The program, which is free and open to the public, will showcase the works of Fauré, Strauss, Lecuona, Kander, Burnette and Stephen Foster.  Horne will be accompanied by Allen Baston on the piano.

 

The concert is sponsored by the Brenau University Chapter of the Student National Association of Teachers of Singing (SNATS); Horne is treasurer of the National Association of Teachers of Singing Foundation, which generates assistance to aspiring and talented singers and teachers.

 

At Indiana University Horne teaches studio voice, diction and pedagogy. He holds degrees from Hiram College in Ohio and Indiana University, and he also once was a member of the music faculty at the University of Missouri. He continues to perform and presents master classes across the country.

 

Horne's former students perform throughout the country and have won numerous state, regional, and national competitions. Horne as a performer has recorded with The Cincinnati Pops, and in 2003 was awarded a Commendation for Special Achievement in musical direction by the Kennedy Center.

 

 Pearce Auditorium is located on One Centennial Circle at the corner of Boulevard and Washington Street on the campus of Brenau University.  For more information, contact Cindy Wohlander at 770-538-4764.

 

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ABOUT BRENAU – Founded in 1878, Brenau University currently enrolls about 2,600 students in graduate, undergraduate and preparatory programs in the Academy; Women’s College; Evening and Weekend College; and Online College. The main campus of the Georgia-based liberal arts institution is in Gainesville with satellite campuses located in suburban Atlanta, Augusta and Kings Bay. Brenau’s 2008 ranking as the 10^th-best higher education value in the Southeast by U.S. News & World Report marks the university’s third consecutive year in that position for the magazine’s America's Best Colleges guidebook.