Soprano Angelique Clay will present a recital with pianist Cliff Jackson at West Virginia University’s Creative Arts Center, Friday (Oct. 29). Both are on the music faculty at the University of Kentucky.

The event begins at 8:15 p.m. in the Bloch Learning and Performance Hall (200A) and is free and open to the public.

The program will feature works by Ludwig von Beethoven, Richard Strauss, Claude Debussy, and Joaquin Turina, as well as “Ride on King Jesus,” arranged by Hall Johnson and “I Don’t Feel No Ways Tired,” arranged by Jacqueline B. Hairston.

Heralded for her “soaring lyric soprano voice,” Dr. Clay has performed in the United States, Europe and South America. A native of Louisville, Ky., she received masters and doctoral degrees from the University of Kentucky. Operatic roles include Fiordiligi in “Cos� fan tutte,” Rosalinda in “Die Fledermaus,” the Mother in “Amahl and the Night Visitors,” and Lily and Bess in Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess.” Her oratorio repertoire includes Handel’s “Messiah,” Mendelssohn’s “Elijah,” and Haydn’s “Lord Nelson Mass.” Clay has recorded and toured as a soloist with the American Spiritual Ensemble throughout the United States, Spain and Brazil. She has performed with international as well as regional orchestras.

Jackson received his bachelor’s degree from Oberlin Conservatory of Music and pursued graduate studies at the Manhattan School of Music. He has been the pianist for many internationally renowned artists and has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Teatro Colon, and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. He has performed as a solo pianist for the Dance Theatre of Harlem and also as pianist, organist, and harpsichordist while on the musical staffs of Miami Opera, Tulsa Opera and the Mobile Opera.

For more information about the recital, contact the WVU College of Creative Arts at (304) 293-4359.

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CONTACT: Charlene Lattea, College of Creative Arts
304-293-4359, Charlene.Lattea@mail.wvu.edu

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