Something's Fishy with Al Simmons
*Please silence your phone & turn down the brightness*
Monica Chen, conductor
Al Simmons, entertainer
Warm Up
Same You Made The Pants Too Long
I’ve Got You Under My Skin
Something’s Fishy (at Camp Wiganishie)
Don’t Made Me Sing Along
Digging a Hole
Red Herring
It’s Raining, It’s Pouring
Social Media
Lego
World’s A Better Place
My Bonnie
Flame Hat
Can’t Find My Pyjamas
Breaking Stuff
Whistling Egg Man
Rainbow Trout
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The World’s a Better Place Because you’re in it
Hank Fisher & Terry McEvoy
The world’s a better place because you’re in it.
I’m talking each and every single minute.
From the moment of your birth it’s been a better earth.
The world’s a better place because you’re in it.
Join us in the lobby after the concert for a meet and greet with Al Simmons! He will be signing copies of his album, which will be available for purchase. There will be photo opportunities!
Monica Chen, conductor
From Vancouver, Chen is one of the conducting fellows at the Orchestre Métropolitain, assisting Yannick Nézet-Séguin since the 2021/22 season. She was one of three finalists at Domaine Forget, chosen to perform in concert with the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec two years in a row. She is currently closely associated with Tapestry Opera, frequently working with orchestras across Canada. Continue reading...
Al Simmons, entertainer
A musician and an inventor, JUNO Award-winning Al Simmons is a creative genius whose highly original performances of profound wackiness and off-the-wall inventions take the arts of Music and Comedy to unparalleled heights of hilarity.
He’s been called the Thomas Edison of entertainers, a wizard of one-liners and a lightning bolt of lunacy. His astounding gadgets, preposterous songs, impeccable comic timing and kooky take on classic vaudeville have thrilled and entertained fans of all ages for more than 40 years.
Young or old, you cannot fail to appreciate this man’s frenetic stage antics and mind-boggling lovableness.
Pre-Concert Activities (stations close at 2:50 pm)
MUSICIANS
FIRST VIOLINS
Gwen Hoebig,
Concertmaster
The Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté Memorial Chair, endowed by the Eckhardt-Gramatté Foundation
Karl Stobbe,
Associate Concertmaster
Jeff Dydra,
Assistant Principal
Mona Coarda
Tara Fensom
Hong Tian Jia
Mary Lawton
Sonia Lazar
Julie Savard
Jun Shao
Rebecca Weger**
Momoko Matsumura (guest)
SECOND VIOLINS
Chris Anstey,
Principal
Elation Pauls,
Assistant Principal
Karen Bauch
Kristina Bauch,
Elizabeth Dyer
Bokyung Hwang
Rodica Jeffrey
Susan McCallum
Takayo Noguchi
Jane Radomski
VIOLAS
Elise Lavallée,
Acting Principal
Dmytro Kreshchenskyi,**
Acting Assistant Principal
Marie-Elyse Badeau
Laszlo Baroczi
Richard Bauch
Greg Hay
Michael Scholz
Sasha Turgeon (guest)
CELLOS
Yuri Hooker,
Principal
Robyn Neidhold,
Assistant Principal
Ethan Allers
Arlene Dahl
Alyssa Ramsay*
Sean Taubner
Emma Quackenbush
Samuel Nadurak (guest)
BASSES
Meredith Johnson,
Principal
Daniel Perry,
Assistant Principal
James McMillan
Eric Timperman*
Emily Krajewski
Taras Pivniak**
FLUTES
Jan Kocman,
Principal
Supported by Gordon & Audrey Fogg
Alex Conway
PICCOLO FLUTE
Alex Conway,
Principal
OBOES
Beverly Wang,
Principal
Robin MacMillan
Lief Mosbaugh (guest)
Renz Adame (guest)
CLARINETS
Micah Heilbrunn,
Principal
Alex Whitehead
BASSOONS
Kathryn Brooks,
Principal
Elizabeth Mee
HORNS
Patricia Evans,
Principal
Ken MacDonald,
Associate Principal
The Hilda Schelberger Memorial Chair
Aiden Kleer
Caroline Oberheu
Michiko Singh
TRUMPETS
Chris Fensom,
Principal
Isaac Pulford
The Patty Kirk Memorial Chair
Paul Jeffrey,
Associate Principal
James Langridge (guest)
TROMBONES
Steven Dyer,*
Principal
Keith Dyrda,
Acting Principal
Kyle Orlando**
TUBA
Justin Gruber,
Principal
PERCUSSION
Andrew Johnson,
Principal
Ben Reimer (guest)
Victoria Sparks (guest)
Brendan Thompson (guest)
TIMPANI
Andrew Nazer (guest)
HARP
To be determined
Endowed by W.H. & S.E. Loewen
Alanna Ellison (guest)
BASS
Taras Pivniak
PERSONNEL MANAGER
Isaac Pulford
MUSIC LIBRARIAN
Michaela Kleer
ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN
Aiden Kleer
* On Leave
** One-year appointment
