PRINTPosted on October 03, 2009 at 01:09:24:
By Nancy Selbe
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Posted on October 03, 2009 at 01:09:24:
By Nancy Selbe
Phillip Mentor Concert in Russell, Kansas
Phillip Mentor, West Indian baritone, is performing at the Deines Cultural Center at 7:30 pm Saturday, October 24. Currently based in Pennsylvania, Mentor is touring Kansas during the month of October. Mentor’s Russell concert will be a walk down memory lane with songs from Broadway's favorite musicals including selections from Carousel, West Side Story, South Pacific, and My Fair Lady. The tuneful journey excites the imagination and brings back Broadway's finest moments. Born in Belmont, Port of Spain on the island of Trinidad and Tobago, Phillip is a trained opera singer and has performed in musical plays and theaters and as a concert vocalist with symphony orchestras throughout the United States and the Caribbean. Mentor’s performances around the world have earned him rave reviews in such well known productions as: The Marriage of Figaro, The Barber of Seville, Porgy and Bess and the Magic Flute. As one of America's finest concert baritones, Phillip Mentor is "the only singer since Paul Robeson that I've enjoyed hearing singing these songs," says Charles Bassch of Asbury Park Press. He sings in a variety of languages and musical styles -- from French to German to Spanish and Latin, and even some Yiddish; from Negro Spirituals to classical, baroque, classic Broadway, to Irish and English folksongs, gospel, sacred concerts, and Christmas concerts, both sacred and popular. Mentor says "My involvement in the arts has been a constant learning process...I thoroughly research each piece that I perform, so that I can help the audience to relate, by telling them about the time and ideas the piece conveys." A “delightful” performer, Mentor is a great story teller and his presentations are thought provoking. He has also conducted master classes at universities across the United States as well as workshops for children. Reservations are requested by calling the Center at 785.483.3742 or by coming to the Center between 12:30 and 5:30, Tuesday through Friday or 1:00 to 5:00 Saturday and Sunday prior to the concert. To hear a sample of Phillip Mentor’s music, go to http://www.phillipmentor.com/.
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He studied at Montclair State University as well as with teachers and coaches from the New York City Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, the New York Philharmonic and the American Symphony.
Through the generosity of the Friends of the Deines Cultural Center, tickets for the Deines Cultural Center concert are priced at only $10.00 each, with a match from the Friends.