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  • 4/19 Sunday: Songfest: The Great American Songbook

    http://jorgensen.uconn.edu/events/view.php?id=463

     

    UConn Voice and Opera presents

    Songfest: The Great American Songbook

    Art Gallery, Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts

    Sunday, April 19th, 2:00pm

    UConn Storrs Campus

    STORRS, CT (April 1st, 2015) UConn Voice and Opera presents their 2015 Spring Songfest: The

    Great American Songbook on Sunday, April 19th at 2:00pm at the Jorgensen Center for the

    Performing Arts in the lower-level Art Gallery on the UConn Storrs campus.

     

    The Great American Songbook continues to be one of our most popular Songfest themes. A

    favorite of singers and audience members alike, this program is sure to be entertaining for all.

    Over thirty of our graduate and undergraduate singers will come together to sing a delightful

    program featuring some of the most beloved songs and composers of the 20th century. The

    program includes songs by Cole Porter, George Gerschwhin, Leonard Bernstein, Jerome Kern,

    Lerner and Lowe, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Jule Styne, Irving Berlin, among others.

     

    We are excited to be able to hold this event in the newly renovated Jorgensen Art Gallery. This

    will be the first time our department has performed in this beautiful space. The Art Gallery is

    currently featuring an exhibit entitled Dante and Robert Panichi which can be perused before

    and after the performance, as well as during intermission. Additionally during these times,

    entertainment will be provided by a jazz trio comprised of UConn students Andrew Wynsen

    (piano), Alexandria Bodick (bass), and Will Trautmann (drums).

     

    Songfest: The Great American Songbook will run for one performance only on Sunday, April 19th

    at 2:00pm. Tickets are $12 for general admission, $10 for seniors and staff, and $5 for students.

    Tickets can be purchased in person at the Jorgensen Box Office, by phone at (860) 486-4226, or

    online at jorgensen.uconn.edu/tickets. Free parking for this event is available in the North

    Parking Garage, almost immediately adjacent to the Jorgensen. We hope to see you there!

    For more information, contact: Kirk Matson at kirk.matson@uconn.edu