Come fly with four-time Oscar-winning songwriter and Syracuse native Jimmy Van Heusen,
as his music comes to life as never before in classic Hollywood films accompanied by live symphony orchestra.
All-time hits such as Love and Marriage, All The Way, Come Fly With Me and My Kind of Town are featured as originally debuted on film by Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald and Sammy Davis, Jr., among others.
The unique film-with-symphony concert, including special live guest vocalists, tells the story
of the remarkable life and music of Jimmy Van Heusen, who test-piloted fighter planes while creating some of the most beloved melodies of the Great American Songbook. His storied musical partnership with close friend and Rat Pack pal Frank Sinatra resulted in over 80 of his songs recorded by Sinatra, more than by any other songwriter.
Sean O’Loughlin is music director and arranger of the program, who will take his customary place at the podium conducting the Syracuse Orchestra. Producer and writer is Jim Burns, who directed and wrote the PBS documentary Jimmy Van Heusen – Swingin’ with Frank & Bing. Executive producer is Brook Babcock, grandnephew of Jimmy Van Heusen and president of Van Heusen Music Group.
FEATURED ARTISTS
A dynamic voice in the world of classic American standards, Nick Ziobro was named the national winner of the 2012 Michael Feinstein Great American Songbook Vocal Competition, and spent a year serving as the Great American Songbook Youth Ambassador and touring with his mentor, world-renowned performer, Michael ...
A dynamic voice in the world of classic American standards, Nick Ziobro was named the national winner of the 2012 Michael Feinstein Great American Songbook Vocal Competition, and spent a year serving as the Great American Songbook Youth Ambassador and touring with his mentor, world-renowned performer, Michael Feinstein.
When he made his New York debut at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency in 2012 opening for Michael Feinstein and Marilyn Maye, The New York Times praised him for “an easy swinging confidence and charm that suggested he could evolve into another Michael Bublé.”
Ziobro has earned a host of rave reviews around the country. He was hailed as “a budding young talent” by LA Weekly, and called “a radiant presence” from Edge Los Angeles, “absolutely breathtaking” by the Carmel Current and “stunning” by the Napa Valley Register.
Nick performed at the induction galas for the Great American Songbook Hall of Fame in 2012 and 2013 alongside Liza Minnelli, Barry Manilow, Rita Moreno, Andrea McArdle, Clay Aiken, Lari White, and Jose Feliciano. He was invited to perform the National Anthem at Lucas Oil Stadium for the Indianapolis Colts in September 2012.
Nick has had the honor to share the stage with cabaret stars like Michael Feinstein, Marilyn Maye, Ann Hampton Calloway, and Liz Calloway, and has opened for Barbara Cook, B.B. King, and more. He has performed with prestigious symphonies, including the Pasadena Pops conducted by Marvin Hamlisch, the Seattle Symphony, the San Francisco Symphony, the American Pops Orchestra, the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Symphoria in Syracuse, the Naples Philharmonic, and the Kravis Center Pops Orchestra.
He has performed at other venues all over the United States, including Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Feinstein’s at 54 Below, Birdland, the Kennedy Center, the Kravis Center, the Palladium, the Wynn Las Vegas, Riverbend Music Center, and the Napa Valley Opera House. In 2016, he took his duo show with Julia Goodwin to Tuscany, Italy, to continue to spread the music of the Great American Songbook throughout the world.
Nick holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Rider University. He made his professional acting debut as the lead in the short film, The Last Pick Up, to be released in 2018. He was a featured act in Season 10 of America’s Got Talent as part of the singing duo “Nick & Eddie” and a featured act on the television special broadcast Extraordinary (ABC Syracuse). His voice can be heard singing in national running commercial advertisements on TV and radio.
Ziobro’s debut album – A LOT OF LIVIN’ TO DO- produced by Michael Feinstein and featuring jazz greats Bucky Pizzarelli, Tedd Firth, Jay Leonhart and more – was released in May 2014.
Born and raised in Baldwinsville NY, her piano playing father initially introduced her to music, where she frequently sang with him and her younger sister, Sara. Shortly after, she became involved with musical theater and started directing, producing, and choreographing her own pop shows with her ...
Born and raised in Baldwinsville NY, her piano playing father initially introduced her to music, where she frequently sang with him and her younger sister, Sara. Shortly after, she became involved with musical theater and started directing, producing, and choreographing her own pop shows with her friends and family members in her basement. This developed her love for the stage and for connecting with others. It also sparked her interest in writing her own songs starting around the age of 10.
