seagle music colony 2018 candide Leonard Bernstein julius caesar G. F. Handel the great gatsby John Harbison mame Jerry Herman Vespers Concerts Billy Goats Gruff Bringing Music to the Adirondacks seaglecolony.org Since 1915 The Beechwood Group of Wells Fargo Advisors is proud to support The Seagle Music Colony Joseph Steiniger Senior Vice President - Investment Officer CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ [email protected] Mary E. McDonald First Vice President - Investments [email protected] The Beechwood Group 845-483-7943 www.thebeechwoodgroup.com Investment and Insurance Products: NOT FDIC Insured NO Bank Guarantee MAY Lose Value Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, Member SIPC, is a registered broker-dealer and a separate non-bank affiliate of Wells Fargo & Company. ©2013 Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC. All rights reserved. 1113-02329 [74127-v4] 1 About Seagle Music Colony Restrooms are located in the Shames Rehearsal Notes from the Directors 3 Studio. Handicapped accessible restroom Seagle Music Colony Board of Directors 4 is at the rear of the theatre lobby. History of Seagle Music Colony 9 2017-18 Seagle Music Colony Sponsors/Members 10 Refreshments are provided in the theatre lobby Donor Opportunities 14 by the Seagle Music Colony Guild. 2017-18 Alumni Updates 22 Seagle Music Colony Guild 29 So that all our patrons may enjoy the performance, please turn all cell phones and pagers The Seagle Music Colony Gala 19 to the silent or off positions. The Productions Thank you for attending today’s performance. Candide 16 Billy Goats Gruff 18 Julius Caesar 20 The Great Gatbsy 24 Mame 26 Seagle Music Colony 2018 Fall Season 28 999 Charley Hill Road PO Box 366 2018 Faculty/Staff and Emerging Artists Schroon Lake, NY 12870 (518) 532-7875 Faculty and Staff 29 Emerging Artists 37 www.seaglecolony.org [email protected] Our Mission To identify, train and develop gifted singers and to present quality opera and musical theatre performances to the public. Our Vision To be the pre-eminent summer vocal training program in the world, supported by an operating endowment and state-of-the-art facilities. 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We spend all year planning: auditioning many singers, choosing the thirty-two emerging artists who will be a part of Seagle Music Colony, and finally getting the colony open and ready to receive this crop of amazing singers and our wonderful staff. Although this is our 103rd season, so many things are new here at SMC! With a fall season almost as robust as our summer season, we are well on our way to achieving one of the dreams we spoke about in last year’s program – that of being a company that operates longer each year. We are extremely excited about the offerings this summer. In celebration of the great composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday, we present his Broadway/Opera masterpiece Candide in a wonderful realization by Richard Kagey who is celebrating his own anniversary - 56 years at the Colony! Next we bring you, Julius Caesar (Giulio Cesare) by Handel: our first- ever Baroque opera. Stage director Candace Evans promises “no togas in this show” - it will be a modern telling of this ancient story. Following that is John Harbison’s The Great Gatsby after the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Premiered by the Metropolitan Opera in 1999, this grand opera will evoke the sounds and sights of 1920’s New York. Finally, the blockbuster musical Mame by Jerry Herman directed by Kyle Lang will have you singing along with some of the most famous tunes ever written. Mame has been portrayed by many great actresses including Angela Lansbury, Lucille Ball and our own dear Patrice Munsel. The summer also includes a tour of the children’s opera Billy Goats Gruff, two Vespers Concerts, an exciting Alumni Weekend and Concert and of course many special events like the Gala and Guild Luncheon. This fall “the hill” will still be alive with song as we workshop two new pieces – an opera and a musical - as part of the American Center for New Works Development. The Ghosts of Gatsby by Evan Mack and Joshua McGuire explores the tempestuous relationship between Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Pooch by Scott Eyerly examines what would happen if a tenor/dog walker had to impersonate Puccini to fool the new boss of a publishing company. We will also have in-school performances of Billy Goats Gruff and a revue called