The Owensboro Symphony Orchestra today announced an exciting 2015-2016 season that includes big name attractions and guests that are sure to please the entire community. The musically diverse season includes both classical and contemporary favorites performed by one of Kentucky’s finest orchestras.
“For the 2015-2016 season, we have selected a collection of works that our patrons have told us are among their very favorites.” says Owensboro Symphony Orchestra CEO Dan Griffith. “The support that our community has shown us over the past fifty years has been tremendous and what better way to say thanks than with a season of music and artists Owensboro loves.”
The 2015-2016 season runs from October 2015, through April of 2016, and will feature the following works and artists:
OPENING NIGHT of The Fiftieth Season
Audiences will be thrilled by the magic of Cirque de la Symphonie’s live performance with full orchestra on Opening Night. A visual and sonic feast for the senses that one will not want to miss!
With exciting artistic performances seen in theaters worldwide, Cirque de la Symphonie artists will present aerial flyers and silks, acrobats, contortionists, dancers, electric jugglers, and balancers, all choreographed to magnificent music presented by full orchestra.
CIRQUE de la SYMPHONIE
Saturday, October 17, 2015 at 7:00 PM
Nick Palmer, Conductor
This concert is generously sponsored by the law firm of Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs LLP.
The guest artist sponsor is UBS Financial Services.
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THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
The Marriage of Figaro is a tender comedy in which a countess and her servant join forces to punish her aristocrat husband for philandering. In a single crazy, romantic day, doors will be locked and unlocked, disguises donned, kisses exchanged and innermost hearts revealed – to some of the most memorable music Mozart ever composed. In the process, two very different couples learn humbling lessons about life and love.
The Owensboro Symphony Orchestra, Kentucky Opera and the Kentucky Wesleyan Singers will present an evening of opera that will be familiar to all. Mozart’s Figaro features music that has been used in countless movies and advertisements, including Trading Places, The King’s Speech, and The Shawshank Redemption.
The Marriage of Figaro
Saturday, November 14, 2015 at 7:00 PM
Nick Palmer, Conductor
Kentucky Opera, David Roth, General Director
Kentucky Wesleyan Singers, Bradley Naylor, Director
This concert is generously sponsored by Old National Bank and William O. & Deborah Price
The guest artist is sponsored by Margaret Holbrook in memory of her husband, Morton Holbrook
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MAGICAL HOLIDAY POPS!
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose, Yuletide carols being sung by a choir…and the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra spreading holiday cheer with the annual Holiday Pops concert! A sleigh full of guest artists, including American Idol finalist, Jenny Beth Willis, Owensboro Symphony Chorus, Owensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra, combined children’s chorus from City and County Elementary Schools, Owensboro High School Red Steel Drum Ensemble, and actors from Theater Workshop of Owensboro will join the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra for favorite carols, cherished holiday tunes, seasonal orchestral pieces and a Christmas carol sing-along. One of our favorite and most festive events of the year, make the Holiday Pops part of your holiday tradition.
HOLIDAY POPS!
Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 3:00 PM
Nick Palmer, Conductor
Jenny Beth Willis, Soloist
Owensboro Symphony Chorus, Bradley Naylor, Conductor
Owensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra, Tom Stites, Conductor
Theatre Workshop of Owensboro, Todd Reynolds, Executive Director
Red Steele Drum Ensemble, Aaron Klausing, Conductor
This concert is generously sponsored by Aleris Rolled Products.
The guest artist sponsors are Independence Bank and Hafer Associates PSC.
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An Evening of Pops!
MICHAEL CAVANAUGH: THE MUSIC OF BILLY JOEL AND MORE!
One of Broadway’s best will join the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra for an evening of fun and entertaining music. Hand-picked by Billy Joel for the starring role in the Broadway musical, Movin’ Out, Grammy and Tony nominated Michael Cavanaugh has won the hearts of audiences and critics. In his tribute to Billy Joel, the audience will hear many of the Piano Man’s biggest hits including She’s Got A Way, New York State of Mind, Uptown Girl, Only The Good Die Young, You May Be Right and Just The Way You Are.
