The Goodman Theatre, Annoyance Theatre, Victory Gardens, Emerald City Theatre Company, Hell In A Handbag Productions, Emerald City Theatre Company, and for the National Touring Company of The Second City. He can be reached at 773-814-0519 or [email protected] SAMANTHA GAY , Lyric Mezzo-Soprano, is a lifelong musician. Beginning with piano at age 8, she joined the St. Edmund Parish Children’s Choir soon after. Later, she would join the Trinity High School chamber choir, the Brown University Chorus and the UChicago Rockefeller Chapel Choir. During these years, UPCOMING SALON CONCERTS she was an aria soloist, awardee of the Otto Thilenius fellowship, and won the American SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 4 PM Prize (2nd-place in Amateur Art Song). She at the Hyde Park home of Ruth Fuerst cantors regularly at St. Edmund’s, and studies with Christine Steyer. She is especially inspired Bobby Schiff and Philip Seward at the by Baroque music and Art Song. Outside of piano. Featuring Kimberly Mann, Arlene music, she is an immigration consultant and Armstrong, Vivian Beckford, Christian activist, and a proud Medievalist. Halvorsen, with Carol Weston, Claudia Hello! Goodbye! About SONGSHOP Hommel and Ruth Fuerst. Consider Yourself at Home while we get on The a series of SongShop salon concerts Claudia Hommel’s SongShop , an Telephone to talk with the Operator and ongoing weekly workshop, off ers recount what happened Ten Minutes Ago The " rst of three theatre and music students, novices before we say Bye Bye Blackbird anad and professionals, the opportunity Adieu. A light supper will follow. January 18, 2020 to strengthen and deepen how they approach, interpret, and communicate SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 4 PM Production by Claudia HOMMEL meaning in a song. SongShop is open at the Wicker Park home of Cathy Glickman to all singers and takes place Tuesday Music direction by Phil CALDWELL evenings at the DePaul School of Music Mark Burnell at the piano. Featuring Hosted by Louise Gale in Forest Park, Illinois and many Saturdays in Hyde Park. Call Lynda Gordon, Patrick Davis, Evelyn Claudia at 773.509.9360 to join us. Danner, Leona Zions, with Cathy Glickman, Drew Fase, Teresa McGrath Bene" tting the SongShop Scholarship Fund, Stay tuned this spring for SongShop/ and Joyce Thomas. a project of Working in Concert NFP Cabaret Connexion intensives with Jean-Claude Orfali, Clotilde Rullaud, It’s your turn to join SongShop for more Angelina Reaux, Faith Prince and live concerts and workshop sessions! www.songshoplive.com Spider Saloff ! www.songshoplive.com www.workinginconcert.org SPECIAL THANKS TO YOU and to: Susanne Baker, director of DePaul University School of Music, Community Music Division where SongShop is home Ruth Fuerst, host of our Saturday sessions Other SongShop pianists: Bobby Schiff , Elizabeth Doyle, Mark Burnell, Philip Seward Do you have a piano at home? Consider becoming a host for a future SongShop salon concert! Your tax-deductible donations (payable to Working in Concert) can be earmarked to the SongShop Scholarship Fund to provide singers with fi nancial aid to continue their professional development and the production of our SongShop Live concerts. Hello! Goodbye! -- A SongShop Live Salon concert ABOUT OUR PERFORMERS Carmen Bodino, Claudia Hommel, Daniel Johnson, CARMEN BODINO. As her father would infl uence of his spouse Dan Johnson, is David M Stephens, Gina Mincy, Louise Gale and Samantha Gay, say, Carmen was “my only daughter who was transitioning to the art of singing. A frequent born singing not crying.” Microbiologist turned participant in Songshop, his musical infl uences with Phil Caldwell at the piano cabaret singer, she brought her solo début to lean towards jazz, pop and R&B (with a touch Davenport’s in 2013 with Here’s To Life! Her of Broadway). He has performed at showcases musical experience ranges from church choirs and open mics around Chicagoland. In 2016 he Dan to Classic Guitar, and cabaret in diff erent venues debuted in CCP’s “Strut Your Stuff ” showcase in Chicago, Paris and Croatia via SongShop. and premiered his fi rst solo show The Times of Shalom Jerry Herman Making a diff erence through self-expression My Life in March at Davenport’s. Samantha in musical storytelling keeps her going. A GINA MINCY. Making her SongShop member of the Chicago Cabaret Professionals, début tonight, Gina has been