The Continuo Arts Foundation s Summer Musical Theater Conservatory Presents:

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1 The Continuo Arts Foundation s Summer Musical Theater Conservatory Presents: / Saturday, July 20th, :00 p.m. Matinee * 7:30 p.m. Evening Hinman Hall, St. John s Lutheran Church 587Springfield Avenue Summit, NJ 07901

2 A Once in a Lifetime Invitation... Perform Inside the Sistene Chapel! The Concerto Cappella Sistina & Idyllic Ireland Tour February 13-23, 2014 Call to schedule your audition today! Don t sing? Join us as a non-performer for an experience you will never forget!

3 Staff & Volunteer Staff Fallon, You are our shining star on and off the stage! Steve Hogle SMTC Director Candace Wicke......Executive Director Jocelyn McGillian......Executive Assistant Lyle Brehm.....Development Associate Kathryn Stewart Administrative Intern Matthew Andrews Sound Craig Wicke, Dallas Wicke, Dylan Wicke......Staging Mickey McNany....Sets Inge Gropp, Christine Dencker... Costumes Gary & Alicia Tata Concessions Linda Salvetti, Jeanine Allen.....Ad Sales David Scherzer...Videographer Board of Directors Break A Leg! Love, Mom, Dad, Patrick, and Callie Candace Wicke Mark Jones Joe Ciresi Heidi Evenson William Hildebrant Jesse Peterson The Continuo Arts Foundation

4 I. Encore! (Opening) I Believe in Music...Davis Encore...Huff II. Try to Remember Try to Remember...The Fantasticks Erin Roth & Rebecca White, soloists Play a Simple Melody...Watch Your Step Button Up Your Overcoat...DeSylva, Brown, Henderson On the Sunny Side of the Street...Fields/McHugh Dylan Wicke, Griffin Breen, & Gerard Apruzzese, soloists The Twist...Ballard A String of Pearls...DeLange/Gray The Old Black Magic...Star Spangled Rhythm Lindsay Tata & Dylan Wicke, soloists III. I Believe in Music I Believe in Music (Reprise)...Davis Katie Evenson, soloist IV. Stand By Me Stand By Me...Stand By Me Dallas Wicke, soloist You ve Got A Friend...King Lizzy Allen, soloist Seasons of Love...Rent Emma DiMaio, Adrian Gomes, Fallon Sullivan, Courtney Evenson, soloists Imagine...Lennon Alexandra Blancato & Allison Salvetti, soloists Let Me Call You Sweetheart...Whitson/Friedman David Harper & Abigail Wall, soloists All the Things You Are...Very Warm For May Courtney Evenson, Hope Kovera, Jessica Stier, & PJ Allen, soloists You Are The Sunshine of My Life...Wonder My Heart Will Go On...Titanic Kathryn MacPherson & Gerard Apruzzese, soloists V. Dancin in the Street Bandstand Boogie...American Bandstand Dancing in the Street...Gaye, Hunter, Stevenson The Loco-Motion...Goffin, King Boogie Fever...Perren, St. Lewis Rhythm of the Night...Warren Down at the Twist and Shout...Chapin Carpenter Nicole Dencker, soloist

5 * Musical Numbers * Prologue Tradition...Tevye, Villagers Scene One Matchmaker...Hodel, Chava, Tzeitel Scene Two The Evenson Family would like to thank Dr. Candace Wicke and the amazing staff of the CAF Summer Musical Theater Conservatory and the Continuo Arts Foundation for teaching Courtney and Katie the love of music! If I Were A Rich Man...Tevye Scene Three Sabbath Prayer...Tevye, Golde, Villagers Scene Four L Chiam (To Life)...Tevye, Lazar, Villagers Scene Five Scene Six Miracles of Miracles...Motel Scene Seven Scene Eight Sunrise, Sunset...Tevye, Golde, Perchik, Hodel, Villagers Scene Ten Now I Have Everything...Perchik, Hodel Do You Love Me?...Tevye, Golde Scene Eleven Far From The Home I Love...Hodel Scene Twelve Scene Thirteen Scene Fourteen Anatevka...Golde, Yente, Lazar, Mendel, Avram, Tevye, Villagers Scene Fifteen

