aculty Activities: Dr. Loryn Frey has participated in Faculty Development for almost a year now, and with the completion of her recital on October 10, 2000, will have finished probably one of the most intense personal performing and coaching seasons in her 25 year teaching career. Beginning last September of 1999 Dr. Frey brought in to the college pianist/accompanist and vocal coach Daniel Lockert from San Francisco. After working together intensely over a long weekend they appeared in recital September 14th. In February of 2000 Dr. Frey again brought Mr. Lockert back to Alexandria/Pineville for more coaching and a half recital of French song presented to the Matinee Music Club of Alexandria February 3, 2000. As the recipient of the Faculty Development Summer Sabbatical she flew to San Francisco on June 16th to work intensively in preparing a recital of new literature (new to her). Some of this music was presented in recital in San Francisco on the Noon Days Summer Concert Series June 21, 2000. This concert included the song cycle CHANSONS DE RONSARD by Darius Milhaud, "Im Zimmer" and "Die Nachtigall" by Alban Berg, "Ich wollt ein Strausslein binden" and "Amor" by Richard Strauss and "Liebesbriefchen" by E. W. Korngold, The San Francisco recital concluded with "Mariettas Lied zur Laute" from Korngold's opera DIE TOTE STADT. Dr. Frey will be appearing with Julie Miller on October 10. The program will be expanded to include more of the lieder of Berg and Strauss, Gordon Meyers' settings of quotations of Mark Twain, baroque French melodies, and "I want Magic" from Andre Previn's opera A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE based on the Tennessee William's play. The recital will be presented Tuesday night, October 10, 7:30 p.m. in Presser Recital Hall, Weathersby Fine Arts Building, Louisiana College, Pineville, LA.

In addition to attending the National Association of Teacher's of Singing Alexander Technique workshop in November, in which she was an active participant, she has also attended with her students some of the Houston Grand Opera 1999/2000 productions. Although used to rewriting and editing existing operas for her student Opera Theater productions Dr. Frey undertook to completely alter and modernize Gilbert and Sullivan's TRIAL BY JURY into the hilarious comedy TRIAL BY JUDY for the fall opera production in which she appeared in the title role of Judge Judy. (pictured above)

Additional opera roles: Miss Wordsworth - Albert Herring; Susanna - Le Marriage di Figaro; Lucy - The Telephone; Lola Gallantry; Lauretta - Gianni Schicchi; Electra - Electra

NEW TIMES concerts with Dinos Constantinides
and Dinu Ghezzu

Chairman, Area Command Alexandria, Louisiana Salvation Army Advisory Board; 1998-2000 FOrmer President National Association of Teacher's of Singing South Louisiana Chapter; Former member of the Regional Board of Control, Southern Region, NATS; Louisiana Federation of Music Clubs Student Auditions Chairman: 1997, 1999, 2001