Opening Night 2010!
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Date: August 25, 2010Contact: hpac@andrews.edu
Website: http://howard.andrews.edu/
Phone: 269-471-3560
The Howard Performing Arts Center’s 2010–2011 concert series Howard Center Presents… will kick off with Opening Night 2010! at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 29.
In a two-part program, tenor and Andrews University alum Juan Carlos Rodriguez and friends will perform selections from well-known Broadway tunes in the first half, including “Oh What a Beautiful Morning,” “The Impossible Dream,” and “Time to Say Goodbye.” Lake Effect Jazz Big Band continues their Opening Night! tradition, performing favorite jazz and big band numbers for the second half of the evening.
Juan Carlos Rodriguez was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he obtained his bachelor’s in voice performance at the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico, and was awarded the Voice Performance Medal. He has also studied in Florence, Italy, and received acknowledgment and guidance from tenor Franco Corelli, and other recognized teachers. He was the first prize winner of the Metropolitan Opera Auditions for the District of Puerto Rico and for the Gulf Region. Juan Carlos has received special recognition from the Puerto Rico Senate and was named “Distinguished Tenor” by the mayor of Caguas. He received a Master of Music in music ministry from Andrews University in May 2010. He has sung in Puerto Rico, United States, Canada, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Israel, Peru and the Dominican Republic.
This concert is free of charge and no ticket is required. For tickets to other Howard Performing Arts Center concerts, call the Howard Performing Arts Center Box Office at 888-467-6442 or 269-471-3560. For more information please visit us on the web at howard.andrews.edu.