FEATURED ARTISTS

Lizzie Klemperer, a Syracuse native is delighted to be back on stage in Central New York. She previously performed with several area arts organizations including The Syracuse
Symphony Orchestra, The Syracuse Opera Company and Syracuse Stage. Upon leaving Syracuse, she moved to Ann Arbor, MI where she received ...

Lizzie Klemperer, a Syracuse native is delighted to be back on stage in Central New York. She previously performed with several area arts organizations including The Syracuse
Symphony Orchestra, The Syracuse Opera Company and Syracuse Stage. Upon leaving Syracuse, she moved to Ann Arbor, MI where she received a BFA in Musical Theater from the University of Michigan under the tutelage of the late opera great, Shirley Verrett.

Now based in New York City, Lizzie was most recently seen on Broadway in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s School of Rock. She also appeared in the Tony nominated musical, Bright Star, (written by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell) after a sold out run at the Kennedy Center. Other New York credits include A Christmas Story (music by Pasek and Paul) and The Most Happy Fella at City Center Encores. Lizzie has toured the country with shows such as The Addams Family, and Little House on the Prairie, The Musical, starring Melissa Gilbert. Regionally she has performed the roles of “Marian” in The Music Man, “Eponine” in Les Miserables, “Crissy” in Hair and “Mary Jane” in Big River. She has spent this last year playing “Lily Craven” in a revamped Broadway bound production of The Secret Garden, working with the creators of the piece, Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman.

Other solo concert work includes appearances on stage at the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center and with the Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra. www.lizzieklemperer.com.

Sean O’Loughlin (b.1972) is the Principal Pops Conductor of The Syracuse Orchestra and the newly appointed Principal Pops Conductor of the Victoria Symphony in Victoria, B.C. Canada. He is a fresh voice and a rising name in the music world. His music is characterized by vibrant rhythms, ...

Sean O’Loughlin (b.1972) is the Principal Pops Conductor of The Syracuse Orchestra and the newly appointed Principal Pops Conductor of the Victoria Symphony in Victoria, B.C. Canada. He is a fresh voice and a rising name in the music world. His music is characterized by vibrant rhythms, passionate melodies, and colorful scoring. Commissions from the Boston Pops Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra highlight and showcase his diverse musical abilities. As a conductor, he has led performances with the Boston Pops Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the Chicago Symphony, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony, the Vancouver Symphony, the Atlanta Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, the Houston Symphony, the Victoria Symphony and the Seattle Symphony amongst others. He was the assistant conductor and arranger for a production of Sgt. Pepper Live in Las Vegas featuring the band Cheap Trick. He has served as conductor for national and world-wide tours with Josh Groban, Sarah McLachlan and the Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration. He has also appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America with Josh Groban and NBC’s “A Very Pentatonix Christmas.”

Recent collaborations include such artists as Sarah McLachlan, Adele, Josh Groban, Pentatonix, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Diana Ross, Journey, Melissa Etheridge, Weird Al Yankovic, Blue Man Group, Janelle Monáe, Audra McDonald, Hall and Oates, Gloria Estefan, the Indigo Girls, Diana Krall, Itzhak Perlman, Natalie Merchant, Chris Isaak, Pink Martini, Brandi Carlile, The Decemberists, Martina McBride, Josh Ritter, Gloria Gaynor and others. The Los Angeles Times calls his orchestrations “…magnificent and colorful” while adding “…even more dimension…” to the compositions. Daily Variety heralds Sean’s writing as “most impressive …” with a “wide range of coloring in the orchestra…” that “…adds heft and rolling energy.

Through his growing number of commissioned and published works, Sean is excited to continue contributing to the rich history of orchestral and wind band literature. His music is published by Excelcia Music, Hal Leonard and Carl Fischer. He is a frequent guest conductor with professional orchestras around the country and abroad. An annual ASCAP Special Awards winner, Sean was a composition fellow at the Henry Mancini Institute in Los Angeles, and holds composition degrees from New England Conservatory and Syracuse University.