The SBU Choir and soloists from St. Bonaventure will perform a musical production at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 24, at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts on campus.

Free and open to the public, “A Day in the Life” is a stage collaboration between students and Dr. Rachel M. Harris, a Lenna Visiting Professor this semester at the university.

“I’m having a blast working with these incredibly bright and talented students at St. Bonaventure,” said Harris, a freelance opera director based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Harris began her directing career in 1997 working with Boston University and the Boston University Tanglewood Institute.

She is a resident artist stage director for Heartland Opera Theatre, Varna International Opera Academy, and Southeastern Louisiana University; and a former resident artist director at SUNY-Potsdam and University of Utah.

Harris’s freelance credits include Opera Louisiane, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Loyola University, Druid City Opera Workshop, Raven Summer Opera, Sam Houston State, and Louisiana State University. 

She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from LSU, a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from SUNY-Fredonia and a Master of Music in Opera from Binghamton University, in conjunction with the Tri-Cities Opera Artist Residence Training Program.

For more information on Harris, visit her website.

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