Makenzie Dietrich Performs in Heidelberg U's Shakespeare Song Fest

2013 Mar 27

Makenzie Dietrich of Napoleon, Ohio, recently performed in the cast of "The Beguiling Bard: A Shakespeare Song Festival."

Directed by Dr. Carol Dusdieker, assistant professor of voice at Heidelberg, the song festival featured Heidelberg vocal students who performed settings of excerpts from Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. The pieces were set in a variety of styles, including art songs by Thomas Arne, Roger Quilter and Franz Schubert, as well as pieces from Leonard Bernstein's "West Side Story" and Cole Porter's "Kiss Me Kate."

Dietrich, a junior majoring in Music and Communication & Theatre Arts, sang the soprano part of "I Feel Pretty" from "West Side Story".

Founded in 1850, Heidelberg offers 32 majors, 29 minors and nine pre-professional programs, awarding the bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, bachelor of music, as well as master's degrees in education, counseling, business administration and music. Affiliated with the United Church of Christ, Heidelberg has been ranked for 25 consecutive years as one of the top colleges in the Midwest by U.S. News and World Report.

For more information visit the web site at www.heidelberg.edu.