Mark Hayes (Vocal and Instrumental Arrangements) is an award?winning concert pianist, composer, and arranger of choral, piano and orchestral music. With over 750 published works to his credit. He has recorded numerous solo piano albums and tours internationally as a concert artist and clinician. Mark is a frequent conductor at Carnegie Hall.
Laura Bergquist (Music Director) for National Tours of The King and I, Titanic, Miss Saigon, Camelot, Music Man. She is a frequent guest conductor in regional theaters and a clinician in universities and churches in addition to her work as a vocal coach in New York. As an ASCAP Awards recipient for composition, her catalogue includes more than 60 works. Regional work as Musical Director and Conductor includes Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Theatreworks, Rubicon Theatre, Lyric Theater of Oklahoma, Music Theatre of Wichita, Atlanta's Theatre of the Stars as well as the New York Stage and Film Festival, Julliard, NYMF and NAMT. Recent projects include Emma at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park by Paul Gordon and the current World Premiere of Daddy Long Legs by John Caird and Paul Gordon.
Performances are: Saturday 7/24 @ 2:45pm; Sunday 7/25 @ 7:00pm; Monday 7/26 @ 8:00pm; Wednesday 7/28 @ 6:00pm; Friday 7/30 @ 5:45pm and Sunday 8/1 @ 5:15pm. Tickets are $18. Call Ovation Tix (866) 811-4111 or go to www.midtownfestival.org.
