PPAC Announces Jackie Evancho Will Perform with RI Philharmonic

This just in! Providence Performing Arts Center just announced that Jackie Evancho will perform with the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra during her concert in Providence on Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 7:30P at the Providence Performing Arts Center.

Tickets go on sale Friday, September 14, 2012 at 10A, but only Rhode Island PBS has the best seats in the house for this concert, plus an exclusive meet and greet reception. Tune in tonight (September 5) at 7:30 P.M. for all the details.

7:30 PM *NEW SHOW* Great Performances Jackie Evancho: Music of the Movies

9:00 PM *ENCORE* Great Performances Jackie Evancho: Dream with Me in Concert


The PPAC news release continues:

Acclaimed soprano prodigy JACKIE EVANCHO will perform with the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra (RIPO) at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) on Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 7:30P.

In 2010, when Jackie was ten years old, she astonished audiences around the world on NBC's "America's Got Talent." Jackie came in second place on the national contest, and since then, Jackie's career has flourished at a very rapid pace. She was named to Billboard's "21 Under 21" list, their annual ranking of the most powerful minors in the music industry. Billboard said her spectacular successes in 2010 and 2011 – including the blockbuster releases of her holiday EP O Holy Night and full-length album Dream With Me, and the artistic triumph of the Dream With Me special and live concert appearances – set her apart from other young performers.

When Jackie’s major label debut O Holy Night was released in November 2010, it became the year's #1 best-selling debut recording with sales exceeding one million. It rocketed into the Billboard 200 at #2, and the EP's chart and sales success secured Jackie's position as the year's top-selling debut artist as well as the youngest female solo artist to debut during the SoundScan era. In addition to its pop chart success, O Holy Night reached #1 on the Billboard Classical Chart and #2 on the Billboard Holiday Chart.

Dream With Me, released in June 2011, was Jackie’s first studio album and debuted on the Billboard Top 200 chart at #2; it was certified Gold after only four weeks of release. Her follow-up holiday record, Heavenly Christmas, was among the top-selling holiday albums of 2011.

Jackie applies her brilliant voice and extraordinary artistry to an entirely new set of classics with the release of Songs From the Silver Screen, her newest collection for Columbia/Syco Records, on October 2, 2012.

For this album, Jackie collaborated with Grammy-winning producer/engineer Humberto Gatica, whose lengthy and impressive experience in the music industry has seen him work closely with Grammy award winning producer David Foster, as well as with superstars like Michael Bublé, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, and Barbra Streisand.

"No one can sing classical crossover music with the technical precision, emotion, and intelligence that Jackie brings to it," says Gatica. "With the songs we've selected for this album, we can show her fans how her talent has only deepened and matured since Dream With Me, which I think was one of the most outstanding albums of 2011."

Jackie's beauty and poise have also led her in other directions besides music. She was selected by the GUESS Kids clothing line to be in all of their Fall 2012 print advertising. Famed film star/director Robert Redford also requested that Jackie play his daughter in the upcoming film "The Company You Keep."

"I am so happy that Mr. Redford picked me to be in his film. And I was excited to learn from performers that are amazing at what they do," says Jackie, who worked with a star-studded cast that included Susan Sarandon, Shia LaBeouf, Terrence Howard, Anna Kendrick, Nick Nolte, and Stanley Tucci. The film will be released in 2013.

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Jackie Evancho is coming to Providence

Rhode Island PBS presents 12-year-old classical crossover prodigy Jackie Evancho's second television special for Great Performances Jackie Evancho: Music of the Movies, at 7:30 P.M. on Wednesday, September 5. The new special is a follow-up to her popular debut special Great Performances Dream With Me in Concert, which will air at 9 P.M. 

In early 2013, Jackie is coming to Providence, one of only 16 cities in her tour. Rhode Island PBS has the best seats in the house for her concert at the Providence Performing Arts Center, plus an exclusive meet and greet reception. 

In addition, Rhode Island PBS will offer Jackie's new CD, Songs from the Silver Screen, before its public release in October, as well as the new concert DVD (which has no public release date as yet). 

 

Great Performances Jackie Evancho: Music of the Movies and Great Performances Dream With Me in Concert are airing as part of our quarterly fund raising to benefit Rhode Island PBS. Tune in on September 5 to experience Jackie's inspiring voice, and to get details about her Providence appearance.

Directed by David Horn with conductor Bill Ross, Jackie Evancho: Music of the Movies was recorded in the opulent splendor of the newly restored Orpheum Theatre, one of the most venerable landmarks in Los Angeles. The show features Jackie singing such evergreens as "Pure Imagination" from Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, "My Heart Will Go On" fromTitanic, "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" from The Lion King, and "Some Enchanted Evening" from South Pacific.  

Jackie Evancho got her big break at just 10-years-old as a contestant on America's Got Talent, where the breakout star finished in second place. Her first release for Columbia Records, a Christmas EP titled O Holy Night, was certified Platinum and earned Jackie the distinction of being the top-selling debut artist in 2010 as well as the youngest solo artist ever to go platinum and debut in the Top 10. 

In 2011 she released Dream With Me, her debut major label full-length album. Dream With Mewas produced by the legendary David Foster, and debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 chart and is certified Gold. She recorded Dream With Me In Concert for PBS'sGreat Performances in 2011, and the special rapidly became one of the most broadcast programs of the year across PBS stations. 

Jackie Evancho: Dream with Me in Concert

Great Performances presents Jackie Evancho in a solo concert that fully reveals the complete range and depth of this spectacular young talent. Watch highlights from the solo concert debut of the 11-year-old girl with the extraordinary soprano voice. WSBE Rhode Island PBS airs Jackie Evancho: Dream with Me in Concert on Friday, September 2 at 7:30 p.m., with rebroadcasts on Sunday, September 4 at 8:30 p.m., and Friday, September 9 at 12:30 p.m.

Already familiar to national audiences from her debut appearances on America’s Got Talent, Jackie is the youngest star in Great Performances’ recent Hitman Returns: David Foster & Friends concert, performing virtuoso interpretations of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Pie Jesu” and Puccini’s “O Mio Babbino Caro.”  Foster will co-host the special, and serve as music director.

Jackie Evancho’s concert will celebrate the release of her first full-length SYCO/Columbia CD Dream with Me, which covers classical crossover material, and will be taped at the spectacular grounds of the magnificent The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida.

Jackie’s musical selection on the program is scheduled to include “When You Wish Upon A Star,” “Nella Fantasia,” “A Mother’s Prayer,” “Nessun Dorma,” “Angel,” “O Mio Babbino Caro,” “Somewhere,” “All I Ask Of You,” “Ombra Mai Fu,” “Lovers,” “Imaginer,” “The Lord’s Prayer,” “To Believe,” and “Dream With Me.”

Then at 9 p.m., Roy Clark, Glenn Campbell and MY MUSIC bring back the most memorable songs to cross over the country and pop charts from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s in Country Pop Legends. The program features new live performances, and classic clips from Tammy Wynette, Buck Owens, Johnny Cash and many more.