Pops Concert 2020 - Digital Program

2020-2021 Season

Pops Concert

CONTENTS Theater Staff.......................................................................................................... 2 Whitney Morse on The SharonÂŽ L. Morse Performing Arts Center........................ 3 Program Note........................................................................................................ 4 Set List.................................................................................................................. 5 March, April, May, & Sept VPO Donors...........................................................6-7 Guest Artists......................................................................................................8-9 Orechestra Roster................................................................................................ 10 VPO Season 2020-21 Donors........................................................................11-12

STAFF Director of Operations................................................................... Jason Goedken Artistic Director.............................................................................Whitney Morse Technical Director..................................................................... Kenneth Constant Booking Coordinator & Administrator....................................Elizabeth Constant Assistant Technical Director.......................................................... Preston Speaker Executive Administrator.................................................................... Sean Graham Lighting Director..............................................................................David Krupla Assistant Lighting Director.............................................................. Lindsey Young Artist Liaison/Hospitality Management.............................................. Layna Sasser Leslie Munson Audio/Visual.........................................................................................Luke Bezio Sound/AV Designer.........................................................................Nick Erickson House Manager...................................................................................Heather Ard Director of Ticketing & Customer Relations............................... Yasmeen Stogden Promotion & Marketing...................................... The Villages Sales & Marketing Ad Sales.........................................................................The Villages Media Group

Š2020 The Sharon L. Morse Performing Arts Center.

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WHITNEY MORSE on

The Sharon L. Morse ÂŽ

PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Dear Friend

,

It’s so lovely to have you back in our beautiful space after a long and difficult break. These last few months have been challenging for all of us. That challenge was no exception for us here at The Sharon. The time we spent with our doors closed felt like an endless cycle. We would plan, rearrange, hope, move dates, cancel shows, create virtual content, move venues, and redesign sets. Then after all of that we would repeat all of the aforementioned steps again and again. We did all of that with the goal of bringing us all back together again in mind.

Now, finally, here we are, together. I know things are different, and they likely will be for a while. But we will persevere. We will work together to find new ways of creating, new ways to move you, and new ways to exist together in a theater. This innovation will require all of us to do our part. So please while you are here in our theater I kindly request that you maintain your physical distance of six feet, wear your favorite mask and sanitize your hands often.

The performing arts are the most collaborative art form in the world, but the most important collaborator is you, the patron. You come in at the end of our process and provide us with applause, tears, gasps, and laughter. Now we are also asking that you take care of us, the artists, and each other by following the guidelines above. If we all commit to this together we can continue to enjoy live arts in this new way.

Thank you so much for being here today and please enjoy the show.

Whitney Morse

See You at The Sharon,

Artistic Director

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PROGRAM NOTE Dearest friends, followers and supporters of The Villages Philharmonic Orchestra, It was so heartwarming to see how many of you rallied to our support. Your generosity in donating the ticket price money for the cancelled March, April, May, and September concerts scheduled in 2020.

Your support was not only vital for our organization, but also rewarding on a personal level to me. It was a symbol of your appreciation for our efforts. I pride myself in doing my best every day, to bring to The Villages the best that Music can offer. You showed once more that you value Music, Art, and Culture as central to our lives.

Fondly, Pasquale Valerio Music Director

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SET LIST This concert is sponsored by

"The Star-Spangled Banner" by Jamie Salisbury & John Stafford Smith "You’ll Never Walk Alone" by Richard Rogers from Carousel 1945 "Over the Rainbow" by Harold Arlen from The Wizard of Oz 1939 "Feeling Good" by Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley 1964 "United Forever" by Krystof Sebrakowski 2013 "Stars" by Claude-Michel Schönberg from Les Misérables 1980 "Summertime" by George Gershwin from Porgy and Bess 1935 "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" by Paul Simon 1970 "Bring Him Home" by Claude-Michel Schönberg from Les Misérables 1980 "Tonight, Tonight" by Leonard Bernstein from West Side Story 1961 "If I Loved You" by Richard Rogers from Carousel 1945 "This Is The Moment" by Leslie Bricusse & Frank Wildhorn from Jekyll & Hyde 1998 "God Bless the USA" by Lee Greenwood 1983 "You Raise Me Up" by Josh Groban "God Bless America" by Irving Berlin 1918 "The Sound Of Music" by Richard Rogers, arr. by Robert Russell Bennett from The Sound of Music 1959 "Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Philip Sousa 1896

