Posted on Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Alyssa Schomaker, a senior music education major at ¾¨Ó㴫ý, will perform her soprano vocal recital Friday, April 27, at 8 p.m. in Wallace Memorial Chapel.
Schomaker's program includes Aaron Copland's Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson, including "Nature, the gentlest mother," "Heart, we will forget him," and "Going to Heaven;" Gabriel Fauré's Au bord de l'eau; Giovanni Pergolesi's "Well, did you ever!" from La Serva Padrona; Clara Schumann's Sechs Lieder, Op. 13 with "Ich stand in dunklen Träumen" and "Der Mond kommt still gegangen;" Jenny Giering's I Follow; and Jerry Bock's "Vanilla Ice Cream" from She Loves Me.
Jeff Wachter, a ¾¨Ó㴫ý adjunct faculty member, will accompany Schomaker on piano. Laura Swanson, a mezzo-soprano music and English major from Parkman, Ohio, will assist Schomaker in I Follow.
Schomaker, daughter of Jack and Patrice Schomaker of Pittsburgh, is a graduate of Northgate High School. She is from the studio of Janet Kane. During her time at ¾¨Ó㴫ý, she has appeared in three Chapel Dramas: Godspell, Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Children of Eden. She is also a member of the Symphonic Band and Marching Band, where she plays tuba and serves as treasurer. Schomaker is a member of the Concert ChoirS and toured Spain with the group in January. She is a member of American Choral Directors Association and the treasurer of the ¾¨Ó㴫ý chapter of Pennsylvania Collegiate Music Educators Association.
The event is free and open to the public. Contact the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Music Department at (724) 946-7270 for more information.
