Jacobsen Series: Dawn Padula, Mezzo-Soprano, & Guests

• Dawn Padula, mezzo-soprano
• Jessica Hall, piano
• David Lee Joyner, piano
• Brian Kirk, drums
• Robert Hutchinson, double bass

Join us for this Jacobsen Series faculty recital featuring Dawn Padula, mezzo-soprano with Jessica Hall, collaborative pianist and guests David Joyner, piano; Brian Kirk, drums; and Rob Hutchinson, bass.

All are invited to a reception following the program hosted by the SAI international music fraternity.

Admission is free for current Puget Sound and K-12 students. Please obtain a complimentary ticket and show your student ID at the door.

COVID-19 Protocols: All in-person event attendees must be vaccinated and are required to follow safety protocols announced by the event sponsor, such as masking and registration or ticketing requirements. We look forward to welcoming all guests, including children and other unvaccinated individuals, back to campus soon. For more information, visit pugetsound.edu/coronavirus.

About University of Puget Sound School of Music

http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/departments-and-programs/undergraduate/music/

About Dawn Padula, mezzo-soprano

Dawn Padula, mezzo-soprano is a versatile performer of opera, oratorio, musical theatre, jazz, and classical concert repertoire. Opera roles include Carmen (Carmen), Azucena (Il Trovatore), Lady Jane (Patience 2018 Gregory Awards People’s Choice Award Nominee), Lady Blanche (Princess Ida), Ruth (The Pirates of Penzance), Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly), Meg (Falstaff), The Third Lady (The Magic Flute), the Witch (Hansel and Gretel), Maddalena (Rigoletto), Isabella (The Italian Girl in Algiers), Erika (Vanessa), and the Sorceress (Dido and Aeneas). In the Pacific Northwest, she has performed with Tacoma Opera, Seattle Gilbert and Sullivan Society, Kitsap Opera, Concert Opera of Seattle, PLU’s Jazz Under the Stars, Puget Sound Concert Opera, the Tacoma Concert Band, the Oregon Symphony, the Portland Symphonic Choir, the Seattle Bach Choir, the Second City Chamber Series, Classical Tuesdays in Old Town Tacoma Concert Series, Lakewood Playhouse, and Opera Pacifica. With Seattle Opera, she is a member of the Supplementary Chorus. In June 2017, she toured to Varna and Sofia, Bulgaria as the mezzo-soprano soloist in Mozart’s Requiem with the Pazardzhik Symphony. In August 2017, she released her debut classical solo album, Gracious Moonlight, featuring Dominick Argento’s Pulitzer Prize winning song cycle, From the Diary of Virginia Woolf. Dr. Padula is currently the Director of Vocal Studies at the University of Puget Sound School of Music.

About Jessica Hall, piano

https://www.pugetsound.edu/directory/jessica-hall

About David Lee Joyner, piano

https://www.dljmusicservices.com/

About Brian Kirk, drums

https://kirkjazz.net/brian-kirk/

About Robert Hutchinson, double bass

https://www.pugetsound.edu/directory/robert-hutchinson