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Ben Folds with the Minnesota Orchestra Ben Folds, vocals and piano Sarah Hicks, conductor Live at Orchestra Hall Friday, January 19, 2018, 8 pm Orchestra Hall Saturday, January 20, 2018, 8 pm Orchestra Hall Tonight’s program will be announced from the stage. There will be one intermission. Ben Folds jan 19, 20 Ben Folds is widely regarded as one of the major music influencers of our generation. He has created an enormous body of genre-bending music that includes pop albums with Ben Folds Five, multiple solo albums, and collaborative records with artists ranging from Sara Bareilles and Regina Spektor to William Shatner. His most recent album is a blend of pop songs and his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra that reached No. 1 on both the Billboard classical and classical crossover charts. For more than a decade, he has performed with some of the world’s greatest symphony orchestras, and was recently named as the first ever Artistic Advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center. Folds continues to perform with symphonies, and also recently returned to cross-country solo touring reminiscent of his earliest years, delivering a high-energy rock performance using the intimacy of just a piano. An avid photographer, Folds is a member of the distinguished Sony Artisans of Imagery, and recently completed an assignment as a photo editor for National Geographic. He is also an outspoken advocate for music education and music therapy as a member of the Americans for the Arts and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Nashville Symphony. More: benfolds.com . 42 MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA SHOWCASE Sarah Hicks, the Minnesota Orchestra’s principal conductor of Live at Orchestra Hall, has led a broad range of programs since joining the Orchestra as assistant conductor in 2006. During the 2017-18 season, she conducts Orchestra performances with Pink Martini, Cloud Cult and Cirque de la Symphonie, and the Inside the Classics series. She recently led a brand-new “Home for the Holidays” program conceived and directed by Peter Rothstein and written by Kevin Kling, as well as several film music concerts including Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets™ and La La Land. She debuts this season with the Calgary Symphony and the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. She has recently conducted the San Francisco Symphony, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra and San Diego Symphony, and debuted with the major orchestras in Melbourne, Brisbane, Montreal, Toronto and Lisbon. More: minnesotaorchestra.org .

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Page 1: Ben Folds with the Minnesota Orchestraminnesotaorchestra.org/images/programnotes/1718/benfolds.pdfBen Folds, vocals and piano Sarah Hicks, conductor Live at Orchestra Hall Friday,

Ben Folds with the Minnesota Orchestra

Ben Folds, vocals and pianoSarah Hicks, conductor

Live at Orchestra Hall

Friday, January 19, 2018, 8 pm Orchestra HallSaturday, January 20, 2018, 8 pm Orchestra Hall

Tonight’s program will be announced from the stage.There will be one intermission.

Ben Foldsjan 19, 20

Ben Folds is widely regarded as one of the major music influencers of our generation. He has created an enormous body of genre-bending music that includes popalbums with Ben Folds Five, multiple solo albums, and collaborative records with artistsranging from Sara Bareilles and Regina Spektor to William Shatner. His most recentalbum is a blend of pop songs and his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra that reached No. 1 on both the Billboard classical and classical crossover charts. For more than adecade, he has performed with some of the world’s greatest symphony orchestras, andwas recently named as the first ever Artistic Advisor to the National Symphony Orchestraat the Kennedy Center.

Folds continues to perform with symphonies, and also recently returned to cross-countrysolo touring reminiscent of his earliest years, delivering a high-energy rock performanceusing the intimacy of just a piano. An avid photographer, Folds is a member of the distinguished Sony Artisans of Imagery, and recently completed an assignment as a photoeditor for National Geographic. He is also an outspoken advocate for music education andmusic therapy as a member of the Americans for the Arts and as a member of the Boardof Directors of the Nashville Symphony. More: benfolds.com.

42 MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA SHOWCASE

Sarah Hicks, the Minnesota Orchestra’s principal conductor of Live at OrchestraHall, has led a broad range of programs since joining the Orchestra as assistant conductor in 2006. During the 2017-18 season, she conducts Orchestra performanceswith Pink Martini, Cloud Cult and Cirque de la Symphonie, and the Inside the Classicsseries. She recently led a brand-new “Home for the Holidays” program conceived and directed by Peter Rothstein and written by Kevin Kling, as well as several film music concerts including Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets™ and La La Land. She debutsthis season with the Calgary Symphony and the Danish National Symphony Orchestra.She has recently conducted the San Francisco Symphony, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra and San Diego Symphony, and debuted with the major orchestras in Melbourne, Brisbane,Montreal, Toronto and Lisbon. More: minnesotaorchestra.org.

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