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PROGRAM ORDER

A Christmas Scherzo
Arranged by Don Sebesky

Two Songs from Home Alone
Somewhere in My Memory / Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas

By John Williams, Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse

A Christmas Sing-along
(See Lyrics Below)

Traditional Carols

White Christmas
By Irving Berlin, Arranged by Roy Ringwald

Selections from the ballet The Nutcracker, Suite No. 1, Op. 71a
March, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Trepak,
Dance of the Merlitons (Reed Flutes), Waltz of the Flowers

By Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky

INTERMISSION

Suite from the Polar Express
By Alan Silvestri, Orchestrated by Conrad Pope

A Charlie Brown Christmas
Sara Andon, Flute Solo
By Vince Guaraldi, Arranged by William Ross

O Holy Night
Drew Tablak, Vocal Solo
By Adolphe Adam, Arranged by Steven Allen Fox

Finale from Symphony No. 9 (Ode to Joy)
By Ludwig van Beethoven


GOLDEN STATE POPS ORCHESTRA

Steven Allen Fox, Artistic Director/Conductor
Victor Pesavento, Music Director

FLUTES
SARA ANDON, PR
DAVID RAMIREZ
EMILY SENCHUK

OBOES
MICHELE FOREST, PR
SEAN FRANZ + English Horn

CLARINETS
RORY MAZZELA, PR
VIRGINIA FIGUEIREDO
JONATHAN SACDALAN

BASSOONS
JONATHAN STEHNEY, PR
LIEZA HANSEN

HORNS
MELIA BADALIAN, PR
RACHEL HOCKENBERRY
RACHEL LAUSON
ELIZABETH MONTERO

TRUMPETS
MIKE ZONSHINE, PR
BARBARA LARONGA
MIKE DAVIS

TROMBONES
JEREMY SWEM, PR
RYAN DRAGON
TODD EAMES

TUBA
P BLAKE COOPER, PR

PERCUSSION
JAMIE STROWHIRO, PR
JOAQUIN HERNANDEZ
YURI INOO

TIMPANI
JOSEPH MUSKAT, PR

PIANO/KBD CELESTA
JONATHAN HUGHES, PR

HARP
ALISON BJORKEDAL, PR

VIOLIN 1
PAUL HENNING, CONCERTMASTER
PAUL CARTWRIGHT 2ND
ERIC BOULANGER 3RD
LUKE SANTONASTASO
KEVIN ZHENG
MANOELA WUNDER
ANDREW THOLL
ISABELLA REYES

VIOLIN 2
MEI CHANG, PR
MARY KHAIR, 2ND
PETER MARCOS
AMY TANG
KRISTINA COOPER
VIOLET TANG
HALI MCALPINE

VIOLAS
BRYAN GONZALEZ, PR
KAROLINA NAZIEMIEC, 2ND
LAUREL DISKIN
ALISA LUERA
KAROLINE MENEZES
TOM LEA

CELLOS
CHARLIE TYLER, PR
CALEB VAUGHN-JONES, 2ND
JONATHAN LIN
CIRCE DIAZ GAMERO
CHRIS AHN
KAREN HALL

BASSES
BRIANNA GOLDBERG, PR
ERIC SHETZEN, 2ND
STEPHEN PFEIFER


GSPO CHORALE

Marya Basaraba, Director
Leslie Soultanian, Assistant to the Director
Professional Ringers, Bold and Starred

TENORS   
Roy Atherton
*Alexei Helmbock.   
*Susan Rosenstein 
Rebecca Sorenson
Jesse Tionko
Richard Ullrich    
*Anthony Villaneuva    
Bruce Welmers

BASSES  
*Eugene Carbajal   
David Davidson
Armin Kleinboel     
Bart Loos               
Walt Mancing      
Derek Raycroft   
*Jim Raycroft             
*Johann Schram Reed.
Jason Vierzba
*Chase Yun   

GSPO CAROLERS:
Eugene Carbajal
Reneice Charles
Alexei Helmbock
Michelle Idell
Gaile Krause
Daisy Santos
Richard Ullrich
Chase Yun

SOPRANOS      
*Alena Bernardi   
Clementine Castro
*Reneice Charles      
Diana Gunderson       
Anita Olp
Denise Neal    
Denise Quan.               
Patricia McGlaughlin  
Kim Miller 
*Emily Dyer Reed       
Vicki Paterno         
Jahna Perricone         
Katie Rudner              
Perviz Sawoski           
*Leslie Soultanian    
Anna Stillman
Rebecca Thompson

 ALTOS     
Jennifer Holland Still 
*Michelle Idell             
Pat Johnston
Monica Khan
Lisa Klig                     
Gaile Krause
*Skylar Lehr Bryant   
Kathleen Price           
Angela Samstag.       
Joyce Smith
*Daisy Santos      


Sara Andon, Flute

SARA ANDON is an international soloist, recording artist and teacher based in Los Angeles and performs regularly in many music genres including solo, chamber, symphonic, opera, ballet, new music, jazz and Broadway. She has performed all over the world in major concert venues, TV and radio broadcasts, as well as on motion picture, TV and video game soundtracks, as well as for Disney Parks.

