NOTHIN’ BUT THE BLUES

Friday, March 15, 2024 at 7:30 pm

Saturday, March 16, 2024 at 7:30 pm

Sunday, March 17, 2024 at 2:30 pm

ALLEN-BRADLEY HALL

Ryan Tani, conductor

Shayna Steele, vocalist

BILLY MEYERS, JACK PETTIS, AND ELMER SCHOEBEL/arr. Jeff Tyzik

Bugle Call Blues

FERDINAND “JELLY ROLLY” MORTON/arr. Jeff Tyzik

King Porter Stomp

LOVIE AUSTIN AND ALBERTA HUNTER/arr. Jeff Tyzik

Down Hearted Blues

WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER HANDY/arr. Jeff Tyzik

St. Louis Blues

LEW BROWN, BUDDY DESYLVA, AND RAY HENDERSON/arr. Jeff Tyzik

Birth of the Blues

JEFF TYZIK

Blues Train

PORTER GRAINGER AND EVERETT ROBBINS/arr. Jeff Tyzik

Tain’t Nobody’s Biz-ness if I Do

TRADITIONAL/arr. Jeff Tyzik

St. James Infirmary

JEFF TYZIK

Downtown Shuffle

IN TERMISSION

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LOUIS PRIMA/arr. Jeff Tyzik

Swing, Swing, Swing

FERDINAND “JELLY ROLLY” MORTON/arr. Jeff Tyzik

Jelly Roll Jive

BESSIE SMITH/arr. Jeff Tyzik

Backwater Blues

LEMON HENRY “BLIND LEMON” JEFFERSON/arr. Jeff Tyzik

Bad Luck Blues

NEW ORLEANS RHYTHM KINGS/arr. Jeff Tyzik

Tin Roof Blues

JIMMIE COX/arr. Jeff Tyzik

Nobody Knows When You’re Down and Out

WILLIE MAE “BIG MAMA” THORNTON

Life Goes On

DAVID COOK AND SHAYNA STEELE/orch. Jeff Tyzik

Wear Me Down

This weekend’s media sponsor is WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO.

The length of this concert is approximately 2 hours. All programs are subject to change.

Guest Artist Biographies

SHAYNA STEELE

There’s no need to sugarcoat it, since her impressive credits speak for themselves. Her colleagues praise her ability, her dedication, and her drive to perfect her craft as a professional singer and knockout performer. On stage and in the studio, New York City-based vocalist and songwriter Shayna Steele proves she is a vocal force to be reckoned with.

After appearing on Broadway in Rent, Jesus Christ Superstar, and the original cast of Hairspray, Steele started writing music with partner David Cook in 2002. The two quickly developed a creative synergy, collaborating on Steele’s eponymous debut EP in 2004. Though self-released, the album’s breakout soul-funk single “High Yella” achieved the attention she needed to raise her solo profile. She and/or her band have since shared the stage with luminaries including Ledisi, who opened for George Clinton and the Sugar Hill Gang, a featured singer with Björkestra and Grammy-winning conductor, composer, and trumpeter Dave Douglas, featured with Grammy Award-winner Snarky Puppy in 2014 at the Nice Jazz Festival, the Estival Jazz Festival, the North Sea Jazz Festival, Java Jazz Festival, and the Singapore Jazz Festival. Steele is a vocalist with the Grammy-nominated Broadway Inspirational Voices and has worked as a sideman with Lizz Wright, Bette Midler, Natasha Bedingfield, John Legend, Matthew Morrison, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Rihanna, and Kelly Clarkson.

“Disco Lies,” the first single off Moby’s 2008 release Last Night, reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard Dance charts and went on to be featured in J.J. Abrams’s summer blockbuster Cloverfield and the movie The Backup Plan starring Jennifer Lopez. Her voice has remained in high demand, with vocals on the Hairspray movie soundtrack, 2012’s The Bourne Legacy, Sex and the City 2, NBC’s Smash, 2008 Summer Olympic highlights on BBC, The Shanghai Restoration Project, and HBO’s The Sopranos. In 2016, Steele reprised her role with the “Dynamites” in NBC’s Hairspray Live. Steele’s sophomore album, RISE (Ropeadope Records), has received rave reviews from both critics and fans alike and reached #4 on the U.S. iTunes jazz charts and #2 on the Italian iTunes Jazz Charts.

