Rockingham native stages benefit recital to study in Italy
By Kevin Spradlin
PeeDeePost.com
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ROCKINGHAM — John Tyson, choral director at Rockingham Middle School, intends to study music in Lovere, Italy, this summer from July 30 to Aug. 8 at the fifth annual Lovere International Music Festival.
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John Tyson on piano.
To help fund his trip, the Rockingham native coordinated a benefit recital Thursday night at First Presbyterian Church on Fayetteville Road, where he also serves as organist/pianist and choir director, that encouraged donations and offered classical music on piano and in voice.
Tyson was joined on stage by retired maestro John Melvin-Michael Collins, singer Elizabeth Ann Moss, Kacey Matheson on oboe and Angela Chen on piano.
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