ITO History

Below is a performance and interview history of the Illustrious Theatre Orchestra,
with occasional tidbits thrown in for good measure.

Spring 87 Famous conversation between Shane & John over coffee at Student Center Quad, CSUF where they discuss what life will be like after college. They decide the best scenario is to form an ensemble to play their own compositions.

Spring 87 Early attempt at ensemble: Nosmo King

4/24/87 Shane's Senior Recital. Nosmo King's first & only performance.

10/31/87 John's Senior Recital. Music For The Ages (at that time called Musica Nova) premiered. Instrumentation is forerunner of ITO.

Spring 89 Shane & John write and perform music for the Good Woman of Setzuan at CSUF. Future band members include Sandy Brewer, Shannon Crawford and Paul Greenhaw.

5/8/89 First ITO rehearsal - CSUF Recital Hall. The ITO is Sandy Brewer (violin), Shane w. Cadman (tenor saxophone, keyboard), Kirk Clawson (electric bass), Shannon Crawford (clarinet), Christine Dietrich (violoncello) and John P. Hoover (baritone saxophone, keyboard).

Summer 89 ITO begins rehearsing regularly in Shannon's garage.

12/8/89 Cal State Fullerton, Exit Gallery

1/20/90 The Natural Fudge Co.

2/25/90 Fullerton Museum Center. Guest clarinetist, Steve Rochford, subs for Shannon.

3/18/90 Gorky's Café

3/20/90 Rancho Santiago College

3/23/90 Cypress College

3/25/90 Gorky's Café

4/29/90 Whittier Art Association Gallery

5/31/90 Laurel Elementary School

6/8/90 Bradford Square Retirement Home

6/16/90 System M

6/26/90 Art-A-Fair (Laguna Beach)

8/29/90 KXLU (Emancipation of the Dissonance w/ Heinrich & Greg - Interview and Performance of selections from "Dancing about Architecture (Talking about Art)"). Interviewees: Ross Amador, Shane Cadman, Tom Callinan and Maryann Parashak. ITO Performers included everybody but Kirk.

9/9/90 Whittier Community Center Theatre - Los Angeles Open Arts Festival, "Dancing about Architecture (Talking about Art)"

9/11/90 System M

10/2/90 Mu Phi Epsilon Meeting

10/14/90 Great Britain Food Festival

11/2/90 Employment Development Department Open House

11/9/90 Bradford Square Retirement Home

12/2/90 Fullerton Museum Center

12/14/90 Irvine Valley College. Kirk Clawson's last performance with The ITO.

2/17/91 Cal State Fullerton, Exit Gallery. Kurt's (last name?) first and only performance with The ITO (playing bass guitar). Sandy Brewer's last performance with the ITO.

5/10/91 Irvine Valley College. James Bigelow (violin) and Paul Greenhaw's (keyboard) first performance with The ITO.

6/15/91 System M

6/23/91 Whittier Art Association Gallery

6/30/91 Fullerton Museum Center

7/22/91 Bogart's

7/26/91 System M

9/13/91 System M

9/14/91 Rancho Santiago College

10/8/91 Rancho Santiago College

11/14/91 Cal State Fullerton, Recital Hall. Paul's Senior Composition Recital. James Bigelow and Shannon Crawford's last performance with The ITO.

12/6/91 System M. Scott McIntosh (clarinet), Leenya Rideout (violin) - first performances with The ITO.

12/7/91 The Caged Chameleon Art Gallery. Leenya Rideout's last performance with The ITO.

Spring '92 ITO plays James Bigelow piece for a composers' forum at CSULB. Paul was unavailable for the performance, so we were fortunate to have Diane Barkauskas fill-in on keyboard.

8/29/92 Evening Under the Stars (At the home of Jay & Marie Senese). First ITO performance without the violin as the ensemble officially becomes a quintet.

9/15/92 Rancho Santiago College

10/15/92 Regency Coffee Roast

10/17/92 System M

12/1/92 Fullerton Museum Center - AIDS Benefit w/ Allison Edwards and Leigh Unger

12/13/92 The Galaxy

5/14/93 Cal State Fullerton, Choir Room. Scott's Senior Performance Recital.

