Posted on Friday, January 27, 2006
Shelley E. Culver, a senior sacred music and music education major at ¾¨Ó㴫ý, will give an oboe recital Sunday, Feb. 5, at 3 p.m. in Wallace Memorial Chapel.
The program includes Saint-Saens' "Sonata for Oboe and Piano;" Barnes' "Autumn Soliloquy;" Bach's "Gavotte I & II;" Still's "Bayou Home;" and Barlow's "The Winter's Passed." Culver will be accompanied by Dr. Nancy DeSalvo, assistant professor and chair of music at ¾¨Ó㴫ý.
Culver is a daughter of Rickey and Susan Culver, Frewsburg, N.Y., and a graduate of Frewsburg Central School. While at ¾¨Ó㴫ý, she has studied oboe with Loyal Mould and Shawn Reynolds, ¾¨Ó㴫ý music faculty. In addition to the oboe, Culver also studies the organ and piano. She is a member of the American Choral Directors Association, the Music Intern Teaching Program, and the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Women's Chorus. Culver is the principal oboist of the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Wind Ensemble and the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Orchestra. She has appeared on the Dean's List for seven consecutive semesters and is a member of the academic honorary Pi Sigma Pi. Culver also tutors underclass theory students and organizes publicity for the ¾¨Ó㴫ý "Capelle Meisters" organ concert series. Off campus, she is the director of the children's choir and often serves as a substitute organist and choir director for the First United Methodist Church in Sharon.
The event is free and open to the public. Contact the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Department of Music at (724) 946-7270 for more information.
