Student to Give Senior Capstone Recital

Mezzo-soprano JoAnne Johnston, a Westminster College senior music and business administration major, will perform her capstone senior recital Monday, April 23, at 7 p.m. in Wallace Memorial Chapel.

Her program includes: Giovanni Pergolesi's "Three Stizzoso, mio Stizzoso" from La Serva Padrona; Giacomo Puccini's "In Quelle Trine Morbide" from Manon Lescaut; Gabriel Fauré's "Chanson d'Amour;" Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's "Nachtwanderer;" Clara Schumann's "Ihr Bildnis;" Hugo Wolf's "Schlafendes Jesukind;" Alec Rowley's "Mystical Songs;" Roger Quilter's "Three Songs of the Sea, Op.1;" George Gershwin's "Summertime" from Porgy and Bess; and Rodgers and Hammerstein's "You'll Never Walk Alone" from Carousel. The program is accompanied by Kathryn Miller, college organist, on the piano.

Johnston is a daughter of Gerald and Suzanne Johnston, Brookville, and a graduate of Clarion-Limestone High School. While at Westminster, Johnston has been a director's assistant and member of the chorus for Opera Westminster, and sang in the Women's Chorus and Concert Choir, which toured Spain in January. She also is a member of the Westminster Cross Country Team, the Argo staff, and Kappa Delta sorority.

The concert is free and open to the public. Contact the Westminster College Department of Music at (724) 946-7270 for more information.

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