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Several Westminster College students and faculty will sing in the "Opera Italiana" Wednesday, April 13, at 7:30 p.m. at Orr Auditorium.
"We are featuring scenes from operas by Donizetti, Rossini, Puccini, and Verdi with English introductions," said Dr. Anne Bentz, stage director and assistant professor of music at Westminster. "This is an exciting program with exciting stories full of drama, mystery, and comedy. This evening is truly an entertaining evening of beautiful music."
Several faculty members will join the students in the chorus. They are: Dr. John Bonomo, associate professor of computer science; Dr. Beverly Cushman, assistant professor of religion and Christian education; Dr. Warren Hickman, professor of mathematics; Dr. Frederick Horn, professor of English Emeritus; Dr. Jesse Mann, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college; Dr. Jamie McMinn, assistant professor of psychology; and Glenn Smith, duplicating clerk. The music director/conductor is Mihai Vilcu and the pianist is Marie Libal-Smith.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Bentz at (724) 946-6045 or e-mail bentzah@westminster.edu.
Westminster College has several events on campus to honor the birth of Martin Luther King Jr.
Sunday, Jan. 22, at 7 p.m. – A Vespers service in Wallace Memorial Chapel will feature the Rev. Angel De La Cruz, a Presbyterian pastor from the Word Centered Fellowship. Under the direction of Cynthia Ragster, the Shenango Valley Praise Team will provide special music at the service. A reception will follow worship.
"Angel became a Presbyterian pastor after his experience at the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and has led Word Centered to become the first new church commissioned by the Shenango Prestbytery in 80 years," said the Rev. James Mohr, chaplain of Westminster College. "Word Centered is a multi-ethnic, charismatic church."
"Westminster Titan radio will broadcast the worship service live," said Dr. David Barner, chair of the Department of Communication Studies, Theatre, and Art. "For those who do not receive the 88.9 FM signal, the service can also be heard via computer by going to www.titanradio.net and then clicking on the radio logo to listen.
Following the Vespers broadcast, Titan Radio will feature the "Covenant" show hosted by Brian Campbell, a senior broadcast communications major from Grove City and Pam Marlowe, a sophomore broadcast communications major from Harmony.
"This show, featuring Christian music and talk about the artists, fits in with the Christian ideals of Westminster College," Marlow said. "This show is Brian's senior project idea, so this is its first year to air."
Monday, Jan. 23 at 11:40 a.m. – Chapel service will be led by members of the Westminster College Gospel Choir, under the direction of Manny Henderson. After the service, there will be MLK birthday cake in the McKelvey Campus Center TUB, and the Westminster dining facilities will have an international food celebration, sponsored by Sodexho Marriott.
Wednesday, Jan. 25, at 11:40 a.m. – Prayer and reflection time in the Chapel will be dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. He will be highlighted in a special video.
Thursday, Jan. 26, at 7 p.m. – The Westminster College Gospel Choir will give a concert in the Chapel.
The events are sponsored by the Westminster College Chapel Office and the Office of Diversity Services.
Contact Mohr at (724) 946-7116 or e-mail mohrjr@westminster.edu or Jeannette Hooks, director of Diversity Serivces (724) 946-0236 or e-mail hooksj@westminster.edu for more information.
The Westminster College Horn Ensemble will give a Christmas concert Tuesday, Dec. 2, at 7:30 p.m. in Orr Auditorium.
Sharon R. Rotuna, voice instructor and director of the Women's Choir at Westminster College, will give a concert Tuesday, May 1, at 7:30 p.m. in Orr Auditorium.
Two Westminster College faculty quintets, the Brass Quintet and the Woodwind Quintet, will present an "Evening of Chamber Music" Tuesday, Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Wallace Memorial Chapel.
Dr. M. Keen Compher, Jr., professor of biology at Westminster College, will discuss his recent research on fossils at Faculty Forum Wednesday, Feb. 6, at 11:45 a.m. in Patterson Hall room 311.
Compher spent his spring 2001 sabbatical at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History as a research associate in paleontology, and is producing "A Photographic Manual of Selected Interbrate Fossils of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History."
Thirty-six Westminster College students are included in the 2007 edition of Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.
Opera Westminster will present "The Gypsy Baron" by Johann Strauss Tuesday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in Orr Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.
Westminster College has launched a waiting list due to a record number of students wanting to enroll at the 156-year-old, private, liberal arts college in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania.
Peggy Cox, Westminster College professor of art, will talk about "Make Mine Super-Size...Creating a Mural" or "The Mural that Ate Manhattan (New Wilmington)" at Faires Faculty Forum Wednesday, March 4, at 11:40 a.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater in the McKelvey Campus Center.
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