SMAC Past Event
In Concert -
Leah and David Stewart Wiley and Friends
Presents: A Midsummer's Night Musicale
Friday - August 28, 2009 - 7:30pm
Doors open at 7:00pm
Trinity Ecumenical Parish - Moneta, VA 24121
Doors open at 7:00pm
Trinity Ecumenical Parish - Moneta, VA 24121
The Program
The first half of the program will include classical selections for soprano and piano, featuring music by Gershwin, Mozart and Barber. Selections from Broadway's greatest hits -- West Side Story, South Pacific and the Sound of Music -- also will be presented.
In the second half of the program, Julee Hickcox and John Smith will join Maestro Wiley in presenting Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag", and the Claude Bolling "Suite No. 1 for flute and jazz piano." The program will conclude with Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue Fantasy", arranged by Maestro Wiley.
The Players
David Stewart Wiley concurrently serves as Music Director and Conductor of the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra and New York's Long Island Philharmonic. In demand as a guest conductor, pianist and composer, Maestro Wiley has conducted numerous American orchestras, including the symphonies of Atlanta, Boston and Cincinnati. He has performed all over the world, including numerous countries in Europe, Asia and Africa.
Soprano and actress Leah Marer Wiley, recognized for her wide vocal range and dramatic versatility, is equally accomplished in musical theater, opera and symphonic performance. Leah has performed throughout the United States and Europe with numerous professional orchestras. Leah's regional theater and concert appearances in Virginia include "The Sound of Music" and a "Christmas Carol" at Mill Mountain Theatre, where she also premiered the role of Mrs. Reynolds in the "Shiniest Rock of All."
Julee Hickcox was born in Singapore and spent her formative years in Hong Kong. She moved to the United States with her family at an early age and attended the North Carolina School of the Arts, where she studied flute with Philip Dunigan. Julee is a member of the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra and the Wintergreen Festival Orchestra, and performs regularly with orchestras of Lynchburg, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Salisbury and the Western Piedmont Symphony, as well as the Mill Mountain Theatre and Opera Roanoke. She maintains a full flute studio in Roanoke.
John Smith performs regularly with numerous professional orchestras, including the Roanoke Symphony, where he is Associate Principal Bass, Opera Roanoke and the Wintergreen Festival Orchestra. Currently Professor of Double Bass at Roanoke College and Liberty University, John serves as an active clinician and instructor for the region and as librarian for the RSO. He has toured Germany, France, Italy and Switzerland with orchestras.
Ticket Information
$12 in advance
$15 at the door
Tickets can be purchased at the Smith Mountain Lake Visitor's Center in Bridgewater Plaza or checks may be mailed to SMAC, P. O. Box 70, Moneta, VA 24121, with a self-addressed, stamped envelope included.
For more information contact Carolyn Fink at 721-2904, or Marty Bowers at 297-0965.
Performance Night Photos by Charlie Walker
David and Leah Wiley
David Wiley and Julee Hickox