UnCovered: Queen & Bowie
UnCovered: Queen & Bowie. Iconic pop songs reimagined by Canada’s top talent
“Under Pressure”, “Somebody to Love”, “Space Oddity”, “The Show Must Go On”, and “Changes”. Freddie Mercury and David Bowie each transformed the music landscape with their brilliant songwriting and fierce individuality.
Experience music director Reza Jacobs’ wildly imaginative and theatrical arrangements as some of Canada’s greatest musical actors from Broadway, Mirvish, and the Stratford and Shaw Festivals bring their songs to life in a way that makes you hear them again for the first time.
Preview Video for UnCovered: Queen & Bowie (2016)
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Credits
Music Direction, vocal arrangements and orchestrations by Reza Jacobs
music direction, vocal arrangements & orchestrations
Reza Jacobs
featuring
Brent Carver (Tony Award-winner), Divine Brown (Juno Award-winner), Melissa O’Neil (Canadian Idol-winner, Broadway’s Les Miserables), Sara Farb (Stratford Festival), Maev Beaty (Stratford Festival), Gabe Grey (Beeba Boys, Bomb Girls), Andrew Penner (Sunparlour Players, Soulpepper), Kelly Holiff (Charlottetown Festival), Robert Markus (Stratford Festival, Shaw Festival), Arinea Hermans (2016 Banks Prize Winner), Jahlen Barnes (2016 Banks Prize Winner)
orchestra
Jamie Drake, Justin Gray, Bryan Holt, Reza Jacobs, Andrèa Tyniec