6 Tevye Golde Tzeitel Hodel Chava Shprintze Bielke Yente Motel Perchik Lazar Wolf Mordcha Rabbi Mendel Avram Constable Fyedka Sasha Yussel Fiddler Villager #1 Woman #1 * The Cast * PJ Allen Emma DiMaio Courtney Evenson Hope Kovera Jessica Stier Katie Evenson Abigail Wall Fallon Sullivan Griffin Breen Dallas Wicke Dylan Wicke Nicole Dencker David Harper Rebecca White Lindsay Tata Adrian Gomes Gerard Apruzzese Lizzy Allen Alexandra Blancato Kate MacPherson Allison Salvetti Erin Roth Villagers: Lizzy Allen, Gerard Apruzzese, Alexandra Blancato, Nicole Dencker, Kate MacPherson, Erin Roth, Allison Salvetti, Lindsay Tata, Rebecca White Russians: Lizzy Allen, Gerard Apruzzese, Dallas Wicke Bottle Dancers: Allison Salvetti, Lindsay Tata, Rebecca White

7 *Cast* PJ ALLEN (Tevye) PJ Allen made his debut in the Musical Theater Conservatory and Voices Rising Showcase Theater in the Summer of Since then he has had the opportunity to perform with the Continuo Arts Choral Programs in many venues, including a performance for the Pope in the 2nd Festival Internazionale Di Arte Per Giovani Musicisti. This choral tour included stops to Rome, Assisi, Vatican City, and Prague. Some other memorable performances included the Home for the Holidays House Tour, Christmas Time in the City Holiday Concert, Sounds of Music Spring Concert, and the Minuetto Music Festival of PJ would like to thank Dr. Wicke and the Continuo Arts Foundation for giving him the opportunity to experience these performances. The Continuo Arts Foundation would like to extend a huge THANK-YOU to: Clergy & Staff of St. John s Lutheran Church Christine Vasilo Kenneth Bryson The Summit Fortnightly Club Craig, Dallas & Dylan Wicke Lyle Brehm Central Presbyterian Church LIZZY ALLEN (Russian/Villager) Lizzy Allen is extremely proud to be joining the 2013 Summer Musical Theater Conservatory. Lizzy lives in Westfield, NJ with her family and is a high school student entering her sophomore year. Lizzy played the role of one of the pirates in a school production of Peter Pan. When Lizzy is not acting, she also likes singing and taking dance classes. Lizzy would like take the time to thank Dr. Wicke and the Continuo Arts Foundation for making this summer a memorable experience. GERARD APRUZZESE (Fyedka) Gerard is entering Summit High School in the Fall. Gerard has been involved in theatre for 3 years. He started on the crew for 13! in sixth grade. He was stage manager and Lion understudy in the Wizard of Oz in seventh grade. He had a role in Exhibit This as well as playing Augustus Gloop in the 2012 Continuo Arts Summer Musical Theater Conservatory. In the Fall of 2012, he played various roles in The Hobbit. He closed out his middle school experience in the Pit Choir of Starmites. He would like to thank his family and friends for support as well as all at the Continuo Arts Foundation for a great summer experience.

8 *Cast* ALEXANDRA BLANCATO (Yussel/Villager) This is Alexandra s first year with the Summer Musical Theater Conservatory and she is thrilled to be here. She just participated in the JCC production of The Wizard of Oz as a munchkin and part of the girl s chorus. She has participated in the Westfield Area YMCA s Summer Camp programs as Adella in The Little Mermaid (2012), the Inchworm in James and the Giant Peach (2011), and Toto in The Wizard of Oz (2013). She has performed in the NJ Youth Theater programs the past two years with Center for Dance Education of Clark where she takes ballet and tap. Thank you to my family for supporting me in my acting. GRIFFIN BREEN (Motel) Griffin Breen (Model) performed in the Summit Middle School productions of Exhibit This, The Wizard of Oz and Starmites and he was a member of Bel Canto and the Middle School Chorus. Griffin was part of the Continuo Arts Continuos choral group and played Mike Tevee in last summer's musical, Willy Wonka Jr. He has also participated in the Papermill Playhouse Summer Musical Theater Program and in their theater workshops. Griffin loves lacrosse and looks forward to playing for the Summit High School as he enters his Freshman year. Griffin thanks his mom, dad and brother Noah for always supporting him in everything he does. NICOLE DENCKER (Mordcha/Villager) Nicole Dencker will be starting her first year of high school. Nicole loves to sing, dance, play piano, and act. She is a member of the teen choir at St. Bartholmew Church and often cantors. Nicole has participated in community theater including STARS theater )You re a Good Man Charlie Brown in ensemble and Into the Woods as Lucinda, one of Cinderella s step sisters). She has also participated in Theater of All (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat as the Narrator, Godspell singing O Bless the Lord, and Suessical as the Kangaroo). She also participated in the Actors Camp at Mountainside s performances. Nicole plays Xylophone in band, sings in the chorus and, this upcoming year, will be participating in the woman s select choir. She thanks her family for all of their support and the Continuo Arts Foundation for such a wonderful experience.

