) Moderator: Stanislao Pugliese, Professor of History and Queensboro UNICO Distinguished Professor of Italian American Studies, Hofstra University; Editor, Frank Sinatra: History, Identity and Italian American Culture (Palgrave Macmillan) The Helene Fortunoff Theater, Monroe Lecture Center, California Avenue, South Campus
The Hoboken Four at a Major Bowes Amateur Hour radio broadcast, 1935 From the Collection of the Hoboken Historical Museum •1
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 5 p.m.
INTERVIEW WITH JERRY BRUNO Moderator: John Bohannon, Host of The Jazz Café, WRHU88.7 FM, Radio Hofstra University; Former Network Radio News Correspondent, ABC, NBC, CBS Jerry Bruno, bass; D’Addario Foundation Visiting Artist; played and toured with Frank Sinatra Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus
6:30 p.m. Dinner (on your own) For Hofstra dining facilities, see page 9. 8 p.m. MASTER CLASS WITH JERRY BRUNO This Master Class with Jerry Bruno, bass, D’Addario Foundation Visiting Artist, features select music students from Hofstra University. Audience interaction is limited to students. Accompanist: David Lalama, Professor of Music, Hofstra University New Academic Building, Room 010, South Campus
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 4 p.m.
PANEL: RACISM, CIVIL RIGHTS AND ISRAEL Moderator: Christine Noschese, Associate Professor of Radio, TV, Film, The Lawrence Herbert School of Communication, Hofstra University Special Screening: The House I Live In (1945, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, written by Albert Matz; winner, Honorary Academy Award, 1946) Greg Dunmore, Founding Member, National Association of Black Journalists’ Arts & Entertainment Task Force; Host, Television/Radio/Web Show Pulsebeat.tv “Sinatra: The Man and His Activism” Shalom L. Goldman, Professor of Religion, Middlebury College “Sinatra and Israel: From a Liberal Cause to a Conservative Program” Stanislao Pugliese, Professor of History and Queensboro UNICO Distinguished Professor of Italian American Studies, Hofstra University; Editor, Frank Sinatra: History, Identity and Italian American Culture (Palgrave Macmillan) “Frank Sinatra and Italian-American Stereotypes” Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus
6 p.m. Dinner (on your own) For Hofstra dining facilities, see page 9. 2 • hofstra.edu/culture
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THE SINATRA FUTURE Select vocal students from Hofstra University perform works from The Great American Songbook. Accompanist: David Lalama, Professor of Music, Hofstra University
ROUNDTABLE: THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE Moderator: David Lalama, Professor of Music, Hofstra University David Finck, Musician, Record Producer and Songwriter; Contributing Author, Frank Sinatra: The Man, the Music, the Legend (University of Rochester Press) Tedd Firth, Musical Director, Pianist and Arranger Jane Monheit, Grammy Award-Nominated Jazz Vocalist Arnold Jay Smith, Journalist and Archivist; Professor of Jazz History, New Jersey City University Debbi Whiting, President, My Ideal Music Inc.; granddaughter of Richard Whiting, songwriter, and daughter of Margaret Whiting, vocalist The Helene Fortunoff Theater, Monroe Lecture Center, California Avenue, South Campus
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 4 p.m.
LECTURE AND MASTER CLASS WITH MARK SIMONE LESSONS LEARNED FROM SINATRA Mark Simone, Host, WOR-710 AM and NY1-TV; Host of many PBS Sinatra specials; Former Host of a long-running Sinatra show on ABC Radio Introduction: Evan Cornog, Dean, The Lawrence Herbert School of Communication, Hofstra University Student Center Theater, Mack Student Center, North Campus
6 p.m. Dinner (on your own) For Hofstra dining facilities, see page 9. 8 p.m. LECTURE WITH WILL FRIEDWALD SINATRA: THE TELEVISION FACTOR A compilation and narration of rarely seen Sinatra TV performances. Will Friedwald, Author, Sinatra! The Song Is You: A Singer’s Art (Da Capo Press) Introduction: Robert Foster, Executive Director, Hoboken Historical Museum Current Exhibition at the Hoboken Historical Museum: Frank Sinatra: The Man, the Voice, and the Fans August 2, 2015-July 3, 2016 Student Center Theater, Mack Student Center, North Campus •3
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19 4 p.m.
