SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2025 | 8:00PM
DOLLY PARTON'S THREADS:
MY SONGS IN SYMPHONY
Elias Miller, Conductor
Katelyn Drye - Vocalist
Hollie Hammel - Vocalist
Blair Lamb - Vocalist
Derek Drye - Acoustic Guitar/Lap Steel/Vocals
Lindsey Miller - Electric/Acoustic Guitar
Gary Lunn - Bass Guitar
Dolly Parton brings her music to orchestras worldwide! Threads: My Songs In Symphony, is an innovative multimedia experience featuring Dolly on screen, leading audiences in a visual-musical journey of her songs, her life, and her stories. With a cast of phenomenal guest vocalists and musicians, along with new and innovative orchestrations by David Hamilton, Threads: My Songs In Symphony features hit songs including “Jolene,” “Coat Of Many Colors,” and “I Will Always Love You,” in addition to Dolly’s personal favorites and an as-yet unreleased selection from her upcoming Broadway musical. Co-Produced by Dolly Parton together with Schirmer Theatrical, and Sony Music Publishing.
Dolly says, “The threads of my life are woven together through my songs. That's why this project, Threads: My Songs In Symphony, is so special to me. It's all about sharing my music and my musical journey with audiences in a new way!"
This evening's selections will be announced from the stage.
Katelyn Drye
Katelyn Drye is a singer, songwriter and lover of all things Dolly. She is exactly one-half of the country duo, The Dryes, alongside her husband Derek. Recognized by Country Living Magazine as “The new hot country duo to watch” after premiering on season 22 of NBC’s “The Voice” (Team Blake), The Dryes have accumulated over 12 million global streams, catching the attention of USA Today, Rolling Stone, People, American Songwriter, and Billboard, among others. Their sassy single “Dolly Would” is the anthem to a longtime hero, Dolly Parton which together with their alluring, soulful track “House on Fire” reached #1 on CMT’s 12 Pack Countdown. Their summer single, “Daydrinkin’”, charted on iTunes on release day and has garnered over five million views across social media, while their newest single “Ain’t God Good” reflects on the goodness found in and out of the difficult times we all face in life. www.thedryes.com
Hollie Hammel
Hollie Hammel is a Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, producer, and background vocalist. Originally from Nashville, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education from Belmont University. During her decade in Music City, Hollie toured and recorded with celebrated artists such as Joss Stone, Sara Evans, Hans Zimmer, Brandi Carlile, and more. Her talents have also been featured on projects for Disney, where she lends her voice and likeness to several beloved characters in Harmonious (streaming on Disney+), as well as recordings played in Disney Parks around the world. Now splitting her time between Los Angeles and Nashville, Hollie is deeply passionate about fostering creative communities in both cities. When not collaborating with other artists, she dedicates herself to writing, recording, and producing her own original music. @holliehammel
Blair Lamb
Blair Lamb is a Kentucky-grown and New York City-based musician, songwriter, and actor. She received her BFA in Musical Theatre with a minor in Piano from Northern Kentucky University and has since performed professionally worldwide. Her artistry casts a wide net, capturing everything from jazzy cocktail piano entertainment to professional children’s theatre. Blair has performed on luxury cruise ships as both a dueling pianist and a solo piano bar entertainer, drawing from a repertoire of over a thousand songs. She has also worked as a professional theatre actor across the country. Blair is an avid songwriter and consistently performs her original music in the NYC circuit. You can find her sophomore EP, ‘Two Left Feet’ on all music streaming platforms. www.blairlambmusic.com.
Elias Miller
Assistant Conductor of the Columbus Symphony, Music Director of the Columbus Symphony Youth Orchestra,
and Music Director of the Apollo Ensemble of Boston, Elias Miller has established a reputation as a leading young conductor and orchestra builder. He has worked with numerous orchestras across the United States including the New York Philharmonic, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Nashville Symphony, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Albany Symphony, assisting notable conductors such as Giancarlo Guerrero, Thomas Wilkins, Juanjo Mena, JoAnn Falletta, Scott Yoo, Carlos Miguel Prieto, and Eun Sun Kim. As the Columbus Symphony‘s Assistant Conductor, Miller regularly conducts education, pops, and community concerts with the esteemed orchestra, including in-school concerts, young people’s concerts, family concerts, holiday pops, popcorn pops, and picnic with the pops programs, “Summer Night” concerts, and the symphony’s annual concert in Ash Cave.
Together with flutist Michael Tabak, Miller co-founded the Apollo Ensemble of Boston in 2018. Under Miller’s leadership, Apollo evolved quickly from a small chamber orchestra into a full orchestra with extensive programming. Miller has since conducted Apollo in over 30 concert cycles in venues throughout the Greater Boston Area, collaborating with world-class soloists and living composers. From 2022 until 2024, Miller served as the Principal Conductor of Upbeat New Hampshire, an El Sistema USA member program. While there, Miller established an honors chamber music program and an annual week-long conducting workshop with a professional ensemble.
An active conductor of opera and oratorio, Miller conducted Festival Theater Hudson‘s inaugural performance: a staged production of Wagner’s Die Walküre (Act I) in 2021 and co-conducted a production of Philip Glass’ La Belle et la Bête, at the University of Houston’s Moores Opera Center in 2022. Between 2016 and 2019, Miller led the Harvard Early Music Society in several premieres of operatic works, including the Boston premiere of J.A. Hasse’s Alcide al Bivio, the North American premiere of Telemann’s 1745 Johannespassion, and the North American premiere of J.A. Hasse’s Sanctus Petrus et Sancta Maria Magdalena. Miller has also conducted performances of operas by Gluck, Stravinsky, William Grant Still, and Gilbert & Sullivan. Miller served as Assistant Conductor on a staged production of West Side Story – a collaboration between Opera Columbus, BalletMet, CAPA, and the Columbus Symphony – in 2025 and as the Assistant Conductor of Opera Saratoga in summer 2020.
A distinguished pianist and cellist, Miller has performed solo recitals in the United States and in Europe on both instruments and has served as a vocal coach and rehearsal pianist for many operatic productions. He holds degrees from Harvard University (A.B. in Music, summa cum laude) and the University of Michigan (M.M. in Orchestral Conducting) and completed his postgraduate studies at the University for Music and Performing Arts, Vienna. Miller’s teachers and mentors include Mark Stringer, Scott Yoo, Kenneth Kiesler, Federico Cortese, and his father, David Alan Miller.