Program - Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra: Masters of American Song

SYMPHONY POPS

2018/19

2018/19 SEASON PRESENTING SPONSORS:

ELLA FITZGERALD & FRANK SINATRA: MASTERS OF AMERICAN SONG COLORADO SYMPHONY CHRISTOPHER DRAGON, conductor CAPATHIA JENKINS, vocals TONY DESARE, vocals EDWARD DECKER, guitar DYLAN SHAMAT, bass MICHAEL KLOPP, drums Saturday, September 22, 2018, at 7:30 p.m.

Boettcher Concert Hall MANONE/Holcombe In the Mood ALLEN/Smith This Could Be the Start of Something Big KERN/HAMMERSTEIN/Riddle All the Things You Are GERSHWIN/Riddle Fascinating Rhythm BLOOM/MERCER/Firth Day In, Day Out STYNE/COMDEN/Barton Just in Time RASKIN/MERCER/Riddle Laura MALNECK/MERCER/DeVol Goody Goody VAN HEUSEN/CAHN/May Come Fly With Me FRANCOIS/REVAUX/Montalto My Way PRIMA/Dyess Sing, Sing, Sing FAIN/KAHAL I’ll Be Seeing You PORTER/DeSare/Firth Night and Day — INTERMISSION — CHARLES/DeSare MERCER/DeSare BERLIN/DeSare RODGERS/HART/Fleischer PORTER/Holcombe ALEXANDER/FITZGERALD/Hefti ARLEN/KOEHLER/May VARIOUS/DeSare

Hallelujah, I Love Him So Something’s Gotta Give I Love a Piano Lady is a Tramp Begin the Beguine A-Tisket, A-Tasket Get Happy Sinatra Medley

Tonight's Concert is Gratefully Dedicated to Sherman & Howard

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SYMPHONY POPS BIOGRAPHIES CHRISTOPHER DRAGON, conductor Australian conductor Christopher Dragon is in his fourth season as the Associate Conductor of the Colorado Symphony. For three years he previously held the position of Assistant Conductor with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, which gave him the opportunity to work closely with Principal Conductor Asher Fisch. Christopher works regularly in Australia and has guest conducted the Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and West Australian Symphony Orchestras. His 2015 debut performance at the Sydney Opera House with Josh Pyke and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra was released on album by ABC Music and won an ARIA the following year. Christopher’s international guest conducting includes the Orquestra Sinfônica de Porto Alegre, the San Diego Symphony Orchestra and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He has also conducted at numerous festivals including the Breckenridge and Bangalow Music Festivals, with both resulting in immediate re-invitations. At the beginning of 2016 Mr. Dragon conducted Wynton Marsalis’ Swing Symphony as part of the Perth International Arts Festival alongside Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at the Lincoln Center Orchestra. Christopher Dragon began his conducting studies in 2011 and was a member of the prestigious Symphony Services International Conductor Development Program in Australia under the guidance of course director Christopher Seaman. He has also studied with numerous distinguished conductors including Leonid Grin, Paavo and Neeme Järvi at the Järvi Summer Festival, Fabio Luisi at the Pacific Music Festival and conducting pedagogue Jorma Panula.'

CAPATHIA JENKINS, vocals The Brooklyn-born and raised actress, Capathia Jenkins, most recently starred as ‘Medda’ in the hit Disney production of Newsies on Broadway.

She made her Broadway debut in The Civil War, where she created the role of Harriet Jackson. She then starred in the Off-Broadway 2000 revival of Godspell, where she wowed audiences with her stirring rendition of ‘Turn Back, O Man’ which can still be heard on the original cast recording. She returned to Broadway in The Look of Love and was critically acclaimed for her performances of the Bacharach/David hits. Ms. Jenkins then created the roles of ‘The Washing Machine’ in Caroline, Or Change and ‘Frieda May’ in Martin Short-Fame Becomes Me where she sang ‘Stop the Show’ and brought the house down every night. In 2007 she went back to Off-Broadway and starred in (mis) Understanding Mammy-The Hattie McDaniel Story for which she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. Most recently she was seen in Nora Ephron’s Love, Loss, and What I Wore. An active concert artist, Ms. Jenkins has appeared with numerous orchestras around the world including the Cleveland Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony (with Marvin Hamlisch), National Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Utah Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, San Antonio Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Memphis Symphony, Nashville Symphony, Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus, Toledo Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Edmonton Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, San Diego Symphony and the Hong Kong Philharmonic among many others. She

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SYMPHONY POPS BIOGRAPHIES will return this summer as a soloist with the Festival Cesky Krumlov in the Czech Republic for the third time. Capathia had the great honor of performing in the ‘Broadway Ambassadors to Cuba’ concert as part of the Festival De Teatro De La Habana. Ms. Jenkins was the guest soloist with Peter Nero and the Philly Pops and has several return engagements with the Cincinnati Pops. She has appeared several times at Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops and recently sang in a Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch at the Library of Congress. Her Television credits include 30 Rock, the Practice, Law & Order SVU, the Sopranos, Law & Order. She can be seen in the 2012 film ‘Musical Chairs’ directed by Susan Seidelman. Ms. Jenkins was recently seen in The Wiz in a live performance on NBC. She can be heard on the following film soundtracks: Nine, Chicago, Legally Blonde 2.

PHOTO: BILL WESTMORELAND

TONY DESARE, vocals Named a Rising Star Male Vocalist in Downbeat magazine, DeSare has lived up to this distinction by winning critical and popular acclaim for his concert performances throughout North America and abroad. From jazz clubs to Carnegie Hall to Las Vegas headlining with Don Rickles and major symphony orchestras, DeSare has brought his fresh take on old school class around the globe. DeSare has three top ten Billboard jazz albums under his belt and has been featured on the CBS Early Show, NPR, A Prairie Home Companion, the Today Show and his music has been posted by social media celebrity juggernaut, George Takei. DeSare has also collaborated with Youtube icons Postmodern Jukebox. DeSare is an accomplished award-winning composer. He not only won first place in the USA Songwriting Contest, but has written the theme song for the motion picture, My Date With Drew, several broadcast commercials and has recently composed the full soundtracks for the Hallmark Channel’s Love Always, Santa and Lifetime’s Nanny Nightmare. DeSare’s forthcoming appearances include the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Grand Rapids Symphony, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the Smith Center in Las Vegas. DeSare releases new recordings, videos of standards and new originals every few weeks on his YouTube channel, iTunes and Spotify.

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