Looking for some hot stuff? The Muse Machine salutes Donna Summer, Adele, The Beatles and more with the pop-driven “Too Darn Hot: The Songs of Summer,” the arts education organization’s 16th annual summer concert to be held Thursday at the Victoria Theatre.

Although the infectious Cole Porter title is borrowed from the Muse’s 2005 summer concert and will be heard again, this year’s flavorful showcase, featuring nearly 200 Muse students and alumni, is a fresh creation notably embracing multiple eras and genres bound to please various tastes.

Conceived by producer Douglas Merk with choreography by New Orleans-based dancer Lula Elzy and music direction by Timothy Olt, “Too Darn Hot” will offer the standard Broadway fare exemplifying the Muse pedigree (including “Steam Heat” from “The Pajama Game,” the title tune from “Singin’ in the Rain” and “It’s Hot Up Here” from “Sunday in the Park With George”) while paying homage to Motown (“My Girl”), Burt Bacharach (“Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head”), James Taylor (“Fire and Rain”), Peggy Lee (“Fever”) and Vivaldi (the fourth movement of “The Four Seasons”) along the way. Additionally, in a rare yet beneficial move, organizers invited the public to recommend songs for the eclectic evening, which promises clever arrangements and unique conceptual flow.

“Sometimes the trick is bringing variety to something that wasn’t looking for variety,” Merk said. “There might be a sequence in which a string section goes on stage, and the sound we bring to it is what’s going to sew the songs together. We also needed different colors of summertime, and Lula brought us Sam Cooke’s version of ‘Summertime.’ The original has such a clear, heartbreaking color, but that could not be the one and only color for our summertime story, which follows a couple during different stages. This concert is also the most wide-ranging we’ve ever had. We go as far back as the 1700s with Vivaldi, suggested by the general public, to a recent piece, written by alumnus Micah Trout, published only a few months ago.”

“Several songs are going to hit every generation,” added choral director Ann Snyder. “Whether rock ‘n’ roll and R&B, from The Beach Boys to the Eurythmics, everybody will hopefully walk out of the concert happy we did a song they love. And I truly feel we have one of the most talented summer concert casts. They have a passion for the arts. They have a passion for singing and dancing. They are so team-oriented and love being together.”

With a rehearsal period of only two weeks, a flurry of activity filled the Muse studio downtown a week ago as the cast had fast-moving sessions with Elzy and Snyder. Under Elzy’s rapt guidance, the dance ensemble exhibited great partnering and lively footwork for the title tune, which features a solo by Fairborn High School grad Cameron Hale Elliott, who portrayed the title character in the Muse production of “The Wizard of Oz” earlier this year and will major in theater at Miami University.

“This concert is really cool,” Elliott said. “There is so much more involved in the winter musical in terms of acting and characterization, but the summer concerts are all about the songs, which we can stylize ourselves.”

Prime examples of the concert’s vocally rich stylizing, meticulously overseen by the exuberant Snyder, include Kettering-Fairmont High School grad and Wright State University vocal performance major Monique Cooper’s evocatively sublime rendition of “Set Fire to the Rain” and Miami Valley School senior Michael Anthony Canada Jr.’s smooth R&B inflections simmering throughout “Blame It on the Boogie.”

“This is my first summer show,” said Canada, the Scarecrow understudy in “The Wizard of Oz.” “The process is extremely hectic, and it’s a lot to juggle in two weeks. But Muse is like an extreme getaway, perfect for musical theater lovers. It’s time-consuming and a lot of work, but you make so many long-lasting friendships. It’s a great place to be.”

“Too Darn Hot” will conclude the Muse’s 30th anniversary on a nostalgic note, but in typical Muse fashion, bold musicality remains key to exploring new possibilities for performers and audience alike.

“One of the things our creative team is good at is taking songs and reinventing them,” said Muse alum/videographer David Sherman. “They find ways to reimagine songs in different scenarios. It also helps that the creative team comes from different backgrounds, and in terms of the summer concerts, all of their interests collide to create a really great variety.

“Instead of fighting the heat, Muse has decided to celebrate it.”