5/15/93 Muckenthaler Cultural Center

5/16/93 Muckenthaler Cultural Center

6/3/93 ITO becomes an Non-Profit (501(c)(3)) corporation.

10/16/93 Release party for Standing on the Shoulders of Giants at Trent Wilson's studio.

10/19/93 Rancho Santiago College

11/2/93 First time The ITO is heard on the radio. 9:55 am, KCRW, Chris Douridas plays Thou Pale Companion!

12/4/93 Uptown Art Tour - Whittier (King Richard's)

12/8/93 KPFK (Journey into the Realms of Music w/ Bill Davila)

12/14/93 KCRW (Morning Becomes Eclectic w/ Chris Douridas)

12/16/93 Largo Pub

12/18/93 KUSC (Commuter Classics w/ Bonnie Grice - Interview and music from the CD, Standing on the Shoulders of Giants)

2/26/94 Heritage Park Community Center

3/6/94 Chapman University (Salmon Recital Hall)

3/8/94 Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts (Whittier College)

3/27/94 Today in L.A.: Weekend (KNBC TV Channel 4)

4/8/94 Rhino Records (Westwood Store)

4/23/94 CSU Fresno, Vintage Days

6/14/94 Book Beat: Viva Pasadena - Community Access TV

6/22/94 Pasadena Presbyterian Church

7/3/94 Luna Park

8/20/94 Dark's Art Parlor

9/28/94 Pasadena Presbyterian Church

1/11/95 Greg Adamson (cello) joins ITO.

1/25/95 KPFK (Journey into the Realms of Music w/ Bill Davila). Greg Adamson's first performance with The ITO.

1/26/95 KUSC (Commuter Classics w/ Bonnie Grice - Interview and music from the CD, Pythagorean Xydiko Machine)

1/28/95 Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts (Whittier College)

1/29/95 Chapman University (Salmon Recital Hall)

1/30/95 KCRW (Morning Becomes Eclectic w/ Chris Douridas)

2/4/95 UCLA (Schoenberg Hall w/ Los Angeles Modern Dance & Ballet - Naomi Goldberg)

5/20/95 Virgin Records (Costa Mesa) - In-Store

5/26/95 Barnes & Noble (Santa Monica) - In-Store

7/7/95 California Plaza w/ LAMD&B/ Naomi Goldberg. Randy McRill's first performance with The ITO (on keyboards).

9/3/95 KUNM (Other Voices, Other Sounds w/ Jim Bailey). Jim interviews Shane & John.

9/6/95 WAAA Showcase - Albuquerque, NM. Randy McRill's last performance with The ITO.

12/5/95 Cal State Fullerton, Choir Room. ITO plays on Paul Greenhaw's Graduate Composition Recital. Paul joined us on keyboard for "Postcard From Magnesia." Lloyd Rodgers's group played an arrangement of "Pythagorean Xydiko Machine" and The Scratch Orchestra played an arrangement of "Hats Off to the Lemming People."

5/11/96 Orange County Center for Contemporary Art. Ron Shelton's first performance with The ITO (on keyboard). First and only performance with J'anna Jacoby on violin. Violin reinstated as regular instrument, ITO a sextet again.

9/4/96 WAAA Showcase - Portland, OR. Arthur Howansky's first performance with The ITO (on violin).

9/14/96 Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts (Whittier College)

3/18/97 Rancho Santiago College

3/19/97 KCSN (Interview w/ Bonnie Grice)

3/19/97 KPFK (Journey into the Realms of Music w/ Bill Davila - Interview)

3/22/97 California State University, Northridge (New Performing Arts Center)

9/16/97 Rancho Santiago College

9/26/97 California Plaza (w/ Oguri & Renzoku) - Premiere of "A Flame in the Distance"

9/27/97 California Plaza (w/ Oguri & Renzoku) - "A Flame in the Distance"

2/17/98 Santa Ana College (née Rancho Santiago College)

2/20/98 The Getty Center

6/6/98 Armand Hammer Museum. Ross Kalling's first performance with The ITO (on keyboard).

