Overture Magazine - 2015-2016 Season September-October 2015 | Page 35

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Jim Hogan

Jim Hogan is
thrilled to be
making his debut
with the Baltimore
Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Jack Everly. At just 24
years of age, Jim has already made a
name for himself as one of Broadway’s
upcoming performers to watch. Broadway/National Tour credits include
Spring Awakening, while regional
credits include Henrik Egerman in
A Little Night Music (Arden Theatre
Company), Huey Calhoun in Memphis
(Arvada Center for the Arts, Theatre
Colorado Best Actor in a Musical
Award) and as Gordon in the world
premiere of The Circus in Winter
(Goodspeed Musicals).  In 2016, Jim
will make his feature film debut in
Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull, directed
by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer. 
In addition to performances with Jack
Everly as a soloist in Classic FM: Radio
Hits of the Decades, The Beat Goes On:
The Music of the Baby Boomers, and the
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s
Yuletide Celebration, Jim created the
role of Charley in the world premiere
of Maestro Luke Frazier’s I’ ll Be Seeing You with the Fairfax Symphony
Orchestra. Interact with Jim on Twitter
and Instagram @JimHogan220
Jim Hogan is making his debut with
the BSO.

Ron Remke

Ron Remke is
currently performing in the largest
spectacle on the
Las Vegas strip, Jubilee!  He was a
featured soloist with the renowned 12
Irish Tenors and is a guest artist with
symphonies throughout the United
States and Canada. He is also a soughtafter performer on the high seas and
has had the privilege of visiting over 80
countries.  Select credits include lead
tenor in The Producers (Westchester
Broadway Theater, Pioneer Theater),

Hugo in Aspects of Love, Captain Tarnitz
in The Student Prince (Media Theater),
dance captain for Kiss Me, Kate (US
National Tour) and appearances at the
Fulton Opera House, Marriott Lincolnshire, the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse,
Struther’s Library Theater and Cortland
Repertory among others. Mr. Remke
has also worked with Sesame Street and
Nickelodeon as a voice-over character
artist and is the voice of Juan in Sonia
Monzano’s (Maria from Sesame St.)
No Dog Allowed!.  His full symphonic
CD entitled Broadway Classics is available on iTunes and on his website,
www.ronremke.com.
Ron Remke last appeared with the
BSO SuperPops in October 2014, in
“Broadway Standing Ovations,” with
Jack Everly conducting.

Josh Turner

Indianapolis native
Josh Turner is a 2015
graduate of Butler
University with a B.A.
in music. Mr. Turner’s YouTube channel
has garnered nearly nine million views,
and his performance of Paul Simon’s
“Graceland” earned him an appearance
on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
Mr. Turner recently had the opportunity
to perform alongside members of the
Backstreet Boys at the 2015 Kentucky
Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
In his spare time, Mr. Turner enjoys making a pot of tea and playing bluegrass.
Josh Turner is making his debut with
the BSO.

N’Kenge

N’Kenge, who originated the role of Mary
Wells in Broadway’s
Motown: The Musical,
made her Broadway debut in Sondheim on
Sondheim alongside Barbara Cook, Vanessa
Williams, Norm Lewis and Tom Wopat,
directed by Pulitzer Prize winner James
Lapine. In London, N’Kenge made her
West End debut starring in The Genius of
Ray Charles. She was hailed by The New
York Times as “a classically trained diva
that can stretch from Broadway, Po