UMSL vocal director makes St. Louis solo debut

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WHO
Stella Markou, assistant professor of music and director of vocal studies at the University of Missouri-St. Louis

WHAT
Concert

WHEN
7:30 p.m. April 29

WHERE
Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall
Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center
University of Missouri-St. Louis
One University Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63121

SPONSOR
Department of Music at UMSL

COST
Free and open to the public

INFO
(314) 516-5980

DETAILS
Soprano Stella Markou will present her St. Louis solo debut. She will perform music by George F. Handel, Gustav Mahler, Claude Debussy, Barbara Harbach, Joaquin Turina and Gian Carlo Menotti. Alla Voskoboynikova, coordinator of piano studies at UMSL, will accompany Markou on piano and Paul Hecht will accompany her on trumpet.

Markou has appeared as a featured soloist at festivals throughout the United States and Europe, including the Dance New Amsterdam Concert Series in New York, Heidelberg New Music Festival in Tiffin, Ohio, and the SEAMUS Festival in San Diego.

She has performed roles from "Die Zauberflöte," "The Turn of the Screw," "The Mikado," "The Telephone" and "La Canterina."

Visit http://www.stellamarkou.com for more information on Stella Markou.

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