Thorgy & The Thorchestra Concert Programme

Thorgy & The Thorchestra

MARCH

30&31

THURSDAY & FRIDAY 8:00PM Sagebrush Theatre

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Message from the Music Director On behalf of all of us at the Kamloops Symphony, welcome to Thorgy & the Thorchestra, our last concert of our 2022-23 Kelson Group Pop Series.

Tonight will be a special night. Can you feel it? This evening you’ll hear some of the most recognizable works of classical music (yes, music you don’t know you know, everything from Mozart to Tchaikovsky) and you’ll also get to enjoy hits by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars, all thanks to our fierce and fabulous guest artist: Thorgy Thor!

We have been waiting for three years to present this show, and we are sooooo excited to finally share the stage with Thorgy! She will host, she will play, and one thing is certain: she will light the stage with her incredible energy, spontaneity, and love of music!

As a renowned NYC-based drag performance artist, legendary RuPaul’s Drag Race All Star, and versatile musician, get ready to experience a symphonic concert like no other.

Have a blast!

Dina Gilbert

Music Director Kamloops Symphony

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John McDonald, ICD.D | President Steve Powrie | Vice President Tyler Klymchuk | Treasurer Kait Methot | Secretary Kathy Collier Lisa Fuller Christy Gauley Lucille Gnanasihamany Gabriele Klein Rod Michell Sydney Takahashi Simon Walter

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Music Director

Dina Gilbert

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MUSIC DIRECTOR Music Director Dina Gilbert is a Canadian conductor passionate about educating audiences of all ages and broadening their appreciation of orchestral music through innovative collaborations. This commitment, as well as Dina Gilbert’s extensive repertoire—often highlighting Canadian and women composers—have shaped her career and the orchestras she has worked with over the years.

Regularly invited to conduct in Canada and overseas, Dina Gilbert attracts critical acclaim for her energy, precision and versatility.

In addition to conducting the Kamloops Symphony, highlights of the 2022-2023 season include debuts with the Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire and a tour with the Orchestre national de Metz in France and return invitations with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and the Orchestre symphonique de Québec. As the Principal Conductor of the Orchestre des Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal, she will perform Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and Prokofiev’s Cinderella.

Over the years, Dina has been invited by leading Canadian orchestras including the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, the Orchestre Métropolitain, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Hamilton Philharmonic and the Orchestre symphonique de Québec. She also conducted performances in Oregon and North-Carolina, in Colombia, Spain, France, and in Niigata and Tokyo.

Her innate curiosity towards nonclassical musical genres and her willingness to democratize classical music have brought her to conduct the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and the Orchestre national de Lyon in several Hip Hop Symphonic

programs featuring renowned Hip hop artists I AM, MC Solaar, Youssoupha and Bigflo & Oli. Dina is also renowned for her expertise in conducting multidisciplinary projects such as cineconcerts performances (The Red Violin, The Artist, E.T. the Extraterrestrial) as well as Video Game soundtracks (The Montreal Video Game Symphony, Outlast, The Amazing Spiderman 2).

As the Music Director of the Orchestre symphonique de l’Estuaire (20172022), Dina expanded the symphonic repertoire and has reached thousands of children with her interactive and participative Conducting 101 workshops.

As the founder and artistic director of the Ensemble Arkea, a Montreal-based chamber orchestra, she premiered over thirty works from emerging Canadian composers. From 2013 to 2016, Dina Gilbert was the assistant conductor of the Orchestre symphonique de Montreal and Maestro Kent Nagano, also assisting guest conductors including Zubin Mehta, Sir Roger Norrington and Lawrence Foster.

Dina Gilbert earned her doctorate from the Université de Montréal and she polished her skills in masterclasses with Kenneth Kiesler, Pinchas Zukerman, Neeme Järvi and the musicians from the Kritische Orchester in Berlin. Awarded the Opus Prize of “Découverte de l’année” in 2017, Dina Gilbert was also named as one of the “50 personnalités créant l’extraordinaire au Québec” in 2018 by the Urbania Magazine. She has also received support from the Canada Arts Council, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec and from the PèreLindsay Foundation.

