Winners of annual Concerto Competition to perform Sunday

Saturday, April 13, 2013

The DePauw University Orchestra, under the direction of Orcenith Smith, will accompany winners of the annual School of Music Concerto Competition in an exciting array of solo performances on Sunday, April 14 at 3 p.m. in the Green Center's Kresge Auditorium.

The concert will offer a showcase of large works for soloist and orchestra, as well as display the diverse talents of DePauw University School of Music students. The program includes vocalists Emily Barnash (soprano), Lucas Wassmer and Michael Padilla (tenors) and Erik Erlandson (baritone); pianist Rachel Robin; and percussionist Josiah Rushing (marimba).

The annual concerto contest included two rounds of competition in late February.

"This year's preliminary round, judged by DePauw Music Faculty, consisted of 36 students, performing in the categories of string instruments, voice, piano, woodwinds, brass and percussion," said Smith. "Those musicians selected for the final round performed again two days later, adjudicated by judges from outside DePauw. The students who scored the highest total points in the final round were selected as winners."

This year's concert includes performances of Schumann's Piano Concerto in A Minor, Mvt. I by sophomore Rachel Robin, Mozart's "Come scoglio" from the opera Cos" fan tutte by junior Emily Barnash, "Je crois entendre encore" from Bizet's Les p'cheurs de perles by senior Lucas Wassmer, the second movement of the Concerto for Marimba and Strings by Emmanuel Séjourné by senior Josiah Rushing and "In quegli anni" from Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro sung by senior Michael Padilla.

The Gettysburg Address from Letters from Lincoln, composed by Michael Daugherty and sung by senior Erik Erlandson, will conclude the afternoon program.

General admission for the concerto concert is $3. All tickets for students, children and seniors are free.

For additional information or assistance, stop by the GCPA box office, located on the ground floor of the Green Center at 605 South College Avenue, call 658-4817 or visit depauw.edu/music/tickets.

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