2008 Woodie Awards
Romancing the night away
The Music Department presents "An Evening of Romance"
Rebecca Haydu-Jackson
Issue date: 2/1/07 Section: Entertainment
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Love is in the air in the UWF Music Department.
"An Evening of Romance" was performed at the CFPA on Jan. 29 at 7:30 p.m. Students, faculty and the public enjoyed a romantic evening of music performed by Amy Pfrimmer, Dennis Jesse and Blake Riley. Pfrimmer and Jesse sung, while Riley accompanied them on piano.
Riley, a native Canadian, is on the music staff at the UWF. He is not only a pianist, but has also performed as an actor, dancer and singer. He performed for four years in the Broadway production "Miss Saigon."
Riley currently works with the Pensacola Opera and the Pensacola Symphony.
Jesse, currently an instructor at Louisiana State University, has a great deal of experience in both operettas and opera. He has played the title role in operas including Rigoletto, Don Giovanni and Il Barbiere di Siviglia.
Jesse has performed in the Knoxville Opera, Pensacola Opera, Opera Southwest and for two years toured with the National Opera Company. Jesse also performed with the Ohio Light Opera, where he met Pfrimmer.
Pfrimmer, an adjunct voice instructor at UWF, came to the University as the 2005-2006 artist-in-residence.
She has performed with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, L'Opera de Montreal, Lirico d'Europa, Florida Grand Opera, Pensacola Opera, Virginia Opera and Miami Chamber Symphony to name only a small selection.
"I got my first professional gig while I was in college- the Ohio Light Opera -which is where I met Dennis Jesse and Kyle Marrero," said Pfrimmer. Marrero is the director of UWF's Division of Fine and Performing Arts.
Pfrimmer said she got her musical flair from her family.
"Music was always being made in our house," she said. "We washed the dishes and sang the time away!"
It's easy to tell that Pfrimmer enjoys what she does. Still, considering the idea of her ideal role is more than exciting for her than discussing what she's done in the past.
"I am definitely hoping to sing some more Verdi and Puccini, but I am also tempted by the chance to sing contemporary operas by such composers as Floyd, Britten and I would absolutely love to sing the role of Blanche DuBois in Previn's 'A Streetcar Named Desire,'" she said in an e-mail interview. "French opera also holds a lot of appeal for me - ok this does not narrow the list but I am salivating just imagining the possibilities."
"An Evening of Romance" was performed at the CFPA on Jan. 29 at 7:30 p.m. Students, faculty and the public enjoyed a romantic evening of music performed by Amy Pfrimmer, Dennis Jesse and Blake Riley. Pfrimmer and Jesse sung, while Riley accompanied them on piano.
Riley, a native Canadian, is on the music staff at the UWF. He is not only a pianist, but has also performed as an actor, dancer and singer. He performed for four years in the Broadway production "Miss Saigon."
Riley currently works with the Pensacola Opera and the Pensacola Symphony.
Jesse, currently an instructor at Louisiana State University, has a great deal of experience in both operettas and opera. He has played the title role in operas including Rigoletto, Don Giovanni and Il Barbiere di Siviglia.
Jesse has performed in the Knoxville Opera, Pensacola Opera, Opera Southwest and for two years toured with the National Opera Company. Jesse also performed with the Ohio Light Opera, where he met Pfrimmer.
Pfrimmer, an adjunct voice instructor at UWF, came to the University as the 2005-2006 artist-in-residence.
She has performed with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, L'Opera de Montreal, Lirico d'Europa, Florida Grand Opera, Pensacola Opera, Virginia Opera and Miami Chamber Symphony to name only a small selection.
"I got my first professional gig while I was in college- the Ohio Light Opera -which is where I met Dennis Jesse and Kyle Marrero," said Pfrimmer. Marrero is the director of UWF's Division of Fine and Performing Arts.
Pfrimmer said she got her musical flair from her family.
"Music was always being made in our house," she said. "We washed the dishes and sang the time away!"
It's easy to tell that Pfrimmer enjoys what she does. Still, considering the idea of her ideal role is more than exciting for her than discussing what she's done in the past.
"I am definitely hoping to sing some more Verdi and Puccini, but I am also tempted by the chance to sing contemporary operas by such composers as Floyd, Britten and I would absolutely love to sing the role of Blanche DuBois in Previn's 'A Streetcar Named Desire,'" she said in an e-mail interview. "French opera also holds a lot of appeal for me - ok this does not narrow the list but I am salivating just imagining the possibilities."
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