OUNDTABLE: FRANK SINATRA AND R ITALIAN AMERICAN CULTURE Moderator: Stanislao Pugliese, Professor of History and Queensboro UNICO Distinguished Professor of Italian American Studies, Hofstra University; Editor, Frank Sinatra: History, Identity and Italian American Culture (Palgrave Macmillan) John Gennari, Associate Professor of English and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, University of Vermont; Author, Blowin’ Hot and Cool: Jazz and Its Critics (University of Chicago Press) and Flavor and Soul: Italian America at Its African American Edge (forthcoming, University of Chicago Press) Joe Scognamillo, Patsy’s Italian Restaurant, New York City Sal Scognamillo, Patsy’s Italian Restaurant, New York City; Author, Patsy’s Italian Restaurant of New York Cookbook (Clarkson Potter) and Patsy’s Italian Family Cookbook (St. Martin’s Press) Mark Rotella, Journalist and Author, Amore: The Story of Italian American Song (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Rocco Marinaccio, Professor of English, Manhattan College Student Center Theater, Mack Student Center, North Campus
6 p.m. Dinner (on your own) For Hofstra dining facilities, see page 9. 7:30 p.m.
THE SINATRA FUTURE Select vocal students from Hofstra University perform works from The Great American Songbook. Accompanist: Robert Lombardo, Class of 2012, Hofstra University
ROUNDTABLE: ASSESSING FRANK SINATRA Moderator: Sandy Kenyon, Journalist, WABC-TV Will Friedwald, Author, Sinatra! The Song Is You: A Singer’s Art (Da Capo Press) James Kaplan, Author, Frank: The Voice and Sinatra: The Chairman (Doubleday) Ron Forman, Host, The Sweet Sounds, WKRB-90.3 FM; Professor of Mathematics, Kingsborough Community College/ CUNY; Reviewer, Cabaret Scenes Magazine Michael Spierman, Artistic Director, The Bronx Opera Company Student Center Theater, Mack Student Center, North Campus
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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22 4 p.m. OPEN REHEARSAL AND MASTER CLASS WITH BUCKY PIZZARELLI Bucky Pizzarelli, guitar, D’Addario Foundation Visiting Artist and jazz legend who played and toured with Frank Sinatra, presents an open rehearsal and Master Class. The Helene Fortunoff Theater, Monroe Lecture Center, California Avenue, South Campus 6 p.m. Dinner (on your own) For Hofstra dining facilities, see page 9. 7 p.m.
PETER B. CLARK MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND CONCERT David Lalama, Director The Hofstra Jazz Ensemble, Hofstra Vocal Jazz Quartet and Singers with special guest Bucky Pizzarelli, guitar
Throughout most sessions we will feature select vocal students from Hofstra University performing selections from The Great American Songbook. THE SINATRA FUTURE Zack Alexander, Class of 2018
Jaden de Guzman, Class of 2017
Kyle Benaburger, Class of 2016
Allie Lambraia, Class of 2017
Christina Cinnamo, Class of 2017
Ian O’Malley, Class of 2016
The Helene Fortunoff Theater, Monroe Lecture Center, California Avenue, South Campus Please note: The participation of musicians, scholars and performers is subject to the priority of their professional commitments.