2/15/99 Shane & John attend A.S.K. Theater Projects/Nautilus Music Theater Playwright-Composer Studio. Although this is not connected to the ITO directly, Shane and John meet fabulously talented composers, musicians and writers (some of whom will go on to collaborate with the ITO), and are reaffirmed and reinvigorated in the direction and future of the ITO.

12/2/99
through
12/5/99 World premiere of Lovesickness, by Rosanna Gamson/Worldwide, with music by Shane W. Cadman, at Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica, CA. The music for this performance was prerecorded on CD (at Trompe l'Oreille in Anaheim), and was performed by Greg Adamson ('cello), Ruth Bruegger (violin), Ray Frisby (percussion), John P. Hoover (bass clarinet) and Scott McIntosh (clarinet), with Shane conducting. For more information on Lovesickness CLICK HERE.

1/22/2000 The ITO recorded the music for Women of Mystery at a recording studio at UCLA. The music was composed by Shane and John, in their first collaboration since "The Good Woman of Setzuan" at CSU Fullerton in the Spring of 1989. They did not work together on the score, but instead took different sections of the film. Shane composed the music for the narration sections (opening, closing and two dividing the film) and the section on Sue Grafton. John composed the music for the sections on Sara Paretsky and Marcia Muller. The music for this score was performed by Greg Adamson ('cello), Reg Clew (violin), Ray Frisby (percussion), John P. Hoover (bass clarinet), Ross Kalling (piano) and Scott McIntosh (clarinet), with Shane conducting.

4/5/2000 The ITO gets its own domain on the web (www.theito.org)!

10/1/2000 The ITO performs live for the first time in over two (yes, two!) years, at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood. We are part of the Lard Asylum Variety Hour, produced by Jerome Dunn (Jerry the Priest). The ITO is Greg Adamson ('cello), Ruth Bruegger (violin), Shane W. Cadman (keyboard), Jeff Fairbanks (keyboard), John P. Hoover (bass clarinet), Ross Kalling (keyboard) and Scott McIntosh (clarinet). This performance featured the premieres of "1441," "The Fourth Man in the Fire," and "This is my Resting Place," (taken from "Dancing in Bedlam") by Shane, and "Carnival of the Miserable" ("Cotton Candy of Doom," "A Beautiful Day in the Dark," and "Claustrophobic Carousel") by John.

10/5 & 6/2000 Women of Mystery premieres in San Francisco and Los Angeles. For more information on Women of Mystery CLICK HERE.

11/11/2000 The ITO performs live at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art as part of a "Music from the Autonomous Zone" evening. Lloyd Rodgers describes it this way: three composer/performer ensembles (The Lloyd Rodgers Group, The Illustrious Theatre Orchestra, and The Festival Orchestra and Singers (featuring Sean Ferguson, Jeremy Reinbolt and Matt Menaged) presenting a wide variety of 'pomo' music from aggro-minimalism to agit-prop romanticism to 'pop-minimalism'." The ITO is Greg Adamson ('cello), Ruth Bruegger (violin), Shane W. Cadman (keyboard), Jeff Fairbanks (keyboard), John P. Hoover (bass clarinet), Ross Kalling (keyboard) and Scott McIntosh (clarinet). This performance featured the ITO premieres of "Not the High Dive" and "Counting on the Weatherman" by Jeff Fairbanks. Also, we break the ITO rules and do an arrangement of a piece by a non-ITO composer. As an homage to Lloyd Rodgers (this is the first time we've shared an evening with him!), we performed the "Overture" to his ballet "The Little Prince."

6/6/2001 The ITO performs live at the Mark Taper Forum Access Celebration. This was an extremely rare outdoor "casual" performance, but was much appreciated (by all) nonetheless. John really worked hard for this one, writing and rearranging a lot of music, including some specifically for this occasion. This performance featured premieres by Shane W. Cadman, Jeff Fairbanks and John P. Hoover. For this rare performance, the unusually large and uniquely orchestrated ITO was Eric Bergkvist (trombone, wind synthesizer), Ruth Bruegger (violin), Shane W. Cadman (electric bass), Jeff Fairbanks (keyboard), Ray Frisby (percussion), Mathew Galasso (keyboard), Hank Hofmann (trombone), John P. Hoover (baritone sax & bass clarinet), and Audrey Izuhara (clarinet).

