It has been a pleasure to be Music Director of Elon’s Performing Arts program this year. If you have not yet had an opportunity to see the talent level at Elon, have a look at this video excerpt of Cole Porter’s Kiss Me, Kate from Fall 2009. Visit Elon Performing Arts for more information on the program and season.
excerpt from “Too Darn Hot” (Opening, Act II), Kiss Me, Kate, Elon, November 2009.
Directed by Catherine McNeela
Music Direction by Nathaniel Beversluis
Choreographed by Lynne Kurdziel-Formato
For several years I worked with Conservatory Theatre at the University of Central Florida in a partnership with Seaside Music Theater. Until it closed in late 2008, Seaside Music Theater brought professional theater of a rare caliber to Central Florida. I was present for the final few years of this company’s 26-year run for productions of Nine, South Pacific, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, White Christmas, and Peter Pan. I also conducted the company’s last major venture, a benefit concert performance of Les Miserables. Read the rest of this entry »
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