Cal State San Bernardino’s music faculty to perform at Feb. 16 Palm Desert concert

The
concert will feature classical pieces performed by Stacey Fraser, soprano; John
Russell, tenor; and ChoEun Lee, pianist.



The
concert will take place in the campus’s Indian Wells Theater. Admission is $5
cash at the door and includes parking. Advanced reservations are not required.



Fraser’s eclectic musical interests have
led her to sing on international operatic, concert and theatre stages across
the United States, Canada, Asia and Europe. She has received critical acclaim
from The New York Times, The San Diego Union-Tribune and The Press Enterprise
for her performances in both standard and contemporary repertoire. Fraser can
be heard in the role of Lisinga on the premiere recording of Manuel del Pópulo
Vicente Garcia’s opera “Le Cinesi” for Harmonicorde Recordings and on the new
release “Lotusblume” for the Viennese independent label, ein Klang records.

Fraser holds a doctorate in contemporary
music performance from University of California, San Diego, a master of music
in vocal performance from Manhattan School of Music and a bachelor of music in
vocal performance from the University of Toronto. She is currently an associate
professor of music at CSUSB, where she is the director of opera theatre.

Russell
is the director of choral activities at Cal State San Bernardino where he
conducts the Chamber Singers and Concert Choir, and teaches applied voice,
choral conducting, choral literature and courses in music education. In
addition, he is the music director for the newly-formed San Diego Pro Arte
Voices, and serves as the assistant conductor and chorus master for the Pacific
Bach Project, an early music ensemble that performs in Los Angeles, Orange and
San Diego counties. During the summer he serves on the conducting faculty at
Westminster Choir College in Princeton, N.J., and the San Diego Summer Choral
Festival in San Diego. In addition to his work as a teacher and conductor,
Russell is active as a tenor soloist. He is a current member of the Los Angeles
Master Chorale, the San Diego Pro Arte Voices, the Pacific Bach Project, and
the Bach Collegium San Diego.

Russell
is a native of Kalamazoo, Mich., and is a graduate of Western Michigan
University and Columbia University. He received his doctorate of musical arts
in choral music from the University of Southern California. He currently
resides in San Diego with his wife, Jill.

Lee, an active collaborative pianist, is
a native of Korea. As a collaborative pianist, she has given numerous
performances in Korea, the United States, Italy, Australia and New Zealand. She
has participated in one of the oldest music festivals in the United States,
Tanglewood Music Festival, as a fellow pianist in summer 2013, performing, to
name a few, Steve Reich’s “Music for Eighteen Musicians,” Henri
Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” (on harpsichord, with Mark Morris Dance
Group), and Benjamin Britten’s “Three songs for ‘Les illuminations.’”

Lee was awarded a doctoral degree in
keyboard collaborative arts from University of Southern California, and a
master’s degree in collaborative piano studies from the College-Conservatory of
Music at the University of Cincinnati. She was a recipient of the Gwendolyn
Koldofsky Keyboard Collaborative Arts scholarship (2009-2013) and Keyboard
Collaborative Arts Ensemble Awards, and elected into Pi Kappa Lambda, a music
honor society, in 2013. Lee joined Cal State San Bernardino as a staff

accompanist in 2012.