OBU Division of Music presents Chris Straw in senior voice recital
March 16, 2009 - OBU News Bureau
Christopher Brandon Straw, a senior musical theatre major from Little Rock, will present
his senior vocal recital on March 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Mabee Fine Arts Center’s McBeth
Recital Hall on the campus of Ouachita Baptist University.
Straw is a member of Theta Alpha Phi national honor fraternity for theatre arts, Campus
Activities Board, Reaching Out to Multicultural Students and Ouachita Singers. He
has served as vice president for OBU’s chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia national fraternity
for men in music, was a 2007 Tiger Tunes Host and was chosen for Who’s Who Among American
Students in Colleges and Universities in 2009. He has also been a finalist in the
Arkansas National Association of Teachers Singing (NATS) auditions and placed third
in the recent Mary Shambarger Musical Theatre Competition.
Straw will perform several classical selections, including Mark Hayes’ “A Time for
Everything,” Francesco Cilea’s “E la solita storia” from L'Arlesiana, W.A. Mozart’s
“Die Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön” from The Magic Flute and William Finn’s “When the
Earth Stopped Turning” from Elegies.
Straw will also perform several musical theatre selections, including Stephen Schwartz’
“Wonderful” from Wicked and Marc Shaiman’s “Run and Tell That” from Dreamgirls, as
well as Jonathan Larson’s “Santa Fe” and “No Day But Today” from Rent.
The recital is free and open to the public. For more information, contact OBU’s School
of Fine Arts at (870) 245-5129.
by OBU News Bureau
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