Original Compositions / English Translations of Art Songs & Arias / Program Notes
Kristin Jewell has both her B.S. and M.A. degrees in voice from Pensacola Christian College. She teaches voice locally and belongs to the National Association of the Teachers of Singing. In addition to singing with the Orange Park Chorale, Ms. Jewell directs the adult choir at Harbor Baptist Church in Green Cove Springs. Her singing credits include the roles of "Giannetta" in Elixir of Love and "Yona" in OPC's Children of Eden, and ensemble roles in The Mikado, H.M.S. Pinafore, La Boheme, Madame Butterfly, La Traviata, Jerome Hines' biblical opera I am the Way, The Pajama Game, And the World Goes 'Round, and most recently in Pirates of Penzance with Players-by-the-Sea, in Jacksonville Beach.
Regarding the selection on today's concert, Ms. Jewell writes:
I wrote God of Miracles on February 9, 2006 after hearing that my brother's cancer was no longer responsive to chemotherapy treatments. Paul faithfully served his Lord and Savior until his last breath on March 30. At thirty years old, Paul entered his heavenly home most assuredly hearing, "Welcome, thou good and faithful servant." I can only pray that one day I hear the same.
--November 19, 2006 (The Orange Park Chorale: Music of Local Composers)