9 * Cast* EMMA DIMAIO (Golde) Emma is 16 years old and a sophomore at Governor Livingston High School. Emma has been involved in theatre for 8 years. She has worked with the Pebble Players in Annie and Bye Bye Birdie. She also scored her first lead as Rose in The Secret Garden with Peachcraft Studios. Her years working with the Continuo Arts Foundation have led her to fun roles in Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin. Emma has enjoyed every minute working with the Continuo Arts Foundation and looks forward to working with them again soon. She would like to thank her friends and family for their support. COURTNEY EVENSON (Tzeitel) Courtney is a rising sophomore at the Summit High School. She has been in many shows including the Stony Hill Player s production of Annie and the SMTC productions of Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Willy Wonka, and The Wizard of Oz. Courtney is an active member of the Continuo Arts Foundation s Singers and has been in other select choirs in past years, such as the New Jersey Youth Chorus. Courtney also sings in her school choir and plays field hockey at Summit High School. KATIE EVENSON (Shprintze) Katie is a rising 6th grader at the Summit Middle School. Katie was chosen as the top vocalist at Brayton Elementary School, representing the school in the All-City Music Masters Programs in Katie has been in several productions over the past several years, including Brayton s production of Aladdin, SMTC s production of The Wizard of Oz, Willy Wonka, and Beauty and the Beast. Katie is an active member of the Continuo Arts Foundation s Chanticleers. Katie enjoys playing both softball and lacrosse.

10 *Cast* ADRIAN GOMES (Constable) Adrian H Gomes is eleven years old and will be entering the 7th grade at Lawton C Johnson Middle School in the fall. Adrian was recently cast as Bifur in the LCJSMS 2012 performance of The Hobbit. He performed the role of Amahl in Gian-Carlo Menotti s opera Amahl and the Night Visitors performed in December 2012 with the Stony Hill Players. He is a member of the LCJSMS orchestra and chamber orchestra. He was cast as a member of the Summit High School s rendition of Oklahoma! in 2012 and in The Music Man in As a member of the Continuo Arts Foundation Children s Chorus, Adrian has performed at NYC s Capitale, at Carnegie Hall, and in Atlantic City with the Andre Rieu orchestra and in 2012 he was a featured soloist performing Bernstein s Chichester Psalms for the Minuetto Music Festival. In 2011, he participated in the Summer Musical Theater Conservatory in the productions of Beauty and the Beast as Le Fou, and in Aladdin and the Sultan. Adrian received the 2012 Summit Music Masters award for orchestra representing Brayton School. He is a member of the St. Teresa of Avila Church Children s Chorus. DAVID HARPER (Rabbi/Villager) A newly minted 9 year old David Moulton Harper will attend fourth grade in Maplewood-South Orange next school year, along with his twin sister, Maggie. Fiddler on the Roof represents David s first role in a musical production.david says, The best part about Continuo Arts Summer Musical Theater Conservatory is that he dances are fun and everybody gets a part. Both his Jewish mother and his Christian father are equally proud that his first role celebrates part of his heritage. David also likes to play guitar, tennis, soccer, 4-square and swimming. KATE MACPHERSON (Fiddler/Villager) Kate is a rising senior at Summit High School. She has been a part of the Continuo Arts Summer Musical Theater Conservatory since it had started and has participated in musicals, such as Wizard of OZ, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Kate also participates in the Summit High School pit orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, and full Orchestra. She also enjoys singing, playing piano, violin, composing, and competing in jumping events in horse shows.

