Rachel York to Sing with Eastern CT Symphony

On Saturday, December 1st at 8:00 p.m., Rachel York will be a guest soloist with the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra. York will join guest conductor Donald Pippin, opera star Kip Wilborn and Broadway baritone William Michals in a program entitled From the Met to Broadway – Act II, which will be presented at the Garde Arts Center in New London, CT.

York recently appeared on Broadway in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels with Jonathan Pryce.  Her other Broadway credits include City of Angels, Les Misérables, Victor/Victoria, The Scarlet Pimpernel and Sly Fox.  Last month, York made her Feinstein's debut, performing her cabaret For the Love of It.

In concert, York has worked with Peter Nero and the Philly Pops, The Sound of Music at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the National Symphony and the Pittsburgh Pops under the direction of conductor Marvin Hamlisch.

York has also been a featured guest soloist in numerous tribute programs performing the works of Sondheim, Porter, Coleman, Gershwin, Wildhorn, Kander and Ebb, Ahrens and Flaherty, Boublil and Schönberg, and many others.

Tickets for From the Met to Broadway – Act II range from $33 - $50 and may be purchased by calling 860-443-2876 Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or by visiting www.gardearts.org. .

For more information on the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra,  visit www.ectsymphony.org. 

For more information on Rachel York, visit www.rachelyork.net.