Jeremy Jordan was born and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas. He was always a singer, but at the age of 17, he accidentally fell in love with acting when cast as The Mute in the musical, THE FANTASTICKS. After high school, Jeremy went on to study drama at Ithaca College and moved to New York City.
He earned himself a 2012 Best Leading Actor in a Musical Tony nomination for his portrayal of Jack Kelly in Disney’s NEWSIES and a Theatre World Award for his portrayal of Clyde Barrow in BONNIE & CLYDE. He also received nominations from The Grammy Awards, Drama Desk Awards, Drama League Awards, Outer Critics Circle Awards, and The Astaire Awards.
Other Broadway/Theatre credits include: WAITRESS, ROCK OF AGES, WEST SIDE STORY, AMERICAN SON, FINDING NEVERLAND (American Repertory Theatre), and LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (Westside Theatre). Jeremy is currently making a return to LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS as Seymour for an eight-
This project is supported by the Utah Arts Council, with funding from the State of Utah and the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.
week run through September 17, 2023. His next project will be starring in a new musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's THE GREAT GATSBY, making its premiere at the Paper Mill Playhouse October 12-November 12, 2023.
On television he’s portrayed Jimmy Collins on NBC’s SMASH and Winn Schott on the CW series, SUPERGIRL. He starred in the film adaptation of THE LAST FIVE YEARS opposite Anna Kendrick. Other film and television credits include: JOYFUL NOISE, LAW & ORDER: SVU, and ELEMENTARY.
Jeremy has been performing his solo cabarets to sold out audiences around the United States and London since 2014 and made his solo Carnegie Hall debut in October 2019.
You can also catch Jeremy performing with his band, Age of Madness. They released their first album in the spring of 2022.
UTAH VALLEY SYMPHONY
Sixty-four years ago, in 1959, the Utah Valley Symphony was organized as a non-profit organization. Its purpose was to give the talented local musicians an opportunity to use their talents and to provide the community with symphony music. It began as the Central Utah Community Orchestra and was then changed to the Utah Valley Symphony. The first orchestra had 30 members, and the first concert had an audience of eleven people, most of them relatives of the performers! In the following two years it grew to a full-sized orchestra using 75 to 80 members, depending upon the needs for a particular concert. The audience has increased to the point where two performances are required for each concert.
Today, our purpose is the same. The symphony has about 75 members with a full spectrum of ages - from college age to retiree age. These excellent musicians have varied backgrounds: music educators, private teachers, performance major graduates, and good musicians that love to play. We also encourage young musicians, and each year the Utah Valley Symphony sponsors a Young Artist Solo Competition and Concert. Young musicians up to age 25 are invited to audition to perform a concerto with the symphony at our Young Artist Concert. In addition, since 1969, we have hosted a school concert free of charge for school age students. utahvalleysymphony.org
BLANKA BEDNARZ (Conductor)
Violinist, violist and conductor Blanka
Bednarz received DMA and MMinviolin performance from the New England Conservatory in Boston and BM from the University of Kansas. She is an alumna of the J. Kaliszewska Talent School in Poznan, Poland. She studied with Eric Rosenblith, Ben Sayevich, James Dunham, and participated in master classes and chamber music studies with members of the Borromeo, Cavani quartets, James Buswell, Patricia Zander. As soloist, Bednarz performed with the Changsha Symphony, the Connecticut Virtuosi, Symphony and Chamber orchestras of the New England Conservatory, Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonietta Polonia, UVU Symphony and Chamber Orchestra and others. In 2007-2008, she was first violinist of the Vega String Quartet-In-Residence at Emory University in Atlanta, GA (praised as “marvelous foursome” – Strad).
Her Szymanowski CD (2017) was awarded Silver Medal in Global Music Awards and honorable mention in American Prize. Previously she taught at Emory University, Dickinson College, Gifted School of Music and NEC Preparatory Division. Currently, she is faculty at the University of Utah where she teaches violin and string chamber music.
Bednarz studied conducting with Richard Hoenich and Frank Battisti, and also observed classes with Jorma Panula at Royal Stockholm Conservatory. As concertmaster, Bednarz led a number of ensembles: NEC Chamber orchestra (which she co-coached with Donald Palma), Dickinson Orchestra, Changsha Symphony, UVU Chamber Orchestra and many others. Bednarz assisted with conducting of ballets Alice in Wonderland and Snow Queen (music by Gabriel Kaczmarek, productions at Poznan Grand Opera Theater and Opera Nova, Bydgoszcz), with Sinfonietta Polonia, and conducted Sinfonietta Polonia in New Year concerts at venues such as the renowned Aula UAM in Poznan, on tour of Greater Poland area, and in Cinecitta Studios in Rome, Italy. In Fall 2021, Bednarz directed the UVU Chamber Orchestra. She is also Executive Director and a conductor of Utah Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra since 2020. In 1922, she joined the Utah Valley Symphony as an Associate Conductor.
THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THE 2023 SEASON
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