to Klezmer, Finnish to French, Broadway to WORKING IN CONCERT Swing, Tango to Ragtime. She has directed children’s theatre, composed dance tunes A performing arts collaboration and original show music, and toured with Delivering songs and stories an American Drama Group production in Up close and personal. Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Switzerland and Austria. She accompanies ballet classes (on piano) at the Joff rey and Lou A not-for-profi t performing arts incubator, Conte studios facilitator, and connector for collaborative projects embracing musical genres— RON ANDERSON . After spending 25 years as a folk singer in the haunts of Princeton, cabaret, opera and classical vocal arts, Greenwich Village and Liverpool, Ron slung theatrical and popular song. his guitar on his back and headed to his native Minnesota. Along the way he took a turn and Our goal is to refl ect on stage and “in the ended up in the Cabaret world of Chicago. house” the great diversity of Chicago’s Ron also sang barbershop for several years, earning a gold medal in international chorus population and the paths that bring us competition in Nashville in 2001 with the together. Northbrook New Tradition chorus. The folk scene and barbershop world prepared Ron for Coming in 2021: “Cabaret”. He has brought rousing tributes to Johnny Cash and John Denver to the audience Hello! Goodbye! at Davenport’s FUTURE PERFECT —a full-length opera follows a young girl Miranette’s a series of SongShop salon concerts SHARON WALTHAM , usually known as journey to discover the world beyond her Miss Sharon when she’s singing jazz and blues enclosed and fearful community—premieres onstage, was born in Chicago. She’s been the June 2021 at the Vittum Theater The third of three featured vocalist in several of trumpeter Yves ON CALL-COVID —a virtual online August 29, 2020 Francois’ bands performing live and can be performance in Spring 2021. On Call is a heard on all his Delmark Records compact short story of 6 pandemic healthcare workers discs to date. She became an ensemble sharing a Zoom call Theater Production by Claudia HOMMEL member at Prop Theatr in 2012. Co produced CHICAGO PARIS CABARET Music direction by Elizabeth DOYLE performed and contributed original songs CONNEXION —4th international and sketches for the annual Catzilla benefi t conference, Chicago, August 23-26, 2021 Hosted by Claudia Hommel & Cappy Kidd shows for Harmony House cat shelter. A CHICAGO CABARET WEEK -end in Albany Park, Chicago co-founding member of the musical group street fest, August 27-29, 2021 Improper Behavior. Currently a board member at Labrynth Arts Collective. She is just wild Bene" tting the SongShop Scholarship Fund, about a certain cat Daddy and lives with him and four and sometimes more cats near Albany SPECIAL THANKS a project of Working in Concert NFP Park. Susanne Baker, director of DePaul School of Music, Community Music Division www.songshoplive.com About SONGSHOP where SongShop is home Other SongShop pianists: Bobby Schiff , Mark www.workinginconcert.org Claudia Hommel’s SongShop , an Burnell, Phil Caldwell, Philip Seward ongoing weekly workshop, off ers theatre and music students, novices Do you have a piano at home? Consider and professionals, the opportunity hosting a future SongShop salon concert! to strengthen and deepen how we Your tax-deductible donations (payable to approach, interpret, and communicate Working in Concert) can be earmarked to meaning in a song. It’s your turn! the SongShop Scholarship Fund to provide Join us online to work on Song Text/ singers with fi nancial aid to continue their Subtext/Context. Call Claudia at professional development and the production 773.509.9360. www.songshoplive.com of our SongShop Live concerts. Hello! Goodbye! -- A SongShop Live garden concert ABOUT OUR PERFORMERS Chicago has presented her acclaimed solo German shows. She regularly sings and plays Barb Smith, Christian Halvorsen, Claudia Hommel, Evelyn Danner, BARBARA SMITH’s repertoire includes with music historian Charles Troy, dramatic Ron Anderson, and Sharon Waltham. Elizabeth Doyle at the jazz, blues, folk music and cabaret. She has book reviewer Jenny Riddle, singer-songwriter performed at Davenport’s, Underground Wonder keyboard. Special guests Kamran Al Kareem and Patricia Spaeth Megon McDonough and Parisian chanteuse Bar, Rosa’s Lounge, Chief O’Neill’s and the Claudia Hommel. Elizabeth was a featured Cliff Dwellers Club, and was the winner of the guest on the late Marian McPartland’s NPR 2018 Skokie Idol Contest. She participated in program Piano Jazz and her compositions have Claudia the Singers Jazz Workshops in 2014 and 2015 Bonjour Paris Roger Edens... (Funny