≈ 2 hours · With intermission
Last updated: April 16, 2024
DMITRI KABALEVSKY Comedians’ Galop from Comedians, Op. 26
RICH HARRISON, EUGENE RECORD, SHAWN CARTER & BEYONCÉ KNOWLES (arr. Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser) “Crazy in Love”
NADIR KHAYAT & STEFANI GERMANOTTA (arr. Giovanni Dettori, adpt. Larry Moore) Lady Gaga Fugue
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Queen of the Night aria or “Der Hölle Rache” from The Magic Flute, K. 620
JACOB GADE Tango Jalousie
ANANDA SHANKAR (arr. Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser) Universal Magic
RICHARD RODGERS & OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II “I Enjoy Being a Girl” from Flower Drum Song
MADONNA CICCONE & SHEP PETTIBONE (arr. Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser) “Vogue”
INTERMISSION
ROBERT HAZARD (arr. Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser) “Girls Just Want To Have Fun”
HAROLD ARLEN (arr. Chuck Sayre) “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” from The Wizard of Oz
FLORENCE PRICE Adoration
VARIOUS (arr. Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser) Name It In One
k.d. lang & BEN MINK (arr. Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser) “Constant Craving”
JUNE CARTER & MERLE KILGORE (arr. Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser) “Ring of Fire”
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Air from Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068
BJÖRK GUÐMUNDSDÓTTIR (arr. Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser) “All Is Full of Love”
ANTONIO VIVALDI L’Estate (Summer) from The Four Seasons
NILE RODGERS & BERNARD EDWARDS (arr. Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser) “We Are Family”
Thorgy Thor is exclusively represented by Dispeker Artists (dispeker.com).
A passionate communicator, Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser brings clarity and meaning to the concert hall, fostering deep connections between audiences and performers. He is concurrently the Principal Youth Conductor and Creative Partner of the National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Principal Education Conductor and Community Ambassador of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Artist in Residence and Community Ambassador of Symphony Nova Scotia, and Resident Conductor of Engagement and Education of the San Francisco Symphony.
Daniel served as Assistant Conductor of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony and Associate Conductor of the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra. He has performed with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, and was Cover Conductor with the Washington National Opera in 2020.
Daniel is the host of Canadian Broadcasting Company’s (CBC’s) nationally broadcast weekly radio show Centrestage.
He was also the subject of an award-winning, full-length CBC documentary called Disruptor Conductor, focussing on his concerts for neurodiverse, prison, African diaspora, and LGBTQ2S+ populations.
Daniel earned his Bachelor degrees in Music Performance and Education from the University of Calgary, and his Master of Philosophy in Performance from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England.
Thorgy Thor is a New York City–based drag performance artist, entertainer, musician, and event host. Since appearing on the eighth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race and the third season of RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars, Thorgy has been travelling the world, bringing to audiences her trademark wit, sense of humour, and musical charm.
Thorgy uses unconventional recording materials and music to create unique performances for theatre, film, cabaret, and nightlife entertainment. She is an explosive performer who loves to lip-sync just as much as create collaborative performance art that combines drag, music, and comedy.
In 2018, the show “Thorgy and the Thorchestra” was created in collaboration with Canadian conductor Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, making its debut with Symphony Nova Scotia in Halifax in conjunction with Halifax Pride, with two nights of sold-out performances to rave reviews. The show blends orchestral performances of traditional and modern classical repertoire and contemporary pop songs. The creation and debut of “Thorgy and the Thorchestra” was featured as part of Disruptor Conductor, Sharon Lewis’s 2019 documentary film about conductor Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, which highlighted his creative collaboration with Thorgy.
Since then, Thorgy has taken the “Thorchestra” program to audiences around the globe. She has performed in the U.S. with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, and the Seattle Symphony, and in Canada with the Vancouver, Edmonton, Kitchener-Waterloo, Saskatoon, and Regina symphony orchestras and the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. Additionally, she has had the pleasure of playing violin with many recording artists including New York legend Joey Arias, as well as having appeared in performance at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Le Poisson Rouge.
