SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2026, AT 7 P.M.

VICTORY THEATRE

CONCERT SPONSORS Phil & Linda Palmer Fassett Dr. Lee & Kirsten Wagmeister MUSIC SPONSOR

GUEST ARTIST SPONSORS Anonymous Dr. Reinaldo and Mrs. Karan Pastora ​ ​​

EVANSVILLE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Roger Kalia, Conductor

6-PIECE ROCK BAND

Susie Major, Lead Vocals

Jacob “Quist” Quistgaard, Guitar 1/Vocals

Derek Day, Guitar 2/Vocals

Allison “Rocky Rose” Piccioni, Keys

Dan Rothchild, Bass Guitar

Tom Polce, Drums

With

Walter Ino, Lead Guitarist/Backup Vocals/Music Director/Charts Arranger

Program

Rolling Stones: Bittersweet Symphony

Led Zeppelin (arr. Walter Ino): Kashmir

Journey (orch. Richard Maslove): Separate Ways

Pat Benatar (orch. Ryan Shirar): Shadows of the Night

Kiss (arr./orch. Walter Ino): Rock and Roll All Night

Heart (arr. Richard Maslove): Heartless/Barracuda Medley 

Led Zeppelin (arr. Walter Ino): All of My Love

Journey (orch. Richard Maslove): Stone In Love

Led Zeppelin (orch. Walter Ino): Stairway to Heaven
 
INTERMISSION

Bon Jovi: Livin on a Prayer

Scorpions (arr./orch. Walter Ino): Rock You Like a Hurricane

Joan Jett and The Blackhearts (arr. Richard Maslove): I Love Rock and Roll

Starship (orch. Ryan Shirar): Sara

Boston (orch. Ryan Shirar): Boston Medley (Long Time/More Than A Feeling)

Aerosmith (orch. Richard Maslove): Dream On

Lynyrd Skynyrd (arr./orch. Walter Ino): Freebird

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Audiences experience some of the greatest rock songs of all time in a show jam-packed with hits from some of the greatest bands of all time. A Night of Symphonic Rock combines a star-studded rock band with the might of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, a powerful combination that has led to sold-out audiences across North America. Produced by TCG Entertainment. 

Susie Major, Lead Vocals

Susie Major, front-person, songwriter had her start in local bands at the age of 16, as one normally does, in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Her first professional taste was when a Warner Brothers executive, Ben Sebastion was out scouting for artists for the label. Sebastion was referred to Susie while she was in a band in Las Vegas and brought the band to L.A. to the world famous Record Plant to record a four song EPK. The Sebastian family was known for creating B movies and music documentaries. They used the EPK for the cult horror movie, Roctober Blood, as well as having Susie record the main song, “Rainbow Eyes”. She has also performed on numerous songs for the recent SyFy Channel phenom, Sharknado. Susie has been writing with and fronting various local L.A. bands. She has shared the stagewith Queensryche, UFO, The Tubes, Eddie Money, Great White, MSO, John Waite, and Lita Ford. In 2019 she created RagDolls - a tribute to the music of Aerosmith which performs nationally.

Jacob “Quist” Quistgaard, Guitar 1/Vocals 

Quist - aka Jacob Quistgaard - is an award-winning guitarist, composer & artist based in Los Angeles, USA.
 
Born in Denmark, Quist moved to the United Kingdom in his teens. He toured the world for several years as lead guitarist with British rock legend and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Bryan Ferry (Roxy Music) - featuring on his latest album Avonmore, alongside Nile Rodgers, Mark Knopfler, Johnny Marr, Flea and Marcus Miller. Quist has toured internationally for over a decade - performing everywhere from The Hollywood Bowl, to The Royal Albert Hall, to Coachella, Glastonbury and Abbey Road Studios. 
 
With 200+ million views on YouTube, Quist loves to interact with his growing online audience, through his music, jam tracks & guitar improvisations.
 
