Chamber Music Society Presents Korbitz/Presutti Duo
The Fairmont Chamber Music Society will present the guitar/soprano duo of Ron Korbitz
and Angela Presutti at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 6, at St. Peter the Fisherman Church,
407 Jackson St., Fairmont.
Angela Presutti has appeared with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as a soloist, small
ensemble member and chorister. She is also a member of the critically acclaimed Chicago
Symphony Singers. She has been a soloist with many other orchestras and choruses including
Grant Park of Chicago, Bel Canto of Milwaukee, The DuPage Symphony and The Naples
Philharmonic. Presutti has also recorded "Cats," "Les Miserable" and "The Phantom
of the Opera" for Lakeshore Records. She received her musical training at The University
of Illinois and Roosevelt University where she graduated with honors. She has also
studied opera at The International Institute of Vocal Arts in Chiari, Italy, and art
song with Elly Ameling at the Britten-Pears School in England. She has been a winner
at the Bel Canto Competition, a finalist at The Palm Beach Opera Competition, a three-time
regional finalist at the N.A.T.S. Artist Awards Competition, and a semi-finalist at
the Oratorio Society of New York Competition. Recent highlights of her solo career
include "Serenade to Music" with Sir Andrew Davis, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" with
Duain Wolfe and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, "Bachianas No.5" with the cellists
of The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, "Moses and Aron" with Pierre Boulez, "Carmina Burana"
with Grammy winning conductor Vance George and an Andrews Sisters Tribute with Erich
Kunzel and Doc Severenson. Presutti maintains a successful private studio and holds
a faculty position at VanderCook College of Music.
Ron Korbitz received Bachelor's and Master of Music Education degrees from VanderCook
College of Music in Chicago. He spent several years performing with local Chicago
theatre groups at The Royal Castle Dinner Theater and Captain Dick's Voyage, where
he was also the musical director. He has performed as a solo artist and chamber musician
in Chicago and the suburbs and has also worked in the popular music world with groups
like The Sound Connection and The Frank Pellico Orchestra. Korbitz is a collaborating
author for the children's book "Mr. Everybody's Recorder Book," published by Myles
Music, and is a recent contributor to the American String Teachers Association Journal.
Korbitz has served on faculties at The Hinsdale Center for the Arts, Moraine Valley
College, and School District 117. Currently, he is a faculty member at Brookdale School
in Naperville, where he teaches K-5 general music and directs the chorus, choir chimes
ensembles and guitar ensembles.
The duo has been charming audiences together since 1998. They have performed for
some of the Chicago area's most prestigious concert series including Unity Temple,
Fourth Presbyterian Church and the internationally renowned Dame Myra Hess Memorial
Concerts. They have also performed recitals and concerts for many Chicago area colleges
and groups like The Oak Park 19th Century Women's Club, Downers Grove Music Club and
The Musicians Club of Women. The duo has been featured on the WFMT radio program "Live
from Studio One" and has also appeared regionally for the Lake Geneva Lyric Opera
Guild and nationally at the world famous Greenbrier Hotel as the featured artists
for the West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs. Their work together has consistently
been received with great enthusiasm and their debut performance at Chicago's Symphony
Center for a special WFMT broadcast was hailed "absolutely exquisite" by Chicago Symphony
Orchestra president emeritus Henry Fogel.
