The Capitol Arts Complex presents

THE TWO HOUR VARIETY TALENT SHOWCASE in the Capitol Theatre

Saturday, October 15 from 1PM to 3PM.

WIBX radio personality Bill Keeler will be the MC with the host band SECOND BREAKFAST

Second Breakfast

Band members:

Kris Trinka – Vocals • Collen Roller – Guitar • Nick Mellace – Bass • Dylan Redmond – Drums • Tim Wood – Keys

Second Breakfast is a fellowship of Rome, NY natives playing a mix of alt-rock hits of the 2000s and 2010s, with a few classic 70s-80s tunes for good measure.  Formed during the autumn of 2021 when they played their debut show at Copper City Brewing this past January and have been rocking faces across the central NY area ever since! 

Nathan Alexander

Nathan Alexander is a 10 year old Utica NY resident. He began playing the piano at 5 years old. Keith James became his main piano instructor when Nathan turned 7. Keith emphasizes performance and has arranged opportunities for Nathan to play in front of live audiences. At 9 years old, Nathan performed Billy Joels hit song “New York State of Mind” with Liberty Devitto (Billy’s original drummer). Nathan performed the song again with “The Lord’s of 52nd Street” band (with Richie Canatta, Russell Javors, and Liberty Devitto) at the Ridgefield Playhouse in Ridgefield CT. Carrie Lazarus of Syracuse ABC affiliate WSYR featured Nathan’s musical story on her show “Extraordinary Talent”. Carrie has invited Nathan to perform in studio for her “10-year anniversary of Extraordinary Talent” show airing later this year. Bill Keeler invited Nathan to perform on his radio show “Keeler in the Morning”, and later for the annual WIBX950 Heart Radiothon. Nathan’s latest performance was playing Toto’s hit song (Hold the Line) with “Showtime-The Band” at the 2022 Utica Boilermaker post-race party in front of several thousand people. Nathan also enjoys playing violin/fiddle studying under Allyson Sklar and Nick Piccininni, as well as the saxophone with the Bradley Elementary New Hartford school band.

Meaghan Williams

Meaghan Williams is 17 years old and a sophomore at MVCC studying General Education. Meaghan has grown up singing and loves to perform whenever she can. Over the past 2 or 3 years, Meaghan has developed a tremendous desire to be able to excel in her vocal training and her talent has grown. She has performed multiple times with The Academy shows, sang in 2 TV holiday specials, gone into modeling, doing commercials with Freeman and Foote jewelers, and have been able to sing the national anthem at multiple different occasions. Meaghan absolutely loves the camera and being able to share her talent through social media. As Meaghan always says, “Life is a song sing it!”—

Meaghan studies piano with Jovita Bernard & voice with Stephen Price at The Academy Of Performing & Creative Arts in New Hartford.

Cordelia Dzuiban

Cordelia was singing before she was talking and announced at an early age that she wanted to be a performer. She took to the stage for the very first time when she was 8 years old.  Her love for musical theatre has recently grown. She spent this past summer on stage at the GlimmerGlass Opera House as “Brigitta” in the musical The Sound of Music. Cordelia dreams of performing on Broadway and studying musical theatre in NYC.—

Cordelia presently studies piano with Jovita Bernard & voice with Stephen Price at The Academy Of Performing & Creative Arts in New Hartford.

Rebecca Matte

Rebecca has studied classical voice privately for nine years, most recently with Margaret Chalker and Greg Unangst. Rebecca has been performing for most of her life, and spent June and July studying Italian opera and touring Italy with the young artist’s program, “La Musica Lirica,” performing as “Le Zelatrice” in Puccini’s Suor Angelica, and “La Folla” in La Boheme, also by Puccini. Rebecca’s other opera roles include “Bessie” in Mahagonny Songspiel by Kurt Weill and “Claretta” in Leoncavallo’s Zaza. Rebecca has also performed diverse solo repertoire, which spans many styles, genres, time periods, and languages. Her musical passions include French and American Art Song, French opera, and exploring and performing the works of historically underrepresented composers, namely women composers.

Rising Stars, the Capitol Theatre’s Youth Theatre group

Rising Stars, the Capitol Theatre’s Youth Theatre group will present a brief preview of the musical comedy history play, 15 MILES ON THE ERIE CANAL that will be presented at Sunday, Octber 30.

Through music and a comedic, but heartwarming story, the cast of 42 students, aged 7-21, will tell the story of family life in the early days of the Erie Canal

Laurie & Jeni Yager

Jeni is a Summerstage veteran, having performed almost every summer at the Capitol since 2007. She also performed with her college’s acapella group, Clarkson University’s Golden Knotes, during her undergraduate work there.

Laurie is more of an amateur but equally enthusiastic about her love of music, especially the uplifting songs of the musical Wicked, the first performance she and Jeni saw together on Broadway. They especially love harmonizing together, a skill perfected over many years of “Happy Birthday” around the table with their musically talented extended family.

Shed Wise Music

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