Praised by Backstage Magazine for 'one of those rare voices with a soothing, almost hypnotic quality' award winning vocalist and actress Jill O'Hara, the Tony nominee from the Broadway musical Promises, Promises, will be performing selections from her first CD release in fifteen years Alone Together.
The Hartt School, the comprehensive performing arts conservatory of the University of Hartford, is pleased to announce its newest music initiative, the 2009-2010 Chamber Music Visiting Artist Series.
Praised by Backstage Magazine for 'one of those rare voices with a soothing, almost hypnotic quality' award winning vocalist and actress Jill O?Hara, the original female lead in the Burt Bacharach-Hal David-Neil Simon Broadway musical Promises, Promises, reunites with Burt Bacharach at the annual spring gala for 92nd Street Y. What The World Needs Now?The Music of Burt Bacharach will take place at Kaufmann Concert Hall, 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, Monday, May 18. Jill introduced the Bacharach/David pop classics I?ll Never Fall In Love Again, Knowing When To Leave and Whoever You Are I Love You. O?Hara went on to win a Tony nomination, the Theater World Award and New Jersey Journal Award for Best Actress In A Musical, while the cast album earned a Grammy Award. The concert event will also feature performances by Dionne Warwick, Sarah Dash and Elvis Costello. Proceeds from the Spring Gala support the 92nd Street Y's myriad of programs. Tickets are available by calling 212-415-5488 or online at www.92Y.org.
Today, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts officially launches a yearlong celebration of its 50th Anniversary with a commemorative ceremony in the Starr Theater at Alice Tully Hall. Hosted by renowned journalist and author Tom Brokaw, the program pays tribute to the many achievements and contributions of Lincoln Center, from the milestones of its past half century to the transformation of its campus.
On the morning of May 11, 2009, 50 years after that momentous occasion, Lincoln Center will begin a year-long celebration of its 50th anniversary with a special ceremony in the newly-transformed Alice Tully Hall. New York Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert, acclaimed violinist Itzhak Perlman with alumni from The Perlman Music Program, Tony Award-winning opera star Paulo Szot, jazz icon Wynton Marsalis with members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, and The Juilliard Orchestra are among those scheduled to perform in a program that celebrates the past 50 years and looks to the next generation of Lincoln Center's artists and audiences. In the audience of this private event will be elected officials, performing artists, civic and community representatives, and leaders from all 12 Lincoln Center resident organizations.
Praised by Backstage Magazine for 'one of those rare voices with a soothing, almost hypnotic quality' award winning vocalist and actress Jill O?Hara, the original female lead in the Burt Bacharach-Hal David-Neil Simon Broadway musical Promises, Promises, reunites with Burt Bacharach at the annual spring gala for 92nd Street Y. What The World Needs Now?The Music of Burt Bacharach will take place at Kaufmann Concert Hall, 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, Monday, May 18. Jill introduced the Bacharach/David pop classics I?ll Never Fall In Love Again, Knowing When To Leave and Whoever You Are I Love You. O?Hara went on to win a Tony nomination, the Theater World Award and New Jersey Journal Award for Best Actress In A Musical, while the cast album earned a Grammy Award. The concert event will also feature performances by Dionne Warwick, Sarah Dash and Elvis Costello. Proceeds from the Spring Gala support the 92nd Street Y's myriad of programs. Tickets are available by calling 212-415-5488 or online at www.92Y.org.