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For Immediate Release                                                             Contact: Marlo Ihler

867-8501

 

OSU Musicians Featured in Recital Series

 

            The Orchestra of Southern Utah announces its Ninth Annual Recital Series beginning on Tuesday, Sept. 6, at 7:30 p.m., in St. Jude’s Episcopal Church, 70 North 200 West in Cedar City.  Recitals will be held every Tuesday evening until Oct. 11 and will feature a different theme each week.

 

Todd SeipertThe first recital of the series, entitled “Piano Pizzazz,” features local musicians and the usage of the newly acquired piano at St. Jude’s.  Pianist and composer Todd Seipert will perform original piano compositions.  Todd is a second-year Master of Fine Arts student at Southern Utah University and is a professional graphic designer.

 

A quartet of young piano students including Heather Fife, Tyrell Fife, Courtnie Duncan, and Quincey McGuire, will play an arrangement of “the Battle Hymn of the Republic.”  These youth are students of Cedar City piano teacher JoAnn Jones.

 

Husband and wife LeGrand and Mary Anne Andersen combine their talents to present Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Overture to the Pirates of Penzance.”  LeGrand played keyboard for the Utah Shakespearean Festival’s production of “Camelot” this summer and teaches at SUU.  Mary Anne accompanies extensively throughout the area and teaches piano privately.

 

The Cedar City String Quartet and pianist Hal Campbell will perform Cesar Franck’s “Piano Quintet.”  The string quartet includes LuAnne Brown and June Thorley on violin, Mary MacDonald on viola, and Carol Ann Nyman on ‘cello.  All these individuals are or have been members of the Orchestra of Southern Utah, have taught music, and are active musicians within the community.

 

            “We are excited to invite the community to this recital series,” said Sara Penny, recital director.  “These recitals are always a great way to support individual musicians, as well as the Orchestra of Southern Utah, as they raise essential funds for the operation of the OSU. ”

 

            Suggested donation is $5 for adults and $3 for students.  For further information, visit www.orchestraofsouthernutah.org or contact OSU Manager, Marlo Ihler, at 867-8501.