Kirstin Ariel Marsh from Palmdale, Calif., Performs with Brenau University Vocal Ensemble

2012 Nov 9

Kirstin Ariel Marsh from Palmdale, Calif., appeared on stage in Brenau University's historic Pearce Auditorium Oct. 22 for the Vocal Chamber Ensemble's fall concert. The soprano sang as part of the vocal chamber ensemble for the concert "Songs of the Night." She also performed a duet with a fellow student on the song "An Die Nachtigall." Marsh is a senior majoring in vocal performance at Brenau. She is a member of Mu Phi Epsilon music honor society and Phi Kappa Phi national honor society. She is the daughter of Kelly and Bill Marsh of Quartz Hill. Marsh is a graduate of Quartz Hill High School in Quartz Hill.

For more information, contact Dr. Barbara Steinhaus, chair of the Brenau University Department of Music, at bsteinhaus@brenau.edu or 770-534-6235.

ABOUT BRENAU – Founded in 1878, Brenau University currently enrolls about 2,800 students in graduate and undergraduate programs on campuses and online. The main campus of the Georgia-based liberal arts institution, which includes the Brenau Women's College, is in Gainesville with other campuses in Augusta, Kings Bay and in two metro Atlanta locations, Norcross and Fairburn. Brenau's 2011 ranking as one of the top 15-best higher education values in the Southeast by U.S. News & World Report marks the university's sixth consecutive year in that position for the magazine's America's Best Colleges guidebook. In 2012 Brenau online programs scored high in national rankings by U.S. News, including a No. 9-in-the-nation "Honor Roll" listing for graduate degree tracks in Brenau's College of Education. Brenau University also was granted "Honor Roll" status among the 2012 listings of the great colleges and universities to work for by The Chronicle of Higher Education and one of the best universities in the Southeast by The Princeton Review. Breanu's extraordinary learning environment also was highlighted among the Colleges of Distinction.