It was at the famed “New York, New York Hotel and Casino” where Billy Joel spotted Michael and joined him on stage one fateful night in February 2001. It only took 2 songs before Billy was convinced that he had found his new Piano Man, Michael Cavanaugh. Michael closed up shop at New York, New York and moved to New York City to work alongside Billy Joel and Twyla Tharp, to shape the Broadway Musical that would be called “Movin’ Out”.
With the close of Movin’ Out at the end of 2005, Michael began touring in his own right, creating a show that reinterprets the modern pop/rock songbook. Michael soon became one of the hottest artist’s in the corporate/events market. He continues to perform worldwide for company and charity events as well as sporting events including PGA tour events, the US Open, the Indy 500. It wasn’t long before symphony orchestras discovered Michael’s talents and audience appeal. He accepted his first orchestral booking, “Michael Cavanaugh – The Songs of Billy Joel and more” which debuted in April of 2008 with the Indianapolis Symphony and continues to tour. In October 2008, he signed with Warner/ADA to distribute his first CD titled “In Color”. In June, 2010, Michael debuted his second symphony show in the “Generations of Rock” series entitled “Michael Cavanaugh: The Songs of Elton John & more” and continues to tour both symphony productions.
An Evening of Pops!
featuring MICHAEL CAVANAUGH: THE MUSIC OF BILLY JOEL AND MORE!
Saturday, March 19, 2016 at 7:00 PM
Nick Palmer, Conductor
Michael Cavanaugh, Guest Artist
This concert is generously sponsored by The Glenmore Distillery.
The guest artist sponsors are Martina and Dick Temple, Anne and Ron Sheffer,
Cherri, Ted and Tipton Lolley and Beltline Electric.
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FIFTIETH FINALE – A Gershwin Celebration
Broadway’s best presented by some of Owensboro favorites! Musick Studios All Stars, vocalists Bradley Naylor, Lisa Clark and Tevin Vincent and the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra and Chorus bring the stage alive with some of Bernstein’s most popular works from West Side Story and Candide. And if that isn’t enough to bring the crowd to its feet, the Symphony, vocalist and Chorus will present George Gershwin’s much loved Symphonic Portrait from Porgy and Bess.
Just when the audience thinks the concert can’t get any better, one of Owensboro’s favorite pianists, Diane Earle joins the orchestra for a performance of Gershwin’s best – Rhapsody in Blue. Nick Palmer and the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra conclude the Fiftieth Season with everyone’s favorite – American in Paris.
FIFTIETH FINALE
Saturday, April 16, 2016 at 7:00 PM
Nick Palmer, Music Director and Conductor
Bradley Naylor, Tenor – Lisa Clark, Soprano – Tevin Vincent, Baritone
Diane Earle, Pianist
Owensboro Symphony Chorus, Bradley Naylor, Director
Musick Studios All Stars, LeAnne Musick, Director
This concert is generously sponsored by Swedish Match North America Inc.
The guest artist is sponsored by Owensboro Grain Company Inc.
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ON-SALE DATES
Subscription tickets for the Owensboro Symphony’s 2015-2016 Fiftieth Season go on sale on Monday, March 30, 2015. Current subscribers who renew before May 1, 2015 will receive a twenty-dollar ticket voucher to be used toward any Owensboro Symphony performance during the Fiftieth Season. First-time symphony subscribers can purchase season tickets at a 50% discount. Ticket information is available through the Owensboro Symphony web site at www.TheOSO.com, or through the Symphony Office at 270-684-0661. Single tickets go on sale to the general public on Monday, two weeks prior to each performance at the RiverPark Center Box Office.
Guest artists for the 2015-2016 Season are made
possible in part through a generous gift from the
Marjorie M. Hager Fund for the Arts
Photos available upon request.
For more information contact:
Sara Jackson
Director of Marketing
Owensboro Symphony Orchestra
[email protected] • 270-684-0661 x 14
