Holiday on the Cape

Featured Artist:
Joe Marchio, Conductor
Scarlett Strallen, Vocals
Chatham Chorale
Cape Symphony Dance Company

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Those who have experienced our Holiday on the Cape concerts know that JOY truly is our favorite season. This season’s holiday program features the classics you know and love combined with special guests the Cape Symphony Dance Company, Chatham Chorale, and Broadway sensation Scarlett Strallen. Highlights include music from The Polar Express, Handel’s Messiah and another stellar performance from our own Cape Symphony Dance Company.

Joe Marchio, Conductor
Joe Marchio has endeared himself to Cape Symphony audiences in his role of Assistant Conductor and frequent host of our “Musically Speaking” pre-concert talks. He also serves as Music Director of the Chatham Chorale, and Pastor and Director of Music at First Congregational Church of Chatham. Marchio holds degrees from The College of Wooster, Yale University, and Boston Conservatory, where he received his master of music degree in conducting, studying under Dr. William Cutter.

Scarlett Strallen, Vocals
Scarlett Strallen performs with symphonies all over the world and has been requested by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth on three occasions to sing for her. Scarlett has starred in productions on Broadway, London’s West End, including Singin’ in the Rain at Chichester Festival Theatre and The Palace Theatre London, for which she was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical. She most recently starred on Broadway as Gwendolyn in Travesties and has appeared in the title role of Mary Poppins, a role she also played in the West End, and as Sibella Hallward in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. Additional theater credits include the title role in Nell Gwynnat Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Pirates of Penzance at Barrington Stage Company, Macbeth at the Armory in New York, Candide at the Menier Chocolate Factory, A Chorus Line at The London Palladium, She Loves Meat, The Chocolate Factory, and Passion at Donmar Warehouse. In 2014, Scarlett received the ‘Whats on stage’ awards for best actress in a musical for A Chorus Line at the London Palladium and Candide at the Menier. A frequent soloist with orchestras around the world, Scarlett made her German debut at the Philharmonie in Berlin with the John Wilson Orchestra in “A Celebration of the MGM Film Musicals”. Recent concerts include "Disney on Broadway" at the Royal Albert Hall, “I Love Musicals” arena tour of Sweden with Peter Joback, “Cole Porter in Hollywood” UK tour with the John Wilson Orchestra, a broadcast on Sky television from the Royal Albert Hall in London and “Bernstein Stage and Screen” at the BBC Proms with the John Wilson Orchestra which was broadcast on BBC television. Scarlett has recorded with Simon Keenleyside “Something’s Gotta Give” for Chandos conducted by David Charles Abel. Film and television credits include: Kevin Spacey's movie Beyond The Sea, the title role in the BBC production of Mary Poppins celebrating HM Queen Elizabeth’s 80th birthday.

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