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Longaker Honors Recital to feature student musicians

FOR RELEASE April 3, 2009

Ashlyn Brady

Huntington, Ind.—The annual Longaker Honors Recital at Huntington University will showcase eight of the university’s top musicians on April 17.  The recital will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Zurcher Auditorium of the Merillat Centre for the Arts.

The event is open to the public, and admission is free.

Each musician was chosen in a rigorous audition process. The performance includes two pianists, two guitarists and four vocalists. Performers include the following:

• Ashlyn Brady, a sophomore soprano and choral education major from Macomb, Mich., will perform “Agnus Dei” by Beorges Bizet and “Ave Maria” by Franz Abt.

  Derek DeRoo

• Derek DeRoo, a junior tenor and choral education major from Zeeland, Mich., will perform “Im Frühling” and “Der Wanderer” by Franz Shubert.

• Patrick Harding, a junior guitarist and music-business major from Avilla, Ind., will perform “Milonga Del Angel” and “La Muerte Del Angel” by Astor Piazzolla.

• Jennifer Jehl, a sophomore pianist and Bachelor of Arts in Music major from Fort Wayne, Ind., will perform “Impromptu in A flat Major, op. 90, No. 4” by Franz Schubert.

• Brittany Lensing, a sophomore pianist and Bachelor of Arts in Music major from Cresco, Iowa, will perform “Preludes: Op. 11 No. 15, Op. 16 No. 4, Op. 11 No. 14” by Alexander N. Scriabin.

  Patrick Harding

• Theodore Stavrou, a junior guitarist and music-business major from Greencastle, Pa., will perform the “Usher Waltz, Op. 29” by Nikita Koshkin.

• Anna Willard, a sophomore soprano and choral education major from Chesterton, Ind., will perform “L’Estasi” and “Il Bacio” by Luigi Arditi.

• Sarah Yanovitch, a freshman soprano and vocal performance major from Griswold, Conn., will perform “Three Songs of Adieu” by Norman Dello Joio.

Jennifer Jehl

Brittany Lensing

Theodore Stavrou

Anna Willard

Sarah Yanovitch

Huntington University is a comprehensive Christian college of the liberal arts offering graduate and undergraduate programs in more than 70 academic concentrations. U.S.News & World Report ranks Huntington among the best colleges in the Midwest. Founded in 1897 by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, Huntington University is located on a contemporary, lakeside campus in northeast Indiana. The University is a member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU).

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