The legendary Cole Porter was recognized during a collection of performances at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 15 at the Center for Performing Arts at the Tahlequah, Okla. campus of Northeastern State University. The Cole Porter Revue was a collaboration between the NSU Opera Workshop and the NSU Jazz Ensemble.
They performed popular music mostly from the musical Anything Goes which includes the titular song along with “Blow, Gabriel, Blow” “Let’s Misbehave” and “All Through the Night” as well as others.
Other songs were performed from other Porter musicals Kiss Me, Kate and Jubilee.
The opera workshop includes baritones Eric Chapin, Kye Priddy, Jo Ray and Keeton Whitewater as well as sopranos Matt Long and Katherine Retherford and mezzo-soprano Kai McFarland and Oliver Willyard.
The Jazz Ensemble includes:
Saxophones – Larry Poffel (alto I), Izzy Vreeland (alto II), Dugan Gibson (tenor I), Ben Hendrix (tenor II), Evan Erwin (baritone)
Trumpets – Tyson Byrd (lead), Paige Willis (second), Aiden Hanson (third and solo), Alex Brotherton (fourth), Dave Faglie (fifth and split lead)
Trombones – Braxton Koons (lead), Cory Edgar (second), Emma Jones (third), Nicholas Namahoe (bass)
Rhythm Section – Jo Ray (piano), Ethan Doty (bass), Zackary Hance (drums)
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