HIGH POINT, N.C., Nov. 18, 2011 – The Department of Music at High Point University will be treating the community to a night of music and entertainment with its program of a series of opera scenes, at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 29 in the Pauline Theatre of the Hayworth Fine Arts Center. The event is open to the public.
The program, which will feature HPU music students and faculty members Dr. Alexa Schlimmer, director of Vocal Studies; Jacqueline Canter, instructor of voice; and Marcia Dills, director of Keyboard Studies, will showcase a variety of staged arias and ensembles from the operas of Mozart, Donizetti, Lehar, Menotti, Gilbert and Sullivan and Andrew Lloyd Weber.
The performance will feature several HPU students, including Kelly Brode, Jamie Chelel, Skyler Fritz, Dietr Getz, John Purcell, Rebecca Seger and Ashley Siebeneichen.
No tickets are required.
At High Point University, every student receives an extraordinary education in an inspiring environment with caring people.℠ HPU, located in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina, is a liberal arts institution with over 4,200 undergraduate and graduate students from 51 countries and 46 states at campuses in High Point and Winston-Salem. It is ranked by US News and World Report at No. 3 among Regional Colleges in the South. Forbes.com ranks HPU in the top 7 percent among “America’s Best Colleges.” Parade Magazine lists HPU in the top 25 private schools in the nation. HPU was selected in the 2010-2011 list of “Colleges of Distinction,” as well as one of the top green schools in the country by the Sierra Club. The university offers 50 undergraduate majors, 43 undergraduate minors and 10 graduate degree programs. It is accredited by the Commission of Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and is a member of the NCAA, Division I and the Big South Conference. Visit High Point University on the Web at highpoint.edu.
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