GenGhis BarBie

Ovations!

College of Fine Arts Presents

2015-16 Season

GenGhis

BarBie

Saturday, January 23, 2016

Fisher Auditorium

IUP Performing Arts Center

Tonight’s program will be announced from

the stage and will be presented with one

fifteen-minute intermission.

www.genghisbarbie.com

The program copy has been provided, unedited, by the artists.

Genghis Barbie, the leading post post-fem-

inist feminist all-female horn experience, is

the most innovative and energizing cham-

ber ensemble of its generation and beyond.

With a combined 24 years of conservato-

ry training, Genghis Barbie delivers to you a

visceral and unadulterated musical adven-

ture. Performing arrangements of pop mu-

sic from the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, 00’s and

today, contemporary commissions, and

classical works, they are the most versa-

tile and expansive group on NYC’s classical/

pop/rock/jazz/indie/alternative/punk/elec-

tro-acoustic scene. Genghis Barbie was in-

cepted in a unique moment of ingenuity

when Freedom Barbie, Cosmic Barbie, Vel-

vet Barbie, and Attila the Horn converged

and vowed to create distinctive, interactive

and personal performances. In addition to

their busy New York City performing sched-

ule, the ladies of Genghis Barbie have per-

formed as Contributing Artists at the 2011

International Horn Society Symposium in

San Francisco, played Schumann’s Konzert-

stück with the Southern Methodist Uni-

versity Wind Ensemble, and appeared on

America’s Got Talent. In May 2012, Geng-

his Barbie made their Carnegie Hall de-

but in the premiere of a new concerto for

four horns, commissioned by the New York

Youth Symphony. As educators, they have

toured numerous universities presenting

workshops, masterclasses, and lectures on

musical entrepreneurship. They have re-

leased four studio albums: the self-titled

Lively Arts

debut album, the holiday album “Geng-

his Barbie: Home for the Holidays,” “Geng-

his Baby: Songs for Noa,” and the newly re-

leased “Amp it Up!” Genghis Barbie aspires

to appear on the Ellen DeGeneres show

within one calendar year.

Rachel Drehmann,

aka Attila the Horn

Rachel Drehmann, aka Attila the Horn, stud-

ied with Charles Kavalovski at the University

of Minnesota and with Jerome Ashby at the

Manhattan School of Music. Rachel has ap-

peared as a soloist with Berkshire Bach Soci-

ety, Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra, and Bur-

lington Chamber Orchestra. She performs

with the American Symphony Orchestra,

The Knights Chamber Orchestra, Interna-

tional Contemporary Ensemble, Metropolis

Ensemble, and Argento Chamber Ensemble.

She served as the horn player for the Love

This Giant tour with pop/rock icons Da-

vid Byrne and St. Vincent on a whirlwind

year-long tour—busing, biking, and playing

shows all around the world. Rachel has re-

corded and shared the stage with Shakira,

Kanye West, Danny Harrison, Frank Ocean,

and Bruce Springsteen. Her radio and televi-

sion appearances have included NPR, David

Letterman, Colbert Report and Jimmy Fal-

lon. As a freelancer in New York, Rachel en-

joys playing a wide range of styles, she can

be heard in numerous Broadway pits, at

Shakespeare in the Park and is a member of

Banda de Los Muertos. She is currently col-

laborating with Ann Ellsworth on perform-

ing and recording concerti from the Dresden

Court on soprano horns and has recently

played recitals in New York and Dallas with

David Cooper.

Rachel grew up among the farms, cheese-

lovers, and her fellow Packer fans outside of

Green Bay, Wisconsin. She currently lives in

Harlem and enjoys playing volleyball as well

as managing a talented gang of violin bow-

makers at Salchow & Sons when she’s not

out pillaging and conquering with Genghis

Barbie.

Danielle Kuhlmann,

aka Velvet Barbie

Praised by the New York Times for her “fear-

less” and “seductive” playing, Danielle Kuhl-

mann has traveled the world, performing

with symphony orchestras and in chamber

music concerts throughout North America,

Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.

