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March 23, 2010
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Cory Unrein, Executive Director
Liberty Symphony Orchestra
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Liberty MO 64068
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Liberty Symphony Orchestra Concludes 2009-10 Season Piano & Choral Spectacular.
The Liberty Symphony Orchestra (LSO) concludes is 39th season Saturday, April 17, 2010 with a Piano and Choral Spectacular at the Liberty Performing Arts Theater. The concert begins at 7:30pm and features soloists Calvin Permenter, piano, and Sarah Tannehill, coloratura soprano, along with guest conductor Robert Mance. Tickets are available at the Liberty Performing Arts Theatre Box Office, 1600 S. Withers Road, Liberty MO 64068, or by phone at 816-439-4362.
Selections for the April 17th concert include "Finlandia" by Sebelius, Barber's Piano Concerto with guest artist Calvin Permenter, and "Stabat Mater" with guest conductor Robert Mance, guest artist Sarah Tannehill and the William Jewell College Choir.
The Symphony will kick off its 40th Anniversary season with a dessert reception following the concert.
Coloratura soprano Sarah Tannehill is a vibrant young singer with versatility and flare for both comedy and drama on the operatic stage. She has performed leading operatic roles with the Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Opera Omaha, Fort Worth Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and the Saarländisches Staatstheatre in Saarbrücken, Germany. Shortly after Sarah’s move to Kansas City in 2006, she received rave reviews for singing her first Ophelia in Thomas’ Hamlet with the Kansas City Lyric, after only a few hours notice.
Equally at home in symphony and concert, Sarah earned distinction from Symphony magazine as an Emerging Artist in 2007. Sarah has sung with Chicago Chamber Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, North Shore Choral Society, Southern Illinois Symphony, Wichita Symphony, Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra, the New Ear Ensemble of Kansas City, Kansas City Chamber Orchestra and the Kansas City Symphony.
Recent performances include Handel’s Messiah with the KC Symphony, Handel’s Gloria with the KC Chamber Orchestra, and the role Queen of the Night in Mozart’s The Magic Flute in Columbia, Missouri. Last March, she sang with the KC Chorale at Lincoln Center in New York City.
Sarah’s upcoming performances include a work by composer Forrest Pierce, written for her and the KC Chamber Orchestra, Mendelssohn’s Elijah at Missouri State University and the Springfield Symphony, and her first season of performances with the Lyric Arts Trio of Kansas City.
Sarah received her Masters at the University of Missouri – Kansas City Conservatory in 1999. She is a member of the Grammy Award-winning KC Chorale and has won three Emmy’s of her own for her film work with the Missouri Conservation Department. She teaches voice in Kansas City and at William Jewell College.
Robert Mance is in his second year of teaching at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri. In addition to his responsibilities at the college, he is Director of Music at Kansas City First Lutheran Church in Mission Hills. Before moving to the Midwest, he lived in Princeton, New Jersey where he completed a double master’s degree in music from Westminster Choir College in choral conducting and in voice pedagogy and performance. He served as assistant conductor to the freshman Chapel Choir and to the 250-voice symphonic choir. He also served for two years as the bass section leader of the renowned Westminster Choir. He is a native of Montreal where he earned a bachelor’s degree in music from McGill University specializing in voice performance. He now resides in the City Market district of Kansas City with his wife, Kristin, a high school English teacher.
Calvin Permenter holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance from University of Missouri Kansas City Conservatory of Music, a Master of Music degree in piano performance from Drake University, and a Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance with honors, from Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. He has pursued further study at the American Conservatory of Music in Fontainebleau, France, with Nadia Boulanger and Gaby Casadesus. In addition, he was one of sixteen selected to perform at the Ravel Academy of Music in St. Jeande-Luz, France. He received funding to study a second time with Casadesus in Paris, France. In May of 1993, he was selected to study and perform at the Moscow Conservatory under the auspices of UMKC.
Permenter holds the Robert H. Mckee Chair of Music and is Professor of Music and Director of Keyboard Studies at William Jewell College where he has been a faculty member since 1980. He is a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music in the Music Teachers National Association as well as a member of Missouri Music Teachers Association and Kansas City Music Teachers Association.
The Liberty Symphony Orchestra, a 501c3 organization, was founded in 1971 in Liberty, Missouri, through the efforts of its founding conductor, Dr. Phillip C. Posey, and the assistance of William Jewell College. Each year, the Symphony presents a series of four regular concerts and a series of educational concerts.
Originally a small college and community orchestra, the Liberty Symphony has grown into a mature symphonic ensemble with complete instrumentation and a growing command of the world's great literature. More than 80 professional and amateur musicians, representing Liberty and virtually every community in the northern metropolitan area, comprise an ensemble dedicated to the finest in symphonic performance.
