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ASCC presents Christmas classicals Begin your holiday celebration with our performance by attending the Alabama Southern Community College Community Chorus' presentation of classical Christmas selections with orchestra and guest soloists, conducted by Leonard Raybon of Tulane University and by special invitation, Lauren Zoghby, soprano and accompanied by Mithril, a Celtic World Music Ensemble of Mobile. The presentation will take place Friday, Dec. 1, at 7 p.m. at the Nettles Auditorium on the Monroeville campus of Alabama Southern Community College. Raybon, a native of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, is an active choral conductor, musical director, and vocal soloist and teacher. He received a bachelor of music in music education from William Carey College, Hattiesburg, MS. After obtaining a Rotary Ambassadorial Fellowship, he received a master of arts in music from University of York, England. He earned his doctorate of musical arts in choral conducting from Louisiana State University, serving as a graduated student for celebrated choral conductor, Dr. Kenneth Fulton. Raybon began his choral conducting career as a church musician at Lumberton United Methodist Church, Lumberton, Miss. He began teaching in 1993 at Gautier Middle School, Gautier, Miss. In 1995 he moved to New Orleans to serve as middle and upper school choir director for the next four years at The Louise S. McGehee School. After obtaining his doctorate, he became the director of choral activities for Tulane University, where he continues to conduct such works as Fauré's Requiem, Mozart's Requiem, and Bach's Magnificat. He has been a judge in choral festivals and clinician in all-parish honor choruses in Louisiana. Also, he has been music director at Lakeview Presbyterian Church for a decade. Raybon is musical director and conductor for the prestigious Tulane Summer Lyric Theatre, supported for the past two years by the National Endowment for the Arts. Raybon musically directs and conducts (with full orchestra) three shows every summer. He received the Big Easy, Storer Boone, and Marquis awards for his musical direction of Pirates of Penzance in 2003. In 2005, he musically directed and conducted the unprecedented and ambitious Bernstein summer, including Candide, West Side Story, and Wonderful Town. Raybon has also musically directed for other New Orleans theatres, including Le Petite Theatre du Vieux Carré, Southern Repertory Theatre, and True Brew Theatre. As vocalist, Raybon often performs oratorios with such organizations as The St. Louis Cathedral Choir, New Orleans; Musica Sacra, Mobile, AL; The Baton Rouge Symphony; and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2006, he will sing the baritone solos for Fauré's Requiem with Musica Sacra. Raybon has also sung musical theatre roles, such as Tommy Albright (Brigadoon), and Young Joe Hardy (Damn Yankees), for Tulane Summer Lyric Theatre. He teaches voice classes and private voice at Tulane. Zoghby is a native of Fairhope, Alabama and a 2001 magna cum laude graduate of the University of South Alabama. A former Miss University of South Alabama and Miss Alabama Talent Winner, Lauren was a Theodore Presser Scholar, University Presidential and Choral Scholar, and National Lebanese-American Scholar. Lauren, a student of tenor Joseph Evans, recently earned her Masters degree from the University of Houston and is continuing her studies at the university as Doctoral candidate in vocal performance. This past summer, Lauren made her debut with Des Moines Metro Opera as Echo in Ariadne auf Naxos. She was also a 2004 apprentice artist, performing in various opera scenes, programs and a gala concert with the Des Moines Metro Opera Orchestra. In the summer of 2003, she was a studio artist with Chautauqua Opera, appearing in recitals and musical theatre reviews and covering the role of Musetta in La Boheme. In March of 2004, Lauren portrayed Yum Yum in Mobile Opera's production of The Mikado. From 2000-2002, Lauren also served as spokeswoman and soloist for Mobile Opera's In-School Arts Education Program. At the University of Houston, Lauren has performed leading female roles, including Sandrina in La finta giardiniera, the title role in Katya Kabanova, and Ninetta in The Love for Three Oranges. At the University of South Alabama, Lauren portrayed Monica in The Medium and Susanna in scenes from Le Nozze di Figaro. Lauren has been a guest performer with the Mobile Symphony, Musica Sacra Choir and Chamber Orchestra, Pensacola Choral Society, Brenham Chorale, and Woodlands Chamber Orchestra. In 2003, she won 2nd Place in Shreveport Opera's Singer of the Year competition. She was the 2002 Alabama Federation of Music Clubs vocal competition winner, 3rd Place winner of the 2002 Regional Texoma National Association of Teachers of Singing competition, and a Top 8 finalist in the 2002 Palm Beach Atlantic competition. There is no admission for the concert. For more information contact Claudia Adams, Director of Music, Alabama Southern Community College, at (251) 575-3156, ext. 296 or Community Coordinator, Dot Stewart, (251) 743-3001.
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