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MARCH, APRIL, MAY, & SEPT VPO DONORS MARCH Avie Abramowitz Ann Marie Acacio Susan Alinovi Charlene Allmen June Amoroso Patricia Anderson Joe Artello Donald Aulick Gail Bailey Janice Barone Ervant & Athalie Berberian Gay Birchard Louis Black Frank & Linda Blews Linda Boese Robert Bollinger Julie Booth William Boucher Gerard & Kathleen Buckley John Bulcroft Barbara Carl Duwayne Carnes Thomas Casey Irma Chernow Jon Churgay Wayne Clark Robert & Charlotte Conway William & Nancy Cook Roger & Julie Cooper Patricia & John Curtin Eleanor Delaplane Don Jesmore Anita Devillegas Joseph Devuono Dorothy E Dobbs Frank Dolence Richard & Jolyne Dufresne Gregory & Mary Feichtel Ann Fender Gail Fraser-Giacchi Lisa French

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John Gates Linda Geaslin Doris Goodwin Joanne Grant Maxine Graves Karyl Green Carolann Guglielm Edna Hackett Betty Hague Joan Hartung Janet Howell Ilene Hyams Alan Iampietro Maurice & Nettie Joy Gabriele Jung Marlene Knopf Mary A Kowalski Diane Kupchak Mary G Lewis Florabelle Lichty Ttee Orville & Maureen Liesman Margaret Lowery Doris Martin Charles Mathay Jack & Janice Mc Clelland Thomas Mccracken Marilyn K Meyers Tommaso/Roselyn Micucci/ Guelli Sharon Mills Terrance Mitchell Peter Moeller George Neal Harriet/Gerald Nelson/Bee Jody Nelson James Nolan Audrey Pabst Bonnie Park Billy Howard Penix John Peterman Thomas Quay Denise Quinn

Robert & Karen Ream Ronald & June Rose Laurel & Howard Rowen Barbara Rupert Peter Russell MaryJean Sawyer Donald & Janet Schlegel Mary Shutts Donald & Donna Simson Arthur Sindoris David E Sullivan Debra Tarmey Gordon Temple Bernard & Rhonda Teodorski Nicholas Virgilio Grace Waller Judith Weber Eugene Westhoff Judith Weybright Dorothy Wise Ginger Wray Rose Yake Mary Yankowsk APRIL Avie Abramowitz Susan Alinovi Charlene Allmen Patricia Anderson Gail Bailey Janice Barone Stephen & Judith Barth Ervant & Athalie Berberian Louis Black Robert Bollinger Julie Booth Gerard & Kathleen Buckley John Bulcroft Duwayne Carnes Thomas Casey Jon Churgay Robert & Charlotte Conway

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MARCH, APRIL, MAY, & SEPT VPO DONORS William & Nancy Cook Roger & Julie Cooper Eleanor Delaplane Barbara Dipol Dorothy E Dobbs Frank Dolence Judi Doran Richard & Jolyne Dufresne Arthur & Louise Elwood William Fecher Gregory & Mary Feichtel Gail Fraser-Giacchi Lisa French John Gates Doris Goodwin Joanne Grant Maxine Graves Karyl Green Carolann Guglielm Edna Hackett Sarah Hewitt Janet Howell Kathleen Ingraham Sarah/George Jordan/Stenz Maurice & Nettie Joy Mary A Kowalski Mary G Lewis Orville & Maureen Liesman Margaret Lowery Doris Martin Jack & Janice Mc Clelland Marion Mcclarin George McEvilly Kathleen McManus Nicholas Meister Marilyn K Meyers Sharon Mills Harriet/Gerald Nelson/Bee Jody Nelson Beatrice Newell John Nickelson Linda Pence

