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MILLIGAN COLLEGE, TN (February 11, 2005) — John Wakefield, associate professor of music at Milligan College, will sing a recital, Friday, Feb. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the Walker Auditorium of Seeger Memorial Chapel, located on the Milligan College campus.
Wakefield’s recital will include the “Catalog aria,” from Mozart’s “Don Giovanni,” and the famed “Avant de quitter” aria, from Gounod’s “Faust,” along with other selections in English, Italian, French and German. The program will close with Wakefield performing a rousing rendition of the widely known spiritual “Dem Bones.” Joel Buckner of Johnson City, Tenn., will serve as accompanist.
Wakefield is a graduate of MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Ill., and Northwestern University School of Music in Evanston, Ill. He serves as conductor of the Milligan College Concert Choir and teaches voice.
Wakefield has studied at Yale University and Christ Church College in Oxford and is currently pursuing a doctorate of ministries degree in liturgical studies at University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn. He is a member of both the American Choral Director’s Association and the Board of Directors of the Johnson City Symphony Orchestra in Johnson City, Tenn.
The recital is free and open to the public. For additional information, contact the Milligan College music office at 423.461.8723.