Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, March 10, 1992 TAG: 9203100284
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Franz Schubert's Mass No. 6 in E flat major will be presented Sunday as the concluding program in the 1991-92 fine arts series of Greene Memorial United Methodist Church.
Conducted by Richard Cummins, the concert is set for 4 p.m. in the church at Second Street and Church Avenue in downtown Roanoke. It will feature a 25-piece orchestra and a chorus of 35 including seven soloists.
The mass was completed in August 1828, just two months before Schubert's death in Vienna at the age of 31. It was part of a surge of music, including a symphony, three piano sonatas, a string quartet and more than a dozen other pieces, that was written during the composer's final year.
The mass was first performed in Vienna about a year after Schubert's death.
Soloists for Sunday's performance will be Joe Gaskey and Mark Frye, tenors; Gerry LoMascolo and Rita Cummins, sopranos; Jean Rakes and Charlene Landes, altos; and Robert Snead, bass.
There will be no charge for admission to the concert, though an offering will be collected to help defray expenses of the fine-arts series.
Showtimers auditions
Auditions will take place Saturday and Monday for the upcoming Showtimers production of "Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean."
The show is a comedy-drama by Ed Graczyk. It will be presented April 30-May 3 and May 7-10.
The auditions will be in Showtimers' Studio Theater from 2-4 p.m. Saturday and 6-8 p.m. Monday.
There are parts for six adult women (aged 30-50), two young women (14-17) and one young man. Auditioners should be prepared with a monologue of 2 to 3 minutes.
More information is available from Ann Shannon at 563-9843.
`The Tempest' at Hollins
Hollins College Theatre will present Shakespeare's "The Tempest" from Thursday through Saturday at 8:15 p.m. The play will be in Hollins Theatre.
This performance features women playing many of the power roles written originally for men, including the magician Prospero. Director David Dvorscak adapted the romantic play.
Tickets are $5 for the general public and $3 for students. For more information, call 362-6518.
by CNB