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CONCERTO FANTASY FOR
TWO TIMPANISTS/IMPRESSIONIST
MASTERWORKS (OFF THE CUFF)
About the Artists
JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL
Thursday, January 11, 2018, 8pm
Saturday, January 13, 2018, 7 pm Off The Cuff
MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE
Friday, January 12, 2018, 8:15 pm Off The Cuff
Sunday, January 14, 2018, 3pm
Marin Alsop, Music Director
Wordsmith, narrator
James Wyman and Jauvon Gilliam, timpani
Lura Johnson and Michael Sheppard, piano
Camille Saint-Saëns The Carnival of the Animals

Introduction and Royal March of the Lion

Hens and Roosters

Wild Asses
Tortoises

The Elephant
Kangaroos
Aquarium

People with Long Ears

The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Forest
Aviary
Pianists
Fossils

The Swan
Finale

Wordsmith

Lura Johnson

Michael Sheppard
Philip
Glass

Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists
James Wyman
Jauvon Gilliam
INTERMISSION
Carnival of the Animals, Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists
and Intermission are included in January 11 and 14 concerts only.
Claude Debussy

La Mer
De l’aube à midi sur la mer
(From Dawn to Noon on the Sea)
Jeux des vagues (Play of the Waves)
Dialogue du vent et de la mer
(Dialogue of Wind and Sea)
Maurice Ravel La Valse
The concert will end at approximately 10 pm on Thursday, 9:45 pm on Friday,
8:30 pm on Saturday and 5 pm on Sunday.
Saturday, January 13: Join us in the Meyerhoff lobby for an after-party
featuring live entertainment, food and drink specials. Made possible
by The Wallace Foundation.
PRESENTING SPONSORS:
OFF THE CUFF SERIES SUPPORTING SPONSOR:
16
OV E R T U R E / BSOmusic.org
Marin Alsop
For Marin Alsop’s bio, please see pg. 7.
Wordsmith
Wordsmith is the
worldwide movement
based out of Baltimore,
MD, with the mission
to entertain and educate
through a message of purpose and to relate
that message through clean, quality and
marketable music for the masses.
Wordsmith earned a full athletic
scholarship to play football at Morgan
State University followed by a degree in
theater arts. The emcee from Baltimore
looks to represent his city on national
and international stages with his
conscious-commercial hip-hop and
theatrical stage shows.
Making great strides in the independent
music scene, Wordsmith was accepted
into the Grammy® voting committee
due to his numerous songwriting credits
over the years. His label, NU Revolution
Entertainment, received the 2017 Best of
Baltimore Award in the musician category.
Other major accomplishments include a
live interview and performance on Fox45
Baltimore; the debut of “We Do It Better”
as the official theme song for WWE
superstar Bianca Belair; “Never be the
Same,” featured in the Emmy® Award-
winning Netflix show Unbreakable Kimmy
Schmidt; a tour of Africa and Israel for his
American Music Abroad Tour; featured
music at Red Bull’s BC One World Final;
and a spread in The Baltimore Sun’s “Fall
Arts Guide.”
Wordsmith has developed corporate
approval through the licensing of over 30
songs for film, television, internet video,
video games and advertisement purposes
with companies like NFL Network, CBS,
NBC, Fox, Style, Bravo, Nintendo Wii and
many more. Recent ad placements include
Wordsmith’s “Happy Hour the Universal
Blackout” used in a Kicks promotional
ad and providing the soundtrack to the
documentary Roadtrip Nation: Ready to
Rise. Other placements include “We Do It
Better,” featured in Red Bull’s Street Skating