New England Light Opera

New Productions:

6th Annual Summer Concert Series
Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m.
Congregational Church of Topsfield

June 25th: Kick Off Cabaret (see detailed info below!)
July 2nd: Broadway Showstoppers
July 9th: A Night at the Opera
July 16th: Gilbert and Sullivan Night
July 22nd and 23rd: Rising Stars Revue (see more info below)
July 30th: From Vienna to Broadway.

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Kick off Cabaret
Emerson Center, Congregational Church of Topsfield
Featuring Guest Artists Doug Hammer, Patrice Williamson, and Jinny Sagorin!

Join us on Wednesday, June 25th for the Kick-Off of our Summer Concert Series. This year’s Cabaret features pianist Doug Hammer, Jazz vocalist Patrice Williamson, cabaret and theater performer Jinny Sagorin, along with NELO Artistic Director Mark Morgan. Table seating, light refreshments and desserts, and a great night of live music—what could be better? Reservations strongly recommended!

Doug Hammer, piano

Doug Hammer is a veteran musician, composer, producer, arranger, and engineer, with clients ranging from corporations to singers to songwriters. He founded, developed and runs Dreamworld Productions, a full service music production company and recording studio. He has composed and produced music for commercials, film, video, and theater. He works with many vocalists as pianist, arranger, musical director, and CD producer. Doug has just released his first solo piano CD, entitled Solace. He will be releasing piano, ethereal, and cinematic music in the coming year. He is a scholarship graduate of Berklee College of Music.

Patrice Williamson, vocalist

A regular at Boston’s celebrated Regattabar since1996, vocalist Patrice has also appeared in the company of Tony Bennett, James Moody, and Cassandra Wilson at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival; and Danilo Perez and Kevin Mahogony at the Marblehead Jazz Festival. Around the U.S., she’s been heard at Boston’s Symphony Hall, Jordan Hall, Hatch Shell, and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; as well as the IDB Cultural Center Concert Series in Washington, DC. The critics and the jazz community have not been slow to recognize that her talent is for real. The response to her debut recording, My Shining Hour (released in September 1998) has been overwhelmingly positive, drawing favorable comparisons to legends like Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. She was honored with a coveted "Best of Boston" award in 1997, and in 1999 and 2000 was a nominee for "Best Jazz Vocalist" by the Kahlua Boston Music Awards.

Jinny Sagorin, vocalist

Jinny has worked as a singer, actor, artist, television presenter and writer. In her native South Africa, Jinny performed with the national theater companies in Fiddler on the Roof, The Sound of Music, Hair, Evita, Naughty Noel, The Student Prince, Into the Woods, Annie, Jesus Christ Superstar, andin cabaret. Since moving to Boston, her musical theater credits include leading roles in 1776 and The Pirates of Penzance, and Overture Productions’ The Bakers Wife, with Judy Kuhn. She has sung in cabaret venues, such as the Regattabar in the 4th Boston Cabaret Festival, Club Café, The Encore, and Jimmy Tingle's Off Broadway Theater. Jinny launched her solo CD ‘It’s For You’ at a sold-out performance at Scullers Jazz Club in February 2005 to critical acclaim.

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Rising Stars Revue and Program
Once again, talented high school performers will take to our stage for a brand new Rising Stars Revue. The Revue is the culmination of a 12 day intensive training program in performance for kids aged 14-18. This year’s cast includes Alex Barrett, Liz Jelinek, Meredith Fiero, Elena Eimert, Jimmy MacDonald, Catherine Benjamin, Diana Hughes, Laura Foley, and Jessica Pavlik. This is always one of our most popular shows—arrive early!