The Las Vegas Philharmonic will present a Very Vegas Showcase on Saturday, October 12 at 7:30PM at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts. The first ever collaboration between the orchestra and Keith Thompson’s Composers Showcase to feature an exciting evening of the very best of Las Vegas entertainment, from music of the Rat Pack to songs and works written and performed by many of the city’s beloved performers. Building on Composers Showcase and making it even more high-octane with full orchestra, this evening will be as Vegas as it gets. The energetic program pulls out all the glittering stops, paying homage to Las Vegas’s past with music including A Tribute to Duke, Fly Me to the Moon, A Tribute to the King, Embraceable You. Toasting to Las Vegas’s present, original compositions by Richard Oberacker, Kenny Rampton, Rylan Helmuth and Michael Brennan will also be performed.
Music Director Donato Cabrera and the orchestra will welcome to the stage a star-studded collection of the City’s most dazzling vocalists, esteemed players and gifted composers. Vocalists include Travis Cloer, Michelle Johnson, Eric Jordan Young, Ashely Stone, Clint Holmes, Vita Corimbi Drew and Margaret Menzies Gonzales. Performers include Philip Fortenberry, Kenny Rampton, Alexandra Le and others.
October 12th, 2019
6:30 pm Pre-concert conversation 7:30pm Concert
The Smith Center
361 Symphony Park Avenue, Las Vegas, NV, 89106