JOHN STAFFORD SMITH
(orchestrated by Arthur Luck)
Star Spangled Banner [2:00]
Hayley Podschun, The Lexington Theatre Company

JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
Washington Post March [3:00]

MORTON GOULD
American Salute [8:00]

RICHARD RODGERS
(arr. Robert Russell Bennett)
Victory at Sea [11:00]

I. Song of the High Seas - Main Theme 
II. Submarines in a Calm Sea
III. Beneath the Southern CrossI
V. The Guadalcanal March
V. Theme of Growing and Building
VI. Fiddlin’ Off Watch
VII. The Sunny Pacific Islands
VIII. The Approaching Enemy
IX. The Attack
X. Death and Debris
XI. Hymn of Victory

arr. MUC Sean Nelson
Armed Forces Salute [5:00]
Lyndy Franklin Smith, The Lexington Theatre Company

JOHN WILLIAMS
Hymn to the Fallen from Saving Private Ryan [6:00]

JAMES WELDON JOHNSON
(arr. Jonathan Bailey Holland)
Lift Every Voice & Sing [3:00]
Joy Lynn Jacobs, The Lexington Theatre Company

INTERMISSION (15 MINUTES)

JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
Liberty Bell [3:00]

RICHARD ROGERS & OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN
(arr. Robert Russell Bennett)
The Sound of Music Medley [9:00]
Hayley Podschun, Joy Lynn Jacobs, Jeremy Landon Hays, Jackson Hurt and the cast of The Sound of Music at The Lexington Theatre Company

STEPHEN FOSTER
(arr. Wright)
My Old Kentucky Home [2:00]
Jackson Hurt, The Lexington Theatre Company

JOHN WILLIAMS
The Imperial March from Star Wars [4:00]

arr. RICHARD HAYMAN
Sing out America! [7:00]
Brock Terry, The Lexington Theatre Company

JOHN WILLIAMS
Main Title from Star Wars [5:00]

JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
Stars and Stripes [3:00]

* Assistant Principal
+ Indicates substitute musician

VIOLINS

Daniel Mason,
Concertmaster
C.A. Coleman Chair

Meg Saunders,
Associate Concertmaster

Gretchen Tucker,
Assistant Concertmaster

Stanley Cheng-Hao Kuo,
Assistant Concertmaster

Julie Lastinger,
Principal Second
Kerry S. Zack Chair

Raymond Weaver*
Julie Baker
Pin-Hsuan Chen
Julie Foster
Reisa Fukuda +
Marvellous Igwe +
Colleen Mahoney +

VIOLAS

Katja Yeager, Principal +
Wendy Yates * +
Nancy Campbell +
Joyce Chan Grabell +
Bailey Hall +

CELLOS

Clyde Beavers, Principal
Rebecca Kiekenapp*
Patrick Binford
Kathryn Drydyk

BASSES

Victor Döme, Principal
Maurice Todd*
Eli Raines

FLUTES

Amelia Dicks, principal +
Jake Chabot +
Jessica Chancey +

PICCOLO

Jessica Chancey +

OBOES

Bonnie Farr, principal
Taylor McLellan +
David Powell

ENGLISH HORN

David Powell

CLARINETS

Marilyn Nije, principal +
Chase Miller +
Kristin Welke +

BASS CLARINET

Kristin Welke +

BASSOONS

Allison Nicotera, principal +
David Oyen +
Eric Louie +

CONTRABASSOON

Eric Louie +

HORNS

Matthew Mauro, principal +
Melanie Kjellsen +
Joanne Filkins
Sherry Baker +

TRUMPETS

Jonathan Stites, principal +
Joseph Van Fleet
Robbie Collins +
Audrey Schmid +

TROMBONES

Andrew Duncan, principal
Brad Kerns +

BASS TROMBONE

Jack Noble

TUBA

Chris Blaha, principal +

TIMPANI

Brady Harrison, principal

PERCUSSION

James Campbell, principal
Brian Mason
Josh Smith +
Christian Swafford +

HARPS

Elaine Humphreys Cook, principal

Jeffrey A. Spenner joined the United States Coast Guard in June 2019 as the Assistant Director of the United States Coast Guard Band. As one of the two leaders in charge of U.S. Coast Guard Band, Mr. Spenner helps manage all aspects of the 55-member ensemble’s multifaceted mission – including concerts, ceremonies, recordings, and the band’s annual national tour.

