Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Lindsay Byers, Westminster College senior music education major, will present her capstone recital Saturday, Dec. 2, at 3 p.m. in Wallace Memorial Chapel.
Byers' program includes: "Music for Awhile" by Henry Purcell; "Beau soir" by Claude Debussy; "Les Fantoches" from Fetes gallants; "Del Cabello" by Fernando Obradors; "Kaddisch" by Maurice Ravel; "Er, de Herrlichste von Allen," No. 2 by Robert Schumann; "Una Voce Poco Fa" by Gioacchino Rossini; "Must the Winter Come So Soon?" by Samuel Barber; "South of France: A Nun's Life" by Richard Pearson Thomas; "The Metropolitan Tower" by Lori Laitman; and "A Sleepin' Bee" by Harold Arlen.
Byers is a daughter of David and Rosemarie Byers, Clarence, N.Y., and a graduate of Clarence Central High School. She has studied voice with Dr. Anne Hagan Bentz, Westminster assistant professor of music, for three years and with Robert Vehar of Snyder, N.Y., for two years. During her time at Westminster, she has appeared in many opera roles including Hansel in Hansel and Gretel, and sings alto in concert choir and chamber singers. Byers is a member of Pennsylvania Collegiate Music Educators Association and the Westminster College chapter of the American Choral Directors Association.
Contact the Department of Music at (724) 946-7270 for more information.
