UTSA vocalist, pianist to perform March 4 at Recital Hall
(Feb. 18, 2002)--The University of Texas at San Antonio Department of Music will presents faculty members Linda Poetschke, soprano, and pianist Christine Debus in recital at 7:30 p.m. March 4 at the 1604 Campus Arts Building Recital Hall.
The repertoire will include Bach's "Cantata No. 51," spirituals arranged by John Carter, Spanish songs by Guastavino, Granados and San Antonio composer Alice Gomez. In honor of Women's History Month, the program will include "A Set Of Songs" by American composer Amy Beech.
As featured soloist, Poetschke has performed with the New Mexico Symphony,
the Charlotte (N.C.) Symphony, the Western Michigan Symphony and with the
major symphony orchestras in her home state of Texas, including the Dallas
Symphony Orchestra's Christmas Pops at the Meyerson and the San Antonio Symphony.
She performed as a soloist with the New York West End Chamber Ensemble and
the San Antonio Mastersingers in a Carnegie Hall appearance of "Requiem"
by Mozart. Upcoming performances include appearances with the Olmos Ensemble
in March and the San Antonio Symphony.
Poetschke is a frequent recitalist on university campuses and has performed
sacred recitals and concerts in Switzerland, London, Paris, Amsterdam and
Germany. Through the UTSA Musical Bridges program, she taught and performed
in the Czech Republic in 1997 and in 1998 at the Chopin Music Festival.
Poetschke holds vocal performance degrees from the University of North Texas at Denton and the University of Texas at Austin. She is an associate professor of voice at UTSA where she received the Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award from the UTSA Alumni Association in 1996. An endowed vocal scholarship in Poetschke's name has been established at UTSA in the Department of Music, where she is coordinator of the vocal area.
The recital is free and open to the public. Free parking is available in lot 8. For more information, contact Jasmin Khair at (210) 458-4550.
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