Memorial concert: Honoring Joey Wilgenbusch

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Date/Time:Sunday, 29 Jul 2012 at 2:00 pm
Location:Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall, Music Hall
Cost:Free will donation (tax deductible)
Contact:ISU music department
Phone:515-294-3831
Channel:College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Categories:Arts, performances
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Bass baritone Simon Estes and ISU music faculty, students and alumni now singing professionally will join forces for a memorial gala honoring ISU alumnus and tenor Joey Wilgenbusch, who died in December. Free-will donations will go towards establishing an ISU voice scholarship in memory of Wilgenbusch. The first half will feature art song and chamber music and the second half hits from opera and music theater.

Joey Wilgenbusch, born in Victor, Iowa, graduated from Iowa State in 2005 with a degree in vocal performance. He then completed a Master of Music degree at Eastman School of Music, Rochester, N.Y. A talented young singer/actor, Wilgenbusch was living and performing professionally in New York City when a heart attack stemming from a birth defect tragically ended his life on Dec. 26, 2011.

The memorial scholarship fund in Joey's name, created through the ISU Foundation and music department, honors his memory by encouraging and supporting promising singers.

The concert will be webcast live at http://www.music.iastate.edu/feeds/recital.