The 2011 May Pops will feature the Brevard Symphony Orchestra conducted by Christopher Confessore and guest soloist Doug LaBrecque

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, Doug LaBrecque

Doug LaBrecque Guest Soloist

Mr. LaBrecque is one of the most prolific concert singers of his generation. Known for his great versatility and vocal artistry Mr. LaBrecque has performed with more than 150 symphony orchestras including some of the world's finest. He thrilled theatre audiences as The Phantom and Raoul in the Toronto production of The Phantom of the Opera. In addition, Mr. LaBrecque has starred on Broadway as Ravenal in the Harold Prince revival of Showboat, a role he also performed in Canada and Chicago. He was featured in Oscar Hammerstein's 100th Birthday Celebration on Broadway at The Gershwin Theatre, and toured nationally with Les Miserables. Regionally, Mr. LaBrecque has performed leading roles in Candide, A Chorus Line, Man of La Mancha among many others. A graduate of University of Michigan he was also featured in the world premiere of A Wonderful Life, written by Sheldon Harnick and Joe Raposo, and starred in the premiere revival of Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lerner's Love Life. Early in his career he starred alongside Broadway legends Elaine Stritch, Betty Comden, Adolphe Green and opera star Jessye Norman in a Hal Prince directed special concert honoring the songwriters Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, and Jule Styne.

International engagements have included The Korean National Symphony in Seoul, Korea, The Shanghai Radio Orchestra in China, The Vancouver and Calgary Symphonies in Canada, The Brazilian Symphony Orchestra in Rio De Janeiro, The Jerusalem Symphony, and numerous return engagements with the Israel Philharmonic in Tel Aviv. Mr. LaBrecque recently appeared in Alba Italy as the guest soloist in an all Bernstein concert and performed 2 concerts in Cesky-Krumlov in The Czech Republic.

Mr. LaBrecque made his Carnegie Hall and Boston Pops debut in 2007. He has been instrumental in developing a variety of pops programs for symphonies across America and directed and choreographed Evita and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Power Center in Ann Arbor. Recently he produced and directed "South Pacific in Concert" at Kodak Hall conducted by Jeff Tyzik.