Cat Owens, soprano - Senior Recital

Frostburg State University’s Department of Music will present soprano Catherine Owens in her Senior Recital, “In Bloom,” on Sunday, April 13, at 7:00 p.m. in the Pealer Recital Hall of FSU’s Woodward D. Pealer Performing Arts Center. She will be accompanied by pianist Dr. Joseph Yungen; guest artists include Tom Harrison (piano), Peter B. Lewis (bass), Daniel Hicks (drums), and the FSU Chorale, conducted by Dr. Scott Reiker. The concert is free and open to the public. This event will also be livestreamed; click the red 'Join Stream' button on this page.

Owens will perform “Rainbow” by Kacey Musgraves, “Qual vita é questa mai…Che fiero momento” by Christoph Willibald Gluck, “Chanson d’amour” by Gabriel Faure, “Violon” by Francis Poulenc, “Extase” by Henri Duparc, “Als Luise die Briefe” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, “4 Lieder, Op. 27” by Richard Strauss, “Autumn Leaves” by Joseph Kosma and Johnny Mercer, and “A Sunday Kind of Love” by Barbara Bell, Anita Leonard, Stan Rhodes and Louis Prima. Owens will also perform 2 works that she composed, “Easier For You” and “Possibilities”.

Owens studies under Dr. Chun-Ting Chao at FSU. She made the Dean’s List last fall, received the Margaret G. Guild Vocal Music Scholarship for the 2024-2025 academic year, and currently has a choral assistantship. Owens is a member of the FSU NAfME (National Association for Music Education) and is the secretary of the FSU chapter of ACDA (American Choral Directors Association). She anticipates graduating in May 2025 with a bachelor of science in music with a minor in jazz. Her career goal is to teach high school choir. Owens was homeschooled and graduated in 2020.