FIRST TUESDAY PERFORMANCE SERIES
CONCERT JANUARY 13 AT ABAC
Chris Robinson, Stephen Greene, Jacqueline
Green Bonnie Nipper
The
next event in the First Tuesday Performance Series will take place Jan. 13 at 7 p.m. at Abraham
Baldwin College.
Featured performers will include Jacqueline
Greene, piano; Stephen Greene, tenor; Gina Lawhon , piano; Chris Robinson, tenor; Zoe
Hobby, mezzo-soprano; Randy Barber, baritone; and Bonnie Nipper, soprano and vibraharp.
As
part of the Arts and Entertainment Series, sponsored by the Abraham Baldwin
Arts Connection, regional professional artists will be featured on the first
Tuesday of every month in the Chapel of All Faiths on the ABAC campus. The
concerts, which last one hour, are designed to be light, entertaining, and
informative.
Individual tickets
for the concert may be purchased at the door. The cost is $3 for adults and $1
for students. ABAC students are admitted free with ID.
For more
information about the First Tuesday Performance Series, contact Dr. Susan Roe,
First Tuesday Program Coordinator, at (229) 386-3097.
Jacqueline Greene has been
teaching in Tift County
for four years. She holds a Bachelor’s of Music Education degree from Shorter
College and a Bachelor’s of Music
Therapy degree from Georgia College
and State University.
Stephen Greene has been teaching
in the Tift County School System for six years. He holds a Bachelor’s of Music
Education degree from Shorter College
and a Master’s of Music Education degree from Florida
State University.
Lawhon is a
local piano/organ instructor and elementary school music teacher in Irwin
County. She has accompanied and played for a wide
variety of musical events both local and statewide, including a concert with
the Brandenburg String Quartet and several recitals at Valdosta
State University.
She has also performed with the Albany Symphony Orchestra. Lawhon
teaches general music for the Tift County Public School System.
Robinson attended Shorter
College where he earned a
Bachelor’s of Music Education degree.
While at Shorter, he performed in the New York
premiere of Les Chanson des Roses with the Shorter Chorale and
toured Germany,
Poland, the Czech
Republic, and Austria.
Robinson has been teaching in Tift County
for eight years and is currently the Director of Choral Activities at 8th
Street Middle School.
Hobby earned a Bachelor’s of Music
Education degree from Shorter College
and has taught choral music in South Georgia for the
past 15 years. She is currently Choral Director at the Northeast Campus of Tift
County High School.
Barber is completing his 16th year as
Director of Choral Music at Tift County
High School. He holds a
Bachelor’s of Science degree in Music Education and a Master’s of Music in
Choral Conducting degree from Auburn University.
Nipper, who graduated from Shorter
College and also received a
Master’s of Art degree in English from the State University of West Georgia,
has enjoyed a diverse career as an English instructor, teaching middle school
and high school English, drama, and chorus, as well as college English and
literature. For the past four years, she has been an English instructor at
ABAC.
In conjunction
with the First Tuesday Performance Series concert, there will be an art exhibit
in the Music Building,
adjacent to the Chapel of All Faiths. The exhibit will feature paintings,
drawings, and two-dimensional designs by ABAC art students. Donna Hatcher,
assistant professor of art, will feature works by her students. The exhibit
will be open for viewing before and after the concert.
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