Hey Big Spender featuring the music of Cy Coleman. One of the most exciting projects of the fall is a tour of The Falling and the Rising by Zach Redler and Jerre Dye. This opera explores the lives of our wounded veterans and their recovery. Compassion, courage and conviction are at the heart of the opera, which honors the women and men who defend and protect us. Last year we quoted Eleanor Roosevelt who said “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” It is YOUR belief in our dreams that has led us to this wonderful point in the long life of Seagle Music Colony. We cannot do any of this without your support. Your gifts are imperative to continuing the successes we are experiencing now. Every dollar or minute you invest in Seagle Music Colony makes an impact not only on our future, but on the entire world of opera and musical theater. We are creating the future together because we believe in our dream. Together we will change the world. Thank you for all that you do for Seagle Music Colony. Tony Kostecki, General Director Darren K. Woods, Artistic Director I am honored to welcome you to the 103rd season of Seagle Music Colony, our country’s oldest summer vocal training program, and the premier opera and musical theatre production organization in the North Country of New York State. As usual, this year’s summer season will feature some of the world’s most exceptional young vocal talent, but I am truly excited that the Colony has become much more than the premier vocal training program. Last year marked the introduction of the American Center for New Works Development, which, under the auspices of the Seagle Music Colony, is devoted to the creation of new American compositions, and the re-working of recently premiered works. Two such works were last year’s performances of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead and the chamber opera The Falling and the Rising. This year’s production of The Great Gatsby is a re-working of this recently premiered opera, using the talents of our emerging artists and renowned faculty. Not only have we expanded Seagle’s artistic scope, we have also begun the implementation of a master plan to enhance our campus. Our new faculty housing facility opened last year, and plans are in development for other building projects including the construction of a new state of the art theater. None of this would be possible without our outstanding leadership and faculty, led by our General Director Tony Kostecki and our Artistic Director/Development Director Darren Woods, who have once again assembled an array of vocal talent that will leave you spellbound during each performance. I would also be remiss if I didn’t mention our special group of volunteers led by the members of the Seagle Music Colony Guild, who work tirelessly to ensure the success of the Colony. While we at Seagle have much to be proud of, it is only through your continued support and generosity that our visions for the future can come to fruition. Please take the opportunity to speak with me, Darren, Tony or any of our Board members, about ways in which you feel you can become a member of our Seagle Family and contribute to our exciting future. Now sit back, relax, and enjoy the performance. Seth D. Bader, President 3 President Seth Bader Executive Vice-President Joe Kelly V.P. for Development Julia Pitkin-Shantz V.P. for Renaissance Campaign Lisa Reid V.P. for Governmental Affairs Joel Friedman Treasurer Raymond McGee Secretary Barbara Repp General Director Tony Kostecki Artistic Director Darren K. Woods Board of Directors Advisory Board James Allison Evan Mack Ana De Archuleta David Lowe Frank Cappabianca Michael Mayes Kathryn Belles Thomas Magee Mark Carpenter Ed Moore Bard Bunaes Jorge Martin Sharon Hieber Matt Rowe Robert Claus Laurence Meltzer Judy Klitgaard James Seagle Barbara Coats-Wondrasch Ann Breen Metcalfe Phyllis Shames Korn Nancy Strohmeyer Eugene Coppola Warner North Robin Kulwin Nathan Wentworth Anthony Dalto Peter Scott Oberdorf Barbara Foley Ava Pine Oliver Goodenough Jacqueline Posner Charles Harste Donald Rhodes Directors Emeritus: Irma Worrell-Fisher, Richard Kagey Valerie Saalbach Richard McManus, John Trainer Katherine Klykylo Tom Seagle Joseph Lesley Kempton Smith Joan Lomnitzer Joseph Steiniger Midge Woolsey 4 5 5 6 7 8 Seagle Music Colony, the oldest summer singer The Seagle Music Colony Singers were one of the first training program in the country, was founded in 1915 by groups to perform before television cameras.