Classical Music

Choirs from local Orange County High Schools perform in Chapman University's Memorial Hall. Choirs featured include: Orange High School, Capistrano High School, Mater Dei, Northwood High School, Palisades Charter High School, and Porterville High School.

Praised as "positively magical" and an artist of "rare eloquence and grace," Dr. Fong performs internationally as a concerto soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, and contemporary keyboardist. She has gained critical acclaim in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia, making appearances at major venues around the world, including Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, Reinberger Hall at Severance Hall, the Kennedy Center, Phillips Collection, and the Hollywood Bowl in the U.S.; and the Great Hall in Leeds, UK, the Liszt Academy in Budapest, and Konzerthaus Dortmund in Germany, among others. Dr. Fong, Director of Keyboard Studies and Assistant Professor of Music in the College of Performing Arts, discusses the creative and intellectual process that leads a performer from the notes on the score to the actual performance. She uses examples from recordings, scores and demonstrations at the piano.

Opera Chapman gives participants the opportunity for solo operatic performance. La Traviata and Die Fiedermaus scenes are featured in this special event of Opera Chapman, directed by Dr. Peter Atherton. Featured performances have also included both scenes from and full length productions of Carmen, Don Pasquale, Romeo and Julliette, Cosi Fan Tutte, and The Magic Flute. Opera Chapman also provides students with experience in acting, stage techniques and musical coaching.

A concert of seasonal music presented by the University Choir and University Singers, Stephen Coker, Conductor, University Women's Choir, Angel Vázquez-Ramos, Conductor, and the Chapman University Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Alfred Wachs, Conductor.