Thorgy Thor is the stage name for Shane Galligan. He began his classical violin studies at a young age. Galligan studied music at the University of Hartford, Hartt School, in Connecticut before graduating from the State University of New York, Purchase, with a Bachelor of Music in both viola and violin performance in 2006. While undertaking studies at the Hartt School and Purchase Conservatory, Thorgy also earned an honorary degree in Drag Ridiculousness, performing her original works of art entitled Maitri and Pocket to Pocket. Thorgy also starred in theatre productions such as Bad Splices and Psycho Beach Party.
Thorgy has appeared on Amazon’s Mozart in the Jungle, where she showcased her violin skills in drag. Thorgy has also been a repeat guest on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live, appearing alongside Goldie Hawn, Amy Schumer, Lily Tomlin, and Jane Fonda. She was also a special guest performer as part of Eliot Glazer’s Haunting Renditions in 2017. Further television credits include Dragnificent! on TLC and Hulu.
As a part of multiple “Haters Roast” and other comedy tours, Thorgy established herself as a comedic powerhouse in the world of drag. Thorgy’s comedic prowess also secured her role in a new musical, Oh My God Broadway, which debuted in 2018, alongside Sally Struthers and Bonnie Milligan.
Moving to Brooklyn in 2006, Thorgy featured in nightclubs, theatre projects, street performances, and photo series throughout Brooklyn and New York City. She has since been nominated for numerous awards including the Glam Awards, Get Out Awards, Odyssey Magazine Awards, and the Brooklyn Nightlife Awards, winning the “Brooklyn Legend” award and taking home Best Group Show of the Year.
Midori Marsh is an American-Canadian soprano, hailing from Cleveland, Ohio. She received her Bachelor of Music at Wilfrid Laurier University in 2017 and her Master of Music in Opera at the University of Toronto in 2020. In the fall of 2019, she took home both first prize and the audience choice award at the Canadian Opera Company’s (COC’s) Centre Stage competition, and recently completed her third year with the COC’s young artist ensemble.
A “polished and poised performer” with “a truly gorgeous, expressive sound,” Midori is a known quantity in the Canadian opera scene, performing with Tapestry Opera, Against the Grain Theatre, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the NAC Orchestra, and more. While at the COC, Midori was seen as Nella in Gianni Schicchi, the soprano soloist in Mozart’s Requiem, Annina in La traviata, Papagena in The Magic Flute, and Frasquita in Carmen.
In 2020 she was named one of the CBC’s “30 hot classical musicians under 30” and in 2022 she was nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for her portrayal of Papagena in the COC’s 2022 production of The Magic Flute. She took first prize at the 2023 Quilico awards, was a semifinalist in the Metropolitan Opera’s 2023 Laffont competition, and a 2023 Lotte Lenya finalist.
Since its debut in 1969, the National Arts Centre (NAC) Orchestra has been praised for the passion and clarity of its performances, its visionary educational programs, and its prominent role in nurturing Canadian creativity. Under the leadership of Music Director Alexander Shelley, the NAC Orchestra reflects the fabric and values of Canada, reaching and representing the diverse communities we live in with daring programming, powerful storytelling, inspiring artistry, and innovative partnerships.
Alexander Shelley began his tenure as Music Director in 2015, following Pinchas Zukerman’s 16 seasons at the helm. Principal Associate Conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and former Chief Conductor of the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra (2009–2017), he has been in demand around the world, conducting the Rotterdam Philharmonic, DSO Berlin, Leipzig Gewandhaus, and Stockholm Philharmonic, among others, and maintains a regular relationship with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie and the German National Youth Orchestra.
