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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ann Arbor, MI/February 17, 2004 – Concordia University-Ann Arbor’s Department of Music faculty will present a recital on Friday, March 19 at 8pm in the Chapel of the Holy Trinity and will include performances by Brian Altevogt, Breda Anderson, Holly Clemans, Lorna Young Hildebrandt, Dr. Carolyn Lipp, Wendy Schultz, and Theodore Sipes.
Holly Clemans, flute and Breda Anderson, horn will perform Four Two Bit Contraptions for flute and horn by Jan Bach (b. 1937). Clemans has been active as a soloist, orchestral musician, and flute teacher for 25 years. She performs on flute & piccolo with the Plymouth Symphony and is a member of the Mosaic Chamber Ensemble. She has also performed with the Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Livonia Symphonies; the Arlington, VA Symphony; the Minnesota Opera Orchestra; the Minnesota Composers’ Forum; and several chamber music groups in the Washington, D.C. and Twin Cities areas. In addition to her Concordia University responsibilities, she maintains a private teaching studio and is active as a clinician and adjudicator. She holds a B.M. in Music Education from the Hartt School of Music, an equivalency degree in Music Therapy from Western Michigan University, and a M.M. in Flute Performance from the University of Michigan. Anderson holds a Bachelor and Master of Music from The Juilliard School in New York City. She received her teaching certificate from Eastern Michigan University in Jan. 2002. She has a private horn studio of over 25 students and has taught horn at Belleville high school, Dexter public schools, and the Flint Institute of Music. She has been a free-lance musician in the Detroit area for over 20 years and has played in shows such as Les Miserables, Camelot, and the Wizard of Oz. She has been a member of the Flint Symphony for 20 years and plays regularly with the Ann Arbor Symphony.
Wendy Schultz, trombone and Brian Altevogt, piano will perform a charming little farce entitled, La Femme a Barbe, which is one scene from "Du Tableaux Forains", or Scenes from a Traveling Circus, composed in 1958 by Jose Berghmans (b. 1921). The scene, La Femme a Barbe, translates as "The Bearded Lady," which is masterfully crafted for performance on the trombone.
Schultz holds an M.M. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and a B.M. from Stetson University in DeLand, Florida. Her current teaching responsibilities at Concordia include upper level music theory, brass techniques, and individual instruction on trombone, euphonium, and tuba. Schultz is also an active performer in the Ann Arbor area, and has performed with the Adrian Symphony, the Saline Big Band, the Ambassadors, the Plymouth Symphony, and has subbed with the Ann Arbor and Flint Symphonies and a variety of other ensembles. She also performs regularly on the campus at Concordia University. In addition, several of her reviews may be found in the International Trombone Association Journal.
Altevogt is in his first year with Concordia University. His work with Concordia includes directing the Concordia Choir and Arborsong, organizing the vocal department, and teaching courses in Elementary Music Education, Music History, and Conducting. Prior to his arrival in Ann Arbor, he was an elementary music teacher for the Holly Area Schools, MI, a high school choral director at South Dearborn High School, Aurora, IN and Director of Music in churches near Holly and Aurora. His degrees come from the University of Michigan and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
Brian Altevogt will also join Dr. Carolyn Lipp to perform a piece for two harpsichords by Antonio Soler (1729-1783). Lipp is an Associate Professor of Music at CUAA She is head of the piano department and teaches piano, piano pedagogy, harpsichord, Ethnomusicology and Living with the Arts. She received her Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from Eastman School of Music and has Master of Music degrees from Michigan State University in Performance and from the University of Michigan in Chamber Music and Accompanying. She also is a member of the College Musical Society, Michigan Music Teachers Association, Midwestern Historical Keyboard Society and the Ann Arbor Area Piano Teachers Guild.
Theodore Sipes, baritone, will be singing The New Suit and The Rose Song both by Marc Blitzstein. Mr. Sipes is a candidate for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in vocal performance at the University of Michigan School of Music where he studies with Freda Herseth. He is a voice instructor at CUAA and Spring Arbor University. Mr. Sipes’ operatic experience includes productions of La Cenerentola, The Consul, Amahl and the Night Visitors, L’incoronazione di Poppea, and Die Zauberflöte. Oratorio performances have included The Creation, Messiah, Faure Requiem and Schubert Mass in G. Before beginning his doctoral work Mr. Sipes ministered as a church musician for thirteen years.
Lorna Young Hildebrandt, soprano, will be singing a soprano aria by G.F. Handel. Hildebrandt is best known for her performances of 17th- and 18th-century music, from Renaissance lullabies to Baroque opera and oratorio, and has performed in concert series and festivals throughout the Midwest and the greater Boston area. Ms. Hildebrandt is a soloist with First Presbyterian Church of Birmingham. She also solos with and is a member of the Vox Early Music Ensemble. Ms. Hildebrandt received her musical training and voice performance degrees from the University of Michigan, School of Music with additional study and performance in early music performance practices and voice from the Early Music Vancouver Programme, the Amherst Early Music Festival, the Boston Early Music Festival, and at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. She currently teaches voice at CUAA.
The recital is open to the public free of charge. The Chapel of the Holy Trinity is located on the campus of Concordia University at 4090 Geddes Road in Ann Arbor, Michigan just west of US-23. For more information, please call Wendy Schultz at 734.995.4616.
Concordia University – Ann Arbor is a liberal arts institution of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. With a distinctly Christian environment and an academic community dedicated to excellence, Concordia offers a broad range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs through its four schools – School of Arts and Sciences, School of Education, Haab School of Business and Management, and School of Adult and Continuing Education. Concordia University is accredited by NCA, the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, and was among the first colleges to be accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) under the new 2000 standards.
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