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Johnsons to Present Recital at Marvin UMC

UT Tyler assistant professors of music Dr. Mark Johnson, tenor, and Dr. Molly Johnson, mezzo-soprano, will present a sacred recital at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, at Marvin United Methodist Church.

They will be joined by Ruth Morrow, Jeffery Ford and Fred Gunderson on viola, organ and piano. The recital is part of the Marvin Concert Series, and includes classical and popular sacred music of composers such as Bernstein, Purcell, Vaughan Williams and Duke Ellington. The recital features Benjamin Britten’s Canticle II, a duet setting of the story of Abraham and Isaac from the Chester Miracle Plays, and Luigi Zaninelli’s arrangements of five favorite gospel songs.

Molly Johnson seeks variety as an artist and is equally at home in operas and musicals. She has performed with such companies as Asheville Lyric Opera, Baton Rouge Opera, Music Theater of Wichita and Lyric Theater of Oklahoma. Favorite roles include “The Mother’’ in Amahl and the Night Visitors, “Prince Orlovsky’’ in Die Fledermaus, “Mercedes’’ in Carmen and the “Old Lady’’ in Candide.

She also enjoys oratorio, and has been soloist in Handel's Messiah, Rutter's Magnificat, Fauré's Requiem, Tippett's A Child of Our Time and Mendelssohn's Elijah. Classical recitals, sacred concerts and musical theatre cabarets are among the smaller forms she prepares and presents.

Having been involved in public performances since his youth, Mark Johnson has more than 40 years of stage and music industry experience. During his college years, he appeared as a featured student-artist with the Tulsa Opera, the Four Corners Opera in Durango, Colo., and the Public Opera of Dallas. More recently, he has appeared with the Baton Rouge Opera, the Asheville Lyric Opera and the Montreat Bach Festival. In March he sang the role of “Ariel’’ in the Tyler Civic Chorale’s presentation of Haydn’s Creation. In addition, he has sung before audiences in Germany, France and Mexico, and coached with well-known German soprano Kristine Weidinger.

His professional performing career has continued with particular emphasis on oratorio and recital appearances, and he has traveled and performed extensively for community organizations and churches throughout the United States. He also has work experience in the music industry. As a member of the TV Singers at Oral Roberts University, he worked in the television and recording industry for several years, including work on sound stages and in the studio in Hollywood and Nashville.

The recital is free and open to the public. For more information, call Marvin United Methodist Church at 592.7396.

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