SING-A-LONG-A SOUND OF MUSIC

SING-A-LONG-A SOUND OF MUSIC

Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 7:30 pm ALLEN-BRADLEY HALL

Katherine Duffy, Host

The evening begins with your host leading a vocal warm-up, judging the fancy dress competition, and teaching you how to use your items in your free interactive props bag.

The audience then takes over as the stars of the show and almost anything can happen as you sit back, relax, and sing along to the film.

The length of this concert is approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes. All programs are subject to change.

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra can be heard on Telarc, Koss Classics, Pro Arte, AVIE, and Vox/Turnabout recordings. MSO Classics recordings (digital only) available on iTunes and at mso.org. MSO Binaural recordings (digital only) available at mso.org.

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The Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist Cathedral churches have played a significant role historically in supporting the arts.

We are proud to be part of this noble tradition at Saint John’s. Please join us!

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T e n e b r a e — S u n d a y , A p r i l 2 , 2 0 2 3 ❖ 5:15PM

Featuring the Cathedral Choir singing the music of Allegri, Anerio, Farrant, Lassus, and Victoria in a stunning choral commemoration of Holy Week, this service is free and open to the public. There will be a freewill offering.

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Alleluia! W itnesses to the R esurrection (Grand Music) Friday, April 28, 2023 ❖ 8:00PM

Join the Cathedral Choir and Cathedral Women’s Choir for our annual paraliturgical evening of choral organ music celebrating the Fine Arts at the Cathedral.

Please contact the Cathedral for tickets.

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Latino Arts S tring Program S pring Concert at the C a t h e d r a l — S u n d a y , M a y 7 , 2 0 2 3 ❖ 4:00PM

Davi d Joni es, Org ani st and Ross Beacraft, Trum peter i n C o n c e r t — T h u r s d a y , M a y 1 8 , 2 0 2 3 ❖ 7:00PM

W ednesday Conc ert S eries/Cathedral Choir Masses

Every Wednesday from March through December, for the most part, we have 30 minute concerts from 12:15PM—12:45PM. These programs are free and feature some of the area’s finest musicians.

Please join the Cathedral Choir for the 11:00AM Mass most Sundays from mid-September through Corpus Christi as well as major solemnities such as Christmas and Holy Week. Please join us for Mass!

812 N Jackson St ❖ Milwaukee WI 53202 ❖ (414) 276-9814 ❖ www.stjohncathedral.org

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Milwaukee Repertory Theater Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Florentine Opera Company Milwaukee Ballet Broadway at the Marcus Center Skylight Music Theatre Sharon Lynne Wilson Center

History Let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start…

Allegedly the first ever sing-a-long happened at an old people’s home in Inverness. The nurses wanted to involve the old people in an interactive group therapy and so screened Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and gave out song sheets so that everyone could sing-a-long. The idea was then developed for the Gay and Lesbian Film Festival in London in 1999 before opening at the Prince Charles Cinema in August of that year. Initially, there was an eight-show run, but the show sold out very quickly, picking up amazing TV coverage and amassing a stack of newspaper stories. The regular shows of Sing-a-long-a Sound of Music then began at the Prince Charles Cinema and the show has been running there ever since.

Sing-a-long-a Sound of Music has been on tour around the UK since January 2000 visiting almost every major venue in the country. In 2001 over 7,000 dressed up to an outdoors singa-long-a at the famous Kenwood House in London. The show has also taken the world by storm including Amsterdam, Dublin, New York, St. Louis, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Toronto, Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Oslo, Stockholm and many other major cities around the globe.

A highlight has been a series of sell-out performances to 18,000 people each time at the famous Hollywood Bowl.

In 2001, Elton John and 40 of his friends dressed up as nuns to “sing-a-long with Julie,” hiring the show for a private party to celebrate David Furnish’s birthday. After a celebratory lunch at the Ivy, the party of 40 donned habits and tuned their vocal chords to sing-a-long and celebrity faces spotted under their wimples included Elton and David, Lulu, Janet Street Porter, Neil Tennant of The Pet Shop Boys, Hugh Grant, and Joan Collins.

Sing-a-long-a Sound of Music was followed by the first ever live show – Sing-a-long-a Abba, which celebrated its 10th Anniversary with a tour in 2011. It enjoyed a highly successful run at The Whitehall Theatre in London’s West End in 2003 and has played in Toronto, New Zealand, and St. Petersburg, Russia, as well as a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival in 2002.

2011 saw the addition of Sing-a-long-a Grease, the film that audiences have been asking for since the very beginning. It has been running in London since May 2011 and will tour the UK from January 2012.

Other Sing-a-long-a shows include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (launched by Donny Osmond in 2002), The Wizard of Oz, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Hairspray and, in 2004, the second live show, Sing-a-long-a Elvis.

The production The world-famous Sing-a-long-a format has been delighting audiences since 1999. The important thing about Sing-a-long-a is that it’s completely inclusive – you join in as much or as little as you want. It’s not compulsory to dress up but many people do and it really adds to the fun. There’s a 30-minute pre-film show during which the host leads you through a vocal warm-up, prepares you for special moments throughout the film and judges the fancy dress competition. Everyone receives a free fun pack with special props for the “magic moments” that make the evening go with a bang.

Singalonga Productions Singalonga Productions is based in London, UK and has been touring the shows since 1999.

The productions are managed by a small team, with extensive expertise in cinema and theatre management, and can be seen throughout the UK and the rest of the world.

You can follow Singalonga Productions at: singalonga.net • facebook.com/singalongasoundofmusic facebook.com/sin galongagrease • Instagram@singalonga MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

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