The 2010 May Pops featured the Brevard Symphony Orchestra conducted by Christopher Confessore with Debbie Gravitte as Guest Soloist

Christopher Confessore Principal Conductor

Around since 1954, holding concerts regularly since, the Brevard Symphony Orchestra (BSO) incorporated as a non-profit organization. The BSO Board of Directors announced the appointment of Christopher Confessore as the new Music Director and Principal Conductor. The Administrative Offices of the Brevard Symphony Orchestra are located in a building located at 1500 Highland Avenue, Melbourne. This structure is known as the Winchester Symphony House and was built in 1886.

Conductor, Christopher Confessore has served as Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Brevard Symphony Orchestra since 1995. During that time, the orchestra has enjoyed a dramatic period of artistic growth, increased attendance at all performances, and financial stability. Mr. Confessore also holds the position of Associate Conductor of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra. He regularly appears on the ASO’s Masterworks, Gateway, and SuperPops series, and leads the orchestra in a wide variety of educational and community outreach performances.

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Welcoming Guest Soloist, Debbie Gravitte

Debbie Gravitte Guest Soloist

Debbie Gravitte has had a varied career taking her from the Broadway Stage to the Symphony Hall and points between. She won the prestigious TONY AWARD for Best Featured Actress In A Musical for JEROME ROBBIN'S BROADWAY, along with a Drama Desk Award Nomination as well as the New York Showstopper Award. After making her Broadway debut in the original cast of THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG, she went on to appear in: PERFECTLY FRANK (DRAMA DESK AWARD NOMINATION), BLUES IN THE NIGHT, AIN’T BROADWAY GRAND, ZORBA, CHICAGO, and LES MISERABLES. Debbie has appeared in the ENCORE’S series productions of THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE, TENDERLOIN, and CARNIVAL at New York’s CITY CENTER.

Debbie has performed her nightclub act worldwide, from New York City’s RAINBOW AND STARS, to London’s PIZZA ON THE PARK, and back home again to Atlantic City, where she’s had the honor to perform with notable talents such as JAY LENO, HARRY ANDERSON, and the legendary GEORGE BURNS.

Debbie has sung with numerous symphony orchestras including NATIONAL SYMPHONY (WITH MARVIN HAMLISH), BOSTON POPS, ATLANTA SYMPHONY,CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA, PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY, UTAH SYMPHONY, ST. LOUIS, HOUSTON and SAN DIEGO SYMPHONIES. Overseas, she has sung with the LONDON, AALBORG AND BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS, STOCKHOLM PHILHARMONIC, GOTESBORG and JERUSALEM SYMPHONIES, MUNICH PHILHARMONIC, ROYAL SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA and SYMPHONICA OF BRAZIL.

On television, Debbie co-starred on the CBS series TRIAL AND ERROR and NBC’S PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, and starred in several specials for PBS, including LIVE FROM THE KENNEDY CENTER, BOSTON POPS CELEBRATE BERNSTEIN, RODGERS & HART for GREAT PERFORMANCES, and IRA GERSHWIN’S 100th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION from London’s ROYAL ALBERT HALL and CARNEGIE HALL. She recently returned to CARNEGIE HALL with SKITCH HENDERSON and NY POPS.

Debbie recently debuted with the NEW YORK CITY BALLET singing in PETER MARTIN’S “THOU SWELL” at LINCOLN CENTER. She appeared with BETTE MIDLER in the Universal Film, ISN’T SHE GREAT?, and can be heard as one of the voices in DISNEY’S THE LITTLE MERMAID. Debbie is a proud and tired mother of three beautiful children.