Dina Gilbert

Orchestra FIRST VIOLIN Elyse Jacobson

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Evelyn Creaser-Rumley

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HORN Sam McNally* Maddie Davis Dawn Haylett Heather Walker TRUMPET Mark D’Angelo* Jeremy Vint TROMBONE Jim Hopson++ Cindy Hogeveen Rod Simmons TIMPANI Caroline Bucher* PERCUSSION Martin Fisk++ François-Xavier Leroy PIANO/CELESTA Daniela O’Fee*

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Geoff & Judith Benson | concertmaster Rod Michell | assistant concertmaster Gabriele Klein | principal second violin June McClure | principal viola Anonymous | principal cello Eleanor Nicoll | principal flute John & Joyce Henderson | principal clarinet Kelvin Barlow | principal bassoon Hugh & Marilyn Fallis | principal trumpet

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THORGY & THE THORCHESTRA P R O G R A M M E

Dina Gilbert, Conductor Thorgy Thor, Mulit-Instrumentalist & Drag Performer Rachel Casponi, Soprano Murphy, arr. Smith Horn Brahms Copland Tchaikovsky Smyth, arr. Bartholomew-Poyser Arlen, arr. Sayre Germanotta & others, arr. Moore

A Fifth of Beethoven Bagatelle No. 5: Tango Hungarian Dance No. 1 Hoedown from Rodeo Waltz from Swan Lake March of the Women Over the Rainbow Born this Way

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Bizet Rodgers & Hammerstein

Saint-Saëns Rossini Parton, arr. Longfield Mozart Glinka Mars & others, arr. López

Toreador’s Song from Carmen I Enjoy Being A Girl from Flower Drum Song Danse macabre Excerpt from Barber of Seville I Will Always Love You Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, mvt 2 Overture from Ruslan & Ludmilla Uptown Funk

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GUEST ARTIST

Thorgy Thor Thorgy Thor is a New York City based drag performance artist, entertainer, musician, and event host. Since appearing on season 8 of RuPaul’s Drag Race and All Stars season 3, Thorgy has been traveling the world, bringing to audiences her trademark wit, sense of humor, and musical charm.

Thorgy uses unconventional recording materials and music to create unique performances for theater, film, cabaret, and nightlife entertainment.

In 2018, the show Thorgy and the Thorchestra was created in collaboration with Canadian conductor Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, making its debut with Symphony Nova Scotia in Halifax in conjunction with Halifax Pride. The show blends orchestral performances of traditional and modern classical repertoire and contemporary pop songs.

The creation and debut of Thorgy and the Thorchestra was featured as part of Disruptor Conductor, Sharon Lewis’s 2019 documentary film about conductor Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, which highlighted his creative collaboration with Thorgy.

Thorgy Thor is the stage name for Shane Galligan. He began his classical violin studies at a young age. Galligan studied music at the University of Hartford, Hartt School, in Connecticut before graduating from the State University of New York, Purchase, with a Bachelor of Music in both viola and violin performance in 2006. While undertaking studies at the Hart School and Purchase Conservatory, Thorgy also earned an honorary degree in Drag Ridiculousness, performing her original works of art entitled Maitri and Pocket to Pocket. Thorgy also starred in theater productions such as Bad Splices and Psycho Beach Party.

Thorgy has appeared on Amazon’s “Mozart in the Jungle,” where she showcased her violin skills in drag. Thorgy has also been a repeat guest on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live, appearing alongside Goldie Hawn, Amy Schumer, Lily Tomlin, and Jane Fonda. She was also a special guest performer as part of Eliot Glazer’s Haunting Renditions in 2017.

Moving to Brooklyn in 2006, Thorgy featured in nightclubs, theater projects, street performances and photo series throughout Brooklyn and New York City. She has since been nominated for numerous awards including the Glam Awards, Get Out Awards, Odyssey Magazine Awards, and the Brooklyn Nightlife Awards, winning the LEGEND award and taking home Best Group Show of the Year.

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GUEST ARTIST

Rachel Casponi Rachel Casponi is a performer, director and educator holding a Bachelor of Arts in Music and Drama from university of Windsor and a Master of Music from the University of Western Ontario. She has worked across Canada including with BC’s North Peace Community Choir that she led at their Carnegie Hall performance.

Rachel teaches for the KamloopsThompson School District, Kamloops Music Collective, and the Kamloops Symphony Music School.

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