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Wright Scholars Concert
February 9, 2006
CARROLLTON, GA - The University of West Georgia Department of Music will host the Wright Scholars Concert on Thursday, Feb. 16, at 8:15 p.m in Cashen Hall in the Humanities Building.
The
annual concert is presented in appreciation of the Wright Memorial endowment
given to the Department of Music in 1976. It is the largest endowment
ever given to the UWG Department of Music and has provided music scholarships
to students for more than 25 years. The endowment, created in memory of
Elizabeth Gellerstedt Wright, was a gift to the university from the late
Dr. J. Carter Wright and his wife Betty Strickland Wright.
A reception, in honor and recognition of the student performers, audience and Wright, will be held before the concert at 7:30 p.m. in the Humanities Building. The adjacent art galleries featuring senior artworks by Julie Teague of Tyrone and Margaret Griffin of Canton will also be open during the reception. Wright will attend the performance as well.
The concert showcases both graduate and undergraduate student
performers nominated by their instrumental or vocal instructors to audition
for the privilege of performing at the concert.
This year, the soloists are mezzo-soprano Valerie Beck of Cordele; sopranos
Phylicia McCutchen of Marietta, and Rose Blanchard of Austell; saxophonists
Emily Cash of Lawrenceville, and Stacy Gay of Kennesaw; pianists Laura
English of Bremen and Brittany Scott of Atlanta; flutist Andrea Corso
of Douglasville; trombonist Christopher Holloway of Temple; and baritone
Cory Speakman of Lawrenceville.
Musicians will perform works by Purcell, Chopin, Faure, Verdi and Puccini, as well as lesser-known pieces by Stephen Heller, Alexander Guilmant, Eugene Bozza, Michael Blavet and Jean Baptiste Singlee.
The performers are students of Dr. John Bleuel, assistant professor of music; Dr. Larry Frazier, professor of music; Dr. Carol Gingerich, associate professor of music; Eric Slay, Melanie Fuller and Julie Lowry.
For more information on the free event, call the UWG Department of Music at 678-839-6516.
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