She’s Got Soul

Pops Concerts, 2024-2025 Season

She’s Got Soul

Sep 14
Saturday
7:30 PM
Century II Concert Hall

featuring Capathia Jenkins, vocalist and Lucas Waldin, guest conductor

Returning to Wichita after her sensational performance in Aretha: A Tribute, powerhouse vocalist Capathia Jenkins brings She’s Got Soul to the Concert Hall. Featuring some of the greatest hits of R&B and soul including “I Will Always Love You,” “Rolling in the Deep,” “Ain’t Nobody,” and more.

This concert will have you moving and grooving in celebration of 80 years of the Wichita Symphony!

 

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Capathia Jenkins

About Capathia Jenkins

Capathia Jenkins can definitely act but all those who know her also know that this diva can blow and blow and blow you right off this planet. This woman who grappling with two dueling passions each with a strong grip: acting and music, yet she refuses to pick one because they both represent her soul. Capathia approaches a song the same way she approaches a script, like an artist. She looks for the nuances, the secret hidden within the notes or text. She seeks the melody, harmony and rhythm. She asks herself: what am I trying to say? What do I want my audience to experience with me? She wants to take her audience on a journey.

This Brooklyn-born and raised actress most recently starred as ‘Medda’ in the hit Disney production of Newsies’ on Broadway. She made her Broadway debut in The Civil War, where she created the role of Harriet Jackson. She then starred in the Off-Broadway 2000 revival of Godspell, where she wowed audiences with her stirring rendition of ‘Turn Back, O Man’ which can still be heard on the original cast recording. She returned to Broadway in The Look of Love and was critically acclaimed for her performances of the Bacharach/David hits. Ms. Jenkins then created the roles of ‘The Washing Machine’ in Caroline, Or Change and ‘Frieda May’ in Martin Short-Fame becomes me where she sang ‘Stop the Show’ and brought the house down every night.

Learn more at capathiajenkins.com.

Lucas Waldin

About Lucas Waldin

Lucas Waldin is a dynamic and versatile conductor whose performances have delighted audiences across North America. He has collaborated with some of today’s most exciting artists including Carly Rae Jepsen, Ben Folds, The Canadian Brass and Buffy Sainte-Marie, in addition to conducting presentations such as Disney in Concert, Blue Planet Live, Cirque de la Symphony, and the groundbreaking symphonic debut of R&B duo Dvsn as part of the global Red Bull Music Festival.

Waldin has been a guest conductor for numerous orchestras in the U.S. and Canada, including the Cleveland Orchestra, the Houston Symphony, the Dallas Symphony, the Grant Park Festival Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony, the Seattle Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, the Vancouver Symphony, the Calgary Philharmonic and the Toronto Symphony.

A native of Toronto, Canada, Waldin holds degrees in flute and conducting from the Cleveland Institute of Music. Learn more at lucaswaldin.ca.

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