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Check“Tag in us in your photos!” facebook.com/coleaud twitter.com/coleaud instagram.com/coleaud Post Office Box 1189 youtube.com/ 1042 West Hamlet Avenue auditorium1999 Hamlet, NC 28345-1189 2016/2017 www.richmondcc.edu/cole-auditorium 2016/2017 #atCole The The Five Irish Tenors Five Irish Tenors “Salute to Ireland” Thursday, January 26, 2017 Martina McBride Saturday, February 25, 2017 “Barefoot in The Park” Thursday, March 9, 2017 Legendary Rock Supergroup The Hit Men Thursday, April 6, 2017 All shows start at 7:30pm Cole Box Office (910) 410-1691 “Salute to Ireland” Don’t forget about the added show Director’s Circle Saturday, February 25 – 7:30p.m. Dr. & Mrs. David & Katherine Arnold Mr. & Mrs. Ron & Sylvia Ballard Mr. & Mrs. Bill & Linda Bayless Mr. & Mrs. Russell & Joan Bennett Mr. & Mrs. Van & Melissa Billingsley Mr. & Mrs. Neal & Joanne Cadieu Dr. & Mrs. Al & Pat Covington Mr. & Mrs. Wade & Beth Dunbar Mr. & Mrs. Joe & Diana Everett Mr. & Mrs. Brian & Danielle Goodman Representative & Dr. Ken & Cindy Goodman Mr. & Mrs. Ken & Jill Hartley Mr. & Mrs. John & Brenda Jackson Mr. & Mrs. G.R. & Mary Ellen Kindley Mr. & Mrs. J.C. & Hilda Lamm Mr. & Mrs. Terry & Cheryl Lewis Dr. & Mrs. Duane & Carol Linker Mr. & Mrs. Wiley & Judy Mabe Mr. Lazelle Marks Mr. & Mrs. Jim & Shirley McCaskill Mr. & Mrs. Lynn & Linda McCaskill Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Joyce McDow Dr. & Mrs. Dale & Thomasa McInnis Senator & Mrs. Tom & Janice McInnis Mr. & Mrs. Gene & Donna McLaurin Mr. & Mrs. Kenny & Leah Melvin Mr. & Mrs. Dean & Candy Nichols Mr. & Mrs. Jerry & Brenda Purcell Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth & Claudia Robinette Thank you Scotland Motors, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. Hal & Bess Shuler Dr. & Mrs. John & Sue Stevenson Director’s Circle Mr. & Mrs. Thad & Mary Jane Ussery Mr. & Mrs. Lee & Tanya Wallace Members! Dr. & Mrs. Larry & Michele Weatherly Important Note for Season Ticket Holders Mr. & Mrs. David & Susan Wood Your tickets for this show were mailed in late December (unless you requested your tickets be e-mailed) Now in it’s seventh year, the Director’s Circle helps If you have not received them or if you have misplaced them, Richmond Community College raise local funds critical to we will gladly reprint them tonight! the success of our students, including supporting the new (Your tickets for Jennifer Nettles concert will NOT be valid for the performance.) RichmondCC Guarantee. Season Ticket holders interested in joining the Director’s Circle should contact Joey Bennett A special thank you to Stein Way Piano Gallery- Charlotte, NC for helping to arrange the use of at (910) 410-1691 or RichmondCC Associate Vice President the second piano featured on stage tonight. of Development Hal Shuler at (910) 410-1807. A COLUMBIA ARTISTS PRODUCTION Direct from Dublin, Ireland TRAVEL. The Five Irish Tenors Perform CULTURE. “Salute to Ireland” The Five Irish Tenors present a sensational program of the most famously beloved Irish songs, fusing Irish wit and charm with lyricism, dramatic lair FOOD. and operatic style. This project is the irst tour ever in North America of this popular Irish ensemble Down by the Sally Garden The Wearing of the Green Star of the County Down Toora – Loora – Looral The Foggy Dew Dublin in the Rare Old Times La Paloma Oft in the Stilly Night Angels Guard Thee Boolabogue Spanish Lady You Raise Me Up Mamma -Intermission- The Rose of Tralee She Moved Through The Fair Town I loved So Well If you like North Carolina, My Wild Irish Rose you’ll love Our State. The Green Fields Of France Will You Go Lassie Go To subscribe, call (800) 948-1409 Ireland, Mother Ireland or visit ourstate.com When Irish Eyes Are Smiling Isle of Hope God Bless America I Hear You Calling Me Our State supports the North Carolina Presenters Consortium (NCPC) Danny Boy with a monthly listing in the magazine of exciting professional arts and entertainment events. DAVID MARTIN Tenor Lyric Tenor David Martin is described as possessing “a beautiful Italian Bel Canto quality in his voice, with a fantastic vocal range, and performs with incredible stamina, agility, and lexibility.” THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE He studied and performed at the Dundalk Dramatic Society, the Leinster College of Music & Drama in Dublin and at Il Corso Di Canto E Perfezionamento Lirico with Tenor Ugo Benelli in Montalto, Italy. David has performed the lead tenor roles in productions of The Lilly of Killarney, The Gypsy Baron, and Pink Champagne. FREE CONCERT Other performances include tenor roles in operas, such as La Fille du Regiment, La Boheme, Cavalleria Rusticana, Thursday, March 30th I Pagliacci, Lucia Di Lammermoor, La Traviata, Tosca, and more. 7:30pm He has performed in the U.K., in Europe, and in major theatres in Ireland, including the Cork Opera House and the National Concert Hall, performing in Cole Auditorium such shows as The Mario Lanza Story and The John McCormack Story. Richmond Community College David was a member of the Three Tenors