“SummerSong,” a shared vocal recital taking place at Christ the King Church at 4 p.m. this afternoon, will feature two accomplished singers in a varied program of song ranging from 19th century German lieder to 20th century American art songs, hymns, and operetta.
Cooper Joseph Kendall, a member of the Lyme-Old Lyme High School Class of 2014 and now a student at Boston’s New England Conservatory of Music, and Lindsay Ryan Botticello, who studied voice at Purchase College and University of Massachusetts at Amherst, will both perform repertoire in the free concert.
Both Kendall and Botticello have been associated with Christ the King’s music ministry since they were very young. Kendall was a member of the Christ the King Church Youth Choir until eighth grade, and then sang with the church’s Adult Choir while a student at Lyme-Old Lyme High School and during college. He studies with renowned dramatic soprano Jane Eaglen at New England Conservatory, where he is also a member of the Undergraduate Opera Studio. In April he was an ensemble member in NEC’s Agrippina, and in June he attended SongFest, a one-month intensive program at the Colburn School of Music in Los Angeles. Kendall will begin his third year at NEC this fall.
Botticello has been active in music ministry at Christ the King Church since elementary school, most notably in her role as a cantor for the past two decades. Before attending law school, she studied in the voice conservatory at Purchase College under the instruction of Kaori Sato, and at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst under the instruction of Marjorie Melnick, where she was a winner of the 2006 Concerto Competition. After choosing for many years to devote most of her energy to furthering her legal career, Botticello recently returned to the stage as the Witch in Into the Woods with the Opera House Players in Broadbrook, Conn.
The program for “SummerSong” includes works by Schumann, Bernstein, Barber, Walters, and others. During the concert, a free-will offering will be accepted in support of music ministries at Christ the King Church. The concert will be followed by a reception.
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