Ann Hampton Callaway Performs Streisand Classics with the Utah Symphony This Weekend

Platinum Award-winning writer/vocalist Ann Hampton Callaway graces the stage at Abravanel Hall this weekend, February 14 and 15 at 8 p.m. and joins the Utah Symphony and Principal Pops Conductor Jerry Steichen for "The Streisand Songbook," a production featuring classic hits made famous by Barbra Streisand. Tickets, priced from $18 to $69 ($10 for students), are available for purchase through www.utahsymphony.org or by calling (801) 355-2787.

Recently named the "Performer of the Year" at the 2014 Broadway World New York Cabaret Awards, Ann Hampton Callaway is a dedicated singer, songwriter and performer who wrote and sang the theme song to the hit TV series The Nanny.

Ms. Callaway has written songs featured on 5 of Barbra Streisand's latest CD releases. She is the only living composer to have collaborated with Cole Porter, and she has also written songs with Carole King, Rolf Lovland and Barbara Carroll. Known as one of America's most gifted improvisers, Ms. Callaway takes words and phrases from her audiences and creates songs on the spot, whether alone at a piano or with a symphony orchestra.

The New York Times compared Ms. Callaway and Barbra Streisand, saying, "The two share a fundamental, unshakable romanticism. Both favor overarching, dramatic love songs, and both have the vocal equipment to infuse them with fairy tale magic."

Ms. Calloway's past performances of "The Streisand Songbook" have included Cry Me a River," "The Way We Were," "Somewhere," "Don't Rain on My Parade" and "People." The songs for this performance will be announced from the stage.

RELATED EVENTS:

A special performance of "The Streisand Songbook" with Ann Hampton Callaway and conductor Jerry Steichen will take place on February 12, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. at the Val A Browning Center in Ogden, Utah.

PROGRAM:

The Utah Symphony presents

The Streisand Songbook

Abravanel Hall, 123 West South Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah

February 13-14, 2015 | 8 p.m. Abravanel Hall

Val A Browning Center, 638 East 26th Street, Ogden, Utah

February 12, 2015 | 7: 30 p.m. Val A Browning Center

Jerry Steichen, Conductor

Ann Hampton Callaway, Vocalist

Song announced from the stage.?

Tickets, priced from $18 to $69 ($10 for students), are available for purchase through www.utahsymphony.org or by calling (801) 355-2787. Tickets increase $5 on the day of the performance.

About the Utah Symphony - Founded in 1940, the Utah Symphony is dedicated to offering orchestral performances that span the traditions of the past and challenge possibilities for our present and future audiences. Utah Symphony | Utah Opera, the orchestra's parent organization, reaches 450,000 residents in Utah and the Intermountain region, with educational outreach programs serving more than 155,000 students annually. The orchestra presents more than 70 performances each season in Abravanel Hall, participates in the Utah Opera's four annual productions at the Capitol Theatre, in addition to numerous community concerts throughout Utah and the annual outdoor summer series - the Deer Valley Music Festival -in Park City, Utah. With its many subscription, education, and outreach concerts and tours the Utah Symphony is one of the most engaged full-time orchestras in the nation. For more information visit www.utahsymphony.org.