Saturday, March 24
Keynote address and performance by Allan Evans accompanied by Carol Goff, pianist
Arts Complex Rehearsal Hall, Macon Campus, 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, March 22
Performance by Allan Evans: Opera Singer
Douglass Theatre, downtown Macon, 7:30 p.m.
Allan will give two performances: one, a recital at the Douglass Theatre on Thursday 3/22 at 7:30 pm, and the other as keynote speaker and performer for both the Arts Festival and Macon State College's Undergraduate Conference on 3/24. Our event at the college takes place from 6:00 to 7:00 pm at H/SS Rehearsal Hall. At both performances, Allan will be accompanied by the pianist Dr. Carol Goff of Mercer University.
Our event at the college is, of course, free and open to the public. Regarding the performance at the Douglass, we have a very nice opportunity for up to 50 MSC students to attend Thursday evening’s recital for free through a gracious gift of the Central Georgia Opera Guild. Just show your MSC ID at the box office - there are 50 free tickets available.
It is also POSSIBLE there will be an MSC van take students to the Douglass concert. See Dr. Clayton in the English Department for Details [and paperwork!]
Allan Evans, Opera Singer
Allan Evans was born in Macon, Ga., but his talents as an opera singer have taken him far from his hometown. After studying at Macalester College in St. Paul, MN, and then at the prestigious Juilliard School of Music in New York City, he moved to Europe, where he established himself as one of the world's preeminent bass-baritone opera singers. Known not only for his beautiful voice, but also for his formidable acting skills, Mr. Evans has performed many of what he calls "the monumental roles of operatic repertory," from Mozart's brash Don Giovanni, to the Norse god Wotan in Richard Wagner's Die Walküre. In addition to his operatic roles, Mr. Evans has recorded and regularly performs a treasury of great Negro Spirituals that he learned from his family and teachers growing up in Macon. Mr. Evans is a longtime resident of Mannheim, Germany, where he continues to perform and teach. In 1996, the German government awarded him the title of “Kammersänger,” one of the highest honors the country bestows on distinguished singers.
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