Chery Brendel
Lee University faculty Chery Brendel, soprano, and Mary Beth Wickes, piano, will present a recital on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Squires Recital Hall, in Lee’s Humanities Center.
The evening’s performance will include works by composers such as Szymanowski, Rorem, Milhaud, and Bellini.
Dr. Brendel received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in voice performance from the University of Georgia, Master of Music in voice performance from Temple University, and Bachelor of Music in voice performance from Evangel University.
She has performed opera, recital and oratorio in the United States as well as Germany and Italy. Operatic roles to her credit include “Queen of the Night” (Mozart’s The Magic Flute), “Fairy Godmother” (Massenet’s Cendrillon), “Kathy” (Romberg’s The Student Prince) and “Yum-Yum” (Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado) among others.
She resides in Cleveland with her husband, tenor Ron Brendel, and their daughter Anna Marie.
Ms. Wickes is the director of accompanying at Lee’s School of Music, coordinating the staff accompanists as well as serving as a staff accompanist. She is also the accompanist for Choral Union, one of eight choirs at Lee.
She served as pianist/organist and adult ensemble director at First Baptist Church for 26 years and is currently an organist at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church.
The event is free, non-ticketed, and open to the public.
For more information about the concert, contact the School of Music at 614-8240 or by email at music@leeuniversity.edu.
Mary Beth Wickes