1997 Miracle Yearbook

Eric l'iveland cSIEnioTi, tarEnti, There were four recitalists from the Communication Arts Department this year. Jamin Ferner presented "Vincent," a piece about the life of Vincent Van Gogh written by Leonard Nimoy. Christina Jackson chose the theme"Memories of Father;" she used several selectionsthatexaminedhow our fathers, or the absence of a father,affectusthroughoutour lives. Elizabeth Roseboom titled her performance "Life: A Journey ofChanging Roles. Eric Sorensen condensed Les Miserablesby VictorHugointo a presentation lasting an hour and twenty minutes. Twelve students from the Department of Music performed recitals. Jessica Schuring sang pieces in German,French,andRussian.Chet 6,Matt S'fielwood Jenkins focused on 20th Century music by French composers for his saxophone recital. Jill Brown's voice recital included several pieces of Renaissance music accompanied by guitar, and Brahms' Alto Rhapsody requiring a chorus ofsixteen men to sing with her. BradIlliancentered hisvoice recital on the theme of Christ, Kimberly Miller played selections for piano by Haydn and Debussy. Her instructor, Dr. Mortensen, believes that Miller'sperformancemayhave been the first time this piece wasever played in Ohio,ifnot the entire Midwest. Sara Clayton wanted to represent a wide variety of music from different periods in history for her flute recital; she used Baroque,Impressionistic, French Romantic, and 20th Century pieces. Chris Pagnard's trumpet recital involved a number of classical and 20th-Century pieces; he also had the unique opportunity to have his father,Professor Charles Pagnard, perform in the recital with him. Lane Dykman played selections by Chopin, Beethoven, and Rachmaninoff for his piano recital. Josh Rupp sang pieces in French,English, German,and Italian, including four opera arias by Leoncavallo, Mozart, and Gounod, and Ralph Vaughn Williams' Five MysticalSongs.Stephen Estep performed a series of difficult piano selections by Bach, Schumann,Shostakovich, and Beethoven. Eric Fiveland Eric Fiveland sEnio% ucitati 35

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