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Billy Howard Penix John Peterman Dale Powers Denise Quinn Doris J Rainbolt Ronald & June Rose Donald & Janet Schlegel Mary Shutts Arthur Sindoris Daniel Sullivan Gordon Temple Nicholas Virgilio Judith Weber Eugene Westhoff Sonya Wilt Ginger Wray Dennis Yanachiki MAY Susan Alinovi Patricia Anderson Gail Bailey Margaret Baker Janice Barone Robert Bollinger John Bulcroft Georgina Burt Duwayne Carnes Thomas Casey Jon Churgay Robert & Charlotte Conway William & Nancy Cook Roger & Julie Cooper Eleanor Delaplane Barbara Dipol Dorothy E Dobbs Frank Dolence Judi Doran Arthur & Louise Elwood Gregory & Mary Feichtel Gail Fraser-Giacchi Lisa French

John Gates Doris Goodwin Joanne Grant Maxine Graves Karyl Green Edna Hackett Sarah Hewitt Kathleen Ingraham Maurice & Nettie Joy Mary A Kowalski Mary G Lewis Orville & Maureen Liesman Margaret Lowery Douglas MacDonald Doris Martin Marilyn K Meyers Sharon Mills Roberta Myers George Neal Jody Nelson John Nickelson John Peterman Elaine Portee Doris J Rainbolt Ronald & June Rose Donald & Janet Schlegel Arthur Sindoris David E Sullivan Judith Weber Anna Whipple Ginger Wray SEPTEMBER Julie Booth Roger & Julie Cooper Judi Doran Janet Howell Marilyn K. Meyers Arthur Sindoris Sonya Wilt

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GUEST ARTISTS ANNA ESCHBACH Anna Eschbach is an active performer and private voice instructor in the Central Florida area. She earned her bachelor’s degree in vocal performance from Appalachian State University and a master’s degree in vocal performance from the University of Tennessee. Born and raised in Orlando, Ms. Eschbach has performed with numerous ensembles and orchestras throughout Florida including Opera Orlando, The Brevard Symphony Orchestra, The Orlando Philharmonic, The Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, and The Villages Philharmonic. She was a studio artist with Opera Orlando during the 2019-2020 season, where she appeared as Anne Boleyn in the world premiere of 6 of VIII, as well as Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro. Currently, Ms. Eschbach maintains a thriving private voice studio and performing career throughout the Orlando area, and serves on the voice faculty at Rollins College.

AARON ODOM Born in New Orleans, tenor, Aaron Odom, is a graduate from Louisiana State University and Manhattan School of Music. He has studied with legendary names such as the great Marilyn Horne, Sir Thomas Allen, and Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Demand for Aaron as a lyric tenor began early in his academic years as he performed for the Bach Chorale Society of Brooklyn, Ohio Light Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Festival di Roma, Mobile Opera, and Wildwood Park. In 1997, Aaron recorded the tenor role of Astrophel in Newport Classics' live recording of Lionel Monckton's The Arcadians. In 2002, Aaron moved to South Florida and founded a non-profit which would go on to facilitate more than five hundred sacred solo concerts in more than twenty different countries. Funded by offerings and three solo recording projects, Adoration, Servant, and Vintage Hymns, Aaron sang for tiny farming village churches on the mountains Chimaltenango, Guatemala, large Southern Baptist Churches throughout the Southeastern United States, pilgriming tourists at The Church of St. Anne in Jerusalem, and even The Pope at St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican. Aaron eventually broke into the Southern Gospel world touring with The Booth Brothers, and was even a guest artist on Bill Gaither's televised Homecoming Concert Series. In 2010, Mr. Odom joined the famous gospel quartet, The Imperials, in a Hollywood produced Elvis tribute tour. Keeping in rhythm with the late Elvis on the giant jumbo-tron video screen, the original supporting cast with live orchestra performed in nineteen major European cities including London, Paris, Glasgow, Frankfurt, Dublin, and Rotterdam. Aaron currently lives in DeLand, FL and still sings professionally in both secular and sacred venues.

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GUEST ARTISTS MARCELLA RICHARDSON Marcella Richardson started her singing career in northern Michigan, Torch Lake area, at a family restaurant called Brownwood. She went on to travel with a 10-piece show band that started from Brownwood called TORCH. She continued to travel the country performing and eventually formed her own groups with partners based out of Atlanta, GA. She has also done radio, TV jingles, and commercials.

Eventually moving her business to The Villages Florida, in 2010 she started singing in The Pops and Holiday Concerts with The Villages Philharmonic Orchestra. Along with performing with The Villages Philharmonic Orchestra, she studies and competes in ballroom dancing.

SEAN CHRISTOPHER STORK Sean Christopher Stork, lyric baritone, has been singing across the state of Florida since graduating from Florida State University in 2007, including regular engagements with Opera Tampa as well as First Coast Opera in St. Augustine, The Florida Lyric Opera in Tampa, The Villages Philharmonic, Imperial Symphony, and Orlando Philharmonic Orchestras. He has made his unique mark on such roles as Guglielmo Cosí fan tutte, Count Almaviva Le nozze di Figaro, Escamillo Carmen, Procolo Le convenienze ed inconvenienze tetrali, Fiorello Il barbiere di Siviglia, Captain Corchoran HMS Pinafore, and musical theater roles such as Hucklebee The Fantasticks, Rapunzel’s Prince Into the Woods, and Harold Hill The Music Man. Sean has also been a featured Master Work soloist for such works as Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, Theodore Dubois’ Seven Last Words of Christ, Franz Schubert’s Mass in G, W.A. Mozart’s Regina Coeli and Requiem in Dm as well as Georg Frederic Handel’s The Messiah, Giaccomo Puccini’s Messa di Gloria, and Ralph Vaughan William’s Five Mystical Songs and Dona Nobis Pacem.

A strong supporter of modern music, he has collaborated with local composers in recordings of new works such as The Sculptor, War and Peace and Kevin Lay’s Starboy. He is also an active composer and arranger, having commissioned works for the Basilica Choir of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe, The Villages Philharmonic Orchestra, and numerous choruses and ensembles.

Mr Stork is currently performing across the country with such auspicious ensembles as Diversita Opera Arts Company, Opera Tampa, The Villages Philharmonic Orchestra; Orlando Philharmonic; The Hudson Valley Chorale; Orlando Harmony; Orlando Exchange; the Dickens Carolers; and the Basilica Choir of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe.

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ORCHESTRA ROSTER FIRST VIOLIN Liviu Onofrei SECOND VIOLIN Gregory Carreno VIOLA Angelo Goderre CELLO Paul Fleury BASS Kevin Gallagher FLUTE Nora Lee Garcia OBOE Lora Mc Pherson CLARINET Jason Gibbs BASSOON Kathryn Sleeper FRENCH HORN Ryan Morrison, Principal Nicole Rodriguez

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TRUMPET John De Paola, Principal Dan Sapochetti TROMBONE Andrea Rowlison, Principal Alex Ragazzi TUBA Fred Boid BASS TROMBONE Anthony Hill TYMPANI/PERCUSSION Jeremy Katalenic Simon Ramos DRUM SET Larry Hendrixson PIANO/KEYBOARD Krystof Sebrakowski Sergei Kossenko

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VPO DONORS 2020-21 CONCERT SEASON ORCHESTRA CIRCLE $10,000+ Anonymous donor Joe & Marlene Borda Fross & Fross Wealth Management MAESTRO CIRCLE $5,000 – $9,999 Augusto & Maria Bernardini Blackston Financial Advisory Group Charlotte & John Gates Crysberg Inc David & Jo Anne Kelch SYMPHONY CIRCLE $2,500 – $4,999 Janice Barone Nanette Elliott Bobbye Feliu Flyers Wings and Grill Sarah Jordan & George Stenz Chris & Janice Hallmark Tom & Roseann Incorvaia Gianfranco Mattioli Scott & Debbie Sander Joanne & Tony Sutylo CONCERTO CIRCLE $1,000 – $2,499 Ervant & Athalie Berberian John Canner John Collins 352-751-7799

