UW-Stevens Point concert to feature faculty vocalist, guest performers
1/23/2018
 

A faculty recital featuring vocal duos and solos as well as piano pieces will be offered at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Sunday, Feb. 4.

Music Professor Susan Bender will present the recital at 4 p.m. in Noel Fine Arts Center Room 221. She will be joined by guest performers Kathleen Otterson, a mezzo soprano, and pianist Michael Keller, a UW-Stevens Point music professor emeritus.

Otterson and Bender will join for several well-known duets as well as sing solo pieces. Bender will sing Spanish songs by Joaquin Turina and Otterson will sing contemporary songs by composer Ned Rorem. Keller will also perform solo pieces by Edvard Grieg.

Concert tickets are $10 for adults, $7 for senior citizens, $5 for UW-Stevens Point students, faculty and youth and free the day of the concert for students with a UW-Stevens Point I.D. if not sold out. Tickets are available at the University Information and Tickets Office in the Dreyfus University Center, by calling 715-346-4100 or 800-838-3378 or at http://tickets.uwsp.edu. Tickets also may be purchased at the door if available. Proceeds benefit student scholarships.

Bender has taught at UW-Stevens Point since 2003. She was a Metropolitan Opera National Council Winner in 1986 and a member of the United States Navy Band Sea Chanter Chorus. She has appeared as a featured soloist with operas around the world and on the musical theatre stage. Her students have won several awards and now work on Broadway and the opera stage.

Otterson is a senior lecturer at Edgewood College, music director of Madison's Christ Presbyterian Church and private voice instructor. She sings with the Madison Choral Project and Isthmus Vocal Ensemble and is featured regularly in Bayfield's "Summer Concerts" series. She serves as North Central Regional Governor of the National Association of Teachers of Singing.

Keller taught at UW-Stevens Point for more than 30 years before retiring in 2009. He has performed across the United States and Great Britain as a member of the Lydian Trio, soloist and accompanist.


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