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Join the Middlesex Concert Band as we take you on a musical
trip around the world in 80 minutes through the music of Broadway
and the movies. Our special guest vocalists, Jean
Nigro
and Rene Pfister,
will be joining us once again on this voyage.
We begin our journey in New England, then
travel south to the Caribbean Islands, to the island of Puerto
Rico with "America", from West Side Story.
Continuing our journey south, we visit Argentina, the setting
of the 1978 musical, Evita. Our trip will then take
us across the Atlantic to the western coast of Africa with
music from the movie Amistad. We'll cross the jungles
of Africa and enter the deserts of Lawrence's Arabia with
sweeping vistas of sand, sun, and magnificent desolation.
We take just a quick trip to the west to arrive in Casablanca
for a vocal performance of "As Time Goes By."
Travel with us to the high arid plains of
central Spain where Don Quixote and Sancho Panza are tilting
at windmills. To the northeast we'll go, over the Alps and
on to Salzburg, Austria, which boasts a proud musical heritage.
It is the home of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the world-famous
Von Trapp family who were immortalized in the classic musical,
The Sound of Music. Then off to a small, peasant village
called Anatevka located in czarist Russia for selections from
Fiddler on the Roof. Heading southeast from Russia,
we'll enter the Orient and step into an exotic world where
elephants carry their riders past stilt houses, golden temples
and lush green rice paddies. Thailand, or Siam, as it was
called at the time, is the setting for the musical The
King and I.
Sailing farther southeast, we'll encounter
islands filled with palm trees and sun-kissed beaches dotted
with grass huts. These tropical islands are the setting of
Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1949 musical hit South Pacific.
Our whirlwind tour will take us from South Sea breezes to
the heart of tornado country as we stop off at a small Kansas
farm where a young girl dreams of a better place "somewhere
over the rainbow." As we fly into Chicago, the windy
city, Lake Michigan gleams to our left, the Sears tower reaches
to the heavens, and Wrigley field lies just to the north of
downtown. And no journey around the world would be complete
without a stop in the Big Apple with the Theme from New York,
New York. Returning to New England, we visit a small fishing
village on the coast of Maine, the setting of the musical
Carousel. We will end our journey with the timeless
"What a Wonderful World" originally sung by Louis
Armstrong.
This concert will feature return vocalists
Rene Pfister and Jean Nigro.
Rene Pfister is a Berklee College
of Music alum who has created over 30 original shows. His
jazz musical THE PIED PIPER will premiere in May 2009 (for
more info go to www.opendoortheater.org)
His acting credits include Jesus in Godspell, Che
Guevera in Evita and The Crooner in the 30th Anniversary
European tour of Hair.
Jean Nigro studies voice
with Mr. Pfister and has recorded vocals for several of
his original compositions. She has soloed with Open Door
Theater and with the "Boots" Russo Combo. She
is a regular vocalist with the Coro Dante, classical choral
group and the Jazzabelles, all women's jazz band, with whom
she also plays clarinet and sax.
The
musical program will include:
| The World..................... |
Around the World in
80 Days Victor Young, arr. John Glenesk Mortimer |
| USA, New England........ |
A Hymn to New England
John Williams, arr. Paul Lavender |
| Puerto Rico................... |
America from West Side
Story Stephen Sondheim & Leonard Bernstein, arr.
Michael Brown |
| Argentina...................... |
Dont Cry for Me Argentina
Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice, arr. Norman Tailor |
| Africa............................ |
Dry Your Tears, Afrika
John Williams, arr. Paul Lavender |
| Saudi Arabia.................. |
Lawrence of Arabia
Maurice Jarre, arr. John Glenesk Mortimer |
| Casablanca, Morocco..... |
As Time Goes By
Herman Hupfeld, arr. Warren Barker |
| Spain............................ |
Man of La Mancha
Joe Darion & Mitch Leigh, arr. Frank Erickson |
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-- Intermission --
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| Salzburg, Austria........... |
Sound of Music, The
Oscar Hammerstein II & Richard Rodgers, arr. Robert
Russell Bennett |
| Anatevka, Russia.......... |
Fiddler On the Roof,
Highlights from Jerry Bock, arr. John Warrington |
| Asia, Siam.................... |
King and I, The
Oscar Hammerstein II & Richard Rodgers, arr. Robert Russell
Bennett |
| South Pacific................. |
South Pacific
Oscar Hammerstein II & Richard Rodgers, arr. R. Mark Rogers |
| USA, Kansas................. |
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
- Harold Arlen |
| USA, Illinois.................. |
Chicago, Selections
from Fred Ebb & John Kander, arr. Ted Ricketts |
| USA, New York.............. |
New York, New York
John Kander & Fred Ebb, arr. Ted Parson |
| USA, Maine................... |
Carousel Oscar
Hammerstein II & Richard Rodgers, arr. Eric Leidzen |
| The World..................... |
What A Wonderful World
Bob Thiele & George D. Weiss, arr. Marcel Saurer |
Tickets
for the evening performance at 8:00pm are $18, $15 seniors/children.
Doors will open at 7:00P for a themed raffle and refreshments.
Tickets for the Sunday
matinee at 3:00pm are $15, $12 seniors/children
Doors
will open at 2:00P for a themed raffle and refreshments.
Order
tickets on-line or call
Chris at 781-279-0108 or email Tickets.
Tickets may be purchased at the door based on availability.
Join
us March 21st and 22nd!
Americal Civic Center
467 Main Street, Wakefield, MA
Next to the Galvin Middle School. Directions
(pdf)
The center is handicapped accessible
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