Soprano Returns to Ruel Joyce Series
Johnson County Community College
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8/21/06
Story by Peggy Graham
Soprano Returns to Ruel Joyce Series
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Suzanne Hillis Ackin is no stranger to the Ruel Joyce Recital Series. The soprano has appeared before as a member of the Lyric Arts Trio. Ackin returns to the series accompanied on piano by AckinSuzanne-Hillis.gif: This content expired on 08/21/2008 at 09:18PM.
Susan Campagna at noon Monday, Sept. 18, in the Recital Hall of the Carlsen Center, Johnson County Community College, as part of the free Ruel Joyce Recital Series featuring Kansas City classical artists.
Ackin is a frequent performer with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City and recently completed four years as artist/educator with Lyric Opera’s Education Department. She has performed with the Dorian Opera Theatre, Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera and Opera Omaha. She is also a featured soloist with regional orchestras and chamber ensembles, including two performances in the Messiah Festival, Lindsborg. Ackin has been an adjunct professor of voice at William Jewell College, Liberty, Mo., and currently teaches private lessons at Ibsen Dance Theatre.
Campagna, director of music at Fairview Christian Church, Gladstone, Mo., received her degree in piano performance from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music, where she studied with the late Joanne Baker. She currently free-lances as a coach and accompanist and has previously worked with the Kansas City, Kansas, School District and Camellott Academy Performing Arts Camp.
The Ruel Joyce Recital Series continues at noon Monday in the Recital Hall.
• Sept. 25 Emily Smith, flute, and Jerry Pope, piano
• Oct. 2 Goldenberg Duo
• Oct. 9 Caroline Lee, viola, and Mia Hynes, piano
• Oct. 16 Keith Benjamin, trumpet
• Oct. 23 Spencer Consort
• Oct. 30 Laura New, horn, and Lee Anne Rogers, piano
• Dec. 4 Quartet Accorda
The series is named for Ruel Joyce, a longtime jazz bassist who headed the local musicians federation from 1977 until his death in 1989. The concerts are
cosponsored by the JCCC humanities and music departments, Community Services and the Music Performance Trust Fund of the American Federation of Musicians, Local 34-627. For more information, call 913-469-8500, ext. 3605.
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