2023.24 SEASON

KEN-DAVID MASUR

Music Director

Polly and Bill Van Dyke

Music Director Chair

EDO DE WAART

Music Director Laureate

RYAN TANI

Assistant Conductor

CHERYL FRAZES HILL

Chorus Director

Margaret Hawkins Chorus Director Chair

TIMOTHY J. BENSON

Assistant Chorus Director

FIRST VIOLINS

Jinwoo Lee, Concertmaster, Charles and Marie Caestecker Concertmaster Chair

Ilana Setapen, First Associate Concertmaster

Jeanyi Kim, Associate Concertmaster

Alexander Ayers

Yuka Kadota

Elliot Lee**

Ji-Yeon Lee

Dylana Leung

Kyung Ah Oh

Lijia Phang

Yuanhui Fiona Zheng

SECOND VIOLINS

Jennifer Startt, Principal, Andrea and Woodrow Leung Second Violin Chair

Timothy Klabunde, Assistant Principal

John Bian, Assistant Principal (3rd chair)

Glenn Asch

Lisa Johnson Fuller

Paul Hauer

Hyewon Kim

Alejandra Switala**

Mary Terranova

VIOLAS

Robert Levine, Principal, Richard O. and Judith A. Wagner Family Principal Viola Chair

Georgi Dimitrov, Assistant Principal (2nd chair), Friends of Janet F. Ruggeri Viola Chair

Samantha Rodriguez, Assistant Principal (3rd chair)

Alejandro Duque, Acting Assistant Principal (3rd chair)

Elizabeth Breslin

Nathan Hackett

Erin H. Pipal

Helen Reich

CELLOS

Susan Babini, Principal, Dorothea C. Mayer Cello Chair

Nicholas Mariscal, Assistant Principal*

Shinae Ra, Acting Assistant Principal (2nd chair)

Scott Tisdel, Associate Principal Emeritus

Madeleine Kabat

Peter Szczepanek

Peter J. Thomas

Adrien Zitoun

BASSES

Jon McCullough-Benner, Principal, Donald B. Abert Bass Chair*

Andrew Raciti, Acting Principal

Nash Tomey, Acting Assistant Principal (2nd chair)

Brittany Conrad

Teddy Gabrieledes**

Peter Hatch*

Paris Myers

HARP

Julia Coronelli, Principal, Walter Schroeder Harp Chair

FLUTES

Sonora Slocum, Principal, Margaret and Roy Butter Flute Chair

Heather Zinninger, Assistant Principal

Jennifer Bouton Schaub

PICCOLO

Jennifer Bouton Schaub

OBOES

Katherine Young Steele, Principal, Milwaukee Symphony League Oboe Chair

Kevin Pearl, Assistant Principal

Margaret Butler

ENGLISH HORN

Margaret Butler, Philip and Beatrice Blank English Horn Chair in memoriam to John Martin

CLARINETS

Todd Levy, Principal, Franklyn Esenberg Clarinet Chair

Benjamin Adler, Assistant Principal, Donald and Ruth P. Taylor Assistant Principal Clarinet Chair*

Taylor Eiffert*

Madison Freed**

E-FLAT CLARINET

Benjamin Adler*

BASS CLARINET

Taylor Eiffert*

Madison Freed**

BASSOONS

Catherine Van Handel, Principal, Muriel C. and John D. Silbar Family Bassoon Chair

Rudi Heinrich, Assistant Principal

Beth W. Giacobassi

CONTRABASSOON

Beth W. Giacobassi

HORNS

Matthew Annin, Principal, Krause Family French Horn Chair

Krystof Pipal, Associate Principal

Dietrich Hemann, Andy Nunemaker French Horn Chair

Darcy Hamlin

Kelsey Williams**

TRUMPETS

Matthew Ernst, Principal, Walter L. Robb Family Trumpet Chair

David Cohen, Associate Principal, Martin J. Krebs Associate Principal Trumpet Chair

TROMBONES

Megumi Kanda, Principal, Marjorie Tiefenthaler Trombone Chair

Kirk Ferguson, Assistant Principal

BASS TROMBONE

John Thevenet, Richard M. Kimball Bass Trombone Chair

TUBA

Robyn Black, Principal, John and Judith Simonitsch Tuba Chair

TIMPANI

Dean Borghesani, Principal

Chris Riggs, Assistant Principal

PERCUSSION

Robert Klieger, Principal

Chris Riggs

PIANO

Melitta S. Pick Endowed Piano Chair

PERSONNEL MANAGER

Françoise Moquin, Director of Orchestra Personnel

LIBRARIANS

Paul Beck, Principal Librarian, Anonymous Donor, Principal Librarian Chair

Matthew Geise, Assistant Librarian & Media Archivist

PRODUCTION

Tristan Wallace, Production Manager/ Live Audio

* Leave of Absence 2023.24 Season

** Acting member of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra 2023.24 Season