Monday, June 1, 2009

Beverly Hills Auditions Winners' Showcase Concert June 20

Event Beverly Hills Auditions Winners' Showcase Concert

Four Sopranos
Angie Solomon, Xiaobo Su, Yun-Ju Lai, Jacquelynne Fontaine
with pianist Shawn Kirchner

When Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.

Where Trinity Lutheran Church
1340 Eleventh Street, Manhattan Beach, CA
(3 blks east of Sepulveda & 1 blk south of Manhattan Beach Blvd.)

Admission Free, donations appreciated.

www.PalosVerdes.com/TLCmusic/TLCMBs2.htm#20090620

Background
Artists and ensembles for the Manhattan Beach "Previews" and Beverly Hills "Music In The Mansion" concert series are selected by auditions held in the Beverly Hills Public Library on April 17 and 24, 2009. The 28 members of the Consortium of Southern California Chamber Music Presenters are invited to attend and are given Audition results.

Of the nearly 90 artists and ensembles that auditioned, the level of talent at this year's Beverly Hills Auditions was exceptional This concert is a rare opportunity to hear four rising young soprano stars.

A recent transplant from the Midwest, Angie Solomon completed her Master's degree at the University of Missouri and debuted with Kansas City Lyric Opera.

Mozart Festival first-prize winner and Opera Buffs' laureate Xiaobo Suis in the USC Thornton School graduate program.

Yun-Ju Lai earned her Bachelor's degree at Taipei National University, her Master's at University of Texas, and her Doctorate from the University of Michigan.

Crowned Miss California in 2006, Jacquelynne Fontaine earned her Bachelor's degree at California Lutheran University and her Master's from the USC Thornton School, where she is a DMA candidate.

About pianist Shawn Kirchner: http://www.shawnkirchner.com/bio.htm

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