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	Contributed photo Dorothy Stone Andrade will perform in the Gloria Krause Recital Hall on November 9 (Click for larger image)

NARROWSBURG, NY — Dramatic soprano and voice teacher Dorothy Stone Andrade will perform a program of classical and popular music with pianist Ken Uy on Sunday, November 9 at 3:00 p.m. in the Gloria Krause Recital Hall of the Delaware Arts Center, 37 Main Street.

Andrade, who lives part-time in Welcome Lake, PA, has performed throughout the United States and Europe in opera, operetta, concert and recital. She was the recipient of the Paris Opera AROP career grant, and she coached the operatic repertoire with legendary soprano Regine Crespin in Paris. She has sung in Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Hall as the American representative of the International Tchaikovsky Competition, in the festival Le Nuits Romantiques in Aix-les-Bains, France, and for the late French President Francois Mitterand as part of D-Day 50th anniversary concerts along the coast of Normandy.

Andrade’s repertoire is testament to her versatility. It includes all leading Verdi soprano roles and extends to Handel oratorio, Wagner and Puccini, song cycles from Strauss and Berlioz and Gilbert and Sullivan operettas and Broadway musicals.

The Los Angeles Times wrote, “The interpretation of ‘Climb Every Mountain’ by Dorothy Stone [Andrade] will send chills up your spine…profoundly moving.”

Andrade teaches voice and performance at New York University, and she is the founder and artistic director of the new Campo Doro Vocal Institute of the Upper Delaware Valley.

Uy moved to Sullivan County in 1984 after a career as a musical director and pianist in New York City. In 1988 and 1989, he played for Delaware Valley Opera productions and served on its board of directors. In 2000, he became involved with music in the Sullivan West school district, highlighted by a student production of “Cinderella” in 2002.

Admission costs $12 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. For more information call 845/252-3136 or 252-7576.