Event
Broadway Standing Ovations
Naples Philharmonic Pops
Naples Philharmonic
Jack Everly, principal pops conductor
Katie Scarlett Swaney, vocalist
Principal Pops Conductor Jack Everly, the Naples Philharmonic and special guest vocalist Katie Scarlett Swaney serve as your tour guides through the best of Broadway. Featuring the songs you know and love from classic and contemporary musicals, this program of showstoppers brings some of Broadway’s most celebrated moments to life with style, warmth and theatrical flair.
The Naples Philharmonic Pops series is generously endowed by Mike and Anne Armstrong.
Jack Everly’s appearance as Principal Pops Conductor is generously endowed by John W.* and Jeanne M. Rowe.
* Deceased
Naples Philharmonic
Naples Philharmonic
Founded in 1982, the Naples Philharmonic normally performs over 140 orchestral and chamber concerts, as well as opera and ballet, education, community and special event concerts from September through June each year.
Meet the Musicians
Alexander Shelley
Artistic and Music Director Meet Alexander
Jack Everly
Principal Pops Conductor Meet Jack
James Ehnes
Artistic Partner Meet James
Manuel López-Gómez
Associate Conductor Meet Manuel
Jack Everly
Jack Everly
Principal Pops Conductor
Jack Everly is the principal pops conductor of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the Naples Philharmonic and the National Arts Centre Orchestra (Ottawa). He previously served as principal pops conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for 17 seasons. He has conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, the San Francisco Symphony and numerous appearances with The Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom Music Center.
Celebrating his 14th anniversary as music director of the National Memorial Day Concert and A Capitol Fourth on PBS, Jack proudly leads the National Symphony Orchestra in these patriotic celebrations on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. These concerts attract hundreds of thousands of attendees on the lawn, and the broadcasts reach millions of viewers and are some of the highest-rated programming on PBS television.
Meet Jack
Katie Scarlett Swaney
Katie Scarlett Swaney
Katie Scarlett Swaney is a New York City-based performer originally from Indianapolis, Indiana. Swaney earned a BFA in musical theater with a minor in arts management from Indiana University in 2020. Regional credits include Chicago (Ensemble, Roxie u/s) and A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Phoebe D’Ysquith) at Arizona Broadway Theatre; West Side Story (Graziela) and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Ensemble, Featured Wife) at The Argyle Theatre; and Bonnie and Clyde (Bonnie), Jersey Boys (Mary, Ensemble) and Something Rotten! (Ensemble) at Bigfork Summer Playhouse. Additional work includes Newsies (Katherine, Dance Captain) with Constellation Stage and Screen and Cardinal Stage Company, as well as Waitress, Frozen and Barnum at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina.
Swaney has also appeared as a featured artist with orchestras including the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Naples Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. University credits include Wonderful Town (Eileen), City of Angels (Angel City Four, Soprano) and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Olive).
Swaney is known for a bright, collaborative presence and a grounded, energetic approach to performance.
