Senior to Perform Recital March 24

A Westminster College student will perform her capstone organ recital Saturday, March 24 at 7:30 p.m. at Will W. Orr Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.

Shelley Culver a daughter of Rickey and Susan Culver, Frewsburg, New York. She is a senior sacred music and music education major and a graduate of Frewsburg Central School. While at Westminster, she studied the organ, piano, and oboe. She is a member of the American Choral Directors Association, the Music Intern Teaching Program, and the Westminster College Women's Chorus. She has been on the Dean's List for nine consecutive semesters and is a member of Pi Sigma Pi, an academic honor society. Past performances at Westminster included: the annual Halloween organ recitals, accompanying the Women's Chorus, and accompanying for many Westminster guest artists on the organ.

Culver has performed at many locations outside of Westminster College, including St. Paul's Cathedral with Dr. Hans Davidsson from the Eastman School of Music. She performed works by Scheidt, Scheidemann, and Böhm at a joint recital on the historic 1686/87 Schnitger Organ in Norden, Germany. She gave her junior recital at the First United Methodist Church in Sharon where she is a past director of the children's choir and serves as substitute organist and choir director.

Her program includes: "Praluduim in A minor, Bux WV 153" by Dietrich Buxtehude; "Trio Sonata No. 4 in E minor, BWV 528" by Johann Sebastian Bach;"A Mighty Fortress is Our God" by Martin Luther; "Symphonie pour orgue, Op. 13, No. 4" by Charles-Marie Widor; "Cantabile" by César Franck; and "La Nativite du Seigneur" by Olivier Messiaen.

The program also includes soprano Melissa Barnes, a music education major from Saline, Michigan, singing "Kleine Orgelmesse Benedictus" by Joseph Haydn with Culver on the organ.

Contact the Westminster College Music Department at (724) 946-7270 for more information.

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