FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007
Contact: Dave Wellman, Director of Communications, (304) 696-7153
 

Marshall Music Department adds Broadway to homecoming weekend

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Students from Marshall University’s Department of Music will present two performances of a Broadway Cabaret Saturday, Oct. 27 in the Jomie Jazz Forum on the Huntington campus. Show times are 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. and admission is free.

Singers from Marshall Opera Theatre will perform old and new favorites, led by pianist and director Bruce Rous, an adjunct professor in the Department of Music. An alumnus of Marshall Opera Theatre, Rous enjoyed a career in New York as a pianist and musical director following graduation.

His Broadway credits include Grease and Peter Pan, Off-Broadway shows, and national tours of popular shows including CATS. Most recently he served as musical director of Huntington’s ARTS production of Hello Dolly. At Marshall, he is teaching music theory and music appreciation, as well as sharing his experiences from Broadway to grand opera with Marshall’s singers.

For further information on the performances, persons may contact Linda Dobbs, professor of music and director of the Marshall Opera Theatre, at (304) 696-2347 or by e-mail at dobbsl@marshall.edu.

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