Goodwin was introduced to the music of The Great American Songbook in 2013 where she won Michael Feinstein’s Songbook Academy, serving as the Junior Songbook Youth ambassador. Through this, Feinstein became a forever friend and mentor to her. The two performed nationally together on some of the world’s most renowned stages including Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, Birdland, The Palladium, 54 Below, The Wynn, among others. Julia was a guest performer at the 2014 and 2017 Great American Songbook Hall of Fame Induction Galas honoring Johnny Mathis, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Linda Ronstadt, Shirley Jones, Ray Gilbert and performing a tribute to Mitzi Gaynor. Julia has taken her love for jazz music to the Symphony stage as well, working with Syracuse-Pops (Symphoria), The Naples Philharmonic, The Pasadena Pops, The Louisville Orchestra and The Rochester Philharmonic. The New York Times has applauded Julia and her jazz chops calling her “phenomenally gifted.” Goodwin released an album in 2014 titled “Feeling Good” featuring some of her favorite songbook standards.
Julia was featured on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” and became a quarterfinalist on the show, performing at The Dolby Theater in Los Angeles and Radio City Music Hall. Other notable television appearances include “Michael Feinstein’s New Year’s Eve” on PBS filmed in The Rainbow Room as well as ABC’s “Inside Edition” and “Extraordinary.”
Eventually, Goodwin was introduced to social media in her high school years and quickly had a knack for making short covers to her favorite pop songs. Frequently filming with her sister, Julia gained over 230k fans on Vine with her popular covers of “Airplanes” by B.O.B, “Knock, Knock” by Mac Miller and many more. Julia currently creates videos for Instagram, which has morphed into performing her own original music and creating derivative works with lyrical rewrites.
Over the years, she has been invited to join an A-list of multiple award-winning singers from the worlds of Jazz, Broadway, Cabaret and Pop which include: Freddy Cole, Christine Ebersole, Kristin Chenoweth, Dan Brubeck, Darren Criss, Elaine Paige, Marilyn Maye, Aaron Tveit, Jake Miller, Benny Mardones, Andy Grammer and Jessica Sanchez. Julia performed at the 2014 M&T Jazz Fest opening for Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and Trombone Shorty and at the 2016 Jazz Fest opening for Michael McDonald.
In 2016, Goodwin attended Syracuse University, majoring in Music Industry with a concentration in Jazz Commercial studies.
In December of 2019, Goodwin released her Christmas time classic “Home for The Holiday.”
Sean O’Loughlin (b.1972) is the Principal Pops Conductor of The Syracuse Orchestra and the newly appointed Principal Pops Conductor of the Victoria Symphony in Victoria, B.C. Canada. He is a fresh voice and a rising name in the music world. His music is characterized by vibrant rhythms, ...
Sean O’Loughlin (b.1972) is the Principal Pops Conductor of The Syracuse Orchestra and the newly appointed Principal Pops Conductor of the Victoria Symphony in Victoria, B.C. Canada. He is a fresh voice and a rising name in the music world. His music is characterized by vibrant rhythms, passionate melodies, and colorful scoring. Commissions from the Boston Pops Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra highlight and showcase his diverse musical abilities. As a conductor, he has led performances with the Boston Pops Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the Chicago Symphony, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony, the Vancouver Symphony, the Atlanta Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, the Houston Symphony, the Victoria Symphony and the Seattle Symphony amongst others. He was the assistant conductor and arranger for a production of Sgt. Pepper Live in Las Vegas featuring the band Cheap Trick. He has served as conductor for national and world-wide tours with Josh Groban, Sarah McLachlan and the Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration. He has also appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America with Josh Groban and NBC’s “A Very Pentatonix Christmas.”
Recent collaborations include such artists as Sarah McLachlan, Adele, Josh Groban, Pentatonix, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Diana Ross, Journey, Melissa Etheridge, Weird Al Yankovic, Blue Man Group, Janelle Monáe, Audra McDonald, Hall and Oates, Gloria Estefan, the Indigo Girls, Diana Krall, Itzhak Perlman, Natalie Merchant, Chris Isaak, Pink Martini, Brandi Carlile, The Decemberists, Martina McBride, Josh Ritter, Gloria Gaynor and others. The Los Angeles Times calls his orchestrations “…magnificent and colorful” while adding “…even more dimension…” to the compositions. Daily Variety heralds Sean’s writing as “most impressive …” with a “wide range of coloring in the orchestra…” that “…adds heft and rolling energy.
Through his growing number of commissioned and published works, Sean is excited to continue contributing to the rich history of orchestral and wind band literature. His music is published by Excelcia Music, Hal Leonard and Carl Fischer. He is a frequent guest conductor with professional orchestras around the country and abroad. An annual ASCAP Special Awards winner, Sean was a composition fellow at the Henry Mancini Institute in Los Angeles, and holds composition degrees from New England Conservatory and Syracuse University.
