Michael Peré to present senior recital at Ouachita March 12
March 07, 2018
- Katie Smith
Ouachita Baptist University will host Michael Peré in his senior vocal recital on
Monday, March 12. The recital, which is free and open to the public, will be held
at 7:30 p.m. in Ouachita’s McBeth Recital Hall in Mabee Fine Arts Center.
Peré is a senior musical theatre major from Roland, Ark., and has been a regional
National Association of Teachers of Singing audition semifinalist. He also has been
a nominee for the Irene Ryan Acting Competition as well as the Musical Theatre Initiative
at the Region 6 Kennedy Center-American College Theatre Festival. He is a student
of Dr. Jon Secrest, Addie Mae Maddox Professor of Music, and Drew Hampton, assistant
professor of theatre arts. Stacy Hawking, fine arts administrator and box office manager,
served as choreographer for the recital. His collaborative pianist will be Susan Monroe.
Peré will begin his recital with Irving Berlin’s “Sisters” from White Christmas, followed by scene eight from Patrick Barlow’s The 39 Steps. He then will perform Alan Menken’s “Letter from the Refuge” from Newsies, Lucy Simon’s “Magic Chord” from The Secret Garden and Clark Gesner’s “Suppertime” from You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. He also will perform scene five from Wendy Wassertein’s The Heidi Chronicles and will conclude his recital with Marvin Hamlisch’s “What I Did for Love” from A Chorus Line and Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick’s “A Musical” from Something Rotten.
Will Stotts, a senior musical theatre major from Jonesboro, Ark., also will present
his senior recital at 7:30 p.m. in McBeth Recital Hall. Other students participating
in the performances include Micah Brooks, a junior musical theatre major from Rockwall,
Texas; Nadalie Gill, a senior theatre arts and mass communications double major from
Price, Texas; Mackenzie Holtzclaw, a senior musical theatre major from North Little
Rock, Ark.; and Hannah Hines, a senior musical theatre and mass communications double
major from Russellville, Ark.
For more information, contact OBU’s School of Fine Arts at (870) 245-5129.
By Katie Smith
March 7, 2018
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