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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