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For release October 11, 2006
Music from Mozart to “Les Mis” offered in benefit concert at Lane
EUGENE - Two amazingly versatile singers offer one memorable night of song on November 3 at 7:30 p.m. Lane faculty members David Gustafson, tenor, and Siri Vik, soprano, accompanied by John Jantzi on piano, perform songs ranging from Mozart to "Les Mis" at the Lane Performance Hall on the Lane Community College main campus.
Ticket prices are general admission, $10 for adults, $8 for students and seniors, and may be purchased at the door starting one hour before the concert. Advance tickets may be purchased at the EMU ticket office on the University of Oregon campus Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets ordered by phone through the EMU may be claimed at will-call the night of the concert. The EMU ticket office phone number is 346-4363.
Proceeds from this benefit concert fund individual lessons scholarships for music students at Lane. To help ensure that the audience, as well as the performers experience Lane productions free of distraction or annoyance, we ask that patrons leave cameras, recorders, cell phones, beepers and children under age six (including infants) at home.
The concert program includes the following songs:
1. "The Magic Flute" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Dies Bildnis Tamino's Aria
Ach, Ich Fuhl's Pamina's Aria
"Pa-pa-pa..." Pagageno/Papagena Duet
2. Songs by Italian composer, Stefano Donaudy
3. From "Marie Galante" by Kurt Weill
Je Ne T'aime Pas
Youkali
4. From " Die Dreigroschenoper" (The Threepenny Opera) by Kurt Weil
Barbarasong
Mackie Messer (Mack the Knife)
5. From "La Boheme" by Giacomo Puccini
Che Gelida Manina Rudolfo's Aria
Quando M'en Vo Musetta's Aria
O Soave Fanciulla Mimi/Rudolfo Duet
6. From " Les Miserables" by Cameron Mackintosh
I Dreamed a Dream Fantine
Bring Him Home Jean Valjean
7. From " West Side Story" by Leonard Bernstein
Somewhere
Maria
One Hand, One Heart
Tonight
Biographies:
DAVID GUSTAFSON teaches Vocal Performance and Group Voice in the Music program at Lane Community College. In the performance world David is known for his robust and expressive voice, which has been internationally recognized for programs in Europe, Asia and throughout the United States. His operatic roles include Ernesto in Don Pasquale, Tamino in The Magic Flute, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Ferrando in Cosi fan Tutte, Prince Ramiro in La Cenerentola, Peppe in I Pagliacci, Lionel in Martha, Christopher Columbus in Christopher Columbus, Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, and many others. David’s recent performances include Rodolfo in La Boheme, Alfedo in La Traviata, Nemorino in The Elixir of Love, featured with a photo and article on the front page of the Arts section of the New York Times. The Oregon native is rapidly acquiring a reputation as one of the warmest and sweetest voiced tenors to appear in years. David sang the Count in Il Barbiere with the Shanghai Broadcasting Orchestra, internationally broadcast from Shanghai, China. Mr. Gustafson performed, and at Abbey Road Studio in London, recorded Prince Hal/Henry V in Plump Jack with the London Phil. He continues to impress the opera world because of his full rich sound being able to conquer even the most difficult musical passages. “Tenor David Gustafson sang with a vibrant, flexible tone that handled the difficulties of Rossini’s complex vocal requirements with ease, and he showed a true comic gift in his scenes as Don Alonso (one of his disguises).” Ballam said, “The lead performers are remarkable this year. For example, David Gustafson, singing the part of Count Almaviva in ‘The Barber of Seville,’ was one of the reasons Ballam chose that particular opera. He has that Rossini capability to move his voice with the melismas and the runs that a Rossini tenor needs, but it’s not one of those very light voices. He has a very strong, robust sound, which is so exciting for me to hear. I really think that this is a remarkable talent.” A frequent oratorio singer, David excels in the florid repertory such as Handel’s Messiah. Additionally, he has sung Haydn’s The Seasons and Mass in Time of War, Mozart’s Mass in C and Requiem, Bach’s Magnificat as well as Bach cantatas. Some of his recent concert appearances include Verdi’s Requiem, Orff’s Carmina Burana, and Schubert’s Mass in A flat, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, as well as the World Premiere in Oregon and the European premiere of Robert Kyr’s Symphony No. 9 in Denmark. PBS nationally broadcast Eugene Symphony’s “Tango Lesson” where David appeared as the Tango Singer. Most recent concert performances include Mozart’s Requiem, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Handel’s Messiah, Handel’s Praise the Lord.
SIRI VIK, originally from Eugene, has recently returned to the area after 13 years of education, professional performance and teaching out of state. She currently teaches group voice in the music program at LCC. Siri has performed as a singing actress on operatic, concert, and musical theatre stages in New York, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Kansas City, London, and in several cities in Italy. Locally, Siri has sung with Bel Canto Northwest, Eugene Opera, the Oregon Bach Festival, Actors Cabaret of Eugene and with the Central Lutheran Chorale. Siri received her bachelor of music degree from the University of Kansas and her master of music from Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where she also completed three years of doctoral study. She has been a private voice teacher for 10 years, and has guided students to entrance into premier music colleges, as well as success at contests and auditions at any level. In particular, Siri specializes in European cabaret–a unique amalgam of classical, pop, and musical theatre styles which flourished in the 1920s-30s. She has won national acclaim for her work in this area. Siri performs cabaret here in Eugene as Mr. and Mrs. Grieves, a performance project with McKenzie Stubbert.
JOHN JANTZI joined the UO faculty in 2002 after receiving the UO Graduate Teaching Fellow Excellence in Teaching Recognition in 2001. His composition, Sing to God was a commissioned composition by the European Chapter of the American Guild of Organists in 1990. John Jantzi served as musical director in the United States Army Music and Theater Branch, GS-7 Music Specialist, in Wiesbaden and Mainz, Germany for seven years. He later served as director of Protestant and Catholic Chapel music programs with the U.S. Army Chapels in Wiesbaden and Bad Kreuznach, Germany for four additional years. While studying in Switzerland, he was choir master/organist for Emmanual Episcopal Church in Geneva, private piano instructor for the International School of Geneva, and Ballet School pianist for the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève. He continues as director of Music Ministries/Organist at Central Presbyterian Church in Eugene since 1994. He has performed on organ and piano and was a finalist in St. Albans International Organ Competition in England in 1983. Jantzi has conducted major works for the Eugene Chamber Singers, Central Presbyterian Church in Eugene, Oregon Opera Ensemble, Oregon Festival American Music, Chorus Master for the Eugene Opera Company and the Eugene Symphony, masterclass conductor for the Oregon Bach Festival, and musicals and operas in Germany and Switzerland.
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