A veteran of the 399th Army Band at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, Mr. Spenner is the first conductor in the Coast Guard Band’s history to have been hired from outside the organization. While a member of the 399th Army Band, he took part in hundreds of performances throughout the Midwest as both a conductor and trumpeter, and his efforts were instrumental in developing an ongoing relationship between the 399th Band and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. His final performance in the Army was conducting on a concert at Powell Hall in St. Louis that combined the symphony’s winds, brass, and percussion with the 399th Army Band and the Air Force Band of Mid-America.

Previously, Mr. Spenner has been the Assistant Conductor and Operations Manager with the Battle Creek Symphony in Michigan and Artistic and Education Coordinator for the Lexington Philharmonic in Kentucky. An advocate for music making at all levels, he held music directorships with numerous community ensembles including the Borgess Hospital Resounding Spirit Choir. Mr. Spenner brings his passion for music education to the Coast Guard Band where he oversees all of the band’s education and outreach programs.

Originally from Essexville, Michigan, Mr. Spenner’s Bachelor of Music degree is from the University of Illinois, and he holds a Master of Music degree in Orchestral Conducting from Western Michigan University. In concert and selective workshops he conducted such ensembles as the Baltimore Symphony, Battle Creek Symphony, Berlin Sinfonietta, Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony, Filharmonica “Mihail Jora” Bacau, Fort Worth Symphony, Sinfonia da Camera, and members of the Berlin Philharmonic and Philharmonia Orchestra of London. His primary teachers include Donald Schleicher, James F. Keene, Eduardo Diazmunoz, Bruce Uchimura, and Bob Yoon with additional study with Marin Alsop, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Raymond Harvey, Mark Heron, Mihail Jurowski, Kenneth Kiesler, Timothy Reynish, Gerard Schwarz, Mark Stringer, Diane Wittry, and Benjamin Zander.

Mr. Spenner is married to Mira Shifrin Spenner, a professional flutist, and they enjoy geeking out over science fiction and playing board games together. They live in Norwich, Connecticut with their five cats - Voltaire, Gershwin, Brahms, Rousseau, and Apollo - who enjoy chasing laser pointers and stealing board game pieces.

Lyndy Franklin Smith (Artistic Director, The Lexington Theatre Company) co-founded The Lexington Theatre Company (“The Lex”) alongside her husband Jeromy, as a way to give back to her hometown and to the theatre industry. She enjoyed a successful performance career in New York City, including the Broadway companies of A Chorus Line and The Little Mermaid; the Radio City Christmas Spectacular; National Tours of Fosse and White Christmas; and numerous regional productions. Her directing credits for The Lex include Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Newsies, A Chorus Line, Songs For A New World, Mary Poppins, 42nd Street, Legally Blonde (alongside longtime friend Laura Bell Bundy), the Script to Table Series, and all editions of “Concert With The Stars.” She also hosts the podcast “Beyond the Fourth Wall” for The Lex, available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Simplecast. The book she co-authored, Broadway Swings: Covering the Ensemble in Musical Theatre, is available on Amazon.com. She is a graduate of Sayre School and Oklahoma City University and "Mom” to Ben (11) and Andrew (8).

Brock Terry (Resident Music Director, The Lexington Theatre Company) holds music degrees from Georgetown College and Emory University. He also serves as Director of Music at the historic First United Methodist Church in downtown Lexington. Mr. Terry is currently working towards completing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in conducting at the University of Kentucky. Having served as Music Director for all nine editions of “Concert With The Stars” for The Lexington Theatre Company as well as Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Chicago, West Side Story, Newsies, The Music Man, A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde; as well as the Script to Table Series. He also accompanies and arranges for the Artist Development Program and Story Cycle. For other organizations, he has musical directed such shows as Into the Woods, You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, Quilters, Me and My Girl, Damn Yankees, Mame, Singin' in the Rain, Bye Bye Birdie, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and A Christmas Carol.

Jeremy Landon Hays (Captain von Trapp - The Sound of Music at The Lexington Theatre Company) is an actor, singer, writer, director, and producer. His numerous television appearances include a recurring role on "The Oath" (Sony Crackle), and “Leverage: Redemption” (IMDb TV). Jeremy recently appeared in the independent film Sometime Other Than Now streaming on Amazon. Jeremy played the role of Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. He made his Broadway debut in the first revival of Les Misérables and went on to originate the role of Enjolras for the 25th Anniversary National Tour. He originated a role in the new autobiographical musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Unmasked. Jeremy will be directing a new off-Broadway play, The Hollow, by John Rapson, based on The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving. Jeremy has written Everything in The Dim Light, a new Broadway play adaptation of the Thomas Hardy novel Far from The Madding Crowd. Jeremy lives in Dallas with his wife and daughter who make everything funnier and sunnier.

