2020-2021 Season
Pops Celebration Concert
CONTENTS Theater Staff.......................................................................................................... 2 Whitney Morse on The SharonÂŽ L. Morse Performing Arts Center........................ 3 Program Note........................................................................................................ 4 Program................................................................................................................ 4 March, April, May, & Sept VPO Donors...........................................................5-7 Guest Artist......................................................................................................8-10 Orchestra Roster................................................................................................. 11 VPO Season 2020-21 Donors........................................................................12-13
STAFF Director of Operations................................................................... Jason Goedken Artistic Director.............................................................................Whitney Morse Technical Director..................................................................... Kenneth Constant Booking Coordinator & Administrator....................................Elizabeth Constant Executive Administrator.................................................................... Sean Graham Lighting Director..............................................................................David Krupla Assistant Lighting Director.............................................................. Lindsey Young Artist Liaison/Hospitality Management........................................... 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
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WHITNEY MORSE on
The Sharon L. Morse ÂŽ
PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Dear Friend
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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
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Artistic Director
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PROGRAM NOTE Carissimi, For the past sixteen years in February we have been celebrating American music, a fundamental event for all lovers of this musical genre. Our repertoire includes the great American composers. On our journey we have had so many artist that have made it possible with their art to contribute to the credibility of this wonderful dream. It is with great pleasure to have the musical star talent of Ms. Alfreda Gerald for this performance. Alfreda is an artist of great musical qualities, during her career she shared the stage with the music star Yanni for eighteen years of his world tour. It is also a great pleasure that we will have guests dear to us; Clark Barrios, a very popular artist at The Villages, and Aaron Davis Odom. Both Clark and Aaron collaborated with our Orchestra prior to this performance. It will be a joy to see you all on February 23rd. Thank you for your support and love for art and for your orchestra. Caramente Pasquale Valerio Music Director
PROGRAM The Star - Spangled Banner Come Fly with me The Promise Love me tender I will survive Unchained Melody Theme from Schindler's List At Last Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond Hallelujah Summertime from Porgy and Bess Delilah Because You’re Mine A Salute to the Big Apple My Way Somewhere from West Side Story Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific Aria Special thanks to Antonio Domenico Brasiello for all music arrangements provided for this concert. 4
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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 352-751-7799
Joseph Devuono Dorothy E Dobbs Frank Dolence Richard & Jolyne Dufresne Gregory & Mary Feichtel Ann Fender Gail Fraser-Giacchi Lisa French 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 McClelland 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 5
MARCH, APRIL, MAY, & SEPT VPO DONORS 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 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 6
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 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 www.TheSharon.com
MARCH, APRIL, MAY, & SEPT VPO DONORS 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
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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 ARTIST ALFREDA GERALD "The one word that could best describe ALFREDA GERALD is 'POWERHOUSE'!!! Her unparalleled vocal stylings are compared to Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Orinda Clark-Cole and Fantasia." A classically trained soprano, Alfreda is extremely versatile and can sing music from any genre. Alfreda is a "Diva" in her own right. She has shared the stage with Sir Elton John, Cher, Celine Dion, Yanni, Chaka Khan, Charlie Wilson, Gladys Knight and Whitney Houston to name a few. She is a guest soloist with the New York Philharmonic, the Atlanta Symphony, the London Symphony, the American Film Orchestra, and was cast in several operas including Aida, Madame Butterfly, Porgy and Bess, and The Magic Flute. Her voice can be heard on national commercial jingles including Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, General Motors, Ford, Nissan, Honda, McDonald’s, KFC, Church’s, Popeye’s, Hardee’s, Arby’s, Toyota, Motorola, Texas Pete Hot Sauce, The