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At 13 you played your first professional gig with your
grandfather, pianist Bob Hayes, and famed trumpeter Lou PLYMOUTH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA WINTER/SPRING 2024
Colombo with whom you performed with for 10 years. Can you Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
tell us about your experience playing with legendary
musicians? What’s the best piece of advice they gave you? Any Congratulations to
memorable stories or performances you can share? What the World Needs Now:
The old-school musicians played with amazing passion for the Burt Bacharach & Friends
music and weren't as concerned with technical ability - they on 10 years of elevating
only wanted to play good music. My granddad and Lou were Saturday, January 20 | 7:30 PM the arts and enriching
both very loyal people - especially to me - and I have tried to Sunday, January 21 | 3 PM our community!
carry that loyalty with my friends and the musicians I play with.
The best piece of advice they gave me that we are entertainers Broadway vocalists join the Phil in celebration of
and our main job is to entertain and play for the audience. Bacharach’s incredible musical legacy. I Say a Little Prayer,
This Guy’s in Love with You, I’ll Never Fall in Love Again, Close to You, and Walk on By
Transitioning from a career in music to the banking industry are just some of the hits on our playlist!
must have been a huge undertaking. I know that you’ve also
been involved with Culture and Art Advisory Committees Hocus Pocus: Magical Music
while in the banking industry. Please fill us in on how you
balance both of these passions and what impact your Sunday, March 10 | 3 PM
involvement has had on fostering cultural and artistic Instrument Demonstration | 2 PM
initiatives. Enjoy a magical concert for all ages with Dukas’ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, John
I've been fortunate to have been playing music for 20 years and Williams’ Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Holst’s Uranus, the Magician.
work in banking for 13 years. Being involved in the community
with these various endeavors has led to a lot of contacts and Arrive early for the instrument demo!
that tends to support the other occupation. Great Collaborations
KAREEM SANJAGHI THU, APR 04 | 7:30PM
What do you enjoy most about leading your own group and Saturday, March 23 | 7:30 PM
freelancing as a drummer? Are there any drummers or musicians who have influenced
I think my biggest strength as a band leader is I let the other your style and approach to drumming? Great music comes from great collaborations! Highlights include Pictures at an
musicians play without giving them direction. I've never Jazz drummer Jake Hanna and Green Day's drummer Tre Cool. Exhibition, Five Variants of “Dives and Lazarus,” and Wampanoag: Stories for All Time
corrected someone on or off the bandstand. We discuss the Two musicians that play with a lot of energy and a relentless with a big drum circle finale inspired by legends of the People of the First Light.
songs and what arrangements to play - I find the musicians like pulse/drum beat that drove the bands they played in.
working with me because I let them do their job and that allows Queens of Rock & Soul: Tina Turner & Aretha Franklin
them to play to the best of their ability without restrictions. If you could collaborate with any artist, living or dead, from Saturday, April 27 | 7:30 PM
any genre or era, who would it be and why? What kind of music Sunday, April 28 | 3 PM
do you imagine creating together?
I heard a band recently a few times in Nashville - Kelley's The Phil performs chart-topping, heart-stopping hits of Tina and Aretha, alongside
Heroes - playing with an incredible sense of rhythm and some of Broadway’s shiniest stars. Proud Mary, Simply the Best, Natural Woman,
excitement and that is a band I'd love to collaborate with. I enjoy Respect, and more!
playing all the musicians I play with, especially Ann Austin and
Fred Boyle who will be joining me at this concert.

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Kareem with Lou Colombo;
photo by Ed Maroney.