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BEST OF BROADWAY
Friday 24 April 2020 / 7:30PM Jack Singer Concert Hall Specials
PROGRAMME
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Janna Sailor, conductor Michael Hope, vocals Michelle Todd, vocals
Performing songs from the list below. Performance includes a 20-minute intermission.
Overture from Phantom of the Opera (Phantom of the Opera) • Love Changes Everything (Aspects of Love) • All I Ask of You (Phantom of the Opera) • Whistle Down the Wind (Whistle Down the Wind) • Starlight Express (Starlight Express) • Tell Me on a Sunday (Song and Dance) • Evita Medley (Evita) • Don’t Cry for Me Argentina (Evita) • The Last Night of the World (Miss Saigon) • Bring Him Home (Les Misérables) • Macavity (Cats) • Piano (Cats) • I Dreamed a Dream (Les Misérables) • Too Darn Hot (Kiss Me Kate) • Maybe This Time (Cabaret) • Losing My Mind (Follies) • Pie Jesu (Requiem) • Phantom of the Opera (Reprise) • Think of Me (Phantom of the Opera) • Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again (Phantom of the Opera) • Music of the Night (Phantom of the Opera)
JANNA SAILOR
Conductor
Hailed by critics as “charismatic, crisp, precise, and elegant,” Janna Sailor is an emerging conductor and innovator on the Canadian music scene. As founder and Artistic Director of the Vancouver-based Allegra Chamber Orchestra, she leads one of the only all-female classical orchestras in the world; an ensemble dedicated to creating opportunities for women and minorities in the classical music industry, with a mandate of social action through music. The Orchestra and its unique output and mandate has been featured on CBC Radio, Radio ICI, The Walrus and The Strad magazines, The Violin Channel, The Hub, and public radio stations across Germany and France, amongst other international media. Over its two-year history, the Orchestra has commissioned and premiered numerous works by Canadian female and minority composers, and cofounded a music therapy program for women living on the street on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. In addition to guest conducting the major orchestras in Canada, Sailor pursues a diverse career as a violinist, delving into contemporary, world and early music, jazz and improvisation, chamber music, and interdisciplinary projects with dancers, visual artists, and electronics.
MICHAEL HOPE
Vocals
Michael Hope joined the bassoon section of Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra in 1982, and is one of Calgary’s most respected artists through his musicianship and his dedication to the life of our musical community. In addition to playing the bassoon, he has a remarkable second career as a highly praised vocalist. Hope first sang a symphonic pops show with the Calgary Philharmonic in 1990. Since then, he has appeared as a popular soloist with nearly every Canadian orchestra. As a singer, he first gained recognition as the winner of the 1984 Calgary Kiwanis Music Festival Rose Bowl, and First Prize Winner in the 1988 CMC International Stepping Stones Competition. A prolific recording artist, he has made a number of critically acclaimed albums, and his latest CD of Classic inspirational songs, Hallelujah, won a Covenant Award Nomination for Inspirational Album of the Year. Born in Toronto, Hope is a graduate of the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. In addition to making music, he is obsessed with NHL hockey. He also enjoys repairing his old Toyota Camry and watching Grey’s Anatomy on Thursday nights with his Mom! Learn more about Michael by visiting michaelhope.net.
MICHELLE TODD
Vocals
Michelle Todd is an award-winning soprano and actress of critically acclaimed versatility in art song, oratorio, opera, musicals, and plays. Born in England, she made her prize-winning London recital debut in the Purcell Room, followed by solo performances in Queen Elizabeth Hall, and as guest soprano for BBC’s Friday Night is Music Night with the BBC Concert Orchestra. Her major roles in London theatres include The Sound of Music (with Petula Clark), H.M.S. Pinafore, Little Me, Twelfth Night, and the multi-award production of Follies with Stephen Sondheim, Julia McKenzie, and Dame Diana Rigg. Regional leading roles include Little Shop of Horrors, Bless the Bride, Pravda, and Desiree in Sondheim’s A Little Night Music. After emigrating to Canada she joined the Shaw Festival, appearing in Good News and Cole Porter’s Nymph Errant, and toured across Canada in Masterclass, Hello Dolly, The Guardsman, Oklahoma, Cinderella, My Fair Lady, Into the Woods, and Side by Side by Sondheim. In addition to international recitals, recent performances include debuts at the Royal Albert Hall (released on CD and DVD) and Carnegie Hall. Previous Calgary appearances include The Andrew Lloyd Webber Experience and her one-woman show The Tales of Beatrix Potter. Learn more by visiting michelletoddsopranocom.