11 Hope Kovera When we had you, besides having everything, we knew what everything was for! Whether you are Dorothy, Cogsworth, Veruca, or a member of the chorus, you are always our star. From SMTC to a Broadway stage, we are behind you every step of the way. BREAK A LEG! Love, Mom and Dad (and Buddy, too)! ~ Cast ~ HOPE KOVERA (Hodel) Hope Kovera is delighted to be performing again with the Continuo Arts Foundation s Summer Musical Theater Conservatory. Her SMTC roles have included Veruca Salt in Willy Wonka!, Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast, and Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. At Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School, she reprised her role as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, appeared as the Mother in its production of Starmites, and was a member of the select choir, Bel Canto. With the Continuo Arts Foundation s Children s Chorus, she has performed the European Premiere of Stephen Edwards Requiem for My Mother at the Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra in Rome, the world premiere of Gary Fry s Hope in Carnegie Hall, the Turkish Oratorio Yunus Emre in Avery Fisher Hall, and with the Andre Rieu Orchestra in Atlantic City. Hope twice has been selected as a Summit All- City Music Master in vocal performance, representing Brayton Elementary School in 2010 and LCJSMS in She is thankful for the expert direction of Dr. Wicke and Mr. Hogle, the encouragement of Dan King and Ron Wells of LCJSMS, and for the support of her friends and family. ERIN ROTH (Woman #1/Villager) Erin s previous theatrical appearance was as a Dot in 101 Dalmatians in In the meantime, she has been busy playing soccer, singing (in her church choir and Continuo s Children s Chorus), playing piano and oboe, and riding horses. Erin will begin the 5th grade in September. Her favorite subjects are art, science, social studies, and math. She is happy to be a part of the 2013 Summer Musical Theater Conservatory! Erin has really enjoyed working on Fiddler on the Roof and Voices Rising, and learning from the wonderful SMTC staff and her fellow cast members.

12 ~ Cast ~ ALLISON SALVETTI (Villager/Bottle Dancer) This is Allison s second summer joining the Summer Musical Theater Conservatory program. She is an energetic, natural performer, who enjoys combining her love of dance with her love of acting. Allison has participated in last years production of Willy Wonka and studied acting for the past five years at The Papermill Playhouse. Allison is an accomplished Irish Dancer, who, most recently, competed at the 2013 Worlds Irish Dance Competition held in Boston, MA. She is happy to be a part of the Fiddler on the Roof production! Thank you, Continuo Arts, for another great summer experience with such nice and talented people. I learned so much and had a ton of fun! Love, Abby JESSICA STIER (Chava) Jessica is excited to be back at the Summer Musical Theater Conservatory this summer. Most recently, Jessica performed as Rosie Alvarez in the Millburn Middle School production of Bye Bye Birdie. Since 2010 Jessica has been a member of the Paper Mill Playhouse Children s Theater on Tour Company, performing musicals that travel to schools for children with special needs, senior citizen groups, and other local organizations. Her favorite performances include Gertrude in Suessical and Peter Pan in Peter Pan. Jessica currently studies voice with Tom Smargiassi, and dance at Dance Innovations. Jessica was selected to participate in the Paper Mill Playhouse August Musical Theater Intensive, and will be performing next month. Big thanks to Mom, Dad, Tom, and the Continuo Arts Foundation for a great three weeks. FALLON SULLIVAN (Yente) Fallon Sullivan will be a sophomore this year at Chatham High School. Fallon has been in past productions of Annie (Servant, New Yorker), Mulan (Father), Sound of Music (Frau Zeller), and Legally Blonde (Video Girl, Prison Inmate, UCLA Cheerleader). This is her first year at the Summer Musical Theater Conservatory. She is thrilled to be a part of the cast and make new friends. She thanks her friends and family. Break a leg, cast and crew!