A native of Seattle, Washington, she com-

pleted her undergraduate degree with Je-

rome Ashby at the Juilliard School and pur-

sued graduate studies at Rice University

under William VerMeulen. Following sever-

al years as a freelance musician in New York

and Seattle, Kuhlmann is now the 2nd Horn

of the San Diego Symphony.

She has performed with the New York Phil-

harmonic, Seattle Symphony, Houston Sym-

phony, Cincinnati Symphony, Colorado Sym-

phony, and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. An

avid interpreter of new music, she is Prin-

cipal Horn of the American Composers Or-

chestra, and performs with the International

Contemporary Ensemble (ICE). She has been

a featured soloist with the Seattle and Ma-

nila Symphony Orchestras, Novus NY at Trin-

ity Wall Street, and the River Oaks Chamber

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Orchestra, where she is also Principal Horn.

In addition to classical performances, Dan-

ielle has been heard in various Broadway

shows in New York City and on many video

game and movie soundtracks. In 2013, she

performed several cycles of Wagner’s epic

Der Ring des Nibelungen with Seattle Opera.

Devoted to philanthropic work, Kuhlmann

has traveled to the Philippines four times,

volunteering for the group Cultures in Har-

mony, a New York-based NGO that pro-

motes cultural diplomacy through music.

The group works with both professional and

student-level musicians in Manila, as well as

with indigenous youth. In January of 2011,

she volunteered in Kabul, Afghanistan,

teaching and performing at the Afghanistan

National Institute of Music.

A multifaceted musician and risk-taker, Dan-

ielle has a diverse array of experiences un-

der her belt, both with and without her

horn. Since 2008 she has been a member of

the Brooklyn-based country rock band “Tat-

ters & Rags.” In 2009 she appeared on Am-

ateur Night at the Apollo, singing Toni Brax-

ton’s “Unbreak My Heart.” Her performance

was enthusiastically received, and she was

not “walked off” the stage by the “Execu-

tioner.” She considers it to be one of her

greatest achievements.

Pursuing other non-musical interests as

well, Danielle studied metalsmithing and

jewelry design at the Fashion Institute of

Technology in New York City. She uses her

skills to create each piece of Genghis Barbie

jewelry and merchandise, as well as person-

alized items for exclusive use by the Barbies.

Leelanee Sterrett,

aka Cosmic Barbie

Leelanee Sterrett, aka Cosmic Barbie, is

Third Horn with the New York Philharmon-

ic, having joined the Orchestra in June 2013.

As a soloist, she has appeared with the New

Haven Symphony Orchestra, and with the

NY Philharmonic horn section at the 2014

International Horn Symposium.

Raised in northwest Michigan and named

for Leelanau County, her birthplace, Leela-

nee began her musical education at Inter-

lochen Arts Academy as a student of Julie

Schleif. She earned her undergraduate de-

gree from the University of Wisconsin-Madi-

son, studying with Douglas Hill. For her mas-

ter’s degree she attended the Yale School of

Music, studying with William Purvis. Leela-

nee has also has spent past summers at the

Tanglewood Music Center, the Pacific and

Lively Arts

Sarasota Music festivals, and the Nation-

al Orchestral Institute. From an early point

in her training, Leelanee had aspirations

of a career in a professional orchestra, and

while still a student, she was a member of

the New Haven Symphony and the Fox Val-

ley and La Crosse symphony orchestras in

Wisconsin. After much hard work and ma-

ny auditions, she is thrilled to now be work-

ing her dream job in New York. On top of

that, Leelanee’s musical life is made all the

more fabulous and fulfilling as a member

of Genghis Barbie, with the close friendship

and near-magical musical chemistry en-

joyed by the Barbies.

From 2010 to 2012, Leelanee was a fellow

of Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble ACJW—The

Academy. During her fellowship, Leelanee

performed not only on the stages of Carn-

egie and other major NYC venues, but al-

so in numerous public school classrooms,

community centers, and health institutes

throughout the five boroughs, bringing in-

teractive concert experiences and mentor-

ship to non-traditional concert audiences.

