HELEN WELCH: YESTERDAY ONCE MORE
MUSIC OF THE CARPENTERS

Superstar: The Songs, The Stories, The Carpenters

Helen Welch returns to guide us through a journey through the pop songs of The Carpenters. Beloved signature songs of the brother and sister duo are accompanied by anecdotes and insights of the artists' lives and music. Helen’s magical song stylings complete a brilliant evening to close our season.

There’s a reason why Richard Carpenter, himself, gave Helen his blessing to bring Superstar to life. The show is not a tribute act. Rather, it is a one-of-a-kind docu-musical featuring world-class musicians, fresh arrangements and fascinating and rare back-stage stories about the number one selling act of the 1970s – The Carpenters.

Superstar, now on tour, is quickly becoming one of the most popular stage celebrations of the brother/sister duo. Audiences are raving about internationally acclaimed vocalist, actress, and Grammy nominee, Helen Welch. Helen's distinctive alto voice settles in perfectly amidst her precise, lush arrangements as she brings to life the timeless music of the Carpenters. According to Broadway World, "Helen’s sophisticated vocals and humor leaves audiences breezily enchanted."

About the Artists

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Helen Welch is an internationally acclaimed vocalist, entertainer, producer and band-leader. Her unique talent for arranging songs to make them her own, coupled with her ability to intimately engage her audience, has quickly earned her a large and devoted following around the globe.

A native of England, Helen began her career on television's Romper Room. Since her early success, she has headlined with world-class organizations such as the BBC Big Band, Glenn Miller Europe, Opus One and others at some of the UK's most prestigious venues including: The Ritz, The Savoy, Blenheim Palace, The Grosvenor House Great Room, Claridges and many theatres in London's West End. Additionally, she held starring roles in a variety of popular musicals including: Hello Dolly, Barnum, Carousel, 42nd Street, Calamity Jane, and Oliver Twist.

After a very successful run in the U.K., Helen relocated to the United States to guest star in the Broadway musical Smokey Joe's Cafe. Her immediate success landed her as a fronting vocalist for The Cleveland Orchestra, The Breckenridge Summer Orchestra, The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, The Grant Park Symphony Orchestra (Chicago), The Florida Symphony and the Columbus Jazz Orchestra. Since that time, Helen has been producing her own shows for Cleveland's Playhouse Square, The Akron Civic Theatre, The Chautauqua Institution and many other theatres and performing arts centers around the country.

In 2006 Helen produced her big band CD One Dream using the nationally renowned Cleveland Jazz Orchestra. Rosemary Riddle, daughter of famed arranger Nelson Riddle, gave Helen the original Nelson Riddle arrangement of "Zing Went the Strings of my Heart" for her to perform and record on this CD. Apart from Judy Garland, Helen is the only other vocalist to have used and performed this arrangement on a recording and she still uses it today in her big band performances.

Helen has had world-class symphony pops arrangements for 3 of her productions and has performed with many different symphony orchestras throughout the U.S. and in England. Helen was invited twice to perform with the Blossom Festival Orchestra, which is part of the Cleveland Orchestra. For these particular concerts the Ella Fitzgerald Foundation gave Helen permission to go to the Library of Congress in Washington to go through Ella's collection of music which she then used for these special symphony orchestra concerts at Blossom.

In 2016, her musical release, "Spellbound" was an entry for the Traditional Pop Category of the Grammy Awards.

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Friday, 06/7/2019 8:00 PM

Dawson Auditorium, Adrian College

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Pops Series Sponsor:

Wacker Chemical Corporation

Concert Sponsor:

Arts Midwest

With Additional Support from:

MCACA NEA

Guest Artist Sponsor:

The Maurice & Dorothy Stubnitz Foundation