8/18/2001 The ITO performs live at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art. For this performance, the ITO is Jeff Alu (keyboard), Shane W. Cadman (electric bass), Jeff Fairbanks (keyboard), John P. Hoover (bass clarinet, baritone sax), Jennifer Lane (accordion), John Marr (keyboard), Scott McIntosh (clarinet) and Katie Mendenhall ('cello). This performance featured the ITO premieres of "Dreaming in the Garden of Gethsemane" by Shane W. Cadman, and "Search Engine" by Jeff Fairbanks.

10/6/2001 Joshua Cadman (the third and final Cadman child) is born. Usually the birth of a child does not get a place in the ITO history, but in this case, Joshua's arrival was a big part of Shane's decision (in addition to growing family and work responsibilities) to leave the ITO. The group continues on under the leadership of John Hoover and Jeff Fairbanks.

7/20/2002 The ITO performs live at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art. For this performance, the ITO is Ruth Bruegger (violin), John Ciulik (electric guitar, trumpet), Jeff Fairbanks (keyboard), John P. Hoover (bass clarinet, baritone saxophone, viola - yes, viola!), John Marr (keyboard), Scott McIntosh (clarinet), Katie Mendenhall (violoncello), Martin Tardiff (double bass).

10/11/2003 The ITO performs live at Mount Hollywood Congregational Church in Los Feliz, CA. The ensemble for this performance is: Greg Adamson ('cello), Ruth Bruegger (violin), Jeff Fairbanks (keyboard), Sean Ferguson (electric guitar), John P. Hoover (baritone saxophone, bass clarinet), Scott McIntosh (clarinet), Katie Mendenhall ('cello), John Marr (keyboard), Martin Tardiff (double bass).

11/18 & 19/2003 The ITO breaks tradition (once again) and performs live in an open rehearsal/performance. The augmented line-up is: Ruth Bruegger (violin), Jeff Fairbanks (keyboard), Sean Ferguson (electric guitar), John P. Hoover (baritone saxophone, bass clarinet) Scott McIntosh (clarinet), Katie Mendenhall ('cello), John Marr (keyboard), Martin Tardiff (double bass).

