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Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Opus 95 “From the New World”: II- Largo

(Arr Jack Everly)

 

TUNNEY / TUNNEY

“Let There Be Praise” (Arr Clydesdale / Krogstad)

 

MAYS / MOHR

“Love in Any Language” (Arr Krogstad)

 

GAITHER / McGUIRE / McHUGH / PATTY / NELSON / FARRELL

Sandi’s Medley(Arr David Hamilton)

“Upon This Rock” / “In the Name of the Lord” / “Who Will Call Him King of Kings?”

 

KANDER / EBB / JOHNSON / LEVY

“Sandi With An ‘i’” (Arr Barker)

 

ARLEN / HARBURG

“Over the Rainbow” (from The Wizard of Oz) (Arr Krogstad)

 

RODGERS / HAMMERSTEIN

“Climb Ev'ry Mountain” (from The Sound of Music)

(Arr Bennett / Everly)

 

INTERMISSION

 

BEETHOVEN / VAN DYKE

“Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Him” (Arr Hamilton)

 

LUTHER / BACH

“A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” (Arr Hamilton)

 

MILES

In the Garden Medley (Arr Clydesdale / Moore)

 

BRIDGES / ELVEY / THRING

“Crown Him with Many Crowns” (Arr Hamilton)

 

GABRIEL / MARTIN

“His Eye Is On the Sparrow” (Arr Hamilton)

 

RODGERS / HAMMERSTEIN

 

Mr. Everly is the Music Director of Yuletide Celebration, now a 24-year tradition. These theatrical symphonic holiday concerts are presented annually in December in Indianapolis and are seen by more than 40,000 concert-goers. Mr. Everly led the ISO in its first Pops recording, Yuletide Celebration, Volume One, that included three of his own arrangements.

 

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 has teamed with Marvin Hamlisch in Broadway shows that Mr. Hamlisch scored including, The Goodbye Girl, They’re Playing Our Song, and A Chorus Line. He conducted Carol Channing hundreds of times in Hello, Dolly! in two separate Broadway productions.

 

In television and film, Jack Everly has appeared on In Performance at the White House and conducted the songs for Disney’s animated classic, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. He has been music director on numerous Broadway cast recordings, and conducted the critically praised, Everything’s Coming Up Roses: The Complete Overtures of Broadway’s Jule Styne. A CD released in July 2005, In the Presence, features tenor Daniel Rodriguez with the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra of Prague conducted by Mr. Everly.

 

In 1998, Jack Everly created the Symphonic Pops Consortium serving as Music Director. The Consortium, based in Indianapolis, produces a new theatrical pops program each season providing a superior quality artistic program for all. In the past nine years, more than 225 performances of SPC programs have taken place in 25 cities across the U.S. and Canada. This season’s world premiere will be Mysterioso: Music, Magic, Mayhem & Mirth.

 

In May 2009 Maestro Everly received an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from Franklin College in his home state of Indiana. When not on the podium or arranging, Maestro Everly indulges in his love for films, Häagen-Dazs, and a pooch named Max.

 

Ms. Patty was introduced to the world with her rendition of The Star Spangled Banner during the rededication of the Statue of Liberty in 1986. Virtually overnight she became one of America’s best-loved performers. Sandi has performed with symphonies across the country, including the New York Pops, Boston Pops, Cincinnati Pops, Dallas Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Houston Symphony, and Oklahoma City Philharmonic. Sandi Patty is also an accomplished author. For the bestseller Broken on the Back Row, she received the 2006 Silver Angel Award. Her other titles include Life in the Blender, Falling Forward, Layers, and her forthcoming book, The Edge of the Divine. “I am grateful for the many opportunities God has given in my life and for how He has allowed me to spread my wings,” she says. “Singing is my way to tell my story of hope, life, and love.” Sandi and her husband Don have eight children.  They currently reside in Oklahoma City, OK. For more information about Sandi Patty, please visit www.sandipatty.com.

 

This is Ms. Patty’s debut with the ESO.

The Concordia Community Chorus, under Dr. Joy Berg is a 160-voice non-auditioned choral ensemble. It is open to both Concordia students and members of the area community. Each season there is potential for an auditioned Chamber Choir from within the group. The performance schedule includes annual participation in the Sacred Music Festival, A Concordia Christmas, singing at the Legislature, and a spring concert.

 

It has sung at the Alberta Music Conference and the Alberta Legislature. In November 2005 the Community Chorus had the privilege to sing at Carnegie Hall in New York, performing Haydn’s Paukenmesse under the direction of Dr. Richard Sparks.

 

This is the choir’s debut with the ESO.