Graduate student Steven Thomson (Choral Conducting) will present a virtual Master of Music recital on Wednesday, July 14, 2021 at 6 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music's YouTube channel .
The program will include performances by Dr. Naomi Merer (soprano), Marta Hovhannisyan (soprano and alto), Lauren Vanderlinden (alto), Soohyun Ryu (alto), Kartik Sundaram (tenor), and Benjamin Hanson (tenor).
Thomson will conduct the program, which features two pieces for choir—K'eler Ts'oler by Komitas Vardapet and Khorumi by Mamia Khatelishvili. Thomson is a student of Dr. Nicole Lamartine, UC Santa Barbara Sorensen Director of Choral Music.