PROGRAMME
Mambo from Westside Story music by Leonard Bernstein
Something’s Coming from Westside Story music by Leonard Bernstein
lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
The Sound of Music from The Sound of Music music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Sixteen Going On Seventeen from The Sound of Music music by Richard Rodgers
lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Edelweiss from The Sound of Music music by Richard Rodgers
lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Practically Perfect from Mary Poppins music & lyrics by Richard & Robert Sherman
Come What May from Moulin Rouge! music & lyrics by David Baerwald & Kevin Gilbert
On My Own from Les Misérables music by Claude-Michel Schönberg
lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer
I Feel Pretty from Mary Poppins music & lyrics by Richard & Robert Sherman
INTERMISSION
Don’t Cry for Me Argentina from Evita music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
lyrics by Tim Rice
Me from Beauty and the Beast music by Alan Menken
lyrics by Howard Ashman
A Change in Me from Beauty and the Beast music by Alan Menken
lyrics by Howard Ashman
I Dreamed a Dream from Les Misérables music by Claude-Michel Schönberg
lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer
Something There from Beauty and the Beast music by Alan Menken
lyrics by Howard Ashman
El Tango de Roxanne from Moulin Rouge! music & lyrics by David Baerwald & Kevin Gilbert
The New World from Songs for a New World music & lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
Mélanie is a versatile performer who has played many well-loved characters over the years, such as Marry Poppins, Pierrette Guérin, The Wicked Witch of the West, the notorious pirate Ann Bonny, Lady Macbeth, Patsy Cline and Anne of Green Gables. For seven years, she crooned in Vietnam, Japan, the Maldives and India, and has toured her one-woman show Hommage aux femmes de la guerre across Canada and in France. Mélanie is a recipient of the Robert Merritt award. A proud New Brunswicker, she is a member of the Pays de la Sagouine's theatre troupe. Recently you could have seen her in Mélanie Léger's play Becca, a co-production between Le Théâtre Populaire d'Acadie and Theatre New Brunswick. She has done many productions with the wonderful Tutta Musica Orchestra and is grateful to be part of this sensational event.
Mélanie LeBlanc
Matt Kinney
Matt is thrilled to be joining this ultra-talented group of musicians for this show!
THEATRE: Knifegrinder in Oliver!, Von Hussler in Mary Poppins, Ensemble, u/s Gaston in Beauty
and the Beast, Ensemble/u/s Rocky in Rocky Horror Show, Crow/General in Wizard of Oz, Herr
Zeller in Sound of Music, Jetsam in The Little Mermaid (Capitol Theatre); Peter in Jesus Christ
Superstar (Hubcity Theatre); Frankie in Forever Plaid, Max in The Play That Goes Wrong (Hazy
Grape); Sean Merrit in Halfway There (Hairy Tease Productions); and Jamie in Last 5 Years (1890
Junction Theatre Co.)
TV/FILM: Death of a Spy
SOCIAL MEDIA: Insta @maknny
OTHER: A special thank you to my family, and of course, to Rob.
Véronique Hébert
Born in Dieppe, Véronique Hébert has studied voice at UdeMoncton, and musical theatre with Melody Dobson. You may remember her from her many productions with the Capitol Theatre such as Mary Poppins, Beauty and the Beast, the Rocky Horror Picture Show (Magenta), Wizard of Oz (Glinda), Sound of Music (Elsa Schraeder) and the Little Mermaid (Aquata), or from Hubcity Theatre’s production of Jesus Christ Superstar, where she played Judas. You can catch her performing all summer at Le Pays de la Sagouine as her character Mélodie! Véronique is also the lead singer of local rock band Mixtape, and one half of the duo Max & Véro.
Instagram: @veromichelle9
Émilien Cormier
Born and raised in Chéticamp, Nova Scotia, Émilien has been working in the showbiz/theatre/musical business for the last ten years in New-Brunswick. He started his musical works with Tutta Musica back in 2019, on Beauty and The Beast. Then later on in Wizard of Oz and The Sound of Music. His latest work was in The Little Mermaid as Prince Eric. Émilien is so glad and excited to share the stage, once again, with such wonderful musicians and artists.
ABOUT TUTTA MUSICA ORCHESTRA
Tutta Musica Orchestra is New Brunswick’s newest professional orchestra and consists of sixty musicians who are the Teaching Artists and staff of Sistema NB. Tutta Musica offers something that has not existed in New Brunswick until now as our musicians have a mission of transformative social change through the daily instruction of classical music to over 1,200 youth across the province. From solo acts to full orchestra, we collaborate with artists across many genres to make live orchestral music more accessible, more engaging, and more relevant to more communities throughout New Brunswick
Violin 1
Lucía Rodríguez
Pedro Moya
Monique Girouard
Josias Sánchez
Monika Brudkowsky
Emily Duncan
Flute
Angie Phi
Gracie Lewis
Trumpet
Matt Ross
Elijah Gillard
Violin 2
Andres Guzman
Nathalie Horn
Olive Bestvater
Tashel Waggaarachchi
Ben Lewis
Oboe
Daniella Cortes
Trombone
Aaron Good
Selena Tenass
Viola
Eliézer Rangel
Alexi Díaz
Haley McKitrick
Clarinet
Esteban Parra Campo
Kalvin Rowe
Percussion
Joel Cormier
Owen Melanson
Cello
Anwar Saidi
Nicole MacDonald
Isai Parra Perez
Bassoon
Neil Bishop
Yaron Felter- Gonen
Piano
Sebastien Leclerc
Double Bass
Sébastien Sirois
Mihai Onete