Award Winning Vocalist Presents Great American Songbook

The Heritage Museum and Cultural Center, St. Joseph, MI

Thursday, August 2, 2018, 6:00pm

http://smso.org/Concerts/Summer/Casual%20Classic%20Series.html

Noted for his “gorgeous timbre and beautiful tone “ acclaimed baritone Jonathan Beyer returns for another engagement with the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra, Thursday, August 2nd at 6pm at the Heritage Museum and Cultural Center in St. Joseph, MI.

Mr. Beyer will perform selections from popular songs and jazz standards from the 1920s to 1950s generally referred to as The Great American Songbook. Selections encompass Broadway and musical theatre numbers by George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen and others.

Previously with the SMSO, Mr. Beyer has performed as a soloist for Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony (2017), Brahms Requiem (2015), and as “Prince Eric” in The Little Mermaid (2016), “Curly McLain” in Oklahoma (2015), and “Billy” in Carousel (2010). Mr. Beyer will also be a featured soloist for the SMSO presentation of William Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast in April 2019.

Tickets for the performance are $35 and are available online at www.smso.org, by calling the SMSO at 269-982-4030, or at the office at 513 Ship Street, St. Joseph. Ticket pricing includes light summer supper and wine.

The concert series is being dedicated to the memory of Priscilla U. Byrns.

Event details are as follows:

WHAT: Casual Classics - Great American Songbook featuring Jonathan Beyer

WHERE: The Heritage Museum and Cultural Center, 601 Main Street, St. Joseph, MI 49085

WHEN: Thursday, August 2, 2018 at 6:00pm

TICKETS:$35 per person. Includes light supper and wine. Available online, by calling our office at 269-982-4030, or in person at 513 Ship Street, St. Joseph.

Our Generous Sponsors

The Symphony is only able to perform these concerts with support from our community. While that support takes many forms, we are particularly grateful to our sponsors for this concert: Southwestern Michigan Tourist Council, Moe’s Southwest Grill and The Flour Shop.

For more information, contact the Symphony office at 269-982-4030 or visitwww.smso.org

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For press inquiries regarding this concert, contact Jonathan Beyer jonathanpaulbeyer@gmail.comor 708-207-1600.

About the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra

The SMSO has been an integral part of the cultural fabric of our community since 1951. We strive to cultivate and inspire a diverse audience through professional musical experiences. We embrace the responsibility to be a dynamic and vibrant part of southwest Michigan by offering innovative programming, broader venues and increased educational opportunities, while balancing artistic growth with financial soundness. Your participation and support is vital to our mission of Transforming Lives Through Music.

Artist Biography

Jonathan Beyeris a baritone who has performed with the Metropolitan Opera, Oper Frankfurt, Florida Grand Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Dallas Opera, St. Louis Opera Theater, Austin Lyric Opera, Vancouver Opera, Opera Darmstadt, Fort Worth Opera, Hong Kong Opera, Teatro Petruzzelli, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Boston Lyric Opera, Opera de Montreal, Royal Opera House in Oman, Chicago Lyric Opera, Opera Naples and others. He has also appeared with the Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Netherlands Radio Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, Baton Rouge Symphony, Vermont Symphony, Lansing Symphony, Southwest Michigan Symphony, Detroit Symphony, the Erie Philharmonic and the Festival at Aix-en-Provence.

Mr. Beyer was a National Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Competition. He was the 1st Place Winner at the Marian Anderson Prize for Emerging Classical Artists. He has also won the Geroge London Foundation, Sullivan Foundation, McCammon Competition, Irma M. Cooper Competition, Violetta DuPont Competition, Rochester’s Classical Idol, New Jersey Verismo Competition, Philadelphia Orchestra Competition, Astral Artist Auditions, Pittsburgh Concert Society Auditions, SAI Competition, American Opera Society Competition, the Union League Civic and Arts Foundation Competition, and the Bel Canto Foundation. He has also received awards from the Lissner, Jensen, and Solti Foundations, Zachary, Dalis, Liederkranz, Orpheus, Liederkranz, Neue Stimmen, Palm Beach Opera, and Lynam Competitions, Sosenko, Lanza, Iturbi, Gari and Puccini Foundations, National Opera Associations.

An avid recitalist, Mr. Beyer has performed in recital through the Vocal Arts Society, Marilyn Horne Foundation, Carnegie Hall Foundation, Chicago Cultural Center, Judith Raskin Foundation, Bertlesmann Foundation, Huntsville Chamber Music Guild, Pittsburgh Concert Society, Van Cliburn Foundation, Over the Rainbow Foundation, Astral Artists, and the Marian Anderson Foundation. He has degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music and the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University.

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