Johnson County Community College
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Julie Haas, Director, ext. 3120
Peggy Graham, Writer, ext. 3425
Tyler Cundith, Sports Information Director, ext. 3122
8/28/06
Story by Peggy Graham
Emily Smith Is Featured in Ruel Joyce Recital
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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Emily Smith will present a recital of flute music accompanied by Jerry Pope on piano at noon Monday, Sept. 25, in the Recital Hall of the Carlsen Center, Johnson County Community College, as part of the free Ruel Joyce Recital Series featuring Kansas City classical artists.
Smith is principal flute with the Olathe Community Orchestra and a teaching artist with the Kansas City Young Audiences. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music education from Kansas State University and the University of Kansas, respectively. A free-lance flutist and flute instructor, she performs regularly with the Sunflower Ragtime Orchestra, Sunflower Flute Ensemble and Silverwood Quartet. She has also performed with the St. Joseph Symphony, Liberty Symphony, Kansas City Civic Orchestra and Overland Park Orchestra. Smith is the founder and co-conductor of the Kansas City Flute Choir. She maintains an active private flute studio in Olathe.
Pope is staff accompanist at Kansas City Kansas Community College and organist at County Club Congregational United Church of Christ. He teaches at a private studio and works as a free-lance accompanist. Pope has a varied career earning his bachelor’s degree in religion at East Texas Baptist University and a master’s in music at Stephen F. Austin State University. He studied piano as a student of Richard Cass and organ with John Obetz at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music. He has also worked in the corporate world in computers and telecommunications.
Ruel Joyce Recitals will continue at noon Monday in the Recital Hall.
• Oct. 2 Goldenberg Duo
• Oct. 9 Caroline Lee, viola, and Mia Hynes, piano
• Oct. 16 Keith Benjamin, trumpet
• Oct. 23 Spencer Consort
• Oct. 30 Laura New, horn, and Lee Anne Rogers, piano
• Dec. 4 Quartet Accorda
The series is named for Ruel Joyce, a longtime jazz bassist who headed the local musicians federation from 1977 until his death in 1989. The concerts are cosponsored by the JCCC humanities and music departments, Community Services and the Music Performance Trust Fund of the American Federation of Musicians, Local 34-627. Admission is free and open to the public. Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, call 913-469-8500, ext. 3605.
