PHOTO FLASH: Stephanie Reese Pre-Carnegie Hall Concert 2009/10/14

PHOTO FLASH: Stephanie Reese Pre-Carnegie Hall Concert

Wednesday, October 14, 2009; Posted: 10:10 AM - by Oliver Oliveros

Whenever MS. SAIGON alumna Stephanie Reese stages a solo concert, she always ends up baring her soul – freely allowing the audience to invade her personal space, and to simultaneously share the gamut of emotions the singer’s music evokes.

Reese successfully held her Pre-Carnegie Hall concert at Music Museum in San Juan, Manila on October 12, 2009, which was delayed for a week due to typhoons Ketsana and Parma. Repertory Philippines’ “Sweeney Todd” Audie Gemora, and the Euphony Male Ensemble were her special guest performers.

Her evening show’s repertoire included Broadway hit songs “Sun and Moon,” “I’d Give My Life For You,” “Maybe This Time,” “The Phantom of the Opera,” “All I Ask of You” (a duet with Gemora) and “As If We Never Said Goodbye;" old favorites “Que Sera Sera,” “This Is My Life,” “The Greatest Performance of My Life,” “He Touched Me” and “Somewhere In Time;” and opera numbers “Nessun Dorma” and “Spente Le Stelle.”

Her original songs – the flirty “Chocka Locka Boom Boom” was charmingly staged; and the anthemic “Your Voice” roused patriotism among the mostly Filipino audience.

Reese heads back to the United States today to prepare for her solo debut concert at the famed Carnegie Hall in New York City on November 7, 2009.

Photos by Ulysses Manuel

Stephanie Reese with the Euphony Male Ensemble

Stephanie Reese

Stephanie Reese dedicates a song to her boyfriend John who passed away

Stephanie Reese with the Euphony Male Ensemble

Stephanie Reese

Audie Gemora

Oliver Oliveros is one of Manila's top publicists in the fields of arts, music, culture and entertainment. A self-confessed Broadway baby, he drools over publicity projects that are Broadway-related. Practicing and teaching public relations for over 15 years now, he handles accounts for the Manila productions of "Death and the Maiden," "The Last Five Years," "Godspell," "Footloose," 'Once On This Island," "Oleanna," "Art," "The Sound of Music," "Children's Letters to God," "High School Musical On Stage," "West Side Story," �Sweeney Todd,� projects with Broadway and West End stars Lea Salonga, Joanna Ampil, and Stephanie Reese among others. He also heads publicity for STAGES Manila, the Philippines' top recording and concert artists, award-winning independent films, original musicals, operas, Filipino-American finalists on "American Idol," and the World Championships of Performing Arts (WCOPA) in Hollywood, California. He is set to pursue Graduate studies at New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies (NYU SCPS � M.S. in Public Relations and Corporate Communications) in 2010.

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