Broadway Legacy Fall Recital- September 13

The Orchestra of Southern Utah

Fall Recital Series 2016

(Poster design by Rollan Fell)

The Orchestra of Southern Utah is excited to exhibit our talented musicians who are performing for in our fall recital series this year!

September 13, 2016

Broadway Legacy

Directed by Suzanne Tegland

Celebrate the history and legacy of musical theater with an evening of songs from the Great White Way. These are amazing performers. 

Vanessa Hunt

Vanessa Hunt is a native of Price, Utah, but when she moved to Cedar City six years ago, she decided she never wanted to leave. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature in 2012 from Southern Utah University, Vanessa began working as the lead editor for a locally based magazine. In her spare time, she enjoys all things art. As an active member of the Cedar Valley Community Theatre, Vanessa has had the pleasure to act in two productions, "The King and I" and "The Wedding Singer." She also currently serves as the Secretary for the Guild of the Utah Shakespeare Festival. 

Rosyn Greenhalgh

Jack Vickers

Halle Vickers

Roslyn Greenhalgh, Halle Vickers, and Jack Vickers have been friends since before they could walk. They've been singing and playing music almost as long, including performances with the Utah Shakespeare Festival Playmakers. Their parents are Steve & Summer Greenhalgh and Robbie & Elaine Vickers.

Accidental 5 Brass Quintet started as a group of five SUU students and friends getting together to be able to musically stay in shape during the summer of 2008, and quickly evolved into a musical group. Over the years it has turned into a community group, with past members being Cedar High students, SUU students, and members of the Cedar City community. Past performances include children's concerts, a "Classical" concert, annual Christmas concerts, and various other performances throughout the year. Accidental 5 is a versatile quintet playing a very broad range of music in the Cedar City community.

Trevor and Cassie Walker

Cassie & Trevor Walker are avid theater lovers, and are heavily involved in the theater community. Cassie teaches drama at Three Peaks Elementary School. Trevor teaches music at Parowan High School and musically directs for the drama program there. They have a 7-month-old daughter who likes to serenade them at three o'clock in the morning.

Tamara Reber

Tamara Reber is, first and foremost, a singer/performer. Except when she’s busy running her own business as a personal trainer, teaching voice lessons to various students, or working with her husband to take care of their *nine* children. 

After a long hiatus from the theater, Tamara returned to the stage last year in the coveted role of Adelaide in Guys and Dolls, and has since showcased her versatility in The Wedding Singer, Cheaper by the Dozen, and Once Upon a Mattress.

She is currently shooting a short film in Cedar City, and continually looks for new and exciting ways to share her passion for performing.

Jones sisters

Gillian & Savannah Jones are sisters who love musical theater. Both started performing at a young age, and currently participate with Cedar Valley Community Theatre. They have also performed previously with the Parowan Community Theatre.

Heather Allen

Heather Allen is an SUU business management major with three lovely kids, a dog, and a pet chicken named George. Heather is also owner of local Cedar City restaurant Sonny Boy’s Barbecue. In her spare time she enjoys singing and acting. Favorite roles she’s played are Ado Annie in Oklahoma! and Doo-Wop in Little Shop of Horrors.

Noel Perry

Noel Perry is currently pursuing a Theatre Education major at Southern Utah University. She has performed in all kinds of settings – from community to professional – and loves performing anywhere. This past summer, Noel worked for the Utah Shakespeare Festival as a teaching artist and summer camp coordinator.

Christian Bohnenstengel

Christian Bohnenstengel feels equally at home in a wide range of musical genres. He was recently featured as soloist and conductor in Mozart's Concerto in F Major for Three Pianos, as pianist in the musical Chicago and as arranger and continuo player in a concert version of Jean Baptiste Lully's Phaëton. His avid interest in jazz music has led to collaborations with saxophone player Tom Herb and German trumpet player Christian Eberhard during the past year. Praised as "...a master of contrasts..." (Aalener Nachrichten) and for his ability to "...put the audience into a state of sheer awe..." (Gmünder Tagespost), Christian has concertized on three continents, including recitals with flutists John Bailey and Javier Montilla in Venezuela and various solo and chamber music performances at the annual Sommernachtsmusik in Mögglingen, Germany. 

Christian received his Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, in piano performance from Missouri Western State University. He received Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His teachers included Jerry Anderson and Mark Clinton, piano, and Quentin Faulkner, harpsichord and organ. He received UNL Hixson-Lied travel grants to study and perform at the Ameropa Chamber Music Festival in Prague and to study with Christoph Lieske at the Internationale Sommerakademie Mozarteum in Salzburg. He also studied in master class settings with Rita Sloan, Blanca Uribe, Ann Schein, and Murray Perahia, among others. Christian is currently teaching at Southern Utah University. He has previously taught at UNL and Doane College.

Tom Herb

Dr. Tom Herb is an instrumental music education specialist with over two decades of experience. His background includes ten years as a middle school/high school band director, and more than ten years of directing college level ensembles. Additionally, Dr. Herb has led music teacher preparation programs for over 10 years. He is also a published author of music education books, including his Teaching Improvisation ... in Concert Band?!? and is published in multiple volumes of the Teaching Music Through Performance In Band series.

As an active and well-rounded saxophonist, Dr. Herb performs equally well in classical and jazz idioms. He is a co-founder of the SUU Faculty Jazz Group called Kind Of Blue. His classical saxophone skills won him membership in two AFM organizations (California Wind Orchestra and Quincy Park Band) and additional notable orchestral performances including solos and section work with the Quincy Symphony and the Orchestra of Southern Utah. Dr. Herb has also performed regularly with the Mississippi Valley Saxophone Quartet, the Illinois Missouri Swing Machine, Ben Bumbry and the Messengers, and the Bullis Rutter Big Band. In the Cedar City area, Dr. Herb can be found performing on SUU Faculty Recitals, Bon Appétit Recitals, the Satellite Salon Series, the OSU Recital Series, and the Southern Utah Rebel Dance Band.