McClarey and Booth in Concert


Hear this Exciting and Dynamic Duo in Songs of Praise and Great Sacred Classics

 

 

Thomas Booth, tenor

 Sings The Great

Sacred Songs of Faith and Devotion
 

Tenor Thomas Booth sang for nine seasons with the Metropolitan Opera as a principal solo artist after studying at the Juilliard School in New York and The Opera School of Chicago.  He has performed worldwide as a leading tenor with Operas Companies and with Symphony Orchestras including the Stockholm Royal Philharmonic, The Jerusalem Symphony, The New World Symphony, The Dallas Symphony,  The Warsaw Philharmonic, toured with the Mantovani Orchestra and The New Sigmund Romberg Orchestra, The National Symphony Orchestra at The Kennedy Center,

The London Philharmonia Orchestra, The New York City Opera, The Frankfurt Opera, The San Diego Opera,   Opera de Nice in France.  He has recorded for Erato Disques, Albany Records UK and for Decca/Argo Records.   He also performs a Brilliant One Person Musical Play, Remembering Mario Lanza, His Life and His Music.

 
This Wonderful Program of Sacred Music includes many of the most beautiful and beloved songs of faith and devotion.  It is a welcome addition to the music being heard in churches and concerts today to praise God and inspire People of Faith. The music is timeless and deserves to be heard regularly alongside of the great gospel and contemporary Christian music of today.  There is quiet passion and nobility and dignity of spirit in this music.

 

Everywhere the program is presented people respond with great enthusiasm, even when they did not expect to appreciate the great classics, audiences soon learn why the music has endured and is as immediate today as it was when it was first presented.


The wonderful Ave Maria of Schubert, and of Gounod, along with the magnificent I’ll Walk with God, and the touching Guardian Angels of Harpo Marx as sung by Mario Lanza, and the traditional Lord’s Prayer and the well known Panis Angelicus along with many beautiful surprises such as Schubert’s Die Allmacht and the beautiful Prayer to the Angels of Giuseppe Verdi are just a few of the glorious works of song in this memorable program of  Faith and Devotion.

 

Thomas Booth

1043 East Broadway, Monmouth IL 61462

phone (309)-337-1062 • email:  tbooth1@frontiernet.net

 website • http://www.iwu.edu/tbooth

 

 

 

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THE PIANO ARTISTRY OF JULIE MCCLAREY
 

JULIE MCCLAREY has a passion for sharing the healing love of Jesus through a piano praise ministry. She started piano lessons at six years of age and hasn't stopped playing! She received her Bachelors Degree in Piano Performance from Millikin University and also studied in Chicago, Nashville, and the University of Illinois. Julie is a three-time undefeated winner of the World Championship Old Time Piano Playing Competition, who has appeared on the nationally televised Pat Sajak Talk Show in Hollywood, California. Julie also was a featured guest at the International Ragtime Festival. She has entertained audiences in Branson and Nashville where she was pianist/band leader of the Country Music, U.S.A. Show at Opryland, U.S.A. In addition, Julie has held faculty positions at Millikin University and Illinois Wesleyan University. Currently, she teaches students of all ages privately. Recently, Julie accompanied the Grammy Award winning Blackwood Gospel Quartet. She has also performed with Dino Karsonakis, gospel pianist, Jo Ann Castle of the Lawrence Welk Show, and Steinway artist, Larry Dalton. Currently, she is active as a soloist at various churches and civic functions locally and nationally.

Julie is a passionate performer and articulate speaker who plays everything from ragtime to Rachmaninoff. She includes a wide variety of styles in her concerts including gospel, ragtime, light classical, well-known hymns, love songs, and patriotic favorites. At one portion in her concert, she even plays with her arms behind her back! She is available for church concerts, retreats, seminars, concert hall settings, or banquet events.
 
Julie McClarey
324 E. 10th Street, Gibson City, IL 60936
Phone: (217) 412-0812 • email: Julie@juliespianopraise.com
website • http://juliespianopraise.com/