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Home , Alain Boublil, Betsy Wolfe, Cheyenne Jackson, Fred Ebb, Glen Hansard, John Kander

Toronto Symphony Orchestra Sir Andrew Davis, Interim Artistic Director Steven Reineke, Principal Pops Conductor

Monday, June 10, 2019 at 8:00pm Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at 8:00pm Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at 2:00pm Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at 8:00pm

Steven Reineke, conductor Betsy Wolfe, vocalist Jeremy Jordan, vocalist

Andrew Lloyd Webber/ & / arr. Calvin Custer arr. Michael Gibson Selections from The Phantom of Suite from the Opera / Benj Pasek & / orch. orch. Sam Shoup “A Summer in Ohio” from “Waving through a Window” from , & Stephen Schwartz/ /arr. Sam Shoup arr. Kevin Purcell “You and Me (But Mostly Me)” “Meadowlark” from from The The Baker’s Wife Jason Robert Brown & Markéta Irglová “Before and After You/ “” from One Second and a Million Miles” from The Bridges of Madison County

Intermission

Steven Reineke’s appearance is generously supported by Ross and Sarah Kerr.

As a courtesy to musicians, guest artists, and fellow concertgoers, please put your phone away and on silent during the performance.

JUNE 10, 11 & 12, 2019 15 Mark Mancina, & Lebo M/ & Claude-Michel arr. Steven Reineke Schönberg “He Lives in You” from “At the End of the Day/ Do You Hear the People Sing?” / from Les Misérables orch. David Cullen “Jellicle Ball” from John Kander & Fred Ebb/ Used by with orch. Bob Krogstad The Musical , LP. “Maybe This Time” from

Sara Bareilles & Jack Feldman “She Used to Be Mine” from “Santa Fe” from

Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Alan Menken & / Schönberg, Lyrics by Alain Boublil & arr. Sam Shoup Richard Maltby Jr./ “Suddenly Seymour” from orch. William David Brohn Little Shop of Horrors “Why God, Why?” from

THE ARTISTS

Steven Reineke conductor Steven Reineke made his TSO début in March 1997.

Steven Reineke has established himself as one of North America’s leading conductors of popular music. Along with his role as Principal Pops Conductor of the TSO, this season, Mr. Reineke celebrates his tenth anniversary as Music Director of The Pops at . He is also Principal Pops Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Principal Pops Conductor of the Symphony Orchestra. Reineke is a frequent guest conductor with The Philadelphia Orchestra, and his extensive North American conducting appearances include Atlanta, Cincinnati, Edmonton, San Francisco, and Sarasota. On stage, Reineke has created programs and collaborated with a range of leading artists from the worlds of hip-hop, Broadway, , and rock, including , Kendrick Lamar, Nas, Sutton Foster, Megan Hilty, , Wayne Brady, Peter Frampton, and Ben Folds, among others. In 2017, National Public Radio’s All Things Considered featured Reineke leading the National Symphony Orchestra performing live music excerpts between news segments—a first in the show’s 45-year history. In 2018, Reineke led the National Symphony Orchestra with hip-hop legend Nas performing his seminal album Illmatic on PBS’s Great Performances. As the creator of more than 100 orchestral for the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Reineke’s work has been performed worldwide and can be heard on numerous Cincinnati Pops

16 TORONTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Orchestra recordings on the Telarc label. His symphonic works, Celebration Fanfare, Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and Casey at the Bat, are performed frequently. His Sun Valley Festival Fanfare was used to commemorate the Sun Valley Summer Symphony pavilion, and his Festival Te Deum and Swan’s Island Sojourn were débuted by the Cincinnati Symphony and Cincinnati Pops. His numerous wind ensemble compositions are published by the C.L. Barnhouse Company and are performed by concert bands worldwide.

Betsy Wolfe vocalist Betsy Wolfe made her TSO début in February 2013.

Betsy Wolfe starred in the Tony-nominated musical Waitress . Other recent Broadway credits include Cordelia in the Broadway revival of ; Bullets over Broadway; The Mystery of Edwin Drood; ; and . She is perhaps best known for her critically acclaimed performance as Cathy in the Off-Broadway revival of The Last Five Years. Other favourite credits include the City Center Encores! production of Merrily We Roll Along; the world première production Up Here; ACT’s world première of Tales of the City; and Die Fledermaus at the Metropolitan Opera. She has been a guest artist for over 50 symphony, pops, and philharmonic orchestras across the US and internationally, including the New York Philharmonic and Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She holds a BFA in from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and is the Co-Founder of BroadwayEvolved, a groundbreaking summer intensive for theatre students and educators. broadwayevolved.com | betsywolfe.com | Instagram: @bwolfepack

Jeremy Jordan vocalist These performances mark Jeremy Jordan’s TSO début.

Jeremy starred on Broadway earlier this year opposite Kerry in the provocative new play American Son. Other Broadway credits: Newsies (Tony, GRAMMY, and Drama Desk nominations), Bonnie & Clyde (), , Rock of Ages, and Waitress. TV: Winn Schott in Supergirl, Jimmy Collins in , The Flash, Law and Order: SVU. Film: The Last Five Years opposite , Joyful Noise with Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton, and Newsies. Jeremy can be heard as the voice of Varian on ’s animated series Tangled. @JeremyMJordan for concert and music updates.

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