{"id":1814,"date":"2010-02-23T11:43:32","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T11:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2010\/02\/23\/copy-of-turner-to-present-guest-artist-recital-at-delta-state-2\/"},"modified":"2013-09-09T14:08:15","modified_gmt":"2013-09-09T14:08:15","slug":"copy-of-turner-to-present-guest-artist-recital-at-delta-state-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2010\/02\/copy-of-turner-to-present-guest-artist-recital-at-delta-state-2\/","title":{"rendered":"[COPY OF] Turner to present guest artist recital at Delta State"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/title><!-- p.MsoNormal\t{mso-style-parent:\"\";\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\tfont-size:11.0pt;\tfont-family:\"Calibri\",\"sans-serif\";\tmargin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-top:0in}--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"> <\/p>\n<table width=\"100\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 235px;height: 299px\" src=\"\/Images\/univ_relations\/LeonTurner.jpg\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p> <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <\/p>\n<p><title><\/title><!-- p.MsoNormal\t{mso-style-parent:\"\";\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\tfont-size:11.0pt;\tfont-family:\"Calibri\",\"sans-serif\";\tmargin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-top:0in}--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Verdana\">The <span style=\"color: black\">Department of Music at Delta State University will present <\/span>Leon P. Turner, bass-baritone, in a guest artist vocal<span> <\/span>recital on Monday, March 1, at 7:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Bologna Performing Arts Center (BPAC). <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Verdana\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Verdana\">Voice is one of the wonderful instruments that we enjoy listening to that has many varieties in the tone color, range, weight, and quality. Some voice types are less heard than others. One of those is bass.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Verdana\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Verdana\">The program will include a variety of selections composed by Burleigh, Gounod, Handel, Ibert, Hall Johnson, Lerner, Rorem, and Robert Schumann. The collaborative pianist will be Dr. Kumiko Shimizu, assistant professor of music at Delta State University. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Verdana\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Verdana\"> Turner teaches at Prairie View A&M University. He is active as a performer with various opera companies in the U.S. and makes guest artist appearances at surrounding and nationwide universities. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Verdana\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Verdana\"> Internationally, he has spent time in Rome, Italy performing the role of Sarastro in Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” and concertizing with the Rome Festival Orchestra. His operatic and oratorio experiences include such roles as, Mephistopheles<b> <\/b>in Gounod’s “Faust,” Shaunard in Puccini’s “La Bohème,” Zuniga in Bizet’s “Carmen,” Jake in Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess,” among others. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Verdana\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Verdana\">He has performed in master classes conducted by noted singers such as Leontyne Price and Blanche Thebam. He was cast in the movie “Leap of Faith” by Paramount Pictures as a gospel singer. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Verdana\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Verdana\">In 1996, he was chosen as a finalist in the Metropolitan Opera Regional Auditions in New Orleans, Louisiana, and winner of the National Opera Association Vocal Competition in Washington, DC. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Verdana\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Verdana\"> Turner will give a master class for the voice students on Sunday, Feb. 28, at 5 p.m.in the Recital Hall of the BPAC. Both recital and master class are funded by the Year of the Arts and Dulce Funds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Verdana\">The recital is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact the Department of Music at (662) 846-4615.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The Department of Music at Delta State University will present Leon P. 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