Soprano Susan W. Kane, known for her performance of vocal

recital music by women composers, will appear in a solo recital at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, April 6, 2003 in Fritchman Auditorium at the First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles, 2936 West 8th Street. A reception follows. Admission $10 at the door or call (213)389-1356, ext. 16, for advance ticket information. Free parking at SE corner of 8th & Westmoreland and in an overflow lot across from the main lot on Westmoreland. This is the second concert in First Church's three-part Spring Sunday Afternoon Recital Series.

New to the Los Angeles area, Susan W. Kane has been a soloist for the last ten years appearing with the Chicago Gilbert and Sullivan Society, the Lyric Opera Cleveland, the Carnegie Opera Theatre and many regional orchestras. She has performed professionally with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, contributing to the Beethoven 9th and Bach St. Matthew

Passion recordings under George Solti.

Kane's opera roles include: Susanna in the The Marriage of Figaro, Papagena in The Magic Flute, Sophie in Werther, Baby Doe in The Ballad of Baby Doe, Miss Silverpeal in The Impresario and more.

Ms. Kane's recent oratorio performances include Mozart's Requiem, Orff's Carmina Burana, Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass, Poulenc's Gloria and Saint-Saen's Christmas Oratorio. Recent LA performances include Trois Melodies and excerpt from Poemes pour mi by Messiaen for the Sunday Concert Series at the First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica and the soprano solo from the Faure Requiem with the CSULA Chamber Singers and Orchestra St. James Episcopal Church in South Pasadena.

Kane is currently head of the Vocal Arts area at Cal State LA, where she teaches graduate and undergraduate voice, as well as vocal literature, pedagogy and opera workshop. Her voice students have won competitions of such stature as regional and national NATS, Music Educators National Conference and Federated Music Clubs.

Susan W. Kane received her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Iowa, having studied under Albert Gammon. After singing and teaching professionally in Chicago, Kane

returned to school with a full scholarship to study voice under Barbara Honn at The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where she earned both her Masters of

Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees.