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Decatur alumna returns to perform

(June 15, 2017) Katerina Burton of Newark, Maryland, a Stephen Decatur High School alumna and recent graduate of Towson University who has been accepted for a Master’s degree program at the Juilliard School of Musical Arts in New York, will perform two concerts this weekend.
Successive concerts will be presented on Friday evening, June 16 at 7 p.m., at Bethany United Methodist Church, 8648 Stephen Decatur Hwy. (Route 611 and Snug Harbor Road), in Berlin and on June 17, 7 p.m., at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, 10301 Coastal Highway in Ocean City. A reception will follow both concerts.
Burton received many awards during her years at Towson. In 2015 she was awarded the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Encouragement Award for the Mid-Atlantic region. She has performed in many operas while at Towson securing leading roles in “Gallantry” and Mozart’s “Die Zauberflote.”  
Burton has performed locally in the Young Artists Concert series and the Ocean Pines Children’s Theater, as well as various church services in the area. Burton is pursuing a career as a professional vocalist (specifically in opera).
Jeffrey Todd, grandson of June Todd who is the director of the Pine Tones Chorus and music director and organist of Atlantic United Methodist Church in Ocean City, will also participate in the concerts. Jeffrey Todd is a vocal performance major at Salisbury University. He has won first place at the state and regional levels of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NAT) student auditions for two consecutive years in classical music and was given the honor of being deemed “the most outstanding college male, (classical)” at the 2017 Mid Atlantic NATS honor’s recital.
The concert will feature selections from Puccini, Faure, Menotti, Rachmaninoff and others. While admission to the concerts is free, donations toward school expenses for Burton and Todd will be accepted. For further information about these two concerts, contact Lyn Burr at 410-641-0772.