2008 Woodie Awards
The Big Finish
Jami Furo
Issue date: 4/22/05 Section: Arts & Entertainment
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On Thursday, April 14 the Rollins College Concert Choir offered a performance. Their repertoire included a classical set, including a piece by Mozart and a Mass by Hummel. The group also sang a set of spirituals, a poetic set, and a set of folk songs, including the down home favorite, "Oh Susanna."
In addition to the Concert Choir and an octet of singers that performed one song, Rollins Singers also performed at the concert. This group, made up of singers that are also in the Concert Choir and designed to perform the genres that the Concert Choir does not sing, performs mostly pre-Bach music and popular music-the very old and the very new, so to speak. This 16-person group did just that, and sang music ranging from a William Byrd "Ave Verum Corpus" to "Rhythm of Life," a fun, rapid number.
The weekend held a series of junior and senior recitals from the students in the department. On Friday, April 15, Anita Valverde and Amber Viegel shared a piano senior recital. On Saturday, April 16, tenor Brian Panorello offered his senior recital. On Sunday afternoon, April 17, baritone Scott Prusinowski and tenor John Larsen gave their junior and senior recitals, respectively.
On Sunday night the percussion and mallet ensembles performed in the Bush auditorium. In addition to the ensembles performing a wide variety of pieces, there were also two marimba solos by Mike Malgoza and Josh Priest. Priest recently won third place in a national young artist percussion competition with contestants ages 19 to 27. The 20-year-old was competing mostly against graduate students.
On Tuesday, April 19, the Rollins Jazz Ensemble performed in Dave's Downunder to their typical large audience. Under the direction of Chuck Archard, the group played a variety of jazz tunes for the receptive crowd.
The students and faculty in the Rollins Music Department have kept themselves occupied over the past few weeks, and there are still a few performances left in the semester. Look for upcoming dates.