Leelanee’s experiences allowed her to see

first-hand the transformative effect of high

level music performance, offered in a per-

sonalized and familiar setting. In her work

with both Genghis Barbie and the NY Phil-

harmonic now, Leelanee strives for this

same effectiveness of communication with

all audiences.

Outside of performing, practicing, and trav-

eling, Leelanee enjoys running, and aspires

to one day complete the NYC Marathon.

In her spare time, she also loves going to

the ballet, learning German and being a to-

tal nerd for the BBC shows “Sherlock” and

“Doctor Who”. She maintains an active ac-

count of her musical life in New York and

beyond on her blog at leelanee.com.

Alana Vegter,

aka Freedom Barbie

Alana Vegter is a world-class horn player

and educator who concertizes worldwide

in both chamber and orchestral settings.

She is most currently playing the 2014-2015

season with the New York Philharmonic’s

Horn Section as Assistant Principal Horn.

She performs regularly with her woodwind

quintet, Sospiro Winds, and is a founding

member of Genghis Barbie, the “all-female

pop french horn experience”. The group

made its Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium)

debut in 2012 as soloists with the New York

Youth Symphony and has released four al-

bums to date. The members of Genghis Bar-

bie are in high demand not only as per-

formers and educators, but also as musical

entrepreneurs, and have given hundreds of

concerts and master classes nationwide.

Alana received her Bachelors of Music from

DePaul University in the studio of Jon Boen.

While in Chicago, Ms. Vegter spent two

years performing with the Civic Orchestra of

Chicago before moving to NYC to earn her

Master’s degree from the Juilliard School

under the tutelage of Julie Landsman. She

was a fellow of The Academy aka Ensem-

ble ACJW, Carnegie Hall’s collective of young

professionals and music advocates. She per-

forms with DeCoda, an alumni group of he

Academy, and with them has performed in

hundreds of hospitals, prisons, and schools

world-wide. Alana continues to regular-

ly perform chamber music at Carnegie Hall.

Her two-year fellowship was chronicled in

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a full length New York Times article in June

of 2009. Highlights from her fellowship in-

clude the Carnegie Hall premiere of the Lige-

ti Horn Trio.

Alana has played with The Chamber Music

Society of Lincoln Center and The Orchestra

of St. Luke’s. She has also played with Spo-

leto Festival USA, Pacific Music Festival (Ja-

pan), Chamber Music Northwest (Portland,

Oregon), Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpom-

mern (Germany), The Verbier Festival Or-

chestra, The Juilliard Orchestra, and The As-

pen Music Festival.

Alana is the proud mother of two young

daughters, Noa (2), and Summer (1), who

coincidentally both display a deep love for

music. In the spare time that she doesn’t

have, she enjoys karaoke and cooking new

recipes.

Special

Funding

The Lively Arts and its programs re-

ceive state arts funding support

through a grant from the Pennsyl-

vania Council on the Arts, a state

agency funded by the Common-

wealth of Pennsylvania

and the National En-

dowment for the Arts,

a federal agency.

The Lively Arts at IUP

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Laura Weiner

aka Alpine Barbie

Ms. Weiner will perform this evening in

the place of Freedom Barbie, Ms. Vegter.

A high-altitude native of Colorado, Lau-

ra Weiner is a passionate horn player

and advocate for classical music. An ex-

perienced chamber and orchestral mu-

sician, she is a recent alumnus of En-

semble ACJW, a fellowship program of

Carnegie Hall, and was a featured solo-

ist under the baton of Robert Spano.

Laura has performed with diverse mu-

sical groups from the New World Sym-

phony to Genghis Barbie. She received

her Bachelor of Music degree sum-

ma cum laude from Northwestern Uni-

versity and her Master’s degree from

the University of Wisconsin-Madison

on a University Fellowship. In addition

to performing, Laura is a teaching art-

ist for the New York Philharmonic and

enjoys reading and being generally

outdoorsy.

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January 25, 8:00 p.m.; Gorell Recital Hall, 2

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