Robert Jones, professor of voice and opera, is performing at the Bolivia Bach Festival in Cochabamba, Bolivia, March 30-31. He is the bass soloist for Bach Cantata 131: “Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir” and also will perform "Mein Wandel aud der Welt," "Endlich, endlich wird mein Joch" and "Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen."
Jones also presented a lecture and performance at the College Music Society Great Lakes Regional Conference, March 19-21, at Ball State University, Muncie, Ind. Titled “Musical Interpretations of Sprung Rhythm, Inscape and Instress Found in Selected Songs from ‘Eight Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins’ by Daniel Pinkham,” he analyzed and performed the poetry and music for five of the poems in the group.
Douglas Monroe, assistant professor of clarinet, was the featured soloist with the Walnut Creek Concert Band during a performance at the Dean Lesher Performing Arts Center in Walnut Creek, Calif., on March 8. They performed Gioachino Rossini’s "Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet."