First Presbyterian Church February Lunch Music Series

First Presbyterian Music Lunch Series: Join us Tuesdays in February at 12:15 p.m. for 25-minute concerts with guest musicians from the University of Florida followed by lunch ($5 or bring your own). Convenient FREE PARKING.

Contact: Mitch Rorick, Director of Music
352 375-1528
1stpcmusic@gmail.com
www.1stpcmusic.org

American tenor Christopher Pfund has performed to critical acclaim with countless major orchestras and oratorio festivals throughout North America including the Cleveland Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Houston Symphony, the Detroit Symphony, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, the New York Oratorio Society, and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. International engagements have included performances in the Czech Republic, Germany, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, and Brazil. Critics have praised his “rounded vocal beauty” and The New York Times called his voice an “attractive tenor [that] helps define a sympathetic character.”

Mr. Pfund holds degrees from the University of Northern Colorado, Manhattan School of Music, and The City University of New York Graduate Center. In addition, he was a 20th Century song recitalist at the Banff Centre in Banff, Canada. Awards include the Richard F. Gold Career Grant from the Shoshana Foundation. Pfund is currently Associate Professor of Music at the University of Florida teaching voice and serving as voice area coordinator. Before joining UF, he was an Associate Professor of Voice and Opera the University of Idaho. He has also taught at both Hartwick and Manhattanville Colleges.

Lynette Pfund recently joined the University of Florida School of Music’s Opera Workshop program. Pfund previously taught voice and Opera Workshop at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. She holds both Master of Music and Professional Studies degrees from the Manhattan School of Music as well as a Bachelor of Music degree from Loyola University in New Orleans.

Pfund has appeared as a soprano soloist with orchestras and chamber groups in the United States, performing works by such composers as Bach, Beethoven, Britten, Handel, Haydn, Honegger, Mozart, Orff, Poulenc, Rossini, Rutter, and others. Pfund is an active recitalist and adjudicator. Because of her great passion for literature, art, and music, combined with a desire to share her love of classical music with children, Pfund earned a Music Education Certification degree from Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York. She taught elementary music for five years and continues to create and present dynamic opera outreach programs for schools and after school programs.