Chamber music and theater series to present free concert on Sunday

Montgomery — Now in its 20th year, The Grand Montgomery Chamber Music and Theater Series will be presenting its 98th free concert on Sunday, Jan. 6, at 3 p.m., at the new Senior Center, 36 Bridge St. Montgomery. The concert will feature tenor Steven Ebel with pianist Wilson Southerland, in a program of song cycles by Schumann and Brahms with words by Heinrich Heine. With a voice described as a “rich lyric tenor” (Wisconsin State Journal), Ebel continues to garner critical and popular accolades for his work in concert, recital and in opera. He has sung leading roles in Bizet’s Dr. Miracle and Orpheus in the Underworld, Lucia di Lammermoor, Iolanthe, and The Mikado. He also toured in Opera for the Young’s production of Rusalka, A Mermaid’s Tale as the Prince. In 2007, Mr. Ebel performed as soloist in Americans in Paris - Songs by American Students of Nadia Boulanger and 21st Century Shakespeare Chamber Music inspired by the Bard for the New Millenium. He sings his first Peter Quint (Turn of the Screw) in his company début with Opera Cleveland in July. Recently, he débuted with OperaDelaware as Frederick in The Pirates of Penzance and participated in the Tanglewood Music Festival under a fellowship grant. He was also heard in the title role of Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito with New York Opera Forum and the New York Opera Studio, as Donald in Douglas Moore’s Gallantry with Cantiamo Opera and Il postiglione in Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West at New York City Opera. Ebel’s talent has been recognized with several honors by numerous distinguished organizations including the Concours Musical International de Montréal, Joy of Singing Song Salon Competition, New York Oratorio Society Solo Competition, the Five Towns Young Musician’s Competition, and the Wisconsin District Metropolitan Opera Auditions. Also a composer, Ebel’s latest work, Mogens, will be premiered in the coming season. This free concert is funded by the Village of Montgomery, Town of Montgomery and numerous local businesses.