13 ~ Cast ~ LINDSAY TATA (Avram/Bottle Dancer) Lindsay Tata is thrilled to return to the Continuo Arts Foundation s Summer Musical Theater Conservatory for her third year. She played Grandma Josefina in last years production of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Lindsay has been a member of the Continuo Arts Foundation Children s Chorus, New Providence Middle School Girls Ensemble Choir, and has studied acting at Paper Mill Playhouse, Front and Center, and the Playwrights Theatre. RELIABILITY PERFORMANCE PRICE Founded in 1980, Galaxy's car fleet is large enough to handle the most demanding corporate meeting, yet personal enough to serve any private transportation need. ABIGAIL WALL (Bielke) Abigail is thrilled to be returning for a second year at Continuo Arts Summer Musical Theater Conservatory! She has also enjoyed performing in Yes, Virginia, and Winnie the Pooh in the Pixie Dust Players in Summit, New Jersey and in Cinderella with Random Farm Kids Mainstage Productions in New York. She loves singing, reading, playing soccer, and playing with her brother and sister (Hi Ronan and Maeve!). She is looking forward to third grade in the fall. Thank to all at the Continuo Arts Foundation for a terrific experience! REBECCA WHITE (Villager/Bottle Dancer) Rebecca White is ten years old and will be a 6th grader at Edison Intermediate School in Westfield. She played her first lead role as Charlie Bucket in last summer s Summer Musical Theater Conservatory of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Also in 2013, she was the lead soloist in Pirates! at Jefferson Elementary School, and sand in the Westfield School District s All-City Chorus. Her previous work includes performing as Lago in the 2011 SMTC production of Aladdin, and as a Villager and Narrator in Beauty and the Beast. She also sang in the chorus for the Scotch Plains JCC s 2011 production of Bye Bye Birdie. Singing in the Continuo Arts Children s Chorus for the past three years, Rebecca performed with the chorus in NYC at Capitale and with Andre Rieu in Atlantic City. She studies private voice, tap and ballet and has been singing in the Westfield Presbyterian Church s Children's Choir since she was four. Rebecca enjoys running, guitar and clarinet.

14 ~ Cast ~ DYLAN WICKE (Lazar Wolf/Russian) Dylan is a rising Sophomore at Westfield High School in Westfield, NJ. Dylan plays baritone and is a member of the Marching Band. His previous roles have included the Wicked Witch in Wizard of Oz, The Beast in Beauty and the Beast, Jafar in Aladdin and The Candy Man in Willie Wonka. Dylan sings with the Continuo Arts Continuos, has appeared three times in Carnegie Hall, and performed with Andre Rieu at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. He performed the World Premiere of Requiem for My Mother on the Festival Pro Musica E Arte Sacre Series in Rome and Vatican City. Returning to Rome and Vatican City for two seasons of the Festival per Giovani Musicisti, his appearances were expanded to Assisi and Prague in the 2013 season. Dylan has performed in both seasons of the Minuetto Music Festival, at Lincoln Center and at the Music Center at Strathmore with the Turksoy Orchestra. He enjoys outdoor activities, gaming, music and spending time with his friends. To the Wicke Boy s! Dallas DALLAS WICKE (Perchik) Dallas is a rising Junior at Westfield High School in Westfield, NJ. Dallas plays tuba and is a member of the Marching Band. His previous roles have included Gaston in Beauty and the Beast, Razul in Aladdin and Grandpa Joe in Willie Wonka. Dallas sings with the Continuo Arts Continuos, has appeared three times in Carnegie Hall, and performed with Andre Rieu at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. He performed the World Premiere of Requiem for My Mother on the Festival Pro Musica E Arte Sacre Series in Rome and Vatican City. Returning to Rome and Vatican City for two seasons of the Festival per Giovani Musicisti, his appearances were expanded to Assisi and Prague in the 2013 season. Dallas has performed in both seasons of the Minuetto Music Festival, at Lincoln Center and at the Music Center at Strathmore with the Turksoy Orchestra. Dallas enjoys outdoor activities, gaming, music and spending time with his friends. Dylan Thank you for your incredible help & dedication! Good Luck & Break-A-Leg! Love Mom, Dad, Ace & Crystal!