Hayley Podschun (Maria Rainer - The Sound of Music at The Lexington Theatre Company) is making her The Lex Debut! Hayley’s Broadway Credits include: Wicked (Glinda, National Tour), Hello, Dolly!, Something Rotten!, Chaplin, Anything Goes, Pal Joey, Sunday in the Park with George, Hairspray (and National Tour), and The Sound of Music. Off-Broadway: Vanities (Joanne, The York), Freckleface Strawberry (Freckleface, Original Cast) & more. Regional Highlights: Catch Me If You Can (*Helen Hayes Nominated Best Actress* Brenda Strong, Arena Stage), I Married An Angel (Anna Murphy, NY City Center), Holiday Inn (Linda Mason, Paper Mill Playhouse / Lila Dixon, Goodspeed), The Royal Family of Broadway (Gwen, Barrington Stage), Legally Blonde (Elle Woods, Arvada Center), Gypsy (Dainty June, MUNY), Peter Pan (Peter Pan, ArtPark), Smokey Joe’s Cafe (MUNY) and many more. Film/TV: Hairspray (Tammy), Fleishman Is In Trouble, The Blacklist, Louie. Hayley is also a Guest Host on QVC for Zodiac Shoes. The Sound of Music holds an extremely special place in Hayley’s heart. She is so beyond grateful to play this role. This one is for you, Mom & Dad! Thanks for driving me to everything.

Joy Lynn Jacobs (Mother Abbess - The Sound of Music at The Lexington Theatre Company) was born on Christmas Eve in Philadelphia and raised in many wonderful places! Broadway credits: World premiere - Marie Christine; Revival - The Music Man; 1st National Broadway tours - Ragtime, Show Boat revival. Off-Broadway; Created role - Professional Woman, Menopause the Musical. Regional: Station Agent – The Railway Children; Sofia Storm – Running Mates; Grace Bodell – Fireflies; Mrs. Alexander – Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime; ‘Constance’ - Proof of Love; Mother Abbess – The Sound of Music; Sadie - Having Our Say; Lola – Jar the Floor; Aunt Eller – Oklahoma!; Wanda - Crowns; Reno Sweeney - Anything Goes; Lady Thiang - King & I; Aldonza - Man of La Mancha; Armelia - Ain’t Misbehavin. TV: Harlem, Love Life, Blacklist, Manifest, Luke Cage, House of Cards, Gotham, Nurse Jackie. Principal character voice for new Nickelodeon animated series. Soloist for symphonies: Winston-Salem, Portland, Spokane, Roanoke, Phoenix, Detroit and much more!

Jackson Hurt (Rolf - The Sound of Music at The Lexington Theatre Company) is thrilled to be making his The Lex debut! He is an NYC-based actor, originally from Richmond, Kentucky. He would like to thank his family, friends, and amazing girlfriend for their love and support. jacksonhurt.com. Ephesians 6:16.

The Lexington Theatre Company creates professional theatre and trains the next generation of theatre artists, so that our community can enjoy a shared experience of masterful storytelling. The Lexington Theatre Company was created to pay it forward. Founders Lyndy and Jeromy Smith were both small-town kids with big Broadway dreams. Those dreams came true thanks to solid training, supportive mentors and opportunities to hone their craft. Here at The Lex, we are committed to passing the craft and helping the next generation of big dreamers find their way. Our productions pair talented young artists with seasoned industry professionals. Confidence is built. Mastery is experienced. Our audiences delight in high-calibre professional theatre while watching the stars of today and tomorrow shine onstage together. We are committed to education. Additional classes and workshops are provided to our cast members, interns and apprentices during rehearsal periods. Our newly established Artist Development Program offers opportunities for intensive study with experts in the craft, year-round. We're here to make a difference. Theatre skills are life skills, and storytelling is essential to our lives. We are working hard to create opportunities for as many people as possible to experience the magic of musical theatre. Through scholarships, free programs, school visits and free passes to partner non-profits, our aim is to share what we do and reach as many as we can. Learn more at lexingtontheatrecompany.org