CSU Voice Major sings with Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra

COLUMBUS, GA (10/19/2012)(readMedia)-- Mezzo-soprano Jeanette Luna, of Lawrenceville, Ga.,  will be a featured vocal soloist in two concerts with the Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra this weekend, Oct. 20 and 21.

Luna, a Vocal Performance major in her junior year of study at Columbus State University, will perform well-known arias from the operas Roberto Devereux, Anna Bolena, and Lucrezia Borgia, by Gaetano Donizetti, and will also collaborate, as soloist on Giacomo Puccini's "Madrigale", from Manon Lescaut, with the Vermont Philharmonic Chorus. The concerts, which will take place in the Barre Opera House, in Montpelier, VT, are a result of Performance and Orchestral Awards she received at the 2012 Bel Canto Institute, in Florence, Italy, last summer, where her talents were recognized and encouraged by coaches from the Metropolitan Opera.

Ms. Luna is a student of vocal instructor Dian Lawler-Johnson, in the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University.

CSU's Schwob School of Music is located in the RiverCenter for the Performing Arts, part of CSU's RiverPark campus on the banks of the Chattahoochee River in downtown Columbus, anchored by incomparable performing arts facilities. The school attracts students from around the world to a college experience that is deeply personal and relevant. A unique partnership between the public and private sectors provides generous scholarship support for talented and deserving students.

For more information, go to www.ColumbusState.edu.