Photo Flash: N'Kenge Performs With the Houston Symphony Orchestra

MOTOWN: The Musical and Helen Hayes nominee N'Kenge, returned this season to Houston Symphony Orchestra for the Ella Fitzgerald Songbook Concert under the baton of Maestro Steven Reineke. The show celebrates the great jazz era showcasing some of the most timeless musical gems like Stormy Weather, One for my Baby, Come Rain Come Shine and more. To complete the dazzling cast were Broadway favorites Montego Glover and Capathia Jenkins.

N'Kenge, who's been described by the NY Times as "a classically trained Diva that can stretch from Broadway, Pop, Soul to Opera", made her Broadway Debut in SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM singing alongside Vanessa Williams, Barbara Cook, Tom Wopat and Norm Lewis. She was seen in 2015 as a presenter at the 58th Annual NY Emmy Awards and has sung for President Bill Clinton and for the Commander-In-Chief Ball for President Obama. N'Kenge was described as "Electrifying" by the NY Post in her origination of the role of Mary Wells in MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL on Broadway and made her West End debut starring in THE GENIUS OF Ray Charles as well as starred in the Michael Jackson Tribute Show World Tour. On the concert stage, N'Kenge has been seen as a soloist at Carnegie Hall with The New York Pops Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony and Cleveland Orchestra, to name a few. www.Nkengemusic.com @divankenge

Next up, N'Kenge can be seen in the "Sophisticated Ladies" Musical at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center this month Directed by Emmy Winner and Tony Nominee Andre De Shields. For tickets, visit https://www.njpac.org/events/detail/duke-ellingtons-sophisticated-ladies

N'Kenge returns next month to Baltimore Symphony Orchestra under the Baton of Maestro Jack Everly in a special Cirque goes Hollywood Concert! For more info on the show and tickets, visit https://www.bsomusic.org/calendar/events/2018-2019-events/cirque-goes-hollywood/

Check out Houston Chronicle's Glowing Review!

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/arts-theater/article/Houston-Symphony-gets-jazzy-with-Ella-Fitzgerald-13625316.php#photo-16946306

Photo Credit: Lamarr Ferguson/Flame Grower

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