August 22, 2007 - 7:30 pm

Tickets: $20.00
Seniors: $15.00

On Wednesday, August 22th at 7:30 pm we will be presenting our annual Summer Concert. We are happy to have Joe Wolverton, who is preparing his fall schedule to sing in Europe. We are also pleased to have Jesse Gelber and Kate Manning who have just completed a stint on the New York City cabaret circuit. Kate Manning has the singing lead in The Wiz in the national road company that is traveling through the southern states this summer but will be back for our concert. Please plan to come because as always it is a great night.

Featured performers include:

Joseph Wolverton

Mr. Joseph Wolverton has been critically acclaimed both in the United States and Europe for his many performances and recordings. He has been praised for his technique, fluid line and expression, and is noted for his lyricism and refinement. He is at home both on the operatic stage and the concert hall. He has recently performed in concert with Doc Severenson. He has sung the title role in such operas as Madam Butterfly, Tosca, Rigoletto, La Traviata, Faust and many others, in opera companies throughout the world. He recently returned from Sweden where he did Romeo and Juliet, Tosca and Beethoven’s Coral Symphony. He studied at The Julliard School of Music and is the winner of the Opera Company of Philadelphia’s Pavarotti competition. Many more things could be said about his extensive repertoire and talent but for us at Immaculate Conception we are happy and proud to say he is a parishioner.

For more information visit his web site at www.josesphwolverton.com

Jesse Gelber

Jesse holds a Master of Arts Degree in jazz history and research from Rutgers University and a Bachelor of Music degree in jazz performance and composition from the New England Conservatory of Music. He teaches a seminar on stride piano, and a seminar on the history of blues piano every year at the National Guitar Workshop. Jesse also teaches adjunct music theory courses at several institutions including Rutgers University. As a professional jazz pianist, Jesse specializes in the swing styles of the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. He performs regularly at traditional jazz venues such as Swing 46 and The Cajun in New York City. He has worked with traditional jazz revivalists like Vince Giordanno and the Nighthawks, as well as having his own band The Swing Doctors. In addition to piano playing, Jesse composes and arranges. He won a 1997 ASCAP Foundation -- Morton Gould Young Composer Award for his Opera, Broad Stripes and Bright Stars, which was showcased January of 2002 at La MaMa theater. He was the musical director for both the 50th Anniversary of Israel Concert in Boston’s Symphony Hall, and A Delhi-Mix performed at Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College. Jesse has written arrangements for several broadcast performances including A Taste of Passover and The Chanukah Special, both of which were shown on PBS Television. His work has been sung and played by Theodore Bikel, Hal Linden, and The Massachusetts Springfield Symphony.