The Five Irish Tenors To Perform At Cerritos Center

From CCPA: The Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts (CCPA) welcomes The Five Irish Tenors in Program II – Pops on Sunday, February 19, 3:00 PM. Tickets, which start at $50, are available at the CCPA Ticket Office and cerritoscenter.com or by calling (562) 467-8818.

DIRECT FROM DUBLIN, IRELAND, THE FIVE IRISH TENORS presents PROGRAM II – POPS, a showcase of beloved Irish tunes and Pop songs by performers such as The Beatles and Billy Joel. In various combinations – tenor solos, duets, trios, quartets, and quintets – the show includes Hey Jude, The Piano Man, the Irish favorite Danny Boy, She Moves Through the Fair, Will You Go Lassie Go, W.B Yeats’ Down By the Sally Gardens, and Mozart’s Il Mio Tesoro.

This is the ensemble’s first tour ever in North America. The Five Irish Tenors are David Martin (The Gypsy Baron, Pink Champagne, and La Traviata), award-winning tenor Aaron Cawley (Lucia Di Lammermoor, Carmen, and Il Trovatore), Royal Irish Academy of Music graduate Ciarán Kelly (Don Curzio, Celtic Woman, and Anúna), Al

an Leech (Little Match Girl Passion, Long Time, and Schott & Sons), and George Hutton (Raglan Road and The Auld Triangle).

Music director-pianist-arranger Conor Linehan has performed with all of Ireland’s major orchestras, including The Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland. He composes music for concert, theatre, dance and film, working with The Royal Shakespeare Company and The Abbey Theatre.

Pianist Cathal Synott’s credits include Riverdance, Sweeney Todd, Improbable Frequency, and Taming of the Shrew, Flatpack, and The Threepenny Opera. He has worked with the RTE/National Chamber Choir, Opera Ireland, and the cathedral choirs of Dublin. Synott is currently the singing and choral coach at The Lir Academy of Dramatic Art.

For tickets or more information on the performance, call (562) 467-8818 or go to cerritoscenter.com.

Photos courtesy of Cerritos Center