Each season, the NAC Orchestra features world-class artists such as the newly appointed Artist-in-Residence James Ehnes, Angela Hewitt, Joshua Bell, Xian Zhang, Gabriela Montero, Stewart Goodyear, Jan Lisiecki, and Principal Guest Conductor John Storgårds. As one of the most accessible, inclusive, and collaborative orchestras in the world, the NAC Orchestra uses music as a universal language to communicate the deepest of human emotions and connect people through shared experiences.
Tobi Hunt McCoy is enjoying another year as Season Stage Manager with the National Arts Centre Orchestra. In past seasons, she stage-managed Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Christopher Plummer in 2001 and Colm Feore in 2014. She co-produced the 1940s Pops show On the Air with Jack Everly for the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, a show they co-produced in 2007 for the NAC Orchestra.
In 2018 McCoy made her Southam Hall acting debut in the role of Stage Manager in the Magic Circle Mime Co.’s production of Orchestra from Planet X. Additional professional duties have included aiding Susanna and the Countess in schooling the Count and Figaro on the finer points of marital love during The Marriage of Figaro, keeping her eyes open (for the first time ever) during the flying monkey scene in The Wizard of Oz, mistakenly asking Patrick Watson for proof of identity backstage, holding her breath while marvelling at the athletic ability of the cast during Cirque Goes Broadway, continuing to implement feedback on her British-Columbian French with the choruses of Ottawa, and cheering on Luke and Princess Leia with Charlie Ross, Émilie Fournier, and Eric Osner during the Star Wars Pops concert.
In her spare time, McCoy is the Head of Arts, Drama, English, and Library at Lisgar Collegiate Institute.
First violins
**Yosuke Kawasaki (concertmaster)
Jessica Linnebach (associate concertmaster)
Noémi Racine Gaudreault (assistant concertmaster)
Marjolaine Lambert
Emily Westell
Manuela Milani
Carissa Klopoushak
*Erica Miller
*Martine Dubé
*Renée London
Second Violins
Emily Kruspe
Leah Roseman
Jeremy Mastrangelo
Mark Friedman
Edvard Skerjanc
Winston Webber
KarolySziladi
Zhengdong Liang
**Frédéric Moisan
*Andréa Armijo Fortin
Violas
**Jethro Marks (principal)
David Marks (associate principal)
David Goldblatt (assistant principal)
David Thies-Thompson
Tovin Allers
Paul Casey
*Sonya Probst
Cellos
Rachel Mercer (principal)
Julia MacLaine (assistant principal)
Timothy McCoy
Marc-André Riberdy
Leah Wyber
*Thaddeus Morden
Double Basses
**Max Cardilli (assistant principal)
Vincent Gendron
**Marjolaine Fournier
*Doug Ohashi
*Paul Mach
Flutes
Joanna G’froerer (principal)
Stephanie Morin
*Christian Paquette
Oboes
Charles Hamann (principal)
Anna Petersen
English Horn
Anna Petersen
Clarinets
Kimball Sykes (principal)
Sean Rice
Bassoons
Darren Hicks (principal)
Vincent Parizeau
Horns
*Mikhailo Babiak (guest principal)
Julie Fauteux (associate principal)
Lawrence Vine
Lauren Anker
Louis-Pierre Bergeron
Trumpets
**Karen Donnelly (principal)
*Amy Horvey (guest principal)
Steven van Gulik
*Andrea MacDougall
Trombones
*Steve Dyer (guest principal)
Colin Traquair
Bass Trombone
Zachary Bond
Tuba
Chris Lee (principal)
Timpani
*Julien Bélanger (guest principal)
Percussion
Jonathan Wade
*Louis Pino
*Tim Francom
Drum Kit
*Brian Barlow
Harp
*Angela Schwarzkopf (guest principal)
Keyboards
*Frederic Lacroix
Principal Librarian
Nancy Elbeck
Assistant Librarian
Corey Rempel
Personnel Manager
Meiko Lydall
Orchestra Personnel Coordinator
Laurie Shannon
* Additional musicians
**On leave
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