Soprano Amanda Castellone (’06) will perform an Alumna Recital on Saturday, September 13 at 7:30 pm in Brendle Recital Hall. The program will also feature two other Wake Forest alumnae; clarinetist Catherine Keen Hock (’05), who will perform with Amanda in Schubert’s Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (The Shepherd on the Rock), and soprano Mary McElwee Mendenhall (’97), who will join Amanda for duets by Mendelssohn and Brahms. Other works on the program include Dvorák’s Cigánske Melódie (Gypsy Songs) and Debussy’s Ariettes Oubliées. Pianist Thomas Turnbull, of the Wake Forest Music Department, will accompany the recital.

A native of Charleston, South Carolina, Amanda recently returned to her hometown to teach in the music department at the College of Charleston. She graduated from Wake Forest University with a double major in music and biology and received her Master of Music degree in Voice Performance from the Boston Conservatory in 2008. In 2011, Amanda earned the Doctor of Musical Arts from Arizona State University. An active soprano soloist, Amanda also was the vocal coach for a children’s chorus that appeared in Umberto Giordani’s opera, Mese Mariano, at the 2013 Spoleto Festival USA.

The music department is pleased and proud to welcome Amanda back to Wake Forest!