15 Lindsay, We love hearing you sing and watching you dance from sunrise to sunset. We are so proud of you. Congratulations! Love, Mom, Dad, Boomer and Grandma and Grandpa We love you! XXXXOOOO Mom, Dad, and Jessica David Harper, Best of luck in Fiddler on the Roof! You ve always lit up the room for us, your family, with just your smile. With love, Mommy, Daddy, Maggie & Grandma, y con cariño, Ali. Congratulations PJ & Lizzy! * Synopsis * In the Prologue, we meet Tevye, the milkman, and his wife, Golde, and the people of Anatevka, a small Jewish settlement in Russia. It is 1905 and the first rumblings of the Russian Revolution are to be heard. Life in Anatevka is hard, and governed by the traditions of the Jewish way of life, with marriages arranged by the village matchmaker, Yente. She has been to see Golde, to arrange a marriage for Tzeitel, the oldest daughter, with the rich but elderly, Lazar Wolf, the village butcher. Tzeitel, Hodel, and Chava, the three sisters sing of the matches they would like to be arranged for their perfect husbands. Tevye then enters, pulling his cart, and muses If I was a rich man, but his dreams are interrupted by various people, and the news that Jews from adjacent villages are being evicted. Enter Perchik, a student from Kiev University, wandering, but earning a living from giving lessons to children; Tevye invites him to spend the Sabbath with them, and he is soon involved with Hodel, Tevye s second daughter. After some confusion, Tevye and Lazar Wolf agree to Tzeitel s betrothal, but when Tevye tells Tzeitel the good news she is overcome and has to reveal that all along, she has loved Motel the tailor. She is so upset that Tevye agrees (after persuasion) that she may marry him and not Lazar Wolf; this then has to be explained to Golde. This is cleverly done by the appearances, in a dream, of Lazar s deceased first wife, Fruma-Sarah, who tells off dire consequences of Lazar remarrying. Golde agrees to the marriage of Tzeitel and Motel. The marriage is celebrated, but after a joyous dance, the Constable enters with his men and breaks up the ceremony as a prelude to a pogrom. Act Two opens with Perchik on his way back to Kiev to take part in the revolution but, before he goes, he asks Hodel to marry him. They tell Tevye that they will marry, in defiance of the tradition, and despite his opposition, he agrees. He bravely tells Golde of his decision and why he did it because Hodel loves Perchik and asks if she loves him and this leads to the loveliest duet in the show Do you love me? The rumors start about Hodel and Perchik (who has been arrested in Kiev) followed by a new arrival in Motel s shop, where Chava, the third daughter, has once again been approached by Fyedka, a Russian. Fyedka has been interested in Chava for some time but she has held off due to Tevye s traditional Jewish hatred of all things Russian, which would never allow him to accept Fyedka as his son-in-law. Now she realizes that she loves him, and tries to ask Tevye to accept Fyedka but he cannot and tells her never to see him again. She decides instead to run away with him. On top of this disaster, the Constable warns Tevye that the whole village has three days to clear out the pogrom has started. There is talk of resistance but it is hopeless and Anatevka has to be abandoned. The show ends with the villagers, one after the other, going away to start a new life wherever they can. Tevye, Golde, and their two youngest daughters, Shprintze and Bielke, are packed and ready to go to America, leaving Anatevka empty, deserted, silent.

