February 1, 1999

Mezzo-Soprano Mary Phillips to Perform at the

Middlebury College Center for the Arts on Feb. 12

Mezzo-soprano Mary Phillips will perform in the Concert

Hall of the Middlebury College Center for the Arts at 8 p.m. on

Friday, Feb. 12. Accompanied by pianist Ted Taylor, Phillips’

recital will include works by Schubert, Debussy, Roem, Villa-Lobos,

Brahms, de Falla, Copland, and Britten. This concert is presented

by the Middlebury College Concert Series in association with the

Marilyn Horne Foundation.

While in Vermont, Phillips, who lives in New York

City, will conduct outreach programs with Middlebury College students

and local schools on Feb. 8 and 10. She will also be interviewed

by Kate Remington on Vermont Public Radio at 1 p.m. on Feb. 9.

Equally comfortable in a variety of formats-concert,

recital, opera, and musical theater-Phillips has sung with the

San Francisco Opera; in a performance of Mendelssohn’s “Elijah”

conducted by Robert Shaw during her Carnegie Hall debut; in the

Barge Music Series in New York; in the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival;

and in the Marlboro Music Festival.

Previous soloist engagements include performances

of Beethoven’s “Ninth Symphony” with the Fairfield Orchestra;

Bach’s “B minor Mass” and Brahms’ “Alto Rhapsody”

with the Canterbury Choral Society; and Verdi’s “Requiem”

and Ravel’s “Shéhérazade” with the Yale

Philharmonic.

A recipient of the Kennedy Center National Acting

Award, Phillips was the first prize winner in the 1997 Rehfus

Singing Actors Tournament (sponsored by the Orlando Opera); the

Eastern regional winner of the 1994 Metropolitan Opera Auditions;

the 1992 Woolsey Concerto Competition winner at Yale University;

and the 1989 Bel Canto Foundation of Chicago Competition winner.

Phillips earned a master’s degree in music from Yale,

where her attendance was supported by both the Bass Scholarship

and the Yale University Music Scholarship.

Tickets for this concert series performance are $9.00

general admission and $7.00 for senior citizens. A pre-performance

dinner at 6 p.m. at the Rehearsals Cafe in the Center for the

Arts is also available. To order tickets or make dinner reservations,

please call the College box office at 802-443-6433.