Spring 87	Famous conversation between Shane & John over coffee at Student Center Quad, CSUF where they discuss what life will be like after college. They decide the best scenario is to form an ensemble to play their own compositions.
Spring 87	Early attempt at ensemble: Nosmo King
4/24/87	Shane's Senior Recital. Nosmo King's first & only performance.
10/31/87	John's Senior Recital. Music For The Ages (at that time called Musica Nova) premiered. Instrumentation is forerunner of ITO.
Spring 89	Shane & John write and perform music for the Good Woman of Setzuan at CSUF. Future band members include Sandy Brewer, Shannon Crawford and Paul Greenhaw.
5/8/89	First ITO rehearsal - CSUF Recital Hall. The ITO is Sandy Brewer (violin), Shane w. Cadman (tenor saxophone, keyboard), Kirk Clawson (electric bass), Shannon Crawford (clarinet), Christine Dietrich (violoncello) and John P. Hoover (baritone saxophone, keyboard).
Summer 89	ITO begins rehearsing regularly in Shannon's garage.
12/8/89	Cal State Fullerton, Exit Gallery
1/20/90	The Natural Fudge Co.
2/25/90	Fullerton Museum Center. Guest clarinetist, Steve Rochford, subs for Shannon.
3/18/90	Gorky's Café
3/20/90	Rancho Santiago College
3/23/90	Cypress College
3/25/90	Gorky's Café
4/29/90	Whittier Art Association Gallery
5/31/90	Laurel Elementary School
6/8/90	Bradford Square Retirement Home
6/16/90	System M
6/26/90	Art-A-Fair (Laguna Beach)
8/29/90	KXLU (Emancipation of the Dissonance w/ Heinrich & Greg - Interview and Performance of selections from "Dancing about Architecture (Talking about Art)"). Interviewees: Ross Amador, Shane Cadman, Tom Callinan and Maryann Parashak. ITO Performers included everybody but Kirk.
9/9/90	Whittier Community Center Theatre - Los Angeles Open Arts Festival, "Dancing about Architecture (Talking about Art)"
9/11/90	System M
10/2/90	Mu Phi Epsilon Meeting
10/14/90	Great Britain Food Festival
11/2/90	Employment Development Department Open House
11/9/90	Bradford Square Retirement Home
12/2/90	Fullerton Museum Center
12/14/90	Irvine Valley College. Kirk Clawson's last performance with The ITO.
2/17/91	Cal State Fullerton, Exit Gallery. Kurt's (last name?) first and only performance with The ITO (playing bass guitar). Sandy Brewer's last performance with the ITO.
5/10/91	Irvine Valley College. James Bigelow (violin) and Paul Greenhaw's (keyboard) first performance with The ITO.
6/15/91	System M
6/23/91	Whittier Art Association Gallery
6/30/91	Fullerton Museum Center
7/22/91	Bogart's
7/26/91	System M
9/13/91	System M
9/14/91	Rancho Santiago College
10/8/91	Rancho Santiago College
11/14/91	Cal State Fullerton, Recital Hall. Paul's Senior Composition Recital. James Bigelow and Shannon Crawford's last performance with The ITO.
12/6/91	System M. Scott McIntosh (clarinet), Leenya Rideout (violin) - first performances with The ITO.
12/7/91	The Caged Chameleon Art Gallery. Leenya Rideout's last performance with The ITO.
Spring '92	ITO plays James Bigelow piece for a composers' forum at CSULB. Paul was unavailable for the performance, so we were fortunate to have Diane Barkauskas fill-in on keyboard.
8/29/92	Evening Under the Stars (At the home of Jay & Marie Senese). First ITO performance without the violin as the ensemble officially becomes a quintet.
9/15/92	Rancho Santiago College
10/15/92	Regency Coffee Roast
10/17/92	System M
12/1/92	Fullerton Museum Center - AIDS Benefit w/ Allison Edwards and Leigh Unger
12/13/92	The Galaxy
5/14/93	Cal State Fullerton, Choir Room. Scott's Senior Performance Recital.
5/15/93	Muckenthaler Cultural Center
5/16/93	Muckenthaler Cultural Center
6/3/93	ITO becomes an Non-Profit (501(c)(3)) corporation.
10/16/93	Release party for Standing on the Shoulders of Giants at Trent Wilson's studio.
10/19/93	Rancho Santiago College
11/2/93	First time The ITO is heard on the radio. 9:55 am, KCRW, Chris Douridas plays Thou Pale Companion!
12/4/93	Uptown Art Tour - Whittier (King Richard's)
12/8/93	KPFK (Journey into the Realms of Music w/ Bill Davila)
12/14/93	KCRW (Morning Becomes Eclectic w/ Chris Douridas)
12/16/93	Largo Pub
12/18/93	KUSC (Commuter Classics w/ Bonnie Grice - Interview and music from the CD, Standing on the Shoulders of Giants)
2/26/94	Heritage Park Community Center
3/6/94	Chapman University (Salmon Recital Hall)
3/8/94	Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts (Whittier College)
3/27/94	Today in L.A.: Weekend (KNBC TV Channel 4)
