Campus news Brass Quintet and The Church Street Boys Concert Central’s Brass Quintet and The Church Street Boys presented a joint concert April 24. Under the direction of Dr. John Perkins, associate professor of music, The Brass Quintet performed three sets. Set one included Paul Dukas’ “Fanfare” from La Peri, Giocomo Puccini’s “Nessun Dorma” from Turandot, and Luther Henderson’s “Amazing Grace.” Howard Cable’s “A Newfoundland Sketch,” Leo Hassler’s “Cantate Domino,” and James Barnes’ “Headache Scherzo (The Blight of the Fumble Bee)” from Divertissement composed set two. Set three comprised V. Ormsby, Jr.’s translation of “Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho.”
The Church Street Boys’ program included Aaron Copland’s “Zion’s Walls,” Paul Tschesnokoff’s “Salvation is Created,” Orlando de Lassus’ “Matona, mia Cara (My Lovely Lady),” Isaac Woodbury and Don Large’s “Stars of the Summer Night,” Bob Nolan’s “Tumbling Tumbleweeds,” Kurt Bestor’s “Prayer of the Children,” Frank Wilhorn’s “Tell My Father,” and Johnathan Quick’s “Loch Lomond.” Ron Atteberry, assistant professor of music, directs The Church Street Boys, accompanied by Kelley Head ’81, adjunct professor of music. The two groups combined for Gustav Holst’s “Homeland.”
“Fairytale in Opera and Musical” presented in February The highly anticipated annual Central Methodist University Opera Workshop presentation, “Fairytale in Opera and Musical” took place in February. The production was directed by Dr. Susan QuigleyDuggan, associate professor of music at CMU. Adjunct professor Kelley Head was the accompanist. The workshop offered a program of scenes from the musicals Beauty and the Beast by Alan Menken, Once Upon a Mattress by Mary Rodgers, Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim, and Cinderella by Richard Rodgers. Other showcased selections were from the operas of Hansel and Gretel by the 19th Century composer Engelbert Humperdinck, Little Red Riding Hood by Seymour Barab, The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Mozart, and Le Cenerentola by Giocchino Rossini. With the exception of adjunct professor Tom Arnold ’79, the cast was composed of current CMU students.
Clockwise from above: Scenes from Beauty and the Beast with Dane Johnson as Gaston; Into the Woods with the wolf, Khobic Johnson, pursuing the innocent Little Red Riding Hood, Lakyn Baker; Once Upon a Mattress with Tanjie Hoover arriving from the swamp; and Hansel and Gretel, with the children, Rebecca Shroyer and Hannah Swoboda, suddenly realizing the witch, Aubrey Taylor, is not a nice person.
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