Coker College Music presents a faculty recital by soprano Serena Hill and pianist Dr. Jun Matsuo on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Watson Theater of the Elizabeth Boatwright Coker Performing Arts Center.
The pair will perform Benjamin Britten’s “Les Illuminations, Opus 18,” inspired by poet Arthur Rimbaud, and Aaron Copland’s “Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson.”
Hill, an adjunct faculty member at Coker College, teaches applied voice and diction. An award winning vocal artist, Hill was a regional finalist in the 2008 National Association of Teachers of Singing Artist Awards. In 2006, she was named Artist of the Year by FBN Productions (Opera for Kids). She was also a 2003 finalist in the Southeast Regional Metropolitan Opera Auditions. Hill holds a Master of Music in vocal performance from the University of South Carolina.
Matsuo is a visiting assistant professor of music at Coker College, where she is teaching piano performance and music theory. A versatile solo and collaborative performer, Matsuo has appeared as a guest pianist in New York, Maine and Florida. Her overseas activities include giving a recital and lecture at the Universiti Sains Malaysia and performing at the French Piano Institute in Paris. Matsuo holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in piano pedagogy from the University of South Carolina.
Admission is free and the public is invited to attend. For details, call (843) 383-8018 or e-mail jjolly@coker.edu.
Also don’t miss pianist Tian Ying
The Hartsville-Coker Concert Association also will present a performance by world-renowned pianist Tian Ying at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Watson Theater at Coker College. Ying, a Van Cliburn prize winner, will perform selections from several compositions by Frederic Chopin (1810 – 1849) and Pictures at an Exhibition, a large-scale work by Modest Mussorgsky (1839 – 1881).
A recipient of high honors at the Eighth Van Cliburn Inter-
national Piano Competition in 1989, Ying carries a variety of repertoire in his arsenal.
Admission is $20 for adults, $7 for children younger than 18 and free for students with Coker College ID.
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