In recent years, Quist has also blossomed as an artist, producer & composer - seeing his music featured on major playlists, as well as on Netflix, Hulu and many TV shows around the world.

Derek Day, Guitar 2/Vocals

Instagram-@derekdaymusic

Hailing from Los Angeles, California, Derek Day is a Singer, Songwriter, and Multi-Instrumentalist blending the power of Rock N’ Roll with R&B, Soul, Punk, and Pop. Often described as a fusion of Prince, AC/DC, Freddie Mercury, and David Bowie.

Derek’s electrifying performances captivate audiences with theatrical energy. From busking on the streets of Santa Monica at 13 to headlining iconic venues like The Whisky A Go Go and The Viper Room.

Derek’s journey has been marked by relentless passion and a magnetic stage presence. He’s performed alongside legends like Steve Vai, Ted Nugent, Slash, and Living Colour, and in 2018 became the frontman for Classless Act, a high-energy rock band.

Derek has toured with Joan Jett, Poison, Def Leppard, and Mötley Crüe and shared unforgettable moments like performing with Foo Fighters and Mötley Crüe at the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Show at The Forum in Los Angeles.

In 2023 - 2024 he was on tour with Classless Act, opening for Adelitas Way and Sebastian Bach, he also performs solo or with his eclectic trio, redefining Rock N’ Roll at every stop.

His artistry extends beyond the stage, contributing as an associated performer /backing vocals to Mötley Crüe’s upcoming single, Dogs of War, and collaborating with Stephen Perkins (Jane’s Addiction) and Scott Page (Pink Floyd) for reinterpretations of Pink Floyd.

Derek’s solo career continues to rise with tracks like "Social Kitten" and "Face Me," and he’s set to release a six-song album in Spring 2025.

Endorsed by Cream Guitars, Vega Trim, Fender, and Yamaha, Derek Day embodies the soul of modern Rock N’ Roll, fusing diverse influences into an electrifying sound straight from the streets of LA.

Allison “Rocky Rose” Piccioni, Keys

Instagram-@rockyrosemusic

Originally from Ohio, Allison Piccioni (AKA Rocky Rose) is currently a Los Angeles multi-instrumentalist film composer, orchestrator, arranger, performing artist, synth programmer, singer/songwriter, recording and touring musician. 

She graduated from Berklee College of Music with a BA of Music in Film Scoring and achieved her Master's of Music in Composition for Screen from the Royal College of Music, London.

Allison is a film composer and Professor of Composition for Screen & Orchestration. "This Changes Everything", the latest documentary fronted by Geena Davis that she wrote the music for, is now streaming on Netflix! This documentary takes a deep look at gender disparity in Hollywood through the eyes of well-known actresses and female film makers. 

Allison is the touring keyboardist for Persian pop star Siavash Ghomayshi, hitting 6 countries in 2019 and heading back to Istanbul September 2021. She also played on a national tour for the Broadway musical Evita, playing over 72 shows in 30 venues across a 17,000 mile span of the United States. 

Allison performs as a keyboardist, synth wizard, singer, alto saxophonist, guitarist and bassist. As a recording musician, she has recorded with Burl Audio at The Village, East West Studios, and Woodshed Studio and has worked with 4 time Grammy award winning producer Rob Carranza as well as Grammy award winning producer Matt Champlin amongst countless other studio projects.

Allison is proud to officially be a Burl Audio Featured Artist amongst a list of music legends! Stay tuned for more recordings and video footage from recent Burl Events. 

She is endorsed by Get'm Get'm Accessories and models the newest line of saxophone straps and is a brand ambassador for Blenders Eyewear - use code rockyrosemusic for a discount!

