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Show pageant orchestra announces 'Messiah' soloists . .....A cnlnkts for the IIImIi I r 1 -s - . ! ; featured soloists for the Utah nt'of the Al'ls Presentation of PJgS s "Messiah" bring a broad 1 ge of experience to the 'famous oratorio will be .Led Sunday. Dec. 6, at 7:30 r . jie auditorium at Pleasant fMi junior High School, 801 N. East. The 90-minute per- fLnce is free and will be under Tdirection of Leon V. Honey. The hestra and chorus each have !bout 50 members. "This is by far the strongest rchestra and chorus we've had for L " Honey said. Soloists are Utah Valley residents nebra Dunning, soprano; Beverly Man alto; Scott Aaron, tenor; J David Wright, bass. David fuller band director at Pleasant Trove' High School, will play the trumpet solo in "The Trumpet Shall Sound." , ... Debra L. Dunning, a native of Alexandria, Va., majored in vocal performance at BYU, where she performed with the A Cappella Choir under the direction of Ralph $ Woodward. r she has studied voice at the t Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome, Italy, under the tutelage of Sra. She performed in "Messiah" productions there. She was a featured soloist in her church in southern Utah. Since moving to American Fork in 1985, she has performed with both the Pageant of the Arts Choir and Orchestra. Scott Aaron, a native of San Francisco, California, sang with the BYU Chamber Choir while a business finance student. In California he performed as soloist in "Messiah" productions and on the CBS television program "Moments of Reflection" broadcast , regularly from Sacramento. He also performed as soloist for a sing-along sing-along production of the "Messiah" production in New Jersey. David Wright is active in college and community theatre in both musical and dramatic roles. His most recent roles include Lancelot in Pleasant Grove Community Theatre's "Camelot," Tony in the Pageant of the Arts "West Side Story," James in Provo Community Theatre's "Shenandoah," and Cassius in Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar." He studies voice with Debbie Mitchell and is a student at Utah Valley Community College. This is his first appearance as a soloist in the "Messiah." Debra Dunning Rebecca Toma. She has performed with Opera West, BYU Opera Workshop, Utah Valley Choral Society and has appeared on two previous occasions with Alpine Area Chamber Chorus performing the solo solos of Handel's Han-del's "Messiah." This past year she was invited to participate in a select ensemble that prepared and broadcast a special musical program commemorating the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution. Con-stitution. Beverly Vogan is a native of San Bernardino, Calif. She began her David Wright musical studies in the fourth grade with violin and participated in both choral and instrumental groups throughout her school years, including in-cluding being chosen to play in the All Southern California High School Orchestra. She studied with Eleanor Schoenfeld, solo concert performer and former principal cellist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. Or-chestra. She attended Arizona State University, majoring in Music Education and studying under Takoyori Atsumi and Marion Smith. |