Five instrumentalists and a vocalist will perform in Â鶹¹û¶³'s Concerto-Aria Tuesday, March 14, at 7:30 p.m. in Wright Center Concert Hall. The public is invited free of charge.
The performers, all students in Â鶹¹û¶³'s School of Performing Arts, Division of Music, were chosen for the honor in auditions held earlier this year. The 49-piece Â鶹¹û¶³ Orchestra, conducted by Â鶹¹û¶³ Dean of Performing Arts Dr. Milburn Price, will accompany the soloists.
Performers are: Adam Truesdale, trombone; Drew Pournelle, tenor; Paul Vest, cello; Cahill Smith, piano; Laura Lynch, alto saxophone; and Dawson Hull, piano.
Truesdale, a senior music education major from Albany, Ga., will play Lars-Erik Larsson's Concertino for Trombone and String Orchestra.
Pournelle, a senior voice major from Soperton, Ga., will sing Jules Massenet's La reve (En fermant les yeux, from Manon); and Gioacchino Rossini's Ecco ridente in cielo (from The Barber of Seville).
Vest, a senior instrumental music major from Branchville, will play Antonin Dvorak's Cello Concerto in B Minor.
Smith, a sophomore piano major from Tallassee, will play Robert Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54.
Lynch, a senior instrumental music major from Montgomery, will play Erland von Koch's Saxofonkonsert.
Hull, a senior piano major from Jackson, Tenn., will play Peter Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor.