On February 28, the four OCU choirs combined for their Winter Choral Concert, led by Dr. Randi Von Ellefson and Professor Tony Gonzalez with collaborative artists John L. Edwards, Jean Shackleton, and Donald Tullius. The University Chorale started the concert with, “Even When He is Silent” by Kim Andre Arnesen, directed by student conductor Raeslyn…
Opinion: Adam LaPorte’s “Sad Songs” a reminder of the good things
Columnist Francesca Iacovacci reviews the new song “Sad Songs” by Adam LaPorte, featuring the Music and Theater class of 2020.
Vocal performance student wins scholarship
A vocal performance student recently won a scholarship for a full year of tuition from the Wanda L. Bass School of Music.
‘Passionate,’ ‘violent’ baroque opera takes the stage this weekend
The Coronation of Poppea, a baroque opera, opens in the Burg Theater this weekend.
Two operas open this weekend, sharing the stage
The first production of the mainstage opera season will open Friday, Nov. 14.The production will differ from past shows, as two one-act operas will be performed on the same evening, instead of one.
Kelli O’Hara Masterclass
Kelli O’Hara, Broadway performer, four time Tony Award nominee, and OCU alum, shows the different vocal techniques used differing styles of music while working with Sarah Feist, vocal performance and musical theatre freshman, while Jan McDaniel, professor of music, looks on during O’Hara’s masterclass Monday afternoon in the Petree Recital Hall of the Wanda L. Bass Music Center.
Photo: James Murphy
Street Scene
Lucas Tarrant, vocal performance senior, Brett Bode, vocal performance and musical theatre senior, Brennan Martinez, vocal performance and musical theatre freshman, Anna Bookout, vocal performance senior, and Shannon Rookey, vocal performance senior, gossip about the possibility of their neighbor having an affair during a dress rehearsal for Kurt Weill’s Street Scene Wednesday night in the Kirkpatrick Auditorium of the Kirkpatrick Fine Arts Center.
Photo: James Murphy
‘Recollections’ presents one-act operas
OCU OPERAtions presents Recollections, a short performance of three one-act operas, this weekend.
OPERAtions will present two new chamber operas, Angry Birdsong and Benedicta, both by Milton Granger, and a better-known opera, The Face on the Barroom Floor, by Henry Mollicone.