Face) been heard on BBC and Dutch radio. New York in Paris; participated in the fi rst Chicago Paris engagements have included the Metropolitan Cabaret Connexion in 2017, and has been Room and ASCAP new music showcases. an active volunteer organizer of the Cabaret Recent 2019 performances include the Elkhart Ron Connexion ever since. She serves on the board Jazz Festival with Charles Troy and David All of Me John Stephens & Toby Gad of Working In Concert as a facilitator and Edelfelt, the September Cabaret Connexion Roadkill Café Ron Anderson communicator. Tour de France, the Bart Howard Foundation songwriting workshop and concert in Iowa CHRISTIAN HALVORSEN. Born in and Café Sabarsky in NYC with Claudia Staten Island, New York, as a young person, Hommel. Her two CDs, Elizabeth Doyle and Sharon he sang in the Children’s Choir at Our Lady We’ve Only Just Begun Paul Williams & Roger Nichols Time Flies are available at cdbaby.com and Help of Christians and dabbled in accordion iTunes. For sheet music and more info: www. It’s Gonna Take Some Time Carole King & Toni Stern in his teenage years. It wasn’t until he was in elizabethdoylemusic.com his 30s that he found his voice, while working For All We Know Fred Karlin, Robb Wilson & Arthur James as General Manager of Gentry of Chicago. EVELYN DANNER. Vocalist/actor/ He is very fond of obscure Broadway show wardrobe mistress/teacher: costumer at the tunes because it’s not a solo if everybody is Goodman by day, professional performer by Kamran’s solo ؎ ؎ ؎ ؎ singing with you. He sang as a featured soloist night. Evelyn has been with Chicago’s Black in Philadelphia at Jack Downey’s with Bob Ensemble Theater for more than 25 years, Bush at the piano. This afternoon is his second singing, dancing, acting and most recently Christian SongShop concert. Miraculous Wardrobe Mistress. With more Never Never Land Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein than 20 musical productions to her credit, Ms. CLAUDIA HOMMEL. Born in Paris, Danner has portrayed the legendary jazz great Good Thing Going Stephen Sondheim raised in Detroit, and seasoned in New York, Ella Fitzgerald in four diff erent productions. She Claudia moved to Chicago to “do the work.” Old Friend Gretchen Cryer & Nancy Ford serves in the music ministry of her home church, She specializes in international classical and Covenant Faith Church of God and is a member theatre songs and chanson. Projects include of Choral Thunder Vocal Ensemble. Vocal Canvas concerts (with Elizabeth Kamran’s solo ؎ ؎ ؎ ؎ Doyle) for museums and arts centers; the KAMRAN AL KAREEM is a 24 year old crossover Jazz Fauré Project; master classes Chicago-born and -raised entertainer, and in song interpretation; and French-based is the only male Classical Oriental dancer Evelyn school programs. Claudia invites her fans from Chicago. A theatre performer for 15 Good Morning Heartache Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene to France with Cabaret InTourludes and the years, he has been dancing and hosting shows Cabaret Connexion. Member of the actors’ Higginbotham professionally for the last 6 years, studying unions and on faculty at the DePaul School under high-heels pioneer Yanis Marshall, and Who What When Where Why Rupert Holmes of Music Community Music Division. Under under Chicago bellydance legends Surayah Ask a Woman Who Knows Victor Abrams the Maison Clobert label, she has recorded al Muddaris and Vanessa Oliveira, and with fi ve CDs and the Vocal Canvas fi lm. She is various teachers at Hubbard Street and Gus proud to have founded the Chicago Cabaret Giordano schools. Out of his home, Kamran Professionals, SongShop, and the Chicago Paris also produces and arranges studio music, and Claudia Cabaret Connexion with so many like-minded Les Champs-Elysées Mike Deighan, Mike Wilsh, Pierre Delanoe performs A Capella Vocal Live Looping. You performers. She serves as Executive Director of can catch Kamran dancing at The Darling (English: P. Spaeth) Working in Concert. workinginconcert.org Lounge, or as part of Mysteriosa Variety Show Barb every Saturday Night at Alhambra Palace in ELIZABETH DOYLE, singer, pianist, Chicago. Beautiful City Stephen Schwartz (Godspell) lyricist, composer, has performed across the Walls Tom Petty United States and Europe. Her musicals have PATRICIA SPAETH , accordionist, pianist been widely produced, most recently, Sleepy and more, comes to Chicago via Seattle and Accentuate the Positive Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer Hollow this year in California and Burnham’s points between. She plays an encyclopedic Dream last June in Chicago. Dank Haus in array of styles on accordion from Contradance