{"id":958,"date":"2018-10-17T19:33:53","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T19:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.festivalsingers.net\/?p=958"},"modified":"2019-10-16T15:11:40","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T15:11:40","slug":"02-jun-2019-the-great-american-songbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.festivalsingers.net\/dev\/02-jun-2019-the-great-american-songbook\/","title":{"rendered":"02 JUN 2019. The Great American Songbook"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"> \n#cmsms_row_6a2fa1f851d54 .cmsms_row_outer_parent { \n\tpadding-top: 0px; \n} \n\n#cmsms_row_6a2fa1f851d54 .cmsms_row_outer_parent { \n\tpadding-bottom: 50px; \n} \n\n<\/style><div id=\"cmsms_row_6a2fa1f851b32\" class=\"cmsms_row cmsms_color_scheme_default\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_text\">\n<h3 style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">Gary Toops, Artistic Director<br \/>\nCarol Roman, Pianist<\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Great American Songbook<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Sunday,\u00a0June 2, 2019<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-953\" style=\"display: block;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.festivalsingers.net\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/great-american-songbook.jpg\" alt=\"great american songbook\" width=\"349\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.festivalsingers.net\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/great-american-songbook.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.festivalsingers.net\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/great-american-songbook-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.festivalsingers.net\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/great-american-songbook-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.festivalsingers.net\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/great-american-songbook-580x322.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.festivalsingers.net\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/great-american-songbook-860x478.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Great American Songbook does not refer to any specific songs, but rather what many call &#8220;American Standards\u201d which are some of the most important, influential Rodgers and Hammerstein and enduring popular and jazz songs written between the 1920s and the 1950s. Among the most famous composers are George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington, Henry Mancini, Richard Rodgers and many others.<br \/>\nThe Festival Singers will be joined by Lyric Opera Young Artist Competition winner, Aaron Leppke. The program will conclude with selections from Rodgers and Hammerstein\u2019s musical Carousel including such beloved songs as \u201cIf I Loved You\u201d and \u201cYou\u2019ll Never Walk Alone\u201d and will feature Daniel L. Wilson singing the powerful and moving \u201cSoliloquy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>If you remember and love the music before Rock and Roll, this program is sure to include some of your favorite melodies and evoke pleasant memories of a bygone era of popular music<\/p>\n<p>This program is not suggested for children under eight years of age.<\/p>\n<p>Limited seating for this popular program. Purchase tickets early.<\/p>\n<p>The concert begins at 3 p.m. and will be held at the Lake Forest Sun and Sail Club 24752 Toledo Way, Lake Forest, California.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are $15.00 and may be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.festivalsingers.net\/dev\/buy-tickets\/\">ordered here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information:<\/p>\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:festivalsingers@festivalsingers.net\">festivalsingers@festivalsingers.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Call: 949-858-3813<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsms_row_6a2fa1f851d54\" class=\"cmsms_row cmsms_color_scheme_default\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_column one_half\">\n<div class=\"aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_img  cmsms_image_c with_caption smaller_img\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.festivalsingers.net\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/george-gershwin.jpg\" alt=\" George Gershwin\" \/>\n<p class=\"cmsms_img_caption\">George Gershwin<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_img  cmsms_image_c with_caption smaller_img\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.festivalsingers.net\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Irving-Berlin.jpg\" alt=\" Irving Berlin\" \/>\n<p class=\"cmsms_img_caption\">Irving Berlin<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmsms_column one_half\">\n<div class=\"aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_img  cmsms_image_c with_caption smaller_img\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.festivalsingers.net\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Cole-Porter.jpg\" alt=\" Cole Porter\" \/>\n<p class=\"cmsms_img_caption\">Cole Porter<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_img  cmsms_image_c with_caption smaller_img\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.festivalsingers.net\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Jerome-Kern.jpg\" alt=\" Jerome Kern\" \/>\n<p class=\"cmsms_img_caption\">Jerome Kern<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-past-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.festivalsingers.net\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.festivalsingers.net\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.festivalsingers.net\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.festivalsingers.net\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.festivalsingers.net\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=958"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.festivalsingers.net\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":991,"href":"https:\/\/www.festivalsingers.net\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958\/revisions\/991"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.festivalsingers.net\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.festivalsingers.net\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.festivalsingers.net\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.festivalsingers.net\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}