A Gershwin Celebration

Musical Selections (Order to Be Announced from Stage):

“I’ve Got Rhythm”                                        Band instrumental

“A Foggy Day”                                              Jeff “T-Bone” Gerard

“I’ve Got a Crush on You”                           Jeff “T-Bone” Gerard and Samantha Barnes Daniel

“Summertime”                                             Samantha Barnes Daniel

“They Can’t Take That Away”                     Jeff “T-Bone” Gerard

“Someone to Watch Over Me”                   Samantha Barnes Daniel

“Our Love is Here to Stay)                           Samantha Barnes Daniel

Cuban Overture                                             Sun-A Park, Ammon Bratt, and Jeff Moore

5-minute talk between Act 2 scene one and Act 2 seen 2

Rhapsody in Blue                                          Conducted by Scott Lubaroff

                                                                          Sun-A Park, Piano

Ensemble

Flute: Nora Lee Garcia & Amanda Wiebelt

Oboe: Jamie Strefeler

Bassoon: Yoon Joo Hwan

B-flat Clarinet: Rie Suzuki & Jaden Crawford

Bass Clarinet: Jonathan Steltzer

Saxophone 1: George Weremchuk

Saxophone 2: Aidan Schatteman

Saxophone 3: Michael Weatherly

Saxophone 4: Saul Dautch

Horn: Ben Lieser & Aidan Brennan

Trumpet: Jesse Cook & Zachary Sellers

Trombone: Luis Fred & Ryan Polk

Tuba: Ben Vasko

String Bass: Charles Storch

Percussion: Thad Anderson, Kirk Gay & Jeff Moore

Celeste: Robi Akromova

JEFF “T-Bone” Gerard
Jeff “T-Bone” Gerard is a musician’s musician. He is a vocalist, trombonist and bandleader who associates with top artists and music venues in NYC. His self-titled group includes a veritable who’s-who of musical talent; Mitch Stein, Brian Dunn, Kim Plainfield, Rodney Howard, Lee Nadel, Sal Giorgiani and Jeff Rupert. His band has been a mainstay in NYC for decades with concert and club performances, and he has toured domestically and throughout Europe and North Africa. T-Bone’s vocal prowess transcends category. He sings with sensitivity beyond compare, and on a dime projects with power and clarity that would garner Barry White and Tom Jones’ curiosity. His talents have landed him on stage singing with Blood, Sweat, and Tears, and numerous other internationally acclaimed acts. As in-demand studio singer, he has tracked albums, jingles, and nationally televised productions including dates for MLB. As a leader, T-Bone can be heard on “Don’t look Back” which features his original compositions and his great band. A new release by T-Bone will be going for ads in 2018. Jeff “T-Bone” Gerard epitomizes the man who values his inner voice. Not one to look for the spotlight, he remains vigilantly “off of the grid.” When he is not working, he spends his time with his wife and dog George, in the cabin he built in upstate New York.

SAMANTHA BARNES DANIEL (Soprano)
Acclaimed soloist and chamber musician Samantha Barnes Daniel performs actively throughout the Central Florida area. She completed training at the University of Central Florida and Northwestern University, as well as several young artist programs at companies such as Chautauqua Opera and Arizona Opera. She is a two-time National semi-finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and was a Sarah Tucker Grant Nominee in the Richard Tucker Foundation Competition. Ms. Barnes Daniel performs regularly with Opera Orlando, the Voices of Liberty, the Solaria Singers of Orlando Sings, the Basilica Choir at Mary, Queen of the Universe Shrine, the Villages Philharmonic and Space Coast Symphony. She has also sung with The Orlando Philharmonic, Opera Tampa, Chautauqua Opera, Arizona Opera, and The Illinois Philharmonic, among others. Recent stage credits include First Lady in The Magic Flute, the Mother in Hansel & Gretel, and Catherine of Aragon in Opera Orlando and Helena's award winning Orlando Fringe show, 6 of VIII, for which she also wrote the book.  Recent concert credits include the soprano soloist the Brahms Requiem, Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass, Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610, Schoenberg's 2nd String Quartet, Mahler’s 2nd & 3rd Symphonies, Barber’s, Knoxville: Summer of 1915 and the Mozart Requiem. She is a founding member of the professional women’s ensemble, Helena, and is an adjunct professor on the voice faculty at the University of Central Florida and Harrison School for the Arts in Lakeland.

SUN-A-PARK
Assistant Professor of Piano in UCF’s School of Performing Arts. Dr. Park has won First Prize at the Kosciuzko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition and the Olga & Serge Koussevitzky Young Artists Awards, and prizes at the 4th Sendai International Music Competition and the 58th Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition. She has been a soloist with the Yale Philharmonia, the Sendai Symphony Orchestra(Japan), the Houston and Albany Symphonies, the Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento (Italy), the Castilla y León Symphony Orchestra (Spain), and other ensembles. She received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University, earned a Master of Musical Arts and Performers Certificate from Yale University, and Master of Music and Bachelor of Music degrees from the Juilliard School of Music, as well as a post-graduate diploma from the Hannover Musikhochschule in Germany.