Lush Life : Ellington & Strayhorn
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Friday , November 22 , 2024 at 8 pm
JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL
Saturday , November 23 , 2024 at 8 pm Sunday , November 24 , 2024 at 3 pm
Damon Gupton , conductor Denzal Sinclaire , vocalist Eric Metzgar , drums
Damon Gupton
Damon Gupton
Mark Lyons
Various / arr . Jeff Tyzik
Lush Life : Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
Duke Ellington “ It Don ’ t Mean a Thing ( If it Ain ’ t Got That Swing )”
Duke Ellington “ Satin Doll ” & Billy Strayhorn
Duke Ellington “ Don ’ t Get Around Much Anymore ” Billy Strayhorn “ Lush Life ”
Duke Ellington “ In a Mellow Tone ” “ Light ” from Black , Brown & Beige “ Come Sunday ”
Duke Ellington & Juan Tizol “ Caravan ” INTERMISSION
Billy Strayhorn “ Take the ‘ A ’ Train ” “ Chelsea Bridge ” “ Multi-Colored Blue ”
Duke Ellington “ Mood Indigo ” & Barney Bigard
Duke Ellington “ I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart ” “ Love You Madly ”
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite
/ arr . Duke Ellington I . Overture II . Toot Toot Tootie Toot III . Dance of the Floreadors IV . Sugar Rum Cherry V . Peanut Brittle Brigade
Denzal Sinclaire , vocalist Eric Metzgar , drums
This performance lasts 1 hour , 45 minutes and includes a 20-minute intermission .
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Damon Gupton is the Principal Guest Conductor of the Cincinnati Pops . A native of Detroit , Michigan , he served as American Conducting Fellow of the Houston Symphony and Assistant Conductor of the Kansas City Symphony . Appearances include the Philadelphia Orchestra , Detroit Symphony , Boston Pops , National Symphony Orchestra , Atlanta Symphony , San Francisco Symphony , St . Louis Symphony Orchestra , San Diego Symphony , Orchestra of St . Luke ’ s , Toledo Symphony , Fort Worth Symphony , Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo , Sphinx Chamber Orchestra , and the Brevard Music Center . He conducted the Seventh Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition and the 2021 Classic FM Live at Royal Albert Hall with Chineke !. Other musical collaborations include work with Sting , Marcus Miller , Brian Stokes Mitchell , Common , Leslie Odom Jr ., Tony DeSare , The Midtown Men , Kenn Hicks , Jamie Cullum , and Massamba Diop in Marvel Studio ’ s Black Panther in Concert .
Gupton has been featured as narrator in many venues including Juilliard Jazz , the Colorado Symphony , Grant Park Music Festival , Detroit Symphony , Cincinnati Pops , Grand Teton Music Festival , St . Louis Symphony Orchestra , Houston Symphony , the Cleveland Orchestra , and Memphis Symphony .
A graduate of the Juilliard School Drama Division , Gupton is an accomplished actor in television , film ,
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