16 * The Directors * STEVE HOGLE (Director/Choreographer) Steve Hogle is excited to be working with the talented performers at Continuo Arts. After living and performing on both coasts he now makes his home in New Jersey with his beautiful wife and two children. A graduate of Florida State University, he has performed all over the country in regional theaters such as Paper Mill Playhouse, North Shore Music Theater, and Pittsburgh CLO as well as the national tours of Evita and South Pacific, staring the late Robert Goulet. Some of his favorite performing experiences include: Children of Eden at Paper Mill where he is featured on the original cast recording, South Pacific at Carnegie Hall Staring Reba McEntire, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and Alec Baldwin, and the broadway workshop of Harmony, a new musical by Barry Manilow. Recently he has started teaching young performers in LA and most recently at Paper Mill Playhouse s theater school and is thrilled to be using his training and professional stage experience to bring theatre arts to the young people of our society. CANDACE WICKE (Executive Director) Conductor Candace Wicke made her Carnegie Hall debut in As a champion of new music, Dr. Wicke has premiered new works in many of her Carnegie Hall appearances including the World Premiere of Imant Raminsh s Symphony of Psalms, Gary Fry s Sing A Song With Me, and Stephen Edward s A Carol Fantasy, Requiem for my Mother, Revelation, and the New York Premiere of the Ave Maria Mass. Sharing the stage in 2008 with the likes of the Vienna Philharmonic, Christoph Eschenbach, and Helmuth Rilling, Wicke conducted the European premiere and world-wide television broadcast of the Edwards Requiem for my Mother with the Continuo Arts Symphonic Chorus, Orchestra and the City of Prague Philharmonic at the prestigious Festival Internazionale pro Musica e Arte Sacre Series in Roma, Italy. Wicke conducted and produced the Carnegie Hall Christmas Time in the City concert series in 2009 and the Lee Kjelson Memorial Sounds of Music Series in In 2011, Dr. Wicke conducted the first Festival Internazionale Di Arte Per Giovani Musicisti in Rome, Italy. She also served as the principal conductor for the 2012 Inaugural season of the Minuetto Music Festival and returned for the second annual Giovani Musicisti Festival to conduct the world premiere of Stephen Edwards Missa Brevis in Rome, Vatican City, Assisi and Prague in Dr. Wicke s international experience also includes conducting the United States representative Wind Ensemble at the Taipei Presidential Inauguration, the Continuo Arts Symphonic Chorus at St. Peter s Basilica in Rome, the City of Prague Philharmonic, in Prague and the Waratah Girls Choir in Australia. Ensembles under her baton have received National and International acclaim performing with Andre Rieu and the Johan Strauss Orchestra, the Turksoy Orchestra in Lincoln Center and the Music Center at Strathmore, the Global International Women s Summit, Musica Mundi International, Legatus International, and the Miami Civic Associations Young Artist Debut. She is a popular guest conductor, adjudicator and master class clinician across the United States. Wicke is the founder, president, and executive director for the Continuo Arts Foundation and conducts the Continuo Arts Intergenerational Choral Ensembles including; Children s Chorus, Chanticleers, Singers, Continuos!, Civic Chorale and Seniors Sing! These ensembles are featured in a variety of concert series and community outreach performances throughout the year. In these roles, she is committed to procreating the arts through performance, composition, education, and to fostering patronage for musical advancement and exposure. Wicke resides in Westfield, NJ with her husband and two teenage boys and is a graduate of the University of Miami and Evangel University, majoring in vocal and instrumental performance, music education, and conducting The Continuos! - Male Voices Rehearsals Tuesday - 6:00-7:30 p.m. Continuo Arts Civic Chorale - Adult Singers Rehearsals Tuesday - 7:30-9:00 p.m. Seniors Sing! (A lighthearted program for those young at heart) Summit Recreational Center Wednesdays 11:00-12:00 p.m. Schedule your audition today for the season!

17 INTERGENERATIONAL CHORAL PROGRAMS From Generation to Generation Continuo Arts & You! From 6 to 60 plus, The Continuo Arts Choral Program offers opportunities for singer of all ages locally and around the world! The Continuo Arts Children s Chorus Rehearsals Tuesday - 4:30-5:30 p.m. Chanticleers - Intermediate Girls Rehearsals Tuesday - 6:00-7:30 p.m. The Continuo Arts Singers - Advanced Girls Rehearsals Tuesday - 6:00-7:30 p.m. September October- November December January February 13-23rd March 9th May June 22-28th July 1-19th The Season Choral Rehearsals Resume Children s Chorus Chanticleers The Singers The Continuos Civic Chorale Seniors Sing! Annual Making Musical Dreams Come True Gala Continuo Arts presents the New Castle Chamber Choir on the prestigious Festival Pro Musica e Arte Sacra Rome, Vatican City and Assisi The Annual Christmas Time in the City Holiday Concert Choral Rehearsals Continue Ireland & Concerto Cappella Sistina Performance Tour culminating in the Sistine Chapel Mozart Requiem Performance in Carnegie Hall The Annual Sounds of Music Spring Concert Minuetto Music Festival Summer Musical Theater Conservatory

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