Two-time Grammy winner Sylvia McNair has 70 recordings to her credit. They range from Mozart arias to
the music of Jerome Kern and Harold Arlen. This season, she released a Christmas album “Peace,” and a disc of
Latin American jazz standards, “Romance.”IF YOU GO¦ What: CSO Pops Concert, “Here To Stay: TheGershwin Experience.”¦ When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 5.¦ Where: Tivoli Theatre, 709 Broad St.¦ Admission: Starts at $33.¦ Phone: 423-267-8583.¦ Website: www.Chattanooga Symphony.org.
Ryan Van-DenBoomThe Chattanooga Symphony & Opera will salute one of the American songbook’s greatest team of writers at its Pops concert on Saturday night, April 5, in the Tivoli Theatre.
“Here To Stay: The Gershwin Experience” pays tribute to brothers George and Ira Gershwin with a multimedia show that includes performances by the CSO supplemented by rare audio and video footage of the Gershwins.
In addition, “The Gershwin Experience” travels with its own featured artists: vocalist Sylvia McNair, tap dancer Ryan VanDenBoom, pianist Jeffrey Biegel and conductor/vocalist David Snyder. Bob Bernhardt will conduct this final Pops concert of the season, with assistance from Snyder.
Samantha Teter, CSO director of marketing, says the multimedia experience tidily wraps up the variety of themes performed during this Pops season.