NEXT JAVA & JAZZ EVENT
​TO BE LISTED SOON
Online Event Premiers 
4pm Sunday, May 2, 2021
​This is a Virtual YouTube Concert
Online until May 24, 2021

Scott Williamson, tenor;
Asherah Capellaro, soprano; 
C. W. Markham, piano

TICKETS: $15 adiults; $5 students
(click on button below to order)
With ticket purchase you will receive
​a private link to the concert on
AGAR’s YouTube Channel
​and may view it unlimited times 
​until 10 pm May 24, 2021.

​A Perfect Relationship highlights the work of Kander and Ebb, Stephen Sondheim and Kurt Weill. Also featured are scenes by Rodgers and Hammerstein, Jule Styne and Eric Idle, writer of the Monty Python musical, Spamalot.
 
The program shares its title with Jule Styne’s song, “A Perfect Relationship,” from Bells Are Ringing. “Ironic wit, situational comedy and double entendre have always been features of the American Musical,” says Williamson. “The balance of humor and lyricism, of entertainment and drama help make the musical comedy the beloved form of live art it is. Our program aims to reflect different colors of this prism, from classic ballads like Weill’s “September Song” to contemporary classics such as Sondheim’s “Ladies who Lunch,” Williamson added.
 
In addition to those mentioned above, songs from Weill’s Lady in the Dark, Kander & Ebb’s Cabaret, Sondheim’s Into the Woods and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Flower Drum Song round out the program.
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​Scott Williamson thrives in a genre-defying career as a creative artist, performer, director, producer, curator and scholar. Known for his “innovative collaborations,” “visionary programming,” and “intelligent, passionate” stage presence, Scott has impacted thousands of lives across six generations of students, artists and audiences on four continents and twenty countries. He recently founded Collective Euphonia, a multi-genre, interdisciplinary ensemble of artists. A 2019-2020 Fulbright Scholar, Scott spent the season on the faculty of West University in Romania where he worked in Music and Theatre, International Relations, American Studies and the Center for Trans-Disciplinary Research. He has appeared regularly with AGAR since the 2015 premiere of Romania: Revolution, 1989.
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General and Artistic Director of Opera Roanoke from 2010-2018, he created the company's Apprentice Artist program and produced notable company premieres. An internationally recognized tenor, the Times of London called his debut at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, “brilliant.” Scott's repertoire spans over a millennium of western music and he has participated in more than 100 premieres. Guest Curator in Music at the Taubman Museum of Art, his work is featured in The Mountain Lake Symposium and Workshop: Art in Locale. His poetry has appeared in Atlanta Review and Tupelo Quarterly. Dr. Williamson serves on the faculties of Washington and Lee and Hollins Universities. 
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​Asherah Capellaro developed a passion for the arts at a very young age, performing and training at the Wayside Theatre in Middletown, VA from age 11. She has also trained since childhood as a pianist and went on to earn a B.M. in piano performance. After college, Asherah joined the Opera Roanoke Apprentice Artist program as a conductor and singer, assisting as Chorus Master, singing in the MainStage chorus and covering the role of Clorinda in Cenerentola.
 
While earning her M.M. in vocal performance at Westminster Choir College, she appeared in the title role of Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortiléges and sang with the Boccherini Center’s international training program Canta in Italia in Lucca, Italy. Asherah was last seen at AGAR in the premier reading of Romania: Revolution 1989 by Aaron Garber, singing the roles of Mother and Elena Ceausescu. In her “day jobs,” Asherah directs the middle and high school choirs at North Cross School in Roanoke, directs the music at St. Mark’s UMC in Daleville, and teaches private voice lessons. When she’s not busy making music, Asherah enjoys being green and trying to save the planet, cuddling with her two ridiculous cats, and playing video games.
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​Bedford native C.W. Markham started playing piano and singing Broadway tunes at age 6 and has never stopped.  As an organist and choral singer, he is also involved in music in churches and temples throughout Central and Southwest Virginia. From 2010 to 2020, C.W. was the Director of Development with the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra. Prior to his time at the RSO, he lived in Philadelphia, where he served in administrative roles at The Curtis Institute of Music, the Painted Bride Art Center, and Opera Company of Philadelphia. 
 
C.W. is currently a panelist for the Virginia Commission for the Arts and is a past president and board member of Roanoke’s Association of Fundraising Professionals.  He holds a master’s degree in art history from Temple University and a bachelor’s degree in humanities from the University of Richmond. When he's not making music, C.W. is an Account Lead at 5Points Creative, a marketing and advertising agency in Roanoke.
(Photos by Tony Zeljeznjak)
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