Please join us for a benefit concert for the Mason Symphony Orchestra 

“ A Broadway Soiree” 

With audience favorites 

Erin Fasone, Soprano and Javier Ortiz, Bass-Baritone 

Erin Fasone is a versatile soprano who has performed opera, music theatre, and oratorio performances to great success across the United States. Her performance as Nellie Forbush in Diamond Head Theatre’s acclaimed production of South Pacific earned her a Po’okela Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical. In the 2025-2026 season, Erin appeared as the Soprano Soloist in Handel’s Messiah with The Basilica Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains in Cincinnati. Other performances included an American Art Song recital with the Art Song Preservation Society of NY, a return to the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra for a reprise of the Pops Concert Merry Christmas Darling, and choral appearances with Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, and The Bach Ensemble at St. Thomas. Favorite operetta performances include the title role in Victor Herbert’s Mademoiselle Modist, Adele in Die Fledermaus, and Natalie Zeta in The Merry Widow. Erin holds Voice Performance degrees from Westminster Choir College (MMus) and Ithaca College (BMus).  In our 2024-2025 season, Erin debuted with the MSO as a featured soloist in our winter concert,  singing Juliette’s Waltz. We are thrilled to welcome Erin back to Mason for this special performance! 

Bass-Baritone Javier Ortiz has played over 35 leading and supporting  operatic roles and has appeared as a soloist in 15 major orchestral works  with opera companies and orchestras across the U.S. He portrayed the Commendatore in Don Giovanni, Pluton in La Descente d'Orphée aux Enfers, and Colline in La Boheme with Opera Studio Nederland. Javier also performed in Mexico with the Chicago Arts Orchestra as the bass soloist in Al Combate by Ignacio Jerusalem in celebration of UNAM’s designation as a UNESCO world heritage site. Recently, Javier appeared in the filmed versions of The American Baroque Opera Company's Dido and Aeneas as Aeneas, and Opera on Tap/Playground Opera's La Cenerentola as Alidoro. He premiered the role of Gomez in Hector Armienta's Zorro at Opera Southwest. He has performed as a soloist with the Cincinnati Fusion Ensemble and in recital as a bass soloist with Melissa Toedtman on piano. And, like Erin, Javier was featured on the MSO Christmas Concert in 2024 and we look forward to hearing his “big, high-density bass-baritone”(Dallas Morning News) again on September 27th! 

Sunday, September 27, 2026 4:00 pm Lakeview United Church of Christ 8639 Columbia Road, Landen 

The City of Mason sponsors the MSO in part and this concert will benefit the MSO to help it continue with innovative and inspiring programming. As you may know, the City has challenged the MSO with certain goals to reach by October 31st in order to earn an additional generous incentive. One of these goals is “100 donors for $100 each.” We are still striving to meet that goal and hope you will consider joining our family of donors to make this possible.