Broadway's N'Kenge to Dazzle in New Show LEGENDS with the Jacksonville Symphony

Broadway's MOTOWN: The Musical and Helen Hayes nominee N'Kenge will star in a riveting one-woman show LEGENDS: Diana Ross, Billie Holiday, Beyonce' and More with the Jacksonville Symphony at the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts on March 23rd and 24th at 8:00pm with Maestro Nathan Aspinall.

The performances will showcase musical greats such as Tina Turner, Ella Fitzgerald, Leontyne Price, Lena Horne, Beyoncé and more. The production will also feature the world premiere of a new symphonic composition by the acclaimed Kenny Seymour. Songs featured will include iconic classics such as "Proud Mary", "Love On Top", "They Can't Take That Away", Porgy and Bess's "My Man's Gone Now" and "Respect".

N'Kenge, who's been described by the NY Times as "a classically trained Diva that can stretch from Broadway, Pop, Soul to Opera, made her Broadway Debut in SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM singing alongside Vanessa Williams, Barbara Cook, Tom Wopat and Norm Lewis. She was seen as a presenter at the 58th Annual NY Emmy Awards and has sung for President Bill Clinton at the White House and for the Commander-In-Chief Ball for President Obama. N'Kenge was described as "Electrifying" by the NY Post in her origination of the role of Mary Wells in MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL on Broadway and made her West End debut starring in THE GENIUS OF Ray Charles. She has also starred in the Michael Jackson Tribute Show World Tour and has been seen as a soloist with symphonies globally including at Carnegie Hall with The New York Pops Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony Indianapolis Symphony and Ottawa Symphony, to name a few. In addition to being a Brand Ambassador to celebrities' new go-to cosmetic line "Sharee Cosmetics" https://shereecosmetics.com/ and popular sunglasses line "Velvet Eyewear" https://velveteyewear.com/, she's also the Conceiver and Star of Broadway bound's New musical inspired by the life and music of Hollywood's Legend Dorothy Dandridge. www.Nkengemusic.com @divankenge

Nathan Aspinall is currently the Associate Conductor of the Jacksonville Symphony. Recent performances in this position have included Handel's Messiah, Prokofiev's Cinderella and a special event concert with organist Cameron Carpenter. Formerly, he held the position of Young Conductor with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra where he assisted Chief Conductor Johannes Fritzsch and visiting guest conductors and conducted concerts for the education series. In 2012 Nathan attended the Aspen Music Festival studying with Robert Spano and Hugh Wolff. He was awarded the Robert J. Harth Conducting Prize, inviting him to return to Aspen in 2013. Nathan has conducted the Sydney, Adelaide, Queensland and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras, the Queensland Conservatorium Chamber Orchestra and has acted as Assistant Conductor for Opera Queensland. During the 2017-18 season, Nathan will lead the Jacksonville Symphony in his second masterworks subscription appearance conducting Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 and Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto with Behzod Abduraimov.

Limited Seating. For tickets, go to https://jaxsymphony.org/event/legends-diana-ross-billie-holiday-beyonce-and-more/