The\nUniversity\nof Macau\u2019s (UM) Moon Chun Memorial\nCollege (MCMC) recently invited Prof Manny Brand, director of the Stephen F\nAustin State University\u2019s School of Music; and Prof Buddy Himes, dean of the Stephen F Austin State\nUniversity\u2019s College of Fine\nArts; along with other distinguished guests from around the world, including\nPortugal, France, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, to\nattend its High Table Dinner. This is the second time representatives from the\nStephen F Austin State University have visited UM. <\/p>\n\n
Continuing\nclose collaboration with the Macao\nOrchestra was represented by Melody Wang, associate concertmaster and\nsoloist in Vaughan Williams\u2019 The Lark Ascendin<\/i>g, and David Rouault, principal trumpet, who performed with\nconsummate aplomb at the MCMC\u2019s British High Table in the first semester.<\/p>\n\n
A\nspecial welcome was extended to Tomos Griffiths, opera singer from Sydney,\nAustralia. Tomos performed the title role in The Phantom of the Opera<\/i> in London’s Her Majesty’s\nTheatre. Befitting journeys beyond borders, music ranged over Portuguese\nfolksong (specially arranged by SFA graduate student for MCMC High Table),\nEnglish pastoral and West End musical, to 20th <\/sup>century French light\nmusic.<\/p>\n\n Tomas\nGriffiths, Phantom of the Opera, wearing the original mask\nfrom the London show, was followed by the faculty trio of Stephen F Austin State\nUniversity (SFA) Texas, Dr Jennifer Dalmas, violin; Prof Christopher Ayer, clarinet; and Dr Geneva Fung,\npiano; and the evening concluded in an authentic performance by Melody Wang and\nMCMC sophomore Sophia Chen recreating the1920 premi\u00e8re of Ralph Vaughan\nWilliams’ The Lark Ascending.<\/p>\n\n Other\nguests attending the High Table Dinner included M Jean Jacques Verdun, founder of the Delta Bridges Media Ltd;\nProf Christopher Ayer, Dr Jennifer Dalmas, and Dr Geneva Fung from the Stephen F Austin State University; M\nDavid Rouault, principal trumpet of\nMacao Orchestra and board member of the Alliance Fran\u00e7aise de Macao; Dr\nPatricia Thompson, artistic advisor of\nthe Student Affairs Office; and Dr Yeddy Lam, surgeon at Kiang Wu Hospital. <\/p> Source: Moon Chun Memorial College<\/p> Media Contact Information:<\/p> Communications Office, University of Macau<\/p> Albee Lei Tel\uff1a(853) 88228004<\/p> Kristy Fok Tel\uff1a(853) 88228006<\/p> Email\uff1aprs.media@um.edu.mo<\/p> UM Website\uff1awww.umac.mo<\/p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The University of Macau\u2019s (UM) Moon Chun Memorial College (MCMC) recently invited Prof Manny Brand, director of the Stephen F Austin State University\u2019s School of Music; and Prof Buddy Himes,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":119856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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