Jean's appearance is sponsored in part by the Binghamton University Music Department. The Binghamton University Wind Ensemble with Timothy Perry, conductor, and Robert Smith, assistant conductor, will perform a salute to the music of the Broadway theater at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 29, in the Anderson Center Chamber Hall. The team efforts of Lerner and Loewe will be represented by Brigadoon. From the 'blockbuster' musicals of the 1980s and early 1990s will be Boubil and Schonberg's scores from Les Miserables and Miss Saigon. The afternoon closes with a recent addition to Broadway's hit offerings, the music composed by Wildhorn and Bricusse for Jekyll and Hyde.
Admission is free.
Park has been studying piano since the age of four and has been the recipient of numerous awards and scholarships, including first place in the Korean Daily News competition, the Yeung-Nam University Student Scholarship, and the Harpur College Music Department Achievement Award. She will perform works by Debussy, Beethoven, Bach, Liszt and Prokofiev. The recital is free and open to the public. The ensemble will perform several of McConnell's compositions as well as some big band jazz chart numbers. Osada, a native of Japan, has won numerous awards including the Ruth Friedland Seiwatz Memorial Award and recognition awards for outstanding performances from the Music Department.