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Shenandoah Professor to Give Recital at Westminster

Posted on Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Dr. Kathryn Green, an associate professor of music at Shenandoah University, will give a recital Monday, March 6, at 7:30 p.m. in Wallace Memorial Chapel.

 "She possesses a warm and expressive contralto voice," said Dr. Robin Lind, director of choral activities at Westminster College.  "She will sing a variety of music from classical to popular selections and will be accompanied by Dr. Nancy DeSalvo [chair and assistant professor of music at Westminster College] on the piano."

 The program includes: "Qui Sedes" by J. S. Bach; "Chanson de Bilitis" by Claude Debussy; three songs by Richard Strauss; "La Rosa y El Sauce" by Carlos Guastavino; "Dirait-on" by Morten Lauridsen; and "Mon Coeur s'ourvre a ta voix" by Camille Saint-Saens.  Musical theatre and jazz selections will include: "Ain't Misbehavin'," "Send in the Clowns," "The Man that got away," "Can't help lovin' dat man," "This Moment," and "God Bless the Child."

 While at Westminster, Green will also give a masterclass for Westminster voice students Tuesday, March 7, at 2 p.m. in Wallace Memorial Chapel.

 Green earned her undergraduate degree from California State University, her master's from the University of Oregon, and her D.M.A. from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.  She received the Ruth Lorraine Close award for graduate studies at University of Oregon and full tuition scholarship from University of Cincinnati for her doctoral studies.   She has had an extensive singing career throughout Europe and the United States.  She played Mother in the German premiere of Maury Yeston's Nine at Berlin's Theater des Westens.  Green toured several years in Europe performing her solo comic opera act and independent concerts and galas sponsored by Fortune 500 companies.  Operatic roles include Carmen with Erie Opera, Juditha Triumphant with Western New York Opera, the Witch in Hansl and Gretel with Buffalo Opera, Anna in Seven Deadly Sins and Zita in Gianni Schicchi, both with Eugene Opera.

"She is the Director of the Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute at Shenandoah University, which is the groundbreaking summer program designed to teach choral directors and voice teachers how to work with non-classical forms of vocal technique," Lind said. 

 The event is free and open to the public.  Contact Lind at (724) 946-7278 or e-mail lindra@westminster.edu for more information.

Dr. Kathryn Green