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LUTHER COLLEGE > Happenings > Luther News > Luther's Cho to perform soprano recital Sept. 21 |
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Contact: Jerry Johnson, Director of Public Information, 563/387-1865 Sept. 15, 2003 Luther's Cho to perform soprano recital Sept. 21 The program is open to the public with no charge for admission. Cho will perform Handel's "Lascia ch'io pianga" as well as
works by Hageman, Horsman, Duke, Faure, Liszt and Gounod. She will also
perform two pieces from Verdi's La Traviata, "Ah forse lui"
and "Violetta and Germont," a duet she will perform with her
husband, Won Cho, assistant professor of voice at the University of Northern
Iowa. Cho received her bachelor's degree from Yon-Sei University in Seoul, Korea. She received her masters at the Manhattan School of Music and is studying
to complete her dissertation for a doctorate degree at the University
of Memphis. She joined the Luther faculty in 2002. Cho's operatic roles include Violetta in "La Traviata," Mimi
in "La Boheme," Liu in "Turandot," Gretel in "Hansel
and Gretel," Gilda in "Rigoletto," Pamina in "The
Magic Flute" and Cio-Cio San in "Madame Butterfly." Her oratorio repertoires are Brahams' Requiem, Mozart's Requiem, Messiah,
Faure's Requiem, Creation and many others. Some of the performances mentioned
above led her to the stages of Carnegie Hall in New York City and Kennedy
Center in Washington D.C. and other prestigious stages in Canada, Europe,
the Mid-East and Korea. Her awards and honors include the Galli-Campi Prize for the best Coloratura
at the Amici Vocal Competition, the Tyrell Award from Shreveport Opera's
vocal competition, the Hohenberg-Scheidt Opera Fellowship and the Concerto
Competition Award from The University of Memphis. Cho participated in The Israel Vocal Arts Institute where she sang in
several concerts, master classes and gala concerts under the baton of
Maestro Paul Nadler of The Metropolitan Opera. Luther is a selective four-year college located in northeast Iowa. The college has an enrollment of more than 2,600 students and offers a liberal arts education leading to the bachelor of arts degree in 60 majors and pre-professional programs. |
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