Concert Notes:

Fall Pops Concert on November 4, 2007, 3:00 pm

The Parkway Concert Orchestra wishes to extend a special thanks to our sponsors for this concert.

The St. Theresa School PTA will present the Parkway Concert Orchestra in an exciting fall concert on Sunday, November 4 at 3p.m. in Monsignor Donahue Hall, St. Theresa School, 30 St. Theresa Avenue, West Roxbury. Music Director and Conductor Peter Freisinger conducts the 50 piece non-profit orchestra in classical and pops selections for the entire family, including excerpts from Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade and Beethoven's 5th Symphony. The St. Theresa Choirs, directed by Dr. Richard Bunbury, will join the orchestra in selections from "Messiah" and "Guys & Dolls". After the concert, the audience will be able to meet and learn about the instruments at an instrument petting zoo.

This concert is presented for the public by St. Theresa School PTA and is sponsored by P.E. Murray-George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home. The Cooperative Bank is the Principal Sponsor of the Parkway Concert Orchestra. Ticket donations are requested: $7; $5 for seniors and children. Light refreshments and free parking are provided. For further information, please call 617-283-6498.

The Program:

Symphony No. 5, Op. 67
  II. Andante con moto
Ludwig von Beethoven
Sheherezade, Op. 35
  I. The Sea And Sinbad's Ship
  II. The Kalendar Prince
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
---- Intermission ----
Excerpts from The Messiah George Frideric Handel
  For behold, darkness shall cover the earth
  The people that walked in darkness
Ishan Johnson, baritone
  For unto us a child is bornSt Theresa Parish Choir, Choristers and Children`s Choir,
directed by Dr. Richard Bunbury
Music from Guys and Dolls Frank Loesser, arr. Calvin Custer
St Theresa Parish Choir, Choristers and Children`s Choir, directed by Dr. Richard Bunbury
The Waltzing Cat Leroy Anderson
The Girl I Left Behind Me Leroy Anderson

Our Sponsors:

Sponsors and performersThis concert is presented for the public by St. Theresa School PTA and is sponsored by P.E. Murray-George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home.

Standing (left to right): sponsors Jerry Locke and Ed Doherty, conductor Peter Freisinger and cellist Helen Tarantino.
Seated (left to right): violinists Madeleine Powers and Dick Seltzer.


Guest Artist Ishan Johnson

Ishan Johnson, baritoneBaritone Ishan Johnson received his education at the Boston University College of Fine Arts where he studied with James Demler. He was a featured artist this past summer with the Utah Festival Opera Company. His performances there included roles in Porgy and Bess, The Most Happy Fella, and Showboat. He most recently performed the role of Betto in the B.U. Opera Institute's production of Gianni Schicchi. Other roles include Sciarrone in Tosca, Jabez in Regina, and Dashwood in Little Women. He was featured in the Opera Boston productions of Bizet's The Pearl Fishers, Chabrier's L'etoile and Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia. He will be a featured soloist in Bach's Christmas Oratorio with the historic Old North Church in Boston.


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