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2018 update

10/6/2018

Kristen started off 2018 on New Year's Day with a week aboard the Seabourn Odyssey in the Caribbean, performing two evenings of music. She also performed aboard the Celebrity Infinity in Antarctica and then again in Mexico.

In May, she had the great pleasure of joining old friends in a concert with the Abilene Philharmonic where she sang the music of Evita, Hello Dolly, Les Miserables, and South Pacific.

Over the summer, it was off to Alaska on the Celebrity Millennium. And then Quebec and Newfoundland aboard the Seabourn Quest.

Still ahead, she will perform for the guests of the Celebrity Equinox in the Southern Caribbean and the Seabourn Sojourn in French Polynesia and the Isles of the Southern Cross.

She will also perform concerts in Scottsdale, AZ and three in Las Vegas before the year is over, including a return to the Las Vegas Philharmonic for their Christmas Pops concert, "A Classic Holiday".

"holidays from the heart" at lone star college

12/16/2017

Purchase tickets here

Saturday, December 16, 2017 at 3:00 P.M. and 7:30 P.M. (UPDATE: The 7:30pm show is SOLD OUT)
in the Recital Hall at Lone Star College - Kingwood (MUS 101)
20000 Kingwood Drive, Kingwood, TX 77339

Infinitely versatile songstress and star of Phantom of the Opera in Las Vegas, Kristen Hertzenberg, and critically-acclaimed pianist Philip Fortenberry performed "Holidays from the Heart" to sold-out crowds at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas and will bring the show to Kingwood, TX this holiday season. They will offer a delightful array of Christmas music from their album, taking audiences on a wistful journey and connecting to the true heart of the most magical time of the year.

"Holidays from the Heart" includes many favorite holiday classics like "Christmastime Is Here" from A Charlie Brown Christmas, "I Pray on Christmas," "O Holy Night," "It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," and never before heard songs, as well.

Tickets are $36 and can be purchased HERE.
A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Lake Houston Area Relief Fund.

Kingwood's own Kristen Hertzenberg is best known for her role as "Christine" in the Las Vegas production of The Phantom of the Opera and was lauded by critics for her clear soprano voice with "the strength to keep the high notes rooted in emotion." She has toured Europe in a production of the 1960s Love Rock musical Hair and has performed a series of sold-out solo concerts in Las Vegas. She has also starred in the hit Broadway musical Million Dollar Quartet on the Las Vegas strip. In 2014, Desert Companion magazine named her Best Torch Singer and many other Las Vegas publications have also taken notice, hailing her as "graceful," "gorgeously voiced," and "a singer with extraordinary vocal depth.”

Philip Fortenberry, pianist, has played for ten Broadway shows and has performed in concerts from Lincoln Center to Carnegie Hall, from the Kennedy Center to the White House. His one- man-show, “The Man at the Piano”, continues to play to sold-out houses around the country. Philip was the piano double for Michael Douglas’ award-winning performance as Liberace in the HBO biopic, “Behind the Candelabra”. Philip is the music coordinator for the Broadway Series at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas and is also the organist for Community Lutheran Church.

singing the high seas

10/29/2017

Kristen boarded the elegant Seabourn Sojourn and crossed the Pacific Ocean to French Polynesia over 12 days, performing an evening of cabaret with their stellar five-piece band.

Mary's Song of joy - an american magnificat

12/7/2016

Joined by the First Presbyterian Church choir, band, and brass ensemble, Kristen will premiere a new work, Mary's Song of Joy, by composer John L. Cornelius II.

First Presbyterian Church of Kingwood
Kingwood, TX
December 18, 2016
11:00am

Stellar evening

9/16/2016

Kristen will join the rest of the Lone Star College music faculty in this evening of music benefitting the Lone Star College - Kingwood Music Scholarship Fund.
Click here to read more about it in the Tribune newspaper:
"Stellar Evening" set by LSC-Kingwood for Sept. 17

LHMAS Annual patron celebration

9/1/2016

mcCall music society's Summerfest

6/14/2016

Kristen returns to McCall, Idaho this summer as a featured performer at their classical and pops music festival. She will join Maestro David Itkin and the SummerFest orchestra for a pops concert on July 21 and again on July 23 for a selection of classical greatest hits. She will then close the festival on July 24 with an evening of cabaret.
More info: McCall Summerfest 2016

singing the high seas

4/19/2016

Kristen boarded the Ocean Princess and sailed the Panama Canal, Costa Rica, Colombia, and Aruba for 12 days, performing an evening of cabaret with their wonderful seven-piece band.

Kingwood chorale - 100 years of broadway

2/25/2016

Kristen will join the Kingwood Chorale this spring in a tribute to the Great White Way.
Friday & Saturday, May 6 & 7, 2016
7:30 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church of Kingwood
Tickets are $20 ($15 for students and seniors) and are available here: Kingwood Chorale Tickets

singing the high seas

1/21/2016

Kristen boarded the luxurious Crystal Symphony and sailed along the coast of Argentina for six days, performing an evening of cabaret with their fabulous 7 piece band.