Pops Program Notes: That 70s Showcase, September 25 & 26, 2009

philip.paschke@winspearcentre.com — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:00:00 GMT

That 70s Showcase - Disco Days and Boogie Nights
Robbins Pops
Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre

Friday, September 25, 2009 - 8:00 pm
Saturday, September 26, 2009 - 8:00 pm
Jack Everly, conductor
Chapter 6, vocal ensemble
Farah Alvin, vocals
N'Kenge, vocals
Anne Beck, vocals
Steve Hanna, drums

Program

Prelude to a Decade
(various / arr. Everly)

The Bee Gees!
(Gibb / arr. Grizzard/Anthony)

Love Boat and Other Masterworks (TV Themes)
(various / arr. Barker)

The Way We Were
(Hamlisch/Bergman / arr. Barton)

Keep on Truckin' Medley
(various / arr. Barton)

Imagine
(Lennon / arr. Everly)

Disco Divas
(various / arr. Barton)

YMCA
(Belolo/Morali/Willis / arr. Grizzard/Runyan)

INTERMISSION

ABBA
(Andersson/Ulvaeus / arr. Reineke)

Groovy Movie Themes
(various / arr. Stephenson)

Carpenters Medley
(Carpenter / arr. Barton)

Bohemian Rhapsody
(Mercury / arr. Grizzard)

I Will Survive
(Perren/Fekaris / arr. Barton)

Sounds of the Seventies
(various / arr. Barton/Barker/Stephenson/Grizzard)

Jack Everly, conductor

Jack Everly is the Principal Pops Conductor of the Baltimore and Indianapolis Symphony Orchestras, Naples Philharmonic Orchestra and National Arts Centre Orchestra (Ottawa). He is widely known for his innovative approach to programs that have brought new audiences to the time-tested and beloved symphonic pops genre. This season he made his Cleveland Orchestra debut at Blossom Music Center and appears as guest conductor in Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Toronto, Cincinnati and Detroit.

Mr. Everly is the Music Director of Yuletide Celebration, now a 24-year tradition. These theatrical symphonic holiday concerts are presented annually in December in Indianapolis and are seen by more than 40,000 concert-goers. Mr. Everly led the ISO in its first Pops recording, Yuletide Celebration, Volume One, that included three of his own arrangements.

Originally appointed by Mikhail Baryshnikov, Mr. Everly was conductor of the American Ballet Theatre for 14 years, where he served as Music Director. In addition to his ABT tenure, he has teamed with Marvin Hamlisch in Broadway shows that Mr. Hamlisch scored including, The Goodbye Girl, They’re Playing Our Song, and A Chorus Line. He conducted Carol Channing hundreds of times in Hello, Dolly! in two separate Broadway productions.

In television and film, Jack Everly has appeared on In Performance at the White House and conducted the songs for Disney’s animated classic, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. He has been music director on numerous Broadway cast recordings, and conducted the critically praised, Everything’s Coming Up Roses: The Complete Overtures of Broadway’s Jule Styne. A CD released in July 2005, In the Presence, features tenor Daniel Rodriguez with the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra of Prague conducted by Mr. Everly.

In 1998, Jack Everly created the Symphonic Pops Consortium serving as Music Director. The Consortium, based in Indianapolis, produces a new theatrical pops program each season providing a superior quality artistic program for all. In the past nine years, more than 225 performances of SPC programs have taken place in 25 cities across the U.S. and Canada. This season’s world premiere will be Mysterioso: Music, Magic, Mayhem & Mirth.

In May 2009 Maestro Everly received an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from Franklin College in his home state of Indiana. When not on the podium or arranging, Maestro Everly indulges in his love for films, Häagen-Dazs, and a pooch named Max.

Jack Everly returns to the Robbins Pops series on April 16 & 17, 2010 for A Chorus of Hits, and also conducts the ESO in a very special concert with Sandi Patty on April 13, 2010.

Thank you to our series supporters, Bill & Mary Jo Robbins

Thank you to our Friday concert sponsor: Sobeys

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