SAN ANGELO, TX - Angelo State University will host a special guest recital by award-winning soprano Kara Covey on Sunday, Sept. 22, at 4 p.m. in the Carr Education-Fine Arts (EFA) Building at 2602 Dena Drive.
The recital will take place in the Carr EFA Building's Eldon Black Recital Hall and is open and free to the public. Covey will be accompanied by Dr. Mark Covey of the ASU music faculty on guitar and Hunter Mabery, former ASU staff accompanist, on piano.
The repertoire for the recital will feature works by a variety of composers, including:
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Libby Larsen
- Franz Liszt
- Richard Strauss
- Manuel Ponce, and others
Covey previously performed at Angelo State as the featured vocalist for the ASU Symphony Orchestra's "Music of the Night" concert in October 2022.
Specializing in verismo and Mozart repertoire, Covey has performed throughout the U.S., Mexico, Germany, Italy, Bulgaria and Greece. She is a two-time winner of the prestigious Metropolitan Opera District Auditions, as well as a Metropolitan Opera regional finalist. She has also been a semifinalist in the Palm Springs Vocal Competition, Jensen Foundation Vocal Competition and Young Texas Artists Vocal Competition.
Covey holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Pepperdine University and a Master of Music degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is currently pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in opera performance at the University of Texas, where she also serves as a teaching assistant in voice and opera.
More details are available on her website at karacovey.com.
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