singing since Sweeter than Roses Henry Purcell she is grateful to voice teachers/coaches and discovering her joy of performing at a Christmas her audience for listening. Special mention to Kindergarten show. She sang her fi rst solo David the Chicago Paris Cabaret Connexion 2018 in 4th grade church choir, continued singing Times of Your Life Roger Nichols & Bill Lane that brought her back to stage after fi ve years of through high school, and completed a minor in absence. Theatre Arts at Dominican University. Learning Claudia CLAUDIA HOMMEL . Born in Paris, she had a voice for opera, she started private Bonjour Paris Roger Edens & Leonard Gershe raised in Detroit, and seasoned in New York, voice lessons with New York-based Julian Claudia moved to Chicago to “do the work.” Kwok and has given two recitals of Italian arias Carmen She specializes in international classical and and art songs from Puccini, Boito and Donaudy, Send in the Clowns Stephen Sondheim theatre songs and chanson . Projects include and plans another in the near future. Although Vocal Canvas concerts (with Elizabeth Doyle) she sings Soprano classically, her voice reaches Lou for museums and arts centers; the crossover into the alto range for crossover pieces. Gina Hello Again Neil Diamond & Alan Lindgren Jazz Fauré Project; master classes in song is inspired by many great singer-actresses interpretation; and French-based school such as Maria Callas and Leontyne Price, and Dan programs. Claudia invites her fans to France mainstream artists like Sara Bareilles. Working Sherry! James Lipton & Laurence Rosenthal with Cabaret InTourludes and the Cabaret in property management by day, Gina cantors Connexion. Member of the actors’ unions at several churches. Inspired by life events, she and on faculty at the DePaul School of Music is planning her fi rst cabaret that promises to be David humorous and heart-felt. Sounds of Silence Paul Simon & Arthur Garfunkel Community Music Division. Under the Maison Clobert rubric, she has recorded fi ve CDs and LOUISE GALE has chosen to enjoy her Lou the Vocal Canvas fi lm. She is proud to have retirement as a saloon singer. At the University founded the Chicago Cabaret Professionals of Detroit, she sang with the chorus’ specialty In Between Goodbyes Wally Harper. (CCP), SongShop, and Cabaret Connexion with group The Singing Titans and performed so many like-minded performers. She serves as at Expo 67 in Montreal. This past year she Samantha Executive Director of Working in Concert. participated in Chicago Cabaret Professionals Why Can’t You Behave Cole Porter www.workinginconcert.org productions of Merry Measures and Strut DANIEL JOHNSON is a bi-coastal regional Your Stuff and launched her own cabaret show Gina theatre actor relocated to Chicago. Trained Broadway Broads at Davenport’s with Elizabeth Someone Like You Adele & Dan Wilson professionally at the American Conservatory Doyle at the piano. In addition, her small theater Theatre in San Francisco, he performed on the ensemble—S.W.A.G.—has produced four David West Coast and on tour before a stint of nearly major productions in the last two years. She’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John & Bernie Taupin two decades based in New York City. His proud to call herself a regular at Petterino’s musical roles include Franklin in 1776 , Mooney Monday Night Live. Most recently she sang Lou in Anything Goes , and Charles in Pippin . He with the Chicago Paris Cabaret Connexion at Everytime We Say Goodbye Cole Porter toured nationally with John Davidson in the Studio Raspail in Paris and at the Salle Molière Music Man and debuted off Broadway as the of the Montpellier opera house. Carmen comic lead in the 1988 revival of Cole Porter’s PHIL CALDWELL , pianist, is a faculty Here’s to Life Artie Butler & Phyllis Molinary Leave It to Me . He is known locally for his member in the Theatre Department at Columbia cabaret act, Wilde & Woolley: Cole Porter and College Chicago and since 2004 at the Dan his cohorts. Sherwood Community Music School (now Au Revoir James Lipton & Laurence Rosenthal DAVID M. STEPHENS . After 35 years Old Town School) where he teaches piano and of entertaining as a magician and circus coaches vocalists. He has worked as a performer clown in the Metro NYC area, David moved and music director at a variety of Chicago to Chicagoland 5 years ago and, under the venues including American Theater Company, .