Soprano Heather Dudenbostel headlines a program that will honor the memory of BMC past president, Dr. Clyde Hiss, Professor of Voice and Opera at East Carolina University for 32 years before retiring in the Pacific Northwest.
Baritone Mark Davies, pianist Emily Gantt, sopranos Ibidunni Ojikutu and Celeste Fraser, mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Feeney and clarinetist Erika Block will join in a celebration of art song, grand opera and Broadway. We will hear an English adaptation by Isaiah Bell of Poulenc’s one-woman opera La voix humaine, selections from Ricky Ian Gordon’s Autumn Valentine: A suite for Soprano and Baritone with poems by Dorothy Parker, plus favorite arias by Cilea, Moore, Rossini, Bizet, Verdi, Dvořák and Mozart. The concert will end with a song from the musical The Bridges of Madison County.
Free matinee program preview is on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 10:30am at Trinity Lutheran. Join us early for Coffee/Tea Hour starting at 9:30am in the atrium at Trinity. It will be a chance to mingle and get to know each other better while enjoying scrumptious nibbles!
For the full-length experience, plan on attending BMC Night Beat on Friday, Nov. 7, 7:30pm at First Congregational. No ticket purchase is required. Students are always free; we suggest a $20 donation for others. All are welcome!