Ouachita Stories

The division of music in Ouachita Baptist University’s School of Fine Arts will host “I Do, I Do,” a faculty musical theatre recital with a marriage theme, on Tuesday, Sept. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the McBeth Recital Hall of Mabee Fine Arts Center.  The recital will feature Cindy Fuller, instructor of voice and music education; Scott Holsclaw, dean of the school of fine arts and professor of theatre; Caitlin Secrest, a junior at Arkadelphia High School; Glenda Secrest, associate professor of music; and Jon Secrest, chair of OBU’s applied music department, coordinator of vocal studies and director of opera and musical theatre workshops.

The recital will feature selections from Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein’s Carousel, Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years and Jerome Kern’s Showboat.

A reception will immediately follow the recital in the Hammons Gallery.  Both are open to the public, and admission is free. For more information about this recital contact Jon Secrest at (870) 245-5134 or via email at [email protected].

by Brooke Showalter