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Feb 14, 2013
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Laurel Masse |
Lynne Rothrock |
Morningside College will host a vocal jazz concert featuring Grammy Award-winning jazz singer Laurel Massé and vocal performer and educator Lynne Rothrock at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Feb. 25, in Klinger-Neal Theatre, 3700 Peters Avenue.
Tickets to the concert are $5 for the general public and can be purchased at the door.
Massé, the founding member of Grammy Award-winning vocal group Manhattan Transfer, has toured internationally and recorded several albums throughout her Manhattan Transfer and solo music careers. Two of her solo albums have made the Billboard Jazz charts and another was a People magazine best pick. Her music has been featured on shows like Mary Tyler Moore’s 1974 special “Mary’s Incredible Dream,” and the movie soundtrack of “Just a Gigilo,” which starred David Bowie and Marlene Dietrich. She has also worked with famed artists such as Tony Trischka and Barry Manilow.
Rothrock, a professional singer and entertainer from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, tours throughout much of the Midwest, most recently with "Divapalooza," a three-woman show featuring music styles from vocal jazz, gospel, to musical theater. She also tours with her husband, Ron Dewitte, who is an Iowa Blues Hall of Fame guitarist. Rothrock is an experienced music and theatre educator, having spent over 25 years teaching at all levels. She has done workshops at many festivals and colleges in the U.S. and in Canada. She has also served on the voice faculty of Austin Peay State University, Roosevelt University's Chicago College of the Performing Arts and Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Throughout the day of the concert, Morningside College will host a jazz workshop for high school jazz choirs from the Siouxland area. Rothrock and Massé will serve as guest clinicians who will critique each jazz choir. The workshop, coordinated by Tim Watson, assistant professor of music and director of choral activities at Morningside College, will be held in the MacCollin Classroom Building inside the Eppley Fine Arts Building, 3625 Garretson Avenue, and is free and open to the public.
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