Jesse Lee Hosts Robin Lounsbury & Friends in Concert via Livestream on December 6

On Sunday, December 6th at 6pm, Jesse Lee Church is hosting a livestream Christmas concert featuring Robin Lounsbury and her friends Richard Koons, (tenor) and Russell Wagoner (accompanist/musical director). There will also be guest appearances by Alan Lounsbury & Rhys Wagoner.  They are graciously gifting us with the gift of their music. 

You can tune into this holiday concert at: https://youtu.be/bjZfb1dopsA

 Robin is a versatile musical theatre and operatic soprano.  Some of her favorite rolls have included Rosina in Barber of Seville, Queen of the Night in Magic Flute, Rosie in Mamma Mia, Widow Corney in Oliver!, Mrs. Eynsford-Hill in My Fair Lady, Sister Bertha in The Sound of Music, General Cartwright in  Guys & Dolls and Mrs. Potts in Beauty & the Beast.  

Richard is a professional actor, singer and teacher and has performed extensively throughout the United States and Europe in operas and musicals.  Most recently he toured the United States playing the role of Squelch in the First National Tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Love Never Dies (Sequel to Phantom of the Opera).  Other performance highlights include Henry Etches in Titanic the Musical, Jean ValJean in Les Miserables, Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, Kris Kringle in Miracle on 34th Street, 

Old Deuteronomy in Cats, Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast, and Dwight/God in the American Premier of Jerry Springer the Opera.  As an educator, Mr. Koons has been teaching privately in the NYC area for 20 years and his students can be seen (and heard) performing all over the world.

Dr. Russell Wagoner is a native of Fishers, Indiana.  He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Area) Music Education degree from Ball State University, a Master’s of Music in Choral Conducting from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Music Education from Boston University.  He is currently the Director of Choral Activities at Tappan Zee High School where he directs four choral ensembles and the Ringtones Handbell Choir and teaches the Interactive Music and Singing Actor courses.  In addition, Dr. Wagoner is the Director of Music/Organist at Franklin Lakes United Methodist Church in Franklin Lakes, NJ, where he directs the Chancel and Handbell choirs.  In his spare time, he is a composer and musical arranger and enjoys attending his son, Rhys’, baseball and soccer games. 

All donations and proceeds will go to mission outreach at Jesse Lee United Methodist Church.  If you are interested in buying one of their Christmas or Broadway cd’s, please contact Robin at:  RobinLouns@aol.com.  You can learn more about our church at jesseleechurch.com. We hope you’ll join us! The livestream link is: https://youtu.be/bjZfb1dopsA.

 

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