Ireland for seven years performing in many venues in Ireland and the U.K. until 2013. MORGAN CROWLEY Tenor Free admission for information: www.richmondcc.edu Morgan Crowley has performed in opera, concert, theatre, musicals, TV, FREEcall admission to reserve No reservedtickets: seats 910-410-1691 First-come, first seated ilm, radio and recordings across ive continents. Recipient of awards and distinctions including John McCormack and Luciano Pavarotti Awards, London Critics Choice Award, International Voice of Musical Theatre nomination, he has appeared on a Grammy-winning CD, two-Tony nominated shows, Oscar-winning screenplay, multi- platinum videos and ive solo albums. Following his debut at Covent Garden’s Royal Opera House, he played roles in operas including Die www.usafband.af.mil Zauberϔlote, Orpheus, Street Scene, Dido & Aeneas, Tosca, La Belle Helene, Amahl & The Night Visitors, Albert Herring, Candide. He created roles in Simon Callow’s FREE tickets required for admission. acclaimed world premiere Oliver Trilogy at Covent Garden, Julie Feeney’s Each 2016-2017 season ticket holder is entitled to mini-opera Bird and Roger Doyle’s eagerly anticipated 2016 Death by Fire of as many as 3 tickets to this performance. Giordano Bruno. He is currently Associate Director of Opera in the Open and Non-season ticket holders can get up to two tickets per person. Guest Lecturer at DIT and RADA. Tickets can be picked up at the box office now! His concert repertoire spans hundreds of composers, medieval to modern – DANNY FORDE Musical Director/Arranger/Pianist notable engagements including Mozart Requiem, Faure Requiem, BBC’s Friday Night is Music Night, Vivaldi Gloria, Handel Messiah, Pergolesi Stabat Mater, Danny is a passionate performer, and regularly performs his songs with his Bernstein Chichester Psalms, Luigi Nono’s Prometeo, The Academy Awards, Irish-Scandinavian trio Karmacloud and as a solo artist. Karmacloud have The Grammy Awards and National Entertainment Awards. toured in Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland and the UK. He has also Theatre credits include Chicago, Ragtime, Riverdance, Sweeney Todd, Spring performed extensively across Ireland and abroad with various music groups Awakening, Hairspray, Spelling Bee, Carousel, West Side Story, Cirque du Soleil, including I Have A Tribe, Slow Skies, Ebo, Jazzberries, Loah, Discovery Gospel Scrooge and the title role in Phantom of the Opera. Choir, Kila, Judith Mok, and Giraffes. His music has been aired and performed Television and ilm credits include Eastenders, The Tudors, Far & Away, Bound, live on Irish TV and radio. Letterman, Yule Be Wiggling, Quest For Camelot, Lovejoy. Danny composes songs and music for the visual media and is regularly His albums of original compositions “As Large As Alone” and “Time” are commissioned for theatre and contemporary dance. Danny’s professional available on iTunes and www.morgancrowley.com theatre work includes composition for Unspoken (Project Arts, Centre, Dublin), MONSTER/CLOCK (Smock Alley Theatre) and The Aeneid (Project Arts Centre) by Collapsing Horse Theatre, Near Death: A Grim Reaper Musical (Greene Theatre, Boston). Music direction for The Last 5 Years (Project Arts Centre) by CIARÁN KELLY Tenor Trees Rd, Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins (Project Arts Centre) by Rough Magic Ciarán Kelly is a graduate of the Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM), Dublin. SEEDS, How To Keep An Alien (Project Arts Centre) and The Rise And Fall Of The He made his opera debut at the RIAM in January 2007, singing “Don Curzio” City Of Mahagonny (Olympia Theatre) by Rough Magic. Danny was a recent in a production of Le Nozze Di Figaro, and subsequently participant in the highly regarded Rough Magic SEEDS theatre development sang with the Downpatrick Opera Fringe Festival, Opera program. Theatre Company, and Lyric Opera. In 2013, he worked with ilm composer Lucas Vidal in Los Angeles, assisting Touring activities have included the Celtic Woman 2012 on scores for a number of major motion pictures. He now writes freelance for U.S. tour and various international tours with Anúna. In Vidal’s Chroma Music commercial and trailer music house. He was assistant 2014, Ciarán founded the A Capella Irish group Ardú, who music supervisor on Irish feature Stitches (2012), which played in cinemas in specialize in traditional Irish and popular song. the UK & Ireland. He also worked as a freelance composer for Dublin-based Ciarán is a member of the renowned chamber choir Tailored Films, Ltd. Resurgam. While studying for his Masters’ degree at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), Danny In 2010, Ciarán sang as a soloist in the historic performance completed research and an accompanying composition for microtonal piano, of Handel’s Messiah, a joint performance between St. string quartet and voices exploring the area of just intonation. Patrick’s and Christ Church Cathedrals in Dublin. In 2012, he performed the lead role in Nicolini’s Le Due Gemelle in Piacenza, Italy with singers from Italy, Japan, Korea and Armenia.