Soprano Maryann Kyle to Give Recital

Maryann Kyle, soprano and assistant professor of music at The University of Southern Mississippi, will present a faculty recital at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 30 in Marsh Auditorium on the Hattiesburg campus.

Collaborating with Dr. Lois Leventhal, piano, Kyle will present two song cycles on the evening’s program, “Sheherazade” by Ravel and the “Four Last Songs” of Richard Strauss. Jason Robert Brown’s haunting song “Still Hurting” from the musical “The Last Five Years” will feature Southern Miss string students Carina de la Hoz, Monica de la Hoz, Luis Gustavo Alberto and Genesis de la Silva in an arrangement by graduate student, J.D. Frizzell.

A native Mississippian, Kyle has sung leading roles with the Chattanooga Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, the Southern Arts Festival Opera, the University of Illinois, East Tennessee Opera, LSU Opera, Gulf Coast Opera and The Opera at Southern Miss.

She appeared as Micaela in “Carmen,” opposite internationally known mezzo-soprano, Denyce Graves, and as a guest soloist of The Miami Festival, opposite famed bass-baritone William Warfield.

Kyle also is the director of the Southern Opera and Musical Theatre Company at Southern Miss, currently in rehearsal for the upcoming production of “Guys and Dolls” Oct. 11-12 and 14.

Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, call the Southern Miss School of Music at 601-266-5543.

Woolly to Present Bassoon Recital at Southern Miss

Kim Woolly, assistant professor of bassoon at The University of Southern Mississippi, will present a faculty recital of French music for the bassoon at 6 p.m. Oct. 5 at Marsh Auditorium on the Hattiesburg campus.

For the concert, she will collaborate with School of Music faculty Elizabeth Moak, Stephen Redfield, Hsiaopei Lee, Alexander Russakovsky, Dana Ragsdale, Taylor Hightower, Gregory Oakes and Anna Pennington.

Woolly is principal bassoon with the Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra, a member of the Mobile and Meridian Symphonies, and spends summers in Maine as a faculty member of the New England Music Camp.

A native of Little Rock, Ark., Woolly has held previous faculty positions at Ohio University, the University of Florida and Morehead State University.

Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, call the Southern Miss School of Music at 601-266-5543.

Nicholson to Give Solo Piano Recital at Southern Miss

Amber Shay Nicholson, assistant professor of piano at The University of Southern Mississippi, will present a faculty solo piano recital at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 9 at Marsh Auditorium on the Hattiesburg campus.