
This weekend, UWindsor students and alumni take centre stage with the Windsor Symphony Orchestra for two Broadway musical themed performances. Audiences will hear selections from Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George and Company, Alan Menken’s The Little Mermaid, Stephen Schwartz’s Wicked and Pippin, and more.
Alumni Sara Fontaine, Kaitlyn Karns, and Justin Raisbeck, are the Broadway Bunch -- trained theatre vocalists and musicians from the Windsor area coming together to create professional and powerful entertainment. The group was formed in 2016 and has a strong community following, selling out its last show in October. All three are excited to perform with maestro Robert Franz and the Windsor Symphony Orchestra.
Adding to the vocal power is the 55-member University of Windsor Singers directed by Bruce Kotowich. Students from across campus take this course as an elective. For many, this will be their first experience performing with a professional orchestra.
UWindsor alumni and instructors are also among the instrumentalists, including concert master Lillian Scheirich; Robert Fazecash and Phil Seguin, trumpets; Trevor Pittman, clarinet; Corey MacKay and Michael Stone, trombones; and pianist Michael Karloff.
The Broadway Bunch concerts are 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9, at the Capitol Theatre, 121 University Ave. West. Buy tickets online or call the WSO Box Office at 519-973-1238, ext. 2.