Broadway Lights and Opera Stars to be performed at Bradley

Peoria, Illinois . . . January 23, 2003 . . . The Bradley University Department of Music will present Broadway Lights and Opera Stars, an afternoon of opera and musical theatre favorites, on Sunday, February 9, at 3 p.m. in the Dingeldine Music Center, located at 1417 W. Barker Avenue.

Memorable music from Carmen, La Traviata, Rigoletto, The Fantasticks and much more will be performed by Bradley voice faculty Kerry Walters, John Jost, Gina Wright and Shirley Salazar, pianist Molly Sloter, and Bradley alumni and friends Debra Austin, Lee Wenger, Pete Driscoll and Denise Adams.

Internationally acclaimed tenor Thomas Booth also will be featured in the performance. Trained at the Juilliard School he has sung principal and leading roles for nine seasons with the Metropolitan Opera and for five with Lyric Opera of Chicago and New York City Opera. He is currently on the faculties of Monmouth, Knox and Carl Sandburg Colleges.

The concert is part of the Music Scholarship Concert Series, which provides scholarships to talented undergraduate musicians majoring in music at Bradley. Tickets are $5 and available at the Cultural Events Box Office in the Hartmann Center on the Bradley campus. Box Office hours are Monday through Friday from noon to 5 p.m. Tickets may also be reserved by calling 677-2650. For more information, call 677-2595 or 677-2601.