Final concert in college's annual Noon Concert Series is April 21

The final concert in the college's annual free Noon Concert Series will be held Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at noon in the VisTaTech Center. The performance will feature Christopher Scholl, tenor, and Kevin Bylsma, piano.

Tenor, Christopher Scholl, returnd to the United States in 1997 after 20 years in Europe, where he enjoyed a highly successful performance career that included opera, oratorio and recitals. He has performed in cities such as Munich, Mannheim, Kiel, Rostock, Paris, Marseilles and Trieste. His operatic repertoire embrasces music from the baroque to the 20th century and Broadway. He currently is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Voice Faculty at Bowling Green State University in Ohio.

Kevin Bylsma is an accomplished pianist and vocal coach who is well known in the Midwest for his work in art song, opera, and oratorio. AS head of music preparation for the Toledo Opera, he coached productions of "Tosca," "The Tales of Hoffmann," and "The Magic Flute." Bylsma has appeared throughout the United States, Canada and Europe as an organist, pianist and acommpanist and is the recipient of a number of competitive awards including the Robert Glasgow Organ Scholarship from the University of Michigan and Lucille Mehaffie Young Artist Award.

They will be performing works by Ruffiero Leoncavallo, Ernesto deCurtis, Jules Massenet, Richard Strauss and William Bolcom.

The concert is free and open to the public. For more information please visit www.schoolcraft.edu/music or call 734-462-4403.

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