West Virginia University at Parkersburg and Artsbridge will host “Live, Laugh, Love,” on Friday, Nov. 22, at 7:30 p.m., in the College Activities Center. The event is free and open to the public, but donations to the Luke Frazier Scholarship Fund can be made through Artsbridge.

Broadway stars Hilary Morrow, Evan LaChance and Kevin Rose will perform songs from Broadway, the Great American Songbook and more while conductor Luke Frazier leads the American Pops Orchestra.

Frazier, named one of the “Top 40 Under 40” by Washingtonian Magazine, is a Parkersburg South High School and West Virginia University graduate. He was the first-ever student selected for the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra’s (WVSO) Andrew and Amy Vaughan Student Symphonic Fellowship. The program develops and encourages West Virginia high school students interested in pursuing a career as professional musicians, educators, composers or conductor by allowing fellows to sit alongside WVSO musicians in rehearsals, attend concerts and meet and interact with guest artists.

Frazier has also conducted at venues including the Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, The White House, Kravis Center, The Kennedy Center and more.

“We are very fortunate to have an opportunity to have Luke Frazier, a product of the fine music education program in the Wood County Schools, returning to produce a free concert for his local community,” WVU Parkersburg Professor of Music, Dr. H.G. Young said. “We are thrilled he will be bringing another wonderful program here.”

Founded in 2015 by Frazier, the American Pops Orchestra is comprised of musicians from Washington, D.C., and New York City that use innovative musical concepts to breathe new life into classic tunes. Frazier leads the organization to provide public concerts as part of a mission to share the joy of music will all members of the community.

The company will tour schools in the Mid-Ohio Valley for a week, visiting Wood, Jackson, Pleasants and Ritchie counties in West Virginia, then Belpre and Little Hocking schools will be attending Warren local schools in Ohio. The tour is sponsored by Artsbridge.

The concert is free to the public and does not require tickets for entry.

For more information, contact Dr. H.G. Young at HG.Young@wvup.edu or 304-424-8248.