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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PRESIDENT’S HONORS CONCERT SHOWCASES UNIVERSITY’S TOP MUSICAL TALENTS

Texas Wesleyan University’s top music students will share their vocal and instrumental talents during the President’s Honors Concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, in Martin Hall, 1309 Wesleyan St.

This year's array of performers is spread across a wide musical spectrum, with five singers, and one each on flute, guitar, piano, saxophone, and clarinet. They were selected by an independent panel of three judges hired for the occasion.

While seven out of this year's ten performers are taken from the department's Attainment (junior/senior) Division, one sophomore and two freshmen also made the cut. One of the freshmen, Eastern Hills High School clarinetist Brandon Wheaton, will lead off the evening. Wheaton is a superb talent who in one semester has blossomed immensely, and well deserves his place on the program. The other freshman is Northwest High School alto saxophonist Jameson Williams, another big talent, who plans to complete a music education degree. The lone sophomore is soprano Leticia Michael from Carter-Riverside High School. Four of her upper-division colleagues are making repeat appearances: Karen Garcia on piano, Danielle Martz on flute, soprano Stephanie Darbo, and coloratura soprano Andrea Talladino. The others, guitarist Roman Coronado, baritone Jonah Copeland, and soprano Janna McKinley, are making their Honors Concert debuts.

Bill Bleibdrey, senior vice president for finance and administration, will serve as master of ceremonies. Janie Faris, BMEd '77 MA '83 and Evan Faris, BA '76, will serve as co-hosts of the event, along with President Harold and Marie Jeffcoat.

The President's Honors Concert, established in 1996, is now in its 12th iteration. The event has migrated from its original venue in the Texas Boys Choir building, to the Scott Theatre in the old Modern Art Museum, to its current home in Martin Hall, where it has been since 2003.

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