When Artistic Director Noel Edison planned an afternoon of Broadway classics for the Elora Festival Singers with special guest David Warrack, he had no idea how popular the concert would be.
Still over a month away, Broadway Bound, originally scheduled for Aug. 2 at 2pm at St. John’s Church has now been moved to a new and much larger venue, the Gambrel Barn.
The show offers composers like Gershwin, Hammerstein, Sondheim, and Berlin, and songs from some of the most popular Broadway musicals such as Les Miserables, West Side Story, The Sound of Music, Annie Get Your Gun, and A Little Night Music.
It is a genuine love of Broadway musicals that allows David Warrack to spread his passion.
“I’ve worked with David a great many times,” said Edison. “And each time is more exciting than the last. I have great respect not only for his musicianship, but his infectious enthusiasm that brings out the best in the [Elora Festival] Singers, and quickly spreads through the audience.”
Warrack was born in Calgary, and first performed on radio when he was age 5.
With a varied career as a composer, conductor, pianist, vocalist, lyricist, librettist, arranger, orchestrator, music director, director, satirist, comedian, actor, poet, producer, and impresario, he has done it all.
As a writer, he has had 52 shows produced professionally and he has been Musical Director for over 200 productions across North America. Warrack is also the music director and conductor for the Canada Pops Orchestra.
Concert-goers will not only enjoy a larger venue, but they will be much more comfortable than in previous years with the recent purchase of new chairs.
There are five additional performances by the Elora Festival Singers this season, including Bach to Bach on July 13 at 2pm at St. Mary’s Church; Paradise Rediscovered – a sequel to 2007’s sold out Paradise Found –July 20 at 2pm at St. John’s Church; Double Double, with the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge (England), July 27 at 2pm at the Gambrel Barn; and ending on the last day of the Festival, Aug. 3, with two performances of the popular and always sold-out Hymn Tasting at 2pm and 4pm at St. John’s Church.
The 29th Elora Festival runs from July 11 to August 3. Tickets for Broadway Bound are $35.
Tickets and information can be obtained at the Elora Festival Office, 33 Henderson Street, by phone at 519-846-0331 or toll-free 1-888-747-7550, or www.elorafestival.com.