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THE CO-DIRECTORS GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE SUPPORT OF THE FOLLOWING: The D’Addario Music Appreciation Initiative New York State Grand Lodge Foundation Inc., Order of Sons of Italy in America Tiro A Segno Foundation Inc. Queensboro UNICO Foundation Salvatore Mendolia and Family Joseph Corsini and Family Association of Italian American Educators (AIAE) Long Island Regional Chapter/ Italian American Studies Association (LIRC/IASA) Joe and Sal Scognamillo, Patsy’s Italian Restaurant, New York City The Dorothy and Elmer Kirsch Endowment for the Hofstra Cultural Center Len Triola, Consultant to the Sinatra Tribute HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY: Office of the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Office of the Vice President for University Relations Hofstra Cultural Center and the Italian American Lecture Series Department of History Department of Music The Lawrence Herbert School of Communication Hofstra University Honors College
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REGISTRATION INFORMATION With the exception of the Peter B. Clark Memorial Scholarship Fund Concert on Sunday, November 22, admission to all events is FREE. Due to space limitations, advance registration is required for all events. PETER B. CLARK MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND CONCERT Sunday, November 22, at 7 p.m. The Helene Fortunoff Theater, Monroe Lecture Center, California Avenue, South Campus TICKETS: $10 general admission $8 senior citizen (over 65) or non-Hofstra student with ID One free ticket with current faculty/staff/student HofstraCard To purchase concert tickets, please call the John Cranford Adams Playhouse Box Office (Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-3:45 p.m.) at 516-463-6644 or visit hofstratickets.com. Tickets on sale beginning October 20, 2015. For more information, please call the Hofstra Cultural Center at 516-463-5669 or visit hofstra.edu/culture.
Frank Sinatra and fans at Hoboken City Hall, 1947 From the Collection of the Hoboken Historical Museum •7
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Please indicate the number of reservations on the line preceding each event. Tuesday, November 10 ____ * 7 p.m. A Conversation with Gay Talese and Pete Hamill: Sinatra as American Icon Wednesday, November 11 ____ 5 p.m. Interview with Jerry Bruno, bass ____ *8 p.m. Master Class with Jerry Bruno, bass Thursday, November 12 ____ 4 p.m. Panel: Racism, Civil Rights and Israel ____ *7 p.m. Roundtable: The Great American Songbook: Past, Present and Future Wednesday, November 18 ____ 4 p.m. L ecture and Master Class with Mark Simone: Lessons Learned From Sinatra ____ 8 p.m. L ecture with Will Friedwald Sinatra: The Television Factor Thursday, November 19 ____ 4 p.m. Roundtable: Frank Sinatra and Italian American Culture ____ *7:30 p.m. Roundtable: Assessing Frank Sinatra Sunday, November 22 ____ 4 p.m. Open Rehearsal and Master Class with Bucky Pizzarelli, guitar ____ *7 p.m. Peter B. Clark Memorial Scholarship Fund Concert with Special Guest Bucky Pizzarelli See page 7 for concert ticket information. *Throughout these sessions, we will feature select vocal students from Hofstra University performing selections from The Great American Songbook. Reservations will be honored on a first-come, first-served basis. Please complete this form and send it to: Hofstra Cultural Center Gallon Wing, Room 243 113 Hofstra University Hempstead, NY 11549-1130
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There are several dining facilities on campus, some of which are listed below. NORTH CAMPUS Student Center Café Mack Student Center Sunday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday, 7:30 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.
Café on the Corner Mack Student Center Sunday, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Sbarro’s Pizza Mack Student Center Sunday-Closed Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-2 a.m. Saturday, noon-2 a.m.
SOUTH CAMPUS Café Bistro at Bits ‘n’ Bytes Memorial Hall Sunday-Closed Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday, 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
Au Bon Pain at Hofstra Deli Sunday-Closed Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday, 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Axinn Library Café Sunday, 1-8 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, 1-8 p.m.
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Sinatra
featuring Concerts, Master Classes, Roundtables, Special Addresses
November 10, 11, 12, 18, 19, 22, 2015
A Centenary Tribute 1915-2015
HOFSTRA
Celebrates
present
DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC
and
HOFSTRA CULTURAL CENTER DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
Hofstra Cultural Center 113 Hofstra University Hempstead, NY 11549-1130
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