Roger & Julie Cooper Joseph Devuono William & Judith Doran Richard & Jeanne Geoffrion Carol Guglielm Donald & Nancy Hickman Janet Howell David & JoAnne Kelch Phyllis Lachman Bill & Sharron Leonhirth Carl & Janet Obert Mary Richards Win & Christine Stringer Bonnie Waggoner Richard & Sharon Williams Joe Zientara OVERTURE CIRCLE $500 – $999 Richard Allgaier Doug & Marion Blomberg DuWayne & Bonita Carnes Dennis Carney Bill Drew Lisa French Marcia Haliday Carolyn Johnson Maurice & Nettie Joy Dr. Stefano Marcuard Dr. Peter & Pat Martin Scott Sander Norman & Terri Schaffer Dr. Karen Shaw Ken & Mary Shutts

SUITE CIRCLE $100 – $499 Charlene Allmen Patricia Anderson Donna Austin Tim Barry & Simonne Souliere Frank & Linda Blews Carl & Doris Branson Robley Canis Linda & Tom Casey Matthew Clark, PA Maurice & Lorraine Cocca Todd Collin David & Jeanette Colvin Robert & Charlotte Conway Earl & Gale Crawford Patricia M. Crigler Ken & Glenda Crandall Jared Crenshaw Thomas Davis Joseph DuVuonno Barbara Dipol Phil & Carolyn Esposito Greg & Mary Feichtel Jack & Nancy Fieldman Linda Ferens Frank & Linda Ferris Carolyn J. Forrest Giacchi & Gail Fraser Donald Franklin Cirilo & Sandra Galang Gail Fraser-Giacchi Doris Goodwin Susan & Alan Gold 11

VPO DONORS 2020-21 CONCERT SEASON Robert & Susan Greenberg C.W. Hallmark, PA Joan Hartung Katie & David Haviland Bob Henry Richard & Estella Hoag Dr. Bill Hole Linda Holmes Deborah Hurtt Thomas Incorvaia, PA Kathy Ingraham Bob & Dotti Intrieri Geraldine Irwin Richard & Susan Jacobs William Jacobsen Frank & Pearle Kosa Brad Koozman Diane Kupchak Peter Martin Hugh & Beverly McCullough Nicholas & Donna Meister Doris & George Rainbolt Diane Reichert Sondra Rib Deborah Sander

John & Beverly Scott Dan & Rosalie Scotti Mary Shutts MaryLou & Andrew Sloan Jerry & Kathleen Soullier Rhoderic Soutar Karen & Lowell Stockman Joe Stys David & Cherri Sullivan Jack & Mary Swisher Harold & Lorraine Tinkler Edmund Turner Roy & Jackie Ullrich Peter Wais Ricard & Grace Waller Shannon & Brandon Waters Edward Webb Anna Whipple Sunny & Roy Witt William & Sylvia Whitney Joseph & Ginger Wray Mary & George

Yankowski Carol & Richard Zaccone Andrea Ziccarelli ARIA CIRCLE Up to $499 Tim Barry Jeff & Ursula Bergman John & Bonnie Eckstein Katheen Eikhof Brenda & Bob Gold Walt & Clare Gregorek Carolyn Hamel Donna James Sarah Jordan Richard & Charlene Kinder Brad Koozman Mike & Shelia McBride Sara Miller Kathryn Sleeper Kenneth Suchy Jack & Maryann Swisher Theresa R. White Andrea Ziccarelli

BUSINESS PARTNERS Blackston Financial Francesco’s Risorante Advisors (Maitland) Crysberg Inc. Fross & Fross Wealth Management DBA Hello Unlimited Massey Services Edward Jones Royal Decor Company Flyers Wings and Grill 12

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