Benjamin C. Brown, tenor, Senior voice recital in partial fulfillment of a Bachelor's Degree in Music with guest Victoria Perri, soprano, presented by the Gonzaga University Music Department, Saturday, April 10, 2010, 5:00 p.m.

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GONZAGA
UNIVERSITY
enjamtn C. proton.
Section
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TENOR
UNIVERSITY CHAPEL
SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 2010
5:00 P.M.
SENIOR VOICE RECITAL!
Accompanied by
GREGORY PRESLEY
piano
Gregory Presley served as
a member of the piano faculty in the Music department
of Eastern Washington University in the spring of 2001
and has been a member of
the piano faculty at Gonzaga
University since the Fall of
2001.
Mr. Presley was a student
of the nationally recognized
piano teacher Margaret Ott.
He won numerous local
awards, including the Young
Artist Award of the Spokane
Allied Arts Festival in addition to winning the state and
Northwest divisions of the
MTNA High School Piano
Competition.
With guest
VICTORIA PERRI
soprano
Victoria Perri is a senior at
Gonzaga University and has
studied voice under the fiery
tutelage of Marjory Halvorson for four years. In her
time at Gonzaga she has
sung in the GU Choir,
Chamber Singers, and the
GU Gregorian Schola. She
has enjoyed studying organ
under Dr. Janet Ahrend and
at times plays for the Gregorian Chant Mass on campus.
She studies composition with
(See PERRI, right)
IN PARTIAL FULHLMWT OF A BACHEOR'S DEGRE M MUSIC
SEATTLE: Surrounded by reporters, Mr. Brown gives an approving thumbs-up.
Presented by the
Gonzaga University Music Department
No flash photography allowed.
Please turn off all cell phones and electronic devices.
Student of
MARJORY HALVORSON
voice
Marjory Halvorson teaches private voice at Gonzaga
University and Whitworth
University. She has been the
Artistic Director of Spokane
Opera since 1986. Halvor-
son's awards include: YW-
CA Woman of Achievement
in Arts & Culture, 1996; the
Westminster Church Music
Leadership Award, 1996;
and the Leadership Award,
Arts Commission, City of
Spokane, 2003.
(PERRI, cont.)
Fr. Kevin Waters, and has
studied conducting with Dr.
Irene Messoloras and Dr.
Robert Spittal. Victoria has
performed with the Spokane
Opera in Puccini's Tosca as
the Shepherd, in Mozart's
Magic Flute as the Second
Spirit, and in Haydn's The
Songstress as Don Ettore. In
2008 she won the Young
Artist Concerto and Aria
Competition and performed
with the Gonzaga University
Symphony Orchestra. She
plans on graduating from
Gonzaga with a degree in
Music, and a concentration
in Voice Performance. Victoria plans on continuing her
studies in voice and sacred
music and looks forward to
performing, teaching, and
leading music in the Church
and elsewhere for the rest of
her life.