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TICKETS
On April 17, 2009 at 7:30 PM in magnificent
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, the FSSP Foundation
will present an evening of musical entertainment. This benefit concert
From Galway to Broadway is a tribute to the great Irish tenor
Frank Patterson. Back By Popular Demand………..
Featuring Broadway singing stars Ciaran
Sheehan and Gay Willis, they will be accompanied
by the famous concert pianist, Eily O’Grady Patterson.
From Galway to Broadway is currently on a US tour,
originating at New York’s Radio City this winter, and will end
with a final show at Radio City Music Hall. Ciaran has been acclaimed
for his portrayals of both the Phantom and Raoul on Broadway for two
and a half years. Gay Willis played Christine in Phantom, as well as
being the featured soprano on a world tour performing The Music of Andrew
Lloyd Webber. The FSSP Glee Club will perform as well.
In addition to this fantastic musical performance,
the FSSP Foundation is hosting a private reception in the Bauer Room
for Emerald Level
ticket holders/sponsors. Guests will meet the performers and enjoy
an open bar and hors d’oeuvres (following the show). Please remember
that this is a charitable event. Proceeds from the Concert will benefit
both the Frank Patterson Memorial Scholarship and the FSSP Foundation
Scholarship for area students to study in Ireland. Feel free to contact
Jayne Heekin (513-678-0189) for additional information or visit the
website www.fsspfoundation.org.
Order by phone - For more information about the
Concert or tickets please call Jayne Heekin (513) 678-0189. Ticket pricing
begins at $10 for students and military (Bronze), $25 (Silver), $50
(Gold), and $125 (Emerald). The Emerald Level includes an invitation
to the private post-concert party, and program recognition as a “Friend
of the Foundation” Sponsor.
 Please make checks payable to "The Friendly Sons of
St. Patrick Foundation"
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Ciaran Sheehan Born
and raised in Dublin, Ireland Ciaran Sheehan first came to the attention
of legendary broadway director Harold Prince during the production
of his award winning play “Grandchild of Kings”. Recognizing
his great talent, Prince within a year had Ciaran starring on Broadway.
Playing first the romantic hero Marius in “Les Miserables,” he
was later cast as the dashing young Raoul in “The Phantom of
the Opera.” After two years as Raoul, Ciaran then starred in
the coveted role of The Phantom.
Sheehan sang the role of the Phantom in over 1000 performances during
the course of two and a half years both on Broadway and in Toronto. Of
his performances in Phantom critics had this to say –
“Sheehan has the kind of soaring stage voice from which indelible Broadway
moments are made”…“the best yet” - Jeremy Gerard, Hollywood
Variety.
Among Ciaran’s most memorable engagements have been-
Performing the American National Anthem at New York State Governor
George Pataki’s inauguration in 2004. Opening the dedication
of the Irish Hunger Memorial in New York with the Irish and American
National Anthems. Soloist at the internationally televised memorial
mass for John and Carolyn Kennedy. Ciaran ‘s television special “ From
Galway to Broadway” with co-star soprano, Gay Willis, is currently
being shown on PBS stations across America.
Gay Willis Award-winning soprano
Gay Willis won world recognition when she did the world tour of The
Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber with Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman
performing to sold out houses in six countries including Royal Albert
Hall and Radio City Music Hall. Her moving performances of the Pie
Jesu (Reqiuem) received rave reviews from critics worldwide. Gay then
starred as Christine Daae in The Phantom of the Opera opposite both
Colm Wilkinson and Ciaran Sheehan. "As Christine, Willis' voice
has an almost ethereal quality...transporting the audience to unexpected
heights emotionally as well as vocally."(Maui News) Other performances
include Rapunzel in Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods (Kennedy Center),
Mabel in Pirates of Penzance (Carbonell Award -Best Actress), Bloomer
Girl (City Center), Funny Girl (with Whoopi Goldberg), and Nothing
Like a Dame(raves from Liz Smith-New York Post). She completed over
1000 performances as Magnolia in Hal Prince's production of Showboat
on Broadway, in Chicago, and on tour with Cloris Leachman (Joseph Jefferson-Best
Acress Award). "Willis' Magnolia ages from bubbly ingenue to knowing
matron and mother with great finesse and a strong emotional edge."(Variety)
Gay is proud to be from Beaufort, North Carolina and in real life plays
the role of mother to sons Gabriel and Chad with loving husband George
Marge.
Eily O’Grady Patterson Dublin born concert pianist
and Irish harpist Eily O’Grady Patterson has appeared in concert
with the Boston Pops, and has performed many times on the BBC and Irish
Television. With
her husband, the late internationally famous tenor, Frank Patterson,
she has toured extensively throughout Europe, the United States, Canada
and Australia. Together they performed in many of the world’s
most prestigious concert venues. Eily was Pianist and Artistic Director
of Frank’s show at Radio City Music Hall for six consecutive
years and his annual Frank Patterson Irish Show at Carnegie Hall for
seven years.
For the past few years she has been performing with Ciaran Sheehan
and Gay Willis and recently co- produced with Bob Marty the television
special From Galway to Broadway for PBS .
A Licentiate of the Royal Academy, London and an Associate of Trinity
College, Eily has been awarded honorary Doctorates by Salve Regina
University, Rhode Island and Manhattan College, New York. In 1998 she
received the prestigious Gold Medal of the Eire Society of Boston,
Massachusetts in recognition of her contribution to Irish Culture in
the United States, and in 2003 was the recipient of the “Irish
Woman of the Year” award from the New York Department of Education.
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