From: Carder, Carol [mailto:ccarder@pima.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 2:01 PM
Subject: Press release: Pima Community College Center for the Arts - PCC Music present Singing for Pleasure 2/12/2012
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Carol Carder, marketing/pr director
2202 W. Anklam Rd., Tucson, AZ 85709
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Jonathan Ng, music faculty
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January 17, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Pima Community College Music presents Dr. Jonathan Ng, tenor, in a recital Singing for Pleasure
what: PCC Music present Singing for Pleasure: Dr. Jonathan Ng, tenor
where: PCC Center for the Arts Recital Hall, West Campus, 2202 W. Anklam Rd.
when: Sunday, February 12 at 3 p.m.
tickets: $6 with discounts available
information: 520-206-6986, www.pima.edu/cfa
Tucson, AZ -- Pima Community College Music presents a recital featuring vocal music faculty Jonathan Ng, tenor. The recital, Singing for Pleasure, showcases English and German art songs. Dr. Raymond T. Ryder is accompanist. The program includes few English art songs by Roger Quilter and two lieders by Franz Schubert— “Auf dem Strom” (On the River) accompanied by horn and piano and “Erlkoenig” (Erl-king). They both feature love lyrics. The first was composed in the last of year of Schubert's life (1828). The second was composed when he was 18 years old, but already skilled at writing dramatic pieces with extremely difficult but effective accompaniment on the piano.
Program selections also include two Russian songs by Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky (Lenski's aria from the opera – “Eugene Onegin”). These songs represent a different type of operatic aria from the conventional Italian and German operatic repertoire. The second half of the program includes several arias and songs considered the Bel Canto repertoire with coloratura flourish passages in the vocal part. Composers are Handel (“Samson”), Donizetti (“L’elisir d’amore”) and Rossini (“Il Barbiere di Siviglia”). All are from love stories (in honor of upcoming Valentine’s Day).
Ng received his Doctorate in Conducting with minors in vocal performance and pedagogy, music history and literature from Indiana University, Jacob School of Music, Bloomington. He earned his master’s degree in conducting and church music from Westminster Choir College, and bachelor’s degree in education from the Institute of Education in Hong Kong. Besides conducting choruses and orchestras, Dr. Ng is a professional lyric tenor and has appeared in various oratorios and operas throughout the states, Europe and Hong Kong. In the summer of 2008, Dr. Ng sang four operatic roles—Goro in MADAMA BUTTERFLY, Monostatos, Priest and Armor Man in DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE at Magnani Opera Theater, Fidenza and Verdi Theater, Busseto, Italy. In the summer of 2006, he was the soloist for a European tour honoring Mozart’s 250th Anniversary. The concerts took place in Prague, Brno and Vienna where the grand finale took place in the world-renowned cathedral—Karlskirche (St. Charles’s Church). Dr. Ng has appeared as an orchestral and choral conductor for various groups all through the states. In May 2007, he made his Carnegie Hall debut conducting Vivaldi’s “Gloria” accompanied by the New England Symphonic Ensemble. He is the director of Pima Community College Chorale and College Singers, where he also teaches studio voice. Dr. Ng is also the founder and conductor of The Arizona Choral Society and the director of music at Catalina United Methodist Church, Tucson.
Pima Community College Center for the Arts is located on the West Campus at 2202 West Anklam Road, Tucson (just west of downtown). For ticket information contact the box office at 206-6986, www.pima.edu/cfa or centerforthearts@pima.edu .
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