She is the solo flutist with the Los Angeles cutting-edge contemporary music ensemble Brightwork New Music and is the principal flute with the Los Angeles Ballet Company, and Redlands Symphony with their newly appointed music director/conductor, Maestro Ransom Wilson. She has performed with many southern California orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, LA Opera and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and frequently records with the Hollywood Studio Orchestras, in all chairs, playing C flute, piccolo, alto flute, bass flute and ethnic instruments for TV and film. A few of her feature film and television and video game credits include Lady and The Tramp (Disney+), It and It: Chapter 2, Star Trek Discovery, Star Trek Picard and Star Trek: Lower Decks, The Orville, Animaniacs 2020, Crazy Rich Asians, The Greatest Showman, Disney’s The Jungle Book (2016), Fast & Furious 7 & 8, The Wolverine, Tron, Straight Outta Compton, Fences, Rush Hour 3, X-Men: Apocalypse, World of Warcraft and Leagues of Legends.

Andon has also become an international ambassador for the flute and for film music, being a featured soloist in a series Los Angeles concerts and international events beginning in 2013, performing the music of iconic film composers, premiering works especially arranged and dedicated to her. This past year, she performed with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra to celebrate the Varèse Sarabande 40th Anniversary and premiered her new Ennio Morricone recital with world-renown Italian pianist and Van Cliburn Gold Medalist, Simone Pedroni in Italy. Sara’s newest album is CINEMA MORRICONE – AN INTIMATE CELEBRATION which is her debut recording as a soloist for Sony Classical. She is also a part of the elite faculty at the University of Redlands School of Music and Idyllwild Arts Academy as Artist Teacher of Flute.


Drew Tablak, Singer

DREW TABLAK’s critically acclaimed vocal ability and performance versatility has given him the privilege to perform all over the world. An accomplished vocalist, Drew has had the honor of being a guest soloist for the Long Beach Pops Symphony Orchestra, The Premier Chorale of Los Angeles, The Pacific Symphony, The Orange County Symphony, The Golden State Pops, and the Lviv Philharmonic of Ukraine. Drew has performed in venues all across the globe, from local performing arts centers to Carnegie Hall and other world-class concert halls. Drew has appeared on multiple hit TV shows such as “Glee”, “American Horror Story”, and Emmy®-nominated PBS special “Songs From a Lifetime.”

An accomplished acappella singer and clinician, he has worked with multiple winners of The Sing Off, Take 6, and currently sings with world-famous recording group, m-pact.                                                                                                                  

Working for Disney Entertainment, Drew has performed in a variety of shows, recording studios, and live concerts. He was the soloist at the ground breaking ceremony for Disneyland Shanghai and has been privileged to be the soloist for the Disney Candlelight Processional every year since 2011. He currently works in the world famous Dapper Dans, and was the front man for the glam rock Mad T Party, as well as a member of the illustrious Voices of Liberty.

In 2013 he had a successful run as Mary Sunshine in the musical, “Chicago” at the Hollywood Bowl, directed by Brooke Shields. He later reprised that role in 2018 in an international run of the show in Ukraine. He has toured with “It Gets Better the Musical",” a project dedicated to the the prevention of bullying and suicide among LGBT youth, a cause that he is fiercely passionate about. That same year Drew also released his first Holiday record, “What Christmas Means To Me”.

In early 2015 Drew proudly opened the Drew Tablak Vocal Studio, where he teaches students of varying ages and skill-levels from children to working professionals. 


Bill Rogers & Camille Dixon, Co-Hosts & Narrators

Camille Dixon is a voice actor whose career began as a classical music radio host. Transitioning to voice over nearly a decade later, she brought with her a communication style that would become her hallmark—a mix of credibility, authority and warmth. Whether voicing projects for PBS SoCal, Disney, Jimmy Kimmel LIVE!, Bob Hearts Abishola, Days of Our Lives and The Thundermans, commercials, e-learning modules, explainer videos, phone systems or live events, Camille’s ability to communicate with clarity has led to a career in virtually every part of the industry.

On-camera, Camille has hosted local and national pledge specials for PBS, including Great Performances Rod Stewart: Merry Christmas, Baby, Great Performances Andrea Bocelli: Love in Portofino, Close to You: Remembering The Carpenters and My Music: Classical Rewind.

She lives in Los Angeles and Salt Lake City with her husband, fellow voice actor, Bill Rogers. They are currently writing a book on the history of voice over at The Walt Disney Company.

Bill Rogers is a voice actor with home studios in LA and Salt Lake who has narrated TV shows like “Strange”, “The Phenomenon Files”, and National Geographic’s “The Shadow Wolves”. Bill is the happy, inviting voice you hear at theme parks around the world. If you’re being trained for automotive work, his matter-of-fact voice is there to show you the ropes. Bill’s narrations teach doctors, dentists, veterinarians and other medical pros.  On airlines, Bill’s enticing voice talks about destinations and lifestyles in flight. Bill is also busy with commercial clients around the world. He and his wife… fellow voice actor Camille Dixon… are writing on book about voice history at Disney.



ENTERTAINMENT IN MUSIC ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Blair Applegate, Vice Chair
Jasmine Bryant, non-voting Secretary
Erland Wittig, Treasurer
Kevin Babuder
Thomas Arden Franklin

STAFF

Steven Allen Fox, CEO/Artistic Director
Victor Pesavento, Music Director
Marya Basaraba, Choir Director
Esin Ozelm Aydingoz, Assistant Conductor
Jasmine Bryant, Production Assistant
Finn Swenson, Production Assistant
Timothy Loo, Brad Gardner & Tello Music Contracting, Orchestra Contractor
Ben Kanselbaum, Sound Designer
David Zahacewski, Lighting and Stage Design
Erland Wittig, Box Office Manager
Kevin Babuder, Box Office Operations
The Noel Family, Ticketing
Sabron Entertainment, Payroll Services
Ash Shenouda, CPA
By the Numbers, Bookkeeping

Special thanks to the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, City of Redondo Beach,
Jack Meyer, and Anthony Wilson.


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