Cody Smith, a student of Timothy Durkovic, performed Ballade No. 3, Op. 47 in A flat major, by Chopin. Smith performed with eight other students in a recital on Oct. 17 in Founders Auditorium. Durkovic and Scott Farthing entered nine of their students into the recital. The other students who performed were Nathan Lahr, Dayita Datta, Sarah Morales, Masami Tomita, Steven Andrews, Eli Hernandez, Heather Johnson and Melissa Stahly. All the students performed classical pieces. / photo by Christian Velazco
The University of La Verne welcomed back its alumni for the third annual alumni recital hosted by the Department of Music at 7:30 p.m. last Saturday in Morgan Auditorium.
The final event for the dedication of Morgan Auditorium took place on Saturday and featured Ann and Steve Morgan opening the concert with gratitude speeches and the audience giving them a standing ovation.
After years of planning, months of construction, and roughly $4.2 million, the newly renovated Ann and Steve Morgan Auditorium, formerly Founders Auditorium, is complete.
This January the University of La Verne will unveil the renovated Founders Auditorium. Completion of the long-anticipated revamp of this historic performance hall will be accompanied by a renaming of the hall after University President Steve Morgan and his wife, Ann.