NIGHT RANGER – 40 Years And A Night with Contemporary Youth Orchestra (2023)
NIGHT RANGER had a one of a kind performance at the Key Bank State Theatre in Cleveland on November 9th 2022 as they performed their entire show with the Contemporary Youth Orchestra. CYO is made up of 90+ musicians aged 12 to 18, representing more than 40 schools in Ohio. It has grown to include a full orchestra, wind, string and percussion ensembles. The students performed alongside Night Ranger on all 15 of their songs this night.
Contemporary Youth Orchestra, founded in 1995, aims to give students the opportunity to work and perform both new and contemporary orchestral music. One of the regular projects of the Cleveland-based CYO has been to collaborate with well-known pop and rock acts such as Jefferson Starship, Styx, Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, and Kenny Loggins (among others) for orchestral concerts featuring the artists’ work. It’s a slightly different arrangement of their music in which the orchestra works with the composer to develop the full orchestral performance.
This show was unlike any other Night Ranger show, now being released by Frontiers Music as “40 Years And A Night with Contemporary Youth Orchestra“. These unique renditions of their greatest hits were for the first time ever – performed with an entire symphonic orchestra. The setlist combined the band’s classics, new songs and covers, and all of this together is what made this a truly once in a lifetime Night Ranger concert event.
1. Intro
2. (You Can Still) Rock In America
3. Four In The Morning
4. Sing Me Away
5. Call My Name
6. Sentimental Street
7. High Road
8. Night Ranger
9. Goodbye
10. When You Close Your Eyes
11. Don’t Tell Me You Love Me
12. Sister Christian
Jack Blades – Vocals, Bass
Kelly Keagy – Vocals, Drums
Brad Gillis – Lead & Rhythm Guitars
Eric Levy – Keyboards
Keri Kelli – Lead & Rhythm Guitars
Contemporary Youth Orchestra
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