Mitchell to perform as Greenwoods will be honored at Sunday concert

Friday, April 20, 2018

The Michael and Anne Greenwood School of Music Concert Chorale, University Singers, Wind Ensemble will join guest and faculty vocalists to perform music from some of the greatest composers of all time on Sunday, April 22, at 2:30 p.m. during the President’s Masterworks Concert in the Seretean Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall.   

 “The concert, which is sure to be a crowd pleaser, is a special celebration of the generosity of Michael and Anne Greenwood for whom the music school has been named,” said Joseph Missal, director of bands and professor of conducting at OSU. He will be joined by Z. Randall Stroope, director of vocal studies and professor of music, as a co-conductor.

The concert will feature the music of Leonard Bernstein, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Percy Grainger, and Carl Orff with Grammy-winning guest soprano Leona Mitchell, a vocalist for 18 years with the New York Metropolitan Opera. Guest baritone and former OSU faculty member John Seesholtz will also be among the vocalists, who will include current music faculty Anne-Marie Condacse, soprano; April Golliver-Mohiuddin, mezzo-soprano; and Steve Sanders, tenor. Chris Haygood leads the University Singers at OSU.

Reserved seat tickets can be purchased at the door, $10 adults, $7 for students and seniors, or in advance by visiting music.okstate.edu and clicking on "Buy Tickets." Tickets are available online until 4 p.m. on Friday, April 20th. They will go on sale in the Seretean Center's box office one hour before the performance.