4/8/94	Rhino Records (Westwood Store)
4/23/94	CSU Fresno, Vintage Days
6/14/94	Book Beat: Viva Pasadena - Community Access TV
6/22/94	Pasadena Presbyterian Church
7/3/94	Luna Park
8/20/94	Dark's Art Parlor
9/28/94	Pasadena Presbyterian Church
1/11/95	Greg Adamson (cello) joins ITO.
1/25/95	KPFK (Journey into the Realms of Music w/ Bill Davila). Greg Adamson's first performance with The ITO.
1/26/95	KUSC (Commuter Classics w/ Bonnie Grice - Interview and music from the CD, Pythagorean Xydiko Machine)
1/28/95	Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts (Whittier College)
1/29/95	Chapman University (Salmon Recital Hall)
1/30/95	KCRW (Morning Becomes Eclectic w/ Chris Douridas)
2/4/95	UCLA (Schoenberg Hall w/ Los Angeles Modern Dance & Ballet - Naomi Goldberg)
5/20/95	Virgin Records (Costa Mesa) - In-Store
5/26/95	Barnes & Noble (Santa Monica) - In-Store
7/7/95	California Plaza w/ LAMD&B/ Naomi Goldberg. Randy McRill's first performance with The ITO (on keyboards).
9/3/95	KUNM (Other Voices, Other Sounds w/ Jim Bailey). Jim interviews Shane & John.
9/6/95	WAAA Showcase - Albuquerque, NM. Randy McRill's last performance with The ITO.
12/5/95	Cal State Fullerton, Choir Room. ITO plays on Paul Greenhaw's Graduate Composition Recital. Paul joined us on keyboard for "Postcard From Magnesia." Lloyd Rodgers's group played an arrangement of "Pythagorean Xydiko Machine" and The Scratch Orchestra played an arrangement of "Hats Off to the Lemming People."
5/11/96	Orange County Center for Contemporary Art. Ron Shelton's first performance with The ITO (on keyboard). First and only performance with J'anna Jacoby on violin. Violin reinstated as regular instrument, ITO a sextet again.
9/4/96	WAAA Showcase - Portland, OR. Arthur Howansky's first performance with The ITO (on violin).
9/14/96	Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts (Whittier College)
3/18/97	Rancho Santiago College
3/19/97	KCSN (Interview w/ Bonnie Grice)
3/19/97	KPFK (Journey into the Realms of Music w/ Bill Davila - Interview)
3/22/97	California State University, Northridge (New Performing Arts Center)
9/16/97	Rancho Santiago College
9/26/97	California Plaza (w/ Oguri & Renzoku) - Premiere of "A Flame in the Distance"
9/27/97	California Plaza (w/ Oguri & Renzoku) - "A Flame in the Distance"
2/17/98	Santa Ana College (née Rancho Santiago College)
2/20/98	The Getty Center
6/6/98	Armand Hammer Museum. Ross Kalling's first performance with The ITO (on keyboard).
2/15/99	Shane & John attend A.S.K. Theater Projects/Nautilus Music Theater Playwright-Composer Studio. Although this is not connected to the ITO directly, Shane and John meet fabulously talented composers, musicians and writers (some of whom will go on to collaborate with the ITO), and are reaffirmed and reinvigorated in the direction and future of the ITO.
12/2/99 through 12/5/99	World premiere of Lovesickness, by Rosanna Gamson/Worldwide, with music by Shane W. Cadman, at Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica, CA. The music for this performance was prerecorded on CD (at Trompe l'Oreille in Anaheim), and was performed by Greg Adamson ('cello), Ruth Bruegger (violin), Ray Frisby (percussion), John P. Hoover (bass clarinet) and Scott McIntosh (clarinet), with Shane conducting. For more information on Lovesickness CLICK HERE.
1/22/2000	The ITO recorded the music for Women of Mystery at a recording studio at UCLA. The music was composed by Shane and John, in their first collaboration since "The Good Woman of Setzuan" at CSU Fullerton in the Spring of 1989. They did not work together on the score, but instead took different sections of the film. Shane composed the music for the narration sections (opening, closing and two dividing the film) and the section on Sue Grafton. John composed the music for the sections on Sara Paretsky and Marcia Muller. The music for this score was performed by Greg Adamson ('cello), Reg Clew (violin), Ray Frisby (percussion), John P. Hoover (bass clarinet), Ross Kalling (piano) and Scott McIntosh (clarinet), with Shane conducting.
4/5/2000	The ITO gets its own domain on the web (www.theito.org)!
