2008 Woodie Awards
MU professor to give vocal performance
Kristen Hetland
Issue date: 11/16/07 Section: Campus
Miami University's own vocal performance instructor, Audrey Luna, has entertained people around the world with the beauty of her voice.
Singing in theaters, concert halls and festivals in cities such as London; Paris; Bremen, Germany and Vienna, Austria; Luna is bringing her musical talent home to perform for the people of Cincinnati.
Chamber Music Cincinnati has joined Luna and the Amernet String Quartet, an ensemble-in-residence at Florida International University, to perform Arnold Schoenberg's Quartet No. 2 for its Dec. 4 concert. The program will be held in the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music's Corbett Auditorium. The concert will begin at 8 p.m. with a pre-concert lecture held by former Miami University music history faculty member Eftychia Papanikolaou, which will begin at 7 p.m.
Chamber Music Cincinnati is a musical organization whose mission, according to its Web site, it is "to present chamber music ensembles and recitalists of the highest quality to
Cincinnati audiences."
"It is actually quite unusual for our concerts to feature a local artist like Luna," said Joel Hoffman, president of Chamber Music Cincinnati (CMC). He explained that since the organization usually presents ensembles from different countries it is quite a treat for them to be able to present an artist who is both a local resident and an internationally renowned vocalist.
Luna, who has performed with artists such as James Tocco, the Hagen Quartet and fellow Miami faculty member Brad Caldwell, is a vocal music instructor at Miami teaching courses in applied music.
"Experience in the profession adds dimension to my teaching," Luna said. "I know what it feels like to sing in big concert halls, opera houses and in front of large numbers of people. I bring all those experiences into my teaching."
The Schoenberg piece that Luna will be singing the soprano solo for is one of particular historical importance.
Luna explained that Quartet No. 2 was the first string quartet in history to feature a soprano solo and is Schoenberg's first experiment with atonality. Lacking a tonal center, the piece is one that is particularly challenging, according to Luna.
Singing in theaters, concert halls and festivals in cities such as London; Paris; Bremen, Germany and Vienna, Austria; Luna is bringing her musical talent home to perform for the people of Cincinnati.
Chamber Music Cincinnati has joined Luna and the Amernet String Quartet, an ensemble-in-residence at Florida International University, to perform Arnold Schoenberg's Quartet No. 2 for its Dec. 4 concert. The program will be held in the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music's Corbett Auditorium. The concert will begin at 8 p.m. with a pre-concert lecture held by former Miami University music history faculty member Eftychia Papanikolaou, which will begin at 7 p.m.
Chamber Music Cincinnati is a musical organization whose mission, according to its Web site, it is "to present chamber music ensembles and recitalists of the highest quality to
Cincinnati audiences."
"It is actually quite unusual for our concerts to feature a local artist like Luna," said Joel Hoffman, president of Chamber Music Cincinnati (CMC). He explained that since the organization usually presents ensembles from different countries it is quite a treat for them to be able to present an artist who is both a local resident and an internationally renowned vocalist.
Luna, who has performed with artists such as James Tocco, the Hagen Quartet and fellow Miami faculty member Brad Caldwell, is a vocal music instructor at Miami teaching courses in applied music.
"Experience in the profession adds dimension to my teaching," Luna said. "I know what it feels like to sing in big concert halls, opera houses and in front of large numbers of people. I bring all those experiences into my teaching."
The Schoenberg piece that Luna will be singing the soprano solo for is one of particular historical importance.
Luna explained that Quartet No. 2 was the first string quartet in history to feature a soprano solo and is Schoenberg's first experiment with atonality. Lacking a tonal center, the piece is one that is particularly challenging, according to Luna.
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