Brockport Symphony Orchestra®
 

 WESTERN NEW YORK'S MOST EXCITING COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA 
SINCE 2010

2013-2014 Concert Season - A Night on Broadway

Thursday, October 3rd

7:30pm

Seymour College Union Ballroom

The College at Brockport

$3 Suggested Donation at the Door

Program Highlights

Kern arr. Gordon Show Boat Overture

Gershwin arr. Hullfish Summertime for Voice, Trumpet and Orchestra

Mary Wojciechowski, Vocal Soloist

Stephen Jessup, Trumpet Soloist

Rodgers & Hammerstein arr. Allentoff If I Loved You from Carousel

Bernstein & Sondheim arr. Hullfish Somewhere from West Side Story

Mary Wojciechowski, Vocal Soloist

Bernstein arr. Hullfish Maria for Trumpet and Orchestra

Stephen Jessup, Trumpet Soloist

Willson arr. Allentoff My White Knight from The Music Man

Menken & Ashman arr. Allentoff Home from Beauty and the Beast

Lerner & Loewe arr. Allentoff Medley from My Fair Lady

Mary Wojciechowski, Vocal Soloist
About the Artists
Vocal Soloist Mary Wojciechowski
Mary Wojciechowski's love of jazz began as child watching black and white musicals with her grandmother. Hearing Fred Astaire sing such songs as "The Way You Look Tonight" and "Night and Day" started a love affair with 1930s and 40s jazz that continues to this day. Her singing reflects the elegance of 1930s and 1940s jazz.
 
It was clear when Mary began singing even before she could talk that she would inevitably choose Vocal Performance as her college major. She earned a Bachelor's degree in Music with a concentration in Vocal Performance from Nazareth College and a Master's degree in Music from Temple University in Philadelphia. She has studied voice with Barbara Staropoli and Lawrence Indik.
 
Mary has sung with the Gateswingers Big Band and the Rochester Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra alongside such musicians as Buddy Colinari, Dave Mancini, Tony Ferra, Tim Sullivan, Ron Bowks, and Aaron Hughes. She has performed at such venues as Rochester’s Downstairs Cabaret Theater, Wegman's Concert Series at the Charlotte Gazebo, the Burgundy Basin Inn, the Stardust Ballroom, and Legacy at the Fairways Concert Series.
 
On the stage, Mary has performed such roles as Adele is Die Fledermaus, Sister Angelica in Sister Angelica, and the Countess in The Marriage Of Figaro. She has also performed such musical roles as June in Gypsy, Cinderella in Into the Woods, Lily in The Secret Garden and Rosa Bud in The Mystery of Edwin Drood. She also sang with the Philadelphia Pops Festival Chorus under the baton of Peter Nero.
 
She continues to expand her repertoire and share her love of music.
Trumpet Soloist Stephen Jessup

 

Stephen Jessup, the orchestra’s principal trumpet, is Visiting Assistant Professor of Earth Sciences at The College at Brockport. Jessup hails from Cornell University, where he performed for ten years as principal trumpet in the Cornell Wind and Jazz Ensembles. He also performed in the Raritan Valley Symphonic Band and has released a number of recordings of works for trumpet ensemble.