22nd Recital Series Begins Tuesday with Musical Memories

New performing space at 21eleven

Join the musical adventures at our 22nd Annual Recital Series, starting Tuesday, Sept. 4 at a new location:  2111 North Main.  Suzanne Tegland directs the first recital with a romp through the past designed for your entertainment.  Suggested donation is $8 adults and $5 students.

Head north on Main Street

Turn left at Lighthouse, True Life, 21eleven signs

Go to north of restaurant

Hooray you found the new recital location.

Sept. 4 program
Musical Memories
Don’t Stop Believin’ … Steve Perry, Neal Schon, and Jonathan Cain
Hit Me with Your Best Shot … Eddie Schwartz

The 8eez

Tamara Reber, vocals • Stan Szczesny, guitar • Lance Bassett, bass

Lindsay Szczesny, keyboard • Carylee Zwang, drums

Not My Father's Son, from Kinky Boots...Cynthia Lauper, arr. Stephen Oreumus

Matthew Prince, vocal

Suzanne Tegland, piano

Make You Feel My Love … Bob Dylan

Heather Allen

Desperado … Don Henley & Glenn Frey

Benjamin Dowse

With You, from Ghost The Musical …Glen Ballard, David Allan Stewart, and Bruce Joel Rubin

Corlissa Jensen, vocal
Brandon Scott Grayson, piano 

Return to Pooh Corner ……Kenny Loggins

Vanessa Hunt and Jeff Hunt

It’s Quiet Uptown, from THE HAMILTON MIXTAPE …Lin-Manuel Miranda

Tamara Reber

Medley … compiled by Mikelle Dowse

Mikelle Dowse

Love, Me …Skip Ewing and Max T. Barnes

Matthew Prince

New Words, from In the Beginning

Cassie Walker

Beat It … Michael Jackson

Alone …Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly

Livin’ on a Prayer … Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, and Desmond Child

The 8eez

Tamara Reber, vocals • Stan Szczesny, guitar • Lance Bassett, bass

Lindsay Szczesny, keyboard • Carylee Zwang, drums

Performer Information:

New band featuring music from the 80s.

Heather Allen

Heather Allen

Heather is a happy mother to three exuberant kids ages 10, 8, and 6. In her spare time she runs

the local BBQ shop, dances, sings, travels, and participates in triathlons as much as possible.

Her favorite role, other than mom, has been Ado Annie in “Oklahoma”.

Performance Photo

Benjamin Dowse

Benjamin Dowse is a local pediatrician, who loves to perform and play. Last year he played Bill

Sykes in the Cedar Valley Community Theater production of "Oliver!", in which he learned that

he doesn't love being an evil murderer but does still love the stage and performing. Most

recently he played Adolphus in CVCT’s production of The Drowsy Chaperone.

Benjamin Dowse

Mikelle Dowse

Mikelle Dowse

Mikelle is a singer/songwripassion for music

and enjoys sharing her passion with others. She plays piano and ukulele, and loves to sing. She

enjoys the songwriting process and recently released her first EP entitled My Disguise. She has

been involved with both the Cedar Valley Community Theater and the Parowan Community

Theater. She and her husband, Ben, have four sweet children, one loving dog, and several

chickens. They enjoy their life here in Southern Utah.

Vanessa Hunt

Vanessa Hunt

Vanessa Hunt has been performing in one form or another most of her life. She grew up in Price, Utah where she found a love for performing at a very young age, singing in community

talent shows and Christmas events and dancing with the Nonstop Dance Company. However, it wasn’t until she moved to Cedar City that she discovered her love for live theatre. She has been

a part of four productions with Cedar Valley Community Theatre, most recently playing Trix the Aviatrix in The Drowsy Chaperone. She previously performed with them in The King and I, The

Wedding Singer, and Oliver! In addition, she performed in Parowan Community Theater’s production of Something’s Afoot. Vanessa graduated from Southern Utah University in 2012 and now works as the Lead Editor for a local magazine. She also currently serves as Secretary for The Guild of the Utah Shakespeare Festival.

Jeff Hunt

Jeff Hunt

Jeff Hunt is a guest to the musical community in Cedar City, bringing his talents to the stage to sing with his daughter, Vanessa. When she was growing up in Price, Utah, they had many opportunities to perform together in local talent shows and events. Jeff has performed in his

local community productions of Hello, Dolly! and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. In the past, he has sung with the Layton Interfaith Choir and also had the chance to sing the National Anthem at the State Republican Convention and the Castle Valley Pageant. Jeff loves to sing and perform whenever he has the chance, and he is excited for this opportunity to once again perform with his daughter.

Corlissa Jensen

Corlissa Jensen

Hailing from Pleasant Grove, Utah, Miss Jensen was trained to sing and teach Speech Level Styles (pop, R&B, etc.) prior to attending college. She also attended Southern Utah University for her bachelor’s degree and added on a year to receive her master’s degree as well. Her degrees are in Vocal Performance and Music Technology respectively. Miss Jensen has competed and placed in multiple collegiate competitions but has since chosen to focus less on competitions and more on performance, audio engineering, and education of others. Miss Jensen, and her business partner Rebecca Parkinson, recently started Spark Music Studios to bring music education into the community and are truly enjoying teaching what they love.

Tamara Reber 

Tamara Reber

Tamara is a singer/performer, except when she’s busy running her own business as a personal trainer, teaching voice lessons, or working with her husband to raise their TEN children. Tamara studied performance at both Utah State University and Southern Utah University. After raising her family, Tamara returned to the stage in 2015 as Adelaide in Cedar Valley Community Theatre’s Guys+Dolls, showcased her versatility as Linda in The Wedding Singer, as The

Queen in Once Upon a Mattress, as Lillian in Cheaper by the Dozen, and in her most recent role as the title character in The Drowsy Chaperone. Tamara also recently made her debut as musical director in Parowan Community Theater’s production of Something’s Afoot.