A Tribute to Ol’ Blue Eyes
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A Tribute to Ol’ Blue Eyes
Music Center At Strathmore Thursday, January 26, 2017— 8pm
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Friday, January 27, 2017— 8pm Saturday, January 28, 2017— 8pm Sunday, January 29, 2017— 3pm
Presenting Sponsors:
Various
Jack Everly | Principal Pops Conductor
Jack Everly, conductor Ann Hampton Callaway, vocalist Tony Desare, vocalist Frankie Moreno, vocalist
A Tribute to Ol’ Blue Eyes“ New York, New York“( John Kander & Fred Ebb)“ It Had to Be You”( Isham Jones & Gus Kahn)“ Night and Day”( Cole Porter)“ Something’ s Got to Give”( Johnny Mercer)“ Something Stupid”( C. Carson Parks)“ Time After Time”( Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn)“ It Was a Very Good Year”( Ervin Drake)“ Let’ s Face the Music and Dance”( Irving Berlin)“ One for My Baby and One More for the Road”
( Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer)“ Blues in the Night”( Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer)“ Luck Be a Lady”( Frank Loesser)
INTERMISSION
Overture for High Rollers( Arr. Jack Everly)“ That’ s Life!”( Dean Kay Gordon & Kelly Thompson)“ How Deep is the Ocean”( Irving Berlin)“ Me and My Shadow”( Billy Rose & Dave Dreyer)“ All of Me”( Gerald Marks & Seymour Simons)“ Big Spender”( Cy Coleman) Frank and the Pack( Arr. Barton, Desare, Firth)“ My Way / I Gotta Be Me”( François & Anka / Walter Marks)
The concert will end at approximately 10pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and 5pm on Sunday.
Supporting Sponsor:
Michael Tammaro
Jack Everly
Jack Everly is the principal pops conductor of the Indianapolis and Baltimore Symphony Orchestras, Naples Philharmonic Orchestra and the National Arts Centre Orchestra( Ottawa). He has conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall and appears regularly with The Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom Music Center. This season Maestro Everly will conduct over 90 performances in more than 20 North American cities.
As music director of the National Memorial Day Concert and“ A Capitol Fourth” on PBS, Maestro Everly proudly leads the National Symphony Orchestra in these patriotic celebrations on the National Mall, attracting hundreds of thousands attendees on the lawn and reaching millions of viewers annually.
Originally appointed by Mikhail Baryshnikov, Mr. Everly was conductor of the American Ballet Theatre for 14 years, where he served as music director. In addition to his ABT tenure, he teamed with Marvin Hamlisch on Broadway shows that Mr. Hamlisch scored. Mr. Everly conducted Carol Channing hundreds of times in Hello, Dolly! in two separate Broadway productions.
A graduate of the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, Maestro Everly is a recipient of the 2015 Indiana Historical Society Living Legends Award and holds an honorary doctorate of Arts from Franklin College in his home state of Indiana. He is a proud resident of the Indianapolis community for over 14 years and when not on the podium you can find Maestro Everly at home with his family, which includes Max the wonder dog.
Jack Everly last appeared with the BSO in October 2016, conducting“ Broadway’ s Leading Men.”
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