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CHRISTINA BIANCO:
WOMAN OF A THOUSAND VOICES
MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE
Thursday, February 28, 2019, 8 pm
JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL
Friday, March 1, 2019, 8 pm
Saturday, March 2, 2019, 8 pm
Sunday, March 3, 2019, 3 pm
Jack Everly last appeared with the
BSO in January 2019, conducting
Rodgers & Hammerstein.
Christina Bianco
Jack Everly, conductor
Christina Bianco, vocalist
Selections to be announced from stage
The concert will end approximately at 10 pm on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday and 5 pm on Sunday.
PRESENTING SPONSORS:
The appearance of Christina Bianco is made possible through the support
of the Willard and Lillian Hackerman Guest Artist Fund.
About the Artists
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,
the San Francisco Symphony and appears
regularly with the Cleveland Orchestra at
Blossom Music Center. Everly conducts
over 90 performances in more than 22
North American cities this season.
As Music Director of the National
Memorial Day Concert and A Capitol
Fourth on PBS, Everly proudly leads the
National Symphony Orchestra in these
patriotic celebrations on the West Lawn
of the U.S. Capitol. These concerts attract
hundreds of thousands of attendees, and
the broadcasts reach millions of viewers
and represent some of the highest-rated
programming on PBS.
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Indiana. He has been a proud resident of
the Indianapolis community for over 15
years and, when not on the podium, you
can find Everly at home with his family,
which includes Max the wonder dog.
Everly is also the Music Director of the
Duke Energy Yuletide Celebration, an over
30-year tradition. He led the ISO in its
first pops recording, Yuletide Celebration,
Volume One, which included three of his
own orchestrations. Other recordings
include In The Presence, featuring
the Czech Philharmonic and Daniel
Rodriguez; Sandi Patty’s Broadway Stories;
the soundtrack to Disney’s The Hunchback
of Notre Dame; and Everything’s Coming Up
Roses: The Complete Overtures Of Jule Styne.
Originally appointed by Mikhail
Baryshnikov, 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 Hamlisch scored. He
conducted Carol Channing hundreds
of times in Hello, Dolly! in two separate
Broadway productions.
Everly, a graduate of the Jacobs School
of Music at Indiana University, 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
Christina Bianco’s voice
and comedic charm
have brought audiences
around the world to
their feet. She captured
international acclaim as a YouTube
sensation with her “diva” impression
videos, gaining over 24 million views.
Bianco has performed on major television
programs such as The Ellen DeGeneres
Show, The Meredith Vieira Show, The
Queen Latifah Show and The Today Show.
A two-time Drama Desk Award nominee,
Bianco made her West End debut starring
in Forbidden Broadway at the Vaudeville
Theatre. New York credits include The
Marvelous Wonderettes, Application Pending,
Newsical the Musical and Forbidden
Broadway Goes To Rehab. Bianco originated
the role of Dora in the long-running
national tour of Dora The Explorer Live,
including two sold-out runs at Radio City
Music Hall.
As a concert artist with regular New York
City appearances at Birdland, Feinstein’s
and Town Hall, Bianco has performed her
critically acclaimed solo shows to sold-
out crowds across the U.S. Abroad, she’s
headlined at London’s Hippodrome, Royal
Albert Hall’s Elgar Room, the Charing
Cross Theatre and at the Edinburgh Fringe
Festival. She recently completed a 14-city,
U.K. solo tour with her show Me Myself and
Everyone Else and made her Swiss, Australian
and South African concert debuts.
Television credits include the POP
TV sitcom Impress Me; the Hallmark
Channel’s Signed, Sealed, Delivered; and
VH1’s I Love The 2000’s.
Christina Bianco last appeared with the BSO
in April 2016, performing in Broadway Divas,
Jack Everly, conductor.