"Tour of England: Songs from the British Isles" at Neill Public Library, 10/17

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Date: October 10, 2013

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Contact name/phone/e-mail:  Sarah Morrison / 509-338-3251 / smorrison@neill-lib.org

Event/Date:  "Tour of England: Songs from the British Isles" at Neill Public Library, 10/17

NPL’s October Concert series continues next week on October 17^th with the recital performance of Tour of England: Songs of the British Isles, performed by Juliana Witt and Brian Carter, in the Hecht Meeting Room beginning at 5:30pm.   

Juliana Witt is a teaching assistant at Washington State University in accompanying and teaching. She holds a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in Piano Performance and is currently studying Collaborative Piano at WSU. She has taught elementary class piano, adjudicated for student festivals, and studied pedagogy on a graduate level.  In addition to teaching and accompanying, Juliana has performed with chamber groups, duos, band, orchestra, jazz ensemble and musical theatre productions with both piano and organ.

Brian Carter is an Instructor of Music at Washington State University.  He teaches Studio Voice, Vocal Literature, Diction for Singers, Musical Style in Composition, and Rock History and Social Analysis.  Before coming to WSU in the fall of 2012, he was a Graduate Student Instructor at the University of Michigan.  He has his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Michigan, studying under baritone Stephen Lusmann.

Described by the San Francisco Classical Voice as “a Wagnerian vocalist who can sing the sword out of Wotan’s tree,” Dr. Carter gained national attention as a singer of heroic operatic roles.  As an apprentice artist, he performed for two seasons with San Francisco Opera Company’s Merola Opera Program.  In addition, he performed with Opera North.  Following his tenures as a young artist, Dr. Carter spent several years in Seattle studying under renowned soprano Jane Eaglen.