Georgia Lottery, Marriott, Dixie Crystals Sugar, TBS, The Cartoon Network, Space Ghost: Coast To Coast, and was a featured vocalist in Tyler Perry’s box office hit, Madea’s Witness Protection. She has also appeared on the NBC series The Detour, Game Of Silence, and more. Alfreda is a graduate of Mars Hill University, The Julliard School, Westminster Choir College, and the North Carolina School of the Arts, with degrees in Music Education and Opera Performance. CLARK BARRIOS The name Clark Barrios has become synonymous with a musical talent that is both universal and entertaining. Born in New Orleans and raised by his grandparents, young Clark's first musical exposure was through the recognition he achieved singing in the church choir at the tender age of 5. This recognition led to a Musical Scholarship at Loyola University. Recognizing that music and entertaining would become his life challenge, Clark began a musical quest which would ultimately bring happiness and joy to thousands of people in audiences and on stages across the country. Chasing a dream has led him from New Orleans to Atlanta to Las Vegas to Austin to Orlando twice and now to his home here in Central Florida. This gifted performer/singer is excited to share his vocal gifts with the audiences here in The Villages. 8
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GUEST ARTIST STEWART KITTS Stewart Kitts is a third generation professional violinist. Stewart began playing at the age of five on a Âź size violin built by his teacher and grandfather Otto Frey. At the age of six, Stewart soloed with his violinist mother and bassoonist father's orchestra, the Indianapolis Symphony. At ten he soloed with the University of Florida Symphony and also became the Concertmaster of the Alachua County Youth Orchestra (with a high school senior sitting next to him). At fourteen, Stewart became the youngest member ever of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra. At eighteen, Stewart soloed more than thirty times with the Jacksonville Symphony, performing St. Saens, Introduction and Rondo Capricciosso and the third movement of the Tchaikovsky violin concerto. After his grandfather passed away, Stewart studied with several other teachers, including four summers with famed teacher Ivan Galamian at the Meadowmount School of Music. Stewart then studied with the soloist James Buswell, as a violin performance major at Indiana University. After college, Stewart spent one year as the Principal Second of the Savannah Symphony. The following summer, Stewart was the Concertmaster of the Spoleto Music Festival, in both Charleston and Spoleto. Following Spoleto, Stewart won the position of Associate Concertmaster of the Florida Orchestra, a position he held for twenty three years. During those years, Stewart spent nine summers as Associate Concertmaster of the Colorado Music Festival. Following the Florida Orchestra, Stewart has been Concertmaster of the Hollywood Philharmonic, The Charlotte Symphony and Concertmaster for Disney recording sessions and for touring shows including; Mannheim Steamroller, Johnny Mathis, Ann Murray, Styx, Little River Band, Young Frankenstein, The Alan Parsons Project, Sting, Adam Levine and many others. Stewart is currently Concertmaster of the Ocala Symphony and Co-Concertmaster of The Villages Philharmonic. Stewart resides in Gainesville, where he has a teaching studio, and is co-director, with his sister Jennifer, of the Celebration Suzuki Strings and conducts the Celebration String Orchestra. Stewart is the father of fourth generation violinists, Elizabeth and Natalie Kitts.
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GUEST ARTIST 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, FL, 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. 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. 10
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ORCHESTRA ROSTER FLUTE Nora Lee Garcia OBOE Lora Mac Pherson CLARINET Jason Gibbs BASSOON Kathryn Sleeper FRENCH HORN Hector Rodriguez Ryan Morrison TRUMPET John De Paola Dan Sapochetti TROMBONE Andrea Rowlison Luis Fred BASS TROMBONE Anthony Hill
VIOLIN Stewart Kitts Marius Tabacilia Gregory Carreno VIOLA Angelo Goderre CELLO Paul Fleury BASS Kevin Gallagher GUITAR Nik Schoenbek DRUM SET Jeremy Katalenic PERCUSSION Simon Ramos PIANO/KEYBOARD Krystof Sebrakowski Sergei Kossenko
TUBA Fred Boid
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VPO DONORS 2020-21 CONCERT SEASON ORCHESTRA CIRCLE $10,000+ Anonymous Donor Joe & Marlene Borda Margaret M. Dick Fross & Fross Wealth Management MAESTRO CIRCLE $5,000 – $9,999 Augusto & Maria Bernardini Blackstone Financial Advisory Group Crysberg Inc. Charlotte & John Gates Geraldine Irwin David & JoAnne Kelch SYMPHONY CIRCLE $2,500 – $4,999 Janice Barone Nanette Elliott Bobbye Feliu Flyers Wings and Grill Chris & Janice Hallmark Tom & Roseann Incorvaia Sarah Jordan & George Stenz Gianfranco Mattioli Joanne & Tony Sutylo CONCERTO CIRCLE $1,000 – $2,499 Ervant & Athalie Berberian John Canner 12
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VPO DONORS 2020-21 CONCERT SEASON Cirilo & Sandra Galang Susan & Alan Gold Doris Goodwin 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 Richard & Susan Jacobs William Jacobsen Richard & Charlene Kinder Brad Koozman Frank & Pearle Kosa Diane Kupchak Peter Martin Hugh & Beverly McCullough Nicholas & Donna Meister John Nickelson Robert A. Phillips
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