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| HOWARD FANKHAUSER | ||||
tenor |
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| Tenor Howard Fankhauser is a frequent
soloist with ensembles throughout the Northwest, including OSSCS,
Northwest Sinfonietta, Northwest Chamber Orchestra, Seattle Youth
Symphony, Early Music Guild, Tacoma Symphony, Bremerton Symphony, Lake
Chelan Bach Feste, Opus7, Choral Arts Northwest, Everett
Symphony and Tacoma City Ballet. Earlier this season he was
heard in concerts with Opus7, with Choral Arts and in Vocal Music for
Advent at St. James Cathedral, where he will also be featured in the Gala
New Year's Eve Concert. Later this season Mr. Fankhauser will be featured
soloist in concert with Opus7 and in concerts with St. James Cathedral in
Venice, Florence and Rome. In May he will be heard in the Carter Family
Marionettes opera production of The Tragedy of Tragedy, or, the Life
and Death of Tom Thumb.
During the past several seasons Mr. Fankhauser has been heard in a
number of performances with Orchestra Seattle and Seattle Chamber Singers,
including Dvorák's Stabat mater, Handel's Hercules, Theodora,
Israel in Egypt and Messiah, Mozart's Requiem, Bach's
Mass in B minor and various cantatas, and Robert Kechley's Frail Deeds.
His solo CD, The Cathedral Tenor, has been reviewed by the Seattle
Times, who noted that "Fankhauser's beautiful, unforced sound and
his superb sense of musical style make his singing a consistent
pleasure." Mr. Fankhauser is Cathedral Soloist at St. James
Cathedral. |
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