This week’s Music at Midweek performance features Rebecca Hays, soprano, accompanied by Susan McDaniel, performing and fine arts, on piano on Wednesday, September 26, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. The performance is free and open to all.
Hays is an award-winning opera singer who has received the prestigious Gerda Lissner Foundation Award twice. She has performed around the world in Europe and venues across the United States. She is a member of the faculty at Texas Tech University, and her repertoire includes “Carmen,” “The Marriage of Figaro,” “The Magic Flute,” “La Bohème,” and many others.
Susan McDaniel has appeared widely as a soloist and chamber musician, including recitals in France, Germany, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic. She has been the resident pianist on All Classical’s Thursdays@Three live radio broadcast, a member of the music staff at Seattle Opera, Portland Opera, and Utah Festival Opera, and has worked as music director and pianist for the San Diego Opera Ensemble, Off-Center Opera (Seattle), and Puget Sound Concert Opera. She teaches and accompanies at the University of Portland and Linfield College.
For more information contact performing and fine arts at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.