From Avenue A to Broadway: Songs and Stories of Tin Pan Alley
July 17, 2025 | 8 p.m. | Wilks Studio at Music Hall
Presented in Collaboration with
Queen City Cabaret
Meet the Artists
Featuring
Queen City Cabaret
Sarah Folsom • Vocalist
Matthew Umphreys • Piano
With
Victoria Okafor • Soprano
Simon Barrad • Baritone
Tonight's Program
| Fig Leaf Rag (1908) | Scott Joplin | |
| Puttin' on the Ritz (1929) / Top Hat, White Tie, and Tails (1935)* | Irving Berlin | |
| Ain't Misbehavin' (1929)* | Fat Walker & Harry Brooks Lyricist: Andy Razaf | |
| After the Ball (1891) | Charles K. Harris | |
| We Sat Beneath the Maple on the Hill (1880)* | Gussie L. Davis Arr. Matthew Umphreys & Sarah Folsom | |
| Alexander's Ragtime Band (1911)* | Irving Berlin | |
| What'll I Do (1923)* | Irving Berlin | |
| St. Louis Blues (1914)* | W. C. Handy | |
| Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (1922)* | John Turner Layton Jr. & Henry Creamer | |
| Skylark (1941)* | Hoagy Carmichael & Johnny Mercer | |
| Everybody Loves My Baby (But My Baby Don't Love Nobody But Me) (1924)* | Spencer Williams & Jack Palmer |
INTERMISSION
| Can't We Be Friends? (1929) | Kay Swift & Paul James Arr. Matthew Umphreys | |
| Pick Yourself Up (1936)* | Jerome Kern & Dorothy Fields | |
| Starlight (Help Me Find The One I Love) (1931)* | Joe Young & Bernice Petkere | |
| Stormy Weather (1933) | Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler Arr. Kay Swift (1946) | |
| Bay mir bistu sheyu (1932) / Bei Mir Bist Du Schön (1937) | Original Yiddish Composer: Sholom Secunda | |
| Abi Gezunt (1938) / A Bee Gezindt (1939) | Sholom Secunda & Wolf Segal English Version: Cab Calloway | |
Shvayg mayn harts (1935) / Nature Boy (1948) | Herman Yablokoff & Eden Ahbez | |
Belz (1932) / That Wonderful Girl of Mine (1949) / Anatevka (1964) | "Belz" | |
| Give My Regards to Broadway (1904)* | George M. Cohan | |
| When You're Smiling (1928)* | Larry Shay & Mark Fisher | |
| Happy Days Are Here Again (1929)* | Milton Ager & Jack Yellen | |
| Blue Skies (1926)* | Irving Berlin |
* Arranged by Matthew Umphreys and Sarah Folsom
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Tonight's event will be broadcast in fall 2025 on 90.9 WGUC.