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4/4/05

POPULAR SONGS ON THE BILL FOR UNIVERSITY CHORUS CONCERT

CANTON – "Stardust Melodies: Songs of Broadway and Tin Pan Alley" is the 
theme for the University Chorus spring concert, to be performed Saturday, 
April 9, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, April 10, at 2 p.m. in Gulick Theatre, at 
St. Lawrence University. The concerts are open to the public, free of charge.
	Songs to be performed include George M. Cohan's "Mary's A Grand Old 
Name" and "The Yankee Doodle Boy"; and the Gershwins' "S'Wonderful," "They 
Can't Take That Away From Me" and "Of Thee I Sing." A medley of songs from 
the musical Showboat is also on the program, as are songs from Oklahoma, 
Carousel, South Pacific and The Sound of Music, and the standards "Deep 
Purple," "I'm in the Mood for Love," "St. Louis Blues" and "Over the Rainbow," 
among other works.
	The University Chorus, Canton's community chorus, is sponsored by the 
St. Lawrence University music department. Membership in the chorus is drawn 
from the local community as well as faculty, staff and students of 
St. Lawrence. The University Chorus is directed by Barry Torres; Barbara 
Phillips-Farley is accompanist.
	Soloists who are featured in this concert reflect the diverse community 
membership of the ensemble; they include Rose Hodge, retired Canton High 
School teacher; Canton music teacher Barbara Burdick; St. Lawrence Associate 
Professor of Speech and Theater Rebecca Daniels; St. Lawrence Associate 
Professor of Music Michael Farley; former University staff members Karl 
Keller and Alice Hessert; Canton attorney Christopher Rediehs; Canton 
physician Jon Kay; Potsdam residents Arlene Babich and Karen Sullivan; 
Ogdensburg resident Eric Key; SUNY Canton student Tyler Curtis and 
St. Lawrence students Megan Roppolo, Phyllis Puzzo and Jessica Mott. 
Three members of the St. Lawrence University physics department faculty also 
will perform solos: Associate Professor Aileen O'Donoghue, Hayward Associate 
Professor Brian Watson and Associate Professor Daniel Koon. 

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