“Still, I'll always, always keep the memory of...’’
Long Ago And Far Away
A Gershwin Celebration • August 4, 2004 • Schuster Center - Our second Gershwin concert included new songs, a Porgy And Bess suite and the fantastic An American In Paris, featuring a story in dance choreographed by Nat Horne. We would return again to the studio with the incredible John McClure (producer of Igor Stravinsky, Leonard Bernstein, John Williams, Pink Floyd and many more) to record songs from this and our first Gershwin show on an album called The Memory Of All That.
Music Director/Conductor David Düsing
Choreographer Nat Horne
Assistant Choreographer Lula Elzy
Producer Douglas Merk
Music Preparation & Rehearsal Pianist Andy Pester
Young Ensemble Vocal Coach Carol Chatfield
ENSEMBLE
Jason Bayus
Alex Bonner
Dedrick Bonner
Christopher Bozeman
Camilia Brewer
Sarah Brewer
Adam Brown
Cara Brown
Kelsey Celek
Lindsay Crabtree
Seth Danner
John Detty
Ashley Eder
Sarah Elder
Aimee Everman
Megan Falter
Michelle Faulkner
Emily Fink
Amber Fisher
Dawn Gallehue
Josh Grieshop
Kylene Griffith
Gregory Hall
Cole Haugh
Danielle Heaton
Greg Hull
Michael Ingersoll
Amanda Jameson
Rachel Jones
Valerie Jonkoff
Jenna Judy
Lauren Kester
Adam Kilgore
Matt Kopec
Emily Larger
Dominic Leppla
Hailey Mahan
Courtney Maistros
Katybeth Mannix
Carly McCloskey
Dylan McGill
Aaron Meece
Abbey Monnig
Amedee Moore
Katie Moscowitz
Adrian Neil
Rachel Niemer
Holly Ott
Heather Pax
Sara Perry
Adrienne Peters
Joshua Peters
Jessica Plummer
Lauren Pratt
Angelé Price
Brittany Price
Kehler Relick
Ruth Reveal
Ellen Romer
Lynne Romer
Kathleen Ross
Kristen Russell
Julie Savard
Ali Schneiderman
Brad Sewell
Emily Sewell
Chris Shea
David Sherman
Travis Shiverdecker
Sara Shumaker
Jason Slattery
Tara Snyder
Patrick Stafford
Brie Stout
Zack Swank
Isaiah Templeton
Joel Tobey
Elise Turner
Ryan Vallo
Grecia Vaughn
Michael Wadham
Carolyn Williamson
Kristina Wilson
Gregory Wunderlin
Rachel Zupp
Raymond Zupp
DANCERS
Jason Bayus
Chris Bozeman
Adam Brown
Lindsay Crabtree
Cole Haugh
Danielle Heaton
Rachel Jones
Jenna Judy
Matt Kopec
Emily Larger
Carly McCloskey
Katie Moscowitz
DANCERS (CONTINUED)
Adrian Neil
Rachel Niemer
Holly Ott
Sara Perry
Joshua Peters
Lauren Pratt
Kebler Relick
Lynne Romer
Abby Scharrer
Ali Schneiderman
David Sherman
Sara Shumaker
Jason Slattery
Zack Swank
Joel Tobey
Ryan Vallo
Michael Wadham
Hannah Wegmann
Ray Zupp
YOUNG ENSEMBLE
Jennifer Barnaba
Korinne Bressler
Charissa Carpenter
Madelyn Carpenter
Emily D’Allura
Erica Diorio
Fiona Foster
Rachel Humphreys
Sean Humphreys
Chris Keegan
Joey Luthman
Natalie Nielsen
Megan O’Connell
Lisa Ramsey
Abby Scharrer
Lindsay Schumacher
David Sills
Rachel Snyder
Kaelee Tobin
Kelsey Tobin
Austin Wells
Emmie Wenzell
Joshua Wenzell
Andra Whipple
Christy Winters
Cara Zennie
Orchestra
Gerrod Bede
Amy Betche
Brandon Blankenship
Christopher Bozeman
Erin Brown
Danielle Cain
Christopher Chang
Joy Chang
Michael Charbel
Alyssa Chen
Christina Conden
Peter Crim
Janette Davis
Randy Dennler
Eric Diller
Brian Diller
Emily Evans
Kylen Franz
Allison Frey
Rebecca Geels
Brandon George
Dina Gough
Robert Groves
Constance Harbaugh
Cheryl Hoag
Angie Holmen
Ashley Huyck
John Huyck
Mary Ippisch
Matthew Ippisch
Julia Judge
Christina Koslow
Scott Landis
Scott Landis
Shaniece Long
Shaniece Long
Jeffrey Marshak
Jack Martin
Genevieve Murphy
Sarah Noble
Van Parker
Philip Parsons
Jaimi Pelfrey
Andrew Pester
Amanda Ramey
Clark Ramey
Josh Roderer
Josh Roderer
Ciji Shackelford
Marin Smith
Kathleen Smitley
Joanna Taylor
Amy Truett
Matthew Ungard
Ronald Walker
Emily Wandland
Kevin Williams
HEART & MUSIC (The Recording)
Produced & Engineered for Record by John McClure
Executive Producers David Düsing & Douglas Merk
Music Director, Conductor and Arrangements David Düsing
Associate Conductor Christoper Barthauer
Recording Assistant Susan Presson
Rehearsal Accompanist Andrew Pester
Music Preparation Christopher Barthauer, David Düsing & Andrew Pester
Design Douglas Merk
Photography Vicky Smith, Dan Ingersoll & Thom Meyer
Recorded on August 18, 19 and 20 at Communicore, Dayton, Ohio