The Brigham Young University School of Music will present alumnus Jack Wood in “A Salute to Frank Sinatra,” featuring the BYU Synthesis Band and the Philharmonic Orchestra, guest directed by Vincent Falcone, the former music director for Frank Sinatra, Saturday, Mar. 1, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.
Tickets are $10 for the public, $1 off for alumni and senior citizens and $4 off for students. Tickets can be purchased through the Fine Arts Ticket Office, (801) 422-2981 or at byuarts.com/tickets.
The program will feature classic Sinatra concert tunes such as “World on a String,” “They Can’t Take that Away From Me,” “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” “The Way You Look Tonight,” “Luck Be a Lady” and others.
Wood regularly performs in small clubs, college theaters, large amphitheaters and jazz festivals. He has opened for Sergio Mendez and Maureen McGovern and has appeared in jazz festivals alongside Nancy Wilson, Jack Jones and Eddy Daniels. He performed during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City at Snowbird Resort.
Falcone was music director for the inaugural gala for President Ronald Reagan in 1980. He has been the pianist or conductor for many of the country’s top singers including Robert Gulet, Andy Williams, Paul Anka, Al Martino, Jerry Lewis and Tony Bennett.
The Philharmonic Orchestra, directed by Kory Katseanes, plays compositions from all musical periods, focusing on the romantic period but also including 20th- and 21st-century music. Nearly 100 of the university's finest musicians bring these great symphonic works to life.
Formed in 1973, Synthesis has performed in venues throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. The 18- to 20-member band has met with exceptional success, commanding enthusiastic responses from festival, student and community gatherings. A past sweepstakes champion of the Pacific Coast Collegiate Jazz Festival, Synthesis has participated in the prestigious Montreux International Jazz Festival in Switzerland, the North Sea Jazz Festival in Holland and the Pori International Jazz Festival in Finland. The band has also been a special guest performer at Tokyo Disneyland and has performed in the People’s Republic of China.
For more information, contact Kenneth Crossley, (801) 422-9348, ken_crossley@byu.edu.
Source: BYU News