Serious Theater Presents Anna Viemeister and Jeremy Griffin in Concert

From Serious Theater:

By Garry Estep

The Dalles – Serious Theater is presenting New York opera singer Anna Viemeister and baritone Jeremy Griffin in a special concert on Sunday, June 18th at 2:00 P.M. at the Zion Lutheran Church in The Dalles (10th and Union). The program features Songs of Robert Schumann: Frauenliebe und leben, Op.42 and Dichterliebe, Op. 48.

Anna Viemeister, a native of Wisconsin and an Oregonian/New York transplant known locally for her Christmas Spectacular concerts at The Dalles Civic Auditorium, has been praised for delivering her warmth, engaging presence, musicianship, and intensity of sound to countless audiences on the stages of New York City, the Pacific North West, Bulgaria, and Germany. Anna continues to collaborate with multiple houses on the East and West Coast as well as in Europe to bring her unique and beautiful instrument to music lovers worldwide.

Colorado native Jeremy Griffin is renowned for his consistency of sound and rogue charm on stage as he delivers a powerful sound and an enormous dramatic range. A true advocate of the Bulgarian technique, he relishes not only in the challenges and joys of a varied repertoire but proves himself time and again singing literature with orchestras ranging from Handel to Wagner. As he states, "I am following in the footsteps of a grand legacy and intend to make my mark in keeping it alive and thriving."

Pianist Garry Estep, organist at Zion Lutheran Church, director of The Cascade Singers, and artistic director of Serious Theater here in The Dalles, will be accompanying the concert. Mr. Estep spent over twenty years in his youth as a concert pianist/accompanist in Cincinnati, New York City, and Nashville. Now a retired physicist Garry says “I have decided to return to my roots as a musician/director and share my talents with the people of The Dalles”.

This concert is being presented in association with the Oregon Cultural Foundation Fred W. Fields Fund. Admission is free and donations will be accepted to help continue the Serious Theater concert/recital series at Zion Lutheran Church.