June 25, 2021 NGMC Spring Concert 2021

Welcome to the Nevada Gay Men’s Chorus LIVE-STREAMING spring concert, A Blast of Fresh Air: A Concert to Blow Away the COVID Blues. Now celebrating their 11th anniversary season and featuring classics that will rocket the audience to their favorite memories and moments, NGMC has remained committed to believing that we’ll be face-to-face singing again soon! For now, we give you this virtual gift of an evening of enchanting entertainment that will leave you humming a tune, and reveling in the beauty of choral music and indelible hits. While this concert is FREE, NGMC’s work carries on. Please consider donating to help us keep singing into the future. We need your help now more than ever. The health and safety of our cast and crew was the number one priority. During the rehearsals and filming for this concert, precautions were taken to protect our singers and production team. We followed CDC Guidelines available at the time of filming/recording as well as implementing additional safety measures.

CONCERT PROGRAM
“Seize The Day” (Opening credits): Alan Menken/Jack Feldman, arr. by Roger Emerson
“Born This Way”: Words and Music by Stephanie Germanotta and Jeppe Laursen, arr. by Tim Sarsany
“We Will Rock You”: Words and Music by Brian May, arr. by Mark Brymer
“Over The Rainbow”: Howard Arlen/E.Y. Harburg, arr. by Mark Hayes
“Lean on Me/We Shall Overcome”: Lean on Me/Bill Withers; We Shall Overcome (Musical and Lyrical adaptation by Zilphia Horton, Frank Hamilton, Guy Carawan and Peter Seeger, arr. by Mark Hayes)
“Men In Tights”: Music and Words by Mel Brooks, arr. by Jacob Narverud
“Evergreen”: Words by Paul Williams, Music by Barbara Streisand, arr. by Mark Hayes
“Feeling Good”: Words and Music by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley, arr. by Alan Billingsley
10-MINUTE INTERMISSION
“If I Could Turn Back Time”: Words and Music by Dianne Warren, arr. by Tim Sarsany
“How Deep Is Your Love”: Words and Music by Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, and Robin Gibb
“Being Alive”: Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, arr. by Mac Huff
“Bring Him Home”: Music by Claude-Michel Schonberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boubil, arr. by John Leavitt. Dedicated to the memory of our friend Daniel Lee Gerber, 1982-2021
“We Are Not Alone”: Words and Music by Pepper Choplin. Dedicated to our friends Don & Martha Jessup in celebration of their 70th Wedding Anniversary
“Bridge Over Troubled Water”: Words and Music by Paul Simon, arr. and adapted by Kirby Shaw
“Hallelujah”: Words and Music by Leonard Cohen, arr. by Roger Emerson
“Bohemian Rhapsody”: Words and Music by Freddie Mercury, arr. by Mark Brymer
“Happy Days Are Here Again/Get Happy” (End Credits): Happy Days Are Here Again - Words by Jack Yellen, Music by Milton Ager Get Happy - Words and Music by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler, arr. by Philip Kern

Filmed on location at Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, Historic Reno Courthouse, Countess Angela Dandini Gardens, and First Congregational Church. All songs licensed for use by ASCAP (500721328) and BMI (2340107). All images in this production are licensed for use. ©Nevada Gay Men’s Chorus, 2021. All Rights Reserved.

Thank you to our major sponsor, The City of Reno Arts and Culture Commission for making this production possible. Special thanks to the First Congregational Church of Reno for housing us during COVID.

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SPRING 2021 VIRTUAL CONCERT
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Ted Owens
SPECIAL GUEST ACCOMPANIST: Steve Saari

- Tenor 1 -
Casey Acklin
Robert Bateman
Joanna Dunlap
Adam Teachout
Paul Urban

- Tenor 2 -
Joshua Martin
Robbie Miller
Kevin Shoemaker
Doug Vacek

- Baritone -
Ricky Blaney
Phil Harriman
Eric Heiselt
Mike Meinert
Steven Meyer

- Bass -
Howard Craig Aakervik
Brandon Bishop
Skyler Bunn
Bill Finney
Tim Rhodes

- Guest Artists -
Mig O’Hara and Tamara Thorkelsen-Evan (“Happy Days/Get Happy”)

- Members unable to perform in this Concert -
Jorge Rubio
Rick Wood
Greg Jones
Randy Miller
Phil Alterman
Steve Andrus
Louis Miller
Steve Wolf
Bob Broili
Dick Maximon
Joshua Gillette

[deborahbailey]

This concert brought joy! Loved the musical selections and the staging in the outdoor settings. Lovely. Cheers!

[nevadaclare]

A wonderful, moving concert❣️ Thank you for including many of our favorites, Ted. The outdoor venues added to the songs!
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 I'm looking forward to the in-person concert in December 2021 🤞🏻