Dan Rothchild, Bass Guitar

Instagram- @danrothchild

Dan Rothchild has toured extensively with Heart, Beck, Shakira, Robby Krieger of The Doors, Melissa Etheridge, and many others. He has recorded with Stevie Nicks, Sheryl Crow, Fiona Apple, Tonic, and hundreds of others. He produced Better Than Ezra’s platinum-selling debut album Deluxe, co-produced Heart’s 2016 album Beautiful Broken, and the debut album of Nancy Wilson’s band Roadcase Royale, of which he was also a founding member. He was the bassist and a background vocalist in the 2018 film and recording project Echo In The Canyon.

Tom Polce, Drums

Instagram-@channel71_v2

Tom is a Connecticut native before moving to Boston, Tom studied at New England Conservatory and Berklee College of music as a Jazz Performance Major before becoming a fixture in the 90’s Boston music scene as a drummer and producer, performing as a member in bands and for solo artists such as Letters to Cleo and Bill Janovitz. Tom has produced and/ or performed with many acclaimed musical artists such Bob Dylan, and Eddie Vedder.

With

Walter Ino, Lead Guitarist/Backup Vocals/Music Director/Charts Arranger

Walter Ino is a Los Angeles based stage and studio multi-instrumentalist with decades of touring and recording experience, hailing from Pittsburgh where he was originally classically trained in piano. He is currently the keyboardist/guitarist/music director for Tommy DeCarlo, the Singer of Boston and also the keyboardist for Asia featuring John Payne and also currently the keyboardist/sax/guitarist for the Voices of Classic Rock show, which features legendary singers Lou Gramm (Foreigner), Steve Augeri (Journey), John Elefante (Kansas), Bill Champlin (Chicago), Fran Cosmo (Boston) and many more. 

He recently spent 2018-early 2019 as the lead guitar player for Eagles of Death Metal. He spent 2011-2018 as a member of the multi-platinum, grammy award winning band Survivor, playing keyboards, guitars and singing background vocals. He also currently tours as the keyboardist with legendary band The Babys, touring occasionally as the guitarist with Wilson Phillips, and is also musical director and orchestrator for “The Music of Led Zeppelin with Orchestra”, “A Night of Symphonic Rock”, “A Night of Symphonic Metal” and “Rewind”, a national orchestral rock show featuring members of Starship, Foreigner, Berlin, Survivor, MSG, and more. You can also see him as a rotating member of the award-winning Las Vegas and Branson show “Raiding The Rock Vault” featuring band members from Heart, Bad Company, Whitesnake, Bon Jovi, Ozzy Osbourne, Billy Idol, and more. Walter is also the guitarist for an all-star tribute to the music of the band Rush called “A Farewell To Kings” featuring Brian Tichy of Whitesnake, Francesco DiCosmo of Thin Lizzy, and Jonathan Sindelman of the Alan White band.

You can catch Walter playing in and around the L. A. area on a weekly basis. He plays keys, guitar or bass in weekly bar band gigs alongside LA and Orange county’s finest musicians, such as Dizzy Reed (Guns-n-Roses), Eric Dover (Jellyfish/Slash’s Snakepit), Frank Simes (The Who, Roger Daltrey), members of Buckcherry, Wallflowers, Fuel, Melissa Etheridge, Billy Idol, Duran Duran, Zappa, Lisa Loeb, Quiet Riot, Ace Frehley, Mr. Big, Jefferson Starship, Jerry Garcia band, Metalocalypse, Galaktikon, LA Guns, Stevie Knicks, Ben Harper, Foreigner, Whitesnake, Steve Vai, Beck, Melissa Etheridge, Edgar Winter, Z02, Five for Fighting, Lita Ford, Spock’s Beard, Asia, Avril Lavigne, Cassidey Pope, Vertical Horizon, Five for Fighting, and many more. He also runs his own studio “Secret Asian Man Studios” where he has produced many artists of different styles, mixes for various artists or also writes and records music for TV and movies, including music for Hallmark Channel, USA network, Discovery Channel and more. He also plays with his original rock Trio occasionally in and around L.A.