10/1/2000	The ITO performs live for the first time in over two (yes, two!) years, at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood. We are part of the Lard Asylum Variety Hour, produced by Jerome Dunn (Jerry the Priest). The ITO is Greg Adamson ('cello), Ruth Bruegger (violin), Shane W. Cadman (keyboard), Jeff Fairbanks (keyboard), John P. Hoover (bass clarinet), Ross Kalling (keyboard) and Scott McIntosh (clarinet). This performance featured the premieres of "1441," "The Fourth Man in the Fire," and "This is my Resting Place," (taken from "Dancing in Bedlam") by Shane, and "Carnival of the Miserable" ("Cotton Candy of Doom," "A Beautiful Day in the Dark," and "Claustrophobic Carousel") by John.
10/5 & 6/2000	Women of Mystery premieres in San Francisco and Los Angeles. For more information on Women of Mystery CLICK HERE.
11/11/2000	The ITO performs live at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art as part of a "Music from the Autonomous Zone" evening. Lloyd Rodgers describes it this way: three composer/performer ensembles (The Lloyd Rodgers Group, The Illustrious Theatre Orchestra, and The Festival Orchestra and Singers (featuring Sean Ferguson, Jeremy Reinbolt and Matt Menaged) presenting a wide variety of 'pomo' music from aggro-minimalism to agit-prop romanticism to 'pop-minimalism'." The ITO is Greg Adamson ('cello), Ruth Bruegger (violin), Shane W. Cadman (keyboard), Jeff Fairbanks (keyboard), John P. Hoover (bass clarinet), Ross Kalling (keyboard) and Scott McIntosh (clarinet). This performance featured the ITO premieres of "Not the High Dive" and "Counting on the Weatherman" by Jeff Fairbanks. Also, we break the ITO rules and do an arrangement of a piece by a non-ITO composer. As an homage to Lloyd Rodgers (this is the first time we've shared an evening with him!), we performed the "Overture" to his ballet "The Little Prince."
6/6/2001	The ITO performs live at the Mark Taper Forum Access Celebration. This was an extremely rare outdoor "casual" performance, but was much appreciated (by all) nonetheless. John really worked hard for this one, writing and rearranging a lot of music, including some specifically for this occasion. This performance featured premieres by Shane W. Cadman, Jeff Fairbanks and John P. Hoover. For this rare performance, the unusually large and uniquely orchestrated ITO was Eric Bergkvist (trombone, wind synthesizer), Ruth Bruegger (violin), Shane W. Cadman (electric bass), Jeff Fairbanks (keyboard), Ray Frisby (percussion), Mathew Galasso (keyboard), Hank Hofmann (trombone), John P. Hoover (baritone sax & bass clarinet), and Audrey Izuhara (clarinet).
8/18/2001	The ITO performs live at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art. For this performance, the ITO is Jeff Alu (keyboard), Shane W. Cadman (electric bass), Jeff Fairbanks (keyboard), John P. Hoover (bass clarinet, baritone sax), Jennifer Lane (accordion), John Marr (keyboard), Scott McIntosh (clarinet) and Katie Mendenhall ('cello). This performance featured the ITO premieres of "Dreaming in the Garden of Gethsemane" by Shane W. Cadman, and "Search Engine" by Jeff Fairbanks.
10/6/2001	Joshua Cadman (the third and final Cadman child) is born. Usually the birth of a child does not get a place in the ITO history, but in this case, Joshua's arrival was a big part of Shane's decision (in addition to growing family and work responsibilities) to leave the ITO. The group continues on under the leadership of John Hoover and Jeff Fairbanks.
7/20/2002	The ITO performs live at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art. For this performance, the ITO is Ruth Bruegger (violin), John Ciulik (electric guitar, trumpet), Jeff Fairbanks (keyboard), John P. Hoover (bass clarinet, baritone saxophone, viola - yes, viola!), John Marr (keyboard), Scott McIntosh (clarinet), Katie Mendenhall (violoncello), Martin Tardiff (double bass).
10/11/2003	The ITO performs live at Mount Hollywood Congregational Church in Los Feliz, CA. The ensemble for this performance is: Greg Adamson ('cello), Ruth Bruegger (violin), Jeff Fairbanks (keyboard), Sean Ferguson (electric guitar), John P. Hoover (baritone saxophone, bass clarinet), Scott McIntosh (clarinet), Katie Mendenhall ('cello), John Marr (keyboard), Martin Tardiff (double bass).
11/18 & 19/2003	The ITO breaks tradition (once again) and performs live in an open rehearsal/performance. The augmented line-up is: Ruth Bruegger (violin), Jeff Fairbanks (keyboard), Sean Ferguson (electric guitar), John P. Hoover (baritone saxophone, bass clarinet) Scott McIntosh (clarinet), Katie Mendenhall ('cello), John Marr (keyboard), Martin Tardiff (double bass).