Stokes To Perform In CMU GEMS Recital

2016 Oct 13

The annual Gems of Vocal Literature Recital will be presented by Central Methodist University's Swinney Conservatory of Music on Friday, Oct. 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the Kountz Recital Hall on the Fayette campus.

DaSean Stokes, from Saint Robert, Mo., is one of 16 CMU students who will be performing. He is a senior currently pursuing a Bachelor of Music degree.

Musical selections will be drawn from Italian opera, oratorio, and art song; German lieder and opera; French melodie, and English and contemporary songs. Three duets by Handel and Brahms will be offered with a final ensemble for all performers from Handel's Acis and Galatea.

Composers include Handel, Bononcini, Scarlatti, Brahms, Wagner, Donizetti, Faure, Polenc, Rossini